C120 (1/2)

Marquis was a quick person, once he made the decision to punish Accountant Li, he would immediately send someone to send a half-dead Accountant Li to the manor. Whether he died or lived it would be up to fate, Manager Wang did not utter a single word, because the decision of the Marquis was not to be questioned.

The Marquis knew all about the tricks of the Gu family's second house, so he did not need the Aunt Fang to divulge it to him. If he wanted to throw away the burden of the second house, he needed this kind of excuse that would not show his face, so the Aunt Fang was making a mistake.

Xie Jingxi's fire was clearly telling the Marquis that the inner courtyard of Marquis Mansion was truly unclean, and as for how it would decide, it would depend on how the Marquis dealt with the burning of flames. He chose to punish the Accountant Li, and that would be equivalent to knocking out a mountain and shaking a tiger, which also clearly told everyone that he understood the intricacies of the inner courtyard.

The account that was not made public was like a sharp sword hanging above everyone's heads, it was just like a complete mess! Because the head was not clean, there was definitely more than just the Accountant Li, thus, when the Grand Mistress burnt out, it seemed to burn away all the hidden dangers in everyone's heart, many people secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and they all understood in their hearts that the Accountant Li was not the only person who did not cause any trouble, and from then on, no one mentioned the Accountant Li anymore.

After that, Fang Dai held onto his chest and felt a bit of lingering fear, ”Madam, if you want to burn it, at least inform me. I heard that you personally went to burn the accounts room, and were so scared that your soul almost disappeared.

Xie Jingxi was not afraid at all. She knew that the Marquis would not do anything to her, which was why she dared to impulsively make a bet. However, this matter was far from over.

She only found out about Manager Wang's identity later on, and was even more curious about the story between Lady Ji and Gu Yun back then. However, she was not stupid enough to ask who, and since Gu Yun did not tell her, then it meant that she should not know about it yet.

It was just that this ex-husband of his died before Lady Zeng managed to get married into the Marquis Mansion. Lady Zeng had made the decision to marry the Accountant Li to Manager Wang back then, probably because he wanted to curry favor with him, because Manager Wang was an old friend of the Lady Ji and the Marquis was very important to him. On the other hand, the Lady Zeng was connected to the Marquis Mansion in order to grasp it as soon as possible.

It was just that no one had noticed that Accountant Li, this short-lived ex-husband, was actually a subordinate of Lady Zeng's cousin. And this cousin was none other than Lady Zou's biological mother.

This seemed to explain the motive of Accountant Li with difficulty. As an accountant, she had to use corruption as his own account, and even hide this from his own man, it was not really logical. The only explanation was that there was another owner behind this person, and this person was most likely the Lady Zou.

The reason why she was said to be interesting was because there were too many riddles on her body. Everyone knew that the second house lacked silver, and it was reasonable that the head of the Lady Zou was not easy to scrape some silver from her hands, but to be able to reach the Marquis Mansion without being noticed for so many years was not something that an ordinary person could do.

Moreover, with just that insignificant connection that she had with Accountant Li, she was able to bribe her for so many years. Just thinking about it made her feel that it was unimaginable, was it because of her mastery of skills or some other hidden secret, it was unknown whether that was true or not. Furthermore, Xie Jingxi thought that the plan she made was definitely not that simple.

Before Xie Jingxi took charge of the house, his Marquis Mansion had always been controlled by her. Let's not talk about how long her Lady Zeng had told her to fool around, but once his Marquis Mansion was exchanged for a new clan head's daughter-in-law, the first thing she would face would definitely be an account check. However, Xie Jingxi was different from him. The Lady Zou obviously could not take the risk and wait for Xie Jingxi to notice anything, so she had already taken the initiative to attack from the very beginning. Once Xie Jingxi was hit by her techniques, it would definitely cause the Marquis and the Lady Zeng to be dissatisfied with her, and from then on, they would end up like Xie Jingqi.

Xie Jingxi remembered that in her previous life, after she had moved into the courtyard, Lady Zeng had invited Lady Zou to help her with the management team. Lady Zou was well-placed to be a housekeeper, and had gained the trust of the Lady Zeng.

This also showed that the way Xie Jingxi had taken action back then was not because of Lady Zeng's orders, nor was it purely a matter of protecting her mother, but rather, it was controlled from the back by the Lady Zou. No one knew how she would control these mothers, but in short, she had already started to control this situation since a long time ago.

The more chaotic the Marquis Mansion was, the more Marquis would not just let it go. For Aunt Fang to not have any peace at home right after the Aunt Fang had come up was a violation of the great taboo for Marquis, so Marquis was not happy, but there was no possibility for Aunt Fang to have a master in the future, thus Lady Zou's plan was a success.

That was why Xie Jingxi suspected that the Lady Zou had purposefully revealed his weak points in order to lure them into her trap. The flaws in her words were seen through so easily by the Aunt Fang, it did not match with her large plan at all. That was to say, the amount of silver that the Lady Zou had actually taken away was more than just this, or perhaps it was more than just that.

Since that was the case, could Xie Jingqi's difficult to bear baby and her two children's premature death be related to the Lady Zou? What was the Lady Zou's ambition?

Xie Jingxi said to Fang Dai: ”Send some people to watch that Medicine Hall house of Young Grandma Zou and see who they are secretly in contact with, and even investigate the source of the medicinal herbs.”

”Madam, do you really suspect that there's a problem with Young Mistress Zou?”

”It's not that she's suspicious, it's that she's certain. She's a person with a deep mind, you shouldn't underestimate her.”

Fang Dai nodded her head seriously, ”I understand Madam. Do you know anything about Young Mistress Zou in the Marquis?”

”Even if Marquis doesn't know now, he will know sooner or later. If he handles Accountant Li like this, maybe he would sense something?”

Marquis can be said to handle matters stably, after taking care of Accountant Li, he turned around and went to remind Lady Zeng, ”Don't use Aunt Fang, don't make a mistake, she's just an aunt, she was just obediently staying in the backyard to give birth to a child, don't make a ruckus everywhere, don't think that I don't know what you're thinking, even if Second Brother's wife is useless, she won't be able to do it!”