Inside Tingyu Pavilion, the candlelight flickered on the copper crane lamp stand. Jiang Rou bit her handkerchief, her teeth nearly tearing the silk apart. She stared fixedly at the ledger on the desk, which was only half-tampered with; the wet ink of the numbers cast an eerie sheen in the candlelight. "Jiang Wan, this time, I will ensure your total ruin."
"Miss, all the stewards have been arranged," Qiuju said, pushing the door open while shivering, clutching the blank ledgers she had stolen from the counting house. "But these accounts... can we really make this look flawless?"
"If you can't, you must!" Jiang Rou snatched up a brush and stabbed it fiercely into the inkstone, splattering black ink across Qiuju's face. "Change the silk shop’s procurement costs from last month to double the amount, and increase the loss rate at the grain shop to thirty percent! And as for Jiang Wan’s previous signature..." She lowered her voice, "Use oxalic acid to erase it, and replace it with mine."
Chapter 82