As noon approached, everyone in the naval port knew that Qing Yan had made a ruthless decision and directly punished his lackeys. Therefore, many people were feeling uneasy, as this man was truly ruthless.
"Sister-in-law, we still have to deal with people this afternoon, so please don't go. If the children are frightened, it will be my fault!" Qingyan quickly advised Yin Genjue Luo Shi.
Early in the morning, Qingyan took direct action, specifically having Sulan stop Yingenjueluo Shi and make her stay quietly in the courtyard.
"This..." Lady Yin Genjueluo also felt that, given her current situation, it was best to avoid witnessing such situations. "Little Darling, do you have enough people? If not, have some of my maids go and help out!"
After some consideration, Lady Yin Genjue Luo decided to send her maid Ban Chen instead of going herself.
"Sister-in-law, of course it's enough!" Qingyan smiled.
Fei Yanggu noticed that Qingyan's expression was not good. After all, she had just finished her postpartum confinement, and she was probably feeling uncomfortable about dealing with these things.
"Little darling, I'll go with you!" Yin also felt sorry for Qingyan, but these matters still required Qingyan to take the lead.
Qingyan gave Yin a sweet smile; if Yin could accompany her, that would be wonderful.
After lunch, Fei Yanggu and his two sons accompanied Yin and Qingyan to the courtyard where the interrogation was to take place. Qingyan looked at the bluestone brick floor that had just been cleaned, and her eyes were slightly red.
“Those people deserved it, it has nothing to do with you!” Yin noticed that Qingyan was in a bad mood and quickly comforted her.
Qingyan nodded and followed her four closest relatives into the hall. On the table were the account books that Qingyan had been looking at. Just checking two of the account books almost made Qingyan faint.
"Take a look, you guys. If I look at it again, I'll probably be furious!" Qingyan threw the ledger at the four of them. She took a sip of her hot tea and felt like she was going crazy.
Those people act without restraint, greedy in the smallest of ways. Now that she has found these clues in the ledgers, they think Qingyan is slandering them.
"Damn it!" Seto was the first to give in, cursing under his breath.
"Ah Hun!" Qingyan was exasperated. Both of his Ah Hun were extremely intolerant of any wrongdoing, so these account books would surely enrage them.
Her constant intervention to suppress the unrest never achieves the best results.
"Alright, everyone, quiet down for a moment. Little one, how 'authentic' is this ledger?" Fei Yanggu stopped his son's outburst and turned to ask his daughter.
“Father, the authenticity of this ledger is questionable. The servants have searched every little detail and found many places where people could have been greedy,” Qingyan said with a sigh.
Fei Yanggu was stunned, not expecting that the person he had chosen would cause so much trouble.
"Father, we still haven't found the hidden ledgers in the homes of those stewards!" Seto was also having a headache. Those people were really too wicked; they hid the hidden ledgers too well, making it difficult for them to search for them.
“Brother-in-law, there shouldn’t be any hidden ledgers!” Yin quickly glanced through them and gave this answer directly.
"Why?!" Seto was stunned, and the other three looked at Yin curiously, waiting for him to explain.
“If there were a secret ledger, the amount of greed would be enormous, and it wouldn’t be this much silver now.” Yin pointed to several instances of greed. “These are only small amounts of silver. If it were the Ministry of Revenue, these people would only keep records of transactions involving millions of taels of silver.”
Yin's words stunned Qingyan. A greedy sum of silver was going to reach a million taels?
"Fourth Brother, do you think the amount of these greedy silver coins is still too small?!" Qingyan asked, raising his voice eight octaves.
Yin nodded. Compared to the other naval ports, the personnel at this naval port were quite good.
"There's not that much in the accounting office for them to embezzle," Qingyan said angrily.
Fei Yanggu and his two sons rarely managed administrative affairs, but they discovered that the accounting office in the military port was a lucrative position. No wonder all the lackeys were eager to get in.
"Father, if we beat people to death now, wouldn't that be too much?" Qingyan was in a very bad mood; more than a dozen people had died that morning.
"Master, hurry back! Something has happened to the young prince!" Su Zhu rushed in from outside.
Upon hearing this, Qingyan immediately ran towards the courtyard on her flowerpot shoes, with Yin following closely behind. As soon as they ran out the door, Yin picked her up in his arms.
"Fourth Sister, hurry back to see Hafeng, why are you hugging me?" Qingyan moved slightly, and Yin glared at her, but he quickened his pace to go back.
"You're wearing flowerpot shoes, which makes it easy for you to slip and fall on the bluestone bricks. Don't fall and hurt yourself," Yin said irritably.
At this moment, he was also very anxious. Hafenga was only one month old. If something happened to him, he might not be able to be saved.
Su Zhu had arranged for someone to fetch the imperial physician well in advance, worried that the young prince might be in danger.
When the two returned to the courtyard, Imperial Physician Yuan had already examined Hafeng'a's pulse.
"Your Majesty, it's because the wet nurse ate something she shouldn't have!" After taking her pulse, Imperial Physician Yuan quickly came out and reported to Yin.
"What?! How is the young prince's health?" Yin was very worried. Hafeng'a was still young, and he had been drugged.
"The young prince is unwell because of the medicinal effects from the wet nurse," said Imperial Physician Yuan, kneeling on the ground.
"Who's on duty!" Qingyan entered the inner chamber and questioned sharply.
"It's your servant!" A nanny in her twenties knelt on the ground, her face pale, fearing her fate.
Today, news spread that Qingyan had beaten more than a dozen people to death. The servants were all very worried, knowing that if they fell into Qingyan's hands, they would certainly not fare well.
"Su Peisheng, go and check. Bring over the meals the wet nurses are using and see if there's anything that's unsuitable for the children to eat too much of!" Qingyan sat on the chaise longue, looking at the wet nurses kneeling on the ground. "On your first day here, I told you that you must eat according to the prescribed menu here!"
"This servant dares not eat indiscriminately!" The wet nurse was also very frightened; she hadn't eaten anything at all.
Qingyan remained silent, simply awaiting Su Peisheng's examination results, in case any signs of human intervention were found.
After a short while, Su Peisheng came in from outside and grabbed two people, throwing them into the courtyard.
"Your Majesty, the wet nurses' meals have been switched; they contain some medicine that could harm the young prince," Su Peisheng quickly reported. "Imperial Physician Yuan has prepared traditional Chinese medicine. Two doses from the wet nurses will be enough to cure the young prince!"
Now, Hafenga is too young, and he can only be cured by his wet nurse giving him medicine.
"Okay!" Qingyan nodded in agreement.
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