Once we've dealt with her and appeased the fourth wife, that should be about it.
But this time, Madam Pei didn't want to give Wen any face. She just sneered and said sarcastically, "You're so good at pushing everything onto the steward. I'll just ask you, this winter the price of charcoal is four or five times higher. When you were checking the accounts, the fourth son's room was still spending the same amount of money on charcoal as in previous years. Didn't you notice anything wrong?"
"You only said that the household was busy with the New Year, preparing New Year's gifts for each household and keeping accounts. You neglected this and that's why the servants bullied the fourth son's wife."
"So how did you keep these accounts?"
"Could it be that you just flipped through it a couple of times and then finished it hastily?"
"You've managed this household so poorly!"
After saying this, Madam Pei did not listen to Wen's explanation and directly ordered the accountant to bring out the account books.
Goodness!
The old lady wants to check the accounts!
This surprised even Jiang Shuwan.
Her original plan was to use the incident involving the fourth wife's charcoal fire to further reduce the influence of the Wen family.
Unexpectedly, the old lady had such a temper that she wanted to check the accounts.
Given Wen's personality, she managed the household for twenty years, and who knows how much of the public funds she embezzled into her own pocket.
This can't withstand scrutiny!
"Grandma, I was wrong. I gave the order to have charcoal. I just thought it was too expensive and I couldn't bear to spend the money."
"Please punish me, madam!"
Ms. Wen was also frightened by the old lady's manner of checking the accounts, and she immediately slid to her knees.
The charge of withholding money from one's sisters-in-law is child's play compared to the severity of the audit.
"Oh, so it was you who ordered it. Didn't you just say it was your subordinates who did it?"
Madam Pei gave a cold laugh.
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