The lady of Chongxi has supernatural powers and is favored by the powerful official

Led by Qingfeng, Gu Ruoxi entered the house and saluted Xie Qingrou.

"mother."

As soon as Xie Qingrou heard Gu Ruoxi's cheerful tone, she knew that she had a great time today:

"Okay, I'm glad you're back. Come, sit down. Mom wants to check the accounts. Just listen to her."

Gu Ruoxi was brought to sit next to Xie Qingrou, who had two piles of account books in front of her.

Moreover, an extra table was brought over, and Qingyu was also called back. Qingyu and Qinglan were using their abacuses to help check whether there were any mistakes or whether the accounts were correct.

Nanny Yang and Qingqiu sat at the table on the other side. They were responsible for checking the expenditure reasons and sales records in the account books to see if there were any abnormalities.

Xie Qingrou was talking to a shopkeeper about their store's sales this month.

Gu Ruoxi picked up an account book and looked through it when she had nothing to do.

The handwriting in the account books is very good. People who have the ability to be accountants are all good at writing.

Gu Ruoxi could only guess at the first part of the story, but she could recognize the numbers at the end.

As they watched, Gu Ruoxi suddenly said to Jiu Huan:

"Give me two of those carbon bars I got last time."

Several managers looked up and said nothing, but were thinking in their hearts: What are you doing with the carbon rods?

Jiu Huan knew what charcoal sticks she was talking about, so she went out and broke off two extra branches, burned them on the candlestick, and gave them to Gu Ruoxi.

Gu Ruoxi took a piece of paper and wrote and drew on it, flipping the pages very quickly, and no one knew what she was writing.

The first book was fine, but halfway through the second book, she pointed out:

"This page is wrong."

Then he handed the account book to Qinglan. Qinglan did the math and found that it was wrong.

Xie Qingrou was originally chatting with the shopkeeper about some things in the store. After hearing this, she turned her head to look and said nothing.

Gu Ruoxi started to check again, and it turned out that Qinglan and the others were not as fast as Gu Ruoxi in calculating with the abacus.

After a while, she had calculated all the account books in front of her and wrote down the correct answers on the side for easy reconciliation later.

Her movements were too fast, which attracted Xie Qingrou's attention. She then asked Qinglan to check Gu Ruoxi's clothes and see if there was any problem. Unexpectedly, there was indeed no problem.

Xie Qingrou handed the ten account books in front of her to Gu Ruoxi. Gu Ruoxi changed the carbon stick and started writing and drawing again. This time, she found that two of the account books had errors.

She only knew how to count and was not very good at reading the previous text descriptions. Later, she found out that the two books were not wrong, but there were two numbers that should have been subtracted, but Gu Ruoxi thought they were added.

However, Xie Qingrou still noticed that Gu Ruoxi was very fast in calculating. She didn't realize that this girl was very good at calculating.

It seems that the next step is to teach her how to read the account book.

Nangong Yu was stopped by Nangong Su, and Qingyi and the others carried him to Nangong Su's study.

Nangong Su said with a serious face:

"You guys played with the people from the Three Princes' Palace?"

Nangong Yu nodded. He was not surprised that Nangong Su knew who he went out to play with today. Maybe the news had already spread throughout Shangjing when they were still having dinner on the first floor.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Nangong Su knew this.

Nangong Su asked again:

"Then what do you see?"

Nangong Yu nodded and said:

"There are two middle-aged men following Prince Ning who are supposed to have very high martial arts skills, but they didn't get close to him. The servant who got close to him was also a small guard, and his martial arts skills were only average."

"The wound on Prince Ning's face was not serious, and it was said that it was just a scratch. According to Prince Ning, the person who shot the arrow at them was not targeting him, but Nangong Xuan."

"So, you should ask your son carefully who he offended outside, or whether there are secret guards who are planning to kill him secretly."

After Nangong Yu said this, Nangong Su's face darkened again:

"But it's the high status of Prince Ning that's suspicious. Could Xuan'er have offended someone?"

Nangong Yu sneered and said:

"Nangong Xuan is showing off everywhere as the most beloved son of Marquis Changyong. Who has he offended? You should go and ask him."

Nangong Su pondered for a moment and said:

"If someone wants to kill Xuan'er, then if Xuan'er goes out, maybe someone else will come to take his life?"

Nangong Yu hummed and said:

"So, does the Marquis intend to keep him at home for the rest of his life?"

Nangong Su said helplessly:

"Yu'er, no matter what, he is your brother. You may not like him, but in the eyes of others, you are a family. If they attack him, they may also attack you. They may also attack your mother, your...wife. Therefore, as men, we should have been prepared long ago."

This is true, but when Nangong Yu thought about the fact that it was that guy who caused trouble for the family and didn't even say what the trouble was, he got very angry:

"Is he not a man? He didn't even think about the family before he acted!"

Nangong Su had nothing to say and could only sigh.

To be honest, Nangong Yu spent more time in the palace before, and rarely spent time with me at home, so I may have really neglected the cultivation of the kind of relationship of mutual help and care between the two sons.

No, I should say that before...

Thinking about the past, Nangong Su felt uneasy. This son had been in the palace most of the time, and he came back just to see his mother.

I spent more time in the West Courtyard, and over the years, I almost forgot that there was an East Courtyard in the Marquis' Mansion.

Xie Qingrou never cared about family affairs and tried not to interact with her family members, so she no longer remembered the time she spent with her and Yu'er.

Is it because I haven't been a good father?

No, I just didn’t do a good job as Yuer’s father. Compared to Nangong Xuan, I can be considered as the one who grew up with him.

This time, Nangong Yu has been paralyzed at home since he was injured and poisoned and now he is getting married. This is the first time he has stayed at home for such a long time since he entered the palace as a companion.

As soon as he stayed down and made a comparison, Nangong Su discovered that there was no comparison between Nangong Xuan, who was raised by himself, and Nangong Yu, who was raised by the Marquis.

I am really a failure!

Nangong Yu said lightly:

"So, Lord Marquis, you should find a way to ask Nangong Xuan, who did he offend? Isn't he afraid of offending Prince Ning and wanting to silence him? If he doesn't tell you, throw him out of the Marquis' Mansion. If someone wants to kill him, we will have a clue."

Nangong Yu's tone became not so good when he thought about the safety hazard this person brought to everyone in the family.