When Si Nufang sent people to the palace, Jiang Changning was reading a storybook and eating pastries made for her by Madam Cui.

"Princess, Sinufang has sent over twenty slaves." Shu Fei came in to report.

Jiang Changning frowned, "I didn't ask Chun Lai to ask for another slave?"

There are too many servants in the palace, more than a thousand are registered, and this does not include the prince's personal soldiers, the concubine, she, Princess Kangren's honor guard.

But how many masters are there in the palace?

This is no longer one step for eight steps, but one step for almost eighty steps.

Jiang Changning wanted to streamline the personnel in the palace, so after sending the people back to Sinufang, he did not ask for any more slaves.

The people from Sinufang took the initiative to send slaves over, presumably to please the King of Jin, but Jiang Changning didn't think much about it.

"Give each of the chamberlains who brought us a red envelope. Thank them politely. Just tell them that it was a hard work for them to make this trip. The slaves won't keep them and let them take them back."

Shu Fei went out and followed Jiang Changning's instructions.

The Prince of Jin's Mansion did not keep anyone, and the chief chamberlain did not tell them to keep him, so the chamberlains accepted the red envelopes and took the twenty or so slaves back to Sinufang.

The chamberlain knew that the slave had not been sent to Prince Jin's palace, and wanted to hide it, but he was afraid that the emperor would ask about Princess Jin's situation in the future and he would not be able to answer, so he had to tell the emperor.

After hearing this, the emperor was so angry that he threw away the Yu Ruyi he was playing with, "Is she so unwilling to accept my kindness?"

The jade Ruyi fell on the gold brick and broke into two sections.

Looking at the furious emperor, the chamberlain quickly said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. The Lord of Chun'an County doesn't know that there are people arranged by the emperor to protect her. It's not that she doesn't accept your majesty's kindness."

When the emperor heard this, he thought it was a good idea. He sat back on the throne and asked, "How can I meet the Lord of Chun'an County?"

Jiang Changning's resistance made the emperor more interested in her.

"Your Majesty, after the death of the concubine, the Lord of Chun'an County will close the door to thank guests according to the etiquette for three months. After three months, Your Majesty can ask the Queen Mother to summon the County Lord to enter the palace. At that time, Your Majesty will be able to kiss her and be happy."

The emperor smiled and leaned back on the throne, "I will wait another three months."

He is not impatient with the people and things he is determined to obtain.

Jiang Changning, who was worried about the emperor, was looking at the account books compiled by Fang Ju, and his face became uglier the more he looked at it.

Mrs. Qiao has really enriched herself. She has gained a lot of private property for herself after being in charge of the palace for so many years.

There is a village outside the city with 300 acres of fertile farmland.

In the county town not far from the capital, two villages were built, each with 500 acres of fertile land.

There are shops on several streets in Beijing, and there are more than one.

Qiao also opened two restaurants and made a lot of profits.

Qiao had deposited money in three banks in the city. Fangju asked Shu Fei to check the exact amount.

"What a big rat!" Jiang Changning sneered.

"Princess, this is the dowry list for the concubine to marry into the prince's palace." Fang Ju paused, "It's less than thirty thousand taels of silver."

"The Qiao family's family is not very wealthy. We can prepare a dowry of more than 20,000 yuan for her, which is the limit." Jiang Changning took the list and looked at it casually. There really weren't many good things.

"Take someone to count the things, open a small yard, seal the things, and give the list to Kang Ren." Jiang Changning will not covet this little thing from Qiao's.

However, Jiang Changning had to ask Queen Jin to give some of the private property that Qiao had acquired after marrying into the palace, and give it to Princess Kangren. It was impossible to give all of it.

Shu Fei had people check for two days before he found out how much money Qiao had in the bank.

One family has 120,000 taels, one family has 70,000 taels, and another family has 60,000 taels, totaling 250,000 taels.

Jiang Changning played with the seal for withdrawing silver, "Qiao is really a master of making money."

If Mrs. Qiao hadn't died suddenly, if she had sorted out these account books and handed them over, Jiang Changning would have really had to go through a lot of trouble to do the accounting.

"Fangju, sort out the accounts of the bank. I want to send them to the concubine for review." Jiang Changning had to make the concubine completely disgusted with Mr. Qiao.

Two hundred and fifty thousand silver, even the wealthy Jin Prince's Mansion would feel a little pain in his heart. Mrs. Qiao is really too greedy.

Jiang Changning took the account books and seals and went to the Liuxuan Courtyard. He screened the maid away and said, "Concubine, take a look at this."

"What is it?" The concubine took it and looked through it, her face suddenly turned livid, "Damn it, this damn thing, she betrayed my trust in her."

Although the concubine was a bit snobbish, she had the pride of a daughter from an aristocratic family. She delegated power as she was told. She gave Mrs. Qiao all her trust in the matter of housekeeping.

"Mother, this is normal. Her background is too low, and her dowry is not much. If she doesn't occupy the palace's things, how can she buy a generous dowry for Kangren in the future? How can she provide for herself in old age? After all, this palace is not hers. The one who will be the head of the family in the future is mine.

Son, your grandson."

Jiang Changning didn't want the concubine to interfere in the housekeeper's affairs because she didn't trust her because of Mr. Qiao.

"You are right, she has a bad reputation as a housekeeper." The concubine sighed, "I pity her as a widow who is unemployed. You are wronged by letting her take charge of the house."

"No grievance. Regardless of the benefits of being a family member, I am not a hard-working person. I can't wait to be lazy."

"The house needs to be reorganized. You must not be lazy anymore." The concubine said seriously.

"Then the concubine must encourage me." Jiang Changning said.

The concubine was stunned and said, "You girl, you are the Princess of Jin. The affairs of this palace are yours to take care of. You still want me to encourage you? Ouch, how can you say this?"

"It's been going on since then. In the future, when it's my daughter-in-law's turn to take charge of the house, I will also encourage her. If I don't, my mother-in-law can help her scold me."

Jiang Changning's words meant wishing the concubine a long life. Who wouldn't like four generations living under one roof?

The concubine laughed loudly, "Okay, okay, let me encourage you. You have always liked jade. I will give you the sapphire pot and the narcissus carved from white jade, okay?"

"Thank you, concubine." Jiang Changning said with a sweet smile.

Jiang Changning returned to Rujingyuan with the narcissus ornament given by the concubine.

Jiang Changning didn't make any big changes to the people in the house. It's better to use them raw than to use them familiar. As long as these people are obedient and do their jobs honestly, it's fine.

With the second housekeeper gone, Jiang Changning promoted the third housekeeper to the second housekeeper, and the fourth housekeeper to the third housekeeper. After asking what Chunlai meant, he asked Dong Zang to be the fourth housekeeper.

The accounting room has two cashiers, two accountants, and a supervisor.

One group manages internal accounts, one group manages external accounts, and the supervisor is responsible for review.

The items in the warehouse should be re-registered and a special person should be arranged to take care of the valuable items. If they are lost, only this person will be responsible.

Some adjustments have been made to the large dining room and the small dining room so that they can perform their respective duties and the management is no longer chaotic, especially for purchasing.

The five purchasers supervise each other, and secret inspections are conducted at any time to prevent them from working together to report false accounts.
Chapter completed!