The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

Hua Jingqian had successfully acquitted himself from the case of smuggling salt, and Ye Chuji did not take the matter to heart.

Therefore, the booklet had been completely forgotten by these two people.

But he didn't know that a copy of it was already in the hands of Ye Buhuo and Hua Wuke.

Inside Prince An’s Mansion.

Hua Wu Ke leaned lazily on the chaise longue, frowning as he flipped through the things presented to him by the secret guard.

"This Ye Chuji is really greedy. Look at the sums of silver, it's almost equal to half of the national treasury. I don't know where he spent all this money."

After lamenting Ye Buhuo's greed, Hua Wuke said:

"Apart from the amount of silver, the rest are just some random times and locations. What's the use of this? Can it allow Ye Chuji to rescue Hua Jingqian from prison so quickly?"

The more she flipped through it, the more she felt that this thing was useless. She grinned and shook her head, saying with some disdain:

"Will Ye Chuji be fooled by Hua Jingqian like a fool?"

After thinking about it, I felt that it was unlikely. Ye Chuji was no less cunning than Hua Jingqian.

I never thought that my random guess would actually be correct.

Ye Buhuo was unfolding a parchment scroll depicting the territory of the Ye Kingdom on the desk. Hearing Hua Wuke's words, he spoke in a gentle voice:

"Have you discovered any characteristics of the places recorded in this booklet?"

Hua Wu Ke pouted unhappily and didn't respond.

If she had found out, she wouldn't have been flipping through the booklet so many times and still had no clue.

Not only did Ye Buhuo not tell her immediately, but he also pretended to ask her if she had noticed. It was so infuriating!

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, so he deliberately flipped the book in his hand loudly.

Seeing that Hua Wu Ke was sulking, Ye Buhuo also realized that he seemed to have said something wrong.

He quickly walked around the desk and squatted beside the chaise longue, lowering his body and saying:

"I haven't figured out what these records are for yet. Would you like to take a look with me, Sui Sui?"

Hua Wu Ke felt very angry when she saw the man who used to be as tall and straight as a pine tree now prostrating himself before her and begging for mercy.

"Okay, I'll be kind enough to help you."

Ye Buhuo pulled her to the desk, spread the booklet aside, and circled the corresponding place names on the map with a wolf-hair brush dipped in ink.

Hua Wu Ke saw Ye Bu Huo writing quickly without any hesitation. Then he followed his hand upwards and saw that there was no confusion on his face.

He seemed completely organized and confident, not at all like he was saying he didn't need her help.

Hua Wu Ke realized that those were just soft words to make her stop sulking.

Thinking of this, the remaining half of the anger in my heart dissipated like the fog under the morning sun.

After Ye Buhuo circled the last word, he put down his pen and slightly turned sideways so that Hua Wuke could look at the map more conveniently.

Hua Wu Ke came closer and widened his eyes slightly.

I didn't expect that the originally chaotic names would become regular when placed on the map. I was a little surprised.

"These enclosed areas seem to form a circle."

Ye Buhuo nodded, and then circled the area between the circles.

"Ye Chuji didn't want Xu Shangming to know where the silver ended up, so he naturally wouldn't let him transport the silver directly to the destination."

"But we can't choose a place that is opposite to the destination, so as not to waste time and energy, so we chose the areas around these places."

After hearing Ye Buhuo's analysis, Hua Wuke suddenly realized.

"Ye Chuji needs a lot of money to raise private soldiers. The money he earned from buying and selling private salt must be used for this purpose! The hiding place of the private soldiers cannot be easily known to others, so he turned his attention to the surrounding areas!"

Ye Buhuo nodded, confirming Hua Wuke's guess.

"Transporting huge amounts of silver multiple times will definitely leave some clues. We should be able to find some clues if we check."

With a direction in mind, the two quickly arranged the matter.

Because he was "innocently implicated" in the salt smuggling case, Hua Jingqian was ordered to recuperate in his mansion these days and did not have to attend the morning court.

Life in prison was not easy at all, so he stayed at home for the past few days and did not go out, so naturally he could not hear any news from outside.

But when he was in the mansion, Hua Jingqian always felt that the servants in the mansion were strange, and several times he found that the cleaning servants were secretly looking at him.

Finally, Hua Jingqian mentioned this matter casually during breakfast on the first day after the holiday.

"What happened during this time?"

The old lady hadn't even swallowed a mouthful of rice when she nearly choked to death by his question.

She was so embarrassed that her face turned black, and she took several sips of tea before swallowing it.

After observing for a while, Hua Jingqian's face didn't look like he knew anything, as if he was just asking casually. The old lady replied with a guilty conscience:

"Nothing, what could be wrong?"

Hua Jingqian gave her a strange look and continued:

"Where is Hongxiu who was beside my mother? Why can't I see her?"

If Hongxiu had dared to betray her in Duke Dingguo's Mansion, she would have been dealt with by her long ago.

But the old lady still said:

"I let her go home to retire. Qian'er, why do you have to worry about a servant?"

Hearing this, Hua Jingqian stopped asking questions and got up to attend the morning court.

The old lady felt relieved when she saw that the matter had been dealt with.

Ever since her affair with the steward was discovered, the old lady was most afraid that Hua Jingqian would be angry with her if he found out, and she lived in fear for a long time.

But Hua Jingqian hasn't discovered this all these days, and maybe he won't know it in the future.

The old lady began to feel lucky again, and then she severely beat the servants in the mansion and ordered them to discuss the matter.

But I didn't expect that I would let it go for less than a day before it was brought up again in the evening.

Enduring all kinds of stares, Hua Jingqian finally finished his official business, and then rode back to the Hua Mansion on a fast horse without even getting in the carriage.

The old lady was still lying in the yard drinking tea when suddenly Hua Jingqian appeared and kicked over the small coffee table beside her. Then she heard him roaring.

"What's going on between you and Hua Yuzhong?"

The old lady was frightened by his appearance and asked stutteringly:

"You, how did you know that?"

Today at the morning court.

When the carriage arrived at the palace gate, Hua Jingqian happened to meet Hua Rongyu and his son who were also attending the morning court.

He thought to himself that his relationship with his brother was still okay on the surface, and even if they were separated now, he couldn't give up the support of the Duke of Dingguo.

Hua Jingqian went up to him with a smile.

Seeing Hua Jingqian getting off the carriage from a distance, Hua Wujing originally wanted to pull his father away to avoid it, but then he thought, we are not the ones who should feel guilty, why should we take the initiative to avoid it?

Hua Wujing thought so and did not move. He followed his father slowly and listened to him chatting with his colleagues.