The slave greatly deceives his master

  On the second day, Zhang's family didn't show a gloomy face to Yuan Yi, but instead smiled and gave her and Yuan Yi a few points about managing the household. Then with a wave of his hand, he let everyone disperse early.

  Waiting until Yuan Yi and Yuan Yi went to the main hall, some wives who were in charge had already respectfully guarded there, silent as a crow, and as soon as they saw the two slender figures reflected on the white silk screen in the main hall, the various people in charge who had already received the news hurriedly paid their respects together, saying: "The slaves and servants have seen the third young lady and the fourth young lady."

  "Get up, all of you." The speaker was Yuan Ruo. Strictly speaking, Yuan Yi should have been the one in charge of this matter, and she was only assisting from the side. It wasn't her turn to speak first, but she jumped in ahead of time, which could be considered a blatant provocation.

  Yuanyi smiled slightly and said, "Third sister, if you have something important to say, please go ahead."

  Yuan Yi only felt a punch on the cotton, not painful or itchy, but his heart was suffocating. He hummed coldly and began to ask the people in charge, "What are your surnames and names, what do you manage, how were last month's accounts? Report them one by one."

  The several attendants below looked at each other, then came forward one by one, speaking fluently and reporting in an orderly manner, with a respectful expression and humble attitude, all showing a loyal and diligent appearance.

  Although Yuanyi had said that she used to watch Zhang's wife handle household chores in the past, she had never actually practiced it herself. Although she listened attentively, there were still things that were beyond her control. The people below seemed to have a clear division of labor, but when they started reciting various expenses and cost statistics, Yuanyi was still lost in the clouds. After the people below finished their report, Yuanyi had not yet reacted, and suddenly the main hall fell into an eerie silence.

  "King Lin, wasn't it about the kitchen's procurement? I remember last month when Old Master was settling accounts, there was an extra expenditure of one hundred taels."

  Wang Lin's eyes flashed and he said calmly, "Tell Fourth Miss that although the masters don't need kitchen expenses, the servants still have to eat grains and staples."

  Yuanyi sneered, "You're just a lowly servant, and you dare to spend 100 taels in one day? Do you think I'm easy to fool? You're inflating prices and acting as if you can bully your master?"

  The people below were all shocked. The accounts had always been in two copies, one for the host and one for the manager. The manager needed to check the accounts with the host every month. If he was cheated, the manager could embezzle the difference, and the host would suffer the loss.

  They all knew that the fourth girl had only received the accounts yesterday, and didn't expect her to have finished reading them all today, and even pointed out the mistakes in them. How could they not be shocked? The few of them were not just Wang Lin who made false accounts, and the fourth girl's move was clearly a warning to others. Realizing this, Wang Lin and the other managers were all startled, and knelt down in a large group. Wang Lin was even more frightened, saying: "Fourth girl, today's service is busy, I'm afraid my accounting is slightly lacking, please allow me to recalculate carefully and present it to you again later."

  She just wanted to give a few people a warning, so that they could easily do things later. She had made up her mind not to stir up trouble, and naturally wouldn't make a big fuss. So she smiled kindly and said, "Since this matter has its reasons, I won't be too harsh. You officials should be more careful in the future, or else it won't look good if it gets to Mother and Eldest Sister."

  How could everyone not hear the threat in it? Neither Zhang's people nor Li's people wanted to be caught and used as an excuse by the other side, so they hastily agreed.

  Yuanyi's face was expressionless as he watched Yuanyi effortlessly subdue the person, his hand clenched tightly in his sleeve.