The Favoured Medical Princess: 387 Nu Da (Thirteenth update)

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Grandma Zheng composed herself, smiled as if nothing had happened, and asked respectfully: "Miss, please don't blame me for asking, one hundred taels of silver is a lot, I don't know why the eldest lady wants so much silver." ?"

If this were an ordinary master, he would probably be unhappy if asked like this by the steward. However, Xiao Fei had always ignored this in the past, so she didn’t care and explained: "Mother Zheng, I think this year There may be hot weather in southern Xinjiang, so I plan to serve herbal tea outside the north city gate in a few days."

Mother Zheng was a little relieved, but at the same time there was a flash of astonishment in her eyes. She has been working as a housekeeper for the eldest daughter for five or six years. This is the first time the eldest daughter has thought of serving herbal tea.

Her shrewd Danfeng eyes narrowed, and she continued with a pleasant smile: "Young lady is really kind-hearted. I'll get some money for you right now. But I don't know how many days the girl plans to give herbal tea? Is she planning to adjust the menstrual period?" Should the people from Biju go out to serve tea, or should we borrow some people from the palace?"

Mother Zheng asked several questions in succession. Xiao Fei was stunned by the questions. She hadn't thought about it in detail yet, she just had an initial idea.

Looking at Xiao Fei's expression, Grandma Zheng knew better, and she felt more at ease. She said diligently: "Girl, how about I write a charter for the girl?"

Xiao Fei nodded: "Then I'll trouble Aunt Zheng."

Mother Zheng retired after her death. On the same day, she not only brought the one hundred taels of silver, but also presented the regulations for the herbal tea service to Xiao Fei.

Xiao Fei looked at the list and frowned thoughtfully, remembering what Nangong Yue said to her when she was in the royal capital: "Sister, the servants can only be helpers and can never replace the master. The mistress came to prepare the food... There is an ancient saying: one should occupy one's position, be content with one's duties, and be sincere and not exceed one's limits. If one has to shirk one's duties to others, wouldn't it be contrary to the teachings of the saints... ”

"Girl, if there is nothing else to do, I will leave first."

Aunt Zheng was about to retreat when she was stopped by Xiao Fei: "Aunt Zheng, I want to see Yue Biju's account books over the past few years, as well as the roster of servants."

This sentence almost made Grandma Zheng feel weak. She kept thinking, this account book cannot be taken out no matter what, if it is a big girl...

The more Nanny Zheng thought about it, the more frightened she became. Xiao Fei looked at her suspiciously: "Nanny Zheng, what's the problem?"

Mother Zheng's heart sank, and she said with a smile: "Miss, there is no problem. It's just that at the beginning of the year, the small warehouse where the previous years' account books were kept leaked, and many account books were wet or soaked. Some of them are damp and have mildew spots on them, so I don’t dare to use them to stain the girl’s eyes.”

Xiao Fei frowned slightly, even though she usually didn't care about these trivial matters, she still felt something was wrong. What a coincidence.

Xiao Fei looked sharply at Aunt Zheng with her cold eyes, and said slowly: "Aunt Zheng, in that case, please bring me this year's account books."

Mother Zheng’s heart beat two beats faster. She knew that if she continued to shirk the situation, the eldest girl would really become suspicious.

Mother Zheng took a deep breath and said to herself, how can a big girl know how to read accounts? It was just a whim. Even if it were given to her, how could she figure it out... My account books cannot be said to be flawless, but they are also quite detailed and thorough.

But even so, Aunt Zheng was still uneasy, but she could only accept the order: "Yes, big lady. I will go back and get the account book right now."

That night, several account books of Yue Biju this year and the roster of servants in the courtyard were placed on Xiao Fei's desk. Xiao Fei picked up the roster and flipped through it first.

On weekdays, the slaves in Yuebiju mainly come into contact with Xiao Fei with the nanny Yi, the steward Zheng, two first-class maids Taoyao and Baizhou, and four other second-class maids.

