After hearing this, the emperor sighed: "In this world, some people value power, some value money, but you value love, whether it is good or bad, you can weigh it yourself and don't regret it."
"
Feng Danyuan smiled: "I never regret the decisions I make.
"
He is lucky to meet such a woman in this life.
And this luck, he will do everything he can to protect it with his life.
What he wants is not what he once had, but what he wants day and night, for the rest of his life - no, for the rest of his life!
*
It took a full twenty days, from early summer to midsummer, to finally settle all the dizzying accounts.
Wei Zi stood in front of the wall, stared at the huge piece of paper, and asked the prince standing beside him: "Your Highness, do you see any problem?"
The prince would look at the data on the paper for a long time every day and calculate it again and again, so he could see some clues.
He raised his hand and pointed to a place and said: "Starting from here...about ten years ago, the income was decreasing year by year, but the cost was increasing year by year.
However, every cost account has been calculated and there is no problem...Sister Wei, what do you think is going on?"
Wei Zi took a vermilion pen and drew a circle on the dividing point mentioned by the prince, nodded and said: "Your Highness is right, and the cost is no problem.
Then there is only one conclusion - there is something wrong with the income on the books.
"
The prince was puzzled: "There are some small flaws in the income account book, but there are no major problems. This is strange.
"
"Not surprising.
"Wei Zi asked Su Nian to get a stack of paper and handed it to the prince: "This is the cost and income account I calculated based on the formula last night.
"
The prince looked through it and silently handed it to Feng Danning.
Feng Danning was forthright and direct: "I don't understand.
"
"Look at the last number.
Wei Zi turned the paper to the end, pointed to a number and said: "If there is no problem with costs and benefits, it should be this number, but the fact is not."
Therefore, according to my speculation, it is very likely——"
She slowed down and said, "There is also a set of ledgers.
That set of ledgers has no costs, only benefits.
In other words, the ledger we see only has part of the income, and part has been stripped out.
"There are two possibilities: the first is that the account book was made by the Yun family and was recorded into the Yun family's private treasury; the second is that the proceeds were taken away without the Yun family's knowledge.
.
"
Feng Danning quickly followed Wei Zi's train of thought: "Let me tell you my opinion.
If it is the first possibility, there is no need for the Yun family to falsify the account books. They only pay 30% of the profits to the treasury. They have the final say on the amount of profits. The more they pay, the more they pay, and the less they pay. The emperors of several generations have never given any advice on this matter.
No pressure on them.
"
Speaking of this, he specifically asked the future emperor in the room for confirmation: "Your Highness, if you were in charge, would you be demanding of the Yun family and let them make more money and turn over more profits?"
The prince shook his head honestly: "No.
My father, grandfather, and great-grandfather didn’t ask the Yun family to do this, so I certainly wouldn’t; besides, I’m half of the Yun family, so what do I demand from my own people?”
Feng Danning nodded and said to Wei Zi: "Look, the facts have proved my guess.
Tell me, is this true?"
What else could Wei Zi say? He could only say: "It does make sense, keep talking.
"
Feng Danning continued: "Since the first option is impossible, it seems that there is only the second option.
But the second kind is also a bit strange. Are the Yun family so stupid?" After a pause, he emphasized: "Prince, I didn't talk about you.
"
Prince: "..." Haven't you said this yet?
Wei Zi: "..." Your grandmother is also from the Yun family, is it really okay to scold yourself?
"So, what is your conclusion?" Wei Zi focused on the key points.