Chapter 263: Small abacus

Aunt Sun was a little nervous.
But Gu Jiu's next sentence dispelled her worries.
"I wonder where is the list prepared by the lady? Can you give me a look."
"cocoa……"
Aunt Sun took out a folded piece of paper from her arms and spread it out with densely written names on it.
"Madame, please have a look."
Gu Jiu smiled and accepted the list.
On the paper, the handwriting is beautiful, like a little girl.
She looked at Aunt Sun, "Is this written by Auntie?"
Aunt Sun subconsciously wanted to shake her head, then she recovered, and nodded quickly, "It was written by the slave servant."
Gu Jiu smiled and lied instead of drafting. How did she hear that Aunt Sun was illiterate, but her daughter Chunjuan could read and write.
However, Gu Jiu did not reveal Aunt Sun.
She first looked at the names on this list.
Oops, it's incredible. The names in front are all the big maids who Liu Zhao uses. The names of Shiqin, Shiqi and others are all on it.
Chunjuan wanted to take this opportunity to exclude dissidents.
Gu Jiu put away the list and said with a smile to Aunt Sun: "Auntie is really loyal. Don't worry, I will consider your list carefully."
When Aunt Sun heard this, she felt happy.
She enthusiastically suggested to Gu Jiu, "If the lady is inconvenient to do, this matter can be handed over to the servants. The servants promised to drive all the little hooves out of the house, so as not to ruin the atmosphere in the courtyard."
Gu Jiu said with a smile: "Don't bother my auntie about this matter. The little Huangmen around this lady are worried that they have nothing to do. Let them exercise this time."
"Madam is very thoughtful. Then, the slave and maid will leave first?"
"Xiao Cui, give me a gift for my lady."
"Good! Auntie, please go here."
Xiao Cui helped Aunt Sun and sent her out.
Qingmei laughed, "Madam, Aunt Sun is very selfish."
Madam Fang said, "Looking at the servant girl, this list was not made by Aunt Sun, but by Chun Juan's dead girl."
"Sister Fang's eyes are like torches." Gu Jiu smiled, lit the list by candles and threw it in the brazier to ashes.
Qiaomei was surprised, "Even if you don't use this list, Madam can use it as a reference."
Gu Jiu shook his head, "You don't need to refer to this list. Whoever is to be abolished, this lady believes that the son must have a claim. Have everything packed up?"
"Packed up."
"Then go."
Get on the carriage at Ermen, leave the palace, and go directly to Zongzheng Temple to the west.
When I arrived at Zongzheng Temple, it was not the official official who was familiar with the previous two times, but a strange young official.
"The next official has seen Mrs. Zhao."
Gu Jiu was surprised. She looked at the young official in front of her, "Do you know this lady?"
The young clerk laughed, "The officer once drank his wife's wedding wine."
Huh?
Gu Jiu couldn't help but look at each other carefully.
In his twenties, young, needless, and well-groomed. Looking at the shoes he is wearing, his family should be good.
But there is no such person in her memory.
The little official did not sell Guanzi, and said directly: "The official name is Chen, Chen Chongwei."
Gu Jiu suddenly realized, "It turned out to be Cousin Chen. How could Cousin Chen be a errand here?"
The Chen family, the deceased old lady Gu's natal family, and the grandfather's home of Master Gu. There are still contacts between the two, but it is limited to the generation of Mr. Gu.
By the generation of Gu Jiu, there are very few contacts. Perhaps the eldest brother Gu Ban is familiar with the Chen family after all.
But the people in the second room, with the exception of Mr. Gu, have never dealt with the Chen family.
She remembered that when she got married, Master Gu did invite the Chen family to have a wedding wine.
Chen Chongwei said: "I have been in the Shaofu government since two years ago. Half a month ago, I came to Zongzheng Temple under the orders of the Neicheng of the Shaofu. Mrs. Zhao came to see Gongzizhao, please here."
"Trouble, Cousin Chen. How are you doing these days?"