Xiao Fei originally only vaguely knew that there were several young maids and rough envoys in her courtyard. It was not until she looked at the roster today that she was sure that there were four third-class maids, eight rough envoys and four Rough messenger mother-in-law.

Xiao Fei thought of something and suddenly turned around and asked: "Taoyao, are the second and fourth sisters like this in the courtyard?"

Tao Yao, who was serving on the side, hurriedly explained: "Elder girl, according to the rules of the palace, the first-born girls are all equipped with these people in the courtyard. Second girls, except for the nanny and the steward, they can only have one first-class man. Maid, two second-class maids, two third-class maids, four rough envoy maids and two rough envoy women."

"So, the monthly routines of the third sister, the second sister, and I are also different?" Xiao Fei speculated thoughtfully. She and Sanmei are legitimate daughters. Since the servants in the courtyard are all different, the monthly schedules will most likely be different as well.

Tao Yao nodded. Her daughter always learned by drawing inferences when studying. She didn't pay attention to it before, but now that she has put her mind to it, she can understand it easily.

Xiao Fei put down the roster and picked up one of the account books. Then she turned to a page and frowned slightly.

Bai Zhou asked cautiously: "Girl, what's wrong with the accounts?"

Xiao Fei shook her head, a cold light flashed in her cold eyes, and Bai Zhou blinked suspiciously.

Xiao Fei flipped through a few more pages, but this time she flipped it so fast that the two maids didn't even see the contents of the account book clearly. They were even more confused and couldn't help but look at each other. Girl, what's going on?

Xiao Fei put down the book she was holding and picked up another one. She also flipped the pages quickly, "wiping, wiping, wiping," making a subtle sound as the paper flapped rapidly... Xiao Fei flipped through it two or three times like this. I won’t look at this account book anymore.

She sat on the armchair behind the desk, her eyes slightly dazed, and she didn't speak for a while.

When Aunt Zheng told Xiao Fei that most of Yue Biju's annual account books were destroyed, Xiao Fei already felt that something was wrong, but there was no evidence, and Aunt Zheng had never made any mistakes in her work. Xiao Fei also hoped that she was overthinking.

But——

This is really unexpected!

Xiao Fei's heart became even colder. She didn't know whether she was more disappointed with Aunt Zheng or more disappointed with herself.

Over the years, I have been addicted to music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and have ignored everything. Unknowingly, I have indulged the servants around me to this extent. First, it was the nanny Yi, and now it is the steward... and there are so many other things. Did he blind himself and keep turning a blind eye? !

Xiao Fei stood up suddenly, "Let's go to Bixiao Hall..." Before she finished her words, she changed her words thoughtfully, "Forget it, let's do it tomorrow morning. Taoyao, tell the kitchen to steam it tomorrow morning I will send some rose rice cakes to my sister-in-law to try."

"Yes, big girl." Taoyao responded with a smile.

That night, the lights in the small study were turned off early, which made the interested person sigh in relief and secretly thought: She knew that the second girl’s elm head would not be able to see any tricks!

The night passed quickly...

On the second day, Xiao Fei and Taoyao, who were carrying a mahogany food box, went to Bixiaotang together.

When Nangong Yue saw several account books taken out together with a plate of hot rose rice cakes, she couldn't help but be startled, and then a smile flashed in her eyes: Sister Fei, who has always had a gut to the end. Now I have learned to turn.

After Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei had a few pieces of sweet and waxy rose rice cakes together, Nangong Yue opened one of the account books. After turning down these pages, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.

This account book is well done!

Sister Fei is really getting better and better, and she actually sees the problem.

Nangong Yuege tilted her head and asked curiously: "Sister Fei, how did you see the problem with this account book?"

Xiao Fei pointed seriously at the page that Nangong Yue had opened and said, "Ink marks. The ink marks in these account books are all new..." Aunt Zheng is worried! Before sending the account book to her, she made another copy, but she didn't know that even if she dried the ink, the fresh ink was different from the old one.

