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Chapter 43 Feng Ling
"Aunt Zhang, you didn't take good care of Dad, why did you come to my place?" Huo Zhirou sat on the soft couch, looked at Lingju in front of him and asked with a half-smile.

After Lingju became Luo Xingwei's concubine, her original surname was Zhang, and she also became "Aunt Zhang".

Hearing Huo Zhirou's words, Ling Ju said with a respectful and humble face: "Miss, although this servant has become the master's concubine, she still knows her duty!"

"Oh? Then tell me, what is your duty?" Huo Zhirou rested his chin on his hand, looked at Lingju in front of him, wondering if this maid said the same thing in front of Jiang Guqiu.

When Ling Ju heard Huo Zhirou's question, her breathing became heavy, and she said immediately: "Miss asks the servant to do something, and the servant will do what the lady asks. The master of the servant is the lady."

"Hehe, Lingju, what you said is really nice. I like it. Why do you have the guts to come to my yard today?" Huo Zhirou remembered that when Lingju was asked to come over, she was as timid as a mouse , for fear of being discovered by Jiang Guqiu, did he become more courageous after becoming an aunt?
When Ling Ju heard Huo Zhirou's words, an embarrassing expression appeared on her face, and she said, "Miss Hui, it was Jiang Guqiu who ordered the slave to do this. She asked the slave to get along with the eldest lady."

"Oh?" Huo Zhirou had a playful expression on his face when he heard Lingju's words, but his eyes were icy cold. Jiang Guqiu really valued this maid in front of her in the future, let Lingju get close to her, and then she was good Arrange a pawn beside yourself?
Is Jiang Guqiu really that stupid to think that she would really trust this maid?

"Miss, what do you think the slave girl should do next?" Seeing Huo Zhirou smiling and saying nothing, Ling Ju felt uneasy and couldn't help asking.

Hearing what Ling Ju said, Huo Zhirou sat up straight, smiled lightly and said, "Shouldn't your main thing now be to serve my father well? Let him have no time to take care of Jiang Guqiu, and give my father's love for Jiang Guqiu to him." Take it, don't you?"

Lingju froze for a moment, and immediately frowned, and soon she replied: "This servant knows, this servant will take good care of the master!"

"Go down!" Huo Zhirou waved her hand, she had already said what should be said, she wanted to see if this Lingju was smart or not.

After Ling Ju left, Chun Xiao looked at her leaving back, frowned, and said to Huo Zhirou who was drinking tea by her side: "Miss, when this servant sees her, her eyelids are always twitching, and she always feels that she is restless. "

"Ha ha! Hearing Chun Xiao's words, Huo Zhirou smiled coldly and said: "She is naturally restless, she wants to please me and Jiang Guqiu, and wants to benefit from both sides! "

When Chunxiao heard Huo Zhirou's words, an indignant expression appeared on her face, "This Lingju is too hateful! But Miss, since you know she is such a person, why didn't you expose her?"

"She can still be used, why expose her? Just look at her as a jumping clown, and see how high she can jump!" Huo Zhirou sneered.

Yuan Yin quickly dealt with the account book in hand, but she never saw Huo Zhirou coming over, and she was very puzzled, did something really happen to the Huo family?

Yuan Yin looked at the two stewards who were still busy beside him, and said to them: "I'll go back, you can go back straight after you've dealt with it."

The two stewards stopped what they were doing when they heard Yuan Yin's words, stood up and said to Yuan Yin: "Got it, Miss Yuan Yin!"

Yuan Yin returned to Feihe Tower and told Yuan Bohan about Huo Zhirou's abnormality, Yuan Bohan heard Yuan Yin's words, tapped the table with his fingers slightly, and then said in a faint voice: "Do you know what's going on? "

"The servant girl heard that someone came to repay her kindness, and then Miss Huo went back to the house to deal with it." Yuan Yin replied.

