"Oh? Falling ill?" Mu Liang's narrowed pupils flashed with a stronger sarcastic light, and he smiled unconsciously and said,
"Continue, what else?"
The irritable mood before seems to have recovered a lot. It seems that the time she left the General's Mansion was indeed a not-so-peaceful and torturous time for everyone in the General's Mansion.
Later, she will go back and take back all the people who bullied her and humiliated her in the past!
Don't say she is cruel. Who said what they did in the past was worse than animals! Now that she has taken over Nalan Muliang's body, she must seek justice for that poor woman! Let those women who are worse than animals and have a heart like snakes and scorpions get the punishment they deserve.
!
A moment ago, Lao Li felt that the air around Mu Liang was a little irritating, but now he felt a biting cold air. How could Lao Li not know about the pain and torture suffered by the fourth lady in the past? Lao Li's voice felt a little deeper.
"Back to the Fourth Miss, the keys to the General's Mansion have always been in the hands of the Third Lady. Now the Third Lady is just waiting for the General to come back and complain. Naturally, she does not dare to deceive the Queen. She gave both sets of keys to the Queen, one of which is the key to the accounting room.
, the other set is the key to the annex of the General's Mansion. Over the years, the general has not been in the mansion. The accounting room of the General's Mansion is just empty. The servants and guards in the mansion are supported by the money allocated by the emperor every year.
As for the general's other shops in Kyoto, there are 117 shops, 50 of which are profitable, and 67 of which are in the red. For many years, the accounts have been balanced every year, and if there is no profit, there is no loss."
After Lao Li finished speaking, a bright light flashed across Mu Liang's eyes, like the light of a meteor in the dark night sky. After a flash, it was impossible to capture.
"Then the shop brought by the third wife, the fourth wife, and the eldest wife from the so-called natal family, are they all guaranteed to make a profit without losing money?" Mu Liang asked with sarcasm, making Old Li stunned.
"This... has never been checked," Lao Li told the truth.
"There is no need to check their detailed accounts for so many years. If you check, you won't be able to find out in a short time. Now there is a money-greedy queen. Humph! These women really want to die together!"
Mu Liang slowly stood up as he spoke, and his broad sleeves swept across the rosewood desk coldly, bringing a bleak look. Old Li glanced at Mu Liang's unpredictable eyes, and spoke in confusion,
"I can't understand what the Fourth Miss means."
Lao Li didn't understand. Since the fourth lady suspected that the three ladies had tampered with the accounts of the General's Mansion, why not take advantage of this great opportunity to investigate? Maybe we could dig out a deeper inside story, since the General's Mansion had completely changed its dynasty!
Mu Liang glanced at Lao Li, then took the bunch of keys on the table and threw them to Lao Li, who raised his hand to catch them neatly.
"I'll leave this key with you first. You won't need it for a while anyway."
"Miss, why is this?" Mu Liang's words made Lao Li confused. The young lady used a trick to get the queen to come forward and earn her the position of the eldest daughter. Isn't it for the sake of the position of the mistress of the General's Mansion?
Seeing the confusion on Lao Li's face becoming more and more intense, Mu Liang unconsciously clapped his hands and said with a sneer,
"This key to the general's office really smells like copper, especially after it has been kept in the third lady's house for so many years. It really smells disgusting, Old Li. I won't let you continue to investigate the wives' natal families.
shop, because judging from the current situation, not checking it is a way out for us to sit back and relax. Why do you think the queen only gave me a bunch of keys?"
Mu Liang's seemingly calm and gentle tone actually contained profound hints that are difficult to describe.
Old Li was stunned and said in a deep voice, "Old slave is ignorant and can only see that the queen is greedy for money."
Mu Liang smiled faintly and said lightly, "The Queen is indeed greedy for money, but she has been in the harem for so many years, how can she leave such a big clue to others? Just imagine, now that I have a set of keys, if I go to the Queen to ask for them
For the second set, the queen would deny it and say that the third lady didn’t give it to her, but that would undoubtedly make both the third lady and me suspicious of her. But if she said she gave it to me, if she quietly sold it to the third lady and several other ladies
a favor
How could the other ladies in the house and my brothers and sisters help me when they already hate me so much? They would all say that I deliberately hid the key and wanted to wrong the Queen and them, so I just lied.
We are no longer human, are we? Now that the key is in the hands of the queen, her wishful thinking is good. I heard that there are many rare treasures piled up in the annex of the General's Mansion. Over the years, although several ladies are jealous,
But the general would personally tap it when he came back every year, and none of them dared to touch the things there. The queen had long been eyeing the rare treasures in the other courtyard, and now she thought she had taken the key first. If there were any changes in the general's mansion later, the queen would definitely
Will be the first to receive the news and take the treasure there as his own
In the final analysis, this queen is just a woman who thinks that once she gets the key, everything will be safe."
When Mu Liang said this, he smiled sarcastically, and his eyes shone like the cold light of glass in the depths of the sea. The light dispersed for a moment, and even the early morning light lost its brilliance, surrounded by her cold light.
Lao Li raised his head and looked at Mu Liang blankly. He opened his mouth, but could not say a word. His face was filled with an expression of sudden realization, followed by admiration and shock at Mu Liang's analysis.
"Then... what are those shops?" Lao Li couldn't help but ask Mu Liang
Mu Liang gently picked up a writing brush on the table, dipped it in the tea in the white jade cup, and wrote six words on the cracked tabletop, "You will not live if you do it yourself!"
"For so many years, the general has not been in the palace, and the third lady has maintained the financial power of the general's palace. If she wants to enrich herself, she must silence the fourth lady and the eldest lady. The fifth lady, Princess Xinxin, is the least interested.
What is missing are rare treasures, which naturally do not need to be taken care of. As far as I know, there are 117 shops under the name of the General's Mansion, and 30 of them are silk shops given by the late emperor, all in various parts of Northern Liao.
In the bustling section of the road, these silk shops were given by the late emperor, so the third lady did not dare to do anything, so it was natural to make profits.
As for the others, there are another fifty rice shops. The price of rice has never fluctuated much. As long as it is not a time of war, no matter how much profit the rice shop makes, it is not impossible to do anything. But if the third lady wants to do something, it is not impossible.
It is necessary to make a few slight changes in the import and export of brown rice and polished rice. Even the shopkeeper of the rice store will not be able to find out the problem if he does not check them carefully!
Thirty silk shops are enough to make a profit, and fifty rice shops can barely make ends meet after being tampered with by the Third Madam. As for the biggest loopholes, the remaining thirty-seven tea shops are undoubtedly the ones with the most profit."