Chapter 26
The confidant went to the housekeeper and conveyed all the wishes of the Prince Regent. Although the housekeeper had some thoughts after hearing this, he naturally did not dare to disobey the prince's wishes, so he took the prince's cronies with him to the accounting room.
When everyone in the accounting room saw the steward and the prince's cronies coming together, they all respectfully stopped what they were doing, stepped forward to flatter him, and asked what arrangements were there.
The housekeeper then announced the prince's intention to the public. Everyone in the accounting room looked at each other, but when they saw the prince's cronies looking at them one by one with cold expressions, they did not hesitate any longer and went to prepare the account books in their hands.
Su Sibai, the accounting supervisor, glanced at the prince's cronies and tentatively stepped forward and asked: "There are still some account books in our house that are with the old lady. I wonder if those account books need to be handed over to the princess as well?"
After the emperor's decree came down and the regent princess was summoned to the world, everyone took the initiative to change the title of "old princess" to "old lady".
Everyone in the mansion knew that the old princess had always been very strict with Huo Weilou, her eldest son, and the relationship between mother and son was quite alienated. However, even so, Huo Weilou almost never disobeyed the old princess.
The accounting supervisor moved the old princess out at this time, naturally wanting to embarrass the prince's cronies.
The housekeeper looked at the prince's cronies, who had a cold face and nodded solemnly: "What the prince told me is to hand over all the account books in the palace to the princess for management. Naturally, all the account books include the old lady's. Since she is not in the accounting room now,
Then just go to the old lady and get it quickly."
Seeing that the prince's cronies were so confident, the accounting supervisor did not dare to make another mistake and followed him to the old princess's courtyard in despair.
The old princess had just walked in the yard for a while and then returned to the hall to sit down and drink tea. Someone came to report: "Old lady, the housekeeper is here with the prince's people, the accounting supervisor and others."
Why did these people suddenly come together?
The prince's people and the accounting supervisor...
It seems that the person who came here is not a good person.
The old princess' eyes suddenly changed, she put down the teacup that had just reached her lips, and said, "Let them come in."
The servants agreed and left to invite others.
The housekeeper walked in and said with a smile on his face: "Old lady, someone came from the prince today and said that it was the prince's wish to hand over all the account books in the house to the new princess for management. Look..."
After saying that, he looked up at the old princess and waited for her to speak.
Before the old princess could speak, her personal maid, Aunt Li, spoke for her first. Her voice sounded a bit like the old princess's harshness.
"Our old lady has always been in charge of the affairs of the palace. The old lady has been working very hard over the years and worrying about all the big and small things in the palace. How come the new princess didn't say she was filial to her elders when she first came out, but she rushed to grab power first?
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The confidant knew that Nanny Li was speaking to him, but he did not look at her. Instead, he said to the old princess: "Old lady, it is not the princess's intention that the new princess will be in charge of the center, but the regent.
the meaning of.
The regent has said that the princess regent should be in charge of the palace. This is a historical rule. After all, the emperor has issued an edict to the world and approved the name of the princess regent. The princess is justified, so what happens in the palace
Naturally, you have to follow the rules.
The regent also said that things should be done according to the rules, and the old lady understands and supports it."
Grandma Li was unwilling to give in and wanted to say something more, but the old princess stopped her with a gesture.
The old princess looked calm, with a meaningless smile on her stiff face, and said: "Then just do as the prince said. Give them the account books and keys."
Grandma Li was still angry, but she still blessed herself with the old princess and did as she asked. She asked her subordinates to sort out the old princess's account books one by one and handed them to the accounting supervisor along with the keys.
After the group of people left, Granny Li said: "Old lady, they are in a hurry. They have just issued the imperial edict, and they can't wait to seize power from you. We just keep silent."
Did they all follow their hearts?"
The old princess sneered, and poured the already cold tea in the cup onto the ground. The force was so strong that she threw the teacup together, and it fell to the ground and shattered. "Huh, just follow their wishes? It's just like that."
Wishful thinking. This is my palace, and no one can replace it."
After finishing speaking, the old princess gave Nanny Li a look, telling her to inform the people below to go ahead and make arrangements. Nanny Li understood this and made the arrangements with a malicious smile.
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"Si Qi, you girl have been looking at me stupidly for a long time. Are you stimulated by something?"
Shen Xinyue looked up and saw Si Qi with a smile on his face when he came in to bring her snacks, and finally couldn't help but ask her.
Si Qi smiled and handed the snack to Shen Xinyue, waited for her to take a piece and put it in her mouth, then put the rest on the table, then leaned on the table, supporting her chin with her hand, looking at her house with an extremely cute look.
The master said in a sweet and joyful voice, "Princess, hehe, I can finally call you princess."
After swallowing the snack, Shen Xinyue took another sip of water and said angrily: "Don't shout. I told you, just call me Miss Shen. That Princess Laoshizi is not me."
"It's useless to talk hard, princess. The prince has confirmed that you are the princess, and the emperor has announced it to the world. Now everyone in the palace must obey you and call him princess. You only asked me to call you Miss Shen, and I won't."
