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Nangong Rao finished reading it, curled her lips and said:

"It's not difficult to be a housekeeper. But you buy more of everything like this. Do you think our mansion is being taken advantage of? Some servants also want to use silver charcoal?"

Qingqiu replied:

"Second Miss, the items on this list are all urgently needed. If you reduce or cross out these items, they will be gone when an emergency occurs. Some things should be kept in reserve for emergencies."

But Nangong Rao would not listen to Qingqiu's words.

She didn't take the account book and the cards directly because she felt she was giving face to the girl. Of course, this face was for the sake of her elder brother and sister-in-law.

Nangong Rao looked at Qingqiu coldly and said:

"Don't think I don't know. You girls took advantage of my elder brother and his wife's absence and squandered the mansion as if it weren't your own. From today on, the Marquis said that I will be here to look after the housekeeper. In the future, you must wait for me to review and confirm anything you buy before you buy it."

Qingqiu's expression did not fluctuate, he just said lightly:

"Second Miss, are you sure you want to buy it this way?"

"I am the master, you are just a maid, and what I say counts."

Nangong Rao looked at Qingqiu proudly. She had long disliked these girls who were always more proud than the young lady. The three of them left with the Marquis's wife, but she didn't expect that one of them stayed.

In the past, when Nangong Rao lived with Zhou in the backyard, her food, clothing and other expenses were really not as good as those of the girls around Xie Qingrou.

Xie Qingrou was generous to her servants, and she treated the capable maids around her like young ladies. Each of them had two little maids to serve them.

Qingqiu didn't say much, but took the list that was revised by the Second Miss and handed it to Aunt Chun:

"Aunt Chun, just buy according to this."

Aunt Chun frowned slightly:

"But……"

Qingqiu said lightly:

"The Second Miss is right. She is the master, so just buy it according to what she says."

While speaking, Qingqiu gave Aunt Chun a gentle look.

Aunt Chun took the list and prepared to go out shopping.

"Wait a minute."

Unexpectedly, Nangong Rao shouted again.

Qingqiu twitched the corners of her mouth slightly, thinking about what her masters had said before they left, telling her not to take too good care of those people, as long as they could get by, and if anyone had any problems, she should do as they said.

Aren’t we just going to do what they say now?

Aunt Chun was a little unhappy, but still turned around respectfully.

Nangong Rao raised her chin slightly, looking like I am the lady, the lady in charge.

Then he looked at Aunt Chun coldly and said:

"How long have you been doing shopping?"

Aunt Chun replied:

"It's been a year."

Indeed, she was promoted after the Marquis's wife took over as housekeeper.

Nangong Rao looked at Qingqiu again, and seemed to wonder how Qingqiu could use such a person to do purchasing.

"Aunt Gen'er, you are an old man in the mansion, so you should do the shopping. She has only been doing this for a year, so she may not be familiar with some things."

Aunt Gener, who was standing behind Nangong Rao, stood up immediately. She also took the list from Aunt Chun with her head held high, snorted with pride, took the pair of cards from Aunt Chun, and went to the accountant to check the money.

"Wait a minute."

This time, the one who shouted "slow down" was Qingqiu.

Qingqiu said lightly:

"Second Miss, has the Marquis decided to ask you to take charge of the household?"

Nangong Rao raised his chin proudly.

Qingqiu said:

"Okay, Shuqi, go inform Butler Zhou that since the Second Miss will be the housekeeper from now on, I will hand over the cards and account books to the Second Miss, but I have to ask Butler Zhou to be a witness. I can hand these things over at the same time."

Nangong Rao's eyes lit up. He really handed it over to me as the housekeeper? So easy?

She was very proud of herself, but she didn't expect that Shuqi would bring the housekeeper Zhou who came hurriedly and said:

"Second Miss, I just went to the Marquis to confirm. I'm not asking you to be the housekeeper. I'm asking you to watch and learn here. The young lady has given the housekeeper's duties to Qingqiu, so Qingqiu will be the housekeeper. I'll hand it over to the young lady when she comes back."

Nangong Rao's face suddenly changed, and she blushed with shame:

"You...you must have heard it carefully. It was my father who asked me to be the head of the household. Also, look at this girl. She doesn't take the Marquis' Mansion seriously at all. All these things written on the shopping list were just to embezzle the Marquis's money."

Aunt Nagen even stepped forward and handed it to Butler Zhou to see.

Qingqiu also said:

"We had originally made a list, and it was the Second Miss who crossed out the items that could not be purchased. The Second Miss is the master, so we decided to buy according to what she decided."

