"Madam, this, this really means reducing the allocations to each courtyard?" Madam Lu was shocked when she heard this.
The other maids and old women were also very surprised.
After all, the men of the Shen family had just returned, so rather than reducing the allowances, the allowances for each courtyard should be increased. But why did this lady want to reduce the allowances for each courtyard? This was really wrong!
Yang Zhao was leaning against a soft couch in the second hall, his knees covered with a thick blanket. He exuded a gentle and tranquil air, and looked very easy to talk to, but no one present dared to look down on him.
"Just do as I say. You just need to do your job well." Yang Zhao looked at the maids and old women who were arranged to sit on the jade stools and said with a faint smile, but his tone was unquestionable.
Madam Lu and the others looked at each other in bewilderment.
Finally, everyone agreed.
"Madam Lu and Madam Li, you will have to work harder these next two days and sort out all the remaining accounts of each courtyard and each department over the years, except for the exceptions."
"Also, the accounts for the East and West Compounds must be sorted out separately. Remember to list every expense clearly without leaving any mistakes."
Matron Lu and Matron Li really couldn't figure out what the lady's intention was, but they still responded respectfully.
An hour later.
Only then did the maids and servants in charge leave.
"Madam, this arrangement...will it annoy the old lady?" Dong Shuang couldn't help but ask softly.
Yang Zhao stretched his waist slightly, then said nonchalantly: "So what if I'm angry? I'm the one holding the money in the Shen family now. If she has the guts, she can take the power back from me. I'll be relieved."
This is extremely disrespectful.
But Dong Shuang was surprised and happy.
She was frightened because she was afraid someone would hear about it and find fault with her wife. But she was happy because her wife seemed to have really returned to the way she was six years ago. Although there were still some differences, her wife should have been an eagle soaring in the sky, not a canary in a cage.
Although this idea was dangerous, Dong Shuang just couldn't control himself.
"lady……"
"Is the soup pot ready? I'm hungry."
Dong Shuang smiled and said, "Everything is ready. I'll have it brought to the house right away."
Dong Shuang walked straight to the door, told the maid outside, then turned back to wring out a hot towel to wipe Yang Zhao's hands. During this time, she suddenly thought of Xuan Ge'er and couldn't help asking:
"Madam, although Brother Xuan looks pitiful, his identity is indeed disgusting. Why are you still so nice to him?" She even gave him the hot water bottle.
Madam is still afraid of the cold.
Whenever Dong Shuang thought of his identity, she felt that it was not worth it for her wife.
Yang Zhao looked at Dong Shuang, who was usually too calm but now full of indignation for her. The corners of her mouth could not help but curl up slowly. She handed her the handkerchief and said, "Dong Shuang, do you still remember how my mother taught us to train eagles?"
Dong Shuang was slightly stunned, and soon her eyes widened slightly, "Madam, you mean..."
Yang Zhao chuckled and murmured, "He will eventually become my stepson. This time, I will let him have his fun, nurture his natural wildness, and maximize his intelligence. Otherwise, how can I be worthy of..." his 'filial piety' in his previous life! !
“Ah…”
When Xuan Ge'er returned to the yard, his lips had turned purple from the cold, and he was shivering and sneezing.
Aunt Xu was terrified: "Young Master, where have you been? I just went to the kitchen to bring you a bowl of hot soup, how could you run out and freeze like this..."
Nanny Xu is the old lady's confidante and was specially sent to take care of Xuan'er. She knows Xuan'er's identity, but it is precisely because of this that she is so shocked at this moment.
He picked up Xuan Ge'er and rushed into the house.
But when I changed his clothes, I found that he was still holding a hot water bottle tightly in his hands...
"Don't take my hot water bottle."
Xuan Ge'er held on to the hot water bottle and refused to let go. Aunt Xu had no choice but to follow him. After changing his clothes, she quickly asked the servants to boil ginger soup. However, Xuan Ge'er still fell ill with a high fever that night.
It was already early the next morning when Mrs. Shen heard the news.
"Wasn't he fine yesterday? Why did he suddenly have a high fever? Have you seen a doctor?" Seeing Xuan Ge'er lying sick in the bed, Old Lady Shen frowned and asked Aunt Xu.
After all, this is her first great-grandson, so she still likes him.
"Madam, the doctor came to see the young master this morning and said he just caught a cold."
"How could you catch a cold when you're fine?"
Aunt Xu nervously told Xuan about what happened yesterday, and then took out the hot water bottle that Xuan'er had been holding tightly to yesterday.
"The young master brought this hot water bottle home yesterday and has been holding it tightly, refusing to let go. I suspect he went to see... that girl."
Madam Shen's face darkened after hearing this: "That lowly slave, how dare she disobey my orders?"
"Madam, I think this hot water bottle belongs to you." At this time, Madam Liu said.
"Madam? Yang Zhao's?" Old Madam Shen was stunned.
Madam Liu took the hot water bottle from Madam Xu's hand and looked at it. She quickly said, "Old Madam, this is indeed Madam's. Madam has been very afraid of the cold since she fell into the water a few days ago. She has to hold a hot water bottle wherever she goes. The one I saw Madam holding yesterday was this."
When Mrs. Shen heard that it was Yang Zhao's hot water bottle, she was confused.
"Doesn't Yang Zhao dislike Xuan'er? How did her hot spring bottle end up in Xuan'er's hands?"
Neither Matron Liu nor Matron Xu could answer this question.
Old Madam Shen didn't worry too much. After the male member of the Shen family came back injured yesterday, everyone in the Shen family was busy. Although Old Madam Shen didn't have to do much, she still had a lot to worry about.
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