"What... what did you and that slut Min Yueyue do?" Qin Yuanzhang felt that this matter was becoming increasingly complicated!
"Master, this old servant was also listening to the second concubine's slanders, and only then did I act foolishly and do something stupid!" You Da was filled with worry, wishing he could die!
"You slept with that slut?" Qin Yuanzhang asked what was on his mind!
No one knew how much courage it took for him to ask this question!
You Da dared not speak, he could only nod vigorously!
"Master, this old servant knows his mistake!"
"Hahaha, I was too foolish! I've indulged you all too much over the years! It seems I've truly become senile!"
Qin Yuanzhang stood up, his body swaying unsteadily.
He felt everything around him spinning.
Butler Fu and Qin Yun hurried forward to support him!
"Father, Min Yueyue is not worth it, why do you trouble yourself like this!" Qin Yun had never comforted anyone before, and at this moment, she didn't know what to say!
Qin Yuanzhang, supported by Butler Fu and Qin Yun, sat down on a seat.
"Father is fine, you need not worry!"
As he spoke, Qin Yuanzhang looked up at Qin Yun. "What are those four wooden boxes containing, tell me everything? Father can take it!"
Qin Yun frowned. Her father seemed a bit miserable. She didn't want this either, but Madam Min was truly hateful!
It would be better for everyone if this matter was resolved sooner rather than later!
Keeping Madam Min around would only be a disaster!
"Bring them here!" Qin Yun said to the four young attendants.
The four attendants stepped forward a few paces and placed the wooden boxes on the long wooden table in front of them. Then, they retreated to the sides.
Qin Yun opened the first wooden box!
She took out the account books one by one!
"This wooden box contains account books, which are recorded by the Qin Mansion's accountants every year regarding income and expenditure!" Kuaishu Pavilion.
Qin Yuanzhang was shocked to see these account books, but after thinking about what had just happened, he was no longer surprised.
It seemed there was more to this!
Butler Fu, seeing the Qin Mansion's account books, couldn't help but ask curiously, "Young Master, aren't our mansion's account books in the accounting office? When did they get to you?"
Qin Yun smiled. "Butler Fu, those account books in the Qin Mansion's accounting office are all fake. The real ones are with me!"
Butler Fu gasped. "Young Master, you are...?"
Qin Yun ignored Butler Fu's surprise and looked at Qin Yuanzhang. "Father, do you remember the time I returned from the academy? We were in the study, and I spoke to you about the Qin Mansion's wine workshops!"
Qin Yuanzhang recalled for a moment, and indeed, there was such a conversation! "Could it be... you started suspecting then?"
Qin Yun nodded. "The day after my conversation with Father, I ordered people to go to Qin Ji Wine Workshop's Building One, Building Two, and Building Three, and purchase a large quantity of Qiuxiang and Gui Xiang from each!"
"Unfortunately, none of the account books from any of the Qin Ji Wine Workshops recorded my purchases!"
"From then on, I knew that all the sales of Qiuxiang and Gui Xiang from the wine workshops were being embezzled by Min Yueyue!"
As she spoke, Qin Yun opened an account book and brought it to Qin Yuanzhang.
She stated her purchase dates and quantities, but unfortunately, none of the Qin Ji Wine Workshop account books recorded this transaction.
"According to my private investigation and calculations, the monthly sales of Gui Xiang and Qiuxiang in one wine workshop should be one thousand taels. We have three wine workshops, which means three thousand taels."
"If it's three thousand taels a month, then over a year, it's thirty-six thousand taels! Min Yueyue has controlled the wine workshops for at least twelve years, meaning that based solely on the income from the wine workshops, Min Yueyue has embezzled four hundred and thirty-two thousand taels over these years!"
Qin Yun spoke, while Qin Yuanzhang continuously flipped through the account books.
"Controlled the wine workshops for twelve years? Yun'er... where did Min Yueyue get such capability?"
"Father, have you forgotten Mr. Jin?" Qin Yun said with a wry smile.
"Could it be that Mr. Jin in the accounting office is also Min Yueyue's person? Then over ten years ago... did Madam Min deliberately bring him to the mansion? To plant someone in the Qin Mansion, to facilitate her corrupt behavior?"
Qin Yuanzhang asked curiously, "I have always treated him well, why would he do this? What benefits did Madam Min give him?"
"Father, the benefits Madam Min gave him are probably similar to what You Da received!"
Qin Yun leaned back in the rosewood chair and said word by word, "To die beneath a peony, even as a ghost, one is still romantic! Mr. Jin has not married all these years and has no other women around him, Father... what do you think?"
"Could it be that Mr. Jin and Min Yueyue have already...?" Qin Yuanzhang had no other emotions besides anger!
He was so angry he could almost spit blood!
He never expected that Madam Min, who appeared knowledgeable and refined, was actually a woman of loose morals!
"Just as Father thinks, Min Yueyue used herself as a transaction, moving between different men, all for her own selfish interests, and incidentally played these men around her fingertips!"
"So when you sent Mr. Jin to the Zhuangyuan Mansion, you had already discovered these things?"
Qin Yun smiled. "At that time, it was just speculation, there was no evidence. Now that Mr. Jin has confessed everything, the truth is naturally revealed!"
"Then where is Mr. Jin?" Qin Yuanzhang looked around!
As soon as he spoke, an old man, covered in scars and with white hair, walked into the hall!
Seeing the person, Qin Yuanzhang was stunned! "This is Mr. Jin?"
Qin Yun nodded. "Yes! Genuine and authentic!"
When everyone saw Mr. Jin, they were filled with disbelief!
After only more than ten days apart, how had Mr. Jin become such a disheveled old man?
Seeing Mr. Jin's miserable state, everyone looked at Qin Yun with even greater fear!
The reason for showing Mr. Jin in such a tragic state before everyone was to remind the servants in the mansion to learn their rules!
If anyone dared to have other intentions, their fate would be the same as Mr. Jin's!
"Speak, how did you and Min Yueyue operate in the dark and have illicit relations in private over the years!"
Mr. Jin glanced at Qin Yun and Qin Yuanzhang seated on the high seat, then clearly explained all the events that had happened with Min Yueyue over the years.
Qin Yun was very satisfied with this outcome!
Everything was progressing so smoothly!
Then Qin Yun opened the second and third wooden boxes!
"Father, the account books in these two wooden boxes are from Ming Yue Restaurant and the Little Tea House! They record... all the profits from the opening until now!"
"Ming Yue Restaurant has made a net profit of about eighty thousand taels in three years since its opening, and the Little Tea House has made a net profit of about thirty thousand taels in two years since its opening!"
As she recited these numbers, Qin Yun's lips curved slightly upwards.
Qin Yuanzhang felt a pang of pain hearing that other restaurants were making so much money!
He patted his chest, feeling difficulty breathing!
"Father, please relax! I have one more thing to tell you!"
More?
Qin Yuanzhang slumped onto the rosewood chair.
If this continued, he was afraid he wouldn't see the sun tomorrow!
"Father?"
Qin Yuanzhang patted his chest and forced himself to remain calm. "Go on, what else don't I know?"
Qin Yun smiled, then opened the fourth wooden box. "Father, look!"