Wan Qingyan slept until noon, and only opened her eyes drowsily when the sunlight shone on her face.

She stood up and sat up straight, feeling a little dizzy. She slapped herself twice before gradually coming to her senses.

He jumped out of bed, put on his court robes and accessories, washed up briefly, opened the door and walked out.

"Your Highness, there are a group of people waiting for you in the front hall!"

As soon as A Nian saw Wan Qingyan, he immediately reported the situation.

She kept guarding the door, afraid that someone would disturb Wan Qingyan's rest.

Everyone also understood that Wan Qingyan was too tired during this period.

I finally got a good night's sleep and no one wanted to disturb me.

So when Li Guoan brought a group of people to the yamen, he could only sit and wait obediently.

"Okay, I'll go now."

Wan Qingyan smiled and rubbed A'nian's head, then strode towards the front hall of the yamen.

As soon as she walked in, everyone stood up and greeted her loudly.

Cui Shici was also among them. He changed into luxurious brocade clothes and dressed up carefully, looking more like a vixen.

Just as she was about to look away, Cui Shici suddenly raised his eyes. Their eyes met, then shifted away in tacit understanding.

The noise they made when they greeted each other was so loud that it hurt Wan Qingyan's ears.

Wan Qingyan rubbed his ears, frowned slightly, and quickly waved his hand, signaling them to sit down and shut up.

"Everyone, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long!"

Wan Qingyan said politely that she came today to inspect the results of yesterday's hammering.

"Your Highness, you are so exhausted from all the work you do every day. You should take a good rest.

It is a great blessing for us to be able to sit and wait for you."

Li Guoan smiled flatteringly, with no concealment of the flattery in his eyes.

Wan Qingyan had experienced her ability to adapt to the situation and flatter others.

"Master Li, don't flatter me. Let's get down to business! Who will go first?"

Wan Qingyan was too lazy to play along and went straight to the point.

"Your Highness, I am willing to donate one hundred thousand taels to help with disaster relief and the construction of Qingzhou!"

Li Guoan was the first to step forward and donate. A gleam of light flashed in his eyes and he bowed respectfully.

The others exchanged glances. They had already agreed on the amount of donations last night.

"Master Li, you really disappoint me and set a bad example!

One hundred thousand taels is not enough for you. I will give you another chance. Think carefully about how much you should donate!"

Wan Qingyan had a cold face and didn't give Li Guoan any face at all, and angrily scolded her.

He slammed the gavel again, making them tremble with fear.

"Next! Who's coming?"

Wan Qingyan sat upright on the high hall, with a stern face as he continued to exert pressure.

The others turned their eyes to Cui Shici, motioning him to step forward.

They already had a grudge against Cui Shici. Why was it that only his Cui family suffered no losses during the disaster looting incident? There must be something fishy going on.

"Your Highness, I am willing to donate 80,000 taels to help the victims."

Cui Shici walked forward, bowed respectfully, and looked calm.

The eighty thousand taels was the amount Li Guoan asked him to donate, and he had no choice but to do so.

"Ms. Cui, your family suffered no losses during the disaster. Is it appropriate for you to donate 80,000 taels?"

Wan Qingyan sneered disdainfully, with a cold look in his eyes.

"Your Highness, I'm also wondering about this. Why is it that my Cui family was the only one not robbed? Is this a premeditated attempt to sow discord, or is it a deliberate attempt to harm my Cui family?"

Cui Shici's eyes darkened and his tone became sarcastic, and his words were secretly criticizing Wan Qingyan.

"Ms. Cui, why are you beating around the bush? Why not just say that someone is deliberately framing your Cui family and deliberately provoking conflicts between the Cui family and others?

And you doubt that I did this, right?"

Wan Qingyan sneered, rolled his eyes, and shrugged nonchalantly.

"Your Highness, I have no such intention. I hope Your Highness will not misunderstand me!"

Cui Shici bowed and saluted with a humble attitude, but there was still a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.

"Ms. Cui, if you weren't still useful, you would have been queuing up for soup at Naihe Bridge long ago. Don't commit suicide!"

Wan Qingyan smiled, the corners of his mouth curved in disdain, and the look in his eyes seemed to be wrapped in knives.

"Since Your Highness has said so, there is nothing for me to refute!"

Cui Shici raised his head and stared at Wan Qingyan provocatively, with a sneer on his face.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at Cui Shici at the same time.

Li Guoan, in particular, widened his eyes in surprise, and all the officials and grain merchants were also stunned.

They couldn't believe that Cui Shici was so brave, daring to challenge Wan Qingyan again and again. Was he really not afraid of death? Or was there some deep hatred?

"Okay, very good, Miss Cui is really sharp-tongued.

Shi Ming, go smash Ms. Cui's mouth and let her know what it means to be careful with what you say and do!

Wan Qingyan laughed out of anger, looking at Cui Shici as if he was looking at a dead person.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Shi Ming took the order, flexed his wrists, and walked quickly towards Cui Shici.

Cui Shici looked at Shi Ming who was walking towards him, his pupils trembled slightly, and he quickly stole a glance at Wan Qingyan.

He originally thought that he and Wan Qingyan would just have a verbal fight in public, but he didn't expect that there would be torture involved!

Wan Qingyan almost couldn't hold back his laughter when he saw Cui Shici's pleading look.

I could only look at him and nod imperceptibly to comfort him a little.

When Cui Shici saw Wan Qingyan nodded, he thought it was just a formality and he just hit him a few times, and his heart was relieved.

Everyone stared at Shi Ming and Cui Shici with wide eyes.

Shi Ming smiled slightly, aimed at Cui Shici's left cheek, and slapped him hard.

Shi Ming was completely unable to control his strength, and Cui Shici was slapped so hard that he couldn't stand steadily. He fell to the ground with a thud, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

Seeing him fall to the ground, Shi Ming also squatted down and slapped him hard in the face left and right.

Cui Shici was stunned by the slap. This was completely different from what he had imagined. This was a real fight!

When everyone saw how badly Cui Shici was beaten, they also figured out the reason.

I'm afraid it's really Wan Qingyan who is targeting the Cui family and trying to alienate the relationship between them.

"Shi Ming, please stop. Don't really slap me to death."

Wan Qingyan grinned and asked Shi Ming to step back.

"Hey~~ Why is there a pig head here? Where is the beautiful Lady Cui?"

Wan Qingyan sneered maliciously, with the corners of his mouth curled up wildly.

Cui Shici no longer had the strength to speak, his mouth was swollen from being slapped, and he just wanted to finish the filming.

"Master Li, have you decided how much you want to donate?"

Wan Qingyan shifted his target and suddenly looked at Li Guoan, interrogating him in a cold voice.

"Your Highness, I'd like to donate two hundred thousand taels. Is that okay with you?"

Li Guoan was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat and quickly made an offer.

"Okay, who told me to be considerate of my subordinates? Or maybe I'm just too kind. Two hundred thousand is two hundred thousand!"

Wan Qingyan held his forehead and pretended to be reluctant.

When Li Guoan heard this, he immediately felt relieved. It was really a blessing in disguise.

"Ms. Cui, what about you?"

Wan Qingyan chuckled and attacked him again!

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