Chapter 188 News from the Camp in the Suburbs of Beijing

Li Yueyao leisurely looked at the government office building and said:

"It doesn't matter whether he said it or not now, His Majesty is already preparing to attack Nanli.

You should quickly put the Ministry of Revenue in order. Wars are fought for food and supplies, and the Ministry of Revenue is the rear area, so it must be stable."

Li Huaiyu laughed after hearing what Li Yueyao said.

"I know this, Ice Face has been prepared for this.

Gao Hongchen's family, the Chen family in Jiangnan, the Wang family in Suzhou, and the fake Prince Jin's small treasury in the palace were all confiscated.

The money is kept in His Majesty's treasury.

The Chen family in Jiangnan is as wealthy as a country, and the Wang family in Suzhou is also quite wealthy, so this money is enough.

Aunt, please don't worry about the Ministry of Revenue's money."

After the two chatted for a while, Li Yueyao found that Li Huaiyu had indeed managed the Ministry of Revenue in a very organized manner.

There was nothing for me to do here, but Li Huaiyu had to distract himself to take care of me.

After sitting for a while, he returned home.

Feng Shenyu came out of the palace and hurried to the Ministry of Revenue. He looked around but couldn't find Li Yueyao.

"Looking for my aunt? I persuaded her to go back." Li Huaiyu teased.

"How did you persuade him to go back?" Feng Shenyu asked sideways.

"I told her about the current situation and arrangements of the Ministry of Revenue, as well as our future plans, and then my aunt went back."

Feng Shenyu smiled after hearing this. Is it so easy?

At noon, Feng Shenyu returned home for lunch and saw Li Yueyao reading a storybook leisurely at home.

"Why did Your Highness come back so early?" Feng Shenyu asked with a smile.

"I went there this morning and saw that Xiao Yuer had managed the Ministry of Revenue's affairs in an orderly manner. She didn't need me to do anything, so I came back."

Li Yueyao picked up a grape and ate it while speaking.

Seeing this, Feng Shenyu stepped forward, picked up the glass bowl containing grapes, and carefully fed Li Yueyao a few grapes.

Cui Xin brought people to put the meal on the table.

The two chatted while eating.

"Are there a lot of things happening in the six ministries of the imperial court recently?" Li Yueyao asked.

“Not a lot, just the same things.

It's just that we're short on staff, and there's some confusion in the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Revenue, but everything else is fine."

Feng Shenyu suddenly asked, "By the way, Concubine Xian asked me to ask you what to do about Concubine Qi?"

"Just do what you have to do. The child is not the emperor's, right?" Li Yueyao said.

"The virtuous concubine said it wasn't hers. It belonged to that fake Prince Jin." Feng Shenyu replied.

"The Minister of Rites and the Vice Minister of Rites are both in prison now. The Ruan and Qi families are finished.

Qi Min'er probably can't escape death either. The child asked her to ask the emperor and see what he thinks.

Feng Shenyu didn't say anything. He didn't like the complicated things in the harem.

In his opinion, the women in the emperor's harem were all trouble.

"By the way, I haven't asked you yet, what was found in Prince Jin's mansion that day?" Li Yueyao asked.

"Apart from some important letters from Nanli and some gold and silver, there's not much else."

After Feng Shenyu finished answering, he asked Li Yueyao, "How has Prince Jin been these days?"

"Better now, but still can't speak much. Princess Jin accompanies him every day."

"I heard that Princess Jin delivered a letter to Prince Zhongshan's Palace?" Feng Shenyu asked.

"Well, I asked her to deliver a letter home. I hope someone from the Prince of Zhongshan's Mansion will come to take care of her for a while." Li Yueyao replied.

"That's great."

"I have already told His Majesty that the original Prince Jin's Palace will be sealed first. A separate palace will be built for the Prince of Jin next to the Prince Qin's Palace.

It was just in time that people from Prince Zhongshan’s Palace came and helped them clean up their new mansion.

Princess Jin was very happy to hear this and has been thinking about designing a yard for Li Pei these past two days.

He also asked me for the blueprints of the Seventh Prince's residence in the palace, intending to restore it to its original appearance."

Feng Shenyu listened carefully to what Li Yueyao said, occasionally responding.

After dinner, Feng Shenyu helped her and took a walk under the corridor in the house, and then sent Li Yueyao to have lunch.

After Li Yueyao fell asleep, Feng Shenyu quietly got up and went to the study.

People from the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War are already waiting.

