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Chapter 53 The Power of the Household
King Qian had no idea about Xia Jing's coming to serve him, so he asked Anu to test it out, but he didn't expect that this woman really didn't take him seriously.

He wanted to settle accounts with this woman, but when he remembered the Jingzhou cavalry behind the team, he had no choice but to suppress this thought.

There is no need to show the conflict between husband and wife in front of outsiders, it will only provoke ridicule from outsiders. King Qian thinks he can't afford to lose this person!

Seeing King Qian's tangled and hesitant face, Anu couldn't help but cautiously said, "My lord, why don't you let this old slave come to wait on you and press it for you?"

King Qian waved his hands in disgust, "Your hands are too rough, they are not as soft and delicate as women's hands. Your rough hands are pressing back and forth on this king. You are not embarrassed, but this king is embarrassed."

Anu lowered his head in embarrassment and looked carefully at his hands, which had served his master for many years. He had never done rough work, and the only rough work was probably practicing martial arts.

That's not too rough, is it?
"Then who do you want to serve?"

"Who does this king want to serve, can you please come?"

Anu was silent, the princess is not a slave in the mansion, she doesn't want to come, he really has no choice.

"This time passing through Yuzhou Fucheng, I brought all the servants from the other courtyard with me. How about, the old slave find someone to come and serve you?"

King Qian gave him a cold look, without saying yes or no.

Anu, who had served him for decades, knew that this was the default.

Anu lowered his head and suppressed a smile and exited Wang Jia, and was going to go to the carriage behind to pick a few clever maids to serve King Qian.

While resting on the side of the road at noon, Xia Jing sent someone to find Zeng Yan.

Zeng Yan rode to the side of the carriage, jumped off the horse, and bowed to the carriage, "I don't know if the princess asked the younger one to come here, but I have something to order?"

Xia Jing came out of the carriage, and asked with a smile: "Housekeeper, are the books of the entire palace with you?"

Hearing this, Zeng Yan shivered suddenly, "Princess Wang, why are you asking this?"

Xia Jing seemed to be in a good mood, she smiled lightly and said, "Don't worry about what this concubine is going to do, I'll just ask you to answer."

"Yes, it's with me. Except for the books of the inner house, all the books of the outer courtyard are with me." Zeng Yan had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, he heard what he didn't want to hear the most, and the princess asked him to bring the ledger over for her to see.

Let's see if there is a return?
Don't take a look at it and it will become her property.

Just like the last time in the other courtyard in Yuzhou Fucheng, instead of looking at the harvest, in the end all the banknotes were put into the pocket of the princess.

"Don't be dazed, hurry up, butler!"

Hongmei looked at the housekeeper's look of lovelessness, and left in a daze.

The little girl couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing, "Princess, why did you suddenly want to check the ledger of the outer courtyard?"

"I have no food in my hand, and I have no confidence in my heart." Xia Jing opened her mouth and said truthfully, "It's too boring to drive all the way, your princess, I have to find something to do for myself, check the account books, and learn about the property of the palace. As well as the financial situation, it is very necessary!"

Regarding her words, Hongmei didn't believe it. In the past, the princess never asked questions about the outer court. Moreover, the aristocratic family, the royal family, whose inner court is in charge of the outer court?

This is tantamount to the mistress snatching the power of the head of the house from the man in charge!
Zeng Yan was extremely troubled by this matter, so he went to Wang Jia and told King Qian about it.

King Qian raised his head in surprise and stared at Zeng Yan, "You just said that the princess wants to see the account books of the outer court?"

An overwhelming anger came over him, Zeng Yan knelt on the ground and lowered his head, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, but he didn't dare to raise his hand to wipe it.

Facing King Qian's question, he bit the bullet and replied: "Return to the prince, yes."

King Qian slapped his palm on the table, "Her Xia family really wants to turn the world upside down!"

"My lord, calm down!" Mr. Zhang regained his senses from his stupefaction, and quickly got up to persuade him, "Be safe and don't be impatient."

"Sir, don't persuade me, listen to this. This is what she should say as a woman in the inner house. The internal affairs of the outer court are where her family members can intervene?" The more King Qian spoke, the more angry he became, and he was furious.

Mr. Zhang comforted him with a good temper, "The princess only said to look at the account book, but didn't say anything else."

"She almost said that she was going to take care of the internal affairs of the front yard!" King Qian scratched his head angrily, and reflected on himself: "Is it possible that this king has been too lenient to her recently, giving her the illusion that she is the old lady of the palace?" ? Want to set up a talk hall in the palace?"

Mr. Zhang shook his head helplessly: "Not at all."

"Sir, don't speak for her. She is a person who has died once. She can climb out of a crucified coffin. Why is it impossible for such a ruthless person to control the palace?"

Neither surprised nor angry, Mr. Zhang stroked his beard calmly, "My lord, since you escaped from the capital, you probably haven't read the account book yet?"

King Qian's anger faltered for a moment, and he said with a puzzled face: "Yes, what's the point here?"

After that, without waiting for Mr. Zhang to answer, he turned to Zeng Yan: "Is there a problem with the accounts?"

Since he was a child of the royal family, he has never worried about money. Besides, he has no big ambitions and no money-consuming expenses.So the money in the mansion is enough for him to spend for several lifetimes.

At first glance today, it seems that there is something wrong with the government's accounts.

Zeng Yan wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, and said with a bitter face: "There is no problem with the account, but there is not much cash in the account at present."

Most of the industries of the Wangfu are in the Gyeonggi area, and the farms and shops are basically located in Gyeonggi. Now that Gyeonggi has been occupied by Beidi, these industries are tantamount to being given to Beidi for nothing.

Of course, the palace must not only have a small industry in Gyeonggi, like Yuzhou, there are farms and shops, but there are not many of them. In troubled times, it is impossible for the profits of these farms and shops to support the entire palace.

Fortunately, the Wangfu still has a few mines in other places, which can properly alleviate the financial constraints of the Wangfu.

After Zeng Yan's explanation, King Qian suddenly realized that he patted his forehead, but he ignored it.

"Mister wants to hand over this mess to the Xia family? According to what I know about the Xia family, she still can't afford this heavy responsibility."

Mr. Zhang smiled meaningfully: "My lord, you should have heard a saying that you should look at her with admiration after three days of goodbye. The potential of the princess is beyond your estimation."

King Qian frowned deeply, he didn't agree with Mr. Zhang's words in his heart, Mrs. Xia and his husband and wife have been together for more than ten years, could it be that the person next to her bed doesn't understand her better than Mr. Zhang?
But he did not refute, and at the same time agreed to Zeng Yan's request to move the account book to Xia Jing for audit.

Xia Jing only read a few ledger books, and even if Zeng Yan moved the other ledger books, she let him move them back.

Knowing the current income and expenditure situation of the palace, Xia Jing has a bottom line in her heart.

If the Yu Dynasty was a sinking rotten ship, then the Qian Wang Mansion is now a small fishing boat that has been refurbished and tested the waters. Although it is dilapidated, it is better than leaking.What you can do in the water depends on the ability of the person at the helm.

After reading the account book this time, Xia Jing did not take over the financial power of the entire palace as Zeng Yan expected, but let him continue as usual.

When Zeng Yan left with the ledger in hand, Hongmei was completely puzzled about what Xia Jing's purpose was in this operation.
She asked: "Princess, don't you take the opportunity to take over the power of the family in the mansion?"

(End of this chapter)