【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Chapter 166 The Queen Mother who picked up the bargain is very upset 12

Yun Xi sighed deeply. She also wanted Ling Zhaoyi to succeed.

"Your Majesty, did you let Ling Zhaoyi go so easily?"

Yue'er suppressed a laugh. "She slipped fifty thousand taels of silver into His Majesty's pocket. His Majesty's expression brightened from gloomy. He reprimanded Ling Zhaoyi and told her to reflect on her actions in her room."

Yun Xi:......

If you have money you can do whatever you want.

"Go and tell Ling Zhaoyi that after the Queen gives birth to her eldest son, she can be the first to sleep with the Queen, provided she is sensible."

It is only November now, and the Queen will give birth in May or June next year. By then, the Emperor will have to visit other concubines.

"Yes."

Nanny Yue left the hall with a smile on her face and went to find Ling Zhaoyi. After she conveyed Yun Xi's intentions, Ling Zhaoyi handed her a stack of banknotes.

"Hey~ Make sure your madam remember this."

"The Queen Mother always keeps her word, so don't worry."

"Fifty thousand taels, wow, how generous! Merchants are indeed rich."

There is another 100,000 taels in the small treasury, that's fine.

Yun Xi felt at ease to accept it. After all, the Ling family made the money from business, and it was a business for rich people, not the blood and sweat of the people.

Pulling out a few bills, he said, "Take these two hundred taels and divide them among the people in my palace."

Nanny Yue was puzzled. "Do we also classify some people as spies planted by others?"

Yun Xi disagreed, "They are two different things. Reward when it's due and punish when it's due."

"Yes, I understand, slave."

The next day, Yun Yi and his fifty men returned exhausted. Yun Xi asked them to clean up, copied the video of their patrol of the military camp from their memory cards, and then assigned them a location to find Xiang Yi to help with the work there, as they were especially short of people to transport supplies.

"I encountered so many robberies and murders on the road."

Yun Xi sneered and sorted out some clues and evidence that Yun Yi gave her.

"Feng An, take these to the emperor. It's time to do what I said before. Let's start with this case and make it a big one."

Feng An didn't dare to look up, he took his things and quickly walked away.

"Eunuch Feng, why are you here? What happened to the Empress Dowager?"

Zhang Lai saw him and hurried to meet him.

"Eunuch Zhang..." Feng An said a few words in a low voice, and Zhang Lai hurriedly invited him in.

Lian Cheng pushed Liang Bao away and looked at the kneeling Feng An.

"Feng An? What are your instructions, Mother?"

Feng An didn't speak directly, "This..."

"Everyone, stand down."

After confirming that the hall was empty, Feng An lowered his head and handed over a large box. "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother said that the team delivering military funds encountered many robberies and murders along the way. These are some clues and evidence. Queen Mother, it's time to start that matter. Starting with this case, we can expand it as much as possible."

Lian Cheng opened the box and looked through the evidence one by one. In the end, all the evidence pointed to one person. "Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue! Doctor of the Ministry of War, how dare you get involved in military funds? You are so bold!"

Feng An lowered his head and dared not say a word. At this time, he could only try to reduce his presence as much as possible.

"You step back."

"Yes!"

Feng An crawled away.

Lian Cheng shouted, "Zhang Lai, get Jinyiwei Commander Lu Yangping to come over!"

"I will go to see Lord Xuanlu right away."

Soon, Lu Yangping arrived.

Lian Cheng asked him to investigate quickly, no matter how high the official's rank was or how many people were involved, he had to investigate every household to find out whether they accepted bribes, whether human lives were involved, or whether the law was violated.

"Investigate! Investigate thoroughly! They are all parasites of the dynasty. The country is being ruined by them. Don't be afraid of implicating anyone, even if it involves members of the royal family."

Lu Yangping was startled and quickly agreed.

"Your Majesty, I promise to thoroughly investigate every household and not miss any detail."

"Go ahead, I trust you."

At this time, the Jinyiwei were still able to do their work and had not been slack. They were also severely scolded by the officials, but the opinions of the officials were not important. The officials did not like the Jinyiwei or the Dongchang. They did not like any agency that could monitor them. They scolded them madly, and criticized them verbally and in writing, wishing that the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang would be ashamed to death.

But in fact, there is no need to pay attention to those voices. The emperor needs such an organization to do its job well.

Before the late emperor died, he handed over the Jinyiwei and Dongchang to Lian Cheng. Lian Cheng was their only master, and they could only rely on the imperial power. Therefore, after Lu Yangping received the task, he moved very quickly and provided a one-stop service from investigating the clues to arresting and interrogating the people.

"Host, host, look at the weather forecast. Lianguo has entered a mini ice age."

"Let me see, there's going to be a snowstorm in half a month? It's really unsettling." Yun Xi frowned, "Feng An, go inform the Imperial Astronomical Observatory to monitor the celestial phenomena carefully."

"Yes!"

Feng An ran out again before he even had time to sit down.

Yun Xi asked, "Yue'er, is it this cold at this time of year in previous years?"

There was ice in the palace in the summer and floor heating and charcoal basins in the winter, so the palace was not very sensitive to changes in weather temperature.

Nanny Yue looked at the sky outside and said, "Your Highness, I vaguely remember that it was six or seven years ago that the winters became this cold. At that time, many people were unprepared and froze to death. It was not this cold when I was a child."

"So that's how it is." Yun Xi thought for a moment and said, "Find a young eunuch to get Liu Daban, the head of the East Factory."

"Yes."

Today, the power of the East Factory is not as great as that of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. The Embroidered Uniform Guard has been very busy recently, while the East Factory is very idle.

Soon, Liu Daban arrived.

"Your servant pays respect to Her Majesty the Queen Mother."

"Liu Daban, I remember you were the disciple of the late emperor's Daban?"

Liu Ying nodded, "Yes, my godfather has helped me a lot."

Yun Xi said quietly, "So many people around the late emperor were buried with him. You are really lucky."

"I am terrified."

"You don't have to panic. In the future, there will be no system of burying people with the dead in the country. By the way, it all depends on whether you can do good things for the emperor." Yun Xi changed the subject.

Liu Ying quickly expressed her loyalty, "Your Highness, please give me your orders, and I will do it."

"Okay, I feel relieved with your words. Here is a hundred thousand taels of silver. I want you to repair all the slums in Kyoto, as well as these villages." Yun Xi wrote down the affected area and handed it to Yue'er. Nanny Yue took it and walked to Liu Ying to hand it to him.

"Mother, what is this?"

"The weather is changing, and there might be a snowstorm this year. You take your East Factory people to repair the dilapidated houses and make sure every household has a kang. If you're short on firewood, you can go to the mountains in the western suburbs to chop wood. Those mountains are mine. I'll also give each person in each household 30 kilograms of sweet potatoes. Is that enough?"

Liu Ying made a rough calculation and said, "My Lady, if the house is built with mud bricks alone, it will be sufficient. This autumn harvest is very good, and the price of sweet potatoes is not high."

"Build a sturdy house with mud brick walls and tiles. The kang should also be made sturdy. Do it well. I remember that the Jinyiwei has been keeping an eye on your Dongchang's mistakes. If you do it well, they won't be able to say anything."