Chapter 638 Please Rest Assured Princess

"So, when will Mr. Zhao arrive? Even though Yun Jue destroyed their medicinal herbs, I'm afraid Miss Du's life in the Zhou family won't be easy either," Hu Xin'er asked with a hint of anticipation. "Could you please send a letter asking him to come soon?"

She remembered the Zhao family. The Red Leaf Villa, which was located across the street from her comics factory, seemed to be the Zhao family.

When she first went there, she was amazed by the scenery there.

Lord Chu nodded. "I'll write a letter as soon as I get back today. But I'm sorry, Princess and Prince Consort, they'll probably have to put on a show before Master Zhao arrives."

Hu Xin'er shook her head: "It's nothing, human life is more important."

The heavy stone in her heart finally fell to the ground. Only then did she realize that Master Chu's address was "Prince Consort"? Was he referring to Mu Qing?

Uh...she was a little embarrassed.

Lord Chu bowed again and said, "Thank you, Princess, for your understanding of justice. I was unaware of your identity before, so I hope you will forgive me for any offense."

Seeing his cautious attitude, Hu Xin'er felt a little at a loss. "It's okay. Let's get out now so we don't stay in here too long and arouse their suspicion."

She warned him a little worriedly, "By the way, don't be too concerned about my identity in front of outsiders. Even if I'm injured, I can't reveal it. Understand?"

Lord Chu nodded: "Please rest assured, Princess."

As soon as she went out, Hu Xiner showed a look of fear, as if she was intimidated by the aura exuded by Lord Chu.

Lord Chu, on the other hand, exuded a fierce aura, just like when he came in.

When he walked to the front yard, everyone looked over.

Lord Chu said, "I've already looked at their family tree. They're definitely not spies, but Lu Yunjue's guilt is difficult to wash away."

He waved his sleeves and said, "Take the criminal Lu Yunjue back to the cell!"

Hu Xin'er pretended to sob: "Yun Jue!"

The matter finally came to an end temporarily. The door slowly closed. Hu Xiner wiped the cold sweat from her head and said, "Husband, I'm so cold. Let's go in quickly."

Mu Qing looked away worriedly, but when he saw Hu Xin'er's expression, his face changed drastically: "Xin'er, what's wrong with you? Why are you sweating so much?"

"Hmm?" Hu Xin'er looked at him blankly. She suddenly felt dizzy. She slowly held her head, trying to stabilize her vision, but her body went limp and she fainted in Mu Qing's arms.

"Hurry up! Get a doctor over here! The young lady has fainted!" Mu Qing hurriedly picked her up and said, "Xin'er, don't fall asleep yet! Hold on! The doctor will be here soon!"

But even though Hu Xiner tried her best to hold on, her eyes still closed little by little.

She hadn't eaten well these past few days because she was exhