At the end of the court meeting, I withdrew from the hall with the civil and military officials, and my mind kept haunting the indescribable look before Kuang Xiqing left, and I almost knocked down the person in front of me inadvertently.

"I'm sorry," he subconsciously apologized, and saw the other party look at me in shock, it was the young counselor who had just come out to impeach me, "...... Won't you say it? Why didn't you even show a little bit if you hit this king? It is a great sin to offend the Prince! ”

Taking a step back and pat my clothes in disgust, I looked up and tried my best to put on a haughty posture.

She bit her lip and glared at me resentfully—her colleagues all quietly winked at her to keep her from getting into trouble with me—and at last, she reluctantly bowed her head and relented, "...... The minister knows his mistake and asks the prince to forgive his sins. ”

"Uh-huh, that's pretty much it." I kept the coldness on my face, but I couldn't help snickering in my heart, and the sadness and depression that had just dissipated a little - it seems that the occasional trick on others is quite interesting, "This king will not pursue it this time, and I will not make an example." ”

Winking at her, I walked slowly past her, the smile on the corner of my mouth was still there, but my shoulder was gently bumped, and a laughing handsome female voice sounded in my ears: "Yo, have you changed your taste?" Why did you fall in love with that little old-fashioned thing? Behind her is the emperor's master Yunchong, if you make things bigger, you will have a headache! ”

When I looked back, it turned out to be Lu Yingxuan, the most inconspicuous of the nobles of the family, and she had the worst reputation.

's mother is a Zhongshu Ling, and his brother is the emperor's husband, with a prominent family background, and he has developed such a bold temperament, no wonder he has the same smell as Kuang Xihan.

If even she feels that it is tricky, it can be seen that this little counselor does have a bit of background, and she should not be provoked...... Speaking of which, I just meant to tease her, in order to repay her for her righteous and stern impeachment at the court meeting, but other than that, I didn't have any other thoughts, how did it come to Lu Yingxuan's mouth, and it became my thoughts about her?

"Don't bother with it, this king has his own measure." Giving her a blank look, I quickened my pace.

She put a hippie smile behind me and asked indomitively, "Tsk, don't be so cold~ Xiaohan?" Your Highness? Feed! Don't you want to know the aftermath of the events of the Assassins that day? ”

Her last sentence succeeded in arousing my curiosity, and I unconsciously stopped and looked back at her—and she smiled triumphantly, "I know," but stopped talking.

Resisting the urge to roll my eyes, I looked at the officials around me who threw strange glances at us from time to time, and almost pointed and poked at the backbone and scolded a few words, and raised my chin towards Lu Ying: "You and this king come to the side." ”

She shrugged her shoulders, but as if she had succeeded in her treacherous plan, and followed me to the corner of the long corridor outside the main hall.

"Weren't you drunk at the time? How do you remember what happened later? "Making sure no one is coming, I asked straight to the point.

After I was wounded by the Assassin that night, Kwong took me to her dormitory, and then kept silent about the matter, saying only that it was still under investigation, so that I didn't have to worry; I once asked Jiang Zhuo, and it was I who had a rare chat with her at that time, and the atmosphere was harmonious, but because of this question, she suddenly cooled down, and ignored me for a few days in a row - I knew that I couldn't get an answer from her.

Many days have passed, and I have extinguished that curiosity, but now I have been aroused by Lu Yingxuan's doubts again - what is the identity of the assassin? Is it alone or complicit? What's behind it?

"Joke, don't you know how much I drink? It's just an opportunity to play on those guys...... But the assassin was too quick to act, and even I didn't react," she snorted slightly, but the smile in her eyes was a little retracted, as if she had thought of some stern topic, "After you left, the emperor immediately ordered a search of everyone present, and the singing and dancing troupe that the sect division found from the people were all imprisoned; The Criminal Department interrogated one by one, but all of them refused to recruit, and after grinding for a few days, the people in the Criminal Department were annoyed, and the clamping sticks and soldering irons took turns, and several of them committed suicide without staying up, but finally two of them couldn't hold back the moves. ”

Speaking of this, she glanced around us mysteriously, as if to make sure that no one was eavesdropping, I couldn't help but be infected with her caution, and I also approached carefully, and I heard her say: "One said that the assassin joined their Maiko class half a month ago, it seems that he was an orphan who fled from some disaster area, and there was no one in the family, and the class owner took pity on him and let him join, but I didn't expect him to be quite talented, so let him take the lead and perform a solo dance, how did I know that this happened......"

"What did the other say?" I could hear it intently, and when I saw her hesitating, I hurriedly urged.

"Ahem, the other confession is a mystery, and it is said to the outside world that the person is dead, and I only know it by secretly reading the confession submitted by the Criminal Department," I didn't care about how she had the opportunity to sneak into the excerpts presented to the emperor by officials, and I didn't want to find out who gave her such courage, so I heard her lower her voice and continued, "The man said that the night before the palace banquet, she saw the assassin sneakily leaving the troupe, she was curious, so she followed, and found that the assassin went to Tao Suzhai on South Street. That's a study that sells the four treasures of the study, he's a can't read a big character, what are you doing there? ”

"And then?" I feel like I'm getting closer to the truth.

