Evil Girl Reborn: The Eldest Princess, She Takes Manchurian Civil and Military Affairs

At night, the eldest son of Hua Xiang, the Minister of Civil Affairs, stood at the door of the mansion, looking left and right, with a completely anxious look on his face.

It wasn't until he saw a carriage that he rushed up and opened the curtain.

"Dad, why did you come back?"

Hua Xiang frowned and scolded, "I've never taught you what it looks like to be in a panic."

"No, dad." As he said this, he glanced around and lowered his voice to Hua Xiang's ear.

"what--"

Hua Xiang almost sprained his feet, picked up his robe and hurried to the house.

"Mother is accompanying you in the main hall. She has been waiting for you for a long time."

In the main hall, Mrs. Hua ordered the housekeeper and walked up to Yiman to bless her body. "Princess, it's getting late. Let's have some simple meals in the house tonight. The house is humble and simple, I hope you won't dislike it."

Yiman smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, we'll wait until Mr. Hua arrives."

Mrs. Hua had a decent smile on her face, but she couldn't help complaining in her heart, where did Mr. Hua die?

"I'm here to see the eldest princess. I wonder what the eldest princess's orders are when she comes at midnight——"

Seeing Master Hua walking in quickly, Yiman nodded, "Get up."

"Thank you, princess."

Yiman lowered his eyes and picked up the tea cup and took a sip. Hua Xiang immediately whispered a few instructions to Madam, and Madam Hua nodded and went down.

Hua Xiang has always been from the East Palace and knows a little about Yiman.

"Princess, what are your orders from His Highness the Crown Prince?"

She looked at him for a while with a half-smile but said, "In two years, he was promoted from the fifth rank of the Ministry of Industry to the fourth rank of the Ministry of Punishment, thanks to the Hezhou Weir water control the year before last, right?"

Hua Xiang was stunned and quickly handed over his hand, "Thanks to His Highness the Crown Prince's face, I can be responsible for repairing the Hezhou Weir."

Yiman nodded, "Sit down, tonight I will tell you about the Hezhou Weir incident last year."

"I wonder what the eldest princess wants to know?"

"Everything about Hezhouyan, the focus is on the ins and outs of silver."

As the person in charge at that time, Hua Xiang was supposed to be the one who knew the key points best. If he didn't feel any emotion at all, he would definitely be lying.

Hua Xiang looked at the eldest princess with the light of a sword in her eyes, lowered his head slightly and responded.

The stick rang three times, and Hua Xiang drank another cup of tea, "Princess, that's basically it."

"So, what you saw was indeed 300 million taels?"

"Exactly, Wei Chen is also surprised, but the people below are spending their money like water. It really doesn't look like 300 million taels, but seems to be inexhaustible. Wei Chen has also found a few My trusted aides asked, but they didn’t know. Later, Wei Chen was afraid that there was a problem with the fortifications, so he went to Hezhouyan to keep an eye on it for a while, but it turned out that there was indeed no problem."

Yiman frowned, "What about the labor involved in repairing it? Did ICBC pay it out on time?"

Hua Xiang's eyes lit up with admiration, "The eldest princess is smart. It is best to ask the workers whether the money has been put to the right place. They are all nearby people. For their own benefit, they will not lie. Wei Chen has asked, and the workers The money has been distributed and the accounts are in line." "Then why is Hezhouyan so overwhelmed? Why is the cause below flowing out like water?"

Yiman knew in his heart that it must be related to the 700 million, but he didn't say much and just stared at Hua Xiang.

Hua Xiang sighed, "Wei Chen was also shocked when the eldest princess mentioned it just now. There was absolutely no problem when Wei Chen supervised it, but the current situation is really unbelievable."

Yiman rapped his knuckles on the table a few times, "During the flood control, is there anything else that you think is wrong?"

Hua Xiang shook his head, "Weichen is good at water conservancy. He spends most of the day drawing pictures in the house or going to the field to check. In addition, there are governors from Hezhou who came to supervise and the Duan family. There were some things at that time that Weichen was really powerless. "

"Since you are good at water conservancy calculations, why did you come to the Ministry of Punishment?"

"Oh, this is because of an old case at that time, which was related to the Ministry of Industry. Weichen received an order to assist in the investigation. Later, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice was demoted out of the capital because of the matter, and Weichen followed the wishes of His Highness the Crown Prince and joined the Ministry of Justice. .”

Hearing this, Yiman had more and more doubts in his heart, "Assist in investigating the case?"

Hua Xiang cleared his throat, "It's said to be a co-investigation, but in fact, a few adults who came from nowhere asked Wei Chen some questions, similar to what the eldest princess asked just now."

"The year before last, someone asked you about flood control? What kind of official uniforms were those people wearing? Are they from Dali Temple or the Ministry of Punishment? Have you told the prince?"

"No, because they had the Crown Prince's decree in their hands, Wei Chen thought it was His Highness the Crown Prince's intention. Later they said they wanted to keep it secret, but Wei Chen didn't ask. As for the government official, Wei Chen, hiss - Wei Chen I really can’t remember. Because this kind of thing is either the Ministry of Punishment or the director of Dali Temple, Wei Chen seems to be——"

Hua Xiang's expression wrinkled, as if he had touched some blind spot and couldn't remember it at all.

Yiman's expression became increasingly ugly, "Master Hua, the imperial palace will ask the imperial physician to check your pulse tomorrow. You came back late at night and are busy with political affairs. Thank you for your hard work."

After Hua Xiang stopped thinking about the problem, his expression softened.After hearing Yiman's words, his eyes wandered and he smiled and thanked her.

Yiman sighed, "You haven't said yet, what kind of case is it?"

"Oh, yes, it's an old case of the Qi family more than ten years ago. The year before last, I don't know who uncovered the case of the Qi family's embezzlement of salt tax and transportation, and said it was related to water control. There was a turmoil in Beijing. But it couldn't be more troublesome. After a month or so, there will be no news about the matter."

"The Qi family?"

Hua Xiang glanced outside the court hall and said, "The Qi family is an imperial merchant. The decline of the Qi family seems to have happened before the Fengmen Palace Incident. Now that I know that this case has been in the officialdom for at least fourteen or five years, the eldest princess It’s better not to inquire.”

After taking a look at the sky, Yiman smiled slightly and said, "Master Hua, it's time to pack up and go to court. I won't disturb you for now."

Hua Xiang was nervous all night and was already exhausted. He quickly got up to see the eldest princess off.

"Princess, you're welcome, please go slowly."

Walking to the back alley of Washington, seeing that Yiman's face was still ugly, Ji Lan worriedly took out a small bag from his sleeve and said, "Princess, are you tired? There are soaked ginseng slices here."

Yiman shook his head slightly, "Ji Lan, do you think there is something wrong with Hua Xiang's memory? Do you think he might have been drugged?"

Ji Lan was startled and looked back at Hua Fu, "No way, this slave doesn't look like Master Hua is sick. Besides, there is no need to drug Master Hua."

Yiman closed his eyes and thought about it, "No, someone asked him to assist in the investigation, but he couldn't remember which government office he was from. His expression was wrong when he thought about it. He was confused and in pain, which is not the reaction of a normal person. Go find him. Huang Huifeng, please take his pulse."

"Yes, I will go find Dr. Huang later."