Catching an adulterer at the beginning, the mistress of the Marquisate went crazy

"Mother, these days everyone in the mansion has been saying that my eldest sister-in-law has a tough life, which is why my father died. Now because of her mismanagement, our family is almost unable to afford food.

And the third brother, as the master of the mansion, was taught a lesson by his maid after just walking around the yard. Now he is still locked in the room, eating only two steamed buns and a bowl of water a day.

She is too much of a bully. If you don't teach her a lesson like an old lady, I think the name of this mansion will no longer be Gu, but Liu."

"Where did you hear these rumors, girl?"

Hou frowned.

Gu Jinqing refused to give in and said, "Mom, these things have spread all over our house, but no one has told you yet."

After that, Gu Jinqing pouted and said sadly: "Mom, my daughter used to have at least eight dishes and one soup for three meals a day, and four meat dishes and four vegetables. Today, I sent my daughter only two meat dishes, two vegetables and one soup, and the dishes are much worse than before.

My daughter asked the maid who came to deliver the food and found out that all the money in our house had been spent. She said that my daughter’s daily bird’s nest supplement would also have to stop starting tomorrow…”

"what?"

Hou looked at Gu Jinqing in shock.

Hou had been the head of the household before, so she knew how much income and expenditure the mansion had every day. Moreover, a few days ago, Liu Tianshu said that there were 500 taels of silver in the mansion. How could it have been spent so quickly?

"Qing Jie'er, don't be anxious. Let's wait until mother finds out the details before we talk about this matter."

"Mother, this matter is very clear. Not only is the food provided by my third sister's landlord half-price, but my son's food is also much worse. Those people also said that we have no money left in our house. Now we have to pay for our meals at the accountant's own expense..."

"Nonsense..."

Before Gu Jinting could finish his words, Hou slammed the table in anger.

"How does Liu manage the household? Not only has she spent all the money in the mansion, but now she needs a servant to support the entire mansion. If this gets out, will our mansion still be able to see anyone?"

"Mother, this sister-in-law is a disaster. Not only did she kill my father, but she also controlled the entire mansion and left us without food. You must take the power of housekeeper into your own hands..."

"This……"

When it comes to housekeeper Quan, the anger in Hou's eyes slowly fades.

If it were in the past, he really wanted to take back the power of housekeeper and show off his power as the old lady of the marquis's mansion.

Now that the Marquis's Mansion is out of money, the housekeeper has to pay, so she doesn't want to do this thankless task.

"Sister Qing, being a housekeeper is not as easy as you think. But you are not young anymore, so you should learn how to be a housekeeper."

"Mom, just take back the housekeeping power and let me be the housekeeper."

Gu Jinqing held Hou's arm and begged, "Mother, I will be married next autumn at the latest. It will be too late to learn how to manage a household by then. Besides, I am in my own home now. Even if I make a big mistake, I will have you to help me. If I make a mistake again at my husband's house, there will be no one to guide me..."

"Row."

Gu Jinqing's words touched Hou's heart.

My daughter is indeed at the age where she should learn how to manage the household. It is better to let her practice at home than to go to her husband's house and know nothing.

It's worth spending some money for the sake of my daughter.

Thinking of this, Hou nodded slightly.

"I'll talk to your sister-in-law later."

"Thank you, Mom. You're so kind."

Gu Jinqing held Hou's arm, leaned his head on her shoulder, and smiled happily.

"Old lady, Third Miss, the lady is here."

A little maid came to report.

"Let her in..."

Hou pushed Gu Jinqing aside and asked her to sit aside. She straightened her clothes, sat upright, and looked towards the door with a serious face.

"I've met the old lady."

Liu Tianshu walked in and bowed slightly to greet Hou.

"No need to be polite, just sit down..."

"Thank you, madam."

Liu Tianshu calmly sat down in the first seat under Hou, and a maid soon brought her tea.

Liu Tianshu did not touch the tea brought by the maid. After the maid left, she asked directly, "Madam, is there something you want to ask Madam Luo to come over for?"

Hearing Liu Tianshu's words, Gu Jinqing looked at Hou anxiously.

Hou patted her hand soothingly.

After receiving Hou's hint, Gu Jinqing proudly sat back in his original seat, picked up the teacup, and drank it slowly.

Looking at Gu Jinqing like this, Liu Tianshu drooped her eyelids slightly, picked up the teacup, and slowly stirred the tea in the cup with the lid.

Madam Hou saw Liu Tianshu's reaction from the side and knew that she would not speak again, so she asked in a deep voice: "Madam Liu, I heard that our mansion is almost unable to make ends meet, and we actually let a servant support the entire mansion?"

"Madam, we really have no money in the account of the Marquis' Mansion. We asked Accountant Yu to pay for the Marquis's three meals a day and tomorrow's wages because he embezzled a lot of money in the past. This is to give him a chance to make amends."

Before Liu Tianshu spoke, Hou still held a glimmer of hope in her heart that this matter was false.

Now that he had received the exact news, he was instantly furious and slammed the table.

"Liu, the Marquis and I trust you so much, but you are such a good steward? If this matter gets out, where will our Marquis's family be saved?"

Facing Hou's anger, Liu Tianshu was not afraid at all. Instead, she sneered and said, "Old Madam, instead of being angry with me here, why don't you ask where the money went?"

Gu Jinqing sneered, "The money can't just fly away on its own. It must be your housekeeper who didn't calculate well, which is why such a big mistake happened."

"Third sister knows everything about this matter. Why don't we ask Accountant Yu to come over and talk it over?"

Hou sneered, "Yu the Accountant is just a servant. Without a note from you, the mistress of the house, how dare he pay money out?"

"The old lady is right. Accountant Yu gave the money away without my consent, which is why the whole mansion is in turmoil and we can't even eat."

"what?"

Accountant Yu was also Hou's man. She knew very well that he often tampered with the account books. However, she did not expect that he would be so bold. That was several hundred taels of silver.

For a family like theirs, a few hundred taels of silver might not be a large sum, but it was definitely not something a servant could use privately.

"Mother Luo, please go get Yu the accountant for me. I want to ask him how he manages the accounts."

"Yes!"

Mother Luo was also shocked by this incident. She bowed respectfully and left quickly.

Gu Jinqing still wanted to take over the power of housekeeper, but he didn't want to have such a bold servant under his command.

"Sister-in-law, what is going on?"

"It's better to wait until the accountant comes and tells you personally..."

After saying that, Liu Tianshu instructed Qingshan, "Send someone to get the account book that the account office sent this morning and show it to the old lady and the third young lady..."