The banknotes that Qiao Xin asked someone to pick up were delivered to her door by the Wen father and daughter. As for Ding's banknotes, she did not use them for the time being for the sake of the Marquis' Mansion.
Seeing that Zhang Yun was absent-minded after coming back, Qiao Xin knew that he couldn't get over the fact that he had tricked his former master.
"What's wrong? You can't stand the money I took from your former master."
"That's not what I meant. I just can't understand how the Marquis's wife could come up with so much money all at once. I have inquired and found out that the money was actually taken from the public treasury of the outer courtyard.
The accounts above are managed by the chief steward and are only used by the soldiers in the northwest. Outsiders are not allowed to touch them. "
"What's so hard to understand? Even tigers take naps. You also said that the butler was watching over them!
I think the chief steward is either not in the house for the time being, and the people under him are too daring, or he has already betrayed the Marquis and his wife.
"No matter how much defense you take, you can never prevent a thief from roaming your own home. Isn't this common among the wealthy families in the capital?"
"Have you ever thought about why she listened so obediently and prepared the money when I sent it to her in a private message?
Besides, Ding has been causing trouble for me every other day, I should teach her a lesson. "
Zhang Yun was startled. Yes, what happened that made the people in the Marquis' Mansion so obedient?
Could it be that Nanny Qin revealed some secret of the Marquis' Mansion to the old lady?
But Nanny Qin doesn’t seem like that kind of person!
Zhang Yun couldn't figure it out, so he gave up thinking about it. After struggling for a moment, he decided to tell the truth: "But...but this money should be prepared for the Northwest soldiers. Every year, the Marquis' Mansion will pay a sum of money to buy warm clothes for the Northwest soldiers."
Qiao Xin looked at him in surprise and said meaningfully, "The Heng family pays, but the imperial court won't provide military pay? Are you planning to develop the Heng family army or the Dajing Northwest Army?
The Marquisate paid for the soldiers to buy warm clothing. Are all the soldiers in the northwest aware of this?"
Octopus looked puzzled and said, "Of course everyone knows this. What's the problem? Although the court also provides military pay, it is always not enough. The Marquis is also worried about the soldiers not having enough to eat and drink!"
Of course there is a problem, a big one.
If an army only knows the goodness of its general but not the grace of the court, which emperor would not think too much!
But if you think about it, this is not the Northern Song Dynasty hundreds of years later, where it is very common for military generals to monopolize power.
As for what Dingbian Hou was thinking, Qiao Xin had no idea. As long as it didn't implicate his eldest brother, she didn't bother to worry about it.
Qiao Xin said in a very domineering manner: "I am being nosy. Forget about returning the money. Just think of it as compensation from the Marquis' Mansion. It's his fault for not being able to control his own family.
And I believe that a mere 100,000 taels is probably just a drop in the bucket for such a huge Marquisate."
Zhang Yun, you are not welcome anywhere if you are fickle-minded. "
Zhang Yun's heart trembled, and he realized that he had committed a serious crime. He immediately knelt on the ground and confessed his guilt.
"I know I am wrong and will take the punishment myself later. I only ask the old lady not to kick me out of the house!"
Qiao Xin stared at him for a while, and then said quietly after a long while:
"This time, since you have always been loyal, I will let it go.
But this won’t happen again.”
"yes!"
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As expected, Qiao Xin's guess was correct. Three days passed, and apart from the news that Mrs. Ding was ill and had to close her door to visitors for a while, there was no other news from the Dingbian Marquis' Mansion.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, your former mistress is quite capable! She lost so much money for no apparent reason. The people in the Marquis' Mansion actually let it go. Just a mere house arrest is considered a wash?
It seems that your former mistress deserved to lose. Her tactics and schemes are incredible!"
Nanny Qin handed Qiao Xin a cup of tea, then smiled and said, "No matter how capable she is, she still has to give you money obediently. It shows that the old lady is more capable than her."
Qiao Xin waved her hands and said, "It's just luck. This method can only be used once at most. If I really want to play tricks, I'm really not as good as these mistresses who have lived in the inner courtyard for a long time!
No wonder Heng Wen never suspected his aunt had ulterior motives for so many years."
Nanny Qin sighed and said, "The Marquis's wife is just too good to him, so good to her that even her own children think she is partial to the second brother."
"It's really hard to find fault with this flattery, but this honey is mixed with poison, no matter how sweet it is, it will still harm people!"
Isn't flattery the ancient version of happy education? There are few good seedlings that will not be taught astray!
The boy Hengwen didn't grow up to be a bad person, thanks to his sensible grandparents!
The master and servant chatted about some other topics and put the matter aside.
The Queen's birthday is coming soon, and the Qiao family has not prepared any birthday gifts. In this regard, Nanny Qin is obviously more experienced than Qiao Xin.
The master and servant searched for several days but couldn't find anything satisfactory.
Qiao Xin also has a headache!
Just at this time, Shunzi returned from the south with a caravan, and the gift that Qiao Yunqing asked him to bring back just solved Qiao Xin's problem!
I haven't seen him for half a year. The stubborn boy with a childish face has now grown into an independent figure.
"Madam, I am honored to have accomplished my mission and to finally meet you!" Shunzi kowtowed to Qiao Xin obediently as soon as he entered the room.
Shunzi has not had a smooth journey in the past six months since he went out. He has encountered refugees and bandits as well as corrupt officials and profiteers.
Whenever they were in danger of death, they missed the days when the old lady took them out to explore the world.
Qiao Xin quickly helped him up and looked him up. Seeing that there was nothing wrong with him except that he was darker and thinner, she felt relieved.
"I'm finally back. I've lost a lot of weight. I've suffered a lot on the way! Now that I'm home, don't think about anything else. Just take a good rest for a few days and we can think about other things later."
"It's okay. I'm not tired. It's normal to have dark spots when you're out and about. You've lost weight because you miss home."
Qiao Xin smiled and said, "You've really broadened your horizons since you went out. You used to be quite good at talking, but now it sounds like you've spread honey all over your mouth when you talk."
Shunzi chuckled. "That's all thanks to the old lady's training."
"That's enough, that's enough, stop talking nonsense. Since you're not tired, just tell me what you think!"
I have broadened my horizons this time. There are indeed numerous wealthy families in Nanliang, and the rich are truly rich.
In the middle of winter, just for the sake of beauty, silk and silk covered the trees and gold paved the ground. Lady Guoguo, the elder sister of the concubine of the Southern Liang Dynasty, spent millions of strings of money to build a garden, just to compete with Princess Guangning.
But the people's lives were really hard. The emperor of Southern Liang didn't care about their lives at all. When Yuncheng was hit by a disaster, three or four counties in Southern Liang were flooded, and tens of thousands of people died.
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