"Where is Tai? How does she manage the household?" Gu Huaizhi frowned and tapped the table impatiently.
The accountant shrank his neck and replied cautiously: "In reply to the Marquis, the power of the mansion is now in the hands of the third young lady."
"What? Nian Shu?" Gu Huaizhi stood up suddenly, the teacup was knocked over by his sleeve, and the tea left a dark mark on the account book. "What does an unmarried girl know about being a housekeeper? This is ridiculous!"
No wonder there has been such chaos in the mansion recently.
Gu Huaizhi secretly complained in his heart, that girl couldn't even manage her own monthly salary, how could she manage the entire Marquis' Mansion?
"This... this is what the old lady meant." The accountant wiped the sweat from his forehead, "And the eldest young lady's wife gave the keys and account books to the third young lady a few days ago."
Thinking of the "decision" made by the third young lady after taking over, the accountant felt his temples throbbing.
Gu Nianshu first withdrew all the cash from the accounting office, and then asked her masters to have only one steamed bun and porridge for breakfast.
I’m afraid there’s no other idea as absurd as this in the entire capital.
Thinking of this, the accountant actually felt that it was a bit embarrassing to watch.
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"Mother must have asked Tai to assist her!" Gu Huaizhi tugged at his collar in annoyance. "Nianshu has no experience. Isn't this treating the Marquis' Mansion like a joke?"
As Gu Huaizhi said this, he was about to go to Tai Jingwan's yard to settle the score with her.
The housekeeper Zhongshu quickly stopped him and said, "My Lord, the eldest young master's wife is not in the mansion today."
"Where have you been again?" Gu Huaizhi's forehead was throbbing with veins.
I thought that Tai was becoming more and more unruly now, and she didn't even say hello when she left the house.
"My Lord, the eldest young master's wife accompanied the second young master's wife to the Gratitude Temple to burn incense today."
"Pray for a child?" Gu Huaizhi sneered sarcastically, "She is enthusiastic."
Gu Huaizhi thought, since Tai Jingwan was not here, he turned around and sat back on the armchair, "Wait for her to come back and ask her to come see me immediately!"
The accountant came forward, rubbing his hands and saying, "My Lord, the woman who bought the cows is still waiting to be paid."
“How much?”
"Usually these are from the eldest young lady's family..." The accountant was halfway through his words when he saw the Marquis's face suddenly change. He gritted his teeth and said, "At least you have to pay a hundred taels of silver first."
Gu Huaizhi clutched the armrest tightly: "What? Our mansion will be unable to make ends meet without the Tai family?" Seeing that the accountant actually nodded, he felt a tightness in his chest.
Has it been the Tai family that has been supporting the Xuanping Marquis Mansion all these years?
"Here!" He threw out a banknote, and suddenly thought of something, "What about the income from the farms and shops in the mansion?"
The accountant counted on his fingers with a bitter face: "Last month, the Marquis gave Miss Wan'er two thousand taels to buy jewelry, and the month before last, he gave Miss San one thousand taels to buy clothes, and before that..."
"Enough!" Gu Huaizhi's ears felt hot.
It turned out that all the money saved over the years had been used to fill Gu Wan'er's bottomless pit.
Seeing Gu Huaizhi so angry, the accountant didn't dare to say that Gu Mingzhi and Gu Nianshu had gone to the accountant's office to withdraw money frequently. These two masters were not the kind of people who would live frugally.
The account was thinking about this matter, and it would not be too late to answer it when Gu Huaizhi asked.
"My lord, the harvests from the farms and shops in the mansion are not very good. The expenses of this large family, now without the support of the Tai family, will probably be quite a large expense. My lord, you should quickly think of ways to do more business." The accountant glanced at Gu Huai and said carefully.
"I see." Gu Huaizhi frowned. He never expected that one day, he, the Marquis of Xuanping, would actually worry about money.
"My Lord, you haven't consummated your marriage with the Second Young Master's wife yet, right?" Uncle Zhong, the butler standing by, saw that Gu Huaizhi looked unhappy, so he asked carefully.
"Okay, I'm not in the mood for that right now." Gu Huaizhi said impatiently.
