As evening approached, Qingyan specially stayed at the new inn, her little face blankly looking at him, the afternoon's wait was too agonizing.
"My darling, hurry up and have your dinner." He patted her back and soothed her gently.
From noon onwards, she stood stiffly, waiting for news. Every time Su Peisheng brought bad news, she looked extremely nervous.
“This is a tricky situation. Not all of them have betrayed us, and we can’t rule out the possibility that some of them are hiding,” she said softly.
Her expression was grave, and she felt increasingly uneasy. No one could be sure that all her subordinates would behave themselves.
"Little darling, everything will be alright." Yin stroked the little one's cheek, trying to soothe her downcast mood.
She shook her head helplessly, directly rejecting his offer.
"Come here!" Yin opened his arms and pulled her into his embrace. The two of them fell onto the bed together. "Be good, if you fight with those people, you'll only end up getting hurt," he whispered to Qingyan.
He reached his right hand behind her neck and pressed himself down beneath her.
"Little darling, don't think so much," he kissed her forehead. The little girl in front of him was taking things too seriously. "It's fine to resolve this a little. If the servants are disloyal, they should be dealt with."
Of all the wives, she was the most considerate of her servants. He felt it was unnecessary for the servants in the mansion to have any days off. Seeing that the servants were all working with great enthusiasm, he remained silent.
"I know, I'm just feeling down." She was in a bad mood, and her right hand was twisting the buttons on his collar. Before long, he had opened the buttons.
Waaaaah!
She looked up and saw his burning gaze almost melting her; instantly, she wilted.
"Little darling wants it? I'll make it happen!" He started to get all hot.
"Four...it's still daytime..." she said haltingly.
"It's alright, just don't shout too loudly, or the servants outside won't dare to come any closer." Yin smiled, the little girl was really too cute.
She glared angrily at the person, wondering how they could do this.
"good……"
With that word, his burning lips descended...
Half an hour later, she slowly woke up. Yin lay beside her, propping his face up and looking at her sleeping face.
Since attending court, he has rarely had time to see her when she is awake. There are too many rules in the palace. Fortunately, Xiao Guai is the only mistress in the mansion, so there is no need for her to pay her respects. Otherwise, Xiao Guai would have to get up early every day.
"Tuyan!" Qingyan hid himself under the covers, his words becoming unclear.
He pulled back the blanket, revealing his flushed little face.
"It's normal for husband and wife to have intimate moments occasionally," Yin whispered to her.
She pulled the blanket up, her small face drooping, her big, watery eyes staring at him.
At noon, they were clearly discussing traitors, but before long, it turned into lewd behavior in broad daylight.
"It definitely won't happen again next time." Yin quickly said to soothe the cat who was bristling with anger, afraid that she would get angry again.
"Hmph, I'll punish you by making you change my clothes," Qingyan said, pursing her lips.
"Hmm." He found her clothes and began to serve her.
At the mansion, whenever he had time, he would help her change clothes, as if they were playing a game of dressing up a doll.
"Little darling, someone will be coming to report soon. If the result is not good, you are not allowed to sulk. It's good to vent your anger." Yin instructed.
She nodded quickly, at the very least, she would personally handle the business matters.
She felt it was time to settle accounts.
Later that evening, she sat on the soft couch in her study, looking at the account books that had been delivered. While doing some calculations on the abacus, she discovered many suspicious marks. After taking a look, she realized that several of the problematic families were basically large tribes from the Khorchin.
She instantly felt depressed. They were already taking advantage of the royal family, why did they have to take advantage of her interests as well?
Are they just trying to take advantage of others?
"Fourth Prince, we must tell Father Emperor this time," Qingyan said, her eyes reddening with grievance. "Losing so much silver is bad enough, but they're still causing me trouble like this. Do they really think I have no temper?"
As soon as she finished speaking, large tears began to fall.
Her tears annoyed him.
From the Kangxi era onwards, the imperial family consistently treated the Mongols with great favor. Princesses were married off to Mongolia, but these men didn't appreciate it and only kept demanding more.
All of this angered him. With Kangxi's help, his aunts were not harmed much and were much better off than before.
"Don't cry, little one!" Yingwen pinched her little face, feeling a little sad. The little one was going to be wronged by those people again.
If he were in a higher position, would these problems have been avoided?
"Fourth Prince, my loss is small, but if these people find out about what they've done, won't it be the royal family's reputation that suffers in the end?"
Xiao Guai's crying annoyed him. These people from Khorchin were really something else; they would even tamper with the account books for such a small thing.
"Alright, let's get rid of all the bribed people." After reassuring her, he began to calculate how many of the lackeys he should eliminate.
Now, he's thinking of cleaning up all the names on the lists from the survey.
If we arrest all those people, we should be able to get more information.
The consequence of doing so would be that their investigation into Mongolia would be directly exposed.
"Master, your servant is back." Erlu's voice rang out from outside, and Yin was relieved.
"Come in!"
Erlu was dressed in Mongolian attire and had a full beard, looking like a businessman from Mongolia.
"I visited several tribes and found that they had all run up debts at Yuelai Inn and Linglong Pavilion." Erlu discovered a clue and quickly went to investigate. What he uncovered later caught him off guard.
"Then……"
"This servant has discovered that many of the debts on credit are being settled directly by the people from the Imperial Household Department. These items have been inflated, and each time, the various tribes withdraw silver from the Linglong Pavilion." Erlu's words immediately angered him. Xiao Guai's shop was a small business, and in the end, these people made such a fuss that even the royal family had to come out and pay the bill.
"Are you sure?" Qingyan looked at the ledger in her hand. "Are all the changes increased?"
Erlu nodded. He had previously thought the information might be wrong, but he found that the numbers were ridiculously high.
“It must be reported as soon as possible; this amount is too large,” he said, glancing at the altered amount. “Otherwise, those leaders will place all the blame on Linglong Pavilion.”
Qingyan's face turned pale instantly, and she was also wondering to herself. Doing business with these people didn't bring much profit, but instead, she had to bear a lot of blame, which was hard to accept.
"I..." Qingyan hesitated for a moment, "...I'm planning to have someone take over Linglong Pavilion completely. Doing business with these people is too much of a headache." (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for it on Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.
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