Heartburn

At the end of the meeting, I followed the hundreds of civil and military officials to withdraw from the hall. The unspeakable look in Kuang Xiqing's eyes before leaving, almost knocked down the person in front of me inadvertently.

"Sorry," subconsciously apologized, and saw that the other party looked at me in shock. It was the young adviser who had just stepped out to impeach me, "...wouldn't you say it? How can I even say a bit when I hit this king? No? Offending the prince is a big crime!"

Taking a step back and patted my clothes in disgust, I raised my head and tried my best to put on a haughty posture.

She bit her lip and stared at me angrily-all the colleagues around her quietly winked at her to tell her not to conflict with me-in the end, she still reluctantly lowered her head and said softly: "... The minister knows his mistake, please forgive the prince."

"Huh huh, it's almost the same." I kept my face cold, but couldn't help laughing in my heart, and even the sadness and depression of the talents disappeared a little-it seems that occasionally teasing others is quite interesting, "This king This time I won’t be held accountable, and I won’t take it as an example."

Blinking at her, I walked slowly past her, the smile on the corner of my mouth was still there, but my shoulder was slightly bumped, and a smiling young woman's voice rang in my ear: "Oh, it's a change of taste? Why? Fancy that little old-fashioned? Behind her is the emperor Yunchong. If you make a big mess, you will have a headache!"

When I looked back, it turned out that it was Lu Yingxuan, the most indistinct among the noble ladies of the family, and she had the worst reputation.

His mother is Zhong Shuling, and his elder brother is the imperial husband. He has a prominent family background and has developed such a bold temperament. It is no wonder that he has the same smell as Kuang Xihan.

If even she finds it tricky, it can be seen that this little admonisher does have a certain background and is not easy to provoke...Speaking of which, I only intended to tease her in order to report her righteous impeachment at the court meeting. In addition, There are no other thoughts, how come to Lu Yingxuan's mouth, it became my undivided thought of her?

"Don't bother you, this king has his own discretion." I glanced at her, and I quickened my pace.

Maybe she put a hippie smile behind me, and asked nonchalantly: "Tsk, don't be so indifferent~ Xiao Han? Your Highness? Hello! Don't you want to know the follow-up to the assassin incident that day?"

Her last words successfully aroused my curiosity and made me stop unconsciously and look back at her-she gave a triumphant smile of "I knew it", but she stopped talking and stopped talking. .

Resisting the urge to roll my eyes, I looked around and cast strange eyes at us from time to time. I almost poked at the spine and cursed the officials with a few sentences, and raised my chin towards Lu Ying: "You and this king Come to the side."

She shrugged, but with a treacherous trick, she followed me to the corner of the corridor outside the main hall.

"Aren't you drunk at the time? Why do you remember what happened afterwards?" I was sure that no one was following, I asked straightforwardly.

After I was scratched by the assassin that night, Kuang Xiqing took me to her sleeping hall. After that, she was silent about the matter, saying that it was still under investigation, so I didn’t have to worry; I also asked Jiang Zhuo at that time. It was because I had a rare conversation with her, and the atmosphere was harmonious, but because of this question, she suddenly became cold and ignored me for a few days-I knew it, and she had to do it here. No answer.

After many days, I also extinguished my curiosity. Who knows that Lu Yingxuan has once again evoked doubts at this time-what is the identity of the assassin? Is it alone or as an accomplice? What is behind it?

"Joke, don't you know how much I drink? It's just taking the opportunity to play around with those guys... But the assassin was quick to make a move, even I didn't react," she sighed, with a smile in her eyes. But I accepted some, as if thinking of something serious, "After you left, the emperor immediately ordered to search everyone present, and the singing and dancing team that the Jiaofang Secretary obtained from the people was all sent to prison; the Criminal Ministry tried them one by one. , They refused to recruit them. After a few days of grinding, they irritated the people in the criminal department, and took turns with the sticks and soldering irons. Several of them didn't hold back and committed suicide, but at last two of them couldn't hold back their recruits."

Speaking of this, she looked around us mysteriously and seemed to be sure that no one was eavesdropping. I couldn't help but be infected with her cautiousness and approached cautiously. Then she said: "One said that the assassin was half a month old. The former member of their dance dance class seemed to be an orphan who had fled from a disaster area. There was no one in the family. The class owner pityed him and asked him to join. I didn’t expect that he was very talented, so I asked him to pick the leading performer to perform solo dance. This is something..."

"What did the other say?" I listened attentively. Seeing her hesitating, I hurriedly urged.

"Ahem, the other confession is a mystery. It is said that the man is dead. I also peeked at the confession submitted by the Criminal Ministry to find out." I was not surprised how she had the opportunity to see the officials secretly. The paper presented to the emperor did not want to find out who gave her such courage, so she lowered her voice and continued, "The man said that the night before the palace banquet, he saw the assassin sneaking away from the troupe. , She was curious, so she followed, and found out that the assassin had gone to Tao Suzhai on South Street-that was a study selling the four treasures of the study, he was a maiko who didn't know a lot of characters, why did he go there?"

