Dressed as a farmer's little blessing, the road to escape the deserted

"No, Your Majesty..." Lord Hou was anxious to object, but was interrupted by the Emperor's wave of his hand, "Cousin, don't say any more, I've made up my mind."

Hou Ye sighed, thought for a while and said, "If someone asks about it, the emperor must say that I suggested this matter."

The emperor smiled, "My cousin enters the palace today, and I am going to conscript the children of the aristocratic family into the army. I am afraid that if I don't say this, everyone will guess the culprit."

Lord Hou also smiled, "Yeah, I'm also confused."

After a few more gossips, Master Hou said, "Fu Niuer is still in the mansion, so I'll go back first."

The emperor thought of the basket of melons, and immediately said, "The day before yesterday, Suzhou offered a lot of good materials, so I picked some and brought them back to make dresses for Fu Niuer."

Hou Ye was not polite at all, and replied, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Director Yi came in with a wink, and smiled and led Master Hou to go out.

There were little eunuchs and court ladies who wanted to come forward to serve the emperor for new tea, but they were kicked out by the emperor.

The emperor walked around the room with his hands behind his back, thinking about the number of descendants of each family and which family could extract more money.

Although he had a lot of worries just now, once he decided to do it, he would not regret it.

What's more, he is the emperor, and he worries about the emptiness of the national treasury every day, while those wealthy families are extravagant and drunk.

Since they have enjoyed the blessings that ordinary people cannot enjoy, they naturally have to suffer as much as ordinary people!

Halfway through the calculation, he suddenly froze for a moment, then laughed, and couldn't help but whisper, "Cousin, it's still the same cousin, it really hasn't changed!"

Lord Hou brought a dozen horses of good materials, got into the carriage, and went all the way back to the Hou Mansion.

In the eyes of the officials waiting to be summoned outside the palace gate, they couldn't help being envious.

Someone said, "The Marquis of Xinting will soon be called Lord Xinting. It is really rare for the emperor to be so trustworthy."

"That's right, Marquis Xinting controls an army of tens of thousands, and this time he is victorious again, so the emperor is naturally more gracious." Another official also responded.

But there were also people who said sourly, "I heard that there were a lot of casualties in this expedition. One thousand enemies were injured and eight hundred were injured. That is considered a victory! Such a victory piled up with human lives can be easily controlled by anyone. win!"

The taste of what he said was not right, the other two dared not mix it up, so they quickly changed the topic...

Not to mention that they were arguing, but only that the carriage of the Hou Mansion left in front of the palace gate.

Seeing the eaves of the imperial palace disappearing from sight, Lord Hou slowly closed the car window.

People, only childhood love is the purest.

As we grow up, this friendship will always change its taste.

That six-year-old prince's cousin will trust him wholeheartedly.

But the emperor's cousin, who possesses Tianwu, will be suspicious of him and guard against him.

So, friendship or something, just put it in the past.

At any time, it still depends on the interests.

Just like today, the benefits are enough, even the emperor is willing to be used to help him clean up the Wu family...

In the main courtyard of the Hou Mansion, dozens of account books were piled up, and the shopkeepers and stewards of various shops were waiting outside the door.

In the room, Jiayin brought Shui Ling and Shui Yun, and the big butler had already been crackling the abacus, and it took half an hour to calculate.

In the end, five ledgers were picked out.

Jiayin said, "Uncle Housekeeper, there is something wrong with these account books. The amount is wrong. At least one of them is missing more than 200 taels."

The big housekeeper also handled a book of calculations just now, and his face is really bad at the moment.

He beat these stewards and shopkeepers a lot on weekdays, because he was afraid that they would become greedy, and the Hou's mansion paid them high wages, and there would be a [-]% bonus for the shop at the end of the year.

Who would have thought that they would still do such a stupid thing!

With a dark face, he walked to the door and greeted all the shopkeepers and managers to enter the room, and then called out the five shopkeepers who had problems with their account books.

The five shopkeepers had ghosts in their hearts, so they naturally looked timid, but when they saw a young girl sitting in the main seat, they bolstered their courage again.

If it was against Lord Hou, they would immediately demand forgiveness for atonement.

But a little girl...they still have a chance.

One of the shopkeepers smiled dryly, and was the first to ask, "Princess, do you have something to tell the old slave?"

"Yes," Jiayin responded simply, took a piece of snacks, and replied while eating, "Your account book is missing 380 taels, you can spit it out. When the adoptive father comes back, I will intercede for you and not hit you. , and let you go home for the elderly.”

The shopkeeper's face darkened, and he retorted in a cold voice, "The princess is joking. The old slave has worked for the Hou Mansion for 13 years, and this shopkeeper has also worked for 13 years. There has never been a problem with the account books. Why did the princess check the accounts? ?

"If the princess doesn't like the old slave and wants to change someone to be the shopkeeper, the princess just say so. As long as Lord Hou nods, the old slave will immediately give up his position."

"Presumptuous!" The butler stared at the shopkeeper loudly when he heard it, and scolded, "Who gave you the courage to talk to the princess like this? Lord Hou has already ordered that everything in the Hou Mansion is up to the princess. The princess wants to change you, so why make such an excuse!"

"That's not sure. After all, the princess's surname is not Ye. He probably wants to change the old slave and find someone surnamed Li to take over." The shopkeeper is also very strong, perhaps because of his seniority, he speaks harshly.

Everyone originally thought that the princess would get angry or shed tears. After all, he is a child, and it is impossible for him to hold his breath like an adult.

But they all guessed wrong, and the princess was still smiling and eating snacks, not angry at all.

She raised her hand, pinched the account book with two fingers, threw it to the shopkeeper, and said, "No. Where did the two silver go?"

The shopkeeper's face changed, he took the account book but didn't open it, and replied, "Maybe it's because the old slave made a mistake."

"I got it wrong once, and I got it wrong twice. Could it be that I got it wrong ten times?" Jiayin patted the scum on her hands, looked at him seriously, and said, "Okay, even if you got it wrong, it's possible. But you The person in charge of the restaurant, in summer, two eggs cost three Wen. Why is it five Wen each on your purchase bill? It’s impossible to buy more, but the price is more expensive, right? Not just eggs, pork, mutton, fresh fish and The prices of all kinds of vegetables are much higher, how do you explain that?"

The shopkeeper finally knew that he was afraid, and he had been doing it for several years by falsely reporting purchase bills and making a profit from it.

He didn't expect that he would be picked on by a child of a few years old.

"This, this..." He couldn't find an excuse for a while, but Jiayin was impatient to waste more words with him.

Since it is shameless to give face, then don't give it.

"Uncle housekeeper, beat this man twenty boards, tie him up and wait for the foster father to come back and deal with him."

"Yes, Princess." The butler was also angry. These people did such a stupid thing, and they slapped him in the face again.

While talking, a guard was called to meet him, and he grabbed the shopkeeper's arm and dragged him away.

The rest of the shopkeepers were terrified, and their faces were all pale.

At this time, Lord Hou came back from the palace.

As if seeing a savior, the shopkeeper rushed over, "Master Hou, save this old slave, the county chief killed this old slave!"

The third watch is here~~