"Yes, the slave has written it down." Liu Er nodded, compared to the past, this is also a good errand, at least Shen Mengyi will support her in everything in the future.

Reluctantly returned to the house, Shen Mengyi's whole person was like a grateful flower, listless, where was there still a little bit of the high-spirited posture on weekdays.

The matter spread quickly, although it had been suppressed by Xia Nanfeng, the maids still had to gossip for a while.

walked back to his courtyard slowly, but found that the door was ajar, and it seemed that Xia Nanfeng had been waiting in his room for a long time.

"Second Prince." A smile crept up his eyebrows, but it was only in a blink of an eye, and it was very different from Fang Cai's attitude.

"Are you willing to come back?" Xia Nanfeng slowly put down the teacup, and couldn't see any expression, but his tone was not serious, thinking that he didn't intend to blame Shen Mengyi.

"I thought that the second prince didn't care about the concubine, and I was depressed in my heart, so I wanted to go out for a walk." Shen Mengyi took a few steps forward to approach Xia Nanfeng, pretending to be delicate and pitiful, and excused himself.

"How could I not care about you?" Xia Nanfeng grabbed Shen Mengyi's hand and dragged her into his arms, just when Shen Mengyi was full of joy and thought that Xia Nanfeng was treating her sincerely, he suddenly spoke again: "It's just that you don't want to cause trouble in the future." ”

"The second prince is still thinking about your imperial concubine, for fear of displeasing her!" Shen Mengyi broke free from Xia Nanfeng's arms, picked up the handkerchief and cried and covered her eyes, but in fact, half a tear was not squeezed out.

"Don't you know that I'm talking about asking you to go for less trouble in Mingyue Creek?" Xia Nanfeng already knew about Shen Mengyi's trick, although his tone was concerned, he only looked down and took care of his clothes, and he still didn't have much affection for Shen Mengyi.

"But ......" Shen Mengyi turned her head and asked in an incredible tone while wiping her "tears": "Do you just let her be so free?" ”

"It's not that cheap for her, it's just ......" Xia Nanfeng looked proud, and the folding fan in his hand couldn't help but close, a sinister smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said lightly: "I should find another way." ”

Seeing his confident appearance, he must have already had a plan in his heart, Shen Mengyi also smiled, and slowly approached Xia Nanfeng's side, "I don't know what method the second prince plans to use?" ”

……

After a whisper, Shen Mengyi's smile became more and more rampant, and it was only after meeting Xia Nanfeng's eyes that he had to return to his dignified and gentle appearance, using a handkerchief to cover his smile.

"What a good idea!" There was an indelible smile in Shen Mengyi's eyes, and she politely handed the teacup to Xia Nanfeng, but he hesitated again and again before taking it.

Shen Mengyi didn't realize that she was disliked, but just blindly immersed in the joy of coming down Mingyuexi.

Buzhuang's business is still as good as ever, and new and old customers are taking care of Mingyuexi's business one after another, which is simply the envy of the shopkeepers of the surrounding shops.

Although their business is not very prosperous, when it comes to the day when the Ministry of Gold collects taxes, they still have to pay taxes according to the custom, so they are even more red-eyed.

Like other people, Mingyuexi, as the owner of the cloth village, naturally has to pay taxes on time, but most people directly wait for the officials of the Ministry of Finance to collect taxes, but Mingyuexi will always settle the accounts first, and then compare them with the amount of taxes reported by the Ministry of Gold after calculating the taxes.

Today is the day when the officials of the Ministry of Finance come to collect taxes, and the shopkeepers of each shop have prepared the silver early, and they will only pay according to the reported amount after listening to the amount of tax that should be paid by their shops.

"It's time to pay your taxes." An official from the Ministry of Finance came to the door, holding in his hand something resembling an account book, on which the amount of taxes to be paid by each shop in the capital was recorded.

"How much should I pay this time?" Mingyuexi spoke, it seemed that she had long been accustomed to this process, especially asking about the amount of taxes to be paid, which she would never leave behind every time.

For her habit, the officials of the Ministry of Gold are also aware of it.

One of the officials of the Ministry of Finance of the "Buzhuang ......" opened the account book, carefully searched for the cloth book, and soon turned to the page, he pointed to the amount on it and said, "What about here." ”

Mingyuexi looked down, but felt that this amount was not the same as what she had calculated.

"My lord, is this tax miscalculated?" Mingyuexi was a little puzzled, even if she was wrong on weekdays, she should be wrong, but now how can this account be less than the tax she calculated?

"How could the tax calculated by our Ministry of Finance be wrong." The officials of the Ministry of Gold shook their heads, but there was a hint of complaining in them, as if they felt that Mingyuexi did not trust them.

"I didn't mean that, I just ...... It's a lot less than I can figure it out myself. Mingyuexi was a little confused, she frowned, trying her best to explain to the officials of the Ministry of Gold.

She never does this kind of thing to take advantage of others, even if it is really a mistake by the Ministry of Gold, she can't pretend not to know.

"Others are asking for more explanations, and if there are less, they will be confused, but you are different from others." After listening to Mingyuexi's words, the officials of the Ministry of Gold couldn't help but laugh at her, not to laugh, but to think she was very funny.

"I never like to be greedy for cheapness, how much is it, life is mutual, and I haven't seen me miscalculate, which guest deliberately gives less money?" Mingyuexi also smiled, but instinctively felt that something was wrong in her heart.

"It's a good word, but you can't go wrong with this amount." The officials of the Ministry of Gold nodded, agreeing with what Ming Yuexi said, but they still refused to admit that the tax amount was wrong.

"In that case, I will go to your supervisor myself." With a light sigh, Mingyuexi called a guy to take the silver, and the two hurried to the gold department.

What was originally a simple matter has become so complicated that it is simply torture for someone like her who hates trouble.

When he arrived at the Ministry of Finance, the supervisor was reviewing some accounts, and when he saw Mingyuexi, he ordered someone to remove the account books first.

She had a few encounters with the head of the gold department, and thought that it would take no effort to do such a simple thing as checking taxes, but who knew that the director was a little resistant, and refused to admit that the amount was calculated incorrectly.

"Since this is indeed the amount of tax that should be paid, it is better to bother the adults to set up a proof of tax collection than to trouble you again and again in the future." In desperation, Mingyuexi had no choice but to take a step back and only ask the head of the gold department to issue a certificate.

Hearing this, the head of the gold department shirked for a long time, and finally saw that Mingyuexi was really not a fool, so he agreed to set up a certificate of receipt, signed and drew a pledge.

"That's it." On the way back, Mingyuexi felt a lot more relaxed, thinking that the shops around her were like this, but who knew that they still collected taxes normally.

"How much did you hand in this time?"

"It's the same as before."

"Hey! We've even charged a little more than last time! ”

Seeing the shopkeepers of the surrounding shops discussing this tax collection, Mingyuexi was even more confused.