Thinking of the past, Granny Wang closed her eyes briefly. When she opened them again, her eyes were filled with a resolute light. "Master, you really have to move to that plum garden over there. No one can change the decision of the Prince and Princess. You might as well go and see your concubine. Otherwise, if she does something irreversible, it will implicate you."
Granny Wang kept mentioning "concubine," as if reminding Huang Wenbai that he had married into the Hu family and that he had done so many despicable things after marrying Princess Yuru.
The more Huang Wenbai thought about it, the more he felt that Granny Wang looked down on him. How dare a servant look down on him! Huang Wenbai suddenly felt that he was being looked down upon. He suddenly remembered something that happened not long after he married Princess Yuru.
That day, he had just collected all the accounts and money for the month. When he returned home, Princess Yuru was eating, and Qian Peilan, whom he had "picked up," was behind her, serving her food. As soon as he returned, he felt that the atmosphere at home was unusual and very oppressive. Moreover, as soon as he entered the hall, Qian Peilan glanced at him subtly, her face showing grievance.
You should know that Qian Peilan never communicated with Yu Ru in front of her, but now she was looking at her with a pitiful expression in front of her.
Seeing Qian Peilan's aggrieved look, Huang Wenbai felt very bad and wanted to ask her a few questions, but Yu Ru looked over, so he could only pretend he didn't see her.
"What's wrong?" Huang Wenbai clearly remembered that at the time, he only glanced at Qian Peilan before turning his gaze to Yu Ru. "Who made our little princess angry?"
"Where did you go today?" Yu Ru put down her chopsticks and stared at Huang Wenbai. "Why are you so late?"
Huang Wenbai casually placed the account books and bank notes on the dining table. "I went to collect the account books today. Isn't today the end of the month?"
Huang Wenbai was just saying it casually, but Princess Yuru got angry and yelled at him, "How many times have I told you not to put books on the dining table? Don't you have any manners?"
In that instant, Huang Haitao instinctively picked up everything on the table, saying, "I just put it down casually, I won't do it again, don't be angry!"
"Alright!" Princess Yu Ru didn't say much at the time, her tone was a little impatient. "Sit down and eat. After dinner, bring the account books to my room."
Huang Haichuan sat down and said to the aggrieved Qian Peilan, "You're done here, go down!"
Although it was a small matter at the time, Huang Haichuan now thinks back to it. Yu Ru's tone and expression at the time showed that she did not treat him as her husband and son-in-law at all, but as a servant or a steward. She did not respect him at all.
Of course, that wasn't the most important thing, nor was it what made him the angrier. What made him the angrier was what happened next.
Princess Yuru probably didn't have a good appetite, as she only ate a couple of bites before stopping. After Princess Yuru stopped eating, Huang Haichuan didn't dare to eat either, so he quickly put down his chopsticks and ordered someone to remove the dinner. Huang Haichuan and Princess Yuru then returned to their room. "Yuru, these are the account books and money collected this month. Take a look!"
Huang Haichuan was holding the account book, but the silver notes were in a box. Princess Yuru looked at what Huang Haichuan handed her and gestured for him to put them down. "Put them here and bring me the abacus."
Huang Haichuan quickly put the account books and other things on the table, and then went to get the abacus.
Princess Yu Ru is not only capable of leading troops into battle, but she is also a shrewd strategist, making her even more outstanding than the former Princess.
After the abacus was brought over, Princess Yu Ru automatically entered a working state. Huang Wen Bai didn't dare to disturb her. Of course, he didn't dare to disturb her, nor did he dare to leave, because Princess Yu Ru hadn't asked him to leave, and he didn't dare to leave on his own.
Even though he was concerned about Qian Peilan's grievances and wanted to ask her what had caused them, he could only endure it.
After waiting for a long time, and Huang Wenbai himself being distracted for quite some time, Princess Yuru finally spoke, "What's missing?"
"What?" Huang Wenbai stood up, puzzled, and approached Princess Yuru. "What's missing?"
Princess Yuru was quite agitated, and her voice rose, "Why is ten taels of silver missing?"
"Impossible!" Huang Wenbai said as he took the ledger and started calculating on his abacus. "It's a total of 308,000 taels of silver. I've calculated it and counted it before I came back. There's no problem."
"Count it yourself!" Princess Yuru was furious. She pushed the account book and banknotes in front of Huang Wenbai. The large and small denominations of silver, as well as some loose change, were all packed into a box. Huang Wenbai turned pale and picked it up to count. But just as Princess Yuru had said, ten taels were missing.
"Impossible! I counted it, and it matches the ledger, which is why I took it back. It must be Manager Ding. I had a fight with him today, so he took the money to frame me and make my husband and I fight!"
Huang Wenbai hurriedly explained, hoping to clear himself of suspicion and to convince Princess Yuru of his identity.
Unfortunately, Princess Yu Ru remained silent.
Huang Wenbai was a little flustered. He reached out and grabbed Princess Yuru's hand, which was hidden under her clothes, and shook it gently. "Yuru, what I said is true. You can believe me. I have plenty of money to spend, why would I be greedy for ten taels of silver?" It was a joke between the couple. When one of them was angry, the other would shake their hand as a signal of weakness.
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