Chapter 125 Water Trade
"Fujin, the Fourteenth Fujin wants to see you."

Yuling can read and is reading the account book to Yihua. Yihua has been feeling uncomfortable in the past two days and can see things blurry. She probably has vision problems due to overuse of her eyes.

So she asked the court doctor to prescribe some medicine to improve her eyesight, and Yuling read the daily accounts to her. She had plenty of time anyway.

Yuxue's voice interrupted Yihuan's mental calculations.

Yihuan waved to Yuling to stop, and put the account book on the table. Wanyan walked in hurriedly.

"Fourth sister-in-law, mother said that if you have any problem, you can come to you for help. I believe in mother, and I also believe in fourth sister-in-law." Wanyan sat opposite Yihuan, about to cry.

Yihuan felt a little fed up. Every time Wanyan came to see her, she would start with the same rhetoric. She could recite it by heart. She was just using the Empress in the palace as an excuse, fearing that she would not contribute.

As long as Wanyan's request was not excessive, Yihuan would find a way to fulfill her wish for the sake of Yinzhen's mother-son relationship.

"Fourteenth brother's wife, it's being too polite to say that." Yihuan pushed the fruit plate on the table towards Wanyan.

Seeing that there were no outsiders in the room, Wanyan also told her the purpose of her visit: "Fourth sister-in-law, Eighth sister-in-law has been coming to me to gossip recently. She has been deprived of her rights as a housekeeper and is bored all day long. It would be nice for her to keep me company."

Yihuan's smile faded a little when she heard this. She had not yet settled accounts with Wanyan clan regarding the incident in which the eldest princess got her face injured last time. Whether she was foolish enough to be taken advantage of, or was vicious enough to join forces with the Eighth Lady to attack the entire family, it was unforgivable.

But Yihuan was afraid of damaging the jade bottle by killing the mouse, so she didn't plan to do anything to Wanyan for the time being.

I didn't expect that after such a thing happened, Wanyan was still willing to hang out with the Eighth Concubine. What were they talking about together? It was so attractive.

"The Eighth Lady said that she can't do anything now. She can't even interfere with the matter of welcoming the concubine into the mansion. She can only take care of her dowry and have fun every day."

"One day she wore a set of very dazzling jewelry that looked very valuable. Fourth sister-in-law, I just asked her out of curiosity, and she said it was a water business that was very profitable." Wanyan was a little vague at the end, and Yihuan understood that she was obsessed with money and was deceived into doing something wrong.

"Fourth sister-in-law will surely understand. Being a prince's wife like us sounds glorious, but the etiquette and filial respects from various clan members and the palace are simply not enough to cover the expenses with that little salary. Our master is not like Fourth Brother who has a decent job, so I am anxious to find a solution." Wanyan complained first.

Yihuan could not empathize with the situation. After all, as far as she knew, since the Fourteenth Prince set up his own household, all his expenses had been paid by the Imperial Household Department and he was supported by Emperor Kangxi. Wanyan's words could not be because she did not understand the situation and was fooled by the Eighth Lady again.

Yihua just smiled and said nothing. Wanyan fell silent while talking, then paused for a while, made up her mind and continued: "After listening to my difficulties, my eighth sister-in-law said that she could sell me a few profitable shops, specializing in selling these imported goods, because they are novel and unique, the sales volume can be guaranteed."

"I specially asked my dowry to check out the shops, and they are indeed profitable. So I spent a large sum of money to buy out these shops from my eighth sister-in-law." Wanyan became annoyed as she spoke.

"Who knew there was something wrong with this shop? It was closed down by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who said it was a place for money laundering."

Wanyan wanted to cry but had no tears: "Fourth sister-in-law, I just took over the shop, what does this have to do with me?"

"Have you gone to see the Eighth Lady?" Yihuan asked even though she knew the answer.

Wanyan was so angry that her teeth itched: "Of course I looked for them. My eighth sister-in-law turned against me and said that she had never seen these shops before."

"Where's the paperwork for the transaction?"

"It's definitely not the name of the Eighth Lady. The government checked and found out that she was from Jiangnan and her background is unknown. Where can we find her in this world?!"

Wanyan grabbed Yihuan's hand and said, "Fourth sister-in-law, I don't dare to tell Fourteenth Master about this. Can you help me?"

Yihuan pulled back her wrist with force, which was slightly bruised. Yihuan gently rubbed it a few times. "This is not a matter of women in your house. I will say a few words to support you. This is a game between men. I will tell the Fourth Master, and I can't guarantee anything after that."

"Fourth sister-in-law!" Wanyan was a little panicked. She was really afraid of the Fourteenth Master's stubborn temper.

Yihuan served tea to see the guests off. She didn't want to know why Wanyan didn't distance herself from the Eighth Lady.

After Yinzhen came back in the evening, Yihuan relayed Wanyan's words: "Master, Fourteenth Brother's sister-in-law has many vague things to say. Fourteenth Brother is probably still in the dark. Eighth Prince should be making a move soon."

Yinzhen nodded: "I understand. The Eighth Brother is really restless. First it was the Tenth Brother, then you, and now it's the Fourteenth Brother. It seems that the Nineth Brother and the Tenth Brother's alienation has caused him far more harm than he imagined!"

After a while, Yinzhen added: "As annoying as a mad dog."

Yihuan lay on Yinzhen's chest and laughed so hard that she was shaking. She felt that Yinzhen was particularly full of life when he complained like this.

Yinzhen held Yihuan to prevent her from falling: "Fourteenth is also a pig-brained man. He can't control the people in the mansion."

"The Emperor really favors Fourteenth." It was rare to hear a hint of depression in Yinzhen's words. Yihuan leaned her head out and kissed Yinzhen on the chin.

"What you said, does that mean the emperor has no preference for Honghui? In my opinion, this is just loving the whole family."

Yinzhen pinched Yihuan's nose and said, "Then I'm afraid I'm the one who's the idiot."

Speaking of Honghui, Yinzhen's mood obviously improved a lot. After all, this son who made people jealous was his!
Yihuan sat up, her eyes sparkling as she shared gossip about her son with Yinzhen: "Master, the little girl from the Fucha family came a few days ago and said she wanted to thank you for saving her life."

"Guess what, Honghui actually changed into the silver-white robe that I just tailored for him, and ran to show it off in front of the girl. Hahahaha." Yihuan obviously recalled the funny part and couldn't stop laughing.

Yinzhen shook his head: "This child is very smart, unlike his mother."

"Hmm?" Yihuan gave him a confused look in return.

Yinzhen covered Yihuan's eyes with his hands and felt his own heart pounding.

He knew that he was deeply in love now.

Of course he could see that Fu Jin sincerely wanted to live a good life with him, but that was all. The way she looked at him lacked warmth and passion, and he didn't like it.

Thinking of this, Yinzhen suddenly lowered his head and bit Yihuan's lips hard until the taste of rust filled their mouths.

Yihuan pushed Yinzhen away forcefully: "What are you doing?"

I know you like dogs, but I didn’t expect you really are a dog. You bit me so hard that I even bled.

Yinzhen licked his lips and said, "I'll collect some interest in advance."

Yihuan turned over and fell asleep, covering the slightly painful corner of her lips. She felt that Yinzhen was a little weird, and didn't intend to pay attention to this crazy man in the middle of the night. She closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Hearing the familiar breathing sound, Yinzhen sighed.