Seeing him curled up and fast asleep like a quail, Rong Ning felt helpless.
She knew that the Crown Prince was under too much pressure and responsibility, so she shouldn't take this occasional lapse in composure to heart.
“Aheng…”
Rong Ning called out to the Materials Control Department, and without a sound, Aheng appeared before her.
"Carry your master back to the house to rest," Rong Ning ordered with disdain.
"Yes, Your Highness!" Ah Heng quickly accepted the order and hurriedly carried her master away.
Rong Ning was left alone in the courtyard again.
She wouldn't get drunk; the strong liquor was just meant to invigorate her. The fiery liquor went down her throat and woke her up completely.
Exhausted from a day of running around, she had only intended to come to the courtyard to relax and then sleep, leaving the rest to the Crown Prince.
But the Crown Prince didn't want to say he wanted to drink.
She tried drinking, but her alcohol tolerance is too low, and now she's completely drunk and unconscious. All she can do is wait and see what happens next.
Chu Pingfeng did not come to report until midnight.
Chu Pingfeng was somewhat surprised to see Rong Ning waiting there. "Your Highness, where is the Crown Prince?"
"Asleep..."
Rong Ning asked indifferently, "What was the result? How much silver was finally calculated?"
"Your Highness, the total is four million three hundred and twenty thousand taels!"
Four million three hundred and twenty thousand taels!
It's one million taels more than before.
Upon hearing the result, Rong Ning laughed in anger, "Just hearing this number, I would have thought that Mingzhou was some kind of incredibly wealthy place. These greedy bastards, killing them so easily is simply letting them off too easily."
Chu Pingfeng lowered his head, not daring to speak.
When he saw this number, he also realized the severity of the situation in the north, or rather, that the corruption problem in the entire Southern Dynasty had reached a point where it could not be delayed any longer.
Regarding the issue of corruption, Rong Ning has already discussed it many times, and she doesn't want to waste her breath on it again.
She exhaled and instructed, "It's alright now. Put your tails away and go back to rest. You haven't had a moment's rest since you arrived in the North. You must be exhausted."
As for anything else, you can report to the Crown Prince when he wakes up tomorrow.
Chu Pingfeng acknowledged the order and withdrew, saying, "Yes... Your Highness!"
Rong Ning tossed the wine jar aside and told A Ying to prepare water so she could wash up and go to bed.
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