This concubine can eat too!

Song Ruolan spent most of the day sorting out the expenditure accounts/items and sources of income of the Hou Mansion. Except for lunch, she had light stir-fried vegetables and steamed fish pieces sent by Die Er, and she had no refreshments. The living habits here made her always bear in mind the teachings taught by the nanny when she was a child that women should be pleasing to themselves, and that it is good for women to be slim.

Looking out of the flower paper window, the sky was getting dark, and Die Er, who had left to order the cook to prepare dinner, just knocked on the door and came back.

"Princess, dinner is ready, son-in-law... the son-in-law asked Die Er to invite the princess to sit down early, the son-in-law said he was hungry." Die Er thought of the son-in-law sitting at the dining table just now, staring at the table with sparkling eyes. How could the emperor choose this Lord Hou to be the princess' son-in-law again?

Speaking of appearance, the son-in-law has his good looks. His eyes are bright and energetic when they are normal, and the black eyes are as bright as thick ink, very pure, and the nose is high. The woman's slender red lips, and his skin is also particularly white, which makes this red lip even more obvious. With a not tall but thin physique, although it is not like a sick gentleman as rumored by outsiders, but it is also Like those weak scholars who will fall when the wind blows.

Alas, Die'er is worried about the future "happiness" of the princess.

"Hungry?" Song Ruolan, whose forehead was subdued, had blue veins again. How could she remember that an hour and a half ago, Die Er told her that Xiao Feng was carrying six beef patties and a large Pot of chrysanthemum tea to the back garden, who in the house can eat like this?Of course, that girl was serving it to that big eater...

How long has it been since the weirdo said he was hungry? !

Song Ruolan stared at the accounts/books of the Hou Mansion's almost unbalanced income and expenditure, her forehead felt faint pain, she closed her eyes and took a breath, and walked quickly through the hall with Die'er.When he came to the hall, he saw the big pot of rice on the round table in front of Gu Changyan, and his willow eyebrows could not help but twitch.

When Gu Changyan saw that majestic, soft and graceful figure, the first thing she did was not to admire her beauty, but to get up and urge her to take a seat quickly, ran to the door and grabbed her wrist: "Princess, you are here~ wait It’s been a long time since you’ve been here, the food is going to be cold, it’s not good to eat when it’s cold!”

Ever since Song Ruolan passed Ji Ji, her father, as a man, also wanted to avoid suspicion, and he no longer had physical contact with her. Now that there was a sudden strange touch on his wrist, Song Ruolan could not say that he hated it, but he also resisted it. Even though she knew that Gu Changyan was a woman, she was dressed in a man's attire, well-dressed, with a face like a crown of jade, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, which made it difficult for her to treat her as a woman for a while.

She resisted the slight discomfort in her heart and did not wave Gu Changyan's hand away. In front of others, she was Gu Changyan's pass-through wife. This little touch from her "husband" was not enough. What do other people think?Not to mention that Die'er didn't know that she and Gu Changyan were just a fake couple.

The two of them sat in front of the table while the servants peeped in surprise, Gu Changyan couldn't wait, picked up the bowl and chopsticks and put a chopstick of chili beef into Song Ruolan's bowl, like a bird offering to the master He opened his mouth like a dog to ask for praise and laughed, hehe said: "Princess, eat this chili fried beef and see, it's not too spicy, the beef is very tender, I don't praise anything else, the cook of our Houfu is very good at cooking." great."

When mentioning the cook of the Hou's mansion, Song Ruolan's forehead became even more blue!

Of course, the cooking skills are good. According to the expenditure account that Xiao Qi gave her, after Gu Changyan took over the Hou Mansion, the first huge expenditure was to hire one of the best famous chefs in the south of the Yangtze River with a high salary to be the cook in the mansion. !I also asked the chef to change the special local dishes during lunch and dinner...

Famous chefs have high requirements, so the ingredients will naturally be of the highest quality. Of course, what the Hou Mansion uses is the highest quality in the past. She can still understand and accept the highest quality ingredients. The most unacceptable thing is the highest quality ingredients. To buy in bulk!That caused pressure on another financial deficit in the Hou Mansion.

She held back her annoyance, maintained the noble and elegant image of a princess, and slowly picked up a piece of green chili. The chili is still soft and crisp, and after chewing, there will be a hint of spiciness, and the saltiness is also moderate. Eat it again A piece of beef, as Gu Changyan said, was very tender and smooth, and it almost melted in the mouth without chewing.

Compared with the imperial dining room which pays attention to the delicate and exquisite appearance and delicate taste, Song Ruolan takes this plain dish in a different light. The simple matching basically only eats the taste of the ingredients themselves, which is surprisingly delicious.

At the moment of delicious food, the lonely cigarette holder is very greedy, and she still pays attention to whether the delicate and precious princess likes it. Although the other side looks calm, she still notices that Song Ruolan's eyes are a little bright after eating chili and beef .

