“Miss, up so early?” Qi Qian lifted the outer tent curtain, and Guan Junyun was sitting in front of her dressing table combing her hair. Not wanting people to see her disoriented, she had already put a thin layer of powder and rouge on her face before Qi Qian came in.

　　“Hmm.” It's been a long time since I've had a good night's sleep, since the day I married over.

　　The nightmare had really begun when her mother-in-law had called for a thick ledger to be brought to her, telling her that these were the things she had to be clear about before she could officially receive the pair of cards and the key. The wife of the Prime Minister's residence had to know how to do a good job of celebrating and greeting the officials of the residence with the various families in the capital, ushering in and sending out the foreigners, and to do it all well was only a matter of those few days. After a few days, there were only three months left for her to do it all.

　　In the past, it was my sister-in-law who was doing all this, and at that time, I didn't think that she had so much to do. Instead, she still had the work to talk to herself idly every day, eating snacks and nibbles along the way, and the two of them would look at the needlework they had made for each other. Or maybe sister-in-law had never met her mother-in-law, her own mother, and all she had to do was be nice to her second brother.

　　“Miss?” Qi Qian brought a robe over to put it on her, “Miss has lost a lot of weight, it's only been a few days of work and the newly made clothes are out of shape.”

　　“Thinner is good.” Guan Junyun let her tie the luan tapestry: “Let's go, don't miss the time.”

　　“Slave girl greets ma'am, this is this month's kitchen expenses and account book, please take a look at it.” The kitchen maid hands this month's account book to Guan Junyun, “The slave girl will then pay for this month's silver and rice, please Madam give the slave girl the right cards.”

　　Slowly flipping through the account book in her hand, she twisted her neck uneasily, not daring to move too much. Because there are several bruise marks between the neck, was seen by people still do not know how to say that people are frivolous: “This item of expenditure is wrong, more than one or two hundred taels. Go back and recalculate before you say the matter of silver rice.”

　　Every day is to these, do not need to see all know that one is should have, and which one is more. I really don't know when I started to care so much about the silver money, especially those gift lists of the various houses, they all look like the same thing, and I have to add a few more points of caution before I can be considered not to make a mistake.

　　“Yes.” The cook took back the ledger, a little unconvinced: “The slave girl has already accounted for it several times, how could there be a mistake. I'm afraid it's only because madam is not in charge and doesn't know how expensive firewood and rice are that she said the slave girl overspent.”

　　“Doesn't the house not know how expensive firewood and rice are?!” Raising her eyebrows and looking at her, “Miss has been out of the cabinet for how many days, even if you want to give a copy to the lady you don't have to go through the kitchen's accounts, this silver you added in has been deducted once in the official, how could it appear in the kitchen's accounts!”

　　“This ......” kitchen maid stammered, didn't dare to continue to plead: ”It's the slave girl negligence, ma'am rest your anger.”

　　“Recalculated to come.” I don't want to lose my temper, recently encountered such a thing already can't remember how many times, every time I say something, there will always be someone explicitly and implicitly change the formula to add to the chaos, I don't know if it's not inherently will not be able to harness the subordinates, so are all think people are good to be bullied?

　　“Yes, slave girl knows.” The cook had just retreated, when a slender and curvy woman arrived in front of her, “Slave servant Qin'er greets madam.”

　　“Get up and speak.” Qin'er was the eldest maid who served by Zhuge Chen's side, on the surface, but secretly, she was the status of an unnamed concubine. Guan Junyun never cared about this. Even if Second Brother and Second Sister-in-law were as in love as they were, there weren't still a lot of these people around. Not to mention her, a lady who wasn't even a substitute.

　　“Slave servant returns to your wife's words, the Prime Minister ordered slave servant to come and talk back to your wife, letting you spend five hundred taels of silver from the account office and hand it over to slave servant.” Qin'er retreated to the side, the corners of her mouth swirling with a slight smile.

　　“Five hundred taels of silver for what make?” Guan Junyun looked up at her, “Since the Prime Minister ordered you to come back to withdraw the silver, give me the Prime Minister's waist plate and hand sign. With these two items, I will naturally let you go to the account office to withdraw the silver.”

　　“The prime minister ordered the slave girl to come back to withdraw the silver, naturally there is a use for the prime minister. If madam wants to ask, she should naturally ask the prime minister, how would slave girl know.” Qin'er was emboldened to top it back.

