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Marquis was a quick person, once he made the decision to punish Accountant Li, he would immediately send someone to send a half-dead Accountant Li to the manor. Whether he died or lived it would be up to fate, Manager Wang did not utter a single word, because the decision of the Marquis was not to be questioned.

The Marquis knew all about the tricks of the Gu family's second house, so he did not need the Aunt Fang to divulge it to him. If he wanted to throw away the burden of the second house, he needed this kind of excuse that would not show his face, so the Aunt Fang was making a mistake.

Xie Jingxi's fire was clearly telling the Marquis that the inner courtyard of Marquis Mansion was truly unclean, and as for how it would decide, it would depend on how the Marquis dealt with the burning of flames. He chose to punish the Accountant Li, and that would be equivalent to knocking out a mountain and shaking a tiger, which also clearly told everyone that he understood the intricacies of the inner courtyard.

The account that was not made public was like a sharp sword hanging above everyone's heads, it was just like a complete mess! Because the head was not clean, there was definitely more than just the Accountant Li, thus, when the Grand Mistress burnt out, it seemed to burn away all the hidden dangers in everyone's heart, many people secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and they all understood in their hearts that the Accountant Li was not the only person who did not cause any trouble, and from then on, no one mentioned the Accountant Li anymore.

After that, Fang Dai held onto his chest and felt a bit of lingering fear, "Madam, if you want to burn it, at least inform me. I heard that you personally went to burn the accounts room, and were so scared that your soul almost disappeared.

Xie Jingxi was not afraid at all. She knew that the Marquis would not do anything to her, which was why she dared to impulsively make a bet. However, this matter was far from over.

She only found out about Manager Wang's identity later on, and was even more curious about the story between Lady Ji and Gu Yun back then. However, she was not stupid enough to ask who, and since Gu Yun did not tell her, then it meant that she should not know about it yet.

It was just that this ex-husband of his died before Lady Zeng managed to get married into the Marquis Mansion. Lady Zeng had made the decision to marry the Accountant Li to Manager Wang back then, probably because he wanted to curry favor with him, because Manager Wang was an old friend of the Lady Ji and the Marquis was very important to him. On the other hand, the Lady Zeng was connected to the Marquis Mansion in order to grasp it as soon as possible.

It was just that no one had noticed that Accountant Li, this short-lived ex-husband, was actually a subordinate of Lady Zeng's cousin. And this cousin was none other than Lady Zou's biological mother.

This seemed to explain the motive of Accountant Li with difficulty. As an accountant, she had to use corruption as his own account, and even hide this from his own man, it was not really logical. The only explanation was that there was another owner behind this person, and this person was most likely the Lady Zou.

The reason why she was said to be interesting was because there were too many riddles on her body. Everyone knew that the second house lacked silver, and it was reasonable that the head of the Lady Zou was not easy to scrape some silver from her hands, but to be able to reach the Marquis Mansion without being noticed for so many years was not something that an ordinary person could do.

Moreover, with just that insignificant connection that she had with Accountant Li, she was able to bribe her for so many years. Just thinking about it made her feel that it was unimaginable, was it because of her mastery of skills or some other hidden secret, it was unknown whether that was true or not. Furthermore, Xie Jingxi thought that the plan she made was definitely not that simple.

Before Xie Jingxi took charge of the house, his Marquis Mansion had always been controlled by her. Let's not talk about how long her Lady Zeng had told her to fool around, but once his Marquis Mansion was exchanged for a new clan head's daughter-in-law, the first thing she would face would definitely be an account check. However, Xie Jingxi was different from him. The Lady Zou obviously could not take the risk and wait for Xie Jingxi to notice anything, so she had already taken the initiative to attack from the very beginning. Once Xie Jingxi was hit by her techniques, it would definitely cause the Marquis and the Lady Zeng to be dissatisfied with her, and from then on, they would end up like Xie Jingqi.

Xie Jingxi remembered that in her previous life, after she had moved into the courtyard, Lady Zeng had invited Lady Zou to help her with the management team. Lady Zou was well-placed to be a housekeeper, and had gained the trust of the Lady Zeng.

This also showed that the way Xie Jingxi had taken action back then was not because of Lady Zeng's orders, nor was it purely a matter of protecting her mother, but rather, it was controlled from the back by the Lady Zou. No one knew how she would control these mothers, but in short, she had already started to control this situation since a long time ago.

The more chaotic the Marquis Mansion was, the more Marquis would not just let it go. For Aunt Fang to not have any peace at home right after the Aunt Fang had come up was a violation of the great taboo for Marquis, so Marquis was not happy, but there was no possibility for Aunt Fang to have a master in the future, thus Lady Zou's plan was a success.

That was why Xie Jingxi suspected that the Lady Zou had purposefully revealed his weak points in order to lure them into her trap. The flaws in her words were seen through so easily by the Aunt Fang, it did not match with her large plan at all. That was to say, the amount of silver that the Lady Zou had actually taken away was more than just this, or perhaps it was more than just that.

Since that was the case, could Xie Jingqi's difficult to bear baby and her two children's premature death be related to the Lady Zou? What was the Lady Zou's ambition?

Xie Jingxi said to Fang Dai: "Send some people to watch that Medicine Hall house of Young Grandma Zou and see who they are secretly in contact with, and even investigate the source of the medicinal herbs."

