While he was on the way, he was wondering whether the Secretary Shang of the Ministry of Revenue had made a mistake in the account book, or whether the account book itself was wrong.

Pei Qing sat in the carriage, feeling uneasy.

He is a person of old-fashioned nature, unwilling to adapt, and naturally does not like to think the worst of others.

Especially when facing the master who once taught him, he didn't want to imagine his master as an official who needed to covet the 700,000 taels of silver.

He was just anxious to go to the Minister of Revenue's house to recheck the contents of the account book.

The carriage swayed and it took a long time before it arrived at the home of the Minister of Revenue.

Pei Qing also knew that his behavior of visiting without a visiting card was overstepping the boundaries.

But as the situation was urgent, he repeated his purpose to the servant waiting at the door, then returned to the carriage and began to wait anxiously.

By the time he was able to enter, an hour had passed.

It was freezing outside, and even though he was in the carriage, he was still very cold.

But he had no time to think about those things. After entering the mansion, he saw the Minister of Revenue lying on the bed.

He told everything he had seen and heard.

The worry on Pei Qing's face didn't seem fake.

The Minister of Revenue, who was lying on the bed, was originally resting with his eyes closed. When he saw Pei Qing, he refused to even stand up to greet him. It was only after hearing Pei Qing's speech that he stood up.

She opened her eyes instantly and looked towards him.

A cold light flashed in his eyes.

The Minister of Revenue was a short, middle-aged man with two small mustaches on both sides of his mouth.

There was a blazing light in those eyes, and he looked Pei Qing up and down with an unfriendly look.

"Mingjing, you are an ignorant child." When he spoke, his voice was hoarse due to his illness.

When Pei Qing heard the tone of the words, the white skin at the corners of his mouth, which had turned white due to anxiety, fell.

He knew that he had come to the wrong place today.

So he immediately put on another face.

He smiled at the Minister of Revenue with a big smile on his face: "No way, Your Excellency.

I am not sure about this matter, so I came to ask you for advice on what to do. "

When the Minister of Revenue heard Pei Qing's words, a satisfied smile flashed across his eyes.

He raised his chin and gestured towards the teacup on the low table in the distance: "Mingjing, go and bring the tea over. Let's chat slowly, master and disciple."

Pei Qing's years in officialdom were not in vain.

Although he was unwilling to believe that the master he respected in his heart turned out to be a corrupt official.

But now he was in someone else's house, and he could only pretend that the two of them were on the same side.

He obediently placed the teapot on the tray and brought it over.

As soon as he put down the tea, he saw the Minister of Revenue coughing, so he poured him a cup first.

"Mingjing, drink it. This is hot tea. It's cold in winter and you've been waiting outside for a long time. Drink it first to warm yourself up."

Pei Qing took it with a smile and took two sips of tea.

After drinking it, he was about to take the initiative to step forward and help the Minister of Revenue up, but suddenly he felt dizzy.

But my eyelids became heavy in an instant.

The next moment, he fell to the ground with a thud without realizing it.

His forehead hit the edge of the bed, making a loud noise.

*

The eldest princess's mansion.

Pei Chun was forced by the princess to sit on a chair.

The princess let her clean a handkerchief, dip it in warm water, and lovingly wipe the blood off her neck.

Sitting opposite them were Gu Chen, who had already taken off his mask, and the brothers' mother, Su Jia.

At this time, Sujia had taken off his dark mask, revealing his small face the size of a palm.

The face was as tender as if she was only in her teens, with an alluring red hue on her lips.

The whole person doesn't look like a woman who can give birth to children as old as Gu Yuan and Gu Chen.

Although it was very impolite to comment on the appearance of an elder, Pei Chun looked at his mother-in-law in front of him, who looked very charming.

I still thought so in my heart with emotion.

Pei Chun looked at the mother and son opposite him and discussed in detail what had happened recently.

Su Jiacai on the opposite side finally turned around and looked at her.

She stood up solemnly and bowed in the direction of the eldest princess and Pei Chun.

"I was reckless and abrupt. I didn't understand the truth of the matter and almost hurt you and your daughter."

As he spoke, Su Jia on the opposite side fixed his eyes on the back of Pei Chun's hand which was still a little red and swollen.

It was caused by the bite of a poisonous insect when Sujia was bitten by it.

Even though Xiaobai helped her relieve the toxicity, some of it still remained in her body.

Pei Chun subconsciously retracted his hand, feeling really scared when facing Sujia's poisonous insect.

He thought that it was fortunate that the princess guessed that the woman in front of him might be related to the two brothers Gu Yuan and Gu Chen, so she didn't let her fight with Su Jia.

The eldest princess beside Pei Chunyi also sighed: "We only heard from the children in Fuchuan that the lady was not in Western Xinjiang in the early years, so we didn't think of your identity.

Now that the madam has suddenly appeared, my Mingcheng acted a little rashly, which is why he offended you.

Ming Cheng was disrespectful to his elders."

The eldest princess sighed. She had thought of marrying Mingcheng to Gu Yuan at that time because of Gu Yuan's low status.

Moreover, he was still a hostage in Zhao State and could not easily take Mingcheng away from Zhao State.

Too far away from their parents.

Also, as a hostage, he could never use his status to suppress Ming Cheng, and he even bullied Ming Cheng.

But as times changed, the former hostage became the biological brother of the Emperor of Western Xinjiang.

He also changed from a prince to a prince.

The situation where the mother had died early suddenly turned into the mother-in-law being still alive.

This is the eldest princess. How can I not feel worried again?

Since ancient times, there has always been a mother-in-law who bullies her daughter-in-law, and there was an incident before where Ming Cheng almost had a fight with her.

Mingcheng and Guyuan are already married, and that cannot be changed in any way.

Naturally, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law cannot be avoided.

The princess is really worried...

Alas, I just hope that Sujia in front of me can be more kind to Mingcheng.

But...it doesn't matter if not, she will try her best to keep the two children, Gu Yuan and Ming Cheng, in Zhao State.

As long as her Mingcheng is under her nose, she will try her best to prevent others from bullying Mingcheng.

After the eldest princess finished speaking, her eyes flickered slightly, but her demeanor remained neither humble nor arrogant.

Su Jia, who was standing opposite him, paused for a moment, as if he suddenly understood something.

At that moment, her train of thought inexplicably matched that of the eldest princess.

Both women are mothers, not too old, and both love children.

So Sujia understood that the eldest princess's words meant to ask her not to bother with Pei Chun.

But the Princess of Zhao State opposite seemed to have forgotten that Gu Chen was also her child.

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