After the replacement marriage, I was forced to fight at home

After hearing Chuan'er's explanation of the tasks that Hu had arranged for Meng Wan, Mother Kong was surprised and asked, "Second Madam, this is different from what we had guessed before?"

Meng Wan nodded, "That's right, I really didn't expect that the princess would let me do this. Just as I analyzed, although this job is easy to do, if something goes wrong, it will be a disgrace to the Shenjun Palace. How could Hu Shi bring shame to the palace?"

"In my opinion, maybe the princess just wants to embarrass you?" Chuan'er said calmly.

"Tell me about it?" Meng Wan sat down, and Cai'er squatted down to take off her sheepskin boots.

"Second Madam Yuan thought that the princess was targeting the accountant in this way, and she might be setting up a trap for you. We learned from Xueyan that she had been reorganizing the dowry of the previous princess for a while, so we preconceived that the princess might start from there.

"I think the princess would never have thought that Second Mistress would have guessed this. After all, in the princess's mind, Second Mistress is still someone who knows nothing, who is not liked by Second Master, and who can't even manage her own courtyard. Therefore, the princess did this just to take the initiative."

"Chuan'er, I'm confused. I can't understand a word you say." Cai'er stood there holding Meng Wan's boots, looking puzzled.

Meng Wan seemed to understand something, and continued Chuan'er's words, "You mean, she arranged the account office to target Xie Fen from the beginning, because she transferred Fuchun's family there, so that if Xie Fen had any problems in the account office, it would not be easy to push them onto the princess. And if Xie Fen had problems, then when she was dealing with her mother-in-law's dowry, it wouldn't be surprising if various problems arose. At least, the prince wouldn't suspect her?"

"Yes, that's what I thought. I was also very surprised when I saw the grandmother's expression today. I guess she didn't expect the princess to give her this job. So it seems that the princess wants to attack you both."

Meng Wan nodded. It was possible. Xie Fen's inability to tolerate Xiao Huan was clearly written on her face. This was something that Hu could not tolerate. In Hu's view, Xie Fen should just be her pawn and not have her own opinions or ideas. But in the matter of Xiao Huan, Xie Fen did not listen to Hu at all.

It seems that Hu should have figured out that Xiaohuan's accident that day was Xie Fen's doing. Zhou Yingning was also indirectly dragged down by Xie Fen, which was unbearable for Hu. If the accountant's trap was set for him at the beginning, then after Xiaohuan's incident, Hu must have changed his mind.

Xie Fen was now in charge of the year-end accounts. This job seemed to be quite powerful, as all the big and small transactions had to be recorded and reviewed by Xie Fen every day. She knew where the money was spent and where the money was earned.

If Xie Fen really had selfish intentions, he would record less of his income and more of his expenses, and he would become very rich just in this year.

But how could Hu, who firmly held the power of the inner house, make sure that all of Xie Fen's information was true? For example, the incense oil and candles were originally purchased for 200 taels of silver, and the money reported to the account office was also 200 taels, and the actual goods were also 200 taels, and they were all recorded there.

When I was waiting for the reconciliation, something was wrong. It was clearly three hundred taels on the physical account, so how could it be two hundred taels? When I bought it into the warehouse, the warehouse registered three hundred taels, so how come it became two hundred taels when I received it? Where did the other one hundred taels go?

The purchasing and warehouse departments would not admit it, but when the General Affairs Department distributed the goods, all the hospitals used signatures, so there could be no mistake. So where was the mistake? Of course it was in the bookkeeping.

Haha, Mrs. Hu is very calculating. The purchasing and warehouse staff are all her people, so naturally, whatever she says goes.

As for the accounting office, after the accounts were entered, they had to be proofread every day and then signed by more than three people, but Mrs. Hu always had a way to make the account book look the way she wanted.

As for whether this was true, whether Xie Fen could think of it, or whether she had any way to deal with it, Meng Wan didn't want to worry about other people's affairs.

At present, she has to deal with her own affairs.