Butler Zhou had been in charge of the household before, so he naturally knew the usage of some things.

Butler Zhou glanced at the silver charcoal that had been crossed out, the brown sugar that had been crossed out, and the firewood that had been changed.

Butler Zhou frowned.

Butler Zhou wanted to ask something else, but Qingqiu said:

"Butler Zhou, why don't I hand over the housekeeper job to the Second Miss? When the Second Miss comes today, she will replace Aunt Chun with Aunt Genzi to do the shopping. Then Aunt Chun should go back and take care of your little grandson."

Aunt Chun smiled, bowed and said:

"Thank you, Miss Qingqiu. I will leave now."

Butler Zhou quickly stretched out his hand to stop him:

"Aunt Chun, you can't leave. You still have to do the shopping. I can't make the decision on the second young lady's replacement. Otherwise, when the young mistress comes back, she won't forgive me."

Qingqiu smiled faintly and said:

"Aunt Chun was originally a slave and didn't live in Nangong Marquis's Mansion. If it wasn't for taking care of the young master, Madam wouldn't have kept her. Their child is only one month old, and she is planning to go back to take care of her grandson. I will tell Madam later, and she will agree."

Aunt Chun bowed to Butler Zhou, without even glancing at the Second Miss, and said:

"Thank you, Miss Qingqiu. I will follow Madam outside the city. Madam is enjoying the spring in her villa outside the city recently, and my little grandson has also been sent there."

Having said that, he left happily.

It seemed like he didn't care at all about whether to buy or not.

You guys want to fight for this job, but they don't care. You might as well go and have fun.

Yes, slave, I want to go play.

Which servant wouldn't be envious? Even housekeeper Zhou looked at him with envy.

But I really can't leave.

Qingqiu said again:

"Then let's stick with the second young lady and change people. However, the pair of cards I just gave was based on the silver on the original bill, so I'm afraid I'll have to change it back."

As he said this, he recalculated the amount of money he was going to take away today and handed it to Aunt Genzi. Then he confirmed with Butler Zhou:

"Butler Zhou, can't we really leave it to the Second Miss? I also want to go to the other courtyard to accompany the Madam and the Young Madam."

Butler: ...Are you sure you don’t want to pass on the blame?

But Butler Zhou said seriously:

"Then you have to ask the Marquis."

The Marquis would definitely not agree to that.

Nangong Rao was extremely angry, but she still stood there. Every time Qingqiu arranged something, she would nitpick and make suggestions.

Qingqiu's originally cold face became more and more irritated.

After finally arranging the day's affairs, Qingqiu began to sort out the accounts on hand.

And Nangong Rao also wanted to come over and learn how to look at the accounts.

She had seen the account books at Aunt Zhou's place, but she didn't expect that the account books here were completely different from the account books of the small courtyard managed by Aunt Zhou.

They use the old-fashioned accounting system, recording everything in and out.

Since Gu Ruoxi took over, the accounts of the inner house have been recorded using a new method.

She directly used two lines for income and expenditure to record the accounts. One line recorded the income, the other line recorded the expenditure. It was clear and obvious.

Not only the four Qing girls, but also Ruyue and Yang Ma, anyone who works in Wutong Courtyard and Chaohui Courtyard, will see or do this kind of accounts.

So, they found it pleasing to the eye, but Nangong Rao felt something was wrong.

"Qingqiu, you can't even keep track of the accounts, and you're still a housekeeper?"

Nangong Rao felt like she had discovered something seriously wrong with Qingqiu.

Qingqiu just looked up and said nothing more. He continued to record today's accounts and calculated these things.

Nangong Rao directly picked up an account book, and then took her people to find the Marquis. She felt that she had found the evidence now.

Nangong Rao felt that as long as she got the evidence, she could replace Qingqiu and become the housekeeper herself.

Qingqiu ignored her. After all, the book she took was just a public account.

Nangong Rao took the account book to the Marquis, who knew a little about their new accounting method. Because the emperor listened to Nangong Yu and thought this method was good, he planned to promote it.

The Marquis did not ask Nangong Rao to replace Qingqiu.

In fact, although the Marquis's wife was no longer with us, he trusted the people she left behind very much.

He knew about housekeeper Qingqiu's affairs.

He also knew Qingqiu's abilities:

"Rao'er, learn from Qingqiu first. After you've learned well, then talk about the housekeeper's job."

Nangong Rao bit her lips tightly.

She really discovered that she wanted to do a lot of things, but she didn't know how to do them.

She suddenly realized that although she was a lady, she was actually not as good as a maid.

