Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1527: Each has his own opinion!
Although the Yun family and others did not want to tell An Miaoyi what specific business Yide Company was going to do at first, An Miaoyi was not so easy to fool. She got the information out of the Yun family with just a few questions. After learning that Yide Company wanted to do the gambling and brothel business, although An Miaoyi understood that these two businesses were very profitable, she still chose to flatly refuse.

After all, brothels and gambling dens are two very sensitive industries, and as a queen, if she invests in such an industry, it can easily cause a public opinion storm once it is exposed, so An Miaoyi is unwilling to leave any hidden dangers for herself.

Secondly, although a 20% stake and a dividend of several thousand taels of silver a year may sound like a lot, it is not a lot for An Miaoyi, so there is no need for An Miaoyi to take such a risk to earn these several thousand taels of silver.

After rejecting the Yun family, An Miaoyi put the matter behind her. She never thought that Yide Company was now confiscated!
Although An Miaoyi did not have shares in Yide Trading Company and would not be involved in this matter, the incident at Yide Trading Company was definitely a bad thing for An Miaoyi. There were dozens of people involved in the case at Yide Trading Company, most of whom were related to the Liaoyang Gang and involved Gongsun Hao, the Minister of Justice!

As an old friend of Cui Shao and a veteran of the Liaoyang Gang, Gongsun Hao has always been an outspoken supporter of An Miaoyi. He usually listens to An Miaoyi's instructions and has helped An Miaoyi with a few small favors, saving An Miaoyi a lot of trouble...

Therefore, if he was captured, it would be a big blow to the Liaoyang Gang, and this was something An Miaoyi did not want to see!
Thinking of this, An Miaoyi also began to ponder secretly. She knew that the most critical and core factor in this matter was Ye Mingsheng's attitude. If Ye Mingsheng wanted to take down Gongsun Hao, no one could protect Gongsun Hao!
But the problem is that An Miaoyi feels that Ye Mingsheng's attitude is a bit ambiguous. Logically speaking, the affairs of Yide Trading Company have been investigated almost completely, and the people who should be arrested have been arrested almost completely. An Miaoyi believes that with the ability of the Coordination Office, the affairs of Gongsun Hao should have been investigated almost completely as well!
But Ye Mingsheng has not yet made a decision on how to deal with Gongsun Hao. This is really confusing. Could it be that Ye Mingsheng has not made up his mind yet?

An Miao leaned on the sofa and thought carefully, trying to figure out Ye Mingsheng's thoughts and intentions. After a moment, An Miaoyi came up with an idea and asked Qi Qige:

"Who is in charge of investigating the Yide Company incident now?"

Qiqige preached without hesitation:
"The Coordination Office was previously in charge of the investigation, but after Liu Ning became the Minister of Justice, His Majesty has asked the Ministry of Justice to take over!"

Hearing this answer, An Miaoyi's expression changed and he spoke again to confirm:

"You mean the Criminal Department is investigating this case now?"

"Yes! Yesterday, the Coordination Office handed over the criminals, account books, and money involved in the Yide Company case to the Ministry of Justice. However, the Coordination Office has already investigated this case thoroughly, and the Ministry of Justice can only deal with the aftermath after taking over!"

An Miaoyi also ordered after hearing this:
“Qiqige, find a few people to test Liu Ning’s attitude and see what he thinks about this matter and how he plans to deal with it…”

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, Qiqige immediately took the order and left. After Qiqige left, An Miaoyi couldn't help but shook her head!
As the queen, An Miaoyi is very good at managing her own image and personality, which has won her many supporters in the civil court and even in the army.

However, there are also big differences in the degree of support these supporters have for her!
If Gongsun Hao was the Minister of Justice now, An Miaoyi would not need to test him like this. She only needed to convey her thoughts to Gongsun Hao!
But when it comes to people like Gu Sansi, Li Jian, and Liu Ning, the situation is different. Although they also tend to favor An Miaoyi based on their personal political stance, the strength of their support and inclination is far inferior to Gongsun Hao!

This is also the reason why An Miaoyi wants to help Gongsun Hao. With Gongsun Hao around, An Miaoyi can safely hand over some of her troubles to him to deal with, without worrying that Gongsun Hao will betray her!

