Zhao Feng sighed softly in his heart. Although he had known for a long time that there might be something wrong with the housekeeper, he didn't expect that she didn't even want him to have a good meal.
So Zhao Feng put down his chopsticks, looked up at the butler, and smiled.
"If you have anything to say, just say it. Your Highness, you don't have to hide it from me. Only by knowing your situation here can I help you and me better."
Hearing this, Zhou Tong still felt a little embarrassed. After all, how could any princess still owe money to outsiders?
The housekeeper looked at Zhao Feng with some gratitude and pretended to be embarrassed.
"Mr. Zhao, I left the capital relatively early, so I have never heard of Mr. Zhao's name. But since Mr. Zhao has come to help Her Royal Highness, I think there must be a way."
"To be honest, since it takes a lot of money to take care of such a large manor, the government's finances have been in deficit year after year. In order to persevere, we had no choice but to borrow a large amount of money from several wealthy households in the town. A pen of silver.”
"And the money still has interest, so now the money owed is increasing, reaching more than 100,000 taels!"
After hearing his words, Zhou Tong's face turned red with embarrassment. He lowered his head to pick up the food with chopsticks, not daring to look up at Zhao Feng at all.
Zhao Feng looked at Zhou Tong's appearance and then saw a cunning light in the butler's eyes. He already understood what was going on and asked with a smile.
"So that's the case, but I heard that Her Royal Highness the Princess also has a lot of fields, so how could she be in such a shortfall?"
The butler pretended to sigh, seeming helpless.
"Mr. Zhao, you don't know that the harvest of the land owned by Her Royal Highness is not good, and most of them are poor fields, and some of them cannot grow crops at all."
"So we all rely on Her Highness the Princess's salary to live. In this way, we have dismissed many of the maids in the mansion. Now there are only less than 20 people left. As for the servants and the like, we have invited It’s amazing!”
Zhao Feng couldn't help but laugh. He was really dumbfounded by this butler.
A dignified princess, and as the most favored little princess by His Majesty today, her life should be like this. Isn't this the most ridiculous thing in the world?
Seeing Zhao Feng's expression, the housekeeper frowned slightly and said straightforwardly.
"It's almost time to repay the money next month. I wonder how much salary Her Royal Highness has gotten back this time?"
When Zhou Tong heard this, he raised his head in a panic.
"I, I didn't get my salary this time."
When the butler heard this, he immediately raised his eyebrows, and then said with his hands on his hips.
"Your Highness Princess, you clearly know the situation here, why didn't you ask Your Majesty to give you more money this time?"
"How should we pay back the money next month? If we can't pay back the money, I'm afraid we will have to use the land to pay off the debt!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Tong was immediately scolded, but he lowered his head in shame.
When Zhao Feng saw this, he didn't know who was the master and who was the servant for a moment. He couldn't help but lightly knocked on the table, looked up at the butler and said.
"As a housekeeper in the mansion, you actually talk to Her Royal Highness like this. Do you really think I don't exist?"
When the housekeeper heard that Zhou Tong didn't get the money back, he didn't bother to negotiate with Zhao Feng and said directly.
"Aren't I the only one to bear all the expenses in the house?"
"You are good at making sarcastic remarks. If you have the ability, think about how to pay back the money next month!"
Zhao Feng couldn't help laughing, stood up slowly, and stared at the housekeeper closely.
"I'll say it again, Princess Jinyang is the master of this mansion. No matter what, it's not your turn to scold her. Apologize to Her Royal Highness immediately!"
Zhou Tong raised his head and looked at Zhao Feng in surprise, but Zhao Feng stared at the housekeeper without any doubt.
The housekeeper curled his lips and said to Zhou Tong reluctantly.
"Your Highness, I really don't know where you found this person. He is so unruly!"
Zhao Feng was immediately laughed out of anger and suddenly shouted.
"Somebody come!"
Two servants walked in immediately outside. These two servants were brought by Zhao Feng from his own home and were responsible for taking care of Zhao Feng's food, daily life and daily affairs.
They didn't care whether the woman was the housekeeper of the princess's house or not, they all listened to Zhao Feng's words.
"You, what are you going to do?"
The housekeeper was startled by Zhao Feng's posture. She didn't expect that someone here would dare to deny her face.
Zhao Feng said coldly.
"I just gave you one last chance, Palm!"
The two servants behind Zhao Feng immediately stepped forward and one of them grabbed the butler's arms, using them like scissors. The other person behind him rounded his arms and suddenly slapped the butler in the face.
"Snapped!"
"ah!"
Just one slap made the butler's face turn red. The left side of his face was visibly raised, and his hair was pulled away. He looked at Zhao Feng with disheveled hair and an extremely resentful look.
Zhao Feng said calmly.
"I tell you, I don't care what happened before, but now that I'm here, I will never allow an evil servant like you to bully Her Highness the Princess."
"If you don't know how to talk to your master next time, I'll let you know how to write prison in prison!"
The housekeeper's eyes widened in shock. He finally gave in to Zhao Feng's momentum, lowered his head and cried to Zhou Tong.
"Your Highness, I, I was wrong!"
"Please, Your Highness Princess, forgive me!"
Zhou Tong was obviously a little soft-hearted. He also stood up at this time and secretly pulled Zhao Feng's sleeves. His face was frightened and panicked.
Zhao Feng turned his head, patted Zhou Tong's arm gently, and said comfortingly.
"Your Highness, there is no need to be afraid anymore. When I am here in the future, I will not let people like her bully you at will."
"I'll figure out how to pay for next month. It just so happens that your dividends from me can also be paid in advance."
Zhou Tong looked at Zhao Feng in surprise, and the housekeeper was let go by Zhao Feng's two servants at this time, muttering in a low voice.
"How much money can you get from dividends?"
Zhao Feng heard this clearly and turned around and said calmly.
"It's really not much, just seventy or eighty thousand taels of silver!"
The housekeeper's eyes suddenly widened and he looked at Zhao Feng in disbelief.
Even Zhou Tong couldn't help but be surprised. If she had known that there were so many dividends from Zhao Feng, she wouldn't have needed to ask Zhao Feng to come over. This money alone would be enough for her to eat and drink!
Zhao Feng waved his hand and asked the butler to leave, then sat down with a normal expression and prepared to continue eating.
