My father is Yongzheng, and I am Qianlong?

Chapter 74 Hongli Promotes His Close Confidants
On the Imperial Household Department side, except for Old Sixteen, all other officials were almost all in a state of panic and anxiety about the investigation into the deficit.

As soon as Hongli walked out of the inner right gate, Seda, the doctor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, appeared in front of Hongli and Chen Shishun.

However, after seeing Hongli and Chen Shishun, Seda was stunned.

Because Seda didn't expect Hongli to come.

He originally thought that it could only be Chen Shishun, the general manager of Yongshou Palace, who came. That way, he would be able to do some shameful things.

But now, with Hongli here, he can't do anything.

"Be bold!"

Seeing Seda standing there in a daze, Chen Shishun immediately shouted.

Seda finally came to his senses and knelt down hurriedly: "Your servant greets the Fourth Master!"

"That's it!"

Hongli then continued walking towards the Imperial Household Department.

Seda Xie En got up and followed.

"Why did Irobe suddenly appear here?"

"Have you finished investigating the deficit of the Guangchusi? Why are you so idle?"

Hongli asked about him after arriving in Seda.

Seda glanced at Chen Shishun and said to Hongli with a wry smile, "Fourth Master, I thought you would come out today, so I took the time to come and greet you. I didn't expect to actually meet you!"

"Why did you think of coming to greet me?"

Hongli looked back at Seda.

Seda quickly withdrew his gaze from Chen Shishun, stopped, and said with his head down, "I just wanted to pay my respects to the Fourth Master and ask if he's free. A few of my colleagues and I have booked a separate courtyard at Liuquanju, and we'd like to ask the Fourth Master to come and show our filial piety!"

Hongli has recently learned more about the stories of the Qing capital and knows that Liuquanju is a famous restaurant in the Huguo Temple area of ​​the capital.

Its fame is no less than that of Yucheng Garden.

He naturally understood that Seda really wanted to curry favor with him.

But Hongli had no intention of giving face to a doctor in the Imperial Household Department so he refused and said, "It's enough that you have this intention. Forget the expense. I don't have that much time!"

"If the Fourth Master could not blame us for being nosy, we would be grateful."

Seda answered with a smile, without any sign of disappointment on his face.

……

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"Uncle Sixteen!"

After arriving at the Imperial Household Department, Hongli first met with the Sixteenth Prince and showed him the imperial edict brought by Chen Shishun.

After reading it, Old Sixteen looked at Seda, the doctor of the Imperial Household Department, and said, "Since you've come with me, go get the detailed list of Xianfu Palace yourself."

Seda was embarrassed at this moment and quickly prostrated himself before Old Sixteen and Hongli: "My two lords, please excuse me. Recently, due to the deficit investigation, all departments are borrowing books, so it is difficult to find the books in Xianfu Palace at the moment."

"This is your business! You can't let Fu Jin wait, right?"

Yinlu asked at this time.

Seda kowtowed again and said, "Please give me one day, my lords. I will retrieve it overnight."

Yinlu then looked at Hongli and Chen Shishun: "What do you think?"

Hongli looked at Chen Shishun: "What do you think, Eunuch Chen?"

Chen Shishun smiled and said, "It's not the place for a servant to speak here."

"Just speak if I tell you to! You are close to my mother, there is no reason not to let you speak!"

Hongli emphasized his tone at this time.

At this moment, Chen Shishun knelt down and said, "Fourth Master, calm down. In my humble opinion, I can't give it to him. You have to let him go and find it immediately!"

Hongli nodded with satisfaction.

Seda was somewhat disappointed.

"Since Eunuch Chen has said so, go find it immediately and bring it to me."

At this time, Yinlu said something to Seda.

Seda kowtowed here: "Yes!"

Then, Yinlu said to Hongli: "You two should go back first. The Fourth Lady must be alone. Hongli, you still have studies to do. Come back in the evening. By then, he should have sent it." "Okay, nephew, take your leave!"

"Slave, please resign!"

