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As the carriage moved slowly, the family of four headed towards the roast duck restaurant. Yiken'e was trying hard to concentrate, wanting to unlock the Luban lock in his hand this morning, while Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen took out a small mirror from his purse and looked at the hairpins on his double buns.
She swayed from side to side, watching the little peach sway back and forth.
"Don't cause trouble here!" Yiken'e grabbed Hutulifengshengzhalafen's little hand, trying to help Yiken'e.
Her help rendered Yiken'e's efforts futile, and Yiken'e's expression immediately turned sour.
"Hutulifengshengzhalafen, just stay quietly to the side, this is for you to play with!" Yiken'e took out a Rubik's Cube from his purse, hoping to distract Hutulifengshengzhalafen.
"No!" Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen shook her head, resolutely refusing to play with the Rubik's Cube; she preferred the Luban lock.
"Ah Hun, why are you disgusted with me?" Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen, with red eyes, reached out to Yin.
"Yiken'e, you are the elder brother, how can you be so harsh on your sister?" Yin was annoyed. His daughter was the most obedient. If Yiken'e were to be harsh on the maid again, Yin would not mind giving Yiken'e more homework.
Ugh!
Yiken'e immediately wilted. In the mansion, Yin's orders were like imperial edicts. If he complained to Kangxi and Yin was punished, he would definitely have a problem with him when they returned.
"Alright, you can play with this first!" Yiken'e was forced to compromise. With Yin behind him, Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen was someone you couldn't mess with.
"Ah Hun, let's play together!" Although Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen had won, she hoped that Ah Hun would play with her.
Yin nodded to Yiken'e: "Play with your little sister a little longer!"
There were some minor frictions between the twins, but in the end, Yiken'e would always choose to be tolerant of Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen. Therefore, when necessary, Yin would gently guide Yiken'e on how to be a good older brother.
Qingyan sat at the kang table, looking at the account book in her hand. The operation of Yuelai Inn and Linglong Pavilion had put a lot of pressure on her. Even when the court did not increase taxes, the taxes of the two shops continued to rise.
"Fourth Prince, is Father Emperor planning to increase taxes?" Qingyan asked Yin for the third time.
Yin was slightly taken aback upon hearing this. In order to appease the merchants of Guangdong and Guangxi, Kangxi approved the reduction or exemption of commercial taxes.
“No need, it’s actually lowered!” Yin said directly.
Qingyan frowned slightly. There might be a problem with these taxes. She circled them with her pen and then calculated all the profits again.
"Something's wrong?" Yin noticed that only the taxes and insurance claims were unusually high in the accounts; everything else was within the normal range. "Did something happen to Linglong Pavilion?"
The compensation for Linglong Pavilion was much higher than before. Qingyan thought there was a problem. However, after checking all the orders, she found that Linglong Pavilion was doing very well. The number of orders had doubled and the income had also doubled.
"The problem lies with the raw materials, so there might be issues with the finished products during inspection." Qingyan looked at the letter the shopkeeper had sent and began to feel a headache coming on.
Yin took the letter from her hand, glanced at it briefly, and found that the shopkeeper believed it was time to change suppliers.
Bang!
A muffled sound suddenly rang out in front of the carriage, and the carriage abruptly stopped. Erlu and Bayan, along with their guards, immediately surrounded the carriage.
Qingyan led the twins behind the screen, and Yin took a cap from the cabinet on the right and had her put it on.
"Su Peisheng, what's going on outside?!" After everything was ready, Yin asked.
Su Peisheng lifted the carriage curtain, allowing Yin and Qingyan to see the situation outside.
“Master, I am the raw material supplier for Linglong Pavilion. I have done nothing wrong. Why should I be stopped from supplying raw materials?” A man in his fifties knelt in front of the carriage. Qingyan frowned.
The issue of compensation from Linglong Pavilion remains a secret. Revealing it in public would damage Linglong Pavilion's reputation.
At this moment, both of them were considering whether this person was instigated by outsiders. If not, begging for mercy in front of the people would suggest that there was an element of coercion involved.
"Wait a minute, Bayan, send someone to invite the manager to the roast duck restaurant. You come with him!" Qingyan said directly. "We need to confirm your identity with the manager first before we discuss anything else!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Bayan ordered his guards to help the man up. The people, having heard that the Linglong Pavilion had been involved, all looked at the person who had filed the complaint.
In fact, Qingyan was right; they needed to investigate this person's identity before taking any action. No one took this unexpected incident to heart.
Among the onlookers, two or three people seemed rather strange. They appeared to be waiting for something, and when they noticed that the people didn't react at all, they looked at each other.
Suddenly, Yin made a gesture to Erlu, and several people who were secretly protecting them walked into the crowd and took those people away with their mouths covered.
The people around those people stopped speculating and realized that the other party had made a move to make things difficult for the Fourth Prince's wife.
"Let's disperse. Linglong Pavilion would never cut corners on ingredients!" Qingyan's clear voice echoed in everyone's ears.
In the capital, many people's betrothal gifts and dowries came from Linglong Pavilion, so everyone was willing to believe Qingyan's words.
The carriage curtain was lowered, and the corners of her slightly smiling mouth drooped.
"Who on earth dares to cause trouble here!" Qingyan frowned, trying hard to recall if he had offended anyone.
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