After a while, a well-dressed middle-aged woman with a kind face entered the room.
"Mother Qin!"
When Taoye and the others saw the visitor, they hurriedly bowed.
"Mother Qin, who is in charge of this big kitchen now?"
Gu Yunqing asked directly without waiting for the person in front of him to bow.
"The old lady gave it to Aunt Luo a few days ago. The manager Cao who is in charge of purchasing was recently appointed by Aunt Luo!"
Mother Qin replied without thinking.
"It's Luo's people again!"
There was obvious disgust on Gu Yunqing's face.
Madam hates Aunt Luo, and Taoye and others, including Mother Qin, have become accustomed to her.
Tao Ye is the latest to enter the house here, but I have heard it mentioned by others that Aunt Luo's second son, the Fourth Young Master, died before he was one year old. The Duke of Guo did not know why he blamed the incident on his wife, and faced his wife who was about to give birth. There was a big fire, and the fifth young master almost couldn't be born safely.
But for Taoye now, Madam's grudge against Aunt Luo can help her succeed.
"Go to the big kitchen in person and ask Na Tian's mother about the misappropriation of Yang's courtyard. If these people make things up out of thin air, they will be dealt with according to the rules of the house!"
When the Duke of Jing was in the hands of the previous old Duke, the rules were strict. However, since the old Duke passed away and the Cao family took over the power of the mansion, the rules in the palace began to become chaotic.
"yes!"
"Miss Taoye and Madam must have said this. Why don't you let me go out with you so that I can ask for more details?"
Qin's mother was so blessed, but she glanced at Tao Ye and Gu Yunqing who were standing below and said.
"Then come together!"
"yes!"
Taoye took the small box containing the agate earrings handed to her by Biyun and followed Qin's mother.
"Girl, please tell me what you know in detail so that I can have a good idea!"
Walking on the path to the big kitchen, Qin's mother asked casually.
"Forgive me, Mother Qin. It turns out that this servant got the news because of an old relationship with Mother Tian from the big kitchen. He Hua who came to deliver the letter said that it was Manager Cao who was in charge of purchasing in the big kitchen because Tian's mother misappropriated the goat's milk from Aunt Yang's portion. And he lined his own pockets and suppressed people!"
"He Hua also said that Mother Tian and Manager Cao had a dispute over ginseng! The servant was injured first because of his injury. Madam rewarded the servant with one more soup a day. Yesterday's ginseng chicken soup tasted particularly strange."
Taoye told the whole story, and Qin's mother listened with a smile, but didn't ask a single question.
"Aunt Yang is not in good health. I remember that this goat's milk slave was also rewarded by Madam. Manager Cao pointed to Tian's mother and moved Aunt Yang's share to the Fifth Young Master's yard and spread it to everyone in the house. The slave was afraid that it would be spoiled. Madam and Fifth Young Master’s reputation!”
"But this slave was indeed willing to get involved in this matter out of selfish motives in the first place!"
Taoye stopped and was about to salute Qin's mother, but someone lifted her arm.
"Even if I have selfish motives, I still think of my master first!"
When Qin's mother was in the main hospital, she admired Taoye's neatness in doing things, her ability to make advances and retreats, and her ability to make her wife happy.
Calling people out today is just a test.
She had watched the fifth young master grow up. When he was young, he had a hard time because of the partiality of the Duke and the old lady.
But Tao Ye's words just now were unabashed, generous and neat. Although she had some small thoughts of her own, she still liked her.
He has a good nature and is smart, no wonder the fifth young master loves him so much.
"Girl, please go back first, I can go there alone!"
When they reached the fork in the road, Qin's mother stopped letting Tao Ye follow.
"Thank you Qin mother for your consideration!"
Taoye thanked her knowingly.
After walking for a while, Taoye breathed out softly. Qin's mother was not someone who was easily fooled, but judging from the look on her face, she probably didn't have any grudge against her.
After all, Mother Qin is not only deeply trusted by his wife, but also has a great status in the heart of the fifth young master.
She must not leave a bad impression.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
Turning a corner of the courtyard wall, Taoye almost bumped into someone. Fortunately, she took a step back in time.
"Taoye has met the third young master!"
Taoye saw the appearance of the person clearly and hurriedly stabilized her body and bowed.
But this salute made the person in front of him even more embarrassed. He wanted to signal her to excuse herself, but he seemed to be afraid of reaching out and touching her, so his face turned slightly red: "It's... the person next to the fifth brother, no need to So polite, get up!"
Rong Wen said and stepped back a little, keeping a full step away from Tao Ye.
"Thank you, Third Young Master!"
Taoye stepped aside a little to make way in the middle.
Rong Wen nodded nervously to Tao Ye and walked over quickly, the thing on her right hand dangling in front of Tao Ye's eyes.
Taoye looked at it casually. What the third young master had in his hand looked like medicine, but the paper wrapped outside was not the kind commonly used in the house. Was it specially caught from outside the house?
Aunt Yang is weak and often needs to take medicine, but after all, she is considered the master of the house, and the house can provide her with tonics and the like.
Taoye was confused, and then remembered what happened in the big kitchen today, and felt something was wrong.
But I couldn't think of anything at once.
I thought about it all the way back to the yard, then went to the back to see Nayun and her daughter, and chatted with them for a while.
After lunch, Lotus brought good news to Taoye, Tian's mother had been released.
"Sister, I don't know, but Mother Qin is capable of doing her job, but she found out the matter in a while. Manager Cao is also bold, but within ten days of taking office, he was greedy for these things, and even dared to buy fake ginseng. The rest of the accounts were in the red of hundreds of taels of silver!"
…
Tao Ye just listened quietly to He Hua's sigh, thinking that Aunt Luo was originally a maid beside the old lady. She had no wealth and relied on the favor of the Duke of Guo to gain a foothold in the house. Some will not be rewarded with much money.
You can't use money to pave the way, and most of the servants in the house are from the same family, so it is difficult to tame them.
And although the madam doesn't care about anything, she still has an old lady on top of her, including the concubine left by the late madam. If she wants these people below to work for her, she has to endure their greed.
But she probably didn't expect that Manager Cao was such a careless person.
The inner court.
In a quiet and simple courtyard to the west.
"Don't worry, Auntie. Although Manager Cao was promoted by you, the things he embezzled have nothing to do with you. Even if Mother Qin finds out, what will happen?"
"Besides, is there still an old lady on your side?"
"I'll look for a new one in a while..."
The person sitting on the chair had a frosty look on his face, and a second-class maid named Gingko next to him was carefully comforting her. But mid-sentence, she met a cold gaze and was about to kneel down on the ground.
"Everyone get out!"
