Chapter 200 Water Falls
Rong San was heartbroken by the prince's words.
However, after the prince finished speaking, he didn't even look at her, and turned around and left with his wife, "It's inevitable that our father will worry about us staying here. Father and you have always been close, so you should stay and keep him company."
After leaving these words in a sarcastic tone, the prince walked out of the door.
Just as he was about to go out, he stumbled, and luckily it was dark, so no one noticed his pale face.
Only the Crown Prince's wife, who was supporting him, knew how badly her husband was shaking at the moment. She dared not say anything, but just gritted her teeth and held on to him with all her strength, trying not to let anyone see that almost all of his strength was being put on her.
Beside them, Xiao Yu, the illegitimate son of the Rong'an Marquis's mansion, came out in a line, glanced over here with narrowed eyes, and went back to his room.
As soon as he returned to the house, he immediately took out an account book from his pocket.
Marquis Rong'an was found unconscious. When his servant shouted that someone was coming, he was the first to go in during the chaos. It was he who carried Marquis Rong'an to the bed.
Of course, before hugging Marquis Rong'an, he first put the account book in his arms, and replaced it with a fake account book he had prepared in advance, and placed it on Marquis Rong'an's desk.
When the others rushed in, they saw him putting Marquis Rong'an on the bed.
As a bastard's son, he naturally stood behind everyone after putting them away, so he saw clearly that the Crown Prince's first reaction after coming in was to go to the desk. The situation was urgent at that time, and the Crown Prince had no time to read the contents of the account book. He just hurriedly put the account book away and stacked it under other books on the desk.
Xiao Yu sneered.
The indifference and incompatibility between my father and the prince was indeed an illusion.
After carefully wrapping the account book around his calves, Xiao Yu changed into a cotton robe and went out.
People in this world cannot share the same feelings of joy, sorrow, and anger.
Some people are separated from their wives and children at this time, some are bedridden, and some are... living a life of drunkenness and dreams.
As soon as he entered the Broken Red Mansion, the scent of cosmetics and laughter hit Xiao Yu in the face. In the past, he was accustomed to this abrupt atmosphere, but today, he didn't know whether it was because of Marquis Rong'an's fainting or because he confirmed that Marquis Rong'an and the prince were insincere, he just felt dizzy and nauseous.
As soon as he arrived, Mother Du from the Broken Red Tower came to greet him personally.
"Oh, Master Xiao is here to see our Miss Yingliu again. Master Xiao, please come in. Miss Yingliu happens to have no guests today and is resting in the house. I heard that she got a new chess manual today."
Xiao Yu smiled politely and went up the stairs to the second floor.
An hour later.
Prince's Mansion.
Jixiang came in from outside with a chill on his body. "It's really cold outside. The northwest wind is blowing hard and snowflakes are floating. I guess there will be a heavy snow tonight."
As she spoke, she rubbed her hands, took out an account book from her bosom and handed it to Su Qingqing.
Rong Que was reading a book on a chair under the window. His eyes passed over the edge of the book and fell on the account book.
Jixiang put down the account book and left when he saw that Su Qingqing had no further instructions.
When Minglu came back just now, he said he had left some mutton offal and the best Huadiao wine for her.
As soon as Jixiang left, Rong Que put down the book in his hand and walked towards Su Qingqing. Su Qingqing lowered her eyes and flipped through the account book, "It should be true."
In the early years of marching and fighting, Su Qingqing also had to inquire about military expenses and take the account books to the Ministry of Revenue to ask for military pay. Although she was not proficient in account books, she did know everything about them.
Rong Que stood behind Su Qingqing and glanced at her. "What do you want to do?"
Su Qingqing looked up at him, smiling, "Same as last time, okay?"
Rong Que raised his hand and touched Su Qingqing's soft black hair. "Last time, our account books were only circulated in the streets and alleys. This time, each of these court officials in Kyoto should be given a copy."
A quarter of an hour later, in the spacious reception room of the Prince's Mansion, dozens of people were sitting at tables, each with their heads buried in writing.
At the front of the reception room, Minghe was holding a thick account book in his hand, reading out each word in a clear and loud voice.
The next morning, half a quarter before the morning court session, every official in Kyoto, big and small, received a book before leaving.
The book records the general ledgers of major fur shops across the country. This summary only accounts for about one-third of the content, but anyone who can read the account book can find problems in it by just flipping through it.
And more than one place.
And this problem is not caused by falsifying the accounts, but this problem is the real problem.
In recent years, although the income reported by Rong'an Hou to the Ministry of Revenue was all correct, the income was meager.
Fur shops were all royal merchants, and all the profits had to be recorded in the national treasury, so the ministers in the court had all heard about this part of the profits.
The business which had a little profit in previous years was making huge profits according to the registration in this account book.
This is more than a hundred times higher than the income registered in previous years, and this is not even a complete account book.
Early in the morning, the censors were ready to impeach Rong Que, but because of the account book issue, the entire morning court session revolved around the account books and the fur shop.
The Third Prince and Xiang Zheng winked at the people in their party several times, asking them to bring up the matter of Su Qingqing, but they were interrupted as soon as these matters were brought up.
indeed.
Compared with the profits of the imperial merchants, the marriage between the third prince and the State of Zhao cannot really be called a big deal.
After all, Zhao State was weak, and the emperor did not take it seriously at all, especially since the third prince had his eyes on the daughter of a minister of Zhao State.
As long as the Third Prince is willing, the Emperor can get such a person for him without any effort.
But the income from fur is different. The income from treasury is directly related to the national foundation.
The prince of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion only held an empty title and had no qualifications to attend court. But last night when he returned to Rong'an Marquis's study to look for the account book, he was shocked to find that the account book had been replaced by someone without him knowing at some point. At that time, he realized that something was wrong.
However, Marquis Rong'an was in poor health, and he did not dare to tell him about this, for fear that it would aggravate his condition and make him bedridden.
After a whole night of anxiety, the prince secretly investigated the theft of the account books, but he hadn't found any clues yet. This morning, he heard the bad news.
Everyone in the capital city had the account book of his shop.
It wasn't that someone specifically passed the message to him, but after the court officials received the account books, the people of Kyoto also got them in twos and threes.
A carnival of rumors and speculation suddenly broke out among the people.
And the Rong'an Marquis Mansion is at the center of this carnival vortex.
When the imperial edict reached the Mansion of Marquis Rong'an, Marquis Rong'an, who had been kept in the dark about the news before, learned the truth in an instant. He was so shocked and angry that he spat out blood and fainted again.
The prince of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion, who was responsible for compiling the account books from various places, was invited into the palace.
Walking on the palace road, the prince of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion vaguely felt that the prince had asked him to investigate the account books, perhaps, for this moment.
Everyone in the world knew that he was the one checking the account books and the prince did not interfere.
