On the wedding night, the prince asked me to see an andrologist

Chapter 308 Confusing Accounts
  Ning Muqing sneered, "I'm just telling the truth, who are you showing me by acting like this? Do you want people to think that I bullied you? Okay! Let's not talk about the accounts from a few years ago. I'll have someone come and see if there's anything wrong with your cousin's account book."

"Steward Zhou, have the accounting team I asked you to find before arrived? You can ask them to check the palace's account books for the past two years to see if there are any errors. If they find any errors, write them down for me."

After Ning Muqing finished speaking, she looked at Butler Zhou.

Butler Zhou said quickly, "Yes, Princess."

With an order, several accountants began to check the accounts.

Ning Muqing squinted her eyes. The sun was rising. She wanted to bask in the sun. When they found out what the results were, she would go through it again.

At this time, Accountant Li was so frightened that he flew away. He kept winking at Zhao Sijing, signaling Zhao Sijing to save him.

Zhao Sijing stood there very depressed, biting her lip, unable to think of anything for a long time.

At this time, a accounting clerk read from the account book and said, "This account shows that on the third day of December two years ago, the palace spent 5,000 taels on purchases, but it did not indicate what was purchased."

"Accountant Li, please explain to me, sir, what you bought with these five thousand taels." Ning Muqing said lazily.

Accountant Li was so frightened that he shrank and said nothing.

"It says that the silver was taken away by Tingqin. Tingqin, what did you do with the five thousand taels of silver?" Ning Muqing looked at Tingqin who was standing next to Zhao Sijing.

Everyone who listened was dumbfounded. Although she was now the housekeeper of the inner courtyard of the palace, on the third day of December two years ago, she was just an ordinary little maid and had no memory of such an expense.

Hearing Ning Muqing's question, Tingqin was stunned for a long time. It wasn't until Zhao Sijing glared at her that she belatedly said, "Yes, yes..."

"Five thousand taels of silver is enough to cover the annual expenses of hundreds of ordinary households in the city. What did you buy that cost so much?" Ning Muqing said coldly.

Even if the palace's food and clothing expenses are very extravagant, it is not like this. One purchase only costs 5,000 taels.

Ordinary people would never dare to think of such a big number.

Tingqin stammered, "This...this is what is needed to prepare for the New Year. It is for the next month. And during the New Year, we need to give out more rice and meat to the servants in the house, not to mention the prince's food." , it must be the best.”

"No matter how extravagant the palace is, it can't eat as much as other people do in decades. Five thousand taels of silver in a month? If this word spreads, people will think what kind of place our palace is." Ning Muqing finished speaking and continued. Pointing to the account book, he said, "Also, your prices are wrong. You can buy rice for one tael of silver per liter. Where did you buy it? Gold is not that expensive."

Tingqin was trembling with fear and could not speak.

"Sister Princess, you may have never seen the world. This rice is the best rice in the capital. It is called golden rice. It is specially used for the royal family. The main reason why it is called this name is that it is different from ordinary rice. The price is better than gold. Of course it is. It’s so expensive.”

Zhao Sijing said very calmly.

Ning Muqing took a rough look at the places they pointed out and said, "Haha, then for the next purchase, Concubine Zhao bought one thousand five hundred taels of clothes. How do you explain it? What kind of clothes did you buy that were so expensive? The princess’s clothes are not so extravagant.”

This account book shows that someone is enriching their own pockets and colluding with each other to cover for each other.

Zhao Sijing's heart trembled after hearing this, and she quickly said, "This... I remember this dress is shark yarn, which is made of silk spit out by the sharks on the sea. It can still emit brilliance under the moonlight. It is naturally worth thousands of gold. I didn't know it at the time." Dare to wear such expensive clothes, but the prince has already agreed, so I bought it."    "During the confinement period, the concubine also invited a theater troupe to watch the show, and it cost two thousand taels to sing for one time?" Ning Muqing looked at Zhao Sijing coldly. One glance.

"Yes, this troupe is the most famous in the capital. If you want to see them perform, you have to wait for a month. It was decided before the ban. It would not be good if they are not allowed to come."

Zhao Sijing whispered.

"You drink five hundred taels of water a month?"

"That's the rain and dew on the Jade Mountain in the capital. It would be expensive to have someone bring it here on the way. The prince specifically ordered it. In order to save the concubine from coughing, I had to drink the water from the Jade Mountain."

Zhao Sijing replied.

At this time, Accountant Li said from the side, "Princess, the concubine has been very economical. The prince has ordered that the concubine's illness was caused by saving Concubine Su, so she must be cured at all costs.
  The doctor said that the concubine should drink the rain and dew from the Tianshan Mountains to make medicine. Every drop is worth thousands of gold. The prince also agreed. The concubine wanted to be considerate of the prince, so she only drank the water near the capital. "

"So you spend a thousand taels of silver every day you open your eyes while living in this palace?" Ning Muqing calculated an average.

Zhao Sijing lowered her head and said coquettishly, "Sister, you can't blame me. In fact, it's all the favor of the prince. I said I didn't want it, but the prince said that I did this because I saved the concubine. This is the treatment I should have. "

"Calculate the money that Concubine Zhao spent after entering the palace, and give me a total."

Ning Muqing ignored Zhao Sijing's coy look and spoke vigorously.

It would have taken a long time for one person to do the math, but a group of people did the math very quickly and quickly listed the total for Ning Muqing.

Zhao Sijing spent 13,400,000 taels of silver in the palace in two years. Ning Muqing underestimated her when she said she would spend a thousand taels just to open her eyes.

The national treasury cannot afford to be built like this.

With all this money, if Chu Lixuan hadn’t been rich enough to rival the country...

When Zhao Sijing heard this number, she shook her head in disbelief and said, "It can't be so many, you must have calculated it wrong!"

She was very panicked now.

Chu Lixuan handed over the palace to her. There were a lot of expenses involved, but she secretly took it back to the Zhao family. She didn't expect that the sum would be such a huge sum.

Unexpectedly, Ning Muqing's next words made Zhao Sijing feel like she had fallen into an ice cave.

"Steward Zhou, please send me some more accountants and ask them to check the accounts one by one in the accounting room in the past few days. No one is allowed in except me. No one is allowed to enter. All the figures, every transaction and every item must be accounted for." Let me, the princess, do the math.
  There are also all the places where Concubine Zhao directly sells silver, such as mountain temples, purchasing shops, clothing stores, and jewelry stores. You can take the account books and check them with them.

In short, I have to match each transaction with the other store's. If there is any difference, I will record it immediately to my princess. What I want is to remember it carefully. "

Ning Muqing threw the account book on the table and said coldly.

(End of this chapter)