Chapter 3 — The Queen Reorganized the Marquis Palace

Just as Thanh Hoa was about to speak, I glanced at him and had to firmly hold back. I turned to ask Manager Zhou: "You say this is delicious lamb?"

“Yes.”

“Just brought it this morning?”

“Yes.”

“So why is the edge of the meat turning gray ash and the tendons are sticky and sticky?

Is this meat left overnight, or dead sheep, you choose one and declare." Suddenly someone in the hall put down their chopsticks. So Nghien angrily scolded: "Stop acting so understanding." I pushed the plate in front of him.

“You eat.”

He didn't move. I continued: "Don't you trust Chu to manage things? Eat for me." Chu's forehead was filled with beads of sweat. So Nhu stood up in panic.

“Quickly move down.

Probably due to a momentary negligence in the kitchen.” I stared at her.

“Momentary negligence?

Yesterday, I just reported money to buy three hundred pounds of delicious lamb, and today I brought dead lamb to the table. I just erased the old penalty and issued him a reward. He repays me with this." Zhou Guan bowed his head continuously.

“Second lady, you are so unfair.

The eldest lady has always looked at the young lady with displeasure. He deliberately chose this moment to insult the poor person, wanting to slap that person in the face." So Nhu bit her lip and turned to look at me.

“Sister, I know you well about these things.

But if you already saw it, why didn't you secretly tell me in advance, instead of making a big deal out of it in front of your grandmother? I laughed out loud.

“You invited me to eat dead sheep meat, and you still blame me for not telling you in advance?”

The old man's face was extremely unsightly. Bui Hanh is still determined to protect So Nhu.

"Nhu Nhi still lacks experience. As a sister, can't you give her a hand?"

“I already helped.”

I pointed to the set of keys on So Nhu's waist, "Yesterday, the transfer of power was written clearly, from now on, new debt, new book." Thanh Hoa finally couldn't bear it anymore.

“Bui The Tu really knows how to be a human being.

When you want to claim your rights, you blame our lady for meddling in other people's affairs. When something happens, you blame your lady for not helping. This fiance of yours is even more fake than the kitchen's barrel of stale rice water." Bui Hanh's face turned pale with anger.

“Be rude!”

I stood up.

“I won't eat this meal.

If you want to eat, feel free.” As soon as he reached the door, a small businessman crawled in.

“Second Miss, it's not done.

In the kitchen, there were three women vomiting and lying on the ground, unable to get up. Ton Tieu Tu also had a stomach ache and writhed, saying that he accidentally tasted that pot of lamb soup this morning. The soup spoon in So Nhu's hand fell clattering to the ground. Zhou Guan's body fell limp to the floor. The old man slammed his chopsticks on the table.

“Look for me now!”

I never turned back. That was the first time, no one dared to scream behind my back to make me apologize. Manager Chu was locked in the firewood room, So Nhu cried all night. The next day, from top to bottom, another wave of public opinion spread from top to bottom. That it wasn't because So Nhu didn't look at people correctly, but because I deliberately refused to remind him, that the incident happened in the kitchen. Thanh Hoa stood cursing in the middle of the courtyard for half an hour.

“Miss, have all the minds of the people in this palace been cheated?

She holds the key, she approves the money, she tolerates the kitchen, and in the end the blame falls on her. on your head?” I put an old silver cup on the table.

“After cursing, go out and find a silversmith.”

“Why are you looking for a silversmith?”

“To check the seal on the bottom of this cup.”

Thanh Hoa picked it up and took a look. The bottom of the cup is engraved with the seal of the Marquis, but at the edge there is a very new grinding mark. Her face changed.

“The items in the treasury room have been swapped?”

“It's not that it was swapped, it was that I took it out and used it first, then bought a cheap product and put it back on.

The manager is just a line in the kitchen, there are still other hands in the warehouse.” Thanh Hoa lowered her voice: "Miss, are you planning to report to the Old Lady?"

“Does she believe it?”

Thanh Hoa was silent. Outside the door came Ngan Hanh's voice.

“Eldest lady, I invite you to Vinh Tho Duong.”

