Chapter 19: assets
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.\n"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!"\nTaking a step back and patted my clothes in disgust, I raised my head and
tried my best to put on a haughty posture.\nShe 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."\n"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."\nBlinking 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!"\nWhen 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.\nHis 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.\nIf 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?\n"Don't bother you, this king has his own discretion." I glanced at her, and I
quickened my pace.\nMaybe 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?"\nHer 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. .\nResisting 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."\nShe shrugged, but with a treacherous trick, she followed me to the corner of
the corridor outside the main hall.\n"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.\nAfter 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.\nAfter 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?\n"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."\nSpeaking 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..."\n"What did the other say?" I listened attentively. Seeing her hesitating, I
hurriedly urged.\n"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?"\n"And then?" I felt as if I was getting closer and closer to the truth.\nJust 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."\nWith that said, the clue is now broken.\n"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.\n——In the palace?\nWhat does she mean by this?\nCould 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?\nThe conclusive remarks in the Lu Ying Manifesto taught me that my self-
righteous conviction began to waver.\n"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.\n"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?"\n——It turned out to be money?\n"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.\n"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."\n"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?\nBut her status as a noble lady in the family is not much different...\n"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.\n"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.\n"Hey! Hey, don't go so fast..." Lu Yingxuan babbled behind me, "My ancestor!
Your Highness! Remember! Take some for the little girl!"\nI 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.\nSitting 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?"\nHe 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."\nAfter 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.\nThe 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.\nI 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."\n"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.\n"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.\n——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?\nIf it is really private... how did it come from?\nI'm afraid, it won't be a legitimate way.\nThinking 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.