"Repay your favor? Have someone check it out!" Yuan Bohan didn't know why he cared so much about Huo Zhirou.

Yuan Yin nodded and asked the dark guard to go down and check.

But after a while, Yuan Jian came to report in person, "Master, the matter you asked your subordinates to investigate has made some progress."

Yuan Bohan nodded, motioning for him to continue talking.

"Huo Zhirou's grandmother is Taifu Chen's daughter. When Taifu Chen took his family back to Ding You, an accident happened on the way. The whole family was killed by thieves. Taifu Chen's daughter escaped and was killed by Huo Zhirou's family at that time." Grandpa Huo Hongyuan rescued her, and later became his wife."

"At the beginning, Taifu Chen was the most trusted subject of Empress Lan. With the death of Empress Lan, Fengling also disappeared. There was news that Empress Lan gave Fengling to Taifu Chen. The Chen family was in trouble because of Fengling. of."

Yuan Bohan's face turned serious when he heard this.Feng Ling?Only the Queen of the Yuan Dynasty can grasp the secret decree of the royal family of Beiyi Kingdom. Fengling can summon the royal family's Fengwei.

Empress Lan was the empress of the late emperor Yuan. Unfortunately, the late emperor favored concubine Hui, who is also the biological mother of the current emperor. Empress Lan had a son who was established as the prince after birth. The prince was intelligent and virtuous, but unfortunately his health was not good. At the age of 17 Then he passed away, and Empress Lan died in depression because of the prince's death.

Yuan Bohan didn't expect that the Huo family would be involved because of a phoenix order, his eyes sank, this girl probably didn't know that Feng Ling might be in her Huo family!
"My subordinates found out that not only King Qi noticed that Feng Ling was in Huo's house, but also some people. The mother and son who went to Huo's house to repay their kindness today are not simple! They are the last time Huo Zhirou went to the source of law The mother and son were hit by a carriage on the road of the temple, and the carriage was also out of control at the time. In the end, Huo Zhirou was rescued by King Qi. His subordinates found out that they were not from King Qi. Who ordered them to enter Huo's house? Haven't found it yet." Yuan Jian said at the end, with a shameful expression on his face, he still didn't finish the matter.

Yuan Bohan tapped the table with his fingers faster. I am afraid that the last time he bumped into someone was because the mother and son were plotting against this girl. Tsk, isn't this girl a little naive to allow outsiders to easily enter her house?

"How about the selection of female guards from the secret door?" Yuan Bohan asked aloud.

"Master, I've been monitoring Huo Zhirou." Yuan Jian said.

Yuan Bohan nodded, he was thinking about one thing...

Huo Zhirou didn't know that there were many crises around her. In the next two days, she still came to the embroidery workshop to see Yuan Yin and the others audit the accounts, and Yuan Yin didn't tell Huo Zhirou about these things.

Vowel first checked the ledgers, and she handed one of the ledgers to Huo Zhirou, "Miss Huo, take a look!"

Huo Zhirou took the account book, opened it, and when he saw the loopholes uncovered by the vowels on it, his face became extremely ugly.

The vowel turned a blind eye to Huo Zhirou's ugly face, and said to her: "This is just one of them. The servant did the math. In the Huo family's account book last year, 50 taels of silver disappeared out of thin air. As for the remaining two Years of accounts, the two stewards haven't settled yet!"

The words of the vowels made Huo Zhirou grit his teeth, 50 taels, this amount is not a small amount, the Huo family's business has gradually declined over the years, last year's income was only 200 million taels, who would have thought that there would be 50 taels of silver Got corrupted!
Huo Zhirou tightly grasped the ledger in his hand, and his face turned red with anger.

The other two stewards in the study also calculated their accounts. Similarly, there were many problems with their accounts. One figured out that 60 taels disappeared the year before last, while the other figured out that it disappeared the year before last. 110 million taels!
Huo Zhirou had the urge to kill at this time, but thinking of where he was now, he suppressed his anger and said to Yuan Yin: "Let Yuan Yin laugh!"

