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Chapter 10 The Gu family who drinks blood and eats meat
The next morning, Qin Shuhuang got up, and during breakfast time, Mrs. Gu sent someone to bring her some food from the small kitchen over there.

This time, the food didn't even enter Qin Shuhuang's yard, so he was sent back by Ruihe.

After yesterday's incident, Ruihe Shilan Shiyu and the maidservants more or less understood what the princess meant.

Thinking that His Highness has always disliked the food in the big kitchen of the Gu Mansion, Shi Yu decided not to go to the big kitchen to get a food box this morning, and brought two maids to cook breakfast for His Highness the Princess herself.

Although the courtyard where the princess lives is far inferior to that of Mrs. Gu and the son-in-law, and there is no extra space to build a small kitchen, but it is still possible to put two stoves to make some simple meals and snacks.

Shiyu and her maid were busy working, and Qin Shuhuang was not idle either. She continued to make the men's Taoist robes that she had cut out yesterday. If she kept an eye on it, she would be able to finish it in one morning, and the rest would be the embroidery part.

With work in hand, time flies by.

In the blink of an eye, the morning passed.

The Taoist robe in Qin Shuhuang's hands is ready, and the work on Ruihe and Shilan's side has also been finished.

Shilan finished counting the furniture and clothes that Qin Shuhuang used most often, and packed them up. As for the rest, she made a list. When the princess needed it, she just counted and packed it according to the list.

As soon as Shilan came to report, Ruihe hurried in holding the account book.

Rui He held the sorted account books in both hands, with an angry look on his face, "Your Highness, this slave has already sorted out the account books for the past year, Your Highness, please have a look."

Qin Shuhuang took the account book and looked through it.

Ruihe was taught by the female officials in the palace that she is good at accounting and management. Before she got married, Ruihe was helping to manage her private property.

Later, she married into the Gu family, and the Gu family fell into poverty. She wanted to support the Gu family. Just the money, when she first entered the house, she supplemented the Gu family's public account with 1 taels. In addition to her private property before marriage, other property and dowry rewards, etc. She didn't make a clear distinction with the Gu family. The Gu family has been helping to take care of it, and she also tacitly allowed the Gu family to take part of the benefits.

But she didn't expect that three years later, her property and dowry would not only be worth a penny in her hands, but would actually shrink!
The village, shop, and fields alone have been reduced by [-]%!

The remaining [-]% of the book also showed a deficit every year, and Mrs. Gu still put money into it every year to run the business.

The original 1 taels of silver had been taken out long ago, and there was not a penny left.

Qin Shuhuang looked at the account book and almost laughed angrily.

Most of her properties were gifts from the emperor's brother and left behind by her mother. They were the shops and houses in the best locations and the imperial estates with the most fertile land. Compared with the few estates she owned privately before marriage, they would only be better. If shops like this are not profitable, then there are probably not many shops and shops in the world that can be profitable.

Ruihe is not stupid, of course she doesn't believe that the accounts are set up like this.

So she privately asked Commander Xuan Cang for help and found out the real accounts of Gu Mansion!
Xuan Cang's work was more reliable than Ruihe expected. Not only did he get the real account books of Gu Mansion, but he also found a couple who were in charge of the palace and asked them about the real situation.

"Your Highness, turn back." Ruihe said with suppressed anger.

Ruihe carefully compared the real and fake account books of the Gu family, and now it seems clear at a glance.

Wherever Qin Shuhuang's business doesn't make money, it's simply a waste of money!
Every year, Qin Shuhuang's property earns a lot of money. This money does not flow into Qin Shuhuang's name, nor does it enter the Gu family's public accounts, but all goes into the private accounts of Gu Hongchao and Mrs. Gu!
In the first year after marrying into the Gu family, Qin Shuhuang's property was still at a slight loss.

In the second year, Mrs. Gu directly used the property loss as an excuse to sell several shops!Use the money from the sale of the shop to make up for the deficit in the account and maintain the expenses of the Gu family.

After Rui He asked Xuan Cang to help him conduct a private investigation, he found that the sold shops were now under the name of Mrs. Gu's mother's family. They were not really sold, they were simply embezzled by Mrs. Gu!

In the third year, not only the shop, but also several imperial houses of Qin Shuhuang were sold to the Gu family.

If it wasn't for a coincidence, Xuancang's subordinates found a couple in charge of Huangzhuang, Ruihe would not be so clear about the matter of Huangzhuang.

The people in Huangzhuang didn't even know that Huangzhuang had changed masters, and they thought they were growing melons, fruits, grains and vegetables for His Royal Highness the eldest princess.

Now these imperial mansions have become the private property of Mrs. Gu, Second Young Master Gu Second Miss and others.

What's even more ridiculous is that Qin Shuhuang's hundreds of acres of high-quality fertile land actually belonged to Bai Lingge.

All of this seems to be due to the greed of other members of the Gu family. The son-in-law Gu Hongchao was innocent, he was forced to deceive by his family, and he did not embezzle any of Qin Shuhuang's property under his name.

But if you look closely at the Gu family's real account books, you will find that Gu Hongchao spent more than half of the 1 taels of silver that Qin Shuhuang subsidized the Gu family's father-in-law after their marriage. From then on, Gu Hongchao spent the most on the Gu family every month. A few hundred taels, or even a thousand taels!

Gu Hongchao really doesn't treat himself as an outsider!

Looking at the expenses in Qin Shuhuang's yard, the dignified princess, the monthly expenses are only 100 taels!

Shi Lan, who was at the side, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Your Highness, many of the little maids and wives in our courtyard have not paid the monthly bills for more than three months. The slaves have gone to the accounting room to ask, and they are in charge of the monthly bills." The stewardess who distributed the money made excuses and said that the low-level maids and wives in the whole house are under the three-month rule. Turning around, the servants found out after inquiring, only our courtyard is like this..."

In the past, His Highness was always focused on the Prince Consort and never paid attention to these "trivial matters". Shilan had sidetracked Qin Shuhuang several times before. His Highness was impatient and turned around and forgot about it.No matter how capable Shilan is, she is just a slave. Without the support of her master, she cannot be the master.

Seeing that His Highness had changed, she brought up the matter again.

Qin Shuhuang's expression became even more serious. The Gu family was really trying to kill her. Not only did they plot against her, they also plotted against everyone in her yard!

No wonder in the last life, after the emperor's brother passed away, not only was she snubbed and ridiculed by the Gu family, but also all the rough servants and maids who served in her yard hated her to the bone.

After being imprisoned, she could not even eat a mouthful of hot and clean food because of the mischief of these servants.

Thinking about it now, the Gu family had already allowed these people to harbor resentment towards her at this time!

When the several maids saw the princess's face was solemn and majestic, they couldn't help but lower their heads and didn't dare to take a breath.

Ruihe suddenly realized that for a moment, she thought she saw the majestic and delicate face of the late empress.

People in the palace used to say that His Highness looked like the late Emperor, and she thought so too. Looking at it now, although His Highness still looks like the late Emperor, his noble and majestic aura is very much like the late Empress.

When Empress Xian was still there, even a small wave in the harem couldn't turn up.

(End of this chapter)