"It's delicious! Eat more, try this Yong Tau Foo too." She put another piece of fried Yong Tau Foo into her bowl, and seeing that she didn't dislike it, she picked it up and put it into her little mouth. Slowly wriggling, how can I have the illusion that her small mouth is more delicious? ?

Gu Changyan shook her head, she must be too hungry!

Seeing that Song Ruolan was eating to her heart's content, she didn't lose. She frantically swept half a plate of chilli beef into her pot of rice, and got down to cooking.

The people sitting on the side were not used to Gu Changyan's astonishing amount of food. They swept away half of a large plate of chili beef in the blink of an eye, and then squinted at the person who was eating deliciously and quickly. Song Ruolan sighed faintly. It seemed that she was planning to force It is not acceptable to delete this monster-eating food.

Since you can't cut costs, you can only open source.

After dinner and taking a shower with Die'er's service, Song Ruolan returned to the dormitory. She originally wanted to share a room with Gu Changyan. Since the room was separated on the second day of the wedding, those in the Hou Mansion who didn't know would think that She is not in harmony with the eating monster couple, and if it spreads out, it will end up being talked about.

In the dormitory, Gu Changyan had already showered and sat on the bed. She used the excuse of resting with the princess to drive Dier and Xiaofeng back to rest earlier. After Xiaofeng closed the door, Gu Changyan got up and walked From the clothes kitchen, she took out the quilt she secretly prepared.

"I know that the princess doesn't like to sleep with strangers, but we can't separate rooms, so I brought an extra quilt to make a barrier, so... the princess can rest at ease tonight. "She folded the quilt into three layers and placed it in the middle of the bed. After putting it away, she turned around and gave Song Ruolan a pure smile.

Song Ruolan watched her do a series of actions with a calm face, and suddenly a innocent smile caused some turbulence in her heart. She felt guilty for cutting this guy's meal. She is such a good girl. Just eat more, and presumably she doesn't want to "marry" her, so she shouldn't always look at her with resentment.

Look at those big pure and bright black eyes, they are as cute as puppies, they shouldn't eat less!Who wants to reduce food!cannot!This guy's food can't be reduced!

Gu Changyan, who was almost forced to live frugally, smiled brightly and said, "The princess is sleeping inside. I wake up early, and I will take the bedding back before Xiaofeng Die'er comes to serve me, so as to avoid the two of them being suspicious."

See, people think about her more, Song Ruolan felt a little bit of self-blame in her heart, nodded, and agreed with a smile, "It's hard work, son-in-law, it's not too early, let's go to bed early."

They looked at each other a little bluntly, and their temperament followed Leng Ji's Gu Changyan and took the lead in undressing her loose coat a little generously. Seeing this, Song Ruolan also felt that it should not be hypocritical, but she also undressed the other party slowly , The two only took off their plain white wrapping clothes, and looked at each other tacitly, with a little bit of pink on each other's faces.

Gu Changyan asked Song Ruolan to lie down inside first, and she went to blow out the candles after the delicate and expensive princess got on the couch and lay down in it. Open the quilt and lie down.

There is a three-layered quilt in the middle, and the height is just enough to cover most of the bodies of the two of them. They can't fully see each other in sight. Gu Changyan's nature is free and casual, and he feels that both of them are women and don't need to be restrained , and soon she turned sideways and rested peacefully.

She got up early yesterday morning to pick up the bride, and she didn't sleep very well at night because she was a little nervous, so she fell into a dream soon.

As for Song Ruolan, who has been used to sleeping alone in the bed for many years, she could still feel the slight breathing of the person on the other side even though she was blocked by the bedding. He got down and sighed lightly.

Don't think about it, she is also a woman, so just sleep with your best friend.

After comforting herself, Song Ruolan also pretended to be in wedding clothes because she got up early yesterday, and now she was so sleepy that she couldn't hold on any longer, she also fell asleep after closing her eyes not long after.

With the quilt separated, Gu Changyan and Song Ruolan gradually got used to sharing the same room. Without the embarrassment of sharing the same bed, Song Ruolan could deal with the financial problems in the Marquis Mansion with full energy every day. She also sent Xiao Qi To find out what happened to the five hundred households granted by the royal father when he made Ren Shouqing a Marquis. She checked that when Ren Shouqing was still alive, the accounts for recording income were very messy. Among the five hundred households, Only more than a hundred households have submitted taxes and grains on time. Since the [-] households were sealed off, the Renhou regiment raised more than [-] soldiers to protect them. Live so poorly.

Before Gu Changyan and Yingwei took over the Hou's mansion, according to Xiao Qi, when the old lady Ren was still there, there were at least three servants and three servants in the Hou's mansion. Later, when the old lady died of illness, Ren Shouqing gave some money to her. The nanny who waited on the old lady returned to her hometown. Later, the income of the mansion was reduced again and a servant was dismissed, and the food was all ordinary food. Living outside of this large manor bestowed by the emperor, the Ren family lived in a bit of a humble way.

