"Master, how could you hand over the butler's keys and ledger so easily?"
Bai Shao poured a cup of tea and brought it to Lin Mengya, her beautiful eyes full of doubts.
Lin Mengya took the tea, took a sip calmly and said:
"Don't you think that this time when Concubine De comes back, it's different from before?"
Lin Mengya was drinking tea while thinking about today's events.
Yesterday, Concubine De gave her a warning right at the door of the house.
Today, I found this woman to cause trouble.
Moreover, Jiang Ruqin was also brought back. It seemed that it was not a temporary move.
"I also find it strange. Normally, Concubine De was really angry that day. She shouldn't be able to forgive her so easily, right?"
Bai Shao was the most attentive, so she didn't act as angry as Bai Shao.
But the atmosphere in the room was unusually depressing.
"Girl, why is that woman here?"
Everyone outside was gone, and Qinghu also ducked in.
As soon as they met, he asked about Jiang Ruqin.
That woman was always trying to harm his little girl in various ways. If the girl hadn't wanted to keep her alive, she would have become a ghost by now.
"I don't know either. Please don't go out today."
After working hard for so many days, Lin Mengya was actually a little tired.
Why not take advantage of these few days and have a good rest.
"Besides, this company isn't that easy to deal with. Bai Shao has been working hard recently, so let's take a good rest."
Speaking of being in charge, Bai Shao also showed a bit of an air of watching something good happen.
If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, there are hundreds of people in the palace.
Besides, the most valuable things in the palace are in her little treasury.
Every master has a small library, and the small library does not count as the public center. It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, so Jiang Ruqin can pull off this empty city plan.
"What the master said is, whoever likes to be the boss of this family will be the boss."
No one except Bai Shao knew what Lin Mengya meant.
However, in the eyes of outsiders, Liuxinyuan looks a bit dilapidated.
"Congratulations, Miss, Miss Congratulations, you finally got the right to be the head of the family."
In the small courtyard of Yaxuan, Jiang Ruqin looked at the key in her hand proudly.
No matter how angry my aunt is, she and I are still part of the same family.
That bad boy would only make her cousin more and more unlucky. Her aunt saw this clearly and took her back.
What was even more unexpected was that as soon as she came back, she would be asked to take over the palace.
I'm afraid that woman didn't expect that she would be here today.
"Bring the account book, and ask the stewards of each room to respond early tomorrow morning."
"Yes, miss."
As long as she grasps everything in the house, whether it's her cousin or that woman, they won't be left to her to flatten or round.
Unfortunately, this feeling of pride lasted until the next day, when something happened in the palace.
"Ms. Cousin, Da Zao's ingredients are all low, I need you to go take a look."
Before dawn, the woman in charge of managing the kitchen came to Jiang Ruqin's yard to report back.
"You can just take care of these things. Why do you need my young lady to take care of them?"
Jiang Ruqin's newly bought maid Liu'er stood at the door and said very unhappy.
The housekeeper in the kitchen is an old man in the palace.
He was a shrewd and tactful person, so he immediately apologized and said with a smile:
"Young lady, you really want me. Our palace is no better than other places. Everything you eat and use must be taken care of. In the past, the white peony girl next to the princess came to see her in person. Don't make it difficult for me. If something goes wrong, I can't bear any trouble."
What the woman said was true. The palace would need a new batch of ingredients in three days.
Some fish and shrimp products have to be purchased every day.
Although Bai Shao was not present every time, arrangements had to be made properly.
She just came from Liuxinyuan, but they said that from now on, these matters will be under the control of Miss Cousin.
My God, what a strange story for the ages.
I heard somewhere that a cousin who has not yet left the government should be the head of the family.
It's really a wealthy family, not something that servants like them can understand.
"Liu'er, since Aunt Fan has eaten like this, I'll go with you."
It felt uncomfortable to be woken up from her sleep, but in order to better control Prince Yu's Mansion, she had to act like it.
Unexpectedly, he went to the kitchen before she could finish checking. The stewards in each room take turns to appear.
In the laundry room, she had to test everything from the soap locust to the spices used in fumigation.
Jiang Ruqin had to go and take a look at all the trivial things in the huge palace.
"I'm exhausted. I think those people did it purely on purpose."
After a busy morning, Jiang Ruqin only had time to take a sip of water.
Liu'er beat her sore legs, but even so, Jiang Ruqin almost felt that she was about to collapse.
"From what I've seen, it doesn't look like I deliberately embarrass the young lady. Maybe it's because the young lady has just taken charge of the family business, so these people are not sure about the young lady's temperament, so they ask for instructions everywhere."
Even though there are a thousand or ten thousand unwillingnesses in my heart.
But Jiang Ruqin also understood that this was indeed what Liu'er said.
But if she continues to be so busy, she will be exhausted.