Chen Chongwei led the way and said, "Except for being unable to leave the hospital, everything else is fine."
Gu Jiu asked again: "Has anyone been to Zongzheng Temple recently?"
Chen Chongwei said casually: "The thirteenth princes and all the people in the fifteenth princes' mansion have been here. In addition, the palace has also sent someone over.
Oh?
Did the emperor plan to release people?
"Here. Please go inside, Mrs. Zhao, the official will not go in."
Gu Jiu nodded, "Thank you Cousin Chen."
"Madam Zhao is polite."
Deng Cunli stayed and talked with Chen Chongwei.
Gu Jiu walked into the courtyard with his servants.
The old locust tree was bare when it came last time. This time, new shoots have grown.
Gu Jiu suddenly laughed.
"Madam? Madam is here!"
Xiao Si Ximo exclaimed with excitement on his face.
The door of the main house opened from the inside, and the servant Lin Shuping walked out.
"See Madam."
"How good is the son?"
"The son is waiting for his wife inside."
Gu Jiu stepped forward and walked into the main house.
Liu Zhao sat on the floor, writing hard before the case.
Without lifting his head, he asked directly: "It's not the first day of the new year, but you are here, but something happened in the palace?"
Gu Jiu sat down on the ground and sat down opposite Liu Zhao.
She glanced at what Liu Zhao wrote, which seemed to be a policy argument.
She said: "I've come here once in a while, you don't even look at it.
Liu Zhao smiled, the tenderness in his eyes seemed to overflow.
He stopped writing, finally willing to look up at Gu Jiu, "Are you jealous?"
Gu Jiu rolled his eyes directly, "I'm not a careful woman, I'm jealous all day long."
Said it was not careful.
Humph!
In Liu Zhao's mind, Gu Jiu is the most discerning woman.
He held Gu Jiu's hand and really missed it.
"Come here at this time, is it because the mansion is out of money?"
Gu Jiu pursed his lips and smiled, "You are really a clever calculation, the mansion is indeed out of money. The father and mother decided to cut the cost, but also to lay off the staff. Each courtyard will have to abolish 10% of the manpower. I will come to ask you, Who can be abolished and who cannot be moved?"
Liu Zhao was suddenly moved, trying to pull Gu Jiu into his arms.
However, when his eyes changed, Gu Jiu knew what he was going to do.
"You can't mess around. When can you go out?"
Liu Zhao's hot emotions were extinguished, he lowered his head and smiled, Gu Jiu still likes bad scenery.
After laughing, he said, "We have to wait, but it should be soon."
"You haven't said yet, who is going to be abolished?"
The total number of male and female servants around Liu Zhao is sixty or seventy, plus the servants around Gu Jiu, and there are nearly a hundred in the eastern courtyard alone.
According to the requirement to abolish 10% of the personnel, at least eight or nine people must be abolished.
How to draw up this list depends on what Liu Zhao meant.
Liu Zhao smiled and asked, "It's rare to come here. Are you so impatient to leave?"
He grabbed Gu Jiu's hand and his strength suddenly increased.
Gu Jiu frowned, a little painful, "You scratch me."
Liu Zhao raised his hand and caressed Gu Jiu's cheek. The little villain really felt like a rock. After my son goes out, I will teach you again.
He put away his strength and gently shook Gu Jiu's hand, but he didn't let Gu Jiu break free.
The weather was fine, and sunlight came in and reflected on the two of them.
The light was strong, and Gu Jiu felt that he could no longer see the person opposite.
I only felt a light touch on my lips, a familiar breath.
It's just a bit out of breath.
When she finally could breathe, the sunlight was already hidden in the thick clouds.
"Maybe it will rain."
Gu Jiu suddenly said.
"My son can't bear to get you in the rain."
Gu Jiu's blushing cheeks, a smelly man, can't be lighter.
Liu Zhao laughed, "I will give you a list, and you will abolish the staff according to the list."
Gu Jiu nodded, "Don't worry, I will get things done."
After a pause, she asked again: "Shangsi Festival will be in a few days, can you come out?"