What Song Ruolan couldn't figure out was how five hundred households were actually sealed off. Although it was still a small number for a feudal lord, how could only a hundred households pay the grain tax, and the amount of grain handed over was not the prescribed share, only more Few, not many households pay taxes and food according to the regulations for one fifteenth...

Furthermore, the father gave five hundred acres of real seals and five hundred acres of fertile land to Ren Shouqing. She checked and found that Ren Shouqing might not have the capital to hire someone to plant them again. The only son "Ren Moxian" was unable to go to the farm due to premature birth, weak and sick. As for the wife and concubine that the old lady married for him, although they were not the delicate daughters of a rich family, they were also from a well-to-do family who ran a small business or opened a shop. Don't touch the spring water, don't want to go to the ground, and the old lady is too old to do heavy work.

There are many reasons. Ren Shouqing rented out the [-] mu of fertile land to tenants, but Song Ruolan checked many account books and found that only [-] mu of fertile land was rented out, and the rest were abandoned and no one took care of them. One hundred mu of land, she can also explain that the nearby villagers all have land and have no need for it, but why are few households able to collect the [-] mu of rented grain?

Some tenants are so arrogant that they have been in arrears and failed to pay rent!

Song Ruolan guessed that some tenants bullied Ren Shouqing for being a kind person, because he was also born in poverty, and pretended to be pitiful and delayed paying the rent. If he succeeds once, there will be a second time. Therefore, in the account books, many tenants almost only pay half of the rent in a year rent food, some even have half of it.

Later, when Gu Changyan and Xiao Qi took over the Hou's mansion, Gu Changyan thought that she was just a substitute and lazy to take care of the former Marquis. , Xiao Qi has to run around with different things for her, and has no time to deal with those people.

Therefore, the amount of rented grain that can be recovered in previous years is simply appalling. None of the tenants who rented out the good land for the marquis can pay the full amount of rented grain. As for the [-] households that were sealed...

Hmph, Song Ruolan is not in a hurry, she takes her time to clean up, dare to underestimate the Marquis bestowed by the emperor?Even though Gu Changyan doesn't care, as a member of the royal family, she has to save face for her father!

With the results of Xiao Qi's investigation, Song Ruolan stayed in the study for another whole day, and when dinner was approaching, Xiaofeng came to "invite" her to the hall again.

When she saw Xiaofeng, she thought of the naive look of the fake Marquis who threw away his hands and had nothing wrong with his sleeves. She didn't know whether to scold her. Song Ruolan told herself not to be angry with this big eater. She was the only one who was angry. It's not just eating every day, it's eating!

No!no!Gu Changyan doesn't want to be involved in this mess, and she, Song Ruolan, can't clean up the mess by herself!No matter what, you have to pull Gu Changyan into the water!

Originally, Song Ruolan wanted Xiao Qi to take the shadow guards to intimidate those tenants who didn't pay the rent first, hmph, whoever is the Marquis of Ren should be the one to suppress the power that the Marquis should have!

Song Ruolan got up from the throne angrily, and walked to the hall like the wind. Looking in, there was still a casserole of rice in front of Gu Changyan...

"Princess, you are here~ Come quickly, today Uncle Jiang made jelly-dried vegetables, roast duck, and baked fish noodles for the princess. They are all authentic Kaifeng dishes. Uncle Jiang is afraid that the princess will be homesick, so he cooks some Kaifeng dishes." The lonely eyes As she spoke, she stared at the fat roast duck. She slipped to the kitchen just now, and Uncle Jiang was cooking the roast duck. The aroma of the duck almost killed her stomach!

Song Ruolan took her seat with a dark face, took a piece of duck leg with her chopsticks and put it in Gu Changyan's casserole, first expressed her "love" to her "husband" to the surrounding servants, and then took a bite of light jelly dish to the After taking a bite of food in her mouth, she said eloquently: "My son-in-law, Jin'an has been rectifying the accounts of the mansion for several days, and found many disadvantages that have caused the mansion's income to decrease day by day, and the first one is more urgent now. Those who should be rectified are the tenants who owe the land rent.”

Gu Changyan, who enjoyed eating the duck legs so deliciously, gradually slowed down the cooking. She swallowed a mouthful of rice with the aroma of duck fat, tilted her head to look at Song Ruolan's elegant and beautiful eclipse and asked, "Unknown... How does the princess want to fix it?"

She has a bad feeling.

"Jin'an think it over, the reason why the tenants default on the rent is that the son-in-law has not shown them the majesty of the son-in-law since he took over the position of the lord. Tomorrow morning Jin'an will accompany the son-in-law to find those tenants to come out to meet. This is the son-in-law. Don't bother, Jin An has already asked Xiao Qi to take care of it, the son-in-law only needs to go with Jin An tomorrow."

Hehe, she can't be the only one who is unlucky, the two of them are already "husband and wife", and of course the "husband and wife" should work together to clean up this mess.

In an instant, Gu Changyan felt that the delicacies on the table were like chewing wax!

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