One of the couple is busy outside, while the other is busy at home.
In a blink of an eye, a few days passed and the Xizhimen incident was successfully resolved. Hundreds of rioters who occupied the city wall suddenly left in the middle of the night and their whereabouts were unknown.
The next day, the King of Jin was summoned to the palace by the Emperor to ask, "Where did those rioters go?"
“After leaving the city, they dispersed into the mountains and our whereabouts are unknown,” the King of Jin replied.
"Why don't you lead troops to intercept them? Let them leave."
The King of Jin showed a trace of hatred in his eyes, and bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, you said that as long as I persuade them to surrender, their actions will not be investigated. If I lead the troops to intercept them, wouldn't it be against the emperor's order?"
"I am worried that if they get together, they will cause harm to the people." The emperor supplemented his previous words.
"Your Majesty, I will lead the troops to search for their whereabouts. If they dare to do evil, I will lead the troops to wipe them out." King Jin said deliberately.
The emperor wanted to take back the power of Prince Jin to adjust the city defense army, so how could he let him lead the troops? "They are just a group of civilians. Now they have food in their hands, so I think they will not cause trouble again. There is no need to lead troops to search for them. The enthronement ceremony is coming soon, so you should concentrate on this matter."
Now that the matter has been resolved, it's time to get rid of the waste.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Prince Jin handed over the tiger talisman.
Seeing that Prince Jin honestly handed over the tiger talisman, the emperor smiled with satisfaction. He felt that his majesty was increasing, and Prince Jin had no choice but to obey.
"Nothing, please leave." The emperor said coldly.
"I'm leaving." Prince Jin left the Qinzheng Hall and went to the Ministry of Rites to inquire about the enthronement ceremony.
At the same time, Jiang Changning was among the sixteen village heads who followed Fang Ju to Beijing.
The sixteen villages are distributed near the capital, some far and some near.
When Fang Ju led people to check the accounts that day, she asked Jiang Changning, "Princess, did I go from far to near, or from near to far?"
"From near to far."
"What if those distant farms get wind of this and settle their accounts?"
"From far to near, the nearby Zhuangzi can settle the account by hearing the news."
Fang Ju was distressed, but Jiang Changning smiled, "It's a skill for them to balance the accounts. I'm just afraid that they can't balance the accounts."
Facts have proved that what Jiang Changning said was right.
None of the sixteen village heads had balanced their accounts. The first village was closest to the capital, and there were always people from the government visiting there, so the village head did not dare to be greedy.
After the accounts were checked, the village head learned that Fangju was going to other villages to check the accounts. Not only did he not inform Fangju, he also hoped that Fangju could find out that the village heads of other villages were corrupt.
If everyone is not punished, they will all be corrupt and he will not stand out.
He thought so, and the second, third, and fourth village heads who were investigated also thought so.
This gave Fangju the opportunity to check all the accounts.
After being caught with corruption, these village heads should have come to the palace in fear and trepidation to apologize to the prince and princess.
However, except for the fifth village chief who came to Beijing, the other village chiefs were still acting arrogantly in their villages.
On the day when this village head arrived in the capital, the victims of the disaster happened to revolt. He could not enter the city and could only wait outside.
As soon as the situation with the victims of the disaster had subsided, he hurried into the city and went to the palace to plead guilty.
"You really know how to deal with things." Jiang Changning said with a smile as he looked at the village head kneeling in front of him.
She had no intention of replacing all the village heads, but she did not expect that these village heads would despise her so much that when there was a problem with the accounts, they dared not even come into the mansion to explain to her, the mistress.
"I am guilty." The village head kowtowed.
"Fangju, how much silver did he embezzle?" Jiang Changning asked.
"The total amount of embezzled silver is 79,635 ounces."
The village head continued to kowtow, "I am guilty."
"If it's ten thousand, I'll give you seven strokes. It's a small punishment but a big warning." Jiang Changning said.
"Thank you for your forgiveness, Princess." The head of the village was relieved. He was not beaten to death, but only given seven strokes of the board. His body could handle it.
After seven rounds of fighting, the village head was carried in by someone.
"Since you have confessed your crime, I will let you off lightly this time and settle the account. I will allow you to continue to be the head of the village and manage it well. If you dare to do it again, you will be beheaded."
The village head was overjoyed, knowing that he had made the right move. "Thank you, Princess, for your forgiveness. I will do my job well in the future and will not make any mistakes again."
"Recover from your injuries in the mansion before returning to the farm." Jiang Changning said.
The village head did not dare to raise any objection. Chunlai had him carried out to the servants' house at the back. He did not find a doctor for him, but just got some medicine for stick wounds and applied it on him.
After dealing with the village head, Jiang Changning chatted with a few maids, "Do you think there will be any other village heads coming?"
The maids expressed their opinions. Xiulan said, "It's been two days since Fangju came back, and only this village head has come. The other village heads should not come."
Shu Fei said: "If they were going to come, they would have come earlier. They wouldn't have waited until Fang Ju came back after checking the accounts and they still hadn't arrived."
"So, there are many brainless people in this world, not just me." Fu Cui said.
Hearing this, Jiang Changning didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Shu Fei patted her shoulder and said seriously: "We know you don't have a brain, no need to emphasize it."
"What? I said I have no brains, you should say, no, you have brains. How can you just agree with me? This is too much." Fu Cui said dissatisfiedly.
Shu Fei sighed, "It won't work even if I follow your words. Miss Fu Cui is really hard to please."
"How am I difficult to serve? No, when have you ever served me?"
"Why didn't I serve you? Yesterday, you were thirsty in the middle of the night, and you asked me to pour you some water."
"That's just by the way, okay? It's not like you got up just to get me some water."
"Look at what you said, and you said it's not difficult to serve. Hmm."
Fu Cui rushed over and covered Su Fei's mouth. The two of them twisted together and started laughing.
In the evening, Prince Jin returned home and handed Jiang Changning a wooden box.
Jiang Changning opened the wooden box and saw a stack of banknotes, several house deeds, and several land deeds. He asked in surprise, "Why are you giving me these?"
"The Wei family's property was confiscated. The locations of the shops are good, and the fields are good land. I will take them and make them your private property."
Jiang Changning smiled, "Thank you."
"Just a verbal thank you?" King Jin leaned close to her ear and blew softly, "The people want to light the lamps tonight, please agree, magistrate."
"I am an honest and upright person. I will not accept your bribe. Just forget about lighting the lamp." Jiang Changning said in a serious tone.
"My Lord Governor, you must know that when the officials force the people to rebel, the people must light the lamp today." Prince Jin hugged her, and the couple fell on the kang.
"Yong Zhou, stop tickling me, I have something serious to tell you."
"The relationship between husband and wife is also a serious matter."
"I haven't had dinner yet." Jiang Changning made an excuse.
"After dinner, will the governor allow me to light the lamp?"
"Let's give in." In order not to go hungry, Jiang Changning had to compromise.
The King of Jin got his wish, and pecked her lips with satisfaction, then hugged her and sat up, "What do you want to tell me?"