But Gu Sansi, Li Jian and Liu Ning are different. An Miaoyi feels that if she hands some of her troubles to them, if the problems are not serious, these three people may help her, but if the matters are more serious, these three people are likely to stab her in the back or even report her to Ye Mingsheng!

Especially Gu Sansi, An Miaoyi believed that if there was such an opportunity, Gu Sansi would do it without hesitation...
For An Miaoyi, the best option at the moment is definitely to save Gongsun Hao!

But if His Majesty really wants to deal with Gongsun Hao, An Miaoyi will not do useless work. However, the current situation is not completely clear yet, and An Miaoyi has to do her best and leave the rest to fate!
After dealing with these things, An Miaoyi felt a little tired on the sofa. An Miaoyi wanted to hold on, but feeling her eyelids fighting each other, An Miaoyi immediately compromised and went back to bed to take a nap.

Now An Miaoyi is quite conflicted about taking a nap at noon. She cannot sleep well at night and her sleep is very light. Any noise in the room will easily wake her up. For this reason, the servants who serve her are very careful every night, for fear of accidentally disturbing An Miaoyi's rest!

Although the palace maids and nannies around her were careful enough, the wind, snow and lightning in the sky did not tolerate An Miaoyi, and she was often woken up. Once woken up, it was difficult for An Miaoyi to fall asleep again.

Not sleeping well at night directly affects An Miaoyi's energy during the day, making her easily sleepy during the day. Therefore, An Miaoyi wants to take a nap at noon to make up for it.

But once she sleeps during the day, An Miaoyi can’t sleep at night, so a vicious cycle is formed!
Therefore, An Miaoyi was also very conflicted, not knowing whether she should take such a nap!
There was a light snowfall last night, and An Miaoyi was woken up by the sound. She tossed and turned, but could not fall asleep. She slept for less than two hours that night. So when she took a nap at noon today, An Miaoyi slept very groggy. She actually slept until the afternoon...

Looking at the setting sun outside the window, An Miaoyi felt a little annoyed. She had originally planned to take a short rest and then play mahjong with Ye Cui for a while, but now the mahjong game was almost over and there was no point in her going there again!

Just when An Miaoyi was considering whether to take Jingren to Ye Cui's house for dinner, Nanny Huang from the Inner Court found An Miaoyi.

"Empress! There is something I want to report to you!"

An Miaoyi, who was thinking about something, asked casually:
"what's up?"

"Your Majesty, this is what happened. A few days ago, Xiao Chenzi from Yunpin's residence and Li Hong, a eunuch under Empress Roufei, and three others had a fight. Li Hong beat Xiao Chenzi's head and made it bleed. For this reason, Empress Yunpin reported this matter to the Inner Court Department and asked us to severely punish the murderer!"

When An Miaoyi heard that the eunuchs under Murong Xinyun and Chen Rouer had started fighting, she became interested and asked immediately:
"What exactly is going on?"

"Because it was already dark when the incident happened, there were not many witnesses, but both sides have different stories."

"Little Chenzi said that Li Hong mocked him, saying that he was shabby and shameful, but he ignored Li Hong until Li Hong spoke rudely to his master Murong Xinyun. Little Chenzi couldn't sit still and started fighting with Li Hong and the others!"

"But Li Hong and the other two said that they did scold Xiao Chenzi, but it was not a provocation without reason. It was during the New Year when they were playing cards together, and Xiao Chenzi cheated them out of five taels of silver. They hated Xiao Chenzi because of this, so when they met again this time, they wanted Xiao Chenzi to return the money!"

“But Xiao Chenzi disagreed, so they started fighting. During this process, although they beat and scolded Xiao Chenzi, they did not dare to show any disrespect to Concubine Yun…”

Upon hearing this, An Miaoyi asked directly:

"In that case, what is the truth you found out?"

Nanny Huang said helplessly:

"There were not many witnesses that day, only two eunuchs and a palace maid, a total of three people. However, these three people only saw the fight between Xiao Chenzi and Li Hong and his group. As for what these people were arguing about, they did not see it!"

