I pretend to be a unicorn in the Red Mansion

Madam Xing took down Mrs. Liu, who was in charge of the kitchen. The others immediately huddled together when they heard Mrs. Liu's screams.

Many of these people are Madam Wang’s confidants. Madam Wang has been the housekeeper for too long and her position is deeply entrenched, so many people have been won over by her.

It was obvious that Madam Xing was going to take action against Madam Wang's confidants, and everyone kneeling in the room was trembling with fear.

There is no clean servant in Rongguo Mansion. All of them have done evil things, and there are a lot of evidences against them. Mrs. Xing can always find fault with anyone she wants.

Liu Erlang, who was in charge of purchasing for the big kitchen, was frightened when he saw his sister-in-law being taken away. His sister-in-law had been killed as a warning to others, so he might be the next one.

In recent years, the Liu family has been domineering in the big kitchen, and with the support of Mrs. Wang behind them, they can be said to have made a lot of money.

They thought that their backer would never fall, so the Liu family never took the eldest wife seriously.

Whenever Mrs. Xing wanted to add a dish, she would ask her maid to pay enough silver, otherwise the kitchen would make up all kinds of excuses to avoid it.

Wang Shanbao's wife had suffered a lot in the kitchen because of this. Now seeing the kitchen manager suffering, Wang Shanbao's wife smiled particularly happily.

In the past, the meals in the eldest wife's house were always well-ordered and in line with the standards of the mansion. If they were not outstanding, there would be no extra tribute from the kitchen.

Sometimes the food in the kitchen tasted bad, but Mrs. Xing had to endure it.

Mrs. Wang always had the kitchen maids to be attentive to her, and the meals she prepared were always the most exquisite.

The kitchen would show filial piety to the second wife in various ways. In spring, they would make a Codonopsis pilosula and bighead carp soup, which is very nourishing.

In summer, make a fresh mix of wild vegetables, which is refreshing and delicious.

In autumn, you can make lotus root soup or use black fungus to cook dishes to nourish yin and moisten the lungs.

The kitchen is even more amazing in winter. They will get venison for the second room to barbecue, or make ginseng venison soup for drinking.

All year round, the kitchen would always try its best to please Mrs. Wang, and the dietary standards of the second house were always higher than those of the first house.

The attitude of the kitchen staff also represents the attitude of all the servants in the mansion. Everyone agrees that the eldest master is deposed and that the Rongguo Mansion will be ruled by the second wife from now on.

Even though Jia She is the heir to the title, his prestige in the mansion is not as high as Jia Zheng's. This has a lot to do with Wang Fu-ren being the housekeeper.

After all, the county magistrate is not as good as the current one.

Another part of the servants looked at Lady Jia's attitude. Lady Jia was the oldest person in the Rongguo Mansion and the ancestor of the mansion.

She honored the second wife and ignored the first wife, and those servants who followed her example were just following her example.

Jia Lian, the next heir to the Rongguo Mansion, lives a very depressed life because the first wife has no status. When he sees the housekeeper Lai, he has to call him Grandpa Lai.

A butler who is good at getting along with others can actually make the young master bow his head. This is really against the will of heaven.

Originally, the Rongguo Mansion would have continued to develop in this way, the second wife would have lived better and better, and the first wife would have become increasingly decadent.

But Jia Cheng came, and his arrival gave Mrs. Xing confidence. She didn't want to be bullied anymore. A woman is strong as a mother.

She could tolerate the contempt of her servants, but not her son.

Not to mention that Jia Cheng’s character is the reincarnation of a unicorn, which is a god. How could Mrs. Xing let her god son suffer?

She wanted to hold her son in her hands.

Jia She is more exaggerated than Lady Xing. He can tear off Lady Wang's face for Jia Cheng, fight for the right to be the housekeeper, and invite back the wet nurse he had raised.

All he did was to make his son live a more comfortable life. Jia Cheng deserves the best.

Jia Cheng, like a little butterfly, flapped his wings, but a huge wave was stirred up in the Rongguo Mansion.

Mrs. Xing's fierce methods frightened everyone. Mrs. Liu's wailing became weaker and weaker, as if she was about to be beaten to death.

Liu Erlang felt a little reluctant, and he couldn't help but look up at Mrs. Xing.

This glance was caught by Madam Xing, who snorted coldly, "Liu Erlang."

When Liu Erlang heard Madam Xing calling his name, he shuddered in fear, "Madam, I'm here."

