Qin Wan had placed someone next to Bai Wanyi, but she hadn't replied today, so she naturally didn't know anything about the Marquis' Mansion. Now that Chu Yun was here, she decided to ask about it.
Chu Yun really answered whatever Qin Wan asked: "Early this morning, Madam broke the lock on the door of the old lady's warehouse."
Qin Wan looked up in astonishment and asked in disbelief, "Did you break the lock on the warehouse door?"
Chu Yun nodded, her expressionless face revealing nothing about her thoughts: "Madame Li is so angry that she has already packed her bags and left."
Qin Wan frowned, "Madame Li is Madam Li's wet nurse. She's been very helpful in taking care of the old lady, and she's always been very kind to me. The Lu family may be a bad family, but I can't help but remember our old friendship. Taoyao, go get a hundred taels of silver and have Chuyun pass it on to Madam Li."
Chu Yun took the silver and knelt down to kowtow: "This servant thanks Miss Qin on behalf of Madam Li."
Qin Wan nodded and asked, "Yesterday, when you poured me wine, did the Bai family give you any trouble?"
Chu Yun shook his head and thought for a moment before saying, "Madam really values the Marquis's Mansion and her reputation."
Qin Wan smiled without saying anything. Chu Yun's words were nice. Bai Wanyi didn't care about the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion. What she cared about was her own face, and even more so whether she had gained any benefits.
Taoyao handed the account book to Chuyun: "I missed this one when I handed it over that day."
Beneath the account books was another box. She said, "Here are the addresses of the people who managed the shops and farms. When the old lady passed away, she returned their deeds to everyone, and they all returned home. The shops were later rented out, and the monthly income was kept in the old lady's treasury."
"We haven't collected any income from the farm yet, so we have to ask the head of the farm for it. Madam Li brought three farms as her dowry, two large and one small. Every year, the income from the farm is quite a bit."
Qin Wan was too bothered by the problem. Every year, apart from the grain they brought into the mansion, she let them deal with the rest on their own. "I also told them to store as much grain as possible and sell some. Now I don't know how much they have stored, or how much silver they have."
Qin Wan then said to Chu Yun, "Just tell your Lord and Madam that I don't want to see them. If they need anything, just ask you to come find me."
She was still thinking about the crops in Xiaoxue Village. They were planted late, and she didn't know how they were doing now. She had to find time to go there again.
Chu Yun agreed with a smile, took the account books and other things and left.
Zhenzhen was indignant: "That couple is quite interesting. They're actually afraid that the young lady will default on their debt."
Tao Yao thought it was normal: "If the accounts are clear, we will have less trouble."
Zigui was thoughtful and said, "Miss, this Chu Yun looks a little different from when we were in the mansion."
Yijia seemed to be thinking about it: "Isn't she thinking about becoming a concubine? I think this girl is very thoughtful."
In the previous life, Chu Yun did not take any action. Qin Wan was not sure whether Chu Yun would have different thoughts now because of her withdrawal.
"Okay, what are we eating today?" Qin Wan changed the subject. Hearing that Lu Yan was beaten with a stick, she felt particularly happy and wanted to eat something delicious.
The small kitchen had been making desserts these days, filling the house with a sweet aroma every day. Originally, they were making them at Ling Jiang Residence. But desserts, after eating too much, became tiresome, and nowadays, few people were interested in eating them.
Qin Wan had no choice but to move back to the Qin family. The Qin family was large and all the desserts they made could be eaten up.
Soon, the dessert was served.
"This is double-skin milk, made according to the recipe the young lady taught me. This is rice noodle rolls, but we can't get any delicious seafood here, so we can only use some meat instead. This is milk tea..."
There were more than a dozen snacks and drinks on the menu. Qin Wan tasted two or three with a small silver spoon and felt sick of them. She couldn't finish them. "It's too sweet. This double-skin milk is still good. Let's reduce the sugar content in the others and send them to various places."
Qin Xie, who had received the dessert, came over before lunch and asked, "Are you planning to open a dessert shop?"
Qin Wan nodded. "Those dessert shops in Beijing only have the same few items coming and going. I want them to make something new for me to try."
Qin Xie loves milk tea: "I think the sweetness is just right. I heard you think it's too sweet."
Qin Wan thought for a moment and said, "That's fine. Let them make it less sweet. If you like it sweet, just add some sugar."
Qin Xie nodded with a smile: "That's it, we have to cater to everyone's tastes."
Qin Wan thought about it and realized the same thing, so she asked someone to collect statistics on everyone's favorite sweetness levels.
If most people like the sweetness of this kind of thing, then even if she finds it sweet, she will keep it.
If most people think it tastes better without being sweet, then make it without being sweet.
It was not until the evening that Qin Wan learned from her spies that Qi Jing's housekeeper power had been taken away and he was punished to copy scriptures in the Buddhist temple. The account books of the manor and shop were sent to the mansion. Bai Wanyi began to check the accounts himself and ordered the manager of the manor to bring the silver and account books of the past years to the mansion the next day for reconciliation.
When Qin Sheng returned from court, Qin Wan knew many details of what happened in the court.
Comparing it with her previous life, Qin Wan knew there must be something fishy going on.
In her previous life, she did not divorce Lu Yan, and Lu Yan's misfortune was equivalent to her misfortune. Although her father wanted to help her vent her anger, he was also afraid that hitting the mouse would damage the jade bottle.
So the fact that the border army's accounts didn't match up didn't happen in her previous life, but she vaguely heard Lu Yan mention something to Bai Wanyi...
What specifically?
Qin Wan couldn't remember, but she believed the emperor wasn't a tyrant, so she asked, "Father, has His Majesty sent anyone with him?"
Qin Sheng nodded and shook his head: "We know that His Highness will send people to investigate, but we have to pretend that we don't know."
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