In Vinh Tho Street, it was filled with people sitting. The old lady's face darkened, So Nhu was kneeling on the ground, So Nghien stood next to her, and Bui Hanh was also present. There was also a strange lady, dressed in rich flowers, clutching a handkerchief, crying loudly. So Nghien spoke first: "So Lenh Nghi, please see the good things you do." I asked: “What do I do?” The woman suddenly rushed forward and tried to scratch me. Thanh Hoa reached out to block it decisively. The woman cried: "Dear young lady, my man has worked for the Marquis Palace in shopping for ten years. If there is no merit, there will be hardship. But just because she wanted to regain her housekeeper's rights, she ordered someone to beat him to death. You want to force our whole family to death.” I turned to look at the Old Lady.

“Is Zhou already in charge of death?”

The old man frowned: "What nonsense?" He was just seriously injured.” I asked again: "Who fought?" So Nhu cried and said: "Sister, last night manager Chu in the firewood room was beaten and broke two ribs. His wife said, the petty private who beat you was from your hospital." Thanh Hoa was so angry that he burst out laughing.

“In our hospital there are only four people in total, two maids, one woman, and one old man guarding the door.

Where can I get a small fortune? The woman immediately shouted: "I recognize it, it's the tall, skinny guy who often runs errands for the Eldest Miss." I stared at her.

“What's the name?”

The woman was speechless. So Nghien coldly snorted: "Your person, she is a woman, how can she know her name?" I nodded.

“Then report to the official.”

The whole room suddenly fell silent. So Nhu raised her head suddenly.

“Sister, bad things at home cannot be spread outside.”

I replied: “Breaking two ribs is not a small thing. Only by reporting to the authorities can we investigate clearly.” Bui Hanh was upset.

“Is the Marquis's reputation no longer needed?”

“Didn't you say I hit people?

I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of? So Nghien choked. The woman's eyes rolled back and forth, then suddenly she slapped her thighs.

“You Marquis rely on their power to bully people!

Beat people and then ask to report to the mandarin to oppress us common people." I stepped in front of her.

“Yesterday, Manager Chu was locked in the firewood room, whose hand is the key?”

Ngan Hanh mumbled: "At Nhi Miss's place." So Nhu's face was pale white. I asked again: "Who arranged the guard of the firewood room?" Ngan Hanh bowed her head: "It's also Nhi Miss." I look at So Nhu.

“Your keys, your people, your firewood room.

You were beaten, sister blame me?" So Nhu's tears fell even more fiercely.

“Sister, I didn't say for sure it was you.

It's just that Sister-in-law Chu said so, I can't just leave it alone." I turned to the other woman.

“My sister-in-law Chu, your man stole some money to buy a kitchen. Yesterday he broke down and was seriously injured today.

If the questioning continues, the records are still there, and he gets beaten, who will benefit the most? The muscles on her face twitched. So Nghien angrily roared: "You still want to throw this bowl of dirty water on Nhu Nhi's head?" Suddenly, someone spoke from the door: "It's not Nhi Miss." Everyone turned around. Old Tien stood outside the door, his hat covered in snow, and his hand carrying a tattered canvas shoe. The old man walked in trembling.

“The person who beat people last night, I saw it.

He is the biological nephew of Manager Chu. When he snuck into the firewood room, he was wearing these shoes. While running away, I dropped it in the back alley.” The woman rushed forward to grab it, but Thanh Hoa kicked her and crushed her canvas shoes. Old Tien continued: "He beat and cursed, saying that if Manager Chu opened the meat stall, everyone would die." The old man's expression finally changed. So Nhu grabbed the corner of the table tightly.

“Why are you speaking now?”

Old Tien glanced at me, then looked back at So Nhu.

“I'm afraid.

Yesterday, it was the second lady who let her nephew Chu into the palace, saying that he came to visit the sick." All eyes in the room simultaneously turned to So Nhu. So Nhu shook her head vigorously.

"I was just temporarily soft-hearted, I didn't know he was going to hit someone."

I said: "Of course I don't know." She seemed to be reaching for the straw that saved her life.

“You trust me, sister?”

“No.”