"Madam, do you really suspect that there's a problem with Young Mistress Zou?"

"It's not that she's suspicious, it's that she's certain. She's a person with a deep mind, you shouldn't underestimate her."

Fang Dai nodded her head seriously, "I understand Madam. Do you know anything about Young Mistress Zou in the Marquis?"

"Even if Marquis doesn't know now, he will know sooner or later. If he handles Accountant Li like this, maybe he would sense something?"

Marquis can be said to handle matters stably, after taking care of Accountant Li, he turned around and went to remind Lady Zeng, "Don't use Aunt Fang, don't make a mistake, she's just an aunt, she was just obediently staying in the backyard to give birth to a child, don't make a ruckus everywhere, don't think that I don't know what you're thinking, even if Second Brother's wife is useless, she won't be able to do it!"

"I know what you mean, but I have to bring up a woman in Heng`er's house. Aunt Fang is not bad, I'm afraid it's a pity."

As long as Marquis didn't nod, unfortunately, there was no other way. Lady Zeng could only force Senior Servant Liu to say a few words to Aunt Fang, and from time to time, when there was nothing to do, she would just walk around and peacefully bear children in the house.

Right after the good show with the Aunt Fang ended, Gu Heng came back. Without waiting for him to go to the backyard, the Marquis had already called him over to the study to ask.

"You've settled the matter with the Yuecao Hall?"

Gu Heng looked to have decreased quite a bit, it seems that the matter was done in a tortuous manner and was not going smoothly, "It's basically cleaned up, after the recent trend, the reopening of the southern branch families should not be a problem, it's just that the losses during this period of time might not be small."

Marquis muttered to himself, "For the accounts outside, when you settle the accounts at the end of the year, you will only let your sister-in-law know, and ask her to send someone to follow you. As for the other matters, they will also be related to your second uncle's family.

Gu Heng was stunned, "Father, you are giving the entire family account to Jing … "Elder sister-in-law, what happened to our family?"

Marquis glanced at him, "Your mother is too old and doesn't have the energy to manage the affairs of your family. Your sister-in-law knows better than you, what's going on outside might as well be understood by you, it's better to let her help out with the matters outside, the house has been changed by me, I will leave everything inside and outside to your sister-in-law, you can know what's in your heart."

"The accounts have been changed? Could it be that there is a problem with the Accountant Li? "

"The aunt in your room found out that the Accountant Li used the money to make a fake debt in Greedy Mo Residence and exchanged it with me as the referee." The Marquis looked at him, "Don't be too careless towards those women in your house, they all have big thoughts. You have to know for yourself."

Gu Heng was completely confused by Marquis's words. When he came out to ask the manager a few times, he finally understood what happened and that it was Aunt Fang taking advantage of him not being a demon and wanted to go to the yard to teach her a lesson. Only, Gu Heng did not know, that when he was in front of the door, a spark almost lit up in his backyard.

When the Aunt Fang heard Senior Servant Liu's so-called suggestion, she was filled with anger and unwillingness. Not only did she fail to get any benefits, even the Lady Zeng was too far away from her.

The front yard was where his study met guests, the back yard was where the Second Young Mistress lived, and the Aunt Fang's house was a small room located in the middle of the front yard. Usually, Gu Heng would not go to his study, and the Second Young Mistress had an aura that prevented people from entering, thus the range of movement for the Aunt Fang was really limited.

Even Yue Wen had more authority than her, at least Yue Wen could enter and exit the study casually, since Aunt Fang didn't like it, but since she didn't get the chance to go, it just so happened that when Gu Heng wasn't around, the Aunt Fang full of unwillingness wanted to go to the study room to take a look.

Aunt Fang was stopped outside the door by the attendant, who said politely: "Please wait, our Second Young Master has instructed that no one is to enter the study room, so we are sorry, please go back."

"I just have nothing else to do, I just came over to look for a book to read, that's all. I will not cause trouble for Second Young Master, when he comes back, I will honestly tell him, I will not blame you, can you agree to it?"

"This … Aunt Fang has never had such a precedent. It's best if you don't make things difficult for us."

Just as she was about to say something, the door opened, and Yue Wen walked out: "Is there something wrong with Aunt Fang?"

understood and said: "If Aunt Fang wants to read, Yue Wen will bring some books for you, but if you don't have any in Second Young Master's study, I'm afraid that it's impossible for you to relieve your boredom. If you want to hear about Grand Mistress having a lot of books, it's better if you go and take a look at her."

Without mentioning Xie Jingxi, she was already angered when she heard Aunt Fang. She saw that Yue Wen stood there like she was at home, and her tone carried some unhappiness, "Miss Yue Wen, although Second Young Master told you to wait in the study room, she did not say that you should not stay inside during the day and night, and since Second Young Master is not here, what are you spending all day doing? Don't you feel so stifled?"

Yue Wen said: Aunt Fang, can you not be so harsh with your words? Second Young Master has allowed me to serve in the study, where else can I go? Even if he isn't here, I still have to clean up.

Yue Wen turned around and was about to enter the study room to close the door when she was suddenly grabbed by the Aunt Fang, "What face! Who allowed you to step down?!"

While he was shoving, Aunt Fang could not stand steadily, and subconsciously pushed Yue Wen's hand, and then, with a "bang" sound, Yue Wen's head knocked against the door.