Because this girl was taught by the marquis’ wife who knows everything.

And myself...

Nangong Rao suddenly felt a very real difference between being a legitimate son and a illegitimate child.

However, what she thought she was capable of was later slapped in the face.

The slap in the face happened on the day Gu Ruoxi returned.

Gu Ruoxi started to take charge of the household, and Nangong Rao still came to watch and want to learn something.

But as soon as she sat down, she saw Xiang'er, the maid next to Aunt Zhou, come in angrily:

"Madam, why did we go to get the silver charcoal for the Third Young Master? The warehouse said they didn't have any."

He said loudly:

"Our Third Young Master hasn't even had a full month yet, and you've already deducted his expenses. Madam, you don't understand because you haven't given birth to a child, but didn't you report to me before that you wanted to buy silver charcoal? That's for the young master to use for warming his fire."

Gu Ruoxi didn't even raise her eyes.

In fact, after she returned to this house, she found that she had an additional ability, which was that she could feel the aura of the people around her.

He can sense whether a person is angry or happy, even if the person has not yet arrived in front of him or is standing in front of him.

Before this girl Xiang'er came in, you could feel her anger.

Gu Ruoxi said lightly:

"Who are you? Who do you think you are? How dare you yell in front of me? Jiuxi!"

Jiuxi took a step forward and kicked the man out without using any force.

Nangong Rao, who was sitting on the side, had an ugly expression on her face.

Xiang'er is a capable girl by her mother's side, and now she is the one who takes care of her younger brother. She is considered a person that the mother and daughter trust very much.

I didn't expect Gu Ruoxi to be so ruthless and let the female... guard kick the man out with one kick.

Nangong Rao's eyes changed a little when she looked at Jiuxi, but it was the sister-in-law who was wrong in this matter.

"Sister-in-law, Xiang'er is my aunt's friend and the one who takes care of the young master. What's wrong with him coming to ask for something? Does he need to be kicked out like this?"

Before Nangong Rao came, Gu Ruoxi had already listened to Qingqiu's talk about what happened in the mansion, so naturally she knew why the silver charcoal was missing.

But at this moment, Gu Ruoxi didn't even raise her eyelids, she just unfolded the account book that Qingqiu brought and said:

"Qingqiu, you were the one who arranged what happened before, so you tell us."

Qingqiu bowed and looked at the second lady and said calmly:

"You can't blame our housekeeper for not having silver charcoal. The front yard said they wanted to buy it long ago, but we also planned to buy it. Could it be that the second young lady forgot about it? We wrote it on the purchase list before. It was the second young lady who said that the weather is warm now and we shouldn't use silver charcoal. The second young lady wanted to save money for the Marquis' Mansion, so she asked not to buy it."

"Oh, and there's also red sugar, which was requested by the front yard for Aunt Zhou's confinement, but was rejected by the second young lady. There's also 500 kilograms of firewood. These were all requested by the front yard. We in the back yard only bought them the next day, and what we bought that day were all things from the front yard."

When Nangong Rao heard this, her face turned pale and blue. When Xiang'er and Fang'er heard this, they looked at each other.

They can't blame the second young lady.

Instead, Fang'er stepped forward and said:

"It's also because Miss Qingqiu didn't explain it clearly that day. How would Second Miss know what it is used for?"

Qingqiu also said lightly:

"Miss Fang'er, have you forgotten? I asked the Second Miss, and it was the Second Miss who reminded me not to forget. I am just a servant. What to buy is up to the Second Miss, the master. Naturally, the Second Miss has the final say. Besides, the Second Miss can be the housekeeper, doesn't she know that those are things for the front yard?"

Nangong Rao turned pale with anxiety, turned around and glared at Fang'er and said:

"Go quickly and ask someone to buy it back. Now the most important thing is to take care of the Third Young Master. If the Marquis finds out later, he will probably blame us. Don't forget, the Marquis cherishes the Third Young Master the most right now."

She even raised her chin as she said the last sentence.

She looked so proud, as if she had gotten a great advantage because the Marquis liked the Third Young Master.

However, Gu Ruoxi just lowered her head and looked at the account book.

At this moment, Shuqi's voice was heard at the gate of the courtyard:

"Sir, are you back?"

Gu Ruoxi then raised her head and saw that it was Nangong Yu who came back. She stood up happily and was about to rush over. Nangong Yu's face changed, and he jumped up and hugged Gu Ruoxi:

"You're going to be a mother, so don't be so reckless. Sit down. Didn't I say that Qingqiu will handle these? Just take a rest."