When Qiu Tang brought people to take the money manager to get his evidence - the account book which recorded how much silver Liang had withdrawn on what day and what year, Shen Xinyan glanced through it and gently closed it.

The shopkeepers of the shops under her name were all promoted by the Grand Madam of the Bo Mansion, that is, her biological mother. Since they were promoted by her biological mother, she naturally would not be suspicious. In addition, her mind has always been on her children, not on these businesses, so she has never thought of checking the accounts over the years, but just accepted the income sent by the shopkeepers every quarter.

The money manager seemed to be a cautious person, as he could secretly record the amount Liang took away in such detail. If she guessed correctly, he should have a set of account books to deal with himself.

I think because she never wanted to check the account in all these years, and she had no suspicion towards him, even the most cautious person gradually became lax. In addition, today she just wanted to check the account book on a whim, and she caught the cashier off guard, so she revealed this matter.

"Madam, how do you think this matter should be handled?" Qiu Tang asked hesitantly after ordering someone to take the money keeper away.

Unless the lady wants to break off completely with her family, she can only keep this matter a secret. The lady of the house stole. Yes, the behavior of the lady of the earl is no different from stealing. The lady of the house stole the dowry money of her sister-in-law. If such a scandal gets out, not to mention the lady of the earl, even the other people in the Jing'an Earl's Mansion will be too ashamed to go out and see people for the rest of their lives.

The money manager must have known this too, so he easily exposed the lady of the baron and even proactively cooperated by handing over strong evidence.

Shen Xinyan rubbed his forehead and did not answer her.

Although this matter is a bit tricky, she is not the kind of person who can only swallow her grievances. Yes, this matter cannot be made known to everyone, but it does not prevent her from peeling off the skin of Liang!

"Tell someone to make a copy of it, and keep this one carefully for me." She handed the 'evidence' in her hand to Qiutang.

"As for the money keeper... I could have forgiven him, but I hate it most when someone eats my food and still dares to plot against me! I guess he has become too careless in all these years. Let someone dig him up thoroughly and send both the evidence and the person to the government. Please take good care of him, sir!" She sneered when she mentioned the money keeper.

Even if she concealed this crime, she didn't believe that the money manager would be completely clean. She would dig up all his past and settle accounts with him all at once, so that he would know that there are some people whom he cannot easily manipulate!

"Please ask the shopkeepers of other shops to come to the hall to see how the adults handle the case, so that they can have some experience. By the way, tell them that I will do my best to check the accounts of each shop in a month."

Qiu Tang's eyes lit up.

Madam, this is a very good move!

First, let's kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, so that other shopkeepers can see that the lady is not so easily deceived. Give them another month to prepare, and they must pay out the money they should pay out honestly, otherwise the shopkeeper's today will be their tomorrow.

In this way, the business of the shop will not be affected by replacing all the shop managers at once. They can be stabilized temporarily and then replaced slowly by finding suitable people in the future.

As for the lady of the earl's house, that is a family matter. No matter how it is handled, it will not be laughed at by outsiders!

"Does this matter need to be reported to the prince?" Since it involved dealing with the government, Qiu Tang couldn't help but ask one more question.

"You send someone to do it, and I will tell the prince when he comes back." Shen Xinyan replied.

In order to get the government's cooperation to cover up the Liang family and the Marquis of Jing'an's Mansion, they naturally had to act under the name of the Duke's Mansion. In this way, it would be impossible to hide it from Wei Junhang, the prince.

Qiu Tang was finally relieved to see that she had thought everything through.

***

At this time, Wei Junhang was in Qiao Liu's private residence, his eyes rolling around, looking at the various brocade boxes placed on the rosewood round table.

Qiao Liu crossed his legs proudly and said, "What do you think? Wei Lao Er, I've already told you that I am not completely without any assets. If I take out any of the treasures on this table, there will be many people who will be jealous!"

"It's because of you that I'm so kind to let you open your eyes. Even if others beg to take a look, I won't bother to pay attention!"

Wei Junhang held a piece of rabbit jade carving and looked at it carefully, and he couldn't let it go.

Qiao Liu was even more proud when he saw it: "The jade carving in your hand is made of thousand-year-old snow-warm jade, and was personally carved by the famous jade master Tao Mu. It was also blessed by the former imperial master who is said to have ascended to heaven. It is a treasure that is priceless!"

Wei Junhang curled his lips. What about the imperial master blessing it? That was pure nonsense! If it weren't for the exquisite carving of the rabbit and his little girl's zodiac sign being the rabbit, he wouldn't have bothered to look at it!

"Then use this to pay off the rest of your debt!" He put the jade rabbit back into the brocade box, and then naturally put the box into his arms.

"Wei Lao Er, are you really that cruel? You want to exchange that little bit of money for my priceless jade carving?!" Qiao Liu screamed immediately.

"You took these things out just to use them to pay off your debts, didn't you? Now I have done as you wish. If it weren't for the fact that these things might please my little girl, I wouldn't want them!" Wei Junhang said righteously.

"What? You're planning to give such a valuable item that's worth a fortune to your little girl? Really, really... If you were giving it to my sister-in-law, I wouldn't be able to say anything." Qiao Liu widened his eyes.

What kind of person is this! Instead of using such a good thing to please a beautiful woman, he actually uses it to please a little girl? !

"So what if it's for my little girl? My little girl is not worthy of any good things!" Wei Junhang glared at him angrily.

