At midnight, the villa in Zhili fell completely silent. The princes had bought five connected courtyards here, and several of them had opened up the villas together. Yin and Qingyan returned to their own villa, where the children were already fast asleep.
Today, a riot broke out at the Salt Commissioner's Office. Instigated by a certain person, many people who were unaware of the truth prepared to storm the office. Fortunately, Tulichen handled the situation properly.
After returning from the government office, Qingyan was in a low mood. He pondered the words of Huiying, the eldest daughter of the Salt Commissioner, and his face was full of sneers.
Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen is six years old. Her daughter is very well-behaved. A cold smile flashed quickly in Huiying's eyes.
"Honey, are you in a bad mood today?" Yinhe and Qingyan were about to go to sleep when he finally had time to ask Qingyan.
Qingyan shook his head: "Our daughter was looked down upon, and what's more, this person is actually the legitimate daughter of the Salt Commissioner's family. It seems that the daughters of the Guarjia clan are all very arrogant."
After speaking, Yin turned to look at her. In the backyard, had Qingyan been wronged again?
"Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen?" Yin frowned. The Salt Commissioner had been avoiding him. Occasionally, when Yin asked him, he would try to change the subject.
"Yes, and she looks down on our precious daughter quite a bit. She's a nine-year-old child, and she's very arrogant." Qingyan didn't have a good impression of Huiying.
The girl's words were not only rude, but Qingyan also felt that she was being somewhat tactless during their subsequent conversation.
"Didn't you have the governesses teach her manners?" Yin sneered. Whose daughter is she? She's just asking for trouble.
"It is said that she was taught, but this princess referred to herself as 'I' from the very first sentence." Qingyan would never hold back when faced with someone who looked down on her daughter.
Yin burst out laughing, while Qingyan clearly had a very strong opinion about this.
"Fourth Brother, am I wrong?" Qingyan was furious.
"Of course not. My daughter is at least a member of the royal family. Who would dare to slander her behind her back?" Yin chuckled. "Why do you only get older and not think things through?"
"Am I brainless?" Qingyan glared at Yin angrily. "You can't say that. The Salt Commissioner Fu Rong said one sentence and I was choked by the Crown Princess's family. So, I had to find another way."
Qingyan had no intention of showing any leniency towards these women. Once he had extracted the information, he never wanted to see them again.
"Hmm, what does this matter of smuggled salt have to do with the Salt Commissioner?" Yin thought the Salt Commissioner was a bit slippery, and moreover, this person was definitely not someone to be trifled with.
“Yes, he probably knows everything. However, the wife of the Salt Inspector is no pushover. During the conversation, she repeatedly pointed out that the Salt Inspector is a protégé of the Crown Prince. If you don’t have solid evidence, you can’t let him off the hook.” Qingyan disliked the Crown Prince and his wife, so she spoke bluntly.
Yin laughed, but he was just a fence-sitter.
Now that the crown prince has been deposed twice, how many more days can these people remain arrogant?
"After Father Emperor returns to the capital, the imperial edict to abolish the Crown Prince will be issued, and these people will certainly not have a good outcome," Yin sneered.
Qingyan was relieved. If these people had taken notice of her, she really wouldn't have been able to live like this.
"The Salt Inspector's wife expressed doubts about the imperial edict banning salt and secretly inquired about it several times." Qingyan noted down all the questions asked by the Salt Inspector Fu Rao, and she would consider them carefully before answering them directly each time.
"Go to sleep..." He patted Qingyan's back, and the two quickly drifted off to sleep.
Just as dawn was breaking, a series of knocks sounded outside the courtyard door. Su Zhu quickly went over and heard Zhang Desheng's voice.
"What are you doing here now? The master hasn't gotten up yet!" Su Zhu was a little annoyed. Couldn't Zhang Desheng let the master rest properly?
After the ordeal of moving from Yuelai Inn to the villa, everyone was exhausted over the past few days.
"Quickly... inform the master that the Censorate is surrounded, and they've reportedly started storming the government office." After receiving Master Yu's distress message, Zhang Desheng quickly sent someone to inform the princes and then rushed to wake Yinzhen.
Knowing the gravity of the matter, Su Zhu quickly went into the inner chamber.
Yin vaguely heard noises outside while he was asleep, and quickly woke up.
"Su Zhu..."
"My lord, someone has disrupted the Imperial Censorate, and the Imperial Censor has come to seek help," Su Zhu said simply.
Qingyan was awakened by Yin's actions, and in her dazed state, she overheard Suzhu's words.
Instantly, she opened her eyes and turned to look at Yin.
"You arranged this?" Qingyan asked suspiciously.
"No, it must be that someone successfully instigated it." Yin thought of the garrison soldiers imprisoned outside the city gates; it certainly wasn't those men.
The two quickly changed their clothes, and my husband, wife, and I, a total of six people, rushed over.
"Tenth Brother, where are Thirteenth and Fourteenth Brother?" Yin was very surprised to see that the two brothers were not in his sight.
"Yinxiang and Yin took my token and went outside to bring people away. Brother, is the situation a bit bad?" Yin asked, staring at Yin.
They stormed the government office!
An ordinary person would certainly not do this, unless someone boldly suggested it from behind the scenes.
"Fourth brother, what do you think?" Yin remembered that some of the people he took away wanted to break out, but Tu Lichen wanted to play the long game.
"Hmm, those people must have gone back to inform us. Since we didn't show up, they'll definitely be watching Tulichen after he showed up." Yin looked at Yin, "You didn't make any big moves regarding the smuggled salt, did you?"
After Yin got involved, he was able to get news at any time, and he always disguised himself as an ordinary merchant.
"Yes, they are trying to raise money to redeem the salt ships, but the imperial censor is not giving in, and the salt merchants are making a huge fuss." Before leaving, Yin made a point of saying that he was going to the border region to purchase goods, and those people had left letters at their villas in Suzhou and Hangzhou.
Qingyan's face tightened; they were completely unable to move within the city.
"Could the news have leaked from the Censor's wife?" Yin Zong felt something was wrong. Normally, even if the ship carrying smuggled salt was seized, these people wouldn't come knocking on his door.
"Fourth Sister-in-law, did you tell those people that we were in the city? Was this incident of storming the government office to force us to show up?" Yin was slightly taken aback. If Qingyan was the one, then this matter was in serious trouble.
“Ninth Brother, you might be right. The Salt Inspector’s wife is no pushover. She’s always been using her status as a member of the Crown Prince’s family to get things done.” Qingyan nodded.
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