The Possession of My Beloved

     Princess Chu didn't expect the county head to answer so honestly, so she couldn't help but glance at her and said with a sullen face: "Do you want me to praise you for your great progress?"

    Mian Tang pursed her lips in embarrassment and smiled at the concubine.

     Concubine Chu was too lazy to say her handwriting, and asked some questions about the process of the banquet, but Miantang spoke in a well-structured and thoughtful manner.

    Looking at it like that, it's like managing too big things.

     Princess Chu originally intended to give her some power. Lian Chu said that such women from low-level backgrounds are the best at seeing people's dishes, bullying the soft and afraid of being hard.

    She knew that she was soft-natured, but she didn't want to be bullied by a seductive woman who seduced her son. Indistinguishable from top to bottom.

    But now, when she is alone with Liu Miantang, she finds that this woman speaks well, is not someone who is flattering, and her attitude is neither humble nor arrogant. It seems that she is not afraid of being embarrassed by her future mother-in-law.

    She looks good, and her eyes are soft when she smiles. Not only do men appreciate beauty, but women can't help being intoxicated by the beauty's frown and smile when they meet such a beautiful woman.

    The thorns that Concubine Chu erected secretly had fewer equal opponents, so naturally it eased a lot, and then let her check the account.

    Miantang was only going through the motions at first, and he didn't read it very carefully, but after turning a few pages, he began to turn forward again, frowning slightly, and hesitantly asked: " Toffee, why are the daily expenses in the manor so large?"

    The concubine drank tea and said, "In addition to the inner courtyard, there are outer courtyards, manor and other courtyards in the palace. Which one is not allowed to use money? Not counting the guards, there are hundreds of numbers inside and out. Son of a bitch, do you think it’s an ordinary mansion, can one hundred taels cost two or three years?”

    The accountant responsible for checking the accounts also smiled and said: "The concubine is right, these accounts are all the concubine's monthly review, how can there be a mistake?"

    Mian Tang smiled and said, "Since I have to learn today, let's learn it thoroughly. I wonder if I can look at the old accounts of the palace and see if I can learn something?"

    What she made was not an excessive request, and the concubine naturally went to the library to get the old accounts from previous years.

    When the old accounts are brought, the thick stacks are arranged according to the year.

    Mian Tang walked over to take a look, stretched out her hand and took out a few books.

    The accountant thought she was going to collect the account, so she reached out to receive it.

    But Miantang didn't speak. He simply stretched out his hand to manipulate the abacus in front of him, put it in front of him, and dialed quickly with one hand. For a while, the hall only heard the sound of the abacus.

    The way she collects accounts is different from other people's, and she doesn't look at the bead plate. She just dials the abacus with one hand, taps the account with one hand and slides down quickly, and then turns the page. The concubine and a bunch of servants.

    Within a moment's effort, several large and thick ledgers were sorted out by Miantang.

    She quickly wrote down a few accounts that she had just written down in her mind, and did not speak to the concubine, but only said to the accountant who said she would use it correctly: "My lord, many years ago, In response to the emperor's thrifty attitude, he adjusted the personnel of the palace and eliminated most of the servants in the palace. The expenditure at that time was 3 million taels. In the following years, it fluctuated at this amount. However, in recent years, This number is increasing year by year, especially this year, when the prince is not in the house, but it has reached nearly 6 million taels. In recent years, people's livelihood has been stable, and the price of rice and noodles in Jiangnan has not fluctuated much. I also want to ask Mr. The reason for the huge increase in money.”

    Perhaps they were shocked by Miantang's abacus skills, and everyone didn't turn around for a while. After hearing Miantang's words, the accountant didn't have time to react, and only stammered: " In the past few years, I have organized several birthday banquets for the concubine, and other affairs are different every year, and they all cost money..."

      Turning, although the silver is increasing every year, but the fluctuation of the annual increase is not large, it is within a reasonable range, and it is not noticeable.

    But now Miantang has turned over the old accounts like this, and compared them, there are nearly three million taels more... This is really a bit outrageous. The concubine also widened her eyes and took out this year's accounts again.

    After listening to the accountant's explanation, Miantang smiled slightly: "I'm not the head of the palace, I just arrived, and everything is strange. Since the money has a reasonable place to go... Concubine, I have some old diseases, I'm tired, can I go back to rest?"

    Where can the concubine care about her at this time? The son is not at home, but the expenses are so much, and those who don't know think that she doesn't care about her son's singing and dancing in the palace! Damn a bunch of slaves, I don't know where they lied, and they were greedy for money. Today, even if she doesn't sleep, she has to find out!

    Though Miantang offered to rest a little rudely, the concubine waved her hand in annoyance, indicating that she could leave.

    Miantang's footsteps were slightly brisk when she came out. The art of war has a cloud, and the trick to delaying troops lies in the word "drag".

