How could Qing Ling not understand the sarcasm between Luo Yao's words.

But in front of Mu Chen, she didn't want to entangle with Luo Yao on this topic, so she only glared at him fiercely, turned to Mu Chen and said, "My maid has been found." Or I'll just go back, you don't have to send it anymore. ”

Mu Chen's gaze fell on Luo Yao.

The two looked at each other solemnly at a distance of a few steps, and their momentum was like a deep mountain.

Luo Yao hooked his mouth, as if smiling, "There is His Royal Highness Lao to send him." I'll be with you for the rest of the way. ”

Mu Chen also smiled, turned to look at Qing Ling, raised his hand and stroked the hair on her sideburns, "Go back." ”

Qing Ling glanced at him with a complicated look in his eyes, then lowered his eyes, said a soft "um", and turned around and strolled.

Without saying a word, she crossed Luo Yao and walked straight towards her residence. Nian Hong hesitated for a moment, and chased after him with a wind lantern.

Luo Yao kept smiling at the corner of his lips, stared at Mu Chen, and then turned to leave.

In the night, Mu Chen's expression gradually condensed, and his dark eyes looked into the dark nothingness.

Qing Ling returned to his courtyard, faintly heard the footsteps that had been following behind him suddenly paused, and then changed direction and went elsewhere.

Nian Hong tiptoed and looked back, "Hey, why did the prince leave?" ”

Qing Ling glared at Nian Hong obliquely, "If he doesn't leave, will he still follow me back to the room?" Didn't you just look like a faction that supervised the behavior of the master? In the future, there is no place to use a lot of time, so go and correct the difference in your family's words and deeds! ”

Nianhong's eyes widened, "Huh? ”

Qing Ling lifted his feet into his room and slammed the door shut.

Early the next morning, as she expected last night, Wei Yuan really brought a few florists and started working in the courtyard.

Poppies, acacias, hibiscus...... Patches of red.

Wei Yuan bowed down and explained, "The prince has confessed that the emperor likes red. His subordinates searched all over Yinzhou overnight, but they only found these seasonal flowers. If you use divine power, other flowers should be able to bloom against the time, but they can't last too long......"

Qing Ling shook his head, a moment of distraction flashed on his face, "That's good." ”

She changed into a slightly luxurious floor-length dress today, followed by a female official who was responsible for teaching the etiquette and customs of the southern border, and another female official entourage held a scroll and other things, and walked out of the gate of the palace, ready to get on the car and go to the palace to check the records of taxes and expenditures.

Nian Hong originally wanted to go out with her, but was instructed by Qing Ling: "The leaves and soil are not good, and it is not easy to plant flowers and grass." You stay in the house and teach the gardener some of the secrets of your Osawa conservation of water and soil. It's also good that this garden can match the identity of my emperor as soon as possible. ”

Nian Hong thought about it and patted her chest in response.

Qingling secretly sweated a lot for those gardeners......

Outside the palace gate, two young people who looked like officials were already waiting here.

Seeing Qing Ling come out, they hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "Xiaguan Ming Zhanyuan, Qiu Xiangyi, have seen Emperor Ji." ”

Qing Ling saw that the two of them were a little familiar, as if they had met them once in Mu Chen's study when they came to Yinzhou with their senior brothers last time, so he understood that they had come to help him on Mu Chen's orders, so he also returned the courtesy, "Did the eldest prince let the two of you come?" It just so happened that I went into the palace with me to look at the accounts of the past few years. ”

The Xuan Palace's palace was not too far from the palace of the Fenye Palace, and Qing Ling asked the female official to prepare a light carriage, while the rest of the entourage officials and others rode their own horses.

She carried a group of clothes and lifted the curtain into the carriage, and when she raised her eyes, she saw another person sitting in the car.

The female officer who climbed into the car was careless, and hit Qing Ling, who was suddenly frozen, and suddenly pushed her forward!

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The female officer looked intently at the Osawa Shizi who was knocked down by the emperor in the carriage, opened her mouth, slowly turned her head, and climbed out of the car.

Qing Ling raised his head from Luo Yao's arms and met the pair of glass-amber eyes.

She quickly stood up and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

Luo Yao straightened his clothes and said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty wants me to protect your safety." I can only follow at any time. ”

Qing Ling pointed out of the car, and originally wanted to say, I don't want your guards to get out of the car for me quickly, but then I remembered that Emperor Hao confessed that he was monitoring Luo Yao's whereabouts, so I had to swallow the words back.

She twirled her fingers in mid-air, tapped on the wall, and whispered to the coachman.

The two sat opposite each other, both deliberately avoiding each other's gaze, occasionally meeting their eyes, one angry and the other gloomy.

When they arrived at the palace, there were palace attendants who led everyone to the side hall where the former monarch and his close ministers discussed politics.

After the fall of the Leaf Palace, Queen Fangshan sent a group of more qualified palace people from the Vermilion Bird Palace, and selected the remaining attendants and palace maids in the Leaf Palace, leaving some people with innocent family backgrounds and outstanding abilities, and reorganized the Leaf Palace according to the standards of the palace.

In the past, most of the courtiers who assisted the monarch of the Fenye Kingdom chose to surrender to Chaoyan, and later, under Fang Shanxiu's arrangement, they were either dismissed or demoted or sent on another errand.

The people who were waiting for Qing Ling in the side hall on this day were the few officials who were in charge of the finance of the leaves before.

As a subordinate, when he saw Emperor Chaoyan, he was respectful and cautious, answering Qingling's questions in every detail.

Qing Ling sat in front of the main case, flipped through the case records, and asked questions from time to time, or whispered a few words to Ming Zhanyuan and Qiu Xiangyi on the left and right.

