Then Qian Ruoyu took Aunt Zhou out of the alley, while thinking about the price she had spent.
Meat costs twenty taels of silver per month, and vegetables and fruits cost one hundred and fifty taels of silver per month.
The total amount for a month is only one hundred and seventy taels of silver, which is much cheaper than the previous six or seven hundred taels of silver.
This made Qian Ruoyu even more puzzled, so she felt that she had to ask Ma Zhang and Po Wang clearly.
Although she will indeed have some small private communications with Zhang Ma and Wang Po in the future, Qian Ruoyu feels that this matter is more important. Zhang Ma and Wang Po have been in the palace for so many years.
The money is probably more than just a few dozen taels!
There is only one possibility, and that is that they are lying to her!
It would be fine if they explained things properly, but what Qian Ruoyu couldn't tolerate the most was deception.
If the two of them went to such trouble to deceive themselves, they would definitely not be lenient in the future!
Then Qian Ruoyu took Aunt Zhou back to the alley, while Yan'er was waiting and anxious.
After seeing Qian Ruoyu arriving, Yan'er quickly walked over.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty... you are finally here, but you are really worrying me to death!"
Qian Ruoyu smiled softly, then pointed at Aunt Zhou and said.
"This is Boss Zhou. He will cooperate with our palace from now on. You will be in charge of the cooperation."
Yan'er nodded quickly.
Qian Ruoyu turned to Aunt Zhou again.
"This one is my personal maid, named Yan'er. Yan'er is very capable, and she is the person closest to me in this world."
Yan'er was extremely excited when she heard this.
Qian Ruoyu still said it in an understatement.
"So if you have any problems in the future, just contact Yan'er. Yan'er can take full authority to replace me!"
Qian Ruoyu naturally believes in Yan'er.
Yan'er has been with the original owner for more than ten years, and the love in this relationship cannot be exchanged for any gold or silver. Moreover, Yan'er herself is loyal and honest, and her head is somewhat blessed.
If Qian Ruoyu doesn't trust Yan'er, who can she trust?
Naturally, Aunt Zhou quickly smiled at Yan'er.
"Okay, okay...I understand."
Qian Ruoyu nodded and said a few words.
"In that case, I hope you can work with Butcher Wang tomorrow to put all the necessary things in the back. Yan'er will be waiting for you there."
After Aunt Zhou nodded, Qian Ruoyu took Yan'er and left.
But Yan'er saw Qian Ruoyu's expression change and immediately asked with some doubts.
"What's wrong, my dear? What happened? Could it be that Boss Zhou just cheated on you?"
Qian Ruoyu shook his head and said.
"No, there is someone else who deceived me!"
Qian Ruoyu didn't say much, but went straight back to the back door, where Zhang Ma and Wang Po were still waiting.
The two of them leaned against the door. After all, they didn't have to do anything at the moment, so they naturally didn't need to worry about anything.
The moment they saw Qian Ruoyu approaching with a dark face, the two of them were immediately startled, and quickly turned their relaxed bodies back to an upright posture.
"Congratulations on your return, your Majesty."
Qian Ruoyu nodded slightly, but didn't say anything along the way. Instead, he followed everyone and closed the back door to the inner courtyard of the palace.
The inner courtyard of the palace is at the back entrance, so almost no servants would come over. At this moment, Qian Ruoyu's expression changed.
"Mother Zhang! Po Wang!"
After hearing what Qian Ruoyu said suddenly, the two of them were immediately startled and shook their bodies one by one.
"In the!"
The two of them said this word almost in unison.
But Qian Ruoyu said slightly coldly.
"Mama Zhang and Granny Wang, I treat you well, and I didn't even expose your incident, but why did you lie to me at this moment?"
The two people immediately knelt down as soon as they heard these words, as if something had been exposed by Qian Ruoyu.
Qian Ruoyu still looked at the two of them calmly and then asked.
"I don't care about other things now. You only have one chance to tell all your crimes now, otherwise you will wait to be thrown into death row!"
This is the most cruel thing Qian Ruoyu has ever said since he came to this world.
Even Yan'er on the side was a little shocked after seeing this scene, but Yan'er did not dare to speak at this time.
Although Yan'er didn't know what happened, she knew very well that what Qian Ruoyu said must have a deeper meaning.
Sure enough, after Qian Ruoyu finished speaking, Zhang Ma and Wang Po looked at each other at the same time.
Naturally, Qian Ruoyu was not afraid. The two of them had arranged something at this time. Although there were only four people at the scene, it was almost like a trial.
Finally Zhang Ma said.
"I... let me tell you, Granny Wang, I won't hide it anymore."
Zhang Ma raised her head.
"I really didn't tell you the truth before I asked you to suffer... In fact, it's true that a close relative at home is sick and has been bedridden for a long time..."
When he heard these words, Qian Ruoyu just sneered.
He said two words lightly, "Continue."
Zhang Ma said.
"This matter is my own decision and has nothing to do with Grandma Wang. Grandma Wang helped me hide this matter out of kindness to help me..."
"My son joined the corvee at the age of sixteen and helped the government build city walls and open rivers. The government agreed to receive five hundred yuan a month."
"But in the end, I only got one hundred dollars in my son's hands. Other than that, it didn't matter. After three years of treatment, my son suddenly discovered that he had a sudden disease... I don't know what happened to this strange disease.
I tried a dozen quacks but nothing worked..."
"In the end, I had no choice but to buy a variety of high-quality supplements for my son. These high-quality supplements really have different effects. After taking them, my son's condition improved a lot...and our family has a lot of problems."
There’s not that much money…”
"So in desperation, I could only slowly get the money from the palace bit by bit... and steal a little bit. In the end, when the queen found out about it, she didn't blame me, and was even willing to help me.
If you keep hiding it, you will end up like this..."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Ma knelt down again and kowtowed to Qian Ruoyu.
She said seriously.
"This matter is all related to me. It has nothing to do with Grandma Wang. I beg you to spare Wang Po. If you want to punish me, please punish me!"
But after Zhang Ma said these words, Qian Ruoyu was completely shocked.
It turned out that I bought supplements to treat my son's illness. This kind of thing...