A dozen days later, Granny Lin arrived at the residence in Yangzhou with gifts from the Tong family as an apology. Qingyan was taking a nap on a soft couch when Yin heard what Su Peisheng had said, so he came over to wake her up himself.

He would never miss such an opportunity while staying by Qingyan's side.

"Little darling, get up, Granny is here!" Yin bent down and pinched her chubby little face, his phoenix eyes filled with infinite tenderness, and his thin lips slightly upturned.

Half-asleep, Qingyan stretched out her hands and uttered a voice into the air, "Sisi, hug me!"

He bent down and kissed her hair, then picked up the little one and reached for the palace dress on the bench, dressing her up properly. He had specially learned how to dress from Su Lan in order to take care of the little one.

"Sisi, why so early?" Qingyan yawned slightly, looking displeased.

The weather has been very strange these past few days. In order to prevent their two masters from suffering from heatstroke, Su Peisheng and the others had to advise them not to go out during the day.

"Granny Lin is here!" Before Granny Lin left, Yin gave her a few special instructions, asking her to mention to Madam Tong the silver and jewelry that had come from Xiao Guai.

He remembered every one of Si'er's outrageous actions towards Xiao Guai.

His woman cannot be bullied by anyone other than him, not even his father, the Emperor.

"Um?!"

"I promise you I won't do anything bloody anymore!" Yin was ruthless, and Qingyan would often give him a word or two of advice.

Yin agreed to the banquet and will absolutely not change his mind.

"Granny, what brings you here?" Yin went out first, and Qingyan looked at the nanny behind him. She was dressed in a neat pine-colored palace dress and greeted her respectfully.

"This servant greets the Fourth Prince and the Fourth Princess Consort!" Lin Mama waved her hand, and four or five strong men carried in two mahogany boxes. "Princess Consort, these are the things that Madam instructed me to give to you. Before, the New Year's gifts you sent were embezzled by some ignorant servants in the mansion. Now, Master and Madam are still investigating."

Qingyan smiled, realizing that the Tong family was indeed prepared to sacrifice their fourth son. Sending Yuelian there would probably win over Longkodo's heart.

"Grandma Guo Luo is too kind. As a junior, it is only right to give New Year's gifts to elders!" Qingyan said with a smile.

Yin nodded. When Lin Mama told him about how Longkodo had taken Yuelian into his courtyard and even brought Lady Xiaohesheli out of retirement, Yin nodded in satisfaction. Yuelian was indeed quite good.

"Granny, you've worked hard. Did you go to Mother's?" Yin asked, worried about Granny Lin, who came over directly.

"This servant has already gone. Her Highness instructed me to deliver the items and then go to take care of the business." Lin Mama agreed, reassuring the Fourth Prince's wife and the others.

"Granny, please rest for a few days before you start working. The sun has been particularly harsh these past few days," Qingyan quickly invited the nanny to stay.

The matter that Consort Tong sent to Granny Lin was probably not simple.

"!" Granny Lin left with Su Shu. Qing Yan pulled Yin along to open the mahogany box, inside which were neatly arranged some exquisite ornaments, and below them were house deeds from Yangzhou and Suzhou.

Oh my god!

Qingyan opened the mahogany box, which contained a number of items, mostly silver notes with a face value of ten thousand each, dozens of which were neatly arranged in the box.

"From now on, don't mention the Tong family's affairs again. Guo Luoma is trying to keep quiet. Guo Luoma and Guo Luoma's mother probably know that it was Si'er's doing!" Yin smiled coldly. In the end, the Tong family chose to protect Longkodo.

He didn't mind these things; Longkodo could deal with it later, and Si'er should resolve it civilly to avoid outsiders saying he was bullying the women.

“Fourth…” Qingyan looked up at Yin with her little face. This was probably something he had planned.

"Only I can bully you, no one else can!" Yin kissed her little face in front of everyone.

Whoosh!

Qingyan blushed; when did Yin become so uninhibited?

Sure enough, Fourth Master is a repressed flirt; he can keep it to himself, but he can also be incredibly flirtatious.

"What's there to be shy about? The servants here are all our trusted confidants, and none of them would betray us!" Yin laughed, finding the maidservants quite amusing.

"Hmph!" Qingyan took the mahogany box and turned to go to the inner chamber. Hundreds of thousands of silver notes!

Her eyes lit up; since the establishment of Yuelai Inn and Linglong Pavilion, she was able to obtain this silver.

"Do you like it?" Qingyan's mischievous appearance made the corners of his mouth turn up slightly.

She has strong principles; she only checks her own money occasionally.

“Of course, from now on, all of this will be our manor’s savings!” Qingyan looked at him with a smile.

The 130,000 taels of silver and shops allocated to the prince's residence were simply not enough to cover the expenses of the entire mansion.

If the princes are not good at business, the servants below them could easily embezzle money.

"Open more shops, so that we can help our younger brothers if they need anything in the future!" Yin Yong always remembered that Yin Xiang was imprisoned for ten years. During those ten years, he constantly helped Yin Xiang, but it still left him with a chronic illness.

If the Fujin (wife) and Xiao Guai (the son of the emperor) had been able to earn money like that back then, would Yinxiang have not died so young?

"Fourth!" Qingyan noticed the emptiness in Yin's eyes and couldn't help but feel a little scared.

"Little darling, you're really good!" Yin smiled, took her hand, and personally handed her his cabinet.

Those were made according to the safes at the sticky rod, while these are made according to the Bagua diagram. If they are not correct, the contents inside will be destroyed.

"Fourth Brother, this... is not safe!" Qingyan frowned.

Hmm?! He glanced at her, a question surfacing in his mind.

"If I really made a mistake, wouldn't the silver notes be destroyed?" Qingyan said aggrievedly.

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