Luo Yao stood far away in front of the bookshelf on one side of the hall, casually looking through some classics, as if everything that was going on in the hall had nothing to do with him.

Several of the subordinates of Fan Ye originally thought that the emperor would come forward to supervise the assistant in the name of the emperor, but it was just a formality. After all, she is a girl's family, and she can understand only a limited number of things, but when she threw countless thorny questions in front of her, she realized that this noble-born imperial daughter is simply a baht, and every penny of money and things must be traced to the bottom of it!

Several people invariably slandered in their hearts: She is really worthy of being the daughter-in-law ordered by Daze Baili, and she is simply picking the door! A businessman by nature......

Qing Ling spent nearly two hours in the side hall, and finally had a general understanding of the situation of the leaves.

She stood up and said to everyone, "You've worked hard today. ”

The ministers hurriedly bowed their hands and said some humble words that should be taken for the emperor's worries, and then withdrew from the palace one by one.

Qing Ling discussed a few words with Ming Zhanyuan and Qiu Xiangyi, and asked them to copy some of the account books in the palace and bring them back to the palace.

She walked to the door of the hall, her steps seemed to be a little slow, she hesitated for a moment, and turned to look at Luo Yao.

Luo Yao was following, and his glass eyes swept lightly towards Qing Ling's face, and he went straight past her and stepped out of the hall.

Qing Ling gritted his teeth and chased out.

At this time, the sky was dark and cloudy, and the air was humid and heavy, as if heavy rain was about to fall.

Luo Yao's robe was wrinkled by the wind, clinging to his slender and sturdy body, and a few strands of hair brushed his bewitching and handsome face, making the palace maids standing under the palace steps blush and heartbeat.

Qing Ling chased after Luo Yao and called softly: "Xiao Qi." ”

Luo Yao stopped, turned around slowly, and a pair of eyes went straight to the depths of her thoughts, "Senior sister." ”

Qing Ling organized his language, "Or...... Let's talk? ”

She hesitated and slowly walked a few steps forward, and Luo Yao followed her silently.

Qing Ling cleared his throat, "I know you have a lot of grievances against me. But it will not be in anyone's interest for us to continue to confront each other like this. You should also know that if you want to achieve your wishes, you can only cooperate with me. ”

Luo Yao was calm and relaxed, raising his eyebrows slightly, "My wish? How does Senior Sister know what kind of wish I have? ”

Qing Ling said: "We are the same family. I still know your thoughts. He glanced up at him, "You're a person with no ambitions, oh no, no ambitions, so you don't have any wishes that are too difficult to achieve." You value your family, and you spent so much effort to see your mother, so now you naturally don't want to see Jiuqiu destroyed in Chaoyan's hands. Besides," paused, "I know you've always liked Jing and want to marry her as your wife." ”

"So what?" Luo Yao asked softly.

"So......" Qing Ling's gaze became firm, "if you cooperate with me, it will definitely be beneficial and harmless." ”

Luo Yao stared at Qing Ling for a long time, and then chuckled.

"When did Senior Sister also learn to speak in circles?"

The curvature of his lips was extremely sarcastic, "I'll tell you for you." You came to Panye to supervise the payment of taxes this time, probably to take the opportunity to make a profit from it, and use it to help Prince Muchen do what he was secretly planning. It was once the largest country in the south, and it was not poisoned by war, so it stands to reason that it should have been rich in oil and water. But today, when you inquired, you found that the treasury was so bad that you were not allowed to do anything at all. The only ones that are profitable are a few dark iron mines in the south. ”

Luo Yao paused and continued: "Mineral deposits in the Eastern Continent have been scarce since ancient times. In addition to the fact that Yuzhong can produce a batch of dark iron every year, the metals required by the countries of the Eastern Continent over the years are all purchased from the Western Continent. Now Yuzhong is in turmoil, and the price of iron is rising. And the output of these deposits has always fluctuated in the record, and it is not difficult for you to make some moves and make huge profits from it. It's just that dark iron is a rare thing, and if there is no verifiable provenance, it is easy to arouse suspicion. Therefore, you want to convince me to help you sell what you are greedy for in the name of the Western Continent merchants. ”

Qing Ling tried his best to maintain a calm expression on his face, but his eyes involuntarily became complicated.

In the side hall just now, she didn't deliberately guard against Luo Yao's eavesdropping. After all, the things she asked and investigated were all above board financial affairs, and there was nothing to be told about.

However, I didn't expect that this guy would be able to see all her thoughts and motives hidden in the depths clearly!

Qing Ling stared at Luo Yao, "Since you guessed, then tell me quickly, but you are willing to help." ”

She had made up her mind that she would never show weakness to this disrespectful junior brother, but now she had no choice, and she boasted about Haikou in front of Mu Chen, saying that many things would be easy to do now......

If you can't make a difference with your current status, then this trip to the south will really be in vain!

Luo Yao looked back at Qing Ling and said slowly, "I can help you." But have you ever wondered if what you do is right or wrong? ”

Qing Ling finally relieved himself when he heard Luo Yao, and the burden in his heart was suddenly lifted a little, "What is right or wrong?" ”

Luo Yao smiled and sneered, "As Emperor Chaoyan, you should love the people and share weal and woe, blessings and misfortunes with the people. However, now that you are in a little bit of power, you are bent on pursuing your own personal interests, tampering with tax books, embezzling the treasury, and even taking action against the people who have just suffered the pain of the country's death, completely ignoring the fact that the people here are about to fall into poverty because of the gap left over from the fiscal and tax revenues. ”

He forced his eyes at Qing Ling, "Dare to ask Senior Sister, have you ever felt a little guilty in your heart?" ”