Liu Zhao raised his hand and scratched Gu Jiu's nose, "You and I are married, do you still think of spring bathing on the Weishui River?"
Gu Jiu shook his head, "Shangsi Festival, the outside scenery is excellent. I have been sleepy in the palace for a few months and want to go out for spring. If you are not here, I am afraid it is not convenient."
Liu Zhao said: "I can't accompany you on the Shanghai Festival this year, but I promise that I will accompany you in the spring bath next year."
Pooh!
Don't take a spring bath with you.
Liu Zhao took a pen to write down the list and handed it to Gu Jiu.
Gu Jiu took a look at the list. Hey, Chunjuan and Aunt Sun's names are all on it.
She looked at him, "Aunt Sun is your grandmother. Will her abolition cause criticism?"
Liu Zhao said, "She must be abolished."
Gu Jiu was suspicious.
Liu Zhao pinched Gu Jiu's cheek, it was really tender.
Gu Jiu glared at him, can you be gentle.
Liu Zhao held back a smile and said solemnly: "Aunt Sun is nominally the grandmother of this son, but in fact she is under the orders of the mother and concubine. Take this opportunity to remove her."
"Since she obeyed her mother's concubine, why didn't you send her away a few years earlier?"
"Because my son hadn't married at that time, it is reasonable to keep a mother by his side. Instead of changing to a mother who doesn't know the foundation, it's better to keep her."
Gu Jiu knew it clearly.
Gu Jiu also saw the concierge on the list, two names that he often followed.
These people seem to be honest in their daily lives and work hard.
Under normal circumstances, these people should not be abolished.
However, Liu Zhao went the other way and removed these people.
She was very curious and asked deliberately, but Liu Zhao said,
The more you know, it’s not necessarily better. Cut them off and leave the rest to Qianfu. He knows what to do.

Weird and mysterious, what tricks are they playing.
Gu Jiu put away the list, "I will abolish personnel according to the list."
Liu Zhao suddenly said: "This year, the Ministry of Household will clean up the debts. I guess that the emperor's grandfather will not go out of the palace during the Shangsi Festival, and the palace will not make any preparations. If you want to go out for spring, it is better to make an appointment with Gu's sisters."
Gu Jiu laughed, "Don't worry about me being too bored in the mansion. The concubine let me take care of the kitchen and cut the kitchen cost. When the Shanghai Festival is busy, maybe there is no time to go out."
"The kitchen also needs to cut manpower?"
"Exactly."
Liu Zhao smiled and asked, "Do you have eyebrows?"
Gu Jiu leaned forward, with a curvy body, very impactful.
Liu Zhao couldn't turn his eyes away.
Gu Jiu raised his hand to cover his eyes, "Don't look randomly."
Liu Zhao laughed, biting Gu Jiu's hand, "I didn't look around."
Gu Jiu quickly withdrew his hand, smelly man.
She straightened her body, coughed slightly, and asked in a serious manner: "What is your opinion?"
Liu Zhao smirked twice, and then said: "I can't talk about it. You can ask Qianfu when the kitchen is doing something. He knows this best. He can give you advice."
Oh?
She really ignored the rich.
"I see. I will have a good talk with Qian Fu when I go back."
After a pause, Gu Jiu asked curiously, "I saw the third son and the third wife today. I looked at them and both of them were very weak. Could they all have heart problems?"
"Heart disease?"
Liu Zhao frowned and shook his head, "I have never heard of a heart disease. Although the third brother's body is not strong enough, he has grown up without disease and disaster."
"But today I look at the third son, as weak as the third wife, panting for words."
Liu Zhao couldn't understand, "Do you know what the doctor said?"
Gu Jiu shook his head, "I haven't had time to ask."
Liu Zhao looked at Gu Jiu, "My son is sure that my third brother has no chronic illnesses. Although he is not strong enough to practice martial arts, he is healthy enough."
Gu Jiu frowned slightly, "Maybe I was wrong."
"You may be right. It's the body of the three younger siblings. Since entering the door, it has been a day away."
