Zhou Zhubu smiled and nodded.

"Princess, these two young men you brought here are really great. Not only can they use an abacus, but they are also very good at arithmetic."

"With the help of these two people, I am like a tiger with wings, like a tiger with wings!"

After saying this, Zhou Zhubu burst into laughter, with a smug expression on his face.

He was very satisfied with the two young men, who worked diligently and efficiently.

Now he can relax a little more.

Qian Ruoyu could tell from his expression that it seemed that Zhou Zhubu really liked Dahu and Xiaohu.

This also made Qian Ruoyu feel at ease.

But then Qian Ruoyu pulled Zhou Zhubu aside and let Dahu and Xiaohu continue with their work.

After being pulled aside, Zhou Zhubu asked in confusion.

"What happened, Princess?"

"Da Hu and Xiao Hu are really good people. You don't have to hide anything from them..."

Qian Ruoyu said calmly.

"It has nothing to do with these two people. I want to know if someone came to the warehouse and took the silver just now?"

Zhou Zhubu nodded slightly.

He said this in a serious manner.

"Yes, just now the butler came with his men, and with the prince's order, he did take away 8,800 taels of silver."

"But this is not enough. The housekeeper asked me to prepare a little more. I need to prepare another 10,000 taels of silver. I am waiting to settle the accounts with Da Hu and Xiao Hu before I start moving the silver."

After all, there are only three people in the warehouse, and the warehouse is a sensitive area that ordinary people cannot enter casually. Even the housekeeper is not qualified to bring people in.

Therefore, only Zhou Zhubu could bring people into the warehouse to move the silver out.

Qian Ruoyu remembered that the last time he entered the warehouse, there were indeed many boxes of silver. He thought that perhaps there were indeed 10,000 taels of silver.

In particular, in addition to the ready-made silver and gold, the warehouse also contains a large number of calligraphy and paintings, jewelry, and many valuable antiques and porcelain.

If these things were sold, the silver would probably be more than tens of thousands of taels.

After all, it is the treasury of the Night King's Palace. The silver in it is not just a few thousand or tens of thousands of taels.

After hearing what Zhou Zhubu said, Qian Ruoyu was even more certain that the palace really needed to cut back on spending.

Qian Ruoyu nodded slightly.

"In that case, there is indeed a certain risk on the border, but the prince did not tell me about this."

When hearing this, Zhou Zhubu's face was extremely shocked.

He simply couldn't believe that Qian Ruoyu didn't even know about this.

The princess is the mistress of the palace, how come she doesn’t know any news at all?

"This... Princess, this matter is of great importance. Even the housekeeper already knows about it. How could you not know about it?"

Qian Ruoyu gave a helpless smile.

The only person who would tell me about this is probably Chu Mobai, but Chu Mobai would definitely not tell me.

When Qian Ruoyu thought about this matter, he felt a chill in his heart.

But Qian Ruoyu didn't say much at this time, because she didn't want to complain at all.

There's no use complaining.

However, as the mistress of the palace, Qian Ruoyu knew that she needed to take some effective ways to cut expenses.

That's why I said this to Zhou Zhubu.

"Bring me the bill so I can look over it. I want to see what the palace needs to do every day and how much money it needs to spend."

"Since the palace has spent tens of thousands of taels of silver at once, we need to cut down on expenses and try not to spend money on useless things. Don't you agree, Zhou Zhubu?"

As soon as Zhou Zhubu heard Qian Ruoyu's words, he nodded immediately.

He said as he walked over to get the account book.

"Your Highness Princess is absolutely right!"

"Please have a look, Princess."

Then a three-layer thick account book appeared in front of Qian Ruoyu, and Qian Ruoyu sat on the chair next to Dahu.

After sitting down, Zhou Zhubu on the side introduced it.

"Princess, this is yesterday's account, and this is the day before yesterday."

"Yesterday, the palace's expenditure totaled 1,600 taels of silver. Today, the palace's expenditure is nearly 2,860 taels of silver."

When Qian Ruoyu heard this data, she was not shocked.

Because the preparations for the old lady's birthday banquet in the past two days did cost a lot of money, all of this money can only be regarded as abnormal expenditure.

Qian Ruoyu just flipped through the account books of the previous few days, and sure enough, the expenses on that day were only around three hundred taels of silver.

This is the most normal expenditure.

The daily expenditure of three hundred taels of silver for hundreds of people in the palace is not too much.

But now that we need to cut spending, some of this money must be cut.

Qian Ruoyu didn't want to save the money for buying vegetables.

After all, this money came through Qian Ruoyu's hands, and it did increase the enthusiasm of everyone in the palace. Qian Ruoyu didn't want everyone to be unhappy because of cutting back on spending.

Therefore, the expenses that can be reduced must be some useless and wasteful expenses.

Just when Qian Ruoyu was thinking about this matter, he suddenly saw an expenditure of ten taels of silver.

The source of this expenditure turned out to be Zhiyi Pavilion.

Qian Ruoyu gently placed the tail of the brush at this place and said calmly to Zhou Zhubu.

"Zhou Zhubu, what's going on here?"

Zhou Zhubu took a look and then hurriedly explained.

"Princess, this is the expenses of the Concubine. There are many flower pots and fences in the Concubine's Zhiyi Pavilion. These things need to be replaced and cleaned every once in a while."

"So there was an expense of ten taels of silver."

But just after Zhou Zhubu finished speaking, Qian Ruoyu directly drew with his brush.

“This expense can be saved in the future.”

Qian Ruoyu did not give any explanation after she finished speaking, and Zhou Zhubu nodded quickly.

Qian Ruoyu then saw several expenditures related to Zhiyi Pavilion. The silver in these places was only five or eight taels of silver, but added up to a total of more than thirty taels of silver!

“What are these expenses?”

Zhou Zhubu said.

"These are the rouge and powder that the Concubine needs, as well as some ingredients bought from outside. The Concubine said she wanted to make soup for the Prince in her Zhiyi Pavilion."

“So I bought some expensive ingredients.”

After hearing these words, Qian Ruoyu's face changed immediately.

This Li Zhiyi really knows how to please that big pig's hoof!

"If she wants to buy something to make soup in the future, let her go directly to the kitchen to get it. The kitchen is not for outsiders. If she doesn't want to, she can come to me!"

After hearing what Qian Ruoyu said, Zhou Zhubu also nodded quickly.

Afterwards, Zhou Zhubu took the initiative to cross out all the above expenses.

After removing the expenses from Zhiyi Pavilion, the funds were reduced by more than thirty taels of silver.