"And then?" I felt as if I was getting closer and closer to the truth.

Just listen to her sighed faintly: "Then? There will be no more...The spies from the Criminal Ministry were late, and Tao Suzhai had been emptied long ago, and there was not even a ghost left."

With that said, the clue is now broken.

"The most important thing is that the detectives of the Criminal Ministry found a palace badge in Tao Suzhai." She added abruptly and gave me a daze.

——In the palace?

What does she mean by this?

Could it be that Yan Ke did everything possible to prove that this assassination was just a farce directed and performed by the man on the throne?

The conclusive remarks in the Lu Ying Manifesto taught me that my self-righteous conviction began to waver.

"What is the purpose of what you said to this king?" I stared into her eyes, with a bit of hesitation in my heart-as Kuang Xiqing's sister-in-law, she has no reason not to stand in the emperor's camp. I don't I feel that with the friendship of our little wine and meat friends, it is worth her heart and soul to tell the truth-there must be something behind this that I don't know.

"Hey, I know I can't hide from you~" She suddenly changed into a cynical smile, and was different from the seriousness just now. "Sisters have a bit of a tight hand recently, so I have come to your Highness to help-who doesn't know You dignified King Ling is the most generous, so you can't bear to see the little girl trapped by money, right?"

——It turned out to be money?

"Silver? You know that this king never carries silver." I patted the belt, except for a jade pendant and a sachet for decoration, I have nothing valuable on my body. This is also true.

"Oh, I don't want to cash out," she said with a shame on her face, scratching her hair, "I went to the Tongfu Casino for a few times, and I was too lucky to lose thousands of taels of silver. , The shopkeeper didn’t know what medicine he had taken wrong, and seeing Tianerdi chasing after me begging for it, he was about to go to the mansion. If my mother knew about it, I would have to break my leg."

"Then how do you want me to help you?" Do you want to borrow Kwong Xihan's prince's name and power to be scary?

But her status as a noble lady in the family is not much different...

"Hey, don't pretend to me! Isn't Tongfu Casino an asset in your name? Don't you just say hello to the shopkeeper?" Lu Yingxuan was anxious, grabbed my wrist, with a little more strength I frowned because of the pain.

"This king knows, don't let go!" I pulled away from her hand, I adjusted Li's court clothes, glanced at the almost bright sky, and estimated that the stay time was a bit longer-if I don't return to the house, Yan Ke Wait a minute.

"Hey! Hey, don't go so fast..." Lu Yingxuan babbled behind me, "My ancestor! Your Highness! Remember! Take some for the little girl!"

I waved my hand to signal her to rest assured, I got into the carriage, winked at Xiao Chan and let the car go quickly, finally it was the woman who got rid of the lingering spirit.

Sitting in the car, boringly flipping through the miscellaneous books that Xiao Chan handed over, I thought of Lu Yingxuan's words, and couldn't help asking: "Is there a casino under this king's name?"

He was soaking a pot of fragrant tea intently. When I asked him, he was taken aback for a while before he replied: "This, the slaves remember that there are not only casinos, but also some other businesses. Your Royal Highness might as well ask the manager of the accountant."

After listening to Xiao Chan's opinion, I went back to the house and learned that Yan Ke was dealing with the matter and couldn't come right away. I immediately called the manager of the accountant enthusiastically, intending to hear her give a rough report.

The person in charge was an older woman, her gray hair was meticulously combed, and even every gully on her face seemed to have been carefully taken care of.

I saw her greet the attendants behind carrying a large box of books, and bowed to me, and said respectfully: "King, Lord, this is the accounts of the entire store in Guanlan City for the second half of last year. The first half of this year. It’s still being sorted out. If you want to watch it and wait patiently for a few days, the villain will definitely rush to check the accounts for your review."

"Oh, it's not in a hurry, just take your time." I was too embarrassed to tell this old man that I was on the spur of the moment and wanted to know the approximate assets under his name; however, seeing this astonishing number of ledgers, I had already hit it. Retreat, let alone read a few books carefully-it would be a torture for me, an out-and-out liberal arts student.

"The total ledger received last year increased by nearly half compared to the previous year, so the staff in charge ordered two more silk and satin shops and a restaurant, which are both good locations and a steady profitable business; plus a casino in the east of the city and two restaurants. Brothel, rouge shop, silk and satin shop and jewelry shop in the south of the city, two restaurants and a tea house in the west of the city, an antique shop and two studies in the north of the city..." She counted, gestured over the accounts, and scanned the numbers. , I was dazzled, one head and two big.

——Roughly speaking, there are a lot of assets in Kuang Xihan's name... Are they state-owned assets in her name, or are they private?

If it is really private... how did it come from?

I'm afraid, it won't be a legitimate way.

Thinking of the source of these assets, my heart became heavy, and even the shock and joy of sitting on Jinshan was consumed by it, leaving only the feeling of guilt that gradually diffused.