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

"Can we arrange for her to come in?" Meng Wan asked Zhou Yu, who was frowning in thought, while wiping her hair.

"Yes, you don't have to worry about the affairs of the outer courtyard. As for the position of the housekeeper in the inner house warehouse, it will never be your turn as you wish."

Meng Wan sat down and laughed, "I didn't think it would be my turn. I just wanted the princess and Xie Fen to fight for it, and I'll just watch the fun. In fact, sometimes those small shrimps are more useful, such as the Song Zhu family."

Zhou Yu nodded. "The warehouse is a good job. Let alone the two of them, I don't think Yu will let such an opportunity go to waste."

"Oh? What happened to Yu? Isn't she the princess's person? Would she fight with the princess for this?"

"Zhou Qin will be thirteen next year, so Yu Shi must prepare more for her son. If you get the chance, you can fan her up. That's a fool. Let's not talk about this. Just take care of your little shrimp in the warehouse. Also, I think Li Shi's mother and daughter are quite interesting."

Meng Wan walked behind Zhou Yu and gently massaged his shoulders, "Is it okay now?"

"Why not? They are all approaching us."

"But I feel that it's not the right time. This doesn't count as approaching. Maybe it's just a statement of position. If I want to get some useful information from Li, I must do something to convince them and make them feel that I am capable of doing things for them. Moreover, it's not that I will go to meet Li just because she approaches me. I have to ask her to take out something. I still understand the principle of surrendering myself."

Zhou Yu nodded. "In the case of my mother, Li Shi is a breakthrough point. After all, she was the most useful person around Hu Shi at the beginning."

Meng Wan pulled Zhou Yu up and said, "Don't think about it anymore. Anyway, today is the first time we have truly defeated the princess head-on, even though she underestimated us at first, haha."

Zhou Yu tapped her nose and said, "You are very careful. You thought that she would tamper with the things she sent out."

"No, we should thank Brother Wu. Brother Wu is really awesome. Chuan'er said they just closed their eyes for a while." Meng Wan's tone was full of admiration.

The whole plan was actually not complicated. A maid from the warehouse who was on good terms with the Song Zhu family complained to the Song Zhu family that in the past two days, the housekeeper asked them to pack out a lot of bags of salt, but they didn't know what to do with them, and their hands were so tired that they were tired.

After Meng Wan learned the news, he confirmed Hu's intention. According to the quantity found out by Song Zhu's family, Zhou Yu arranged for Mingfu to buy sugar in advance and package it according to the standards of the mansion.

When delivering New Year gifts, there was a driver, a follower, and a manager from the outer courtyard sitting on the outer carriage.

In the car was another useful mother of the Hu family, along with Kong Mama and Cai'er.

When the carriage started moving, Cai'er took out the medicine powder Zhou Yu had given her in advance and secretly sprinkled it in the corner. After a while, several people were like sleeping. Wu Hen took advantage of this time to go in from the back of the carriage and replace the salt.

"Oh, is it just that Brother Wu is awesome?" Zhou Yu smiled with his eyes narrowed.

"Oh, why do you have to compare everything? You are also amazing, okay? It's just that your amazingness is different from his. Speaking of which, I haven't seen Brother Wu for a long time. How about I go to your study room in the outer courtyard tomorrow and distribute the reward money to him, the Mingfu brothers, and Xuefu?"

"Okay, you've finished your job anyway. I don't think Hu will assign you anything more. You just need to watch how she competes with Xie Fen for the position of warehouse manager."

Meng Wan nodded, "Let's prepare for the fifteenth day of the first lunar month feast now. Hey, Wang Xiaoer, what are you doing?"

Looking at Zhou Yu slowly unbuttoning his underwear in front of him, revealing his muscular chest, he slowly untied his belt, and his underwear fell off silently.

Zhou Yu approached Meng Wan with a sly smile on his face, "What for? Of course, I want to show you how powerful your husband is."

Meng Wan blushed as he pulled her onto the kang. Zhou Yu turned around and covered both of them with the quilt, and soft moans could be heard from under the quilt.

