The sunlight shines on the towering walls of the Forbidden City, casting a golden glow.

Yang Shanming, wearing a gorgeous official uniform, led his subordinates from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and walked out of the palace gate with a solemn look. They walked hurriedly, as if they were carrying a heavy burden.

After leaving the palace, Yang Shanming led everyone straight to his office outside the palace.

Along the way, everyone was silent, but each of them was thinking about the task that was about to happen - submitting the accounts to the queen before sunset.

This is not an easy task, especially when you think about how much importance the Queen attaches to this matter, it makes everyone feel more stressed.

Although Yang Shanming looked down on the emperor, he did not dare to be careless.

He knew very well that although the queen might not be proficient in the accounts themselves, there were many capable people in the palace, and any negligence would probably lead to trouble.

He secretly made up his mind to be extremely cautious and not take it lightly. Only by doing every account perfectly can he ensure that there will be no mistakes.

The amount of money that was taken out of the Queen's Palace before must also be made up. No, it must be made bigger!

The matter was urgent, so everyone stopped talking. After arriving at the office, everyone did not take a break and immediately plunged into the busy work.

They rummaged through boxes and drawers, searching for suitable information among piles of old account books and documents.

The amount reported to the Queen was definitely not enough based on the receipts received for spending money in the past few days. He had to find similar bills from previous bills to fill the hole.

We have to fill in the gap and make it perfect so that no one can see the problem!

Seeing that Lord Yang was behaving out of character, with an expression of nervousness, anxiety and seriousness on his face, everyone finally realized: deceiving the Emperor and the Empress is a capital crime!

The people present gradually began to get nervous.

Seeing that there were still some people who didn't care, Yang Shanming couldn't help but said in a deep voice: "If you don't want us to be killed, get up!"

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.

Today's accounts were made in a hurry and will definitely not withstand scrutiny.

It’s okay that the queen is confused and can’t see it, but if the person she is looking for finds out about the problem, it will be a big trouble!

All of their Ministry of Internal Affairs’ account books are full of problems!

If they were to investigate strictly, the whole family might be executed...

Yang Shanming's hands began to tremble.

He gritted his teeth, forced himself to focus on the present, and began to watch his men work.

Time passed by minute by minute, but the accounts in front of me were still as complicated as a tangled mess.

A group of people were running around without any order. You asked me for receipts, and I asked you for receipts.

Yang Shanming and his men were like headless flies, and were so angry that their teeth ached.

Pointing at three people, he said, "You, you, and you, pick out all the documents. Stack them together according to the amount."

"Okay!" The two men nodded.

Yang Shanming pointed to the people who had reported their accounts in front of the Queen and said, "You guys, sort out the gaps in your account books. When the bills are sorted out, select them according to the amount."

"Master Yang, what about the categories? We can't include all the documents, right?"

Yang Shanming grabbed the account book and knocked on it: "Don't you have eyes? Can't you see?"

"Master Yang, didn't you say that we should choose according to the amount..."

Yang Shanming really didn't have time to teach this idiot a lesson, so he pointed at another person and said, "You, go and help him!"

"Yes!" The man immediately nodded in agreement.

"Oh no! What should we do?" A subordinate couldn't help but complain, "How can we complete such a difficult task in such a short time?"

Others echoed and expressed the same feeling.

But Yang Shanming remained unmoved. He frowned tightly and said, "No matter what, we must go all out! Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous."

The whole room was filled with a tense and depressing atmosphere. Everyone was busy and focused, fearing that anything might go wrong.

Sweat slid down their foreheads and soaked their collars, but they were unaware. At this moment, the only important thing was to complete the account sorting as soon as possible and hand in a satisfactory report to the queen.

As time went by and the sun gradually set, beads of sweat appeared on Yang Shanming's forehead, but he kept writing and drawing with the pen in his hand. The other subordinates did not dare to relax at all and nervously checked every account.

"Sir, it is absolutely not feasible to continue like this. The gap is still far!" A subordinate shouted loudly with an anxious look on his face.

Yang Shanming gritted his teeth, his face turned pale, but his eyes were still firm and resolute: "No matter what, we must complete the mission! Otherwise, we will be beheaded!"

No threat is as frightening as being beheaded.

Before he finished speaking, his subordinates sprang into action as fast as an arrow from a bow, and the whole room was suddenly filled with a suffocating atmosphere of tension.

As everyone worked hard, time seemed to fly.

Just as they were concentrating and working busily, the person sent by the Queen to urge them had arrived.

However, at this moment they had no time to care about anything else and were still immersed in the busy affairs at hand.

"Everyone, the time has come! The Queen ordered me to collect the account books."

No one answered him!

No one answered him!

The eunuch was not angry at Yang Shanming's questioning. Instead, he waved his arm lightly with unusual calmness.

At this moment, four figures flashed in from outside the door like ghosts.

Looking closely, they turned out to be four tall, mighty and strong eunuchs.

What was even more peculiar was that every two eunuchs actually worked together to lift a basket that was so huge that it was beyond imagination.

Not only that, these eunuchs also appeared to be extremely cautious, as if they were treating a rare treasure, and placed the basket steadily in front of Yang Shanming.

Faced with such a strange scene, Yang Shanming couldn't help but feel puzzled, and asked with a suspicious look on his face:

"What does this mean? What is the Queen's intention?"

However, before he could get an answer, he heard the leading eunuch coldly issue an order: "Retreat!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several eunuchs walked in quickly.

These eunuchs who came later moved quickly and efficiently. In no time, they swept all the documents that the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs were busy sorting out into the basket.

Seeing this, everyone present was shocked and felt indignant.

After all, they had just taken great pains to organize the information almost completely, but now it was completely disrupted by the reckless actions of this group of eunuchs who suddenly broke in.

The receipts and other items that were originally neatly arranged now became messy again, as if they had been swept by a strong wind.

In this way, when I record the accounts later, I will probably need to spend a lot of time and energy to screen them one by one...

Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah……

so annoying!

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