Eat the whole family? I emptied the storehouse of the Marquis' Mansion and married the crippled

Xiao Mo and Ye Jintang were squeezed on a chair. Ye Jintang looked very disgusted. She just stood up and wanted to give the chair to him, but before she could leave, she was pulled back by Xiao Mo and held on his lap.

"Even if the gambling house's business is stable, it is faster than me collecting taxes from farmers. Starting next year, I will reduce and exempt farmers' taxes, so that farmers can relax a little."

"Your Majesty is wise. Agriculture is the foundation of a country. As long as our granaries are sufficient, our Tianqin Kingdom will be strong."

"It is also a great deed for us to earn some money to pay the taxes paid by farmers."

"My queen is so smart, I must reward her well."

With a smile on his face, Xiao Mo placed his big hands on Ye Jintang's slender waist.

"Your Majesty, please don't make a fuss in broad daylight. If this gets out, I don't think I'll have to go to the Imperial Study to discuss matters again."

"This is Wutong Palace, who dares to gossip about us?"

Ye Jintang was speechless and looked up at the sky. Xiao Mo had so many twisted ideas.

"Your Majesty, you have to protect your body. If you don't know how to control yourself, you can only watch but not eat when you get older."

"Uh?"

Ye Jintang's words made Xiao Mo stunned. He felt a little guilty. Now he was young and strong, and he would not feel tired even if he did it seven times a night.

If you really empty your body, then you can only look but not eat from now on, right?

"Wife, I know you have a lot of health-preserving medicines. For your future happy life, can you also help me take care of my body?"

Looking at Xiao Mo's bright eyes, Ye Jintang laughed in his heart, "You kid also get scared sometimes, so I won't tell you about the miraculous effect of the elixir of life."

"Your Majesty, if you listen to me from now on, nothing will happen."

Ye Jintang pulled Xiao Mo's arm away, quickly left and sat on the Arhat bed, fearing that if he stayed for another second, he would react.

"Green Pearl, serve the tea."

When Xiao Mo saw Luzhu coming in, he raised his eyebrows slightly and sat down obediently opposite Ye Jintang.

"Your Majesty, take a look at this."

Ye Jintang handed Xiao Mo a thick notebook.

"what is this?"

"Some time ago, we felt that there was something wrong with Li Shaojiang, the Lord of Quyang City, so I asked someone to investigate carefully."

"At first I thought that since Quyang City is so close to the capital, no matter how bold he was, he would only embezzle some money. Who would have thought that this was another Hua Cailiang?"

"He has absolute control over Quyang City, and he can even get a discount on taxes before reporting them to the court."

"Oh, Li Shaojiang is so bold? Didn't the ministers in the court find out the clues in all these years?"

Shocked, Xiao Mo quickly picked up the memorial and read it carefully. It described in detail how Li Shaojiang covered up everything in Quyang City and how he colluded with officials in the capital to conceal the truth and hide the silver.

Among them, more than a dozen officials from various departments in the court were implicated, and each of them was a high-ranking official in the court.

"Li Shaojiang made me fully understand what it means for officials to protect each other. Your Majesty, should you investigate other city lords as well? If every one of them is a local tyrant, your Majesty should take early action and cannot allow Tian Qin to be devoured by these termites."

Xiao Mo quickly read the memorial, frowned slightly, and looked extremely gloomy.

He has always understood the principle that if the water is too clear, there will be no fish. He thought that Li Shaojiang had only embezzled one million taels of silver, and he took the opportunity to catch him and use him for his own purposes. As for abolishing the position of city lord, he would need to do it slowly.

But now it is obvious that he underestimated Li Shaojiang's greed.

"I will send people to check on the other city lords. As for Li Shaojiang, don't move for now. Let's see how the other city lords are doing."

"I'm afraid Li Shaojiang can't wait for the emperor to investigate other city lords."

As he spoke, Ye Jintang took out a small carrier pigeon letter and showed it to Xiao Mo.

"There is also a Yuanhe gambling house in Quyang City. I guess Li Shaojiang is jealous of our good business, so he secretly opened an underground gambling house in Quyang City."

"I just said that anyone who opens a gambling house privately will be arrested and thrown into prison. Li Shaojiang still did this. I would be sorry if I didn't make an example of him."

Ye Jintang looked calm as she said this. She picked up the teacup on the small table and took a sip. She continued, "I've already thought about it. I'm going to search the Li family and find out how much money Li Shaojiang has embezzled."

"Well, this is feasible. The gambling houses are making money too quickly, so naturally some people will take risks. If Li Shaojiang doesn't clean it up quickly, others will know that as long as they don't open a gambling house under the emperor's nose, they will be fine. I'm afraid that various underground gambling houses will emerge one after another."

After discussing it, the two decided to use the gambling house as a breakthrough point to catch Li Shaojiang off guard.

If Ye Jintang wanted to deal with Li Shaojiang, she would naturally send her people over. Xiao Mo thought that he could not send the Imperial Guards, because otherwise others would not know that it was Ye Jintang who did it.

He wanted to help her establish her authority.

So Ye Jintang had her own Yulin Guard.

Xiao Mo's Yulin Guards had a circle of yellow cloth inlaid on the edge of their armor, while Ye Jintang's Yulin Guards had a bright red cloth inlaid on the edge of their armor, making them very easy to recognize.

It would only take two days for the Yulin Guard to reach Quyang City at full speed. Ye Jintang was quite concerned about this matter in the palace because she knew that if this matter became a big deal, someone would definitely report Xiao Mo severely when she attended the morning court.

She has heard so much nonsense about the harem not being allowed to interfere in government affairs that her ears are callused.

"Mother, when will sister Zhuzhu enter the palace?"

Pingping took Anan's hand and walked into the inner hall with steady steps.

"Oh, you miss Zhuzhu?"

"Yeah, sister Zhuzhu is chubby and so funny."

"Mother, this is what I want to give to my sister Zhuzhu."

An An stretched out her chubby little hand, holding a small light blue stone in her palm. Ye Jintang felt that the stone looked quite familiar, and it looked like the padding stone in her coral tree.

"Oh, so, then I'll ask your Aunt Liuli when she's free to bring Zhuzhu to the palace to play with you."

"Yeah."

There are only two children, Ping'an and Ping'an, in the palace. Even if they have a lot of fun things to do, they will feel bored after a long time.

Ye Jintang thought about finding them a few study partners so that they could study and play together, and their lives would be more lively.

Before going to bed at night, Ye Jintang talked about this matter with Xiao Mo. Xiao Mo also felt that this was feasible. The two children had reached the age of enlightenment, so it would be a good idea to find a few teachers to teach them.

"Jintang, have you ever thought that we can have a few more children, so that they can have more companionship and live in peace and security."

"Well, let everything take its course."

Ye Jintang felt a little guilty when she said this. Ever since she gave birth to the twins, she has been taking contraceptive pills. Otherwise, with Xiao Mo's hard work every day, she would be pregnant with her second child right after the confinement period.

Two children are already enough to worry her, and she doesn't want to have a second child for the time being.

"Jintang, we are husband and wife, you can't hide anything from me."

"nature."

"It's been so long since Ping Ping'an was born, but you still haven't gotten pregnant with a second child. It must be because I haven't tried hard enough. Don't worry, Jintang. I will work harder so that you can have another boy or girl for me soon."

As he spoke, Xiao Mo pounced on Ye Jintang like a tiger and threw him onto the bed.

Ye Jintang wanted to stop it, but when the words of explanation came to her lips, she couldn't say them. It seemed that any explanation was pale and powerless, and she felt like she was shooting herself in the foot.