This was the first time Xie Xun talked to her about love and love, and it was under such circumstances...
Qin Rushuang turned her head and stopped looking at Xie Xun, "It's too late, the prince is sleeping."
Xie Xun came over again, "But you haven't answered me yet."
Qin Rushuang turned away and said, "I'll tell you tomorrow."
Then he changed the subject, "When the prince went out today, I asked the prince to ask clearly where Xiao took the beggars after he abducted them. Did the prince ask?"
Xie Xun was still blinking, and after a while, he suddenly closed his eyes and lay flat on the bed, "I will tell you tomorrow."
Qin Rushuang was stunned.
For a moment, I didn't know if Xie Xun was really drunk or if he was pretending to be drunk to find out what she was thinking.
But is it necessary for Xie Xun? Isn’t his love worthless to him...
Qin Rushuang's mind was in chaos, as if someone had stirred up a pool of spring water in her heart.
After thinking about it for a long time, I fell into a deep sleep.
Early the next morning, Qin Rushuang woke up and saw Xie Xun sitting up, frowning, looking in pain, and pressing his temple with one hand.
"Are you awake? I haven't drank for a long time, and my ability to drink has become worse. I had a few drinks with Boss Xiao yesterday, and I woke up today feeling a little headache."
Qin Rushuang whispered: "You still have a headache after drinking with a beauty? Is it because you don't have a sweet person to make sobering soup for you?"
Xie Xun paused for a moment while pressing his temples, "No one has ever endured the sobering soup for me. I hope that next time I get drunk, I can drink the soup prepared by the princess myself."
After saying this, Xie Xun suddenly regretted it. He remembered that he had eaten the food cooked by Qin Rushuang on the way. It was really...
Forget it, it’s better not to cook it with your own hands. After drinking it with your own hands, maybe it won’t be as simple as a headache.
Qin Rushuang did not answer Xie Xun's ambiguous words, but raised her hand and called Qingzhi, "Qingzhi, tell the kitchen to cook some sobering soup."
"Your Majesty is drunk. We won't go to the dining room to eat with grandpa today. You go to the kitchen to get some light breakfast and bring it to the bedroom for us."
"Okay, Princess." Qingzhi took the order and left.
"Your Majesty, you haven't told me yet, have you found out where the beggar kidnapped by Boss Xiao was sent?"
"I'll tell you after I finish my breakfast. The princess can't just let the cows work and not let them eat grass, right?"
When Qin Rushuang heard this, she had no choice but to bring the breakfast to Xie Xun herself, "Your Majesty, please eat."
Xie Xun finished his breakfast with satisfaction, wiped his lips with a handkerchief, and then said to Qin Rushuang, who was looking at him eagerly: "Do you know there is a coal mine on the mountain fifty miles away from here?"
Qin Rushuang didn't react for a moment and asked doubtfully: "I haven't heard of this, but are the mineral deposits only allowed to be mined by the imperial court?"
"Yes, if it is important mineral veins such as concentrated iron ore, copper ore, it must be approved by the court through multiple procedures before being mined by specialized people. But if it is like a coal mine, as long as the discovery area is not large, the government can
Just mine it yourself and report the quantity to the court after mining."
Xie Xun went on to explain, "Generally, small coal mines like this are mined by government organizations when prisoners in prison are doing hard labor. Of course, there are also some local officials who want to do more political achievements, so they will pay to hire coal mines.
The people go and mine.”
Qin Rushuang understood now, "Your Majesty means... the government will most likely give the job of mining coal to Boss Xiao...?"
Xie Xun nodded, "Yes."
Now even he couldn't help but admire Boss Xiao's business acumen. If he didn't use his mind on these sideways, he would definitely be a very successful businessman.
To be able to take over a job like mining for the imperial court, it is nothing more than for the boss to find some cheap workers, take the workers to mine, receive half of the money from the government, and eat half of it, and give the remaining half to the workers.
Boss Xiao was different. The beggars he found had no way to show their faces and were difficult to discipline, so he took over the mining job and drove them underground to dig.
The mining place is in the barren mountains and wilderness, and a few powerful thugs are sent to watch from the side. Even if those beggars are really beaten or killed, no one will know.
Who will find out if we are related for no reason?
The most important thing is that these beggars mine for Boss Xiao. Boss Xiao can get remuneration from the court, but the beggars can’t get Boss Xiao’s wages, which is equivalent to making a lot of money in vain!
Even Qin Rushuang felt secretly frightened after hearing this. Boss Xiao not only has a good mind, but also has a dark heart!
"Then what should we do now? How about we sneak into the Xiao Mansion again. These beggars are all free, and they are carefree and easy to manage. I guess Boss Xiao will not necessarily let them sign a deed of betrayal, because there is no such thing
necessary."
Xie Xun nodded: "I think so too. Let's do this. I will go to Xiao Mansion again tonight."
Qin Rushuang's tone suddenly softened, "This will trouble the prince again! Qingzhi! Bring another bowl of porridge to the prince. We can't let the prince say that I only let him work and won't let him eat grass, right?"
Qingzhi was also amused. Hearing this, he went out to serve Xie Xun porridge.
Qin Rushuang had nothing to do. She saw the robe Xie Xun had taken off yesterday and put it aside, so she wanted to put it away for him.
Just when she picked up her robe and shook it, a sachet suddenly fell out.
The sachet was extremely exquisitely embroidered, with a pair of mandarin ducks playing in the water embroidered on it. The smell inside was also strong and ambiguous incense. Overall, it didn't look like it belonged to Xie Xun, and it certainly didn't belong to Qin Rushuang.
Xie Xun's movements suddenly froze.
Yesterday there was a girl from a brothel who was so enthusiastic that she almost fell on him. He endured it for a long time and wanted to get information from Boss Xiao, so he didn't hide away.
I could only move back and forth, but I didn't expect that there was a girl behind me. It seemed that the girl had stuffed it under her clothes on purpose.
Xie Xun secretly regretted that this matter had caused such a fuss...there was really no place to say anything reasonable!
Looking at it again, Qin Rushuang's expression was already filled with fear.
"Rushuang, please listen to my explanation..."
"It's really strange. This brothel doesn't know anything about it, so you think there is some martial arts master who can stuff such a big sachet into the prince's clothes without the prince knowing?"
Qin Rushuang spoke in a weird manner, and it was clear that she was saying that Xie Xun was so good at martial arts. If he hadn't done it voluntarily, who could have stuffed the sachet into his clothes?
Qin Rushuang immediately blocked Xie Xun's words.
Xie Xun said, "If I said that I really drank too much yesterday, so I gave that girl an opportunity, would you believe it?"
Qin Rushuang smiled and said, "Does Your Majesty think I will believe it?"
The two were in a stalemate, and Qingzhi came in with a bowl of porridge, with a happy face, "The prince's porridge is here, do you still want to eat it?"
Qin Rushuang said angrily: "Eat whatever you want! Take it out, the prince won't eat it!"
Qingzhi couldn't understand it all of a sudden, and showed a puzzled look: "Ah... this slave has just left for a short while, what's going on?"
Qin Rushuang sneered: "I didn't expect it. I let the cow out to graze, but he pushed the green grass on my head!"