　　“In that case, without both a waist tag and the Prime Minister's handwriting, this silver cannot be given to you.” Qin'er relied on Zhuge Chen to favor her, usually speaking and acting arrogantly was notorious, and did not want to get angry over this small matter.

　　“Mrs. so petty what to do, and is not to make your family's silver! The prime minister back to the house naturally will talk to the lady, this silver is used to what place!” Qin'er sees that Guan Junyun is ignoring her and continues to clamor: “If it were the princess, the prime minister would have told her what to do with it!”

　　“How dare you!” Even if one doesn't bother with maids and handmaidens, by no means does it mean that one doesn't have a temper. Looking around at these people waiting for a reply, the maid servant poses a look of watching a good show, “Sister, can there be a rule in this mansion for a maid servant to contradict madam?”

　　“Madam forgive me, the old slave went to look at the rules and regulations in the house.” Sister Li was stunned for a moment, seemingly not expecting Guan Junyun to inquire about her.

　　“Could it be that when your mother-in-law asked you something, you also went to look at the rules of the house? If that's the case, I'm afraid granny doesn't have the time to wait for you to reply, right?” Guan Junyun smiled slightly, the smile at the corner of her mouth immediately converged: “Give me Qin'er to drag her down and reward her with twenty mouths. When you learn the rules of how to talk back and speak, come back to me as an errand boy.”

　　Qi Qian immediately agreed, the people who had followed her from home in the past few days were fed up with all this wronged and idle anger. Many things could not be the same, and especially the moment he called out Guan Cuiyun's name between the beds, everything was clear. If this life was to go on like this, why should he condemn himself?

　　“Qin'er doesn't know much about the rules, but she shouldn't have contradicted Madam. Please forgive her this time for the Prime Minister's sake.” Sister Li looked like she had moved for real and hurried over to plead for mercy. When she spoke, her tone was much softer than her previous hardness and indifference.

　　“Sister pleaded for her?” Guan Junyun raised one eyebrow, “Just now, when she contradicted me like that, has Sister ever reprimanded her for her disrespect? Since Grandmother knew she was wrong and didn't know the rules, she still stood by and didn't ask any questions. Doesn't that mean that Grandma doesn't know the rules either? You're the oldest grandma by my mother-in-law's side, you wouldn't even know the rules and etiquette!”

　　A few words caused Sister Li's face to turn red and white, and she didn't dare to continue to speak out but instead knelt down. She turned her head and didn't even look at her, “Take Qin'er down and reward her with twenty slaps on the mouth. If she does it again, she will not be forgiven.”

　　“Madam, the slave girl is just saying two sentences of truth that madam finds unpleasant to hear, and then she feels that she is not being used. If it were true madam, would old madam have given madam a deadline of three months!” Qin'er was Sister Li's inner niece, this was what Qi Qian said. Those servants were in Sister Li's way, and no one was willing to escort Qin'er down with Qi Qin. Relying on Zhuge Chen's favor, Qin'er was emboldened to speak the truth that was clear in everyone's heart.

　　Guan Junyun looked up at the people surrounding him, the corner of his mouth curling slightly, “Reward her with forty mouths, and if she says it again, it will be sixty.” Crossing over to Sister Li by her side, she looked at Sister Lin, who had accompanied her in marriage, “Sister, since it's so many people who won't do anything about it, we'll only have to trouble Sister to do it herself.”

　　Sister Lin understood and didn't immediately go over, instead she wanted to see whether this Qin'er wanted to add a few more mouths to her face. If she really thought that her own young lady was easy to bully, I'm afraid she really didn't know how to die.

　　Qin'er saw that Sister Lin didn't do anything, more and more is self-righteous: “Slave girl is just telling the truth.”

　　“Sixty, and then leather her silver rice for the month.” Guan Junyun hand waved, Sister Lin promised, walked to Qin'er in front of the raised hand is a slap, Qin'er face seems to be puffed up buns, suddenly red and swollen. Qin'er covered her face, bright red blood stains oozing from the corner of her mouth, “Bring it down.” Guan Junyun looked at Sister Lin: “Don't miss a beat, if you miss a beat I'll hold you accountable.”

　　“Slave servant wouldn't dare.” Sister Lin nodded her head in agreement, and the two maidservants following behind Sister Lin dragged Qin'er out of the flower hall.