"Are you worried that the third lady's disease will be contagious, and the third son?" Gu Jiu was surprised.
Liu Zhao shook his head, "If the third sibling's illness is contagious, then why are all the maids around her okay? Why did the emperor never mention it?"
Huh?
What is wrong with that.
Liu Zhao solemnly said: "Xiao Jiu, although my third brother and I are not brothers of the same mother, but we have a good relationship since childhood. Can you check for me and what is going on with the third brother's illness."
Gu Jiu nodded, "I promise you. The next day I will find a chance to visit the three younger siblings and take the opportunity to check her."
"thank you!"
"you are welcome."
Gu Jiu generously accepted Liu Zhao's thanks.
Seeing it was about to rain, Liu Zhao didn't stay with Gu Jiu much.
The two said goodbye, and Gu Jiu left the courtyard with the maid.
Chen Chongwei greeted him, "Is Madam Zhao going away?"
Gu Jiu nodded slightly, "Thank you Cousin Chen, I will trouble you to take care of my son in the future."
Chen Chongwei laughed, "Madam Zhao, don't worry, I will try my best to provide some convenience for Gongzi Zhao for matters within my duties."
"Thank you so much."
Deng Cunli presented a purse with a large denomination banknote inside.
Chen Chongwei said he would not accept anything.
Gu Jiu persuaded: "Also ask Cousin Chen to accept it. If you don't accept it, I will not bother you next time."
"Well, how is this good?"
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "It's just that I invited Cousin Chen to drink tea."
"Okay. Then I'm disrespectful."
...
Three days later, everyone gathered in Chunhetang.
Princess Pei was sitting on the main seat, her eyes swept across everyone's face.
"Do you have made up your mind about the list of abolished personnel?"
No one speaks.
Pei directly nodded Gu Jiu's name, "Dalang's wife, do you have any decision to abolish whom in the Eastern Hospital?"
Gu Jiu nodded slightly, "Return to my mother and concubine, the list is ready."
Pei nodded, it was almost the same.
She stared at Concubine Shen Fang again, "Concubine Shen Fang, how about you? In your yard, at least four people have to be abolished. Is the list ready?"
Concubine Shen Bianzi pursed her lips, "Dare you not listen to the princess, the list is here."
The maid took the list and handed it to Pei.
Pei glanced at the names on the list, frowning slightly.
What a concubine Shen side, this is taking the opportunity to exclude dissidents.
The people on the list were all the servants that Pei had placed next to Concubine Shen.
Pei smiled coldly and put away the list, "It's so good. Just cut the staff according to the list."
Consort Shen lowered her head and smiled and exchanged glances with Consort Luo.
This time Pei's suffered a boring loss.
This is considered to be stealing chickens and not eroding rice, also called lifting a rock and hitting one's own feet.
Xiao Qin'er's list is really much.
She directly abolished the enchanting maids around Gongziyi, lest they stay in the eye.
Seeing the list drawn up by Xiao Qin'er, Pei was a little angry.
This Xiao Qin'er is really intolerable. A few servants made her angry.
The fourth child is also a trash. Xiao Qin'er said that whoever wants to be abolished will be abolished. Does he have no idea?
A list of lists made Pei half angry.
It can also be seen that everyone has their own abacus.
She asked Ouyang Fu.
Ouyang Fu hurriedly handed in the list, "Please look at the mother and concubine."
Ouyang Fu has the means. She did not simply and rudely remove all the enchanting maids like Xiao Qin'er.
On the contrary, she abolished her disgusting, nosy, old-fashioned woman.
Among them, there is a wife, who is still arranged by Pei to comment on the son.
Pei's glance calmly glanced at Ouyang Fu, all cunning and ghostly.
Gu Jiu also handed in his list.
Her list is very patient.
None of the enchanting maids were cut off.
Pei couldn't help but look at Gu Jiu a few more times.
"Dalang's wife, is this list your idea?"
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In the past few days, I feel strongly that my body is hollowed out.