I’m the Farmgirl You Can’t Mess With
Chapter 878 - Chapter 878 Fainting

Chapter 878: Fainting Chapter 878: Fainting Editor: Atlas Studios Even though Qi Haoran was in a bad mood, he couldn’t keep wearing a sulky expression.

That would only make Ah Ling worry and scare the children.

Hence, he tried to hide his bad mood by carrying the children and flying them around.

After sweating all over and hearing the laughter of the children, his mood would also improve.

At night, the three children mumbled in their sleep about wanting to be flown around.

Seeing that they were not sleeping peacefully, Mu Yangling glared at Qi Haoran and said in a low voice, “Look after the three of them.

I’ll go and check on Little Bear.” Qi Haoran muttered, “It wasn’t his first time flying around.

Why would you need to check on him?” Little Bear was indeed sleeping soundly.

With his arms wrapped around the blanket, his mouth was opened slightly.

Mu Yangling rubbed his hair but there was no reaction.

Smiling, Mu Yangling covered him with the blanket before going back.

Meanwhile, Qi Haoran had to guard them on the couch in the room in case the three little ones had nightmares that night.

Mu Yangling shoved him.

“Hurry up and go back to your room to sleep.

Aren’t you going to the military camp tomorrow morning?

I’ll watch them.” Qi Haoran lay on his side and asked her to lie down as well.

He pulled her into his embrace and buried his head in her neck, then said in a muffled voice, “I won’t go to the military camp tomorrow.

I plan to clean up the servants in the residence and send the dubious ones to the farmstead.” “Haven’t you already investigated?” “We merely checked their resumes at that time.

This time, I plan to check their family background and friends, and see if anyone is exhibiting any abnormal behaviors in the residence.” Qi Haoran said in a low voice, “With you and the kids living in the residence, I’m afraid when I’m not at homeaEUR|” Mu Yangling hugged his neck and kissed his cheek, then said in a low voice, “There’s no need to be paranoid.

There aren’t many servants in the residence, and we only keep trustworthy people by our sides.

If you want to investigate, go ahead, but don’t tire yourself out.

Don’t feel bad either.

I’m pretty much always at home.” Qi Haoran could not help but rejoice at Mu Yangling’s insistence.

With their statuses, by right they should have eight senior servants serving them, and that’s not even counting the second-grade, third-grade servant girls, and people serving in the courtyard.

However, Ah Ling did not like such extravagance.

Hence, she only arranged for Spring and Rain, the two most senior servant girls, to serve by her side.

One was in charge of the inner estate matters, and the other was in charge of the outer estate matters.

As for Qi Haoran, although Fei Bai was still serving him, he could already manage on his own.

Now, the one serving him was Xiao Lou, while Xiao Ting stayed in the residence and listened to Ah Ling’s orders.

From time to time, he would serve the children when they went outside.

Ah Ling almost did not care about the domestic chores in the residence.

Every day, she would leave it to Mama Wang to handle it while she took care of the general affairs in the residence.

As such, her days were leisurely and carefree.

It was also because there were few servants in the residence that there were fewer worries and investigating the servants was easier.

Moreover, once they discovered anything amiss, it would be easier to control them at this time.

“Why do you think Qin Fang wanted to keep an eye on me?

Logically speaking, he should be keeping an eye on Big Brother, the Emperor, instead.” Qi Haoran had found many spies, and Qi Xiuyuan had naturally ordered an investigation in the palace as well.

However, the spies he caught were either sent by officials of Great Qi or spies from other countries.

The former was just wanting to be informed about the Emperor’s intentions, just in case something major happened.

The latter was a competition between countries.

Even for the spies who had yet to confess, Qi Haoran had determined that none of them were sent by Qin Fang.

Therefore, he was very curious about why Qin Fang chose him.

“Do you think it’s because of the money?” Qi Haoran’s eyebrows twitched.

“Otherwise, why would we deserve special treatment from him?

He died at the hands of the Fourth Prince.

Even if he resents you for pushing him into a corner, this was a battle between dynasties.

If it’s because of hatred, he ought to hate both you and your big brother.

I reckon it’s more likely due to that batch of silver.

After all, don’t forget that we’re living in the place where that silver is hidden.” Mu Yangling speculated, “He hid the silver so well that even his sons have no idea.

Do you think he’s willing to give up so much money?” “But he’s already dead.” Qi Haoran was horrified.

“Don’t tell me he’s actually not dead?” Mu Yangling also widened her eyes.

“Weren’t you the one who collected his corpse?” Qi Haoran’s heart calmed down again.

