Qian Ruoyu's two simple words were enough to convince everyone in the kitchen.

Qian Ruoyu took a quick look and saw dozens of people in the kitchen. They all looked quite old and it was obvious that they had stayed in the palace for a long time.

Therefore Qian Ruoyu added one more sentence.

"Don't think that after you've been in the palace for so many years, I won't kick you out at will. This is the palace, not your home. If anyone behaves badly, I have the right to kick you out on behalf of the prince!"

Everyone was submissive and no one dared to resist Qian Ruoyu.

After all, Qian Ruoyu's domineering remarks had already made everyone feel frightened, fearing that they would really be driven out by Qian Ruoyu.

Qian Ruoyu felt more at ease seeing that these people were quite well-behaved. It seemed that she could indeed manage these people well.

"Where are the account books? Give me all the old account books."

But at this moment, a round fat man standing in the middle took a step forward towards Qian Ruoyu.

He said with a grin.

"Your Highness, how can we have an account book in our kitchen? Usually, the butler Wang comes to tell us what to buy and what to sell each day. After that, we go to the storehouse to get the silver and ask Aunt Wang and Aunt Zhang to buy together. We give back the remaining amount. Apart from that, we don't have any account books..."

After hearing this, Qian Ruoyu became even more confused.

Qian Ruoyu asked, "What do you do?"

The fat man quickly replied, "Hey, I'm the chef in the kitchen. Everyone calls me Fatty Liu. Princess, you can also call me Fatty Liu."

Qian Ruoyu just nodded slightly and then said.

"Auntie Zhang and Auntie Wang, come out and follow me."

At this time, two middle-aged women standing at the back of the crowd walked towards Qian Ruoyu with suspicious eyes, as if there was something they could hide from Qian Ruoyu.

After seeing their appearance, Qian Ruoyu knew that perhaps there was something fishy about selling vegetables in the palace.

Qian Ruoyu pulled the two of them to a corner and then questioned them.

"Where did you buy the vegetables you bought yesterday and the day before yesterday? How much did you spend? Tell me now."

Both Wang Po and Zhang Ma were stunned.

They were a little at a loss for a moment. They never thought that Qian Ruoyu would ask such a question.

"What's wrong? Can't you even answer this question? I ask you to buy groceries every day, but you can't even remember these things. Are you qualified for your job?"

As soon as Qian Ruoyu finished speaking, Aunt Zhang spoke immediately.

"This... I bought fifteen kilograms of sunflowers yesterday. I spent a total of... "

When saying this, Aunt Zhang looked again at Grandma Wang next to her, and Grandma Wang continued.

"It cost eight taels of silver!"

"Yes, yes, yes," Zhang Ma replied, "Yes, yes, it cost eight taels of silver in total!"

But after hearing these words, Qian Ruoyu's face changed immediately!

Eight taels of silver are not a small amount of money. In those days, one tael of silver was enough for a family of three to eat and wear for a month. However, these two people only bought 15 kilograms of vegetables, but they spent eight taels of silver.

If this isn't digging your own grave, then what are you digging for?

No, this is cheating the palace out of money!

It was obvious that the two middle-aged women in front of him were embezzling money!

And they are not just looking at this little bit of money. I'm afraid that in the past ten years or so, they have greedily embezzled a lot of money.

After thinking of this, Qian Ruoyu became furious. After all, they relied on the fact that the people in the palace did not ask too many questions, so they dared to quote such an arrogant price.

After seeing Qian Ruoyu's face change, the two were also stunned.

But Qian Ruoyu just raised his hand.

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

Two slaps landed directly on the faces of the two people.

Both Wang Po and Zhang Ma were stunned by Qian Ruoyu, but they seemed to find that Qian Ruoyu had also noticed something.

Seeing the expressions on their faces when they both looked at her like that, Qian Ruoyu spoke even more angrily.

"I asked you to buy groceries but you behaved like this. Tell me for yourself whether you are going too far or not!"

"Do you really think that I am spoiled and don't know the price of vegetables outside? Such a small amount of vegetables costs eight taels of silver!"

"If I hadn't asked about it myself, I really wouldn't have known about this. Moreover, I've come to you personally, but you still dare to say such things to fool me. Do you really think I don't know?"

As soon as Qian Ruoyu finished speaking, Zhang Ma and Wang Po were so scared that they immediately knelt down!

There were two plop sounds.

The two of them knelt in front of Qian Ruoyu at the same time and kowtowed to her continuously.

"My queen, please spare me, my queen, please spare me!"

"I am blind and ignorant, please spare my life, Madam!"

Qian Ruoyu could also see that the two people were indeed very scared at this moment.

If this matter were to be exposed, the amount of money that the two of them would have lost over the past decade or so would probably be incalculable.

For such a serious crime, it is not a problem to throw the two people into jail or even confiscate their entire family's property. After all, this is deceiving the palace and deceiving the dignified Night King.

After seeing the situation here, the dozens of people standing in the yard asked surprised questions and started whispering to each other.

Qian Ruoyu was thinking about how to solve the problem at hand.

The fact that the two men were corrupt is an established fact and this cannot be changed.

If Qian Ruoyu is willing, she can hand the two people over now and let them face the law completely.

But this is not what Qian Ruoyu wants.

And for all these years, no one has noticed that the two of them are like this. Doesn't this mean that this money can also... go into my, Qian Ruoyu's pocket?

When she thought of this, Qian Ruoyu's mouth corners slightly raised.

Everyone’s money is money. Your Chu Mobai’s money is also my Qian Ruoyu’s money!

Thinking of this, Qian Ruoyu spoke calmly to Zhang Ma and Wang Po in front of him.

"You two stand up. This queen has something to say to you."

The two of them were still kneeling on the ground, not daring to raise their heads.

"No... please spare my life, please spare my life, please!"

"I was wrong in this matter. I will return the money immediately... We still have a lot of money..."

Qian Ruoyu sneered, "Either get up now, or I'll take you to the big attic now!"

When the two heard these words, they quickly stood up from the ground, but Qian Ruoyu saw that their foreheads were already red, obviously the two of them had kowtowed very hard just now.

"This is a capital crime, but you two are lucky to have met me. Tell me how much silver you have. You'd better be honest this time."