The corners of Qiao Liu's mouth twitched a few times: "Okay, okay, whatever you say!"

After thinking about it, he still felt reluctant to part with the work of jade master Tao Mu, so he took a unique jade hairpin from the table and said, "Why not exchange it with this one? It is said that this hairpin was the favorite of Liu Yu Niang, a great woman of that time, and it has been worn by dozens of peerless beauties. If..."

"No!" Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Wei Junhang.

"Why not? Isn't it more important to please my sister-in-law than to please that little girl?" Qiao Liu was puzzled.

"It has been worn by so many women, who knows if it might have some messy smell of cosmetics on it. What should I do if it bothers my wife?" Wei Junhang said with disgust.

If he wanted to give his wife jewelry, he would have to give her newly made jewelry, not those that have been worn by someone unknown.

Qiao Liu's lips moved slightly. He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he seemed to really smell the scent of a woman's makeup. He quickly threw the jade hairpin back into the brocade box, and then grabbed a handkerchief beside him to wipe his hands.

"Forget it, forget it. I admit defeat to you! Do whatever you want!" He sighed and accepted his fate helplessly.

Wei Junhang was a little proud: "It should have been done long ago! Anyway, you have so many priceless treasures, it doesn't matter if one is missing."

Seeing him acting like a scoundrel after getting an advantage, Qiao Liu felt his hands itching and wanted to punch that hateful face.

Trying hard to suppress this impulse, he pretended to cough and asked the servants to put away the things on the table. Suddenly he remembered something and went to Wei Junhang and said mysteriously, "I recently cooperated with a woman from the southwest who came to Beijing to do business to open a hot spring resort. I just found out a few days ago that the woman also brought in a partner. Do you know who that partner is?"

"It's a funny question you ask. How would I know? Can I figure it out just by counting on my fingers?" Wei Junhang glanced at him.

"I knew you didn't know!" It was rare to see him admit that he didn't know. Qiao Liu was so proud of himself. He shook his head and continued, "The man's surname is Shen, and her husband's surname is Wei. They have a son and a daughter, and her husband is known as a playboy."

Wei Junhang stopped drinking tea and asked, "My wife?"

Thinking about it again, it seemed that I had indeed heard my wife mention that she wanted to form a business partnership, but I didn't expect that Qiao Liu would also be involved.

"Hehe, it's my sister-in-law!"

"Oh, so you were also involved." Wei Junhang nodded.

Qiao Liu will get involved, thinking that this business can be done. Although he doesn't care whether his wife makes money or loses money, it is the first time she is interested in doing it. If she loses money, it will always affect her mood to some extent. It is better to make money.

Seeing that he said nothing more after saying this, Qiao Liu was a little unwilling and moved closer to him: "Second Brother Wei, have you ever heard of the old saying 'If you keep company with vermilion, you will be red; if you keep company with ink, you will be black'?"

"It's an old saying, I've heard it before."

"Then you also know that Mrs. Xu is a ruthless character. If my sister-in-law hangs out with her for a long time, no matter how pure she is, she will probably be tainted with corruption." Qiao Liu said meaningfully.

"Oh? Who is Mrs. Xu?" Wei Junhang finally became interested.

"Mrs. Xu is the head of the Xu family, a powerful family in the southwest. As for this Xu family, I heard that their ancestors were bandits and thieves, but later they retired and started to get involved in various businesses. I won't say more about the specific businesses, because you won't be interested anyway."

"You know I'm not interested, but why don't you get straight to the point?" Wei Junhang said unhappily.

Qiao Liu chuckled, cleared his throat and continued, "Although the previous head of the family married several wives, he was destined to have no sons, only this one daughter. Fortunately, the old man was open-minded and raised this daughter like a son since she was young. This girl did not disappoint his expectations. Although she is a girl, her methods are many times more outstanding than those of ordinary men. When she was 18 years old, Mr. Xu found a son-in-law for her, waiting for her to give birth to the heir of the Xu family in the future."

"It's a pity that Mrs. Xu is also unlucky. She only has one daughter after many years of marriage. And this daughter died of illness a few years ago. I think this is the retribution for the excessive sins committed by the ancestors of the Xu family!"

"With such a huge family business in hand and no successor, it seems that Madam Xu has been able to sit firmly on the position of the head of the family until now. She must have some means." Wei Junhang nodded and continued.

"It's more than just having means!" Thinking of what he was going to say next, Qiao Liu clicked his tongue a few times.

"Her husband who came to live with his wife was not a good person either. It was said that he had kept a mistress outside and had two sons. Mrs. Xu was probably worried that the Xu family would have no descendants, so she took the two children back. Logically, this husband who came to live with his wife should have been grateful, but he was not satisfied and actually colluded with outsiders to murder his wife and seize her property."

"Mrs. Xu is no pushover. She took the initiative and quelled the chaos in the family with thundering means." Thinking of Mrs. Xu's methods, Qiao Liu sighed again.

If this woman were born a man, she would definitely be able to build a career!

Shaking his head to get rid of this thought, he asked mysteriously: "Second Brother Wei, do you know how this Madam Xu dealt with her husband?"

"For such a villain, no matter how hard we try to deal with him, it won't be too much." Wei Junhang didn't care.

"Hehe, I guess you can't even dream of it! Madam Xu ordered her people to cut off the man's roots and threw him into that cellar."

As for which kind of kiln, well, the one that can recruit men to entertain customers is naturally a more special kiln.

Wei Junhang spat out a mouthful of tea!