"Let's not talk about this for now. Cai'er, go to the front and back doors and see who has left the yard and who has come in from last night until I went to Grand Hyatt today."

Cai'er looked at Chuan'er in confusion, and seeing that Chuan'er didn't say anything, she responded softly.

"Second Madam, almost everyone in the yard knows about this." Chuan'er said.

"I know. I didn't intend to hide it from anyone. It's just that the news happened too quickly. What I talked about with Second Master and Mother Fan last night was leaked out early this morning. I just want to know who this person is."

"Mother Kong, go and see who was the one who helped Mother Fan take care of Second Master's New Year gifts in previous years."

"This old servant asked today, it's Green Willow."

"Lvliu?" Meng Wan nodded, then froze for a moment, thought for a moment and asked Chuan'er, "Last time you mentioned the matter of Aunt Huan, everyone in the courtyard asked you about it, but Lvliu didn't?"

"Yes, Chuntao and the girl next to Mama Fan also asked about it, and Hewen also asked a few questions indirectly."

"Chun Tao doesn't count. She doesn't have the time to care about others right now. She's only focusing on her belly and hoping for luck. That little girl is not good enough, so how can she ask you?" Meng Wan analyzed.

"That's all. What did Second Madam think of?"

"Well, I suddenly feel abnormal."

"What do you mean?" Mother Kong was puzzled.

"You can imagine that when something like this happens, everyone will be interested and will naturally ask the people at the scene what happened. Because they can only get the news through this channel. Even the eldest young lady asked me curiously about what happened to Aunt Huan that day. Tell me, why is Lu Liu not interested at all?"

"Maybe she thinks it has nothing to do with her? She is usually not concerned about other people's affairs."

"Maybe she doesn't care, but maybe she knows through other channels, or someone will tell her." Meng Wan frowned and said, "I don't know if what I think is right, but the princess must have someone hiding deeper in the yard. I will always feel uneasy if I don't find her one day."

"I don't think it's the green willow. You said last time that the most useful plant in the yard is the green willow."

"I don't think it's her either. Maybe I'm overthinking it. After all, Wanxia and Hewen are both suspects."

Chuan'er thought for a moment and stepped forward and said, "I have a way that you can try."

"explain."

"Just now, Second Madam, you also said that the princess will not let you do this job smoothly and will definitely find someone to trip you up. In that case, it would be appropriate to use someone from the courtyard. Why don't we..."

Meng Wan nodded, and Mother Kong also smiled. This was good. They could use this opportunity to find out the background of these three girls. After the New Year, they would confront Mrs. Hu face to face. When they did, the yard must be cleaned up.

After a while, Cai'er came back and said that last night, after Zhou Yu talked with Fan's mother, Fan's mother complained of heart pain, so He Wen went back to the back street to get the Qingxin Pills that her mother often took for Fan's mother.

Wanxia went out early this morning and said that Dongmei had arranged for her to go to the big kitchen to get some seasonings because the ones in the small kitchen had been used up and she would need them to cook for the second master and second grandmother in the morning.

Several people looked at each other. Could it be He Wen?

The medicine that Fan's mother got last time was obtained by He Wen, and this time He Wen went back to get it again. Qingxin Pills were a common medicine, and several older girls in Qinghe Garden had them. It was no problem to ask anyone for a pill. Why did she have to go back to get them?

Meng Wan stood up and walked to the window. The ancient glass was not as bright and transparent as modern ones. It was cloudy outside, and through the window he could only see the old woman who hurried into the yard with her hands folded. If he was a little further away, he couldn't see who it was.

"Mother Kong, go to Mother Hong tomorrow and get the gift books from last year and the year before last. Chuan'er, take Lvliu to Mother Fan and get the books on Second Master's social connections over the past few years. During this time, everyone should put down their work and let Caiyun and Yingpo look after the small kitchen. The rest of you should go to the west room."

Everyone should.

"Let the green willows, literature and sunset go together." Meng Wan added.

"Ah? Let them come to the west room?" Cai'er asked in confusion.

"Yes, let them all go. I have a good idea."