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At lunchtime, Yin ate with his wife and children when Su Peisheng rushed over, his face covered in sweat. Yin glared at Su Peisheng, thinking he was being a bit careless.

"Your Majesty, something has happened at the military ports of Guangdong and Guangxi. It looks like the report was sent by fast horse from the capital. Moreover, Emperor Kangxi has also sent Tulichen here in person."

"Let him in!" Yin put down the ivory hairpin in his hand and quickly let the messenger in. He was surprised to find that the messenger was Tulichen. His expression immediately turned serious, and he quickly took the memorial from Tulichen's hand. "Tulichen, does Father have any other instructions?"

After bowing, Tu Lichen stood up and stood not far from the dining table, head bowed, listening respectfully to Yin's question.

"His Majesty has instructed you and Fourth Prince Consort not to interfere in the affairs of Guangdong and Guangxi, and especially not to let Yuelai Inn and Linglong Pavilion in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions help you!" Before Tulichen came out, Kangxi repeatedly instructed him to remember this clearly and absolutely not to let Qingyan help him.

Qingyan was stunned. She was prepared to sacrifice the business in Guangdong and Guangxi, but she did not expect that Kangxi would issue such an order.

"Alright, I understand. Su Peisheng, take Tulichen downstairs for dinner!" Yin noticed that Tulichen was rummaging through his clothes and realized that Tulichen must have rushed over at breakneck speed and hadn't had time to freshen up.

"This servant has woken up!" Su Peisheng left with Tu Lichen, and Yin handed the memorial to Qingyan.

She opened the document and looked at the things Yin and his men had done in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions. She was stunned to see how those businesses had almost been ruined...

"Yin actually runs a brothel business!" Qingyan's voice rose eight octaves. Yin quickly covered her mouth; these words absolutely could not be heard from his courtyard.

Kangxi was humiliated. No wonder he gave such an order; if Qingyan had accepted the brothel, she would definitely have complained that it was Kangxi's doing.

"Yes, your teahouse business is booming. There are quite a few brothels like this in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions," Yin remarked.

In the Guangdong and Guangxi regions, the level of corruption among officials is even greater than here.

"However, most of these patrons are probably officials, right?" Kangxi sent Tulichen and others to investigate in advance, probably because he wanted to ask Yin to close the brothel before the censors could impeach him.

"Heh, of course it's people in officialdom. Once they know about Yin Si and his group's business in Guangdong and Guangxi, how could they not offer them some assistance?" Yin sneered.

Qingyan shook her head. In Linglong Pavilion, many officials and their wives frequented the place, but no one dared to say anything out of turn.

Therefore, Yin had always thought that Qingyan was able to do business so well because of Yin's status; otherwise, who would buy into Qingyan's business? Now, this idea has been completely overturned; Qingyan doesn't need Yin to pave the way at all.

Whenever Linglong Pavilion releases its exquisite headwear, everyone will want a set.

"Little darling, your business is doing extremely well. Even if the censors want to cause trouble, they can't. Their wives also buy things from your Linglong Pavilion!" Yin laughed unkindly. Those old men were still thinking of getting a bargain at Qingyan.

Ugh!

"Fourth Brother, you don't know, the wives of the censors always come with gifts. I've said it several times, and I've even had Sulan make it clear that if anyone comes to visit with gifts, I will not see them!" Yin thought Qingyan was right after hearing her explanation. After all, everyone had some gold and silver in their hands, and Yin would definitely have to give them some compensation for their hard work during the naval battles, which would all come from the spoils of war.

"Little darling did a good job. Is it the same for your sister-in-law?" After discussing it with Qingyan, Madam Yingenjueluo pushed all the gifts out.

"Of course, the wives of officials in the south used to send gifts with all sorts of excuses, but now they don't even want to send anyone anymore!" Qingyan's lips curled up slightly. He always remembered that those women wanted to send "skinny horses" (a euphemism for prostitutes), but one of Qingyan's rules completely blocked their path to becoming "skinny horses"!

“Little darling, if the naval port is to undergo reform, it will need some pushers!” Yin’s face showed a bitter smile.

Kangxi sent Tulichen to handle the matter, clearly not wanting outsiders to find out. Those censors who accused Yinzhi probably won't have a good ending either.

"Further reforms? Your training isn't finished yet. If you reform now, people will definitely become unsettled!" Qingyan also had his own ideas. He wanted things to settle down in the naval port before implementing reforms. He didn't want things to turn out like before, where he cleared out all the spies in the Imperial Household Department and suddenly found that he didn't have enough manpower for some things in the naval port!

When Qingyan arrived in the capital, he specifically spoke with Consort Tong, hoping to recruit more people. Consort Tong had won the battle, but now there was no news of her at all.

"Fourth Prince, what's your opinion on the mess that's been made in Guangdong and Guangxi?" Qingyan hoped to resolve it as soon as possible. In the eyes of the people, Yin and the Guangdong and Guangxi regions were one family, so if one military port had a bad reputation, the other certainly wouldn't be any better!

"I have no opinion, so I can only follow Father's arrangements." Yin also felt melancholy. If Yin and the others had trained obediently, there certainly wouldn't have been so many problems. "Strange, why didn't Eighth Princess Consort cause any trouble?"

If Lady Guoluo had encountered a concubine, she would definitely have launched an attack on Yinsi. It seems that the women sent by the people of Guangdong and Guangxi did not reach Yinsi.

"Given away?" Qingyan's eyes sparkled, hoping to hear some gossip from him.

"Yes, they are specially trained 'skinny horses' (young, thin horses). Yinqi and Yin have them by their side, but Yinsi has none. I think it's because the Eighth Prince's wife is unhappy!" After all, Yinqi and Yin are still the Eighth Prince's wife's cousins, so Yinsi has an extra consideration when doing things.

If it were someone else accompanying him, Yinsi would definitely not care about the feelings of the Eighth Prince's wife. But the two big shots in front of him were different. In their eyes, everything was scheming.

"I think Yin Si is quite pathetic!" Qing Yan exclaimed. "He clearly likes being thin, but he has to pretend to appreciate how great the Eighth Prince's wife is!"

During the southern tour, Qingyan made a special observation that Yinsi was exceptionally gentle with those thin horses, which made the Eighth Prince's wife very jealous!

"When the Eighth Prince was on his southern tour, there was a young woman who was beaten to death by the Eighth Prince's wife. After that, Yin Si never had any interest in her again!" Yin recalled that young woman who was trapped. To be honest, it was just that young woman who was unlucky and actually fell for someone who had no say in the matter.

Yin sighed, thinking that Yin Si's actions were simply a disgrace to the royal princes. He couldn't even keep an eye on his own wife, yet he still wanted to gain Kangxi's approval.