"My lord, I heard that the second young master's wife's dowry is worth 100,000 taels of silver." Uncle Zhong said with a hint of meaning.
"So what?" Gu Huaizhi became very annoyed when he thought that Jiang Jinyue actually had someone guarding her warehouse. That person was guarding those things like their own eyes, so he could forget about asking for money.
Thinking of this, Gu Huaizhi felt somewhat helpless.
"My Lord, the situation in our house is special now. Why don't you ask the Second Young Master's wife to borrow some money to get by?" Uncle Zhong said again.
Gu Huaizhi's eyes moved slightly.
Since Jiang Jinyue has married into the Marquis's Mansion, it is her duty to help her husband's family.
Jiang Jinyue is his second wife now. If he asks her to "borrow" money, she shouldn't refuse to give it, right?
"Where is Tai's dowry?" After thinking for a while, Gu Huaizhi asked again.
"The eldest young lady's dowry is still locked in the warehouse..." Uncle Zhong thought, could it be that the marquis wants to sell the eldest young lady's dowry again?
If the eldest young lady's family knew about this, would they let the servants off easily?
After all, although this was the masters' intention, the people who would go out to deal with these things would only be their servants.
If the Tai family really wanted to investigate, the first people they would find would be these servants.
By then, the masters will certainly say that it was the servants' own idea in order to shirk responsibility.
Looking at Gu Huaizhi's gloomy face, Uncle Zhong did not dare to express his worries.
This is also the reason why Uncle Zhong advised Gu Huaizhi to find Jiang Jinyue. After all, compared to the Tai family, the Jiang family is obviously much easier to deal with.
It was much easier for the Gu family to control a small business.
"Pick a few pieces to pawn." Gu Huaizhi waved his hand. He felt that since he didn't need to ask Jiang Jinyue for help at the moment, there was no need for him to lower his status to ask Jiang Jinyue for help.
Tai Jingwan has a lot of stuff, and she probably won't know if I pawn a few of them.
Besides, those things are dead, but the Gu family still has a large family and more than a dozen mouths waiting for food and drink.
Presumably, Tai Jingwan could understand this.
"To die?" Uncle Zhong thought for a moment and asked.
"Yeah!" Gu Huaizhi had no intention of redeeming it.
Uncle Zhong sighed inwardly, and then asked carefully, "My Lord, do you want to inform the eldest young lady about this matter first?"
"Why are you talking so much? Are you the Marquis, or am I the Marquis?" Gu Huaizhi asked impatiently.
After hearing this, Uncle Zhong had no choice but to retreat.
"Go to Yuehua Pavilion and tell them that I'll be there for dinner." Gu Huaizhi said again.
After all, when he said he was going over for dinner, it meant that he would stay overnight in Jiang Jinyue's courtyard.
In Yingxue Pavilion, Jiang Jinyue was happily accompanying Tai Jingwan and Luo Xinyue in arranging flowers. She almost cut the branches when she heard this.
Jiang Jinyue even doubted whether she had heard it wrong, because she knew that she had become a decoration in the Xuanping Marquis Mansion.
I didn't expect that this bastard would remember me today?
"He has remembered me." She sneered and threw the golden scissors on the table, "Go tell the Marquis that I caught a cold after returning from the temple today, and I'm afraid I'll pass on the disease to him."
Ruyi said tremblingly: "Miss, the Marquis will probably stay at Yuehua Pavilion tonight."
"Just say I'm having my period." Jiang Jinyue stood up and said, "He doesn't really want to have it anyway."
The man suddenly became attentive, and who knows what he was planning.
Thinking of the dowry in the warehouse, her eyes became colder.
It’s true that even my uncle can tolerate it, and my aunt can’t.
She was in no mood to accompany Gu Huaizhi, a stinking scumbag.
"Sister, in that case, you should go back first." Tai Jingwan said to Jiang Jinyue.
Jiang Jinyue, who originally wanted to stay and accompany Tai Jingwan, suddenly became a little impatient.
In his heart, he also scolded Gu Huaizhi for something that was wrong with him.
Who wants him to come?
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