Hongli then went to Yongshou Palace with Chen Shishun, and then went to the Arrow Hall.

But when Hongli returned from the Archery Hall after learning horse riding and archery from Old Twenty-one, Lai Bao came here to meet him and told him about what happened in Seda after he returned to Guangchusi.

After hearing this, Hongli ordered Lai Bao, "Go see a man named Sui Hede and tell him about this. Ask him to make sure that this investigation into the deficit brings down Nanny Jin and her gang!"

"Whoo!"

Afterwards, Hongli and Hongzhou returned to the palace together.

On the way back to the palace, Hongli took the initiative to ask Hongzhou: "Fifth brother, recently we have been investigating the deficit and embezzlement. Have you been embezzled?"

"I don't think so. I'm not sure either. These are all managed by the princess."

Hong Zhou replied.

After hearing this, Hongli nodded and said nothing more.

That night.

Hongli and Chen Shishun came to the Imperial Household Department again.

Sui Hede had been waiting at the inner left gate long beforehand. As soon as Hongli appeared, he ran over and said, "Your servant greets the Fourth Master!"

"Is everything settled?"

Hongli asked this question.

Sui Hede replied: "It's all settled."

"Well!"

"Eunuch Chen, let's go get the accounts."

After Hongli nodded, he said something to Chen Shishun.

Chen Shishun was a little confused and couldn't help but wonder what the Fourth Master was talking about with the official from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

When Hongli was about to arrive at the Imperial Household Department, he saw thick smoke rising from the direction of the Imperial Household Department's Guangchusi, and the sky was dyed a little red.

Hongli was greatly surprised when he saw this: "What's going on?"

Chen Shishun felt even more uneasy and looked at Hongli: "Fourth Master, it seems that the Guangchusi has been hit by a fire!"

"Don't say too much for now, go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and ask Uncle Sixteen first!"

Hongli walked quickly towards the Imperial Household Department.

As soon as Hongli arrived at the Imperial Household Department, he heard Old Sixteen angrily scolding Seda, who was kneeling on the ground: "You are so bold, you dog slave! How dare you let the accounts go wrong? Do you think I and Fourth Brother are so easy to fool?!"

"I am wronged! I never thought that the money would go missing just as I got the detailed account back! Woohoo!"

Seda started to cry at this time, and while crying, he also glanced at Lao Shiliu.

Chen Shishun's face turned pale and he couldn't help but take a few steps back.

At this moment, Hongli curled up the corners of his mouth.

"Master, please calm down. After the detailed accounts of each palace and hall were returned, they were not burned. Because after the obvious accounts were returned, I was afraid that something might go wrong, so I immediately asked Sui to take people to move them."

"It's just that things happened in a hurry, and I didn't have time to tell Sebu Lang. I hurried here because I learned that Sebu Lang was with you."

At this moment, Seda's deputy, Ortai, suddenly came to the door, holding a detailed account in his hand. He said, "This is the detailed supply list for Xianfu Palace that Fujin requested. I also brought it here in advance."

Seda turned around in surprise and looked at Ortai.

The Sixteenth Prince Yinlu also looked up, grinning, and asked Ortai: "What did you just say?"

Hongli took the detailed account from Ortai, flipped through it briefly, and after confirming that it was undoubtedly the supply details for Xianfu Palace, he came to Yinlu and said with a smile:
"Uncle Sixteen, please pass the lottery!"

"My nephew is still waiting to go back and report to my mother!"

"By the way, Uncle Sixteen, this man is my nephew's bannerman. His name is Ortai."

"Also, the chief officer he mentioned, Sui Hede, was originally my nephew's Hahazhuzi, and was recently promoted to chief officer."

"They are both very clever and loyal. This time, Khan Ama has issued an edict asking the princes and ministers to recommend capable officials for the inner court. Please give them a chance, Uncle Sixteen!"

At this time, Ortai and Sui Hede, who came with Hongli, both looked at Yinlu eagerly.

(End of this chapter)