Chapter 3488 The male cannon fodder wife in ancient novels 7

Once he had these thoughts, the prince vowed not to continue. At the same time, he also became a little suspicious about who his father liked.

An Ran saw that the prince no longer answered affirmatively. The emperor's favorite person was the second prince. He couldn't help but feel satisfied at the moment. He secretly thought that he should have planted a seed of doubt in the prince's heart, and he should continue to observe.

And as long as the prince is willing to observe, he will definitely find out that the person the emperor really likes is Concubine Wang Shu, and the son he really likes is the third prince.

That's all, he is the prince anyway, it doesn't matter who the father likes.

However, when he found out that the emperor not only liked the third prince, but also planned to make the third prince a prince, he was afraid that he would rise up and resist. After all, no one wanted to be a lamb to be slaughtered. There were such benevolent and filial princes in history who followed their father to kill themselves. .

But An Ran observed the original husband and found that he was indeed very filial to the emperor, but that was based on the emperor being good to him. If the emperor was not good to him and prepared to harm him, he was not like that The most benevolent and filial person, he will kill those who refuse to resist.

An Ran guessed well.

After this conversation, a seed of doubt was indeed planted in the prince's heart, and he began to observe the emperor's attitude towards Concubine Sun and Concubine Wang Shu's mother and son.

And just as An Ran thought, the prince soon discovered that the emperor seemed to like Concubine Sun, but in fact he liked Concubine Wang Shu more, and his son also loved the third prince more.

Of course, this was his temporary discovery. The emperor's plan to make the third prince a prince was even more secret, and he could not find out immediately.

An Ran was not worried that the prince had not found out for a while, because as long as the prince was eyeing Concubine Wang Shu and the third prince, sooner or later the prince would be able to see through their little tricks.

Even if the prince couldn't tell, An Ran would report the news to him through the manpower the prince lent her.

In short, she would not let what happened to her original body happen again.

Apart from these things, she actually doesn't have much going on in the East Palace.

The prince is not a person who values ​​sexual desire, so there were only two low-ranking concubines in the East Palace who were sent by the queen to teach him about sexual intercourse when he was older. Apart from the two low-ranking concubines sent by the queen, the prince The only person he invited was Qin Honghou. It was because the two had a physical relationship and the prince wanted to be responsible. There was no other person.

Now that Qin Honghou, the side concubine, is gone, and the two low-ranking concubines are palace ladies and are not favored, so the East Palace is very peaceful, and there is no palace fight or anything like that for An Ran to worry about.

And the queen's mother-in-law is also very tolerant. She will never make things difficult for her, make trouble for her, and make her tired to deal with it.

The Queen, mother-in-law, didn't embarrass her, and the other concubines would not do such a thing.

In this way, An Ran only needs to worry about her own tasks.

At the moment, she sent the prince's people to help inquire about the news, and some things were soon found out.

Of course, it was found out so quickly, and most of it was public information, so it was faster to collect.

The leader said: "My Lady, some of the things you want to know have now been found out."

"The Empress asked about the situation of empty pay in various military departments. It has been found out that the situation of empty pay in all departments is very serious at present. The highest rate is about 70%, and the lowest is 50%. The specific subordinates have already Put it together in this brochure."

The leader was doubtful about An Ran's involvement in this matter, and secretly wondered whether the Minister of Household Affairs still dared to control the military's expenditures, even if he knew about the empty pay, so what.

However, he did not ask his doubts. Instead, he took out a folder from his sleeve and handed it to the chamberlain.

After handing over one fold, the leader took out another fold, handed it over, and continued to report: "This is the income, expenditure and industry status of each prince over the years."

"Regarding the situation of disaster relief, according to inquiries from subordinates, funds from several states have not been received. The specific details are in this discount."

In fact, this is what the leader expected, because there are always some officials below who will withhold disaster relief funds.

Therefore, the fourth item that the Crown Princess is concerned about is whether the states have secretly increased exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in the past three years. In fact, they have.

The leader also told the story at that moment, wrote down the specific situation and passed it on.

An Ran looked at them one by one, and then asked: "I know General Jianping. He has a good reputation in the court. How come he has 70% free money? He doesn't seem to be that kind of greedy person."

Generally, military generals take empty pay mainly to make money, but General Jianping can have a reputation as a young and promising person in the court, but so many people take empty pay. It is obviously unreasonable. An Ran knows why. But I didn't say anything, I just had this doubt, mainly because I wanted these people to tell the prince about this doubt, so that the prince would notice General Jianping's private actions.

The leader said: "My subordinates are also suspicious of this and are sending people to investigate."

An Ran nodded and said: "Okay, I am waiting for your news. Also, you can tell the prince about this and see what the prince thinks."

Then he took out a second coupon and said: "It's not surprising that the third prince can make money, but why does he spend so much money? Can you find out where the money is spent? I'm quite curious. He spends a month How can you spend so much money?”

The leader said: "My subordinates are conducting further investigation."

I was secretly wondering what the Crown Princess was doing to check this. However, it was indeed strange that the Third Prince spent too much money. After all, he was still single and had no one in his backyard, so why did he spend so much money.

An Ran nodded and said: "Okay, be careful not to let anyone find out. Otherwise, if the Queen and the Third Highness find out that I am checking on him, there will be trouble."

The leader thought to himself, you also know that if someone discovers this investigation, there will be troubles. Not only this, but also the investigation of military pay, if someone discovers it, there will be troubles.

There are also the last two items, which will also cause trouble. They are checking secretly to avoid being discovered. The Crown Princess is checking these, which will bring trouble to the Crown Prince.

I don’t know why the Crown Princess wanted to check these things, but the Crown Prince still followed the Crown Princess and asked them to check according to the Crown Princess’s instructions.

Yes, they naturally mentioned the matter that An Ran asked them to investigate to the Crown Prince to prevent the Crown Princess from messing around and causing trouble. Therefore, they naturally asked the Crown Prince to review the matter that the Crown Princess asked them to investigate. Can I check it?

As a result, the prince listened to what the princess asked them to investigate and did not object. He asked them to investigate according to the princess' order.

"I will tell my father that the disaster relief funds have not been received and let him pay attention to this situation."

"As for the last item, the matter of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, I can only tell the prince. If you can handle it, handle it. If you can't handle it, you can only shelve it for the time being."