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The "Salt" incident was like a gust of winter wind accompanied by snowflakes. The servants in the palace did not have much time to discuss this matter. The upcoming 30th banquet was the focus of attention of the entire palace.

Hu, who was really angry with Zhou Yu and Meng Wan, did not dare to lie down for a few more days. Many things required her, the mistress of the palace, to step in.

Xie Fen respectfully placed the account book on the table and said, "I have accomplished my mission."

Mrs. Hu glanced at the booklet, then looked at Guan Wei's family, Fuchun's family, and Mrs. Zhong standing on the ground, and smiled slightly, "I trust you to do the job. But don't be in a hurry, it's not the end of the New Year yet. You can't just enter the New Year's things into the account and set up another book for the things spent in the first month, right?"

Xie Fen was a little confused when she heard this. What was Hu going to do? At the beginning, she was asked to take charge of the inner courtyard account books at the end of the year. She originally thought that tomorrow would be her 30th birthday, and once she handed in the account books, it would be none of her business what happened next.

But Mrs. Hu wanted me to keep it in mind? Everyone knows that most of the money is collected before the New Year, and most of the money is spent during the New Year. It is too easy to falsify these two things. Even if I want to reconcile with the warehouse, how can I reconcile with so much money spent in the first month? Not to mention that there is a Fuchun in the accounting office, wouldn't it be more convenient for me to do anything?

Mrs. Hu sighed and said, "You saw how I feel about your second brother's wife a while ago. After the New Year, we still have to hold a banquet at home and go to other people's houses, not to mention the most important palace banquet on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. It takes several days to prepare for that. I absolutely cannot use your second brother's wife again. Not to mention whether she can do it or not, even if she does something like that again, I won't be able to celebrate the New Year well. You might as well just worry about it and take the responsibility, and we can deal with it after the first lunar month next year."

After that, he said to Guan Wei's family, "It's still the same old rules. If you have any questions, just come to Grandma. Just tell me if the amount is large. After the New Year, we'll seal the accounts."

Guan Weijia responded and put the account books on the table away again.

Watching the accountants walk out, Mrs. Hu rubbed her forehead and sighed.

Xie Fen stepped forward gently and placed her hands on both sides of Hu's temples, "Princess, are you not going to assign errands to your sister-in-law anymore?"

"At least not now. There is nothing left. Let's just spend the New Year in peace and quiet first."

"That's right. Although this incident is a case of the old woman bullying her superior, she has taken on the responsibility after all, so she should be more careful."

"Who said it wasn't? Besides, everyone has their own grievances when they are on duty. Even when you first took over these chores, you were so angry with those old ladies that you came to me and cried. But she is the one who will not let go once she finds someone's fault. How dare I use her again? But if I don't use her, I'm afraid that people outside will say anything about me. Sigh, it's hard to be a stepmother."

"If she hadn't said those few extra words, the prince might have just let it go. Who would have thought that he, who usually seemed to be silent, would be so talkative at that time, and my daughter-in-law couldn't change the subject even if she tried."

Mrs. Hu patted Xie Fen's hand and said, "I know you are a good person. Forget it, let's leave it like this for now. I have also told the prince that although this matter is not entirely to blame on Mrs. Meng, she was negligent after all. After the New Year, please help me find out which part of the inner house she can handle without making any big mistakes, and give it to her. This will also allow me to reply to the prince."

Xie Fen was delighted. It seemed that Meng Wan would never get a good job again. Now, Mrs. Hu asked her to manage the account office for a while longer, even if it was only for a month. Thinking about what the Fuchun family had told her about the loopholes in the account book that could be used, plus the fact that the expenses after the New Year had to be recorded, she was excited at the thought. This was not a small amount.

Of course, she also had to be on guard against the possibility that this was Hu's trick to seduce her. She had to be careful before she could act. In fact, even if she didn't use the New Year's expenses, the income from Fuchun's family alone would be enough to make her have a good New Year.