Xu Jinghuai blushed all the way to his neck. He quickly said, "Don't worry, they know their limits. They won't look at anything they shouldn't look at, and they won't listen to anything they shouldn't listen to."
"Oh! Then I feel relieved!" Yan Yunshu breathed a sigh of relief.
"But what happened?"
"No, I just feel that your secret guards have been passing by more frequently. Last time, it was snowing so hard and I wanted to send you a letter. I just tried shouting outside and he came right away."
Xu Jinghuai began to stammer.
"Well...well, it's probably because they were spreading rumors that day, so there were more people climbing walls and running around."
Yan Yunshu laughed.
Her eyes and eyebrows are like a crescent moon, incredibly beautiful.
She just looked at Xu Jinghuai and said, "After all this trouble, it's almost dark. Otherwise, Your Highness Prince Huai would do me the honor of having a simple meal at my Fanghua Garden."
Xu Jinghuai looked outside and saw that it was indeed dark.
He felt that it was a bit against the rules to eat in the girls' courtyard, but he really wanted to stay.
So he nodded.
"Can."
So, the two of them started eating at the table by the window.
Xu Jinghuai said nothing and seemed extremely reserved. Yan Yunshu was also a little tired today, so she didn't say much and just kept eating.
After eating, each person had a bowl of warm chicken soup and some pastries while watching the heavy snow outside.
"The snow this year is so heavy!"
Yan Yunshu sighed, "With rain after rain, I wonder how the people in the border areas are doing."
"Yan Yunshu, are you worried about the people's suffering?"
"Just concerned."
"Don't worry, the Emperor has already arranged the disaster relief, and I've also sent people from the Ministry of Revenue to keep a close eye on it."
"Isn't Zhu Nianyan from the Ministry of Revenue? Doesn't he have any problems?"
Xu Jinghuai smiled. Yan Yunshu was still the same, she hadn't changed since she was a child. If he had anything to say, he could just ask directly. Why beat around the bush?
"With such a good opportunity, of course he has problems," Xu Jinghuai looked at Yan Yunshu, "but he's very smart and didn't commit corruption directly. It all went through the hands of others. They overestimated the budget and used the price of good grain to buy inferior grain. The parties who benefited from it then passed the money around to several places before it finally reached him."
“Is it difficult to obtain evidence?”
"It's difficult, but there's a way. We just need to dig out the entire chain."
"Xu Jinghuai, can I help you?" Yan Yunshu looked at Xu Jinghuai, stars twinkling in her eyes.
Xu Jinghuai couldn't bear to refuse her, so he said, "Of course."
"How can I help?"
"You've helped."
"Um?"
"I've already helped you with your dowry request today. Yan Yunshu, Zhu Nianyan will definitely have a share of your dowry. If you want to return the entire amount, including principal and interest, your aunt will suffer three layers of skin, and Zhu Nianyan will suffer too! If Zhu Nianyan is in urgent need of money, he will definitely take risks. Instead of going to many places and wasting more time, he will directly contact the parties who have benefited and take their share of the profits. This way, collecting evidence will be much easier."
"Oh! Xu Jinghuai! Have you known about my dowry for a long time? I was wondering why you came here so high-profile today and helped me so actively! It turns out that you came prepared!" Yan Yunshu suddenly realized.
Sure enough, Xu Jinghuai is still the legendary Prince Huai, who never talks nonsense, never wastes any time, is extremely purposeful, and is decisive in killing!
Xu Jinghuai's face darkened.
Yes and no.
He came in such a high profile because of Yan Yunshu's injury.
However, he didn't necessarily have to choose today to shorten the deadline for returning the dowry and to facilitate the collection of evidence against Zhu Nianyan. After all, it would only be ten days before she reached the age of marriage. As long as Yan Yunshu urged her, Zhu Nianyan would take the risk sooner or later.
Today he just took the opportunity to force Aunt Zhu again.
It's just sooner or later, not necessarily.
But it was necessary to rush over to visit Yan Yunshu and protect her.
But how to explain it?
He was racking his brains over how to start when Yan Yunshu spoke. She patted the back of Xu Jinghuai's hand and said, "Xu Jinghuai, thank you."
Xu Jinghuai's cold eyes fell on Yan Yunshu's hand.
Yan Yunshu didn't think there was anything wrong with it. It seemed like she was used to holding hands today, so she didn't think it was a big deal to pat them now.
"Yan Yunshu, have you been sleeping well these days?"
Yan Yunshu was stunned when she thought about how she couldn't sleep last night and finally fell asleep listening to the sound of a flute coming from afar.
"I had trouble sleeping, but last night, while half asleep and half awake, I seemed to hear the unpleasant flute music you played when you were a child," Yan Yunshu smiled quickly when she saw Xu Jinghuai's cold face. "It was so beautiful that I fell asleep."
"Oh." Actually, yesterday, he learned that she was waiting in front of her brother's yard and would not return until midnight, so he hurried over and squatted at the corner of her roof.
"Xu Jinghuai, sometimes I can't tell whether it's reality or a dream. What I heard yesterday must have been a dream. Later, I saw you as a child in my dream, squatting in the corner of the Prime Minister's Mansion, playing the flute!"
As she spoke, Yan Yunshu burst into laughter.
Xu Jinghuai looked at Yan Yunshu, opened his mouth, but still didn't say anything.
The shadow of the wind on the eaves is speechless.
The prince is a liar. He clearly said that day that he would change his bad habit of being unromantic.
Now it hasn't changed at all, and it seems to have even gotten worse.
It's right that the prince can't catch up with the princess!!
After an incense stick, it was time for Xu Jinghuai to leave. Yan Yunshu walked him to the gate of Fanghua Garden. She waved her hand, her face full of smiles, "Xu Jinghuai, see you on your coming-of-age day."
As they were about to part, Xu Jinghuai felt a sense of emptiness in his heart for some reason. He reached out, grabbed Yan Yunshu's hand, and held her in his arms.
"Xu Jinghuai, what's wrong with you?" Yan Yunshu was very puzzled by this sudden hug.
Could it be that Xu Jinghuai not only loves holding hands, but also hugs? Alas, he is indeed a child who lacks love! Yan Yunshu sighed and patted his back gently.
"Yan Yunshu, protect yourself, don't be stupid, wait for me to marry you."
Yan Yunshu felt a lump in her throat when she heard this. They were indeed good allies. Allies should help each other. You helped me and I will help you. If you need holding hands and hugging, I will satisfy you every time I see you from now on.
"Okay Xu Jinghuai."
Xu Jinghuai tightened the hug again, and then, as if he had made a huge decision, he left without looking back.
Yan Yunshu looked at his lonely back.
For the first time, I felt that the two of them were really the same kind of people.
Yingfeng on the eaves was shocked.
It seems that I have wronged the prince. Although the prince doesn't talk, he does take action!
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