I just want to live a happy life

Chapter 272: Startling Steps - 4 Fu Jin 18

Speaking of servants, Yu Ludai thought of the bondservants.

The current emperor is Emperor Kangxi, who is autocratic and powerful. These bondservants do not have the courage to amass wealth like they did in the late Qing Dynasty.

But the throne will belong to Yinzhen in the future, which means it belongs to her Honghui, and she doesn't want to let those people act so presumptuously for so long.

Thinking of this, Yu Ludai took action immediately.

Not long after, Kangxi accidentally found out that the servants were asking for abnormal prices and taking kickbacks. For example, a plate of pastries only cost a few dozen coins outside the palace, but it became very expensive inside the palace. The price rose rapidly, to more than one or two taels of silver.

Kangxi felt something was wrong, so he immediately ordered an investigation. When he saw the thick stack of papers presented to him, which were full of records of corruption in the Imperial Household Department, he was shocked.

Kangxi's face turned blue and white with anger: "Well, these dogs are very good."

"Your Majesty, rest your anger."

Seeing the emperor getting angry, the people in the Qianqing Palace immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down."

He also knew that this was not the time to lose his temper, so he quickly asked several ministers to come to the palace to discuss the matter and made a plan for the whole night. This matter should not be made public and should not be done in a high-profile manner.

So these ministers took their men and found a time to raid the Imperial Household Department and the bannermen families.

Yu Ludai had been prepared. In order not to implicate Prince Yong's Mansion, the corrupt people in the Uya family, where Concubine De was from, had already been dealt with by her in order to avoid various accidents.

The Wuya family has now become a mess and does not receive any attention.

As for the things they had embezzled over the years, she had already transported them to other places and they were now in her pocket. She was just waiting to hand them over to Honghui in the future.

Defei wanted to harm Honghui, and it would not be excessive for her to use her own life and the entire Uya family as compensation.

Except for the Uya family, these bondservant families had a tacit understanding that almost none of them was free from corruption. Kangxi looked at the boxes of tribute, gold, silver, jewelry, precious calligraphy and paintings carried out from these bondservant families, and he became so angry that the veins on his forehead jumped.

The ministers who were assisting in the confiscation of property looked at each other in bewilderment. They really had not expected that these bondservants, whom they considered slaves, had actually stolen so many things right under their noses.

If the situation in the palace is like this, then there must be quite a few eunuchs serving in their mansion, so they must have stolen a lot of things from the mansion.

After realizing this, the ministers returned home and launched a vigorous campaign to investigate the Baoyi.

It would have been fine if they hadn't checked, but once they did, they found a lot of gold, silver, and jewelry, and even some things that they thought were lost were actually taken away by the Baoyi.

The more they investigated, the more they found out. Soon, the whole capital city heard the news and began to investigate the baoyi.

These bondservants embezzled a lot of things. A lot of things were found in the palace, filling up the national treasury, and the same was true for the ministers' storehouses.

Kangxi did not let go of those bondservants who were found guilty of crimes. During this period, there was a constant stream of beheadings at the beheading site in the capital. Blood accumulated there layer upon layer, and the stench of blood was overwhelming.

Yu Ludai did the same, and took this opportunity to search the mansion thoroughly. He put the boxes of good things he found into the mansion's warehouse.

By the way, she also planted a lot of people, so her control over the entire Prince Yong's Mansion became deeper and deeper.

It has been a very busy period as she has been dealing with things. After finally finishing her work, Yu Ludai plans to take Honghui to a farm in the suburbs to relax.

As for Yinzhen, he is a workaholic and is still busy now, with no time to rest.

The carriage that Yu Ludai was riding in had not yet left the most lively area of ​​the capital, so the carriage was moving very slowly.

There were constant shouting and talking sounds outside. Yu Ludai lifted the cloth of the small window on the carriage and looked out. She happened to see the Eighth Prince Yinsi entering a restaurant with a woman.

Yu Ludai looked carefully and found that the woman was Ruoxi.

Honghui, who was sitting nearby reading a book, was curious about what his mother had seen, so he quickly came over and asked, "Mother, what did you see? Let me see it too."

Honghui took a look, but the two men had already entered the restaurant, so Honghui didn't see anything.

"I just saw your eighth uncle and his concubine."

Honghui said, "Oh!" and said, "So it's them. I've seen them many times."

Yu Ludai was eating a cake and asked, "What do you mean?"

Honghui did not hide it: "Mother, every time my father took me out before, I have seen my eighth uncle and his concubine named Maertai Ruoxi several times."

"When I was riding a horse, I saw Uncle Eight was teaching his concubine how to ride a horse. He also took her to play in the streets. He also took his concubine with him on many other things."

"These are nothing in themselves, but my son has heard more than that. Some people are saying that Uncle Eight favors his concubine and neglects his wife."

She hasn't paid attention to Ruoxi during this period of time. It seems that she is doing well and is quite favored.

But given Yinsi's face-conscious personality, I think he won't be so presumptuous in the next period of time.

Yu Ludai just listened and didn't take it to heart.

When we arrived at the farm in the suburbs, it was just time for lunch.

Yu Ludai and Honghui ate vegetables grown on the farm, and the meat used in their meat dishes was freshly slaughtered on the farm. It was very fresh and tasted unique.

After the meal, Honghui took everyone out for a walk. Yu Ludai took a nap first, and then went out of the room for a walk.

When they arrived at a place, Yu Ludai suddenly heard a few "hmm" sounds, which sounded very familiar.

Yu Ludai stopped and walked towards the direction where the sound was heard.

Ok?

It is a black and white animal. Isn’t this our national treasure, the panda?

The people who were feeding the pandas saw Fu Jin coming over and quickly bowed: "Greetings to Fu Jin."

After being called, Yu Ludai asked, "Where did you get this from?"

One of the people came out and said, "Madam, this is something that the people from the farm brought back when they went to the south because they saw that he was cute."

Having said that, Yu Ludai remembered that the manager of the manor had told her about this matter, saying that there were some small animals raised in the manor. At that time, she didn't take it seriously and just thought they were just puppies, lambs or something like that.

But she really didn't expect it to be such a cutie.

Now, Yu Ludai didn't want to walk around anymore. After the servants washed the red panda, Yu Ludai quickly held it in his arms.

The red panda is now about the same weight and size as a one-year-old child, and its body is covered with fur, which makes Yu Ludai love it very much.

Don’t think that the red panda is cute and ignore its fighting ability. It used to be Chi You’s mount and is very powerful.

But because she has plant powers, the red panda will subconsciously get close to her and won't hurt her at all.

When Yu Ludai pinches the red panda's paws, it will make humming sounds. It is so cute.

Not only does it have a nice voice, it also looks cute.

Sure enough, the black and white ball is the cutest animal in the world.