Chapter 382 Trouble
After Qin Huiyin gave the herbs to Tang Yixiao, the latter did not let her stay for long because of the stray dogs and asked her to go back and wait for news.
As soon as she came out, Xia Ruwan and Tang Yichen had also reached an agreement. Thinking of the news she heard from Li Congxiao, Xia Ruwan immediately told Qin Huiyin about it.
"Prince Ning is the nephew of the Queen Mother and is in charge of the Ministry of Revenue. He has both status and power. Li Jingyan is quite resourceful and managed to get close to such a person."
"The Li family is rich, and Prince Ning is not stupid. The women and money that come to him are not too hot to take, so why not take them?" Qin Huiyin said, "The backyards of these noble families are big enough. Not to mention one concubine, even if it's ten or a hundred concubines, as long as they are useful, they can afford it. But, Li Jingyan is really interesting. The first thing she did after holding on to her new thigh was to make things difficult for you. Shouldn't she control the control of the Li family in her hands?"
"She now has the support of Prince Ning, so she doesn't have to put in any extra effort. The old-fashioned people in the Li family will definitely side with her. Li Congxiao's situation has become even more difficult."
"Young Master Li has only been in control of the Li family for a few days, and Li Jingyan has already fought back like this. Is she just too smart, or is there someone behind her who is giving her advice?"
Su Jin walked in from outside and said to Qin Huiyin, "Second Miss, Miss Zhu sent you a letter, saying that she wants you to go boating on the lake."
Qin Huiyin took the note handed to her by Su Jin, opened it and took a look. A beautiful handwriting of small characters appeared before her eyes.
She handed the post to Xia Ruwan and said, "Look, it says 'I hit it off with Miss Xia right away, let's go on a trip with friends and enjoy the beautiful scenery together'. It means I want to bring you along."
Xia Ruwan recalled the scene at the auction and said, "Although Miss Zhu didn't ignore me, it can be seen that her attitude towards you and me is completely different. She didn't ignore me just out of courtesy. When she invited you to go boating, she did invite me as well, but she didn't mean it. In the end, she just casually invited me. But now she specifically mentioned me in the post. Is it because we have something on our minds and are being overly suspicious?"
"I hope I'm just being too worried! However, regardless of whether it's because we have something to hide or not, it's always a good idea to be more careful when going out." Qin Huiyin said.
Xia Ruwan felt that the recent events had exhausted her, so she discussed with Qin Huiyin for a while and then went back to rest.
Not long after she returned home, Shuhui came over and said, "There was a commotion next door. I heard many women laughing and playing."
Xia Ruwan looked grim: "It's not the first day we know who he is. What's so strange about a woman's laughter? Don't bother me with what's happening next door."
After Qin Huiyin separated from Xia Ruwan, she went to the kitchen first to watch the dinner, asked the cook to add a midnight snack, and instructed her to send it to Tang Yichen at 11 p.m.
Li Taohua and Tang Dafu were not at home. Tang Yixiao was busy making ointment and did not come out for dinner. Tang Luwu was also out tonight, so only Qin Huiyin and Tang Yichen had dinner. In order to make it convenient for Tang Yichen, Qin Huiyin asked the servants to put the meal in Tang Yichen's study and had dinner with him in the study.
The Tang family did not have a rule of not talking while eating or sleeping, so when the brother and sister were having dinner together, Qin Huiyin asked about the Maritime Customs.
"We need to find evidence for the matter of the Maritime Customs. Once we find evidence, we will naturally punish them severely. However, given the Maritime Customs' style of doing things, I'm afraid that as soon as I start investigating, they will destroy the evidence, and then Miss Xia's goods will naturally be released. This matter will not become a big deal, but we didn't want to make a big deal in the first place. As long as we achieve our goal, it will be fine."
"I thought that Big Brother would take this opportunity to directly eliminate those people in the Maritime Customs Office who used chicken feathers as a token of authority!"
"Just give them a warning, there's no need to eradicate them. The whole Maritime Customs is a complicated place. If you eradicate one group, there will be another. There's no need to make enemies with them. Don't forget, if you open a shop, you'll inevitably have to deal with the Maritime Customs. Our goal this time is to give them a warning and let them know that the Xia family's goods and the Tang family's goods cannot be touched. This is the long-term benefit."
"Brother, I suddenly feel that you have more potential to be a profiteer."
Tang Yichen tapped her forehead and said, "If you are too rigid, you will break easily. If I am an upright person, you will always have to worry about whether my head will fall off."
"Brother, you are truly wise and brave."
Tang Yichen laughed: "The main reason is that I haven't had the time to cause trouble to the Maritime Customs recently. After all, the South City Military Commission is the tough one."
"Nancheng Bingmasi?" Qin Huiyin was puzzled. "Why do you suddenly want to investigate Nancheng Bingmasi?"
"It's not sudden, it's just been under investigation in the past few days. The South City Military Department is holding on to the East City Military Department. If I don't lend a hand, when will your brother from the Song family be able to get out of this?"
Qin Huiyin was truly shocked.
Haven't Tang Yichen and Song Ruize always been at odds with each other?
Until now, they have been king against king, and they will dislike each other as soon as they meet.
Tang Yichen seemed to see what she was thinking, and said calmly: "I don't like Song Ruize, I really don't like him. However, if his position is unstable, you will lose a backer. Big brother can certainly be your backer, but big brother is just a civil servant, there are always things he can't take care of. He manages East City, and the food city you want to open is also in East City. With him protecting you, your safety will be guaranteed in a place where big brother can't see. The water in this capital is deeper than I thought, and one more person protecting you will make you safer."
"Does Brother Song know what you did?" Qin Huiyin felt a sore nose.
"Do I need him to know? I'm not doing this for him. You like playing with him, and even if big brother doesn't like him, he won't watch him get into trouble."
"Brother..." Qin Huiyin leaned on his shoulder and said with emotion, "Why are you so nice?"
"Just be less angry with me." Tang Yichen stroked her hair. "You run over there all day long. You have no conscience."
Qin Huiyin was acting coquettishly towards Tang Yichen, but seeing that it was getting late and knowing that he still had a lot of documents to deal with, it was not a good idea to disturb him any further.
After coming out of the study, Qin Huiyin sent someone to inquire about the situation at the East City Military Division. When she learned that Chen Yong had been released, she knew that Tang Yichen's help had worked.
Qin Huiyin suddenly had an idea, that is, to let the two brothers live in harmony. Look at what Tang Yichen did for Song Ruize this time, Song Ruize should be made aware of it. If Song Ruize knew that Tang Yichen was secretly helping him, he would be less hostile to him. After a long time, wouldn't they be able to become a loving family?
In the original novel, one of them is the hero and the other is the villain, but now both of them are on the right track and are very successful, so there is no need to worry about them becoming enemies.
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