Long Heng clenched his fists. His mind was filled with ways to punish people, but he couldn't find a single one that could be used on her.
In his eyes, Bai Xiangxiu was too weak. She was so weak that no punishment could be used on her.
In the end, when everyone was so worried that they couldn't breathe, he said, "Fine, then you can stay there forever." This could also be considered a punishment, as if he was imprisoning her.
But his anger was still unquenchable. He got on his horse and said, "I'll wait outside for the Old Madame. Go do your own things. What are you kneeling for?"
He was in a bad mood, and his tone wasn't gentle at all.
Bai Xiangxiu let out a sigh of relief when she heard the sound of the horse's hooves disappear into the distance.
Fortunately, Xiao Shi caught her. She complained, "Madame Xiu, why did you have to do this?"
"I don't know either."
Too scary. As expected of the male lead. When he got angry, it was as unbearable as it was written in the novel.
Even the female lead was scared, let alone a small supporting female character like her!
Fortunately, the male lead didn't punish her. When she let out a sigh of relief, she felt a chill run down her back. Only then did she realize that she had broken out in a cold sweat.
She was supported by Xiao Shi to send off the old madame. At this time, the old madame also understood that she had made her son unhappy.
She didn't want to get involved in these kinds of matters between men and women. She thought that her son was already obedient to this little girl, but she didn't expect that he still hadn't fallen for her.
This was good. She was relieved.
As for Bai Xiangxiu, she had already prepared everything. She couldn't be blamed for any small mistakes.
Moreover, she was weak. She didn't think too much about it and left the prince's mansion with her servants.
After the Old Madame left, Bai Xiangxiu turned around and saw that the servants' expressions were completely different from before.
It seemed that she had entered a battlefield, a special battlefield.
She secretly clenched her fists. Since she had already accepted the mission, she might as well complete it!
But she didn't expect that the prince's mansion wasn't as simple as she had imagined.
First of all, the Old Madame was in charge of this place.
It was only when the power was in his hands that he realized it was a little tricky.
First of all, you don't just have to have a high literary standard to be in charge of a household, because there are some posts that are so arrogant that you want to beat them up.
He could not be weak in mathematics either. If he did not pay attention to all kinds of accounting, he would not be able to understand it.
She really didn't understand why those madams and young ladies in the books were fighting to be the housekeeper. Did they have too many things in their heads that they had no place to use? Why did they have to worry about such things?
She frowned as she flipped through the account book. When she finally finished half of the account book, she felt that her frown could no longer be relaxed.
Even Shika, who was standing up, was shocked. She walked around the room and glanced at the figure waiting for her in the outer room.
Long Shuting, the head steward of the prince's residence, was one of the countless male supporting characters in the novel.
Because there were simply too many supporting male characters, he simply couldn't make the cut. In the end, the female lead didn't even know that he was secretly in love with her.
This man was not very old. He was about twenty-five or twenty-six years old and had a decent appearance. He was originally a scholar who had fallen behind and was assassinated on his way back to his hometown. He almost lost his life and was later rescued by Long Heng.
Because he still had some skills, he stayed in the residence as a steward. After moving to the new prince's residence, he was promoted to head steward.
Because he had no parents, no one took care of his marriage. Now, he was still alone.
In addition, he had a noble temperament and a bit of the arrogance of a scholar, so it was difficult for ordinary women to enter his eyes.
In fact, the old madam had also mentioned a few maidservants, but they were all rejected by him.
Just now, he brought these account books over, but after looking at them for a while, she felt that this head steward probably looked down on her.
Although the account books he brought were the most recent ones, they were not complete. There was only a copy of the residence's expenses.
Therefore, Bai Xiangxiu was tired from looking at them. Some of the expenses only had a few days written on them and what they were used for. There were no specific details.
There was a screen between the two of them. Bai Xiangxiu walked two circles on the ground and said, "Head Steward, there are only the residence's account books. There are no detailed accounts outside. How do you want me to look at them?"
The teacup in Long Shuting's hand paused. He really did look down on this concubine from the inner courtyard who used her looks to impress others.
In traditional thinking, concubines were nothing more than men's playthings.
He used to be born in a rich and influential family. Later on, his family declined and became like that. If it weren't for Long Heng saving him, he was afraid that he would have lost his life in a foreign land.
Although the old madam had ordered him to temporarily hand over the responsibility of managing the residence to this concubine, he always thought that she had only used her looks to win the Prince's favor. She didn't have any real skills.
Hearing her question, he smiled and said, "Fourth Madam, the account books outside the residence are quite complicated. When the old madam comes back …"
Today was the day to check the accounts every month. Then, she would settle the accounts and see if there was anything wrong. Did he not trust her?
"Since the old madam has handed this matter to me, isn't it inappropriate for the head steward to do this?"
"No, I just don't want you to tire yourself out."
"I'm just afraid that I won't be able to fulfill the old madam's instructions. When the old madam comes back, she'll have to work hard again."
"…"
Long Shuting put down the teacup. The fourth madam's tone was very clear.
She didn't seem like a woman without any achievements. Perhaps he could teach her?
It would be fine if she didn't mess up or criticize him. After all, the matters outside were not something that a woman like her could understand.
Thus, he said, "Then I'll have someone bring it over."
After a while, the account books outside for this month were also sent over.
There were more than a dozen accounts.
Bai Xiangxiu really didn't like to look at them, but there was nothing she could do.
In order to gain the old madam's favor, she could only do what she needed to do. Thus, she began to look at them seriously.
In the process, she washed her face and was dazzled by the number of accounts.
In the end, she finally found the accounts and found that the prince's residence had many properties in the capital. However, some of the expenses were very strange.
She pointed to a page in the middle and said, "Obviously, this shop doesn't save money. Why does it have to be supported by so much money every month?"
Long Shuting didn't expect her to find out and couldn't help but be surprised.
He had done this account book very carefully, and the old madam was also very careful. He didn't expect her to see through it.
Since she asked, he could only say, "Actually, this shop isn't the property of the prince's residence. It's a shop in the old residence after the Long family separated.
However, there aren't many people in the old residence who know how to run a business, so the old madam secretly allocates a sum of money to the shop every month in the hope that they can support themselves and not cause trouble in the prince's residence. "
"Oh, I see."
The old madam was also very troublesome to help them but didn't want others to know about it.
"Prince doesn't know about this, does he?"
Bai Xiangxiu suddenly asked. If Prince knew about it, he wouldn't have tampered with the account books.
At this moment, Long Shuting felt that the fourth madam not only knew how to read account books, but also had a quick mind.
Originally, he wanted to tell her to hide this from the Prince!