He scratched his head and said, “He was indeed dead at that time.

His corpse had hardened, so there’s definitely no mistake.

Then how did he command people to do things?

Most importantly, why didn’t he leave the money to his sons?

What did he plan to do with it?” Mu Yangling expressed that she couldn’t understand the thinking of the treacherous minister.

The couple stared at each other for a long time.

In the end, Qi Haoran said hatefully, “Fortunately, we were lucky and found the silver long ago.” Mu Yangling rolled her eyes and whispered into his ear, “Back then, it was right for you and Big Brother to hide the discovery of the silver from the national treasury.

If we had announced it to the world at that time, I’m afraid they would have taken a risk.

Now that they think that the silver is well-hidden, they’ll only take things slowly.

Their goal is the silver, so they naturally won’t hurt anyone easily.

Why don’t we wait for things to cool down before luring the culprit into a trapaEUR|” Qi Haoran’s eyes lit up as he said in a low voice, “Good idea.

It’s best if we can uproot the spies left behind by Qin Fang.

Considering he has been in charge of the previous dynasty for 30 years and has been in power for more than 20 years, he wielded great influence.

Big Brother and I suspect that a portion of the power of the Great Zhou royal family is under his controlaEUR|” Back then, Qin Fang was too favored by the Emperor.

While he was suspicious and greedy for power yet immersed in pleasure, Emperor Jingyan was worried about the generals in charge of the military and the aristocratic families.

Therefore, he handed almost all the government affairs to Qin Fang, who came from a humble class and had no prominent family background to rely on.

The worse Qin Fang’s reputation was, the more assured Emperor Jingyan was handing him those responsibilities.

With Emperor Jingyan’s indulgence, it was too easy for Qin Fang to gather power in the dark.

Qi Haoran and Qi Xiuyuan even suspected that Emperor Jingyan, who was immersed in pleasure, had actually handed over a portion of the royal family’s power to Qin Fang to manage.

Unfortunately, unless they caught the trusted aide left behind by Qin Fang, they would not know for sure.

Every time he thought of this, Qi Haoran felt aggrieved.

He had clearly caught one of Qin Fang’s sons, but unfortunately he didn’t know much.

Other than pulling out some nails that he’d uncovered, they only had Qin San, who was in West Xia, to threaten.

He wasn’t of much use.

As the couple leaned against the couch, they gradually fell asleep.

When the three little ones woke up startled a few times that night, Mu Yangling reached out and pressed their stomachs, coaxing them gently.

Little Lion bounced and stopped moving.

Tiger Head stretched out his leg and kicked Little Lion and Little An, who were sleeping beside him, to the side.

In response, Little An let out a whimper before turning over to sleep peacefully after being pressed against his chest.

Qi Haoran didn’t expect the children to really have nightmares, so he couldn’t help but blame himself.

Mu Yangling comforted the three little ones and poked him.

“Go back to your room and sleep.

They won’t wake up again tonight.” Mu Yangling asked the wet nurse who was on night duty outside to be more alert before returning with Qi Haoran to their room.

The next day, the three children slept until late in the morning before waking up.

Qi Haoran had already brought Zhu Liang to investigate the servants in the residence.

Only Mu Yangling and Little Madam Xia were in the room.

When they saw the three children rubbing their eyes in a daze, they smiled and pinched their faces.

“Did you wash your faces before running over?” Tiger Head rubbed his stomach and shouted, “I’m hungry!” Little Madam Xia smiled and said, “Tiger Head, if you continue eating at this rate, others will be able to tell apart you and Little Lion.

Everyone will point at you and say that the fatter one is Tiger Head.” Mu Yangling pinched Tiger Head’s chubby face and was about to tease him when Rain ran in in shock.

“Your HighnessaEUR|” Seeing Little Madam Xia sitting at the side with a smile, Rain’s eyes flickered.

“Your Highness, the steward at the farmstead sent someone to inform you that this year’s account book is ready for your perusal.” The account books on the farmstead were all from the Winter Solstice.

Mu Yangling turned her head calmly and said to Little Madam Xia, “Sister-in-law, help me watch them wash up and eat breakfast.

I’ll be back soon.” “Go on, go on.

I’ll take care of things around here.” Mu Yangling and Rain went out.

Just as they left the courtyard, Rain whispered anxiously in Mu Yangling’s ear, “Your Highness, someone from Guangdong is here.

They said that the Duke led people to suppress the bandits and they lost track of him on the seas.

His Highness was so livid that he fainted just now.

Hurry over and take a look.”