But now it seems that my little thoughts are not worth mentioning in their eyes. They are even too lazy to be angry with me: "Mammy, you are right. This medicine shop belongs to the princess and her husband. I am the one who is meddling."
Wu Xin pointed at the large wooden box as he spoke, "This box contains the account books for the past 20 years since the Second Madam took over the medicine shop."
Su Chenyu didn't answer him, but looked at Aunt He: "Aunt He, go over and take a look."
After Su Chenyu reminded him, Wu Xin realized that Aunt He was standing next to him. His face froze slightly.
Aunt He just glanced at it briefly, then glanced at Wu Xin and replied, "Princess, Prince Consort, I have never had access to this account book before, so I really can't understand it."
"In that case, Aunt He, just pick up a book and let this princess read it."
Aunt He took the top book and handed it to Su Chenyu. Su Chenyu took the book and flipped through a few pages casually.
Seeing her like this, Wu Xin breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Su Chenyu would definitely not understand.
"Manager Wu, I took a quick look and saw that beef is 1,000 wen per jin and pork is 1,200 wen per jin. But the normal price of meat is only 100 wen per jin and pork is 120 wen per jin. Isn't this a bit outrageous?"
Su Chenyu made Wu Xin tremble slightly. The reason why he could become the manager of this medicine shop was naturally because he was good at accounting. Even ordinary accountants could not tell the false accounts he made.
However, Su Chenyu only took a few glances to discover the disguise on the account and directly calculated the real price at the time of purchase.
Seeing that Wu Xin didn't answer her, Su Chenyu asked Aunt He: "Aunt He, the account book you have is for this year. You are in charge of purchasing. I believe you can still remember the price, right?"
How could Aunt He dare to say that she didn't remember: "Of course I remember, the price on the account is really too high, I bought it at the normal price."
Wu Xin didn't expect Aunt He to betray him like this. He subconsciously wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Su Chenyu: "Manager Wu, you are the one who kept all the accounts. When Aunt He comes back to report, will you have no doubts about the beef that costs 1,000 coins per pound? Are you going to tell this princess that you have always eaten beef that costs 1,000 coins per pound? I'm afraid the nobles in this palace can't even compare to the food of a manager in this farm, right?"
Facing Su Chenyu's questioning, Wu Xin finally couldn't hold on any longer and knelt on the ground: "Villain, villain..."
Wu Xin was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, but he couldn't say a word. He could never have imagined that Su Chenyu could discover the trick in the account book.
He was confused by Su Chenyu's initial behavior, so he directly sent the account book over.
I figured it out, but it was too late.
"Manager Wu, does the princess want to continue reading this account book?"
Wu Xin quickly replied, "Princess, there is indeed something wrong with this account book. Because the Second Madam rarely checks the accounts, the accounts are not kept in the manor. Yesterday, the Second Madam sent someone to tell me that I rushed to get the account book out overnight. There are some mistakes in some places, I hope the princess will forgive me."
Beads of sweat the size of beans slid down Wu Xin's forehead onto the floor, wetting a small area of the floor.
Su Chenyu didn't speak for a long time, her eyes lingering on Wu Xin and Aunt He. The two of them felt an invisible pressure on their shoulders and they almost fell to the ground while kneeling.
Su Chenyu closed the account book with a snap. "I am not an unreasonable person. If that is the case, I would like to trouble Manager Wu to sort out the account book again and give it to me tomorrow. How about that?"
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