"Forget it, just get used to it in the future. By the way, I'm going to rest for a while. Good afternoon, I'll go to my aunt's yard to say hello."
Jiang Ruqin rubbed her waist, feeling a little overwhelmed.
But before her head touched the pillow, there was another knock on the door outside.
Liu'er went out to take a look, turned back, and said with a bit of helplessness on his face:
"Miss, the stewards from each hospital are here. They said that the monthly payment will be issued today, and they are waiting for you to get the money."
Monthly money
Jiang Ruqin rolled her eyes, and a smile appeared on her face.
She had heard that the money in Prince Yu's treasury was so piled that even the corners were full.
When she thought that all this money would be under her control from now on, she immediately became energetic.
"Let's go and have a look in the bank."
As soon as she walked into the bank, Jiang Ruqin was dumbfounded.
Rows of shelves were empty, with not a trace of silver anywhere.
"Where is the silver? Where is the silver?"
Jiang Ruqin shouted loudly, and the woman in charge of the bank immediately reported back and forth:
"If I reply to my cousin, all the money has been moved to the princess's treasury."
After turning over and over, Jiang Ruqin didn't find Xiaoku's key in her hand.
Jiang Ruqin was furious. It turned out that she had been tricked by Lin Mengya!
"Come on, come with me to Liuxinyuan to ask for money!"
At this moment, Lin Mengya had long expected such a situation.
By the time Jiang Ruqin led people to the door, Lin Mengya had already had the door tightly closed.
"Lin Mengya, open the door for me!"
The furious Jiang Ruqin actually called Lin Mengya by her name.
He patted the door of Liuxinyuan hard, but unexpectedly, the door actually opened.
Jiang Ruqin staggered and almost fell in the yard.
"Miss Jiang, please pay attention to your identity. Although you are a housekeeper, the princess is still the princess. If you make rude remarks again, don't blame the princess for being guilty of disrespecting your clan."
The cold-eyed Bai Su instantly poured out a basin of cold water for Jiang Ruqin.
Although her aunt would support her, in the end, Lin Mengya was still a serious princess.
Her father had almost given up on her as his daughter because of what happened a while ago.
But don't cause trouble again because of other trivial matters.
"I... I'm just in a hurry. The princess won't be so stingy, right?"
It was obvious that she came to trouble Lin Mengya aggressively, but instead she was slapped head-on by Bai Su.
Jiang Ruqin felt a little uncomfortable.
"I am a slave, so I naturally have no right to make decisions. However, the princess is inside, so you can ask yourself."
After saying this, Bai Su turned around and went back to the yard.
Jiang Ruqin was slightly angry. Now, even a slave dared to ignore her.
They are all good slaves trained by Lin Mengya!
"Miss, why bother getting angry with a slave? Don't forget what we are here for today."
Liu Er tugged on Jiang Ruqin's sleeve and whispered.
Yes, she came here to ask for money today.
With a sneer hanging from the corner of his mouth, he walked into the yard.
However, the doors to the main room and the side room were all closed.
There was no one in the yard, even a maid and a woman came out to greet him.
Therefore, she had to lead a group of people to the door of the main house.
"Knock on the door."
He warned Liu'er with his eyes that if she went to call the door, it would appear that she had lost her worth.
Liu'er stretched out her hand and patted the door, but unexpectedly, no one answered inside.
"Princess, our lady has something to do with you. Please open the door."
Naturally, a maid would not dare to call her by her first name.
However, Liu'er called again and again, but there was still no movement inside.
"Knock again, I don't believe it, she can't hear it at all."
Liu'er could only continue to knock on the door, but after knocking for so long, the door just wouldn't open.
Jiang Ruqin was so angry that she almost smashed the door, but after thinking about it, if she really did this, Lin Mengya would never let her off lightly.
Not to mention Lin Mengya, even the clan members of the royal family would only think that she was arrogant and unreasonable.
This would be very disadvantageous for her to break into the royal family in the future.
"Cousin, just open the door. I have something to discuss with you."
There was no other way, Jiang Ruqin could only say softly.
After a while, a lazy response came from inside:
"I'm taking a rest. If you have anything else, let's talk about it in the afternoon."
Jiang Ruqin was so angry that her facial features were distorted. She didn't expect that that damn woman would do this to her.
"Cousin, did you give me one less key?"
Anyway, she came here to ask for Xiaoku's key today, so it didn't matter if she didn't open the door.
It spared her the chance to look at Lin Mengya's face.
"Are you talking about the key to the gate of my courtyard? You can go to the concierge to get it. The keys to each courtyard are usually left with the mother-in-law. If you want it, I'll trouble you. Every night , come and lock the door for me."
Lin Mengya's words instantly made many people behind Jiang Ruqin burst into laughter.