Qingshan sneered. "You say I'm incapable? Are you any better?"
Hong Fu knew Qingshan was cunning! The more she said, the more mistakes she'd make!
"Enough, this topic ends here! Listen to the master first, and get Guangda back to the Zhuangyuan Mansion!" Hong Fu turned her back to Qingshan, took a deep breath, carefully patting her excited heart!
Since Hong Fu didn't speak, Qingshan didn't press further!
He would find out the truth sooner or later!
That night!
The Min mother and daughter were sent to the border as military prostitutes, their fate sealed!
As for Guangda, Qin Yun knew he couldn't be kept alive!
He privately ordered Guangda to be beaten to death with clubs and his body thrown into a mass grave to be fed to wild dogs!
As for Madam Zhao, Qin Yun ordered her servants to send her to the Dali Temple prison, not to be released for ten years!
The next day!
Following the instructions in the letter, Qin Yun, led by Hong Fu, successfully found five hundred thousand taels of silver and bank notes!
Qin Yun calculated it all!
Opening the Mingyue Wine House and the small tea house indeed required money. It seemed the missing two hundred thousand taels of silver were in those two establishments!
Thinking of it this way, the amount of money added up!
Raising her eyes!
Qin Yun sized up the dilapidated temple before her!
She truly hadn't expected Guangda to hide the money in a dilapidated temple!
What's more, there was a secret tunnel underground!
The world is vast and full of wonders!
"Master, we should leave. This place is not safe!" Hong Fu stood guard at the entrance of the dilapidated temple, seeing a few beggars walking towards it in the distance!
"Wait until I take the bank notes, and I'll send people to move the remaining silver tonight!"
Qin Yun, holding a large wooden clamp, quickly climbed out of the secret tunnel!
Then, the two closed the entrance to the secret tunnel, covering it with a layer of straw! They then quietly departed!
In the carriage!
Qin Yun looked at the bank notes in the wooden clamp, her heart blooming with joy!
She was now a little rich woman!
Not only had she recovered the losses from Qin Ji Winery over the years, but she also gained two wine houses!
Her Zhuangyuan Mansion's treasury also held one hundred thousand taels of gold!
Now that the Ninglu Cream was selling well!
Her life couldn't be better!
"Master, with so much money, what do you plan to do next?"
Qin Yun pondered! "I haven't thought of anything yet, let's save it first!"
After a short journey!
Qin Yun successfully returned to her Zhuangyuan Mansion!
As soon as she alighted from the carriage, she encountered Fang Jing, who was approaching!
Qin Yun thought, why was Fang Jing here again?
It seemed the dog man wanted to see her!
"Yo, Zhuangyuan Qin, what a coincidence! I was just about to look for you!" Fang Jing stepped forward with a smile!
"Eunuch Fang, what do you need me for? Did the Emperor summon me to the palace?"
"The Emperor sent me to deliver an imperial decree to Zhuangyuan Qin. If all the household matters are settled, starting tomorrow... you will attend the morning court!"
Qin Yun clasped her hands in a respectful bow. "Yes, your subject obeys the Emperor's decree!"
Thinking back, after she passed the imperial examination, her first actions were to deal with the Min mother and daughter, and then expose Guangda!
The tumors in the mansion had been removed, but what about the tumors in the imperial court? She would be busy in the future!
"The message has been delivered, I must be going back!"
"Won't you come in for a cup of hot tea, Eunuch?" Qin Yun gestured, inviting Fang Jing!
Fang Jing waved his hand. "No, no. The Emperor's temper has been even stranger lately, and I must return to serve him! I cannot delay the time!"
"If you're in a hurry to serve the Emperor, then I won't keep you!"
Fang Jing thought for a moment, then said, "Actually, the Emperor is ill!"
Ill?
That man was as strong as an ox! How could he be ill?
"Is that so? Then you must hurry back to serve the Emperor!"
Fang Jing approached Qin Yun and couldn't help but ask, "Zhuangyuan Qin, do you have any words you wish me to relay to the Emperor?"
Qin Yun was a bit bewildered!
What could she possibly have? Of course not!
But since he put it that way, she might as well say a few words. "I hope His Majesty's dragon body recovers soon. The people of our Great Zhou depend on the Emperor for protection! If the Emperor is well, our Great Zhou will be well!"
Just this?
This was as good as saying nothing!
"Zhuangyuan Qin... is there anything else?"
Qin Yun felt it was inexplicable. Was what she said wrong? She thought it was very appropriate!
"Eunuch, it's getting late. Don't you need to go back to serve the Emperor?"
"Yes, yes, yes, then I'll be going back!"
Fang Jing and his entourage returned to the palace in a grand procession!
As soon as he entered the Imperial Study, Fang Jing relayed Qin Yun's words to Xie Qianmo verbatim!
"Just this sentence, and that's it...?" Xie Qianmo's mood soured!
He had helped that brat in secret, and now that he was ill, he didn't even bother to go to the palace to show concern!
Fang Jing, standing by, felt like he was being squeezed between two mountains!
The reason Zhuangyuan Qin only said that one sentence was because he had actively asked!
If he hadn't been so proactive, Zhuangyuan Qin wouldn't have said a single word of concern!
"Your Majesty, Zhuangyuan Qin only said this one sentence!"
Xie Qianmo waved his hand. "I know. You may withdraw."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Fang Jing felt utterly miserable!
The Emperor wasn't sick! It was clearly a heartache!
With so many beauties in the harem, why did the Emperor have to like Zhuangyuan Qin!
Alas!
What a sin!
Silence returned to the Imperial Study!
Xie Qianmo looked at the memorials before him!
Several of them were impeaching Qin Yun!
The most interesting one was from Su Tai!
Su Tai pointed out in his memorial that Qin Yun's Zhuangyuan title was obtained through cheating!
As Qin Yun was about to enter the court, these old foxes couldn't sit still!
Putting down the memorials, Xie Qianmo tapped his right index finger on the table!
At the morning court tomorrow, Qin Yun would return, and she would face a tough battle!
He wanted to see how this sharp-tongued brat would handle it!
He only hoped that this brat wouldn't disappoint him!
That night!
Qin Yun, with the servants from her mansion, prepared to go to the dilapidated temple to move the silver!
But halfway there, a thorn in the side appeared!
Qin Yun's group collided with an approaching carriage!
As soon as they collided, the other party started yelling!
"Which bastard dares to crash into this prince's carriage!"
Jie Jing'an, furious, emerged from the carriage, hands on his hips, pointing at Qin Yun's carriage and hurling abuse!
Qin Yun, inside the carriage, put her hands to her forehead!
She was all too familiar with this voice!
Why was this jinx Jie Jing'an everywhere!
Why was this fellow wandering around awake in the middle of the night! He was truly ruining her good deed!
"You inside, come out for this prince! Are you trying to be a turtle hiding in its shell?"
Jie Jing'an was furious! His mood had been exceptionally bad tonight!
And at this very moment, he encountered such a troublesome matter!
Fine!
No matter who was inside the carriage!
He would take out his anger on them today!
Hearing Jie Jing'an's incessant shouting!
Qin Yun had no choice!
She gently lifted the curtain!
As her head emerged from the carriage curtain!
She met Jie Jing'an's furious gaze head-on!
Just one centimeter apart, they almost kissed!