Chapter 85 Prince Duan returns and runs into someone
Cao Dianshen appeared calm on the surface, but he was actually very panicked.

In the past, the lady was in charge of the family and didn't care about anything. She said she trusted them. At first, they didn't dare to be so blatant, but as time went on, everyone became more and more daring, and more and more people joined in, until in the end, they embezzled more and more.

When everyone learned that His Highness had handed the warehouse key to Su Ci, they were actually disdainful in their hearts. After all, she was an unpopular princess. Plus, they had long heard of Su Ci's name, that she was a spoiled and willful lady from a noble family. What could such a person accomplish?
But she still didn't dare to hand in the accounts of the canteen, for fear that something might go wrong and she would be implicated.

Later, Su Ci used Yin Hao as an example. Yin Hao was tamed by Su Ci. After she handed in the account book, she became uneasy, fearing that Su Ci would find out something was wrong.

At this moment, Su Ci really brought up this matter to make a fuss. If this were to be brought before His Highness, given His Highness's intolerant temper, I'm afraid he would punish all of them.

"Cao Dianshan, how old are you? Did you make this account book?" Su Ci glanced around and his eyes fell on Cao Dianshan's face.

Cao Dianshan's lips moved, and he was thinking about whether to kneel down and confess his guilt. Su Ci continued to talk to himself, "I think you are old and confused, so you made such a big mistake. Speaking of which, you all entered the palace earlier than me. You have been working in the Dianshan Office for so many years, so you should all be steady-"

Having said this, Su Ci swung the account book in her hand fiercely. Her force was so great that the account book hit Cao Dianshan hard before falling to the ground.

Cao Dianshan could no longer stand and fell to his knees: "Princess, please calm down!"

"Your Highness is a frugal person. After I married into the palace, every time I ate with Your Highness, I only had three dishes and one soup. If Your Highness was alone, the meal would be even less. Your Highness is so frugal. If you still dare to play tricks behind your back, even if Your Highness forgives you, I will not let you go easily. This time I will just think that you are careless and let this matter go. Next time you make such a big mistake..."

As soon as Su Ci finished speaking, a small dagger flew past everyone's eyes and was firmly nailed into the door pillar.

Everyone knelt on the ground and said in unison: "We will follow the princess's instructions!"

Su Ci did not let these people get up and just walked away.

Everyone looked at each other, not daring to stand up, and looked at Cao Dianshan.

Cao Dianshan knelt on the ground motionless, thinking that things are different now, the princess is indeed not a good person, and he must not be corrupt in the future.

If this matter were really revealed to His Highness, they would definitely be sold out of the palace.

Gao had no idea what had happened in the kitchen until lunchtime when the servants hadn't brought the food. When she asked, she found out that all the servants in the kitchen who could be named were being punished by kneeling in Jingyuanzhai.

"Is it because I was the one who let Su Hua enter Zhuoqing's backyard that Su Ci was unhappy about it, so he used this method to fight back against me?" Gao guessed the reason.

"Maybe this is part of the reason, but I heard that it was the food bureau that made false accounts and embezzled money that made the princess furious..." Nanny Ning said this and glanced at Gao.

Gao saw the look in Nanny Ning's eyes and frowned, "What's that look?"

"I feel that Madam was too soft-hearted in the past and was too indulgent to the people in the palace, which is why they are becoming more and more daring." Nanny Ning disagreed with the Madam on this point.

Gao had her own reasons: "Where is there no corruption? If we really have to manage everyone in such a big palace, will those people do their jobs well without benefits? Su Ci is still too young and eager to establish her authority, but she doesn't know that human nature is the most complicated. Sooner or later, she will be bitten back at. " Nanny Ning was not as optimistic as Gao.

They had underestimated Su Ci from the beginning. Su Ci dared to take action against the Dining Office so quickly, which showed his courage. Even though the Madam had been immersed in the harem for many years, she did not dare to break this thin paper easily.

There was a small kitchen in Dingjing Hall, but the fire had never been turned on. However, it was different in Jingyuanzhai. With the help of the expert chef, Mother Tao, she quickly prepared two dishes and a soup and sent them to Su Ci.

"The guy in the west side hall is still hungry, he deserves it!" Sanmei whispered in Su Ci's ear.

Su Ci laughed: "It turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I was originally planning to let everyone from the dining hall go back in the afternoon, but now it seems better to let them kneel until the evening."

"Why doesn't the princess just report to His Highness and punish these greedy people?" Sanmei was puzzled.

"That's easy to say. There are hundreds of people in the palace, and their relationships are far from as simple as they seem. Take Cao Dianshan for example, her relatives are not only on duty in the Dianshan Office, but she also has relatives on duty in the Chengfeng Division and the Yiwei Division. And this is just Cao Dianshan, the relationships of other people are not as simple as they seem on the surface. Now it's only suitable to make a show of force, I haven't established a firm foothold in the palace yet, so I shouldn't be too hasty." Su Ci said leisurely.

Sanmei looked at Su Ci with admiration: "How come the princess knows everything?"

"Money makes the world go round. These things can be known by spending money. It's not difficult. The difficult part is controlling people's hearts." Su Ci was in a good mood and he kept his mouth shut even after eating an extra bowl of rice.

Compared with the harmony and laughter in the main hall, the west side hall seems much quieter.

Su Hua only brought two people from the Marquis's Mansion, one was Wenhui and the other was Nanny Nian. The three of them, the master and the servant, were unfamiliar with the palace, and when they saw that no one had delivered meals, they didn't know who to ask.

When Su Hua first moved into the West Side Hall, she was a little proud. She just wanted to let Su Ci see that she could become Zhao Shizhu's woman without Su Ci's help, and she also moved into Jingyuanzhai. Su Ci would see her every now and then, wouldn't he feel uncomfortable when he saw her?
She even felt that Su Ci would lose his patience and come to find trouble with her. If she then used the trick of making herself suffer, wouldn't it just prove that Su Ci couldn't even tolerate his own sister?
But the fact is that Su Ci has never shown up since she moved into the West Side Hall. When it was time for lunch, no one came to deliver the food, and when she asked for help, no one paid attention to them, the master and the servant.

Later, Wenhui saw a room full of people kneeling in the main hall. After asking around, she found out that they were from the dining room.

Su Hua couldn't help but feel disappointed after hearing this. She would rather Su Ci deliberately made things difficult for her because he was jealous of her, but in the end, no one in the dining hall prepared meals and everyone was kneeling as punishment.

There was no food at all in the west side hall, so people could only endure it.

It was late at night when the people from the dining hall were exempted from the punishment of kneeling, but still no one from the west side hall brought food to them.

Wen Hui was furious when she saw this: "The eldest lady is going too far. She obviously thinks that the third lady... Auntie is easy to bully, so she dares to neglect Auntie like this. I will go to the third lady to seek justice!!"

Su Hua was also holding her breath, but she did not stop Wen Hui when she saw this.

When she felt the time was about right, she pretended to chase after him: "Wenhui, come back!"

Just at this moment, a tall figure appeared in her eyes. Wasn't it Zhao Shizhu?