The servant felt weak under the ambiguous gaze of Princess Guihe. If he had known that this job was so difficult, he would not have taken the credit.
Princess Guihe suddenly sighed, and then said to Qiurui who had already packed up the account book: "You can deliver it yourself." Qiurui
knew that Princess Guihe was still worried and wanted her to take a look, so she responded, squatted down and followed the servant out.
After they left, Princess Guihe was speechless for a while.
The old nanny served a plate and asked the maid to change the tea.
Princess Guihe was in a trance, so the old nanny waved to the other maids and asked them to go out.
"Princess, if you have something to say to me, don't keep it in your heart." The old nanny looked at her with pity. Princess Guihe was not a beauty of heavenly beauty, but she was quite charming and high-spirited in her youth. She had been in the mansion of Duke Qing for so many years. Although she had taken good care of herself, many fine lines had appeared between her eyes and eyebrows.
"They look alike, don't they?" Princess Guihe suddenly said.
The old nanny was stunned for a moment, and soon realized that the 'they' Princess Guihe was talking about were Duke Qing and Xue Zhi. But even if she knew it, she didn't know how to respond for a moment.
"When they are nice to people, they want to hold their hearts in their hands and give them to others." Princess Guihe smiled bitterly again, and it sounded like her expression was just polite. Whether it was Duke Qing or Xue Zhi, they didn't treat her like that. Especially Duke Qing, he was affectionate to others, but ruthless to her.
"Princess, take care of yourself and don't get angry." The
old nanny advised earnestly. Princess Guihe chuckled, "It's been so many years, there's nothing to be angry about. Come on, you accompany me to see him."
The old nanny responded and helped Princess Guihe to stand up.
In the cross courtyard of Changfeng Garden, in a very elegantly decorated room.
Duke Xue of Qing was lying quietly.
His face was a little pale, but his expression was peaceful. If someone who didn't know the situation saw him, they might think he was just asleep.
There were only two servants left in this room to serve. Both of them had served Duke Qing for many years. When they saw Princess Guihe coming, they brought the round stool to the bed, and then retreated together. The old nanny also stood guard outside.
Princess Guihe looked at Duke Qing sitting quietly on the bed for a while, and suddenly said, "Azhi is back. He was here before, too. You should know that, right? He has a wife and a son now. He treats Zheng very well, just like how you treated that bitch back then..." She was calm in the first half of the speech, but gnashed her teeth in anger when she spoke the latter part.
She was once the most beloved daughter of the late emperor, and later the most honorable princess of the empire. All these honors could not match that man's smile. Whenever she thought of Duke Qing's infidelity to her, the huge sense of humiliation and frustration tormented her and made her unable to sleep or eat.
"You lie down, you hide well." Princess Guihe laughed coldly, "Azhi brought back Xue Shao. I know he is the bastard... Xue Zheng, are you happy? Your bastard is back in the mansion of Duke Qing. But he came back with the title of the second house, he doesn't know he has a father like you. Haha..." She laughed a few times, and her laughter was not filled with schadenfreude, but inexplicable sadness.
In Haoye Hall, Qiu Rui personally delivered the account book.
She was the most respected maid beside Princess Guihe, different from ordinary servants.
When Zheng Xiu saw her, she stood up and said, "Thank you for the trip."
Qiu Rui smiled and said, "Second Madam, don't say that. This is my job." Then she put several thick account books on the table and said in a very organized manner, "The ones on the top are from the farm, and the ones below are from the shop. Usually, the account office in the mansion is responsible for the calculation. If Madam finds that there is something wrong, just send someone to call the person in for questioning."
Zheng Xiu nodded and winked at Ming Hui.
Ming Hui stuffed her purse and walked over.
Qiu Rui hurriedly said, "It's just a few steps. I don't dare to ask for Madam's reward." After saying that, she stepped aside, and Ming Hui's hand that was stuffing her purse fell empty.
Seeing that she was adamant about not wanting it, Zheng Xiu stopped forcing her.
Xue Zhi sat aside with a big sword in his hand, and he did not care about their polite words, and just opened the account book to look at it.
