C119 (1/2)
With regards to the past affairs of the Marquis Mansion, every one of them had grabbed onto what they thought they knew, and had extended their guesses. In truth, none of them were complete, and other than the Marquis himself, no one knew the real internal affairs of the Marquis.
The moment Xie Jingxi saw Marquis's first reaction, she was clearly aware of this point, and Aunt Fang must have caught hold of onto something she did not know, which was why she dared to take the risk, and the only thing she did not expect was Marquis's attitude.
The purpose of the Aunt Fang was nothing more than to take charge of the Marquis Mansion, and the only people that could stop her were Xie Jingxi and the entire room. She must have wanted to give the long room a go for it, so this Manager Wang must be related to the long room.
As for the deeper matter, she would never be able to guess it. The Marquis's reaction was very secretive, it was really hard to fathom. Maybe he even knew about Manager Wang, just like how he tolerated Gu Yun, and indulged the old family of the Lady Ji?
Manager Wang was naturally related to Marquis, so there were many small matters that could not be hidden from him. For example, when he was hoarding food before, both Manager Wang and Marquis knew that the price of the food was higher than it actually was, but Marquis didn't care about it as usual, it wasn't anything big of a deal, he just saved up the food for the second room. Although they did not think about the lack of food that Aunt Fang had mentioned later on, it was impossible for Marquis to go back and investigate after this matter had passed, the only thing was that the second room was far longer than he could imagine.
Furthermore, not to mention Marquis, even Supervisor Wang did not know much about the affairs of the inner courtyard. As a loyal man, he was not proficient in the twists and turns of the inner courtyard, and was not clear on the accounts, even if he was told that the account was fake, he would probably not be able to tell.
”Marquis, I really do not know about the matter regarding the couple in our family. If it is true, then Marquis will not care about my face, and will definitely punish them severely.”
Manager Wang's character, Marquis trusted Manager Wang, so it was not false for him to say that he did not know anything. Marquis did not have any strict punishments, but if Accountant Li's hands and feet were not clean, then he could only remove the position from her account.
”Get up. For your sake, I won't make things difficult for her. It's just that regarding the matter of hoarding food last time, do you know what other tricks the Second House did?”
Manager Wang was still kneeling, ”Marquis, you know that the matter of hoarding food is caused by Young Master Gu Quan creating a connection, you also told me not to fuss too much over it, at that time I also compared the prices of the other several foods, the price I gave was not too far off, so I handed over the price to Young Master Gu Quan to negotiate with him, even if the price was reported by Young Master Gu Quan, I believe that it wasn't too far off, so according to what you said, there is no difference, as for the other things, they are divided equally, I did not ask for more details.”
The Marquis thoughtfully nodded his head, ”Then what is the relationship between the Accountant Li and the Second Branch?”
”This …” Manager Wang thought for a moment, ”That shouldn't be the case. According to what I know, she is only a few of the stewards' wives. I have some connections with these stewards, could it be that Marquis suspects her …”
”I'm just asking, it's fine as long as you know what I'm doing. Accountant Li can't stay in the account room any longer.”
Supervisor Wang left with a heavy heart. On the other hand, the Lady Zeng was furious because of the audit of the accounts.
”I never thought that Li Zhangfang would actually do such a good deed behind my back. It was a waste for me to trust her like usual, and to even have connections with the people from the second house. They have been fishing for benefits in our residence everyday, I have never said anything to them, it can't be that we will make things difficult for the family, why must we do such a thing!”
The Aunt Fang said: Who knows, our Marquis Mansion has done everything they can to help them, the second house is too small, but our rewards are limited, they cannot satisfy us, and we do not even know how many benefits we have dug up from the darkness.
Mentioning Manager Wang was tantamount to poking at Lady Zeng's heart. However, Lady Ji had already been in her heart for dozens of years, and it probably wouldn't be pulled out that day, so it was best not to mention Lady Ji at all. Therefore, Lady Zeng could only feel stifled in her heart, which was really tight.
Seeing that the Lady Zeng was not willing to intervene, the Aunt Fang had an unresigned look on her face. Seeing that she had found such a great evidence, and the Marquis was also in a rage, what use was there to just take down a Accountant Li? The Marquis Mansion Sect Leader's wife was still her, Xie Jingxi.
”Madam, as far as I know, Fang Dai who is in front of the Grand Mistress is an expert in looking at accounts. You said that she has been in charge of the family for close to a year, how could she not see through the problems in the accounts, or do you intend to pretend that you don't know anything? Furthermore, I found that the hands and feet of a few manager lady s are not very clean. Grand Mistress being so used to them being good people is truly a little irresponsible.
She only thought that Xie Jingxi did not have much dowry and eldest young master was always busy producing, so he must definitely be short on money. Since the Marquis Mansion did not split between them, she should take this opportunity to earn more.
The Lady Zeng understood more than her, although she did not know what Gu Yun was doing, she was very smart and did not want to get involved, ”Boss's house does not lack money, they have always been firing on their own, and do not use the official's money, you do not need to take it to heart.”
The meaning behind his words was that the Marquis Mansion had not been divided yet, and the major wife only ate and lived in the Marquis Mansion. He had already spent his own money on it, so even if he wanted to take some, it wouldn't be a problem.
Only now did he realize that major wife was not as easy to deal with as she thought. Lady Zeng's authority in Marquis Mansion was truly limited, whether it was or the Marquis, they were both not under her control.
Lady Zeng called Senior Servant Liu in: ”You usually manage the Marquis Mansion, are you clear about the tricks these manager lady s are doing in private?”