After they finished discussing the personnel arrangements for the Ministry of Rites and the troop deployments for the Ministry of War, Feng Shenyu looked at the hourglass and saw that it was already 3:00 PM.

He got up to rest and prepared to go see Li Yueyao.

But he was told that Li Yueyao had gone to see Prince Jin.

Feng Shenyu then adjusted his direction and headed towards Prince Jin's courtyard.

The laughter of Li Yueyao and Princess Jin could be heard from far away coming from the house.

"Aunt, is this true?"

"Why would I lie to you? Am I that boring?"

Li Yueyao's voice came out.

Feng Shenyu stopped and listened for a while. It turned out that they were talking about gossip and family matters in the capital.

The atmosphere in the room sounded good, but I was afraid that going in would ruin it, so I left.

As Feng Shenyu just left the yard, he heard Chen Yue coming to report.

"Chen Mu, the son of Duke Cheng of Qi, is outside seeking an audience."

"Chen Muzhe?" Feng Shenyu frowned.

"Is there any news from the camp outside the capital?"

"I don't know, but it looks like something is wrong." Chen Yue said.

"Alright, let him wait in the flower hall. I'll go call His Highness."

Feng Shenyu said this and turned back and walked in.

The three people in the room were joking around when suddenly Feng Shenyu came in.

Princess Jin stood up and saluted, saying, "Right Prime Minister."

"Greetings to Prince Jin and Princess Jin." Feng Shenyu also bowed.

Li Yueyao didn't stand up and looked up to ask him: "Why are you here after you finish your work?"

"Come and see His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin." Feng Shenyu said lightly.

Prince Jin has known about Feng Shenyu and Li Yueyao in the past few days, and he also knows that Li Yueyao is pregnant and the child is Feng Shenyu's.

When he saw Feng Shenyu, he smiled at him.

"How has King Jin felt these past two days?" Feng Shenyu asked.

Prince Jin was speechless and just nodded at Feng Shenyu.

Feng Shenyu looked at Li Yueyao and said, "The prince of Chengguo is here and is in the flower hall."

When Li Yueyao heard this, she stood up and said to the Prince of Jin and his wife:

"I'll go take a look."

"Farewell, aunt." said Princess Jin.

When the two of them came out, Li Yueyao asked, "Is there any news from the Jingjiao camp?"

"That should be the case, otherwise why would he come?"

When the two returned to the flower hall, they saw Chen Muzhe sitting upright.

After greeting each other, Chen Muze said, "These are the news my second brother has recently sent back.

After checking, I felt something was wrong, so I came to see my great aunt. "

Li Yueyao took the note from Chen Muze and saw that it said:

On July 11, Deputy General He Yuan asked for leave from the military camp and sent people to follow him until they reached Wenroufang, but he disappeared.

On July 20, Deputy General He led a group of people to gamble, but was stopped by Deputy General Gong Lian. The two groups almost came to a fight.

On July 29th, He Yuan was invited to drink and found out that General Wei had taken in a new concubine, who was the younger sister of Madam Deng Feng.

On the seventh day of August, Gong Lian was invited to drink, but was rejected.

On August 11, Deputy General He Yuan asked for leave from the military camp and sent people to follow him until they reached Wenroufang, but he disappeared.

On August 12, I invited four captains to drink. They drank heartily and both the host and the guests were very happy.

On August 15th, General Wei invited all the generals in the army to drink. Among them, Deputy General Gong and Deputy General He had an argument and fought each other.

On August 16, all those who participated in the fight were beaten with military sticks.

On August 17, people came to visit the homes of the two deputy generals. Among them, a woman entered the military camp. It was found out that she was Deputy General He's concubine.

On August 20, Lieutenant General Gong asked for leave to leave the camp and return home. Lieutenant General He sent people to follow him, and I also sent people to follow him.

When they reached Dongshikou, a conflict broke out between the two sides, and then Lieutenant General Gong took the opportunity to disappear.

On August 21, Gong He and his two deputy generals appeared in the military camp as usual and were on duty as usual.

On August 28, Lieutenant General Gong left the camp again. This time, Lieutenant General He did not send anyone to follow him. My men followed him, but still lost him in the East Market.

On the first day of September, General Wei sent people to inquire about the whereabouts of Deputy General Gong.

On the fifth day of September, he drank and gambled with the captain of the camp. Both the host and the guest had a great time. He learned the reason for the discord between the two lieutenant generals, He and Gong.

Deputy General Gong enforced the law impartially, while General He was unrestrained and carefree, and the two often quarreled over trivial matters.