My husband married a concubine? I turned around and married the cold prince.

Therefore, she soon realized that the power of housekeeper would never belong to her, so it would be better not to fight for it and give it to Zhang. She could also leave a good impression in Xue Wanxian's heart and gain a good reputation.

Zhang knew clearly what the power of being the head of the household meant. At the same time, she also knew that there probably wasn't much money in the mansion.

But it doesn't matter. Before this, she had secretly signaled Manager Zhang and others not to hand over the silver, thinking of spending An Qingqian's dowry first.

This was also the reason why she was willing to hand over the household affairs directly to An Qingqian who had just come in. It was because of this consideration.

However, she didn't know that Manager Zhang and others had already paid 330,000 taels of silver to An Qingqian, and now they had almost nothing left.

She had originally been planning to find a way to seize power, but she didn't expect An Qingqian to come to her on her own initiative.

"Bring it here." Zhang was helped by Nanny Chen to sit on a chair nearby, looking at Yingyi arrogantly.

Yingyi sneered in her heart and waved her hand. The maid behind her placed several stacks of account books on the table in front of Zhang.

Zhang gave Nanny Chen a look, and Nanny Chen immediately picked up the account book and looked through it.

Nanny Chen planned to find some problems in it, but after looking at it for a long time, she felt that every expenditure in the account book had a reason, and she could hardly find any problems.

She didn't believe that An Qingqian would be so clean, so she picked up the next book in disbelief.

A quarter of an hour later, she flipped through three books and found no problems. Then she nodded to Nanny Chen to indicate that there was no problem.

"Okay, there is no problem with the account book, but where is the key to the treasury?" Seeing what Nanny Chen was talking about, Zhang looked at Yingyi again.

Yingyi took a small box from another maid and handed it to Nanny Chen.

Seeing that Yingyi's attitude showed no respect at all and she handed it over with one hand, Nanny Chen was immediately dissatisfied.

She was just about to refuse the box and scold Yingyi for being unruly, when she saw Yingyi simply throw the box lightly on the table with a "bang".

"Yingyi, what are you doing!" Nanny Chen never expected her to do this. She widened her eyes in disbelief.

"I saw that Nanny Chen's hand seemed to hurt and she didn't want to take the box, so I took Nanny Chen's consideration and placed the box on the table. Is there any problem?"

Yingyi's eyes were full of disdain. Both of them were servants. Nanny Chen had been so arrogant for so long that she really thought of herself as the master. Everyone had to be respectful to her.

"You!" Nanny Chen was so angry at Yingyi's words that her chest heaved violently and she was unable to speak.

"Please check it out, Madam. If there is no problem, I will leave first."

Although Zhang was also very unhappy in her heart, she suppressed her dissatisfaction when she thought that the power in the mansion would soon return to her hands and she would be the one making the decisions in the future.

She opened the box and confirmed that the key inside was the key to the warehouse, then sent Yingyi away.

"Okay, now that it's been handed over, go down."

Zhang didn't want to see Yingyi again. When she saw Yingyi, she thought of An Qingqian, and when she thought of An Qingqian, she became angry.

However, she will settle those accounts one by one in the future.

Zhang and Nanny Chen were so happy that they forgot to ask Yingyi why someone came over with a drum and beat it so loudly that the maids and servants outside had to hide outside Mingde Courtyard to watch the fun.

Before Yingyi and her people left the yard, Zhang deliberately spoke loudly.

"Madam Chen, from today on, the maids in Xihe Courtyard will no longer be paid their wages. These will be taken care of by An Shi. You are also not allowed to provide any items in An Shi's courtyard. An Shi is frugal, so I guess she doesn't need them."

Yingyi did not stop and continued walking forward. Of course she could hear that Zhang said this on purpose for her to hear. However, in her opinion, these two sentences were more ridiculous than a clown performance.

As for the few dollars in the account, she doesn't even look down on it, let alone the lady. It would be better not to give it out. It's really embarrassing.

Zhang had no idea what Yingyi was thinking. She thought that her actions had severely slapped An Qingqian and Xiheyuan in the face, and she was extremely happy.

When the courtyard was quiet again, Zhang looked at Nanny Chen and said, "Nanny Chen, take your people to find Manager Zhang and ask him to call all the managers of the shop over, and also ask them to bring over the silver they had before.

This lady wants to see how long the An family can continue to be arrogant without the power to run the family. "

"Yes, old lady, I will do it right away." Nanny Chen also felt that from today on, they would be able to hold their heads high, and her tone was quite proud.

Although the power did not fall into Liu Yiyi's hands, she was still quite happy in her heart.

Zhang is an old lady and is much easier to deal with than An Qingqian.

Besides, I am still pregnant now, and everything is inconvenient. I can just wait until I give birth to the baby and have a legitimate status, and then I can take it back.

More importantly, she sensed something was wrong in Zhang's words just now. She said that the stewards below should bring all the silver over?

Liu Yiyi murmured in her heart, could it be that none of the previous silver had been handed over to the Marquis's Mansion's account?

Without the money handed over by his subordinates, how did An Qingqian manage the Marquis' Mansion all these years?

Liu Yiyi seemed to have thought of something unbelievable. She quietly looked up at Zhang and Nanny Chen and noticed their smug and cunning smiles.

She needs to investigate this matter carefully to find out what happened before.

"Also, Nanny Chen, before, An had people deliver porridge and side dishes to Changshou Hall every day. From today on, you have people deliver a bucket of swill every day. If no one opens the door within a quarter of an hour, just pour it directly at the entrance of Xiheyuan."

There was a flash of cruelty in Zhang's eyes. An Qingqian had dared to treat her like that before, and now, because of her, Xian'er had been punished by the emperor. She would definitely take revenge for all her hatred!

Xue Wanxian lay on the bed, totally unable to believe that this was actually proposed by his mother.

Send swill over there? And dump it at the gate?

However, what made him feel even more unbelievable was that An Qingqian would hand over these things at this time.

Zhang didn't know what was going on with Manager Zhang and others, but he knew it very well in his heart.

Almost all of the silver was taken away by An Qingqian. What silver do they have left?

The power of household finances is now in An Qingqian's hands, and she will use the 330,000 taels of silver to make up for it. What she has handed over now is just an empty shell.

A hot potato, does your mother really think it is the supreme power?

Xue Wanxian wanted to speak up to stop him, but he couldn't utter a word.

It was not until Nanny Chen left that Xue Wanxian was finally so angry that he fainted.

Nanny Chen and her people excitedly rushed to Manager Zhang's jewelry shop, but found that Manager Zhang was not in the shop.