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"Looks like we're thinking of the same thing." Wei Qing looked at Xiao Qingqian with sparkling eyes.

Xiao Qingqian frowned, "Long Xiaotian's thoughts are simply too hard to guess."

"Therefore, we must find Chu Tiange as soon as possible."

"I will have Chen Cheng deploy the hidden guards now, but with the vast sea of people, it might not be easy to find them."

Wei Qing frowned, "There have been a lot of secret guards being transferred out recently. If we were to split them up again, would it..."

"I can transfer a portion of the hidden guards with royal father. Don't worry, I'll coordinate with you."

Wei Qing replied with a "En" sound, "Also, those two women in the house, there shouldn't be much use in keeping them, so I'll just take care of them."

Xiao Qingqian muttered to himself, "After we find the exact location of Xiao Hanqi, it won't be too late to deal with it."

Xiao Hanqi was filled with hatred towards him, and if there was the chance to make a comeback, he would definitely contact Mo Yun himself. As for Qing He, he was Long Xiaotian's man after all. If she were to take care of him now, she would alert the enemy.

"Alright, as you wish!"

There were still a lot of things to be dealt with by Xiao Qingqian, who was still eating his own food while Xiao Qingqian was busy.

After eating her fill, Wei Qing walked over to the table and helped Xiao Qingqian look through the account book as well as the records.

"Can you understand it?" Xiao Qingqian asked.

Wei Qing nodded, "I can, but it will be very troublesome to keep the accounts."

Xiao Qingqian raised his brows and tail, and laughed: "Could it be that I can remember the flowers?"

"I might not be able to remember everything, but it's definitely a lot better than your record." As Wei Qing said this, she took a piece of paper and dipped it into the ink.

"What is this?" Xiao Qingqian pointed to the Arabic numbers.

"It's these Chinese characters."

Xiao Qingqian's eyebrows were locked tight, staring straight at the tadpole-like numbers.

After Wei Qing wrote down the capital numbers, she wrote down the Arabic numbers at the bottom. As she said that, she taught Xiao Qingqian to recognize the numbers.

Xiao Qingqian was very smart. He had only recognized it a few times, and already recognized all the Arabic numbers.

Wei Qing then listed all of the remaining accounts books into numbers. Not only did she use less paper, she also looked at them intuitively.

Very quickly, Xiao Qingqian called someone in to calculate the accounts.

From time to time, the sound of abacus could be heard in the hall.

Roughly four hours later, the space between Xiao Qingqian's brows tightened. "How is it?"

"To return to the Prince Chu, the national treasury is tight at the moment, and the income is fairly stable."

"What?" Xiao Qingqian thought that he had heard wrongly and looked at him.

"Prince Chu, that's indeed the case. If you don't believe me, find someone else to calculate it for you."

Xiao Qingqian clenched his fists tightly under his sleeves, and his body started to emit an intimidating pressure.

Wei Qing gave them a look, and told them to retreat.

"Father has always said that the treasury is full, how can it be so stable?" Xiao Qingqian could not understand no matter how much he thought about it.

Wei Qing held his hand tightly, "I didn't lose anything, this can be considered good news for now."

Xiao Qingqian frowned, "It's pretty stable, so it can be considered good news, right?"

Where did all the taxes collected from various places go?

Wei Qing could naturally understand Xiao Qingqian's current feelings, but no matter how angry he was in his heart, the state treasury's income and expenditure was stable and stable. This was a fact.

"Ah Qian, calm down first." Wei Qing continued to soothe his emotions.

Xiao Qingqian raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, then gave the account book to Wei Qing, "Read it, I'll calculate it."

Wei Qing placed his hands on the back of his hand, and said with a stern expression: "Ah Qian, those people always settle debts, do you not trust them?"

Xiao Qingqian looked at the pile of account books, and the glint in his eyes slowly sank. "Qing'er, there must be something fishy about this matter.

Wei Qing took a deep breath, she held onto his shoulder and said, "Promise me, you have to be calm."

Xiao Qingqian acknowledged.

Not long after Wei Qing left, Xiao Qingqian went to the royal study.

With just a glance, Old Emperor saw that Xiao Qingqian had discovered some things.

"Ah Qian, did you discover something?"

Xiao Qingqian recounted what happened just now, and when he heard that the national treasury was stable, the Old Emperor was filled with disbelief.

"I have indeed allocated some money for the flood in the south. Have you recorded that amount of money?"

Xiao Qingqian passed the account book to Old Emperor, "This sum has indeed been recorded in detail."

Old Emperor naturally could not understand the account book that Wei Qing had simplified. "What is this?"

Xiao Qingqian gave a brief explanation to Old Emperor, but Old Emperor was currently in a state of rage and did not have the mind to remember this.

How could such a large amount of silver disappear just like that?

Old Emperor got Xiao Qingqian to bring all the books in front of him and ordered someone to recount them in front of him.

"Bring the Minister of Revenue to us!" Old Emperor was furious, he threw the teacup on the table with one hand.

With a bang, the teacup fell to the ground. Everyone was so shocked that they all lowered their heads.

The Minister of Revenue, Niu Zhiqi, walked in and knelt down.

"I ask you, did all the silver in the treasury fly away on wings?" The Old Emperor did not even give Niu Zhiqi the chance to speak and asked loudly.

Niu Zhiqi's entire body trembled, his forehead was covered in perspiration.

"Your Majesty, didn't you have an imperial edict? They say that you have other uses. "

"When have I ever said such words?" Old Emperor's eyes were scarlet red as he glared at Niu Zhiqi.

Niu Zhiqi raised his sleeves and wiped the sweat off his forehead, "I've given you a helping hand once, and also the most recent few times."

"This is how I hand over the account department to you, is this how you manage it? Even if I told you that, did you not suspect anything? " Old Emperor had thoughts of strangling Niu Zhiqi to death all along.

Xiao Qingqian looked at Niu Zhiqi from the side, but he did not seem to be lying.

"Lord Niu, This King asks you, who told you not to record it?"

"This …" Niu Zhiqi tremblingly said: "It's the Eunuch Gui beside the Emperor."

"Gui Qi?" Old Emperor frowned, then called Eunuch Gui in.

But, the Eunuch Gui did not know about this at all.

For a time, everyone was at a loss for words, no one could come up with any evidence.

Eunuch Gui crawled on the ground, "Your majesty, ever since Your Majesty ascended the throne, this old servant has been serving Your Majesty. During this period of time when Your Majesty has been unconscious, this old servant has never left you.

Niu Zhiqi was afraid that his head would hurt, and immediately said: "Your majesty, this subject's words are true, you must be clear!"

The Old Emperor's eyes burned with fury, "Niu Zhiqi has failed in his duty, pluck …"

"Father!" Before he could finish his words, Xiao Qingqian cut him off, "Royal father, if we remove Master Niu from his position now, it would be equivalent to announcing to the world the matter of the treasury!"