She smelled the smell of new ink as soon as she opened it, so what else was there to see!

No matter how thorough Nanny Zheng’s accounts are, so what? If there was no evil in her heart, why would she have to re-do the accounts! ?

Thinking about it, Xiao Fei's eyes darkened again. Although it was very hateful for the slave to bully the master, it was still because of her habit. In the past, when my sister-in-law was in charge of the huge palace in the capital, there was never any trouble, but she was just a small Yue Biju, with so many people, but she couldn't make things clear. It's no wonder that the servants are jealous of her. Contemptuous, wanting to fool her and manipulate her!

If she wants to build up her prestige, she must first sort out this confusing account. Otherwise, even if she confronts Aunt Zheng, she will just be fooled again and left speechless. .

Nangong Yue was startled, then curled up the corner of her mouth and smiled. The smile gradually spread from the corner of her mouth to the bottom of her eyes, smearing in her bright and dark eyes...

Sister Fei is still so interesting! Poor Aunt Zheng, she had a guilty conscience and wanted to make the accounts more perfect, but she didn't know that she had revealed her fault! Originally, if Xiao Fei only checked whether the numbers in the account books were correct, she might not be able to see the problem.

Yes, as the saying goes, "water flows thousands of miles back to the sea." There is more than one way to do something, she has her own way, and Sister Fei will have her own too!

Quie'er couldn't help but laugh. Apart from the prince, only the eldest girl could tease the prince like this!

The older girl is obviously not as lively and funny as Lily, but sometimes her words and actions are very interesting... well, or rather different, which makes people smile.

Nangong Yue motioned to Que'er to move a chair over, let Xiao Fei sit next to her, and explained to her in detail.

Xiao Fei nodded from time to time.

According to the rules of the palace, Yue Biju’s servants including wet nurses, housekeepers, maids, and mothers-in-law all have monthly expenses from the public house, and as a legitimate daughter, she can get thirty taels from the public house every month. According to the truth, these thirty taels per month are a lot. An ordinary girl's family will not only spend all the money, but also have a lot left over, but this is not the case for Xiao Fei.

Xiao Fei buys a lot of pens, inks, paper, inkstones, books, etc. every month. Sometimes when she sees some rare and unique books, she doesn’t care about the price. These elegant things are comparable to the snacks that little girls usually like to eat. Things are much more expensive. For Xiao Fei, the monthly allowance is often not enough, but she has Xiao Fang, her biological mother, to subsidize her ten taels of silver every month, and there are other taels of silver during New Years and holidays.

Except for the money subsidized by the Xiao Fang family, which is in the hands of the nanny Yi, the money given by the public servant is basically in the hands of the steward, Aunt Zheng. Generally speaking, Xiao Fei can only use it when she needs it. When I didn't have enough money to buy books, I would get some scraps of money from Aunt Zheng. In the past, Grandma Zheng always took out the money without saying a word and never shied away from it. Therefore, Xiao Fei always felt that she did a good job, but didn't want to...

Xiao Fei pursed her lips bitterly.

Nangong Yue opened another February account book, turned to the last page, and asked Xiao Fei: "What do you think is wrong with this account book?"

Xiao Fei looked at the last number in the account book and shook her head helplessly: "I'm not here, and neither are Tao Yao and Bai Zhou. Yue Biju's expenses are not less at all this time..." It's as if they have skills in two parts. , It seems that he is also living in the palace. The monthly amount of 30 taels in February turned out to be only 5 taels left.

"And here..." She pointed to one of the items. According to the account books, in February, Yuebiju re-pasted all the window paper. "It turns out that the paper used to paper the windows is actually the same as the one I usually use. Xue Tao's signature and Wuyun's signature are equally valuable." Xue Tao's signature, Wuyun's signature and quicksand paper are already the most valuable rice paper.

Hearing this, Que'er and Huamei secretly exchanged a glance. They both said that the eldest girl did not want to live in the world, but when it came to music, chess, calligraphy and painting, she really knew what she was doing.