Vowel shook his head and said, "It's okay, I believe Miss Huo will make the Huo family develop better in the future."

When Huo Zhirou heard Yuanyin's words, he nodded with a smile, took the box in Chunxiao's hand, and handed it to Yuanyin, "This is the 3000 taels promised at the beginning!"

Yuan Yin looked down at the box Huo Zhirou handed over, thinking of Yuan Bohan's confession, she shook her head in refusal, "No need!"

When Huo Zhirou heard Yuanyin's refusal, he looked at Yuanyin with surprise on his face and said, "Yuanyin, this is your wages for these three days!"

Hearing Huo Zhirou's words, Yuan Yin nodded and said, "The maidservant knows, but the master told me that the 3000 taels will be deducted from the purchase price when the Huo family pays Jin Jin."

Hearing the words of the vowel, Huo Zhirou laughed out loud, shook his head, and said, "It's a one-off deal. Since I've agreed to give you the wages in three days, I won't go back on my word!"

After hearing Huo Zhirou's words, Yuan Yin saw Huo Zhirou insisting on pushing the box to her. After thinking about it, she took the box and said, "In that case, I will take 3000 taels back."

Seeing the movement of the vowel, Huo Zhirou nodded with a smile.

The vowel left with the two stewards, Huo Zhirou sent them away, went back to the study, looked at the books, and smiled coldly, okay, very good, she wants to share the 220 million taels of silver with her This father is to ask for it back!
Huo Zhirou picked up the ledgers of the shop managed by the loyal Huo family Stewards Xie, Li and Wang, and opened it. Although there were some small problems, they were not serious problems. Although these three stewards were also a little greedy, but She didn't reach out to take much, so she could spare them. After all, the steward who helped the Huo family couldn't do anything without giving them some benefits!
Guanshi Li watched the people from the Yuanmen leave, and he felt uneasy at this moment. In fact, he also moved some hands and feet in the account book. I don't know if Huo Zhirou found out. After thinking about it, Guanshi Li decided to go to Huo Zhirou .

"Miss!" Li Guanshi stood at the door, feeling uneasy.

Huo Zhirou put down the account book in his hand, looked at Butler Li at the door, nodded, and said, "Uncle Li, what's the matter?"

Manager Li glanced at the books piled up in the study and asked, "Miss, have you finished cleaning?"

"En!" Huo Zhirou responded lightly, and then said: "The problem is not small!"

The last sentence caused cold sweat to break out on Guanshi Li's forehead. Looking at his face, he couldn't hide his stern expression, which made Guanshi Li unable to hide his uneasiness anymore, and knelt down towards Huo Zhirou.

Huo Zhirou looked at Guanshi Li who was kneeling on the ground, and frowned, "Uncle Li, what are you doing?"

"Miss, last year my young mother fell ill and spent a lot of money. The little one really had no choice but to spend 5000 taels of silver in the store."

Huo Zhirou nodded when he heard Guanshi Li's words, and it was true that the account book of the Jinjin shop managed by Guanshi Li was missing 5000 taels of silver.

Huo Zhirou was very satisfied with Li Guanshi's frankness, and said to Li Guanshi: "I will not blame this matter, but if I find out that someone has used the money in the store and even cheated, then I will not be polite!"

When Guanshi Li heard Huo Zhirou's words of forgiveness for his mistakes, he breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he should tell Guanshi Xie and Wang later, if they really used the money in the store, they should tell the old man honestly. Miss is wonderful.

Yuan Yin told Yuan Bohan about the situation of Huo's family and Huo Zhirou's illness. Yuan Bohan nodded, tapped on Huo Zhirou's box containing the bank notes, and said: "Since she gave the money , you will take the points, these are all your rewards for these three days!"

When Yuan Yin heard Yuan Bohan's words, she nodded and took it, not polite at all.

(End of this chapter)