After rebirth, His Highness Xinshu was pampered by me.

Chapter 466 One thing subdues another.
Jinse knew nothing else.

She was happy to receive the shop deed, since she no longer needed to rack her brains over the household expenses.

But along with her joy, she also had some worries!

Look at her, how long has she been in charge of things herself?

Currently, she's already struggling to manage the affairs of the household alone, and now she has to take care of another shop as well...

Jinse had a premonition that she would be even busier in the days to come.

As Jinse had predicted, she was indeed busier than before.

The specific reasons...

The bookstore, given by the twelfth prince, is in a good location with a lot of foot traffic and a bustling surrounding area.

In addition, the bookstore has stable and high-quality supply channels, so its operation is quite stable.

However, a glance at the accounts revealed that the shop's turnover for the past six months was only average...

There was some profit, but not much.

Jinse didn't know much about running a bookstore, but from a layman's perspective, she felt something was off.

This was due to the twelfth prince's trust in him.

Jinse spent five whole days carefully checking the bookstore's accounts from its opening to the present, and then discovered that there were indeed problems.

After checking the ledgers, Jinse hesitated for a moment before going to find Lin Yi first.

After all, Lin Yi was in charge of this shop before.

Lin Yi's face darkened upon hearing Jinse's words, and upon glancing at the account books, he was furious.

"Don't worry, young lady, I will definitely find out the truth about this for you."

Seeing his expression, Jinse didn't say much, just nodded and told him to handle it himself.

Jinse didn't intend to tell the Twelfth Prince about this matter.

On the contrary, Lin Yi, after investigating, went to apologize to the Twelfth Prince.

It was his own negligence. After the business had been open for a while, he gradually relaxed his management of the bookstore employees. Unexpectedly, when the employees saw that he was less strict with them, they even started to have ulterior motives.

Although no major damage has occurred so far, if he remains unaware...

Fortunately, His Highness suddenly had an idea and entrusted the shop's affairs to Jinse.

The twelfth prince, upon learning of these events, showed little emotion.

"That's human nature. Since there are inappropriate people, we should just get rid of them."

Lin Yi nodded hurriedly in agreement.

Just as he was about to leave, the twelfth prince called him back.

The twelfth prince seemed to have suddenly had an idea, and casually said, "Now that you've discovered this, go back and thoroughly investigate everyone under you. Those with problems need not be kept."

Lin Yi was taken aback: "Your Highness means to investigate everything?"

The twelfth prince hummed in agreement: "Now that I have left the palace, it's time to meet with some of the people who were scattered outside the palace before, lest they become emboldened to harbor disloyal thoughts after not seeing their master for so long."

The twelfth prince spoke these words in a very casual manner.

There wasn't a trace of anger in his tone.

But Lin Yi felt a chill run down his spine as he listened.

He dared not show any expression on his face, and hurriedly bowed his head and replied, "This servant understands, and will arrange it immediately."

The twelfth prince nodded and continued painting. After a while, he noticed that Lin Yi hadn't left, so he looked up at him and asked, "What's wrong? Is there something else?"

Lin Yi nodded and said, "Your Highness asked me to investigate the affairs of the Prince of Ankang's residence before, and I found out something else..."

Seeing that he stopped halfway through his sentence, the Twelfth Prince frowned: "What is it?" Lin Yi replied in a low voice: "Previously, this servant had people keep an eye on the movements of everyone at the Prince of Ankang's residence. We discovered that not only did Empress Li send people to the Prince of Ankang's residence, but a few days ago, the Fifth Prince secretly met with the Prince of Ankang's heir twice, both times avoiding being seen by others."

The twelfth prince's face darkened.

Lin Yi explained cautiously, "The places they meet are quite secluded, and the people below don't dare to follow too closely. We haven't found out what the Fifth Prince and the Crown Prince talked about yet."

The twelfth prince said in a deep voice, "Have your men continue to inquire, and keep a close eye on them."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will instruct them to be careful."

"Ok!"

After leaving the study, Lin Yi walked a distance away before letting out a long sigh of relief.

I have a feeling that ever since His Highness left the palace and established his own residence, his domineering aura has become increasingly strong, and I can't control it at all...

Well, it's not that it can't be suppressed at all.

At least when Jinse was beside His Highness, His Highness always behaved like a normal thirteen or fourteen-year-old child...

Lin Yi couldn't help but stop, then stroked his chin with his hand, thinking to himself: Your Highness and Jinse, could this be considered a case of one thing subduing another?
The bookstore issue is easy to handle.

Now that we've found out who's behind this, we can just find another group of people with clean records and replace them.

Lin Yi could have easily handled this matter himself, but considering that the Twelfth Prince had already handed over the management of the bookstore to Jinse, he made a point of bringing Jinse along when dealing with this matter.

Jinse didn't care at all that Lin Yi had handled the matter himself.

They even hoped that Lin Yi would deal with it directly.

After all, it saved her trouble.

Lin Yi refused, and after much pleading and cajoling, he insisted on bringing Jinse along.

Jinse declined twice, but in the end she had no choice but to go along with Lin Yi.

With a new person in charge, it was much simpler and easier for Jinse to take over the bookstore.

As for Lin Yi, the bookstore matter was handled very smoothly, but there was some trouble with the Prince of Ankang.

After all, one is the heir of a prince, and the other is the only legitimate prince of the dynasty, the current Prince Yi. The affairs surrounding these two people are not so easy to investigate in a short time.

Prince Yi, in particular, has always been a cautious person.

Lin Yi wanted to investigate him, but he didn't dare to make any big moves, otherwise he might accidentally attract the other party's attention.

We can only take it slow.

The Prince of Ankang's heir seemed like a potential breakthrough, but after three days of investigation, Lin Yi discovered that this prince, who appeared unassuming on the surface, was actually a very deep and thoughtful person.

They ran into obstacles on both sides.

In the end, Lin Yi could only try to find out more by going to other places...

Because it's too roundabout, it'll take more effort to find out.
Naturally, no accurate information was available for the time being.

It was at this time.

Jinse, however, 'coincidentally' encountered this Prince Yi on the street.

That day, Jinse had just finished sorting out the affairs of the bookstore. On her way back to the Twelfth Prince's residence, she passed by a long-established pastry shop.

Remembering that the Twelfth Prince had mentioned a few days ago that this hibiscus pastry shop was delicious, Jinse saw that it was still early, so she stopped the carriage and prepared to buy some pastries to take back.

Unexpectedly, Jinse bumped into Prince Yi right after getting off the carriage.

The other person also seemed to be buying pastries...

Jinse paused for a moment, then silently stepped aside, waiting for the other person to pass first.

Unexpectedly, the person opposite suddenly turned around and headed towards him.