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Chapter 114: Report false accounts

Su Muwan followed Du Yueniang to entertain all the female relatives in the small hall behind. She kept her eyebrows and eyes down, very low-key and not at all eye-catching.

These female relatives have basically visited the prefect's house, but in the past, An Qinru was just the one who treated them. Now that they have changed, they all guessed that it might be a fight in the back house, so there was no strange look on their faces.

This is not a strange thing, just like in each family, there are not a few concubines and wives in the back house who often compete for favor. However, as a family member, I naturally hate those charming women in my heart.

Now they saw Du Yueniang being deserted and generous, and they knew that they were the same person as them at first, so they felt three good feelings in their hearts.

In the past, when they were entertained by An Qinru, they were a little disgusted with her hypocritical behavior.

Because An Qinru grew up in the capital and her father was a high-ranking official, how could she look down on such a businesswoman? Moreover, she simply did not hide her disdain and showed her words and deeds directly. The so-called hospitality was just barely enough to deal with them.

When Du Yueniang saw that everyone was silent, she spoke first.

"Sisters, I used to live in the back house for a long time, cultivate my body and cultivate my character, and it was not convenient to meet guests, so I didn't come out to greet you, but mine is not."

Everyone hurriedly denied it and persuaded him: "Madam said this, it was a scattering us. But we, we have never thought about visiting us before, and it was very rude."

"Just don't blame me. Although this is my first time meeting with all my sisters, for some reason, I feel very intimate, as if I have been with each other before."

After Du Yueniang finished speaking, she covered her mouth and laughed.

"That may be because we are destined to be. Since the wife's health has improved in the future, we can have more contact in the future."

None of these wealthy merchants and families can be said to be wise. Since their husbands now have many things to rely on Du Hua, it is necessary for them to establish a good relationship with the people in Du Hua's back house.

It’s not that people say “pillow style”, sometimes what women say often plays a big role.

What they thought was to have a good relationship with Du Yueniang, so that if there was anything, she would let her say something good to her husband in front of Du Hua.

Du Yueniang didn't understand what they meant. When she was in charge of the prefect's mansion, she had met many such people, so she was quite comfortable dealing with them at this time.

"Okay, I heard from the master that all the sisters' families are working with him for the nobles. They prosper and lose together. If they do their work, we naturally cannot hold back. Naturally, we should contact us more."

Everyone nodded, "It turns out that the lady can understand. Mrs. An, who used to entertain us, is afraid that her knowledge will not be as high as you."

This promotion and depreciation were invisibly flattering Du Yueniang and secretly stepped on An Qinru. Their tricks made Su Muwan, who was standing in the corner, unable to help but smile on her lips.

Du Yueniang did not accept the sarcasm they said to An, but smiled and said other things.

"I wonder how many times have you come to the mansion this year? I have been in the back home before and have never paid attention to these things."

The person who sat in Du Yueniang asked her about the question, the person who was the one who answered first.

"Tell me to think about it. After the Chinese New Year, I came twice in April, and then the Mid-Autumn Festival, and now."

Then she looked up at Du Yueniang's expression and started talking tentatively.

"Madam, we shouldn't have said this, but this year we've come too many times. We only came three times a year last year. We've come so frequently that our family is really nervous."

When the others saw her boldly speaking, they nodded and agreed.

"Madam, can we talk about our difficulties in front of the prefect? ​​We are really powerless when the prefect is urging us so urgently."

Du Hua has such a big appetite this year, and in addition to the dissatisfaction of the merchants, the family in the Hou Mansion naturally has some complaints.

After paying so much money to Du Hua, they naturally have less money to buy clothes and jewelry, and they have to save some money.

Seeing this, Du Yueniang did not respond. She picked up the tea beside her and took a sip of it slowly, with a three-point helpless look on her face and said to everyone.

"I'm not hiding it to you all, my master has listened to Sister An in the past, so I didn't say much about these foreign affairs to me. Even if I want to help you say something, I don't know much about these internal affairs. Why don't you tell me the whole story you have had in the past few years."

"I know more about it, so I can help you, otherwise I will be confused and powerless."

Seeing her say this, Su Muwan secretly gave her an admiring look, so that she could figure out many things without disturbing Du Hua.

Dear female family members also thought Du Yueniang’s words made sense, so they didn’t think too much. They talked to her about their meticulous dealings with Du Hua over the years, and even said a rough amount of money they paid each time.

