Yang Qin was a little dissatisfied when one of his two brothers reprimanded him: "Don't you have a better idea than running away?"
The eldest aunt and the second aunt were a little flustered at first, but now they couldn't help laughing: "What time has it been? You brothers and sisters are still bickering here."
The third uncle shook his head: "With Yan Xi's temper, how could he be impulsive? Since she dared to lead the Royal Forest Army to raid the house, she must have a plan in mind."
Xibohou also said: "I only said that it would be risky to raid a house without evidence, and I didn't say that this house couldn't be raided, right? Prime Minister Lu has been an official for so many years, and there will always be things that cannot be seen. We just have to wait and see if he can find them."
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Yang Qin looked at the unfathomable expressions on their faces, as if she was out of ideas.
"Can you please be more direct? I'm not from the Chaotang. Who knows the secrets you are talking about?" Yang Qin said angrily.
Yang Lu glanced at Hua Yanxi: "Aren't you going to tell us everything?"
Hua Yanxi pursed her lips and smiled: "I can't hide it from my uncles. There are indeed some clues, but I'm not sure about it, so I won't show off to them yet."
"It seems that this matter is not easy to talk about, but that's okay. In short, you just have to know what you are doing. If you need help from our uncles, just tell them directly. The family doesn't have to be so open-minded." The second uncle said kindly.
"Then try to hurry up. It's getting late and the child should be sleepy." Xibohou said lightly, carefully changing the position of the sleeping child in his arms, and then casually asked: "What about that kid?"
Well, aren’t you here too?”
"I had a stomachache and went to look for the latrine." Hua Yanxi made a random excuse, but in fact it was Ye Yibai who was secretly sneaking into the Prime Minister's study to look for the account books.
"Going for so long?"
"Perhaps you went somewhere to see what was new in the Prime Minister's Mansion. I'll go look for it."
"Go ahead, don't worry about us now, just mind your own business."
Hua Yanxi came out of the room, ready to pick up Ye Yibai.
Although the Royal Forest Army belongs to them now, if the Royal Forest Army discovers that Ye Yibai is in the study room of the Prime Minister's Mansion, it will only cause unnecessary trouble.
As Hua Yanxi walked by, there were figures of the imperial guards everywhere. These people were looking for them very carefully, and they really wanted to dig out the bricks on the ground to see.
When I walked outside the study, I found that seven or eight Imperial Guardsmen were searching inside, and even the books had been turned out.
"The Fifth Princess." The leader of the Royal Forest Army saluted her.
"Did you find it?"
"No, these are ordinary calligraphy, paintings and books. I personally checked them with my subordinates and found no hidden spaces."
Hua Yanxi pondered for a moment. Most people would set up a secret compartment in their study. If they didn't find it, it could only mean that the secret compartment was somewhere else.
"Look more closely. I'll look elsewhere."
Hua Yanxi spent some time walking through the entire Prime Minister's Mansion, closed her eyes, and what appeared in her mind was the overall layout of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
According to the information Ye Yibai gave her, the Prime Minister has collected a lot of things over the years, including rare treasures, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, which would definitely not fit in an ordinary secret room.
If there are no hidden compartments in places like the study or bedroom, the front hall will often have people coming and going, and the backyard is where the servants live, and there will be a lot of people there.
Hua Yanxi eliminated them one by one and had a few guesses in her mind. She took a lantern from a guard and planned to go and look for it herself.
The place where Hua Yanxi came was the garden of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
The Prime Minister's Mansion is spacious and has four small gardens.
Hua Yanxi first went to the small garden closest to the back door.