Qin Qingyao squinted her eyes and stole a kiss, then fell asleep contentedly. Not long after she fell asleep, it was time for Dugu Yu to get up and attend court.
At this time, Qin Qingyao's hands and feet were not yet fully warm.
When Dugu Yu got up, Qin Qingyao was sleeping like a dead pig and knew nothing. Dugu Yu frowned and helped her warm her hands and feet before hurriedly getting out of bed and getting dressed.
As he left, he whispered, "Starting today, light a few more braziers for the princess, and have the housekeeper buy some good charcoal."
"yes!"
Dugu Yu himself had rarely used a brazier before. He was rarely at home anyway, and his study couldn't burn more than a few pounds of charcoal in a winter.
But Qin Qingyao seems to be quite afraid of the cold, so I have to buy more this year.
When he hurried to the study and was about to ask Zhao Jinghan to take the account books to his desk in the Ministry of War, he found that the account books had been separated into two neatly arranged piles, with a piece of paper underneath.
The small characters on it were obviously written by Qin Qingyao with duck feathers. Some places were unclear due to too little ink, while others were completely black due to too much ink...
"Did the princess come here last night?"
The guard at the gate said respectfully, "Yes, the princess has been sitting here all night. She left less than half an hour ago."
No wonder the girl felt cold all over.
Dugu Yu looked at her carefully written words, which were much better looking than the house rules at the foot of the bed. Although there were many typos, he could basically understand them.
Sitting in the carriage, Dugu Yu looked at the obvious mistakes Qin Qingyao pointed out one by one, and found that she was really very careful in her calculations and wrote very attentively.
When he arrived at the palace gate, he put the paper in his arms and handed the account book to Zhao Jinghan.
A thin piece of paper pressed against my chest felt warm, as if it were actually warm.
After the court session, Dugu Yu was reading official documents in the Ministry of War. He kept thinking of Qin Qingyao and wondered if she had gotten up to eat.
After looking at it for a long time, he still couldn't understand it, so he finally packed a box and went back with Zhao Jinghan.
Qin Qingyao didn't get up to have breakfast today and is still sleeping.
Dugu Yu sat beside the bed, looking at her peaceful sleeping face, bent down slightly, hugged her together with the quilt, and kissed her face secretly.
Then I found it funny.
He probably knew why Qin Qingyao always liked to stick to him and kiss him.
Being close to the one you love is a truly blissful thing.
"The one I like..."
Dugu Yu pinched the tip of Qin Qingyao's nose and asked, "Do you know that I like you?"
If you knew, you would be so happy!
"Qingqing~"
Dugu Yu hugged her, rubbed her neck and took two deep breaths, then left reluctantly without disturbing her sleep.
Sitting in the study is indeed much more comfortable than sitting in the palace.
Qi Mo knocked on the door and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."
"Come in. What's going on?"
"Princess, last night..."
Qi Mo repeated Qin Qingyao's order to Dugu Yu word for word. After listening to it, Dugu Yu immediately realized what Qin Qingyao wanted to do.
However, yesterday's account book had already been returned to the Ministry of War. What was brought back today were the account books for the summer and autumn seasons of the Northwest Camp, and there were no accounts for the Yanling Army. He would have to wait until he went to the palace tomorrow to check them out.
"Do as the princess says."
"yes!"
The Northwest Camp is a little far away, but if we rush, it will take about two days and one night to travel 800 miles. The only thing is how to get so many clothes out quietly.
Two days later, Wu Gang and Wu Yu returned.
Even if Qin Qingyao didn't know much about fabrics, just by touching and looking at them, he knew that the military uniforms of the Northwest Camp were mainly made of strong and wear-resistant coarse linen. So, where did all the cotton cloth on the books go?
Let’s talk about winter cotton-padded clothes. They are all cotton-padded clothes. The cotton used in one piece of Yanling Army’s clothes can be taken out to make three pieces for the Northwest Camp. Isn’t this a scam?
Qin Qingyao was so angry that she didn't even have time to wait for Dugu Yu to come back. She cut off a few pieces of cloth and sent two little girls, Baizhi and Baiji, to the cloth shop to ask how much one zhang of this linen cost.
But today Dugu Yu didn't come back until noon.
Qin Qingyao sent someone to inquire, and the person who came back told him, "It seems something happened in the Ministry of War, and the prince and his men are investigating."
"What happened?"
"It seems like something was lost, so no one can leave."
"Lost something?"
Qin Qingyao glanced at the pile of military uniforms on the table and asked speechlessly, "Don't tell me it's an account book!"
"Call Wu Gang and Wu Yu to me!"
Wu Gang and Wu Yu have been following Qin Qingyao for so many months. She has always been easy-going and easy to talk to. This is the first time they have seen her so angry.
"I greet the princess."
"Let me ask you, when you went to the Northwest Camp to get these clothes, who did you ask? How did you get them? Who knew about it? Who saw you enter the camp?"
Wu Gang thought for a moment, "We entered through the main gate of the barracks with a token. The guards knew us. To get clothes, we asked a centurion to help us get some clothes that were no longer wearable from his soldiers..."