Their speakers were unintentional, but the listener Su Muwan was very intentional.

She secretly remembered all of this in her heart, and combined with the account book recorded by Du Hua that she had read before, she found that Du Hua's account to Shangguan Qian was actually false.

So it must be the one who changed hands among him, who has been greedy for a lot of people. Since the account book he was going to hand over to Shangguan Qian was fake, then there must be another one in his hand that is real!

After getting this real account book and the evidence of Du Hua's dealings with Shangguan Qian, they can completely catch them!

After they finished speaking, Du Yueniang nodded and said seriously: "I already know this matter. Then I will go back and persuade the master to write a letter to the capital to see if he can reduce the amount of money in the future."

After hearing this, everyone showed joy on their faces.

At this time, Du Hua from the outside asked someone to come over to send a message, saying that the matter had been discussed and he could prepare to start a dinner party.

Du Yueniang quickly stood up and asked the female family with a smile.

"Sisters, let's not let the master wait too long, so let's leave quickly."

Of course, everyone didn't dare to walk in front of her, so they asked her to leave first and the rest followed.

When he saw Du Hua, and when he saw his smile and the unconcealed bad mood on the faces of the rich businessmen, Su Muwan knew that Du Hua had succeeded again this time.

During the dinner, everyone was drinking and drinking, and they looked happy, but Du Hua was probably the only one who was really happy inside.

Du Yueniang also took good care of the female family at the banquet and spoke and did things with politeness. Seeing this, Du Hua felt even more happy.

Without it, when An Qinru was there, the atmosphere would often be a little dissonant because she felt a little arrogant and disdained to say some scenes. Every time she asked Du Hua to come to smooth things over.

So when Du Hua saw Du Yueniang doing things in a good manner, he naturally turned to her. He felt that when he arrived in the capital, he sat on a high position, and had so much money in his hands, and he could not easily get it.

To be fair, although Du Hua was indeed shocked when he first saw An Qinru, and fell under her pomegranate skirt, he was a little tired of facing that face every day in recent years, and she was jealous by nature and was not tolerant.

Compared with Du Yueniang, it is better to have a person like Du Yueniang who knows the general in nature.

Thinking of this, Du Hua felt that he should be cold and an Qinru. At the same time, he should be better for Du Yueniang. After all, she is so well-educated and well-versed and familiar with the people around her. This is exactly what he needs.

After sending all these merchants away, Du Yueniang stood up and left because of some physical discomfort. Although Du Hua was originally going to say a few more warm words to her, he had to give up now.

But after leaving the front hall, Du Yueniang took Su Muwan and did not walk towards Cuiyuxuan, but towards the kitchen, obviously having other plans.

After arriving, Qingfeng had been waiting at the kitchen door. When he saw the two of them, he hurriedly came up and whispered to him.

"Madam Du, everything is ready, and I have already found out that Du Hua did not want to stay in Xiaolan to rest tonight, but planned to sleep in the study."

Du Yueniang nodded and mocked her as if she was sneering.

"I thought An Qinru's appearance was like this, and I didn't want to sleep in the same bed with her. Sure enough, it seems that An Qinru's position in his heart is no longer as strong as that in the past."

"Madam Du, let's hurry up and make our plan. When you get the evidence, neither Du Hua nor An Qinru will have any good ending."

Seeing that Du Yueniang started to become stunned again, Su Muwan quickly reminded.

After hearing her words, Du Yueniang nodded and said in her heart: Feng'er, wait for your mother for a while, and she will help you get revenge...

The dinner had passed and the house had already eaten, so there were only a few people in the kitchen packing their things. When they saw Du Yueniang, they hurriedly bowed.

During the day, Butler Hu had already told him that he would never neglect the Cui Yuxuan person again. Now she is no longer crazy, and Du Hua has restored her title as the eldest lady. I am afraid that all the affairs in the prefect's mansion will be under her control in the future.

So these people dare not be disrespectful to her at this moment, but Dasong was among these people, and seeing Du Yueniang's current appearance, he was naturally happier than the others.

Because his mother was worried about Du Yueniang, if she knew that she had finally gotten better now, she would definitely be very happy.

"I wonder if the eldest lady came to the kitchen and asked us to prepare some late-night snacks?"

Dasong began to ask with courage.

Du Yueniang shook her head.

"No need to worry, you should be busy. I saw that the master was just drinking and didn't eat much. I was worried that he would be hungry after finishing his official duties later, so I wanted to make some food for him myself."
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