"Your Highness, this was also discovered by me by accident."

Rong Sheng lowered his voice and replied, "There are a full 100,000 taels hidden in the backyard of Yancui Pavilion."

"One hundred thousand taels?!" Song Xuanlin was so shocked that he almost stood up from his chair, "Did the Lu family embezzle all of it?"

Rong Sheng nodded: "Not only that, I also found some official silver from different periods in the Rongguo Marquis's Mansion."

"So, maybe there is a lot of silver hidden somewhere else by the Lu family."

Seeing Rong Sheng's determination, Song Xuanlin also realized the seriousness of the matter: "It seems that the Lu family is also a bottomless pit."

"During these years at the Ministry of Revenue, Lu Anfei appeared to be diligent and hardworking, and was praised by my father many times. I didn't expect that he was so greedy in private."

"Your Highness, Lu Anfei is actually the prince's man. The prince might be the greediest one."

"I know this." Song Xuanlin nodded. "The Crown Prince cannot leave the East Palace these days, so he shouldn't cause any more trouble."

"Oh, right..." He kept thinking in his mind, and suddenly thought of something. Looking at Rong Sheng with dirt all over his face, he asked, "I heard from Lu Yue that you put your dowry in this palace. What does this mean?"

"Well..." Rong Sheng scratched his head, not knowing where to start explaining, "These dowries were originally left by Princess Qingya to Princess Yong'an. I was a good person and snatched them from the Lu family."

"Can Lu really swallow this humiliation?" Song Xuanlin became even more surprised and suspicious after hearing this.

"It doesn't matter. Neither she nor Rong Jin knows about it," Rong Sheng said nonchalantly. "But Your Majesty, have you found anyone with abnormal behavior in the Ministry of Justice recently?"

"how?"

"Because I overheard that Rong Dexin and Lu planned to let Lu Anfei get in touch with the Ministry of Justice and replace Rong Jin."

"Hmph, they dare to do this under my nose. Don't forget that I am not the crown prince." Song Xuanlin's eyes flashed with sternness, "Let them change, I have a way to make them pay for it."

Seeing that Song Xuanlin spoke so firmly, Rong Sheng felt relieved and prepared to say goodbye and leave.

"Wait——" Song Xuanlin's deep voice tripped Rong Sheng's feet.

"As for the crimes committed by the Crown Prince, I have my own countermeasures. He has the support of the Queen's mother's family, and his power should not be underestimated. You must not act rashly, lest you bring about a fatal disaster."

"......" Rong Sheng turned back to meet Song Xuanlin's deep eyes. She obviously didn't expect Song Xuanlin to tell her earnestly, "Thank you for your reminder, Your Highness. I will remember it. Goodbye--"

"Wait a minute."

"what?"

Rong Sheng froze for a moment, and simply returned to Song Xuanlin, saying helplessly, "Your Majesty, do you have much more to say? I will listen to you before I leave."

Song Xuanlin leaned back in his chair, his handsome face expressionless, but his eyes stayed on Rong Sheng's face: "Heal the wound on your face first before going back."

"Does my lady have a wound on her face?"

After hearing Song Xuanlin's reminder, Rong Sheng felt the stinging pain in his forehead.

Maybe it was because of the flying sand and stones just now, which accidentally cut it.

She subconsciously raised her hand, but Song Xuanlin suddenly grabbed her wrist: "Don't touch it, you are covered in dust. Nanny Jiang is in my house now, ask her to take you to wash and bandage you."

"Okay... okay, Your Highness..." When Rong Sheng heard that Song Xuanlin had already settled Nanny Jiang, and felt his strong and warm palm, his heart instantly became calm and soft.

Afterwards, Nanny Jiang was called in. She was startled at first when she saw Rong Sheng, then she stepped forward and said with tears in her eyes, "Princess, I finally see you again!"

"What happened to you? Why are you covered in dust and your clothes are torn?"

"Madam, it's a long story," Rong Sheng saw Madam Jiang standing in front of him and asked hurriedly, "Is there anything missing from Princess Qingya's dowry?"

"Generally speaking, there is nothing missing, except for a few pieces of jewelry." Nanny Jiang recalled and replied confidently.

"That's good. The missing items can be given to the Lu family as alms." Rong Sheng breathed a sigh of relief.

"Madam Jiang, take the princess to wash up now." Song Xuanlin ordered in a deep voice.

"It's the prince."

Nanny Jiang was so happy that she suddenly remembered the important matter when she heard Song Xuanlin's reminder: "Princess, please follow me!"

"Oh well..."

Rong Sheng was dragged by Nanny Jiang to the wing room near the study without any explanation.

After a while, the bathroom had been cleaned up by Nanny Jiang and filled with plenty of hot water.

Surrounded by hot air, Rong Sheng quietly took off his clothes and sat in the bathtub.

Her petite body was instantly wrapped in the warm water, and the meridians from head to toe were fully stretched.

Rong Sheng leaned back in the bathtub and slowly closed his eyes in relaxation.

She didn't know how much time had passed, the water temperature gradually cooled down, and she raised her eyelids.

When I was about to get up, I suddenly found two big clear eyes appearing from the edge of the bathtub, looking at me with gibberish.

"Are you the fairy sister?" A clear and tender child's voice sounded, and Rong Sheng was a little stunned.

Is this a little girl?

How could there be a child in the Ming Palace?

Rong Sheng also opened his eyes wide and approached those twinkling eyes: "Little girl, have you encountered any problems?"

"Yes, sister." The little girl replied obediently, her long curved eyelashes fluttering, and her delicate face wrinkled slightly, "I accidentally messed up Brother Xuanlin's things. If Brother Xuanlin knew, he would definitely blame me."

As she spoke, a thin mist rose from her big deer-like eyes: "Yuan Yi didn't mean it. It's just that it's too boring to stay here. Yuan Yi just wanted to look for some fun objects."

"Sister Fairy, can you help Yuan Yi?"

Xuanlin’s brother, Yuan Yi.

Rong Sheng finally understood.

The innocent and lively little girl in front of him is the ninth princess Song Yuanyi, the daughter of Concubine Wei, and the younger sister of Song Xuanlin.

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