"Are you guys stupid? You entered through the main gate and flashed your personal guards' tokens, right?"
"yes!"
Qin Qingyao was so angry that her liver hurt. "I told you to keep it secret. I told you not to draw attention to this matter. You guys don't take me seriously at all. You don't take my words seriously at all. You think I'm just messing around with you because I'm bored, right?"
"I dare not!"
"Go down."
"Princess, your subordinate..."
"Get down!"
"yes!"
Qin Qingyao's head hurt. These things were not in the original novel. In the original novel, Dugu Yu's soldiers had never found any problems with the accounts, but the clothes piled on the table were there, so there was no way there was no problem.
So, who is this person who embezzled money?
So much money was deducted from the soldiers. This project could not have been done by one person. There must be a gang!
So this gang was not exposed in the end, and there was no unfair distribution of the spoils, which shows that they are organized and disciplined, and even... have someone to protect them!
The account book was lost in the Ministry of War? The Ministry of War is...
Qin Qingyao's temples suddenly jumped, "Fuck!"
The Ministry of War is Ling Jingxuan’s territory!
Dugu Yu is the second male lead, who can take advantage of him under his nose?
Either the male protagonist or the villain!
If the prince is the villain, how could this matter not be exposed? How could the male protagonist miss this great opportunity to skin the prince alive if he can't kill him!
Therefore, Qin Qingyao felt that it was most likely Ling Jingxuan who did it!
Only the leading male character with his halo can handle such a big thing and deduct money from the second male lead right under his nose!
She thought of the floods in the south again. Although it was a thing of the past, she still felt uncomfortable.
Baizhi and Baiji ran around outside all day but found nothing.
"I'm sorry, Princess. We didn't ask for the price. This cloth is too rough. Even the servants in Yulin City don't wear it, so no one is buying it."
Qin Qingyao took the cloth in her hand and squeezed it, it was prickly!
This fabric is strong and wear-resistant, but is it comfortable to wear?
Then she flipped through it carefully. "Don't they say there are four sets of clothes in a season? That's not right. There are only two cotton coats here, and the others don't even have three sets per season on average!"
When Dugu Yu came back, it was almost dark and his face looked a little tired.
Qin Qingyao's ADHD did not occur while she was eating. She ate quietly and diligently picked up food for Dugu Yu.
After dinner, the two took a short walk and then returned to the study. As soon as Dugu Yu entered the room, he saw a pile of military uniforms.
He picked up the cloth and ran it over his hands, frowning.
"Husband, can I know what the Ministry of War lost?"
"The account book, the account book of the Northwest Camp."
Qin Qingyao really wasn't surprised at all. "So what should we do now?"
"The Minister of War said he would help me conceal the past. I'll just seal the file and save it as if everything has been verified and found to be correct."
Qin Qingyao almost laughed, "Yeah, it's good."
She was afraid that she was too prejudiced against Ling Jingxuan and had wronged him. This style of doing things, cheating others and then appearing as a benefactor, asking others to be grateful to him, isn't this what he is best at?
Dugu Yu was extremely tired. He thought Qin Qingyao didn't understand the importance of the matter and only wanted to appease the emperor and hope that he would not be punished.
But Qin Qingyao not only knew everything, but also saw things more clearly than him!
She climbed onto Dugu Yu's lap, put her arms around his neck, and whispered in his ear, "Do you remember when I told you who the people in the Ministry of War were?"
Dugu Yu looked at him in shock, "You..."
Qin Qingyao stretched out a finger, blocked his mouth, and whispered in his ear.
"Helping you cover up the crime of losing the account book doesn't necessarily mean they trust you or are kind to you. More likely, the person who is most actively covering up the truth is the one who is most afraid of the account book being found!"
If it was really Ling Jingxuan who did it, then this account book would have turned to ashes long ago and would never have appeared again.
Because the male protagonist has always been foolproof in everything he does and has never been slapped in the face once!
Dugu Yu looked at Qin Qingyao, and the loneliness of not being understood just now suddenly disappeared, and even the depressed mood of the day seemed to disappear without a trace.
He imitated Qin Qingyao and whispered in her ear, "Why do you talk like that?"
The hot air made Qin Qingyao's ears itchy, and she laughed without restraint. It sounded as if the two of them were playing shamelessly.
"I clearly told you to be secretive and low-key and not draw attention to yourself, but I just got the clothes back and the account book is lost right after. Doesn't my husband think it's too much of a coincidence?"
"The Northwest Camp is so far away. Although Wu Gang and Wu Yu made mistakes and exposed their identities as the palace guards, and idiotically asked a centurion to help get clothes, but!"
"It's impossible for the barracks guards to report to their superiors just by seeing one of your personal guards, right? Unless Wu Gang and Wu Yu are incredibly unlucky and the guard they encounter happens to be the mastermind, or the centurion happens to be the mastermind."
"But even if that's the case, will it be too late to report back from the Northwest Camp and then go to the Ministry of War to steal the account books?"
"I think that as soon as I sent someone out of the house, the people over there got the news and were ready to destroy the evidence."
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