Si Qi had already become familiar with Shen Xinyue's temper as he chatted, laughed and fought with his master on weekdays. Now the master and servant have a very harmonious relationship. The master's title as princess has been determined, which is even more joyful.
Si Qi became more courageous today.
The prince is sure that you are the princess?
Yeah?
Shen Xinyue doesn't think so.
She is just the person being used behind some people's conspiracy.
A fake person who was forced in, what could Huo Weilou think of her?
The left and right are just chess pieces.
From Shen Xinyue's point of view, Huo Weilou seemed to accept the result resignedly, but in fact he was just scheming. He made mistakes whenever he wanted, and dealt with those who secretly played tricks on him. There might be some kind of chess game going on behind the scenes.
Woolen cloth.
Fortunately, I was always thinking about helping him detoxify, so I developed those herbal medicines when I had time.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Shen Xinyue snorted coldly. She no longer wanted to argue with Si Qi about the title issue, and continued to study the business of the original owner's mother's family.
Having heard from Huo Weilou's cronies that they would arrange to return home, Shen Xinyue has recently focused her attention on the original owner's natal family.
From the time she traveled to the present, she has not had any contact with anyone there, so she has very little memory of the original owner and feels a little unsure.
So I collected some information about the original owner's family's business and sorted it out here alone, trying to figure it out so that I could fight a well-prepared battle when I went back.
As a result, after studying for a long time, I still couldn't figure out anything, which made me a little confused.
When she was at a loss what to do, she suddenly heard someone knocking on the door.
Si Qi looked at Shen Xinyue, saw her nodding, and went to open the door.
The leader was Huo Xing, Huo Weilou's personal guard. He stood at the door and saluted Shen Xinyue respectfully, and said solemnly: "Princess, the prince has ordered that from today on, all the private treasury of the prince himself will be kept." All money and silver will be put under the control of the princess, who can use it as she pleases. These are the keys to the warehouse, boxes and boxes, and the related account books."
After finishing speaking, he said to the people waiting outside: "Send them all in for the princess."
Then, Shen Xinyue saw a group of servants filing in. Those carrying plates, those holding boxes, and those carrying boxes were much larger than the emperor's army at the time.
Shen Xinyue was confused, not knowing what Huo Weilou was up to.
She looked at a few boxes and boxes at random, and couldn't help but gasp.
It’s full of white silver and brilliant gold!
She had never seen so much money before, and the impact of this real money was so strong that if she hadn't endured it, her jaw would have dropped in shock.
Shen Xinyue thought to herself, could all of this be obtained by Huo Weilou's corruption? Someone was plotting against Huo Weilou behind his back, could it have something to do with him embezzling the treasury or something?
Just as I was wondering whether I had helped a corrupt criminal, another group of people came to the door.
This time the leader was the butler.
The housekeeper also bowed respectfully to Shen Xinyue, and then said: "Princess, according to the prince's instructions, I have brought everyone in the accounting room and handed them over to the princess. All the account books in the accounting room have also been handed over to the princess. Please take a look at this, Princess."
Before Shen Xinyue could speak, Su Sibai, the account manager, took a step forward and said with a playful smile: "Princess, the youngest one is the account manager of the mansion, and my surname is Su Sibai. The following people all work with me in the account room. They are all old people who are familiar with the world.
Our accountant is the key to the palace, but the princess does not have to worry. Over the decades since the old lady has been in charge of the central government, our accountant has already formed a set of established methods, so we can just follow the previous method of doing things."
"Yes, yes, princess, if you have any questions, just ask us. We will definitely tell you everything we know."
"Yes, yes, Princess. We all have been working in the accounting office for many years. We can do things well even with our eyes closed. Princess, just don't worry."
"What I'm saying is that under the old lady's control over the years, our accounting office has never made any mistakes. Princess, it's okay for you to just be free."
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Shen Xinyue looked at the group of people in front of her and was not in a hurry to say anything.
Su Sibai, the accounting supervisor, looked shrewd and his eyes were full of calculations.
And the clerks behind him, as well as the maids, maids, and mothers-in-law, all had their eyes gleaming, and felt that they were superior to the other subordinates.
Apparently, not only did he feel superior to the other servants, but he also didn't take her as the new princess seriously.
Shen Xinyue listened to their words word for word, and she knew the meaning behind their words.
However, she didn't understand the specific situation at the moment, so Shen Xinyue decided to stay put and keep everything as usual. She said calmly: "Okay, since everyone said so, just follow your previous rules."
Seeing that Shen Xinyue really didn't have any ideas and all followed their way, everyone in the accounting room looked at me and me without any secret, with proud expressions on their faces.
Shen Xinyue saw everything and didn't say anything. She just explained a few words and asked them to go back to work.
The group of people walked back in a mighty manner, and snickers could be heard from time to time in the crowd.
"No wonder I heard rumors before that this daughter of a wealthy businessman from the south of the Yangtze River is a loser. It seems to be true at all."
"It's just that, you see, she can't say a word, she is completely intimidated by our formation."
"I guess when I was in my parents' house, I was just a freeloader and didn't know how to do anything."
"No need to estimate. It must be. That's it. I still want to be the master of the house, so I don't have to weigh myself. Well, let her act like it. The actual head of the house is still our old lady."
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Chapter completed!