Prince Jian and others were still a little dazed when they came out of the Palace of Heavenly Purity.

The emperor had clearly called them here today to discuss how to deal with the officials of the Imperial Household Department, but at the end of the discussion, the emperor actually listened to the prince's advice and sent them home to investigate the servants in their homes.

What's there to check?

Prince Jian and others were angry.

The emperor just wants to get all the money of the bondservant families into his own hands, and he says that others are greedy. The greediest family in the world is the emperor's family!

After Prince Jian returned home, he wanted to ignore Kangxi's order. However, he changed his mind and felt that his inability to find any foul play would be the biggest mockery of Kangxi and the prince, so he called a few attendants and went straight to the kitchen.

For some unknown reason, he did not call the stewards of the inner and outer courtyards, but only brought his long-time attendant.

Prince Jian is now of Marfa age, so there are more than 20 masters in the prince's mansion. The food, clothing, and social interactions of the whole family cost 20,000 to 30,000 taels every year.

With the output of the farm under his control, as well as his salary and the ice and carbon tributes he collected, he would still have several thousand taels left every year after all his expenses.

Furthermore, his deceased wife had left behind a considerable dowry, and although much of it was spent on his children's weddings, he had pocketed all the earnings during the years he was in charge.

So Prince Jian has lived a good life these years.

However, the tribute silver that the noble families of the Imperial Household Department sent him every year was over ten thousand taels. If it was really gone, although the people in the palace would not have to tighten their belts, their lives would not be any better than in previous years, so he would be so arrogant.

When Prince Jian came to the kitchen with five or six attendants, the servants were preparing ingredients for dinner.

Seeing Prince Jian coming in, everyone was startled and immediately stopped what they were doing to salute Prince Jian.

"Your servant pays respects to His Majesty!"

At the same time, I was a little puzzled as to why the prince would come to the kitchen at this time.

Prince Jane waved his hand.

"Where's the money?"

"Qian Chuaner" is the master chef in the kitchen, whose full name is Qian Chuan.

It’s just that Prince Jian was used to calling those two words “money strings”.

A sturdy old woman replied with a smile,

"Master Qian is resting in the back!"

"Lead the way, I have something to ask him."

When the old woman heard this, her eyes widened. Does the prince have to go in person to find Qian Chuan'er for something?

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up!"

The strong old woman nodded quickly, got up, and took Prince Jian through the kitchen to the backyard.

There are several rooms here, which are used as granaries and woodsheds.

Two of the rooms were converted into resting places for the money launderer and several small managers.

As soon as he came out of the kitchen, Prince Jane heard a sobbing sound——

“…Master Qian, please let me go… Wuwu… I can’t do it… I really can’t do it!”

"Cui'er, why don't you understand? If you follow your Master Qian, you won't have to worry about food and clothing in the future. Maybe he can even buy you a house and let you become the mistress of the family... Cui'er, Master Qian has been thinking about you for half a year..."

Qian Chuan'er's muffled voice made Prince Jian freeze in place.

The expressions of the attendants and the old woman were much more interesting.

Qian Chuan'er is so brave that he can do things in the backyard without anyone's knowledge even when he is on duty!

Prince Jian said nothing with a gloomy face, and walked quickly to the front of the row of houses.

But his target was not the room where Qian Chuan'er was, but...

“Bang!”

"Hey, which bastard dares to kick my ass!"

The man was lying at the foot of the wall, listening intently. When he was kicked, his eyes instantly turned red. He turned around to cause trouble, but when he saw the group of people surrounding him, he was so scared that he wet his pants.

"Prince...Prince!"

Prince Jian glared at him with disgust, then turned around and pulled off the jade pendant from his waist, handed it to a long-term attendant and said,

"Go, call all the palace guards to me!"

The long-servant took the jade pendant and turned around to run away. When the old woman saw this, her heart started beating fast - the money string was gone!

The noise outside did disturb the people in the room. Prince Jian stood with his hands behind his back, listening to the jingling and clanging sounds inside. Not long after, a short and fat man opened the door and ran out, sweating profusely.

When Prince Jian saw his typical appearance of "fat head, big ears, and a big belly", his back teeth felt itchy!

How could he have thought that Qian Chuan'er was loyal before?!

Not only was there chaos in Prince Jian's mansion, but every single person who was summoned to the Palace of Heavenly Purity by Emperor Kangxi today also had chaos at home.

The princes also went back to check on the people around them, except Yinreng.

Most of the people in Yuqing Palace were Kangxi's eyes, so he rarely gave out money as rewards.

There are only two masters in Yuqing Palace, the staff is simple, and the servants are often replaced. Except for the small kitchen, there is no need to check other places.