Inside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Emperor Kangxi sat behind his imperial table, carefully reading the memorials. Li Dequan had brought the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince, which surprised Kangxi. Why had these two children come?

"Are you the second and fourth princes?" The Crown Prince and Yinzhi did not have a good relationship, so the two of them rarely got to be together.

"Yes, Your Majesty understands. The Imperial Household Department hopes that the Ministry of Revenue will approve another large sum of silver. Apart from the Crown Prince personally going to Emperor Kangxi for approval, the other chief eunuchs can only sigh at the sight of the silver." Li Dequan reported directly.

Kangxi rubbed his heart, originally not wanting Yinzhen to manage the affairs of the Imperial Household Department, but Lingpu's scheming became increasingly sophisticated.

"Let the Crown Prince come in first." Kangxi did not want Yinzhi to hear the argument between father and son.

Li Dequan walked out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, glanced at the Crown Prince, and spoke according to Kangxi's orders.

"Fourth Prince, please wait a moment!" Li Dequan was truly helpless with the Crown Prince.

Yin stood obediently on the blue brick ground of the courtyard, under the scorching sun, pondering how to deal with the servants in the courtyard when he returned.

Half an hour later, Yin entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation. The Crown Prince had already left dejectedly, which put Yin at ease.

The Ministry of Revenue doesn't have much silver in its treasury, so if the Crown Prince takes away a large sum, how will he live in the future?

"Fourth Prince, from now on, whenever the Crown Prince goes to the Ministry of Revenue to withdraw silver, you must ask permission for every single transaction!" Kangxi and the Crown Prince had a quarrel, and the doors of the Hall of Mental Cultivation were closed. Yin stood outside and couldn't hear anything coming from inside.

Yin lowered his head and said, "Yes, Father Emperor!"

"Fourth Prince, the Imperial Household Department reports that many servants have been sent back to your residence?" Kangxi put down his imperial pen and quickly asked.

"Yes, Father, I plan to buy some commoners to purchase servants." Yin didn't mince words and directly stated his idea.

Kangxi looked at Yin with a puzzled expression and urged him to explain quickly.

“It’s because the people from the Imperial Household Department embezzled too much money,” Yin said without hesitation. “After all, once we leave the palace and establish our own residences, the amount of silver we can receive will be the same, so it’s good to save some.”

When Kangxi heard this, he was very satisfied with Yin's idea. The princes only had 230,000 taels for household expenses, and the rest was all supported by the families of the concubines or the wives of the princes.

Yin lowered his head, ready to listen to Kangxi's reprimand, but instead, Kangxi praised him.

"Fourth Prince, you did a good job. If there are any servants you don't like this time, you can send them back to the Imperial Household Department directly. All servants bought from outside slave traders must have their backgrounds checked one by one." Kangxi gave a few pointers. "Don't go to the Ministry of Revenue tonight. Go back first."

The Crown Prince would certainly not be willing to accept this. Kangxi had already sent people to keep an eye on things, and Lingpu was definitely planning to take those silver coins.

Yin returned to the courtyard, where Qingyan was tidying up her trunk, which contained many toys, all of which Yin had bought for her.

"Si Si, why did you come back this morning?" Qing Yan looked at him strangely.

"Start packing?" Yin led her to the front of the trunk. "Good girl, try to minimize the number of servants prepared by the Imperial Household Department."

Qingyan was stunned. After waving the servant away, he was even more puzzled. Why did he do this?

"We need to reduce the number again?" Qingyan had a headache. "Every time we reduce the number of people, the maids cry a lot when they leave!"

She fanned herself sullenly, feeling resentful. When the list was announced, she thought the people in the courtyard were alright, but the pitiful cries they heard when they were asked to leave this morning gave Qingyan a headache.

"Hmm, at least take the first-class and second-class palace maids with you when you leave the palace." Yin had figured it out. After a while, once the mansion was built, he would go and buy some food in advance.

Qingyan was very happy. After all, she didn't know those servants well. The few maids who served her were basically the ones around her, and the rest of them did things like sweeping the yard.

"Fourth Brother, you decide. I don't want to get involved in these matters anymore!" Qingyan said in a low voice.

As dinner time approached, Qingyan noticed that the third-class palace maids from the courtyard were actually bringing in bowls and chopsticks, which shouldn't be their job.

"Suyan, what about the rules?" Yin directly challenged, while Qingyan just listened silently from the side.

Knowing that Qingyan would never plead for her, the palace maid quickly looked at her with a wronged expression.

"Master, weren't you going to treat the master well?" The palace maid knelt on the ground, pleading with Qingyan.

As soon as she finished speaking, Qingyan gave a wry smile. Sure enough, the tricks of ancient servants had come to pass.

"You want me to entertain Fourth Prince? I must be blind to have a third-class palace maid entertain him. Aren't the servants around me good enough?" Qingyan couldn't understand why so many servants thought that as long as they latched onto their master, nothing would happen to them.

Yin didn't stop eating, watching Qingyan handle things with great interest.

Qingyan pursed her lips, feeling a bit resentful: "Fourth Prince, these servants who come in are all third-class palace maids, there won't be any changes at all. I'm not someone who likes to go out, when will these people ever exchange a word with me?"

She immediately offered an explanation, worried that Yin would think she was scheming.

He patted Qingyan's hand: "I believe you!"

Those three simple words instantly put Qingyan at ease. As long as Yin trusted her, nothing else mattered if the people outside caused trouble.

"Suyan, hand the person over to the head nanny for discipline!" Qingyan said quickly, not wanting to spoil the mood.

The three palace maids were stunned. Wasn't Qingyan the one who was best at talking?

"This servant wouldn't dare do it again. This servant was momentarily bewitched and did such a thing." They were already certain that they could serve in the Fourth Prince's residence. Now, if they were sent back to the Imperial Household Department, what would happen to their families?

After dinner, Qingyan leaned back lazily in the armchair, her lips slightly pouting, her face full of unhappiness.

"Good girl, be careful in the future. Even the servants outside can be raised to be ambitious. Then you need to be even more careful to guard against them." Compared to the two types of servants, the palace maids of the Imperial Household Department have more methods, and the things they use are also more and more advanced.

"Yes!" The Qingyan gathering was a place that Yin often attended, so the maids naturally wanted to stay there. "Fourth Prince, I will handle this matter well."

In the backyards of the four princes, there were many such maids, so Kangxi also sent the Dragon Guards to keep an eye on them and see how the women would act.

Qingyan's actions were normal; relying on Yin was actually more in line with Kangxi's wishes.

In the early morning, Qingyan ate breakfast and sat on the grand chair, looking down at the two maids who had been kneeling all night. In fact, they just wanted to live a better life.

Every family has its rules!

The rules set by Yin were strictly followed by Qing Yan, and she would never break them.

"Master, we really know we were wrong, and we will never dare to do it again!" The three palace maids hadn't eaten or drunk anything all night, and under the arrangement of the head nanny, they had been kneeling all night. They were all feeling quite unwell.

Qingyan took the teacup from Suyan's hand, took a sip, and placed it aside.