Quick Wear: Who said soft girls have to be obedient! biu!

The Cui family has quite a few household chores that need Gu Zhen to handle.

A lean camel is bigger than a horse. Even if the Cui family cut off their own wings to show their loyalty to the new emperor, their family wealth is still considerable.

The income from farms, shops and lands in various places alone was enough for her to settle accounts for a while.

No matter how strict the management is, there will always be subordinates who refuse to obey the new leadership.

Seeing that she was blind, someone actually came to show off his power.

Linglong was reading the account book slowly and calmly beside him, while Gu Zhen's fingers were tapping rhythmically on the table, and it seemed that he was not listening carefully.

The stewards thought she was just going through the motions.

The new wife must not be able to tell the mistakes in the accounts because she is not from a high-class family.

After Linglong finished reading all the account books, she cleared her throat and wanted to point out the wrong or black accounts to the young lady. Linglong was the head maid in Cui Yan's courtyard and was best at accounting.

Gu Zhenwei raised her hand and asked her to sit down and drink a few cups of tea to moisten her throat.

"The Cui Tea House has an annual revenue of 3.78 million taels of silver. After deducting costs, labor, losses, etc., it can still make a profit of 2.67 million taels. Am I wrong?"

The manager of the tea shop immediately broke out in a sweat. This young lady had an excellent memory and was very fast at mental arithmetic. The account book did not contain the specific amount of money. It was all because a lot of tea had suffered during the rainy season this year, and they had not yet calculated the losses.

I was afraid that my new wife would find fault with me, so I just wrote it down casually.

In previous years, whenever there were natural disasters or man-made calamities, those were the happiest times for the shop owners. Aren’t they the ones who have the final say on how much loss to suffer and how much to report?

The tea shop's account book was the sixth one to be read out, which shows that the new lady did not just listen to the beginning and the end, she remembered every one of them very clearly.

Otherwise, why not point out the problem impartially?

Gu Zhen did not pursue the matter further. She took a sip of tea and continued, "Are the shopkeepers of the embroidery shop and Wanbaolou here? Why don't the accounts match?"

Two shopkeepers, a man and a woman, walked out of the crowd, both covered in cold sweat.

There are many people in the Cui family, including the direct and collateral branches, and they are all masters. In the past, no matter what they asked for from the shop, Mrs. Cui would turn a blind eye. After all, in the eyes of the Cui family, this money was not worth mentioning.

But since the new lady asked, I have to answer.

"Madam, the income and expenditure are not right...but this..."

Gu Zhen smiled and said, "I know. I called everyone here today not to hold you accountable. What happened in the past is fine, but since I am the boss in the future, you must follow my rules. Linglong, set some rules for the shopkeepers."

Linglong bowed respectfully to the shopkeepers: "Shopkeepers, you know that things are different now. Some things cannot be decided based on the mood of the masters. From now on, when reporting accounts every quarter, without the seal of our young lady, you are not allowed to take goods from anyone privately..."

The shopkeepers nodded in agreement. In the past, they knew that their masters were very concerned about their reputation, so even if they knew something was missing, they would not ask in person. This was inevitable. Even though the masters of the Cui family did not take any money, a lot of good things were missing when they submitted their accounts at the end of the year.

They originally wanted to intimidate the new lady, but they didn't expect that Gu Zhen was not someone who was easily fooled, so they had to put their thoughts aside. No one dared to upset the young lady at this critical moment.

Cui Yan came over from the backyard and stood behind the screen listening. He was also worried that Gu Zhen would not be able to cope with it, but now it seemed that he was completely unnecessary.

After the shopkeepers left, Cui Yan realized something and walked over to Gu Zhen to pull her up, looking rather unhappy: "Madam, this is what you said before you got married. You were ridiculed by the servants and the household affairs were too complicated for you to handle?"

Gu Zhen was embarrassed, smiled awkwardly, and quickly changed the subject: "Why did my husband come back so early today? Where is my second brother? I haven't seen him for a while."

Cui Yan helped her back to the house, and thinking of Cui You, he felt a little worried.

"I heard that he bought a yard outside and went there frequently in the past few months. The few times he came back, he always turned off the lights in the middle of the night."

Gu Zhen's eyebrows jumped. If nothing unexpected happened, then something unexpected must have happened.

"Then you have to watch him carefully and don't mess around outside and ruin your Cui family's reputation." Gu Zhen said a few sarcastic words.

Cui Yan was not annoyed. He did not put reputation and rules first nowadays.

But that doesn't mean he can indulge his brother in doing whatever he wants.

After having lunch with Gu Zhen, they took a break, and then Cui Yan went to Cui You's yard leisurely.

Cui You was indeed not there. When the servant beside him saw Cui Yan, his face turned pale.

Before he even asked, he felt guilty. Cui Yan gave him a glance, and the servant knelt down and confessed everything.

"Master, our master is not deliberately keeping a mistress outside, it's just that it's not easy to bring in a young lady with her status."

Cui Yan's face immediately turned cold and he asked the servant to take him to find Cui You.

The servant did not dare to refuse, and immediately led the young master to a house in the west of the city.

Before Cui Yan walked around the screen wall, he heard his brother's laughing voice.

He was trying to make the woman laugh, and the woman really cooperated, laughing in a gentle and somewhat shy manner.

It's just a little familiar.

Cui Yan walked in with a frown, and saw Cui You supporting a woman. They were in an intimate posture, looking at each other with affection and indescribable tenderness!

"Asshole!" Cui Yan shouted, "How did I teach you since you were young..."

His voice stopped abruptly when he saw the woman's face clearly. Cui Yan's expression cracked inch by inch, but he soon reacted and bowed: "Your Highness greets the Sixth Princess."

Shen Junru was also a little embarrassed and quickly pushed Cui You away. Her six-month-old belly was slightly visible. Under Cui You's care, she regained her good complexion and looked a little plumper.

"Master Cui, you don't have to be so polite, and you don't have to call me princess. I am just an ordinary woman now."

"I don't dare."

Cui You curled his lips and helped Shen Junru sit on the chair.

Cui Yan glared at Cui You secretly, and the warning in his eyes was self-evident. Cui You had no choice but to go over and explain to his elder brother.

Upon learning that the child was not his, Cui Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Asshole, since the Sixth Princess is not dead, she is Princess Huo. This is an unchangeable fact. Can you hide her here forever?"

Cui You lowered his head: "Why not? She doesn't want to go back."

"The prince is looking for her everywhere, did you know that?" He even handed over his military power, stopped caring about state affairs, dismissed all concubines, and turned against the Grand Tutor's Mansion, all because of the princess.

If Huo Yuting knew that Shen Junru was hidden by his own brother, he would definitely not let it go.

Cui You frowned: "If you don't tell me and I don't tell you, who would know she is here? Brother, I want to marry her. When she becomes the daughter-in-law of our Cui family, I will take her to travel around the world, or go out to sea to avoid the limelight. In short, I will not let her go back with an irresponsible man like Huo Yuting!"