    Now that the concubine is in a bad mood, she intends to trouble her. It just so happens that the prince has gone to Dongzhou to inspect from today, and will not come back for a while. If the concubine is in trouble, although she has a mandate and is not afraid of her being too outrageous, it will always hurt her feelings.

    Then she will find something for the concubine to do. It is estimated that the bad debts in the past few years will keep her future mother-in-law busy for a while. She can also take a breather and get busy with her own business.

    However, from the bad debts, it can be seen how round the cake that King Huaiyang painted for himself before, is this broken palace, really she loves it?

    His expedition this time, many people are guessing that he will not come back. It's just that Cui Xingzhou has to go to Dongzhou to pay the bills. Even if there are moths at home, he can't take care of it.

    Mother Li once said that everyone knows how beautiful it is to marry into a prince and a prime minister! In fact, the burden on his shoulders is not stingy with the capable officials of the Six Divisions.

      In the capital, there are pawnshops every day, and are there still few princes who live by selling ancestral things?

    Therefore, in choosing a daughter-in-law, in addition to being virtuous, it is also important to be able and intelligent. Those direct daughters who are beside the mistress in charge of household affairs, regardless of the ugly and handsome, are all vying for it!

    Mian Tang used the trick of turning the tiger away from the mountain, and she really made herself a lot looser. Although the princess called her several times after that, she was asked to help check the accounts, and she didn't care about the assessment and inquiries at all.

    Mian Tang felt that she was not married yet, so she could not take care of the internal affairs of the palace, but she also gave the concubine a general direction, so that she would not be blinded by the dog slaves.

    So for the next few days, the sound of the board in the palace continued, and the thorn sticks and leather slivers that Mo Ru prepared earlier had good uses.

    The servants took advantage of the birthday banquet and the few large sums of money to buy the manor's greedy ink.

    On the day when the banknotes were returned, Miantang took the time to compliment the concubine's ability, and even single-handedly investigated the largest corruption case in Zhenzhou.

    Her flattering skills are beyond the reach of ordinary people.

    Chu Concubine deeply agreed, and felt that she was indeed very powerful this time, and she could finally give her son an explanation.

    People who have been soft for a lifetime have finally achieved the achievement of being able to talk to their grandchildren.

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    So there is some consensus among the servants - the prospective princess brought back by the prince is a tough one, and there is no room for sand in his eyes!

    Let's talk about Chu Lian, after being coaxed back to the house by Cui Xingzhou mercilessly that day, when she returned home, she was reprimanded by her husband.

    It turned out that the King of Huaiyang went to find his uncle the next day, and he reiterated mercilessly that the marriage contract between the two families had been dissolved and they would not continue their relationship.

    Lian Hanshan was embarrassed by the prince's words, and when he heard his wife beat the prince's close servant, he almost jumped up.

    In the end, the King of Huaiyang said to his uncle: "My aunt and cousin have been very busy recently, but this king broke off the engagement with her and re-engaged, so I always have to avoid suspicion. Coming to the palace, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient..."

    For this reason, why can't Lian Hanshan hear that King Huaiyang does not welcome the troublemakers of the Lian family?

    When he came back, he was furious and scolded his wife and daughter fiercely. At the same time, he told Lian Chu not to do whatever he wanted just because he was the aunt of King Huaiyang.

    Can the prince's servant be arbitrarily judged? The prince is now a man with military power, so how many military planes are in daily contact? What qualifications does a woman in the house have to judge the people around the prince?

    Carefully one day, the prince disregarded the feelings of relatives and charged her with collaborating with the enemy.

    Lian Chu's reason for this is indeed wrong, and even her daughter Lian Lilan is annoyed that she will not listen to her persuasion, so she has to do things that these sons are truthful about.

    I just felt that my nephew was so confused by the fox spirit that the six relatives did not recognize him, but I was eagerly looking forward to my sister's success. Taking advantage of Cui Xingzhou's absence from the manor these few days, and his efforts to tour Dongzhou, he took up the appearance of being a mother-in-law and took good care of the woman. , let her know the time.

    It is best to make Cui Xingzhou change his mind and ruin the marriage certificate.

    It's a pity that I waited and waited, but waited until the palace rectified the affairs and checked the rumors of greed for ink. It is said that the concubine acted resolutely and collected several sums of money.

    Lian Chu waited and waited, but did not wait for the resolute concubine to rectify the rumors of the future bride.

    Because of King Huaiyang's prohibition, she can no longer visit the palace.

    Fortunately, Mrs. Hou of Zhennan Houfu will hold a tea banquet. Hearing that Concubine Chu was going to go with the county head of Huaisang, Lian Chu hurriedly took her daughter Lian Lilan to the Hou residence.

      Lian Lilan was also getting older, so she couldn't afford to delay.