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, and he couldn't help but feel satisfied. 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, and it doesn't matter who the father likes.

But 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.

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But the original husband, An Ran observed, he was indeed quite 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

To be most benevolent and filial, anyone who refuses to resist will be killed at the slightest provocation.

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 is not worried that the prince did not find out for a while, because as long as the prince keeps an eye on Concubine Wang Shu and the third prince, sooner or later the prince will be able to see 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 will not let what happened to her original body happen again.

Apart from these things, she actually doesn't have much else to do 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 I 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 maids 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.

The Queen, the mother-in-law, is also very tolerant and will never embarrass her or make trouble for her, which makes her tired to deal with.

Even the queen, the mother-in-law, would not embarrass her, and other concubines would not do such a thing.

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

Now she sent the prince's people to help find out the news, and some things were quickly found out.

Of course, the information has been found so quickly, and most of it is public information, so it can be collected quickly.

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

Organized 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 property 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 leader expected this, 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 such doubts, mainly because I wanted these people to tell the prince about this doubt and let the prince 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 discover you. 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 wants to check these things, but the Crown Prince still obeys the Crown Princess and asks 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.

Is it possible to check?

As a result, the Crown Prince listened to what the Crown Princess asked them to investigate, and did not object, so he asked them to follow the Crown Princess' instructions to investigate.

"I will tell my father that the disaster relief funds are not in place and let him pay attention to this situation."
Chapter completed!