37. Take back the right to be the head of the family 1
Perhaps because he drank some wine, Wei Zijin, who was not sleepy at first, actually slept very peacefully this time.
Early the next morning, when Minister Shen Rui came back from the morning court, Wei Zijin asked Qiaoxiang to report to Shen Rui, telling Shen Rui that he had read the account book, but there were still some things he didn't understand, and wanted to summon everyone in the house Go to the main hall to discuss something.
Shen Rui didn't expect that Wei Zijin actually had the ability to read the account books. Although he was a little surprised, he still agreed to Wei Zijin's request. He actually wanted to see what other abilities his wife had that he didn't know about!
After breakfast, everyone was called to the main hall. In addition to Shen Rui and Luoyang King Xiao Jingyao, there were also several other concubines and steward Liu.
The third lady Lu Xiyun and the fourth lady Liu Yiyi were both waiting to see Wei Zijin's joke, so they came to the main hall early, stood next to the second lady Lin Xueyao and whispered: "Huh, I don't believe she can see what's wrong!"
Liu Yiyi also snorted coldly. She had not yet settled the previous debt with Wei Zijin. Even if Wei Zijin was embarrassed today, she would never let go of the opportunity to plot against Wei Zijin!
Only the second lady, Lin Xueyao, did not sneer in a low voice like Lu Xiyun and Liu Yiyi. Instead, she looked solemn. It was not until Lu Xiyun called her several times that Lin Xueyao came back to her senses. Faced with Lu Xiyun's confused eyes, she reluctantly smiled and said: " Since the eldest lady is so confident, maybe she really can’t say anything!”
After Lin Xueyao said this, her palms holding the handkerchief were already wet with sweat. In order to avoid being targeted by interested people these days, she did not even dare to go to Butler Liu. Although Butler Liu asked someone to reassure her, she always felt that Wei Zijin Know something!
When everyone arrived, Shen Rui, the head of the family, slowly spoke: "Everyone and the prince are here today. If you find out anything, just tell me!"
"Before I explain the problem with the account book, there is something I would like to ask you to take a look at..." Wei Zijin winked at Qiao Xiang beside him, and Qiao Xiang handed a messy account book to Shen Rui.
"What is this?" Shen Rui looked down at the messy scribbles on the ledger, frowned slightly, and asked in a deep voice.
"Don't worry, sir. This ledger is useless. After I got the permission to audit the accounts that day, I kept writing down the ledgers in my room that night. But I didn't expect that someone would sneak into my yard at night and try to destroy those ledgers... …Fortunately, I put away the original ledger and left only a copy on the table, so the copy was painted like this!"
Wei Zijin narrated what happened that night, his tone remained calm as usual, but the faces of Butler Liu and the boy beside him, Lai Wang, changed slightly.
Shen Rui also looked surprised, raised his eyebrows and asked: "Oh? Such a thing could happen? Who is so bold and dares to destroy the account book?"
Wei Zijin didn't know if Shen Rui had already guessed something, but since he was willing to ask, she didn't have to hide anything. She turned her eyes to the housekeeper Liu Zheng and said slowly: "Then I'm going to ask the housekeeper Liu... …”
Liu Zheng's heart tightened, and he tried his best to sneer calmly: "I don't understand what Madam means, how could I know this?"
"Steward Liu, does the tuberose smell good?" Wei Zijin asked lightly. Liu Zheng was shaken and lowered his eyes with a guilty conscience. He did not dare to meet Wei Zijin's eyes and just said hesitantly: "Old slave... No…I don’t know…”