Chapter 227: Follow the Mother

Chapter 227: Follow the Mother

Seeing her coming, Gu Zhao said, "I wanted to invite you, but you came instead. Come, please take a seat!"

Lin Wanhui's heart skipped a beat and she secretly glanced at Gu Changqing. Gu Changqing's expression was gloomy and unclear, and it was hard to tell what he meant. The three shopkeepers, on the other hand, did not dare to look up at Lin Wanhui.

What's there to not know? The issue with the accounts must have been discovered.

There was a big problem with the New Year's Eve dinner, but no one investigated it afterwards. Lin Wanhui thought that the matter had just passed. Now it seems that this is not the case at all. It was because the old marquis did not come to take action, and now that he has time, he went to investigate it secretly without her knowing.

Lin Wanhui lowered her head and thought about what to do for a while. Otherwise, she would just use the old method and cry.

She sat down uneasily.

As soon as he sat down, the account book was thrown at Lin Wanhui's feet.

Gu Zhao said coldly: "Look, you have taken over for more than a month, one shop gave you more than 500 taels of silver, and three shops gave you more than 1,000 taels of silver. Why did you only pay 800 taels of silver to the Marquis' Mansion?"

Lin Wanhui forced a smile and said, "My Lord, we need to buy a lot of things for the New Year, fish, meat, cloth, candles, candies, and snacks. At the end of the year, we also need to give red envelopes to the workers. With this little money, each person can't really earn much..."

Lin Wanhui tried to make excuses for herself.

Gu Zhao continued to ask, "New Year's Eve dinner? Oh, it's better not to mention it. Let me ask you, the food for the New Year's Eve dinner is all watered down and some are bad. Whoever you bought it from, I'll go sue him right now!"

In ancient times, selling counterfeit goods was illegal, and flogging was the lightest punishment. If the state wanted to punish you, it could make you bankrupt, so no one dared to fake goods. However, there were still some desperate people who insisted on challenging the moral bottom line, but they were a minority.

So, Gu Zhao didn't say that it was Lin Wanhui's fault. He just asked who sold these things and he would catch that person.

However, Lin Wanhui did not dare to say it, because if the seller was caught, she would also be implicated, and she had taken kickbacks.

"My Lord, the person has already run away. I went to look for him, but he is gone."

"good."

Gu Zhao nodded: "Then it's your fault. This money will be deducted from your monthly salary..."

“W-what!”

Lin Wanhui was anxious.

Although she took away five hundred taels of silver, she did buy a lot of things. Although the things were mixed with some water, they were still bought with money. The silver she actually left for the Lin Mansion was only fifty taels, and the other twenty taels were embezzled by her to give to herself. Now, all the five hundred taels will be deducted from her?

Lin Wanhui said directly: "This family is managed by the fourth lady and I together, so if we have to punish someone, we have to punish them together!"

The room suddenly became quiet.

Gu Suiyu laughed.

This person might be mentally ill. She has clearly made a list, telling you what to buy and from whom to buy it. Lin Wanhui only needs to follow the list. Now you have tampered with the list and created the problem, and you want them to share the responsibility?

You are really sick!

Gu Suiyu was furious and said directly: "I have given you all the things. Who can I buy the meat from? Since it is a meat problem, just follow the instructions on the list and go find the butcher!"

"That won't work!"

Lin Wanhui was anxious. The meat was not bought from the person named on Gu Suiyu's list. If she went to ask, wouldn't everything be exposed?

"Neither this nor that works, so what do you want to do?"

Gu Suiyu had already lost his patience and said directly: "Why, Yong'an Marquis Mansion, can you do whatever you want?"

Gu Zhao frowned when he heard that. He pinched his brows tiredly. Things in this mansion were a mess. It was obvious that Su Jin didn't take care of the household in the backyard back then, but even if he didn't, there had never been such a mess.

"Gu Changqing, don't let her take care of it. Leave everything to Sui Yu..."

"master!"

Lin Wanhui burst into tears and threw herself on Gu Changqing, crying and saying, "Master, I am doing this for the good of the Marquisate. Why do you pick on me alone? Is it because I am a concubine and easy to bully? Because the Fourth Young Lady is a legitimate daughter, should I bear all the consequences alone?"

When Lin Wanhui started crying, Gu Changqing also felt overwhelmed.

When Su Jin was around, Lin Wanhui's crying was romantic. But now that Su Jin is gone, he just feels that Lin Wanhui's crying is disturbing.

"That's enough, stop crying!"

Gu Changqing couldn't help but scolded. Lin Wanhui shuddered, thought about it, and finally gritted her teeth: "Ruyu asked me today if her dowry was destined to be less than Suiyu's. I said you were going to marry into the Duke's Mansion, so a dowry was definitely necessary. But now, the master treats me like this..."

Gu Changqing was about to get angry, but suddenly heard the words "Duke's Mansion".

"What, the Duke's Mansion?"

"Yes, it is said that Xu Shaozhen has taken a fancy to Ruyu."

Lin Wanhui looked very proud, and she turned her head and rolled her eyes at Gu Suiyu.

Facts have proved that in Gu Changqing's heart, it doesn't matter whether one is born legitimate or illegitimate. Whoever can bring benefits to him is the good one.

Gu Changqing was indeed happy again.

"Well, Ruyu is more promising!"

Isn't that promising?

In the past, I thought Sui Yu was very promising, as he was able to marry into the Grand Princess's Mansion. I could be considered a true royal relative. But now, compared with the Duke's Mansion, I am nothing.

Gu Suiyu married well, but it was only good for the Grand Princess's Mansion. Yin Qing was not from a prominent family, and the two sons in the family were not as good as each other. Yin Zhengnan, whom Gu Suiyu was going to marry, was a playboy. Although he could do well because of his relationship with the emperor, in the end he was just like herself, with a sinecure.

What does a sinecure represent?

A sinecure is just like him, with no future!

But the Duke's Mansion is different. A Duke is higher than a Marquis, and the Duke's Mansion has a higher status than the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion. If my own Ruyu marries there and becomes the eldest lady, then her husband will inherit the title in the future, and Ruyu will be the wife of the Duke's Mansion!

It makes me happy just thinking about it!

Gu Changqing couldn't stop smiling, and naturally everyone saw all this.

Lin Wanhui only took one look and knew she was safe, which made her even more proud.

Gu Suiyu saw it all clearly, and now she was able to remain calm.

The slap from Gu Changqing last time not only destroyed the last bit of affection between father and daughter, but also Gu Suiyu's last bit of hope for the Marquis' Mansion.

Now that even the last hope is gone, nothing else matters.

Gu Suiyu sat down calmly, sneered, took a sip of tea and moistened his throat.

Facing Lin Wanhui's provocative gaze, she smiled calmly and peacefully.

Well, since you guys want to play it this way, then she, Gu Sui Yu, can only follow her mother's example!