Feng Qiongzhu looked coldly at the old lady in tears in front of her, without any sympathy in her heart.

She took out a pill from her bosom and handed it to the old lady. "This is the antidote. Give it to her and she will be able to speak again. But this is just a warning. If the old lady dares to cause trouble to me again, I will not be so polite next time."

The old nanny took the pill. Although she was full of doubts, she thought of the old lady's pain and quickly fed the pill into her mouth.

After a while, the old lady's face gradually regained its rosy color, and she could make faint sounds from her throat.

Seeing this, the old nanny burst into tears of joy and rushed to the old lady's bedside, "Old lady, you can finally speak! That's great, that's great!"

As soon as the old lady regained her ability to speak, she struggled to sit up and pointed at Feng Qiongzhu and angrily shouted, "You are still surnamed Feng, how dare you do this to me!"

Feng Qiongzhu sneered and met the old lady's gaze without any hesitation: "Old lady, don't forget, you were the first to be unkind and unjust. I am just giving you a taste of your own medicine. From now on, you'd better behave yourself and don't make me angry again. Otherwise, I can't guarantee that I will let you off so easily next time."

After saying that, Feng Qiongzhu turned and left the room.

The old lady followed closely behind, and walked out cautiously, with a hint of panic and uneasiness on her face.

She bent her body and thanked Feng Qiongzhu in a low voice.

Feng Qiongzhu gestured to Xuan Wu who was standing beside her. Xuan Wu immediately understood what she meant and took out a purse from her sleeve and stuffed it into the old lady's hand.

The old maid was so frightened that she waved her hands repeatedly, "Miss, this is unacceptable, unacceptable! How can I accept your money?"

Xuan Wu threatened: "Mammy, if you accept this money, you should know what to say and what not to say. If any word gets out, the consequences will be something you cannot bear.

The old nanny immediately understood Xuan Wu's intention.

She secretly squeezed the purse in her hand and felt a thin piece of paper inside, which made her heart beat faster.

She knew that it must contain silver bills, which was undoubtedly a huge sum of money for a servant like her.

She gritted her teeth, suppressed her excitement, and whispered, "Don't worry, Miss, I understand what you mean. I will keep my mouth shut and not say anything I shouldn't."

Feng Qiongzhu nodded, "You are a smart person and know how to make the best choice for yourself."

Feng Qiongzhu and Xuan Wu left the old lady's yard, one in front and one behind.

Xuan Wu followed her and asked in confusion: "Why do you want to give the antidote and use silver to buy people's hearts?"

In her opinion, Feng Qiongzhu's behavior seemed a little puzzling.

Feng Qiongzhu just smiled faintly, "Now is not the right time. Eunuch Yu is still in Feng Mansion, and the emperor will be here soon. Although I am not afraid of anything, it will be troublesome if I leave a handle behind."

Xuan Wu followed Feng Qiongzhu closely. She understood some of the words, but not others.

Xuan Wu muttered, "Master, in the Feng Mansion, Lu Minjing is like a lost dog, hiding in Nianci Garden and struggling to survive; Feng Ruoyan was beaten once and huddled in her room and dared not make trouble again; the old lady is also frightened now and will not come out to make trouble for the time being. The only thing is Feng Tingjing, what are your plans?"

Feng Qiongzhu paused.

"There is also Eunuch Yu who is secretly watching us. I just hope Li Mei'er can temporarily stabilize him and buy us some time."

Xuan Wu looked at her with a smile: "Isn't it easy to prevent Eunuch Yu from doing bad things? We can also give him some medicine. Anyway, the whole Feng Mansion has been drugged by you, so he doesn't matter."

Feng Qiongzhu thought for a moment and said, "Let's wait and see. After all, he is a eunuch in the palace. It's not good to offend him too much. I will need to rely on him to cooperate with Li Mei'er in the future."

"Miss, you are finally back? Feng Tingjing has been here for quite a while, and several shopkeepers are a little overwhelmed. Please go over and take a look!" Xuan Qi hurried over and found Feng Qiongzhu and said.

Feng Qiongzhu returned to the yard with two maids and saw four unfamiliar servants standing in the yard, while Feng Tingjing was sitting in the main hall drinking tea.

As soon as Feng Qiongzhu entered, Feng Tingjing came up to her with a smile: "Zhu'er, you have almost checked these accounts. It's time to return to the warehouse. You also know that the warehouse was guarded by someone before. It is not something you and I can easily provoke."

After saying this, he gave Feng Qiongzhu a meaningful look, as if suggesting that she should quit while she was ahead.

Feng Qiongzhu looked at Feng Tingjing's smug look and sneered in her heart.

She walked straight to the center of the main hall and took off the silver whip from her waist.

Recently, her skills have been improving and she has rarely relied on external weapons, but today she took out the silver whip again on a whim, and she didn't expect it to come in handy at this moment.

Feng Tingjing saw her holding a silver whip and pretending to whip him. He was so scared that he put down the teacup in his hand, stood up from his chair, and said in a trembling voice: "You...you still want to whip your father? Feng Qiongzhu, don't forget, I am your father!"

Seeing how cowardly he was, Feng Qiongzhu immediately lost interest in whipping him.

She found a chair and sat down, then said slowly, "The shopkeeper has already told you about the account book, right?"

The shopkeeper at the side immediately stepped forward to report: "Miss, we have already told Master Feng that there is a discrepancy between nearly 100,000 taels of silver in the account book. But Master Feng insisted that we miscalculated. We shopkeepers have been accountants for many years, how could we have miscalculated?"

Feng Qiongzhu looked up at Feng Tingjing and saw that he was still confused. She took a sip of tea and said slowly, "The accounts of your house have been managed by Lu Minjing all these years, right? Have you never thought that she would embezzle and transfer the property?"

Feng Tingjing looked at her in disbelief. "How is it possible? Minjing grew up with me, and I know her best. I felt guilty towards her and her daughter in my early years, and she suffered a lot for me. I only made her my wife after your mother passed away. I tried my best to make it up to her. She would never do such a thing."

Feng Qiongzhu raised her eyebrows. Seeing his stubborn attitude, she knew that she needed to work harder.

She said slowly, "Besides Lu Minjing, your wife, you also have three concubines. Have you ever thought about why you only have one daughter, Feng Ruoyan? Oh, of course, I am not included, after all, you have never regarded me as your daughter. Have you ever thought about why other concubines could not give birth to a son or daughter for you? Look at you now, you are middle-aged, but you don't even have a son. After a hundred years, I'm afraid you won't even be able to find someone to break the pot, right? Then why are you still occupying all this property?"

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