Mrs. Xing nodded in satisfaction at his respectful attitude and said, "You are in charge of purchasing in the kitchen. Tell me, in June, pork is 50 liang per catty, chicken is 200 wen each, green vegetables are 5 wen per catty, and crucian carp is liang per piece. In May, the prices of all things have doubled. What's going on?"

When Liu Erlang heard Mrs. Xing's question, he was immediately relieved. It turned out that she was asking why there was a fluctuation. He thought Mrs. Xing knew the secret of the price.

He lowered his head with sarcasm in his eyes. These ladies in the inner palace were so easy to fool.

While thinking this in his heart, he explained timidly, "In reply to the Madam, in May, vegetables and crucian carp are not in the harvest season, so the price is a bit higher. In addition, chickens have not started laying eggs in May, so the price is naturally higher.

By June, vegetables are ready to be picked, crucian carp are plentiful, chickens start laying eggs, and more people are raising pigs and selling meat. When there are more people selling things, the price goes up.”

Liu Erlang felt that his explanation was very reasonable. How could these ladies know when the crops would be harvested? They were just fooling around.

In fact, the real reason was that he lost money gambling in May and urgently needed money to pay off his debts, so he forged the information.

By June, he had made back his investment, so he naturally lowered his purchasing prices. Otherwise, he would not be able to justify always buying expensive items.

When Liu Erlang heard Mrs. Xing say "hmm", as if she agreed with what he said, Liu Erlang felt very proud and thought he was very smart.

A smug smile hung on the corner of his mouth, but it froze immediately when he heard Mrs. Xing's next words.

"How dare you, Liu Erlang, to make up lies to your master? Is the price in the account book the same as the actual selling price? It's more than a hundred times the price. You are so greedy."

Mrs. Xing was so angry that her face turned green. Nanny Xu said that pork outside was only about 30 wen, and the better ones were 35 wen. As a result, Liu Erlang sold a pound of pork for 5 liang, which was enough to buy a pig.

Mrs. Xing was also from a poor family, and it was not like she had never bought vegetables before. Even if the food in Rongguo Mansion was very good, the price of vegetables could not go through the roof.

But she was only responsible for eating and not buying, so she didn't know the trick involved. Now that she saw it, she was furious.

She never knew that Mrs. Wang was so greedy. If she spent the money according to the prices in the account book, Mrs. Wang would empty the Rongguo Mansion.

In the past, she didn’t care about not having a child, but now, for Jia Cheng’s sake, she must ask for an explanation.

At least she should make Mrs. Wang return the money she embezzled. The money would be enough for her to hire a great scholar to pay for her son.

Although it was Liu Erlang who kept the accounts and spent the money, Mrs. Xing was certain that Mrs. Wang was the mastermind behind it.

Even a fool could tell there was something wrong with the purchase account book of Rongguo Mansion. Whose vegetables cost 200 wen per pound? Even if those young ladies were lazy and ignorant, they would not be so stupid.

Mrs. Wang is illiterate, but she has learned accounting since she was a child, so it is impossible for her to be fooled.

It's not profitable yet, so just turn a blind eye.

Mrs. Xing believed that the money embezzled by the head kitchen was all given as a gift to Mrs. Wang, otherwise she would not have approved these expenses so readily.

It was nothing more than using the money from the Rongguo Mansion to enrich his own private property.

Mrs. Xing swore to skin Mrs. Wang alive and make her hand over the property that belonged to her son.

In Mrs. Xing's heart, Rongguo Mansion belongs to Jia Cheng, and no one is worthy of inheriting Rongguo Mansion except his immortal son who is the reincarnation of a unicorn.

The second branch of the Jia family is not good enough, and neither is Jia Lian.

Mrs. Xing glared at Liu Erlang who was lying on the ground trying to defend himself, and couldn't help but spit.

Liu Erlang begged for mercy with an innocent look on his face, "Madam, I am wronged, I really did not embezzle the money for purchasing.

I always buy things according to the old rules, and the price has always been this. The ingredients supplied to Rongguo Mansion are all special, and they are different from what ordinary people eat, so the price will be higher.

The Second Madam was the housekeeper before, and she knew that the prices of these dishes in Rongguo Mansion were the same as those in other duke's mansions, and even the servants had bargained for them. "

Liu Erlang pretended to be aggrieved, and hinted that Mrs. Xing had never seen the world, so she didn't understand the prices paid by the big families.