Zheng Xiu exchanged a few words with Qiu Rui, and turned to see him looking at the account book with a frown on his face.
"But what's wrong?" She also sat over, thinking that he had found something wrong.
But Xue Zhi pushed the account book in front of her and said, "No, I don't understand, you look at it." When he was young, the old Duke Qing was bedridden, and the old lady didn't take care of things, so he was raised by his brother and sister-in-law. The Duke Qing watched him practice martial arts, and Princess Guihe watched him practice literature and calligraphy, but no one taught him mathematics and chores. He didn't care about these things, otherwise he would not have let Princess Guihe look at these things in the past.
Zheng Xiu said with a smile: "Then what are you pretending to look at here?"
Xue Zhi touched his nose and said bluntly: "Just looking at it blindly."
No matter how stupid Qiu Rui was, she could see the harmony between the two of them. She bowed and said: "I have to go back to Changfeng Garden to serve, so I will go back first."
Zheng Xiu stood up and sent her out of the inner room, and asked Minghui to send her out all the way.
Xue Zhi stacked the account book and said to Zheng Xiu: "Then you look first, I will go out and play boxing with A Shao for a while." He was afraid that Zheng Xiu would let him look at it together, so he quickly thought of a way out.
Zheng Xiu pretended to be impatient and waved her hand, "Go, go." She also reminded him, "You can practice by watching him. Don't do anything big yourself. Your wound hasn't healed yet. Don't open it again."
Xue Zhi smiled and agreed, and strode out.
It's good to have a wife. She can help with everything! He thought happily.
Zheng Xiu sat down at the table and looked at the account book. The room was very quiet for a while, and only the sound of turning pages and the clacking of the abacus could be heard.
He looked at it for the whole morning.
At noon, Zheng Xiu followed Xue Zhi and Xue Shao to eat a bite, and then went back to the desk to continue reading.
Xue Zhi and Xue Shao had just finished a bowl of rice each.
Xue Shao asked his father curiously, "Dad, is the account book that good looking? Mom didn't even eat."
Zheng Xiu didn't eat much, but she just ate a little because she wanted to finish her work. Xue Zhi thought that even kittens ate more than the few bites she took.
"It's not good looking," Xue Zhi frowned, "It's annoying." If he had known that his wife couldn't even eat, he wouldn't have said anything about asking her to look at the account book.
"Then I'll go help Mom later." Xue Shao said, speeding up his eating.
Xue Zhi thought for a moment and said, "We don't know how to do that, so let's not bother your mother. Let's continue practicing boxing after dinner."
Xue Shao thought for a moment and said, "Then let's go for a walk on the street. I think mother will be hungry later. Let's buy some cakes and bring them back for her."
There are all kinds of cakes in the mansion of Duke Qing. Xue Zhi said with a smile, "You little bastard, you really want to go out and play under the guise of your mother, right?"
Xue Shao chuckled, "This is killing two birds with one stone. I've been here for so long, and I haven't been out to play on the street yet." Xue Zhi nodded and said
, "Okay, eat quickly, Dad didn't say he wouldn't take you." After
the father and son had dinner, they went to the inner room and told Zheng Xiu that they were going out on the street and asked her if she wanted to bring anything.
Zheng Xiu was busy, and said without raising her head: "Well, I know, you go early and come back early. I don't need anything, you just have fun."
Xue Zhi and Xue Shao stood up and prepared to leave.
Zheng Xiu raised her head and asked Xue Zhi: "Do you still have money?"
Xue Zhi fumbled around for a while and said: "There are still a dozen taels."
Zheng Xiu lowered her head to look at the account book again, "Okay, then you go, be careful on the road."
Xue Zhi smiled and took Xue Shao out. Xue Shao was in high spirits, and he was jumping and walking.
Unexpectedly, before leaving the Duke of Qing's mansion, he ran into Xue Mian who had just finished lunch and was strolling around the mansion.
When Xue Mian saw Xue Shao, he rushed forward like a fighting chicken, and the wet nurse and maidservants behind him chased after him in a hurry.
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