Later, Jiang Qingqing looked deeply at Xiao Linting's tall back before he disappeared into the darkness again.

The last time she saw this scene was five years ago, when Xiao Linting sneaked into the palace in the middle of the night and gave her a seal the size of a child's palm.

When did my feelings towards Xiao Linting undergo a subtle change?

Jiang Qingqing herself couldn't explain it.

Maybe it's love that grows over time.

After seeing Xiao Linting off, it was a rare night that Jiang Qingqing suffered from insomnia in Huaning Palace.

It was not until the sky turned slightly white that she closed her eyes and fell asleep with the sleepiness she had finally managed to muster.

Gan Yuan and Gan Lin knew that His Highness went to bed late, so they specifically told everyone in the palace to be more careful.

As the sun was getting high in the sky, even Han Qingyi was taken away under the supervision of the two palace maids, while Jiang Qingqing was still sleeping on the bed.

Just when everyone thought everything had returned to a stable and orderly life, someone hurried in from outside the Huaning Palace and went to the backyard to see Gan Yuan and Gan Lin.

She hurriedly grabbed the hands of the two senior palace maids and said in a panic, "Someone from the previous dynasty submitted a memorial, saying that the account books of Qizhen Lin'an Pavilion were wrong and suspected of corruption. Qizhen has been surrounded."

"I understand." Gan Yuan's face suddenly turned gloomy, and she walked quickly into the palace.

She came to the bedside and whispered to Jiang Qingqing: "Your Highness, something happened outside. We should wake up and prepare countermeasures."

Jiang Qingqing was still fighting with Zhou Gong in her dream. She vaguely heard Gan Yuan's voice. She woke up slowly and looked at Gan Yuan in confusion at first.

It was not until Gan Yuan repeated what the messenger had just said that Jiang Qingqing's face darkened.

She stood up neatly and sat on the edge of the bed, then asked in a half-hoarse voice: "What's the specific situation? Let someone come in and talk."

Gan Yuan asked someone to come in and help His Highness wash up, while he asked the palace maid who was delivering the message to come in and speak.

As soon as the palace maid came in, she got Jiang Qingqing's approval and asked her to explain.

"The officials of the previous dynasty's Ministry of Revenue submitted a memorial saying that Qi Zhen Lin'an Pavilion has underpaid taxes in recent years. Some people also pointed out that the gambling venue on the second floor has a certain amount of bad forces inside, and said that it has affected the normal entertainment facilities. Your Majesty is requested to investigate it strictly."

"What does father mean? Has this matter affected my third brother?" Jiang Qingqing asked while wiping her cheek.

The palace maid shook her head slightly, but her complexion did not improve.

"Although His Majesty did not say anything, he has already asked the people from the Dali Temple to investigate one by one. The one sent was the eldest prince... Although the third prince has not been punished, His Majesty said that the third prince has worked hard recently and let the third prince rest for a few days."

This is a disguised way of cooling down Jiang Chen.

The label of bad forces was placed on Jiang Chen's head, which was a dangerous public opinion. Public opinion could easily overthrow a person.

"What's the current situation at Qizhen Lin'an Pavilion? Can the waiters inside come out?" Jiang Qingqing frowned.

The most urgent task is to sort out this matter.

The birthday party had just ended when this happened unexpectedly. Jiang Qingqing had no time to figure out how this happened. The quickest way to find out what happened was to go directly to Yan Luo to find out.

The palace maid shook her head slightly. "The situation is not optimistic. Once the Dali Temple takes action, Qi Town will most likely be besieged."

"This princess understands." Jiang Qingqing finished washing and changing her clothes. She walked out from behind the screen and straightened her clothes.

"Gan Lin, prepare the carriage. Gan Yuan, go get my token to leave the palace and tell them that I am going back to the princess's mansion."

Jiang Qingqing was packing some of her belongings in Huaning Palace.

The Huaning Palace began to get busy. About half a cup of tea later, Jiang Qingqing got on the carriage to leave the palace.

They said they were going to the princess's mansion, but as soon as they left the imperial palace, they immediately turned to the eldest princess's mansion.

The emperor's uncle has just left the capital, and the only one who can help with advice is the eldest princess.

The eldest princess had received the news long ago, and had guessed that Jiang Qingqing would come to the princess's residence, so she opened the door of the residence early. Jiang Qingqing came to the backyard of the princess's residence without any obstruction, and the first thing she said when she saw the eldest princess was to call her "imperial aunt" in a wronged manner.

"Aunt!! My son's Lin'an Pavilion is going to be investigated!"

Jiang Qingqing took three steps at a time and walked up to the eldest princess. She pouted her lips and looked at the eldest princess aggrievedly.

The eldest princess loved Jiang Qingqing very much, and now she couldn't bear to see her precious niece cry, so she immediately asked someone to bring a small stool and patted the back of Jiang Qingqing's hand.

He sighed in a complicated manner, and then said, "Your Highness, do you know why Qizhen's Lin'an Pavilion was the first to be hit?"

"Why..." Jiang Qingqing's purpose of coming here was to get to the bottom of this matter.

The eldest princess blocked out some unimportant people in the backyard hall, and only spoke after most of them had left.

"In recent days, the Ministry of Revenue has been conducting a comparative survey on the income of the capital and the surrounding towns. They found that you and the Third Prince ranked first in the income ratio of Qi Town. This time, they said in the court that tax was evaded and that your gambling house on the second floor was not standardized. These are all their excuses!"

When the princess said this, her expression was filled with indignation.

"These old bastards actually dared to hit the young ones. They are so greedy that they deserve to be despised!" Although the eldest princess' daily etiquette training taught her not to do rude things, her face still darkened when faced with such a situation.

Jiang Qingqing had planned everything, but she didn't expect that it was because Qi Zhen had been so popular recently that the hunting dogs smelled the meat and gathered here so quickly.

"Don't be afraid. Qizhen Lin'an Pavilion belongs to your third brother after all. Your father likes you so much that he will definitely not let them eat this piece of fat meat." The eldest princess said softly to comfort Jiang Qingqing.

Jiang Qingqing lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, and made her own judgment in her mind.

She deliberately made Qi Town bigger and stronger and never suppressed its development, just to attract the attention of this group of people.

Today's move was really unexpected, but it was exactly what Jiang Qingqing wanted.

But in front of the eldest princess, she couldn't act too scheming and could only follow the eldest princess's soothing words and calm down her emotions little by little.

But I was always thinking, I have caught the fish, but how can I let them fight to the death for this piece of fat meat, and lure the Zhao family out at the same time...

Jiang Qingqing turned her head to look towards the princess's courtyard, recalling how aggrieved she had felt in front of the princess just now.

Suddenly, an idea came to my mind.

The eldest princess saw that Jiang Qingqing was in a heavy mood and thought that she was still worried about Qi Zhen's affairs, so she asked someone to prepare some delicious food. If she ate well, she would feel a little happier.