Which prince or noble's house has a purchase price that is not ten or a hundred times higher? If the buyer doesn't take it, how can the master in charge take it?

Liu Erlang still thinks that Mrs. Xing is ignorant. It's an established rule, why are you looking for trouble?

No matter who becomes the steward, his purchases will definitely include gifts.

All the money being spent is public money, so why is Mrs. Xing so sentimental?

Mrs. Xing saw that Liu Erlang was unwilling to accept the result. She was so angry that she wanted to curse him, but was gently stopped by Nanny Xu.

Nanny Xu looked at Liu Erlang with contempt, then clapped her hands, and four more servants came up and captured Liu Erlang.

Liu Erlang was terrified. "Madam, I am innocent. You cannot abuse lynching. I did nothing wrong. You cannot hit me."

When Liu Erlang was anxious, he forgot about the hierarchy, which showed that he didn't take Mrs. Xing seriously at all.

Nanny Xu did not let Madam Xing speak. She said lightly: "What kind of filthy thing are you? How dare you yell in front of the Madam? The Madam is the wife of a first-rank general. She can beat you if she wants to. She doesn't even need a reason.

You, a traitorous slave, should be beaten to death. You all must remember who the real master of Rongguo Mansion is. If you don’t remember, the fate of the Liu family will be your fate.”

Nanny Xu swept her fierce gaze over everyone, and the servants all lowered their heads to block their gaze, fearing that they would reveal their dissatisfaction or disdain.

The Liu family only got beaten up. Many people were fearless because they thought they were the elders in the mansion and Mrs. Xing didn't dare to beat them.

Nanny Xu saw through everyone's inner thoughts and sneered, "Liu is a servant of the mansion, but he is sneaky and embezzles the master's property. According to the family rules, the person in charge should be beaten to death, and the family members should be sold directly.

No one who got involved can escape. The first wife knows who did something wrong and will not let any of them off."

Then, while everyone was thinking, many strong servants, boys and guards came in.

These people were holding a lot of people, including a series of people from the Liu family who worked in the mansion, and the children at home. They were all covered with their mouths and tied up.

Then Madam Xing stood up and said with a smile: "Have all the Liu family members been brought here? The traffickers have arrived, so let's sell them now.

I remember that Mrs. Liu had a daughter who was as beautiful as a flower, but she was reluctant to let her into the mansion to serve. This kind of girl is the easiest to sell. I heard that the price of selling her to a brothel can buy ten kilograms of pork. "

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, the eldest wife was serious.

The Liu family is finished. This family is unlikely to have a good ending. They will be sold all over the world and may never be reunited in this lifetime.

The daughter of the Liu family was raised to be spoiled and was going to marry a scholar from outside, but now she is going to be sold to a brothel and she will never be able to turn her life around in her life.

Liu Pozi's parents-in-law are already very old. They were supposed to quit their jobs and go home to enjoy their retirement, but now they are going to be sold?

The old man cannot be sold at a good price and will probably be sent to the mountains to mine stones, where he won’t live long.

The servants thought that Mrs. Xing was a coward, but they didn't expect that once she gained power, she would be so cruel.

What these servants didn't expect was yet to come. It was not enough that Mrs. Xing beat and sold people.

She also sent people to Liu Po's house in advance to search the house. Ever since Jia She searched the houses of those servants and guards around him who neglected their duties and gained huge benefits last time, Mrs. Xing followed suit and started to search the houses.

The Liu family is worthy of being the one who controls the purchasing and management of the kitchen. Their wealth is actually over ten thousand taels. It seems that they have embezzled a lot of money.

Not only that, the Liu family also found a lot of head jewelry, gold and silver jewelry, and even antique artifacts.

When Chunyue brought a group of maids and placed his family's things in front of Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Xing's eyes widened.

She thought, no wonder the master was so happy after ransacking the servants' houses, it turned out he had so much money.

How greedy are these servants usually? In fact, think about it, Liu Pozi in the kitchen is domineering and arrogant. Even if the master of the mansion wants to eat something extra, he has to give her money.

Not to mention those unfavored concubines, they would do it for you reluctantly if you gave them money.

In this way, she really saved a lot of money.

Liu Erlang was a purchasing man. In addition to the money he paid to Mrs. Wang, he also made a lot of money for himself, and soon he accumulated a huge fortune.

Now Mrs. Xing has been implicated.