"Then give these people some help!"

"Your Majesty, we wanted to use some tricks on these people, but Concubine Rou and Concubine Yun both refused to let us do anything. They both insisted that what their eunuchs said was true!"

"So the matter is stuck here now. I can only ask you, Madam, to make the decision!"

An Miaoyi glanced at Huang Mama with some disappointment, and then she said:
"You're bothering me with such a small matter?"

"If Concubine Yun and Concubine Rou don't allow you to use it, then you won't use it?"

"Why do you listen to them so much?"

As soon as these words came out, Huang Ma immediately understood An Miaoyi's thoughts, and immediately nodded and said:

"My Lady, I understand! I'll make arrangements now!"

"I'm telling you there's only one thing, and that is to find out the truth of the matter!"

"Yes!"

Looking at Nanny Huang who left after receiving the order, An Miaoyi's eyes showed a trace of obvious disappointment. Compared with Nanny Cao from the previous Inner Court, although Nanny Huang was better at managing businesses and making money, she was obviously not as decisive as Nanny Cao!
If it was the previous Madam Cao, she would not bother herself with these bullshit at all. She would directly punish her severely and find out what was going on!

Thinking of this, An Miaoyi felt a little regretful. Madam Cao was really a good subordinate. It would be great if she hadn't died!
If she hadn't died, she would be in charge of the palace rules and regulations, and Nanny Huang would get money for her, then she could sit back and relax...

Humph! Damn Murong bitch always ruins my good deeds!

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Yijing, the ancient capital

"I have also been to the Qionglin Banquet, I have also ridden my horse in the Imperial Street, everyone praised me for my Pan An looks, but it turns out that the gauze hat is covering the beauty of the moon!"

In the warm room, a troupe was performing the famous opera segment "The Female Prince Consort", while Daqian's Minister of Personnel Gu Sansi and his father and other family members were sitting in the audience, enjoying the performance.
Although Gu Sansi was sitting in his seat with a smile on his face and looked very happy, he was actually not keen on watching plays. His biggest hobby was playing chess. He was proficient in both Go and Chinese chess. When he had free time, playing a few games of chess with others was Gu Sansi's biggest pastime!
The reason why Gu Sansi did not seize the time to find someone to play chess with during this precious rest time, but instead patiently watched the show here with his family!
It was because Gu Sansi's father loved watching operas. When he was in Liaoyang, he was a frequent visitor to major theaters. After coming to Yijing, because Yijing had more opera troupes and the performances and singing were better, Gu Sansi's father also went to watch them frequently.
But because it was freezing cold in Yijing recently and Gu Sansi's father was in poor health, he stayed at home and did not go anywhere. The old man was very depressed during this period. Before the Chinese New Year, he told Gu Sansi that he wanted to watch a play, especially Xiao Xianglan from the Chen Clan...

Gu Sansi was at a loss whether to laugh or cry about this, but as a son he could only fulfill the old man's wish!

For this purpose, Gu Sansi spent a large amount of money and booked the Chen family troupe for seven days starting from the first day of the Lunar New Year. He wanted his father to watch him enough at home!

Although Gu Sansi himself is not very fond of watching plays, he feels very happy and enjoys it very much when he feels the happy atmosphere of being with his family!

The only drawback is that his eldest son and daughter didn’t come to watch the show together!
Gu Sansi also felt a little regretful about this. Ever since he sent Wang back to Liaoyang, his eldest son and daughter had never given up the idea of ​​bringing their biological mother Wang back. Whenever they had the chance, they would keep nagging Gu Sansi in his ears. Gu Sansi was extremely annoyed by this!
Everything was going well during this New Year, and there was a peaceful atmosphere at home. However, at the New Year's Eve dinner, the two children mentioned their biological mother, Wang, again. They said how hard it was for her to live alone in Liaoyang, and how much they missed their mother!
Although the two children’s words were touching, Gu Sansi was already hard-hearted about this matter. He knew very well that there was no turning back once things were done, and he could only look forward. Gu Sansi was also very satisfied with the quiet and peaceful family atmosphere at the moment, and he didn’t want Wang to come back and destroy this atmosphere...