I heard her sigh faintly: "Then? And then there is no more...... The spies of the Criminal Department went late, and Tao Suzhai had already moved out, and there was not even a ghost left. ”

In this way, the clue is broken.

"The most important thing is that the spies of the Criminal Department found a waist card in the palace in that Tao Su Zhai." She suddenly added a sentence and taught me to be stunned.

- Palace?

What does she mean by that?

Isn't it as Yan Ke tried every possible way to prove that this assassination was just a farce directed and acted by the man on the throne?

The conclusive words of Lu Ying's declaration taught me that my self-righteous conviction began to waver a little.

"What is the purpose of you saying this to this king?" I stared into her eyes, and there was also a little hesitation in my heart - as Kuang Xiqing's sister-in-law, there was no reason why she should not stand in the emperor's camp, and I didn't think that with our little friendship of wine and meat, it was worth telling the truth from her heart and soul - there must be something behind this that I didn't know.

"Hehe, I know I can't hide it from you~" She suddenly changed to a cynical smile, and the two of them were like Yan Sù, "Sisters, I've been a little tight lately, so I'm looking for Your Highness to help you-who doesn't know that you are the most generous, you must not bear to see your little sister trapped by money, right?" ”

――So you want money?

"Cash? You know that this king never had any money on him. "I patted my belt, and I didn't have anything of value on me except for a jade pendant and a sachet used as decoration, which was also true.

"Oh, I don't want cash," she scratched her hair, and said with a look of shame, "I went to Tongfu Casino to play a few handfuls a few days ago, my luck was too bad, and I lost thousands of taels of silver, and the shopkeeper didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong, and he was chasing after me to ask for it, and he was about to go to the house, if my mother knew, he would have to break my legs."

"And how do you want me to help you?" Do you want to borrow Kuang Xihan's name as a prince to be intimidating?

But her status as a noble daughter of the family is not far behind......

"Hey, don't pretend to be with me! Isn't Tongfu Casino an asset in your name? Isn't it enough for you to say hello to the shopkeeper? Lu Yingxuan was anxious, grabbed my wrist, and the strength was a little stronger, and the pain made me frown.

"This king knows, and he won't let it go!" Breaking away from her hand, I straightened out my court clothes, glanced at the almost bright sky, and estimated that the stay time was a little long-if I didn't go back to the house, Yan Ke would be in a hurry.

"Hey! Hey, don't go so fast......" Lu Yingxuan chattered behind me, "Ancestor, alas! Your Highness! Remember! Carry a little bit for my little sister! ”

Waving my hand to signal her to rest assured, I got into the carriage and gave the cicada a look to let the car go quickly, finally the woman who got rid of the ghost.

Sitting in the car, boredly flipping through the miscellaneous books handed over by the little cicada, I thought of Lu Yingxuan's words, and couldn't help asking: "...... is under the name of this king?" Is there a casino? ”

He was concentrating on soaking a pot of fragrant tea, and when he heard me ask him, he was stunned for a moment before replying: "This, the slave remembers that there is, not only the casino, but also some other livelihoods, Your Highness may wish to ask the manager of the accounting room." ”

After listening to Xiao Cicada's opinion, I returned to the house and learned that Yan Ke was dealing with things and couldn't come immediately, so I immediately called the manager of the account office in a hurry, intending to listen to her rough report.

The person in charge was a woman of some age, her gray hair was meticulously combed, and even every furrow on her face seemed to be carefully groomed.

I saw that she beckoned the attendant behind her to carry a large box of account books, saluted me, and said respectfully: "Lord Qiqi, this is the account of the entire store in Guanlan City in the second half of last year, and the first half of this year is still being sorted out. ”

"Oh, there's no hurry, you just take your time." I'm also embarrassed to tell this old man, I just had a whim, and I want to know the approximate assets under my name; However, the sight of this staggering number of ledgers made me retreat, let alone peruse the last few - it would have been a torture for me as a true liberal arts student.

"Last year's total account increased by nearly half compared with the year before, so the staff in charge of the management of two silk shops and a restaurant, both of which are good locations, profitable and profitable; In addition, there is a casino and two green buildings in the east of the city, a rouge shop, a silk shop and a jewelry shop in the south of the city, two restaurants and a tea house in the west of the city, and an antique shop and two ......studies in the north of the city.

――Roughly speaking, Kuang Xihan has a lot of assets under his name...... Is it a state-owned asset in her name, or is it her personal belonging?

If it's really private...... How did it come about?

I'm afraid it won't be the right way.

The thought of the source of these assets made my heart heavy, and even the shock and pleasure of sitting on the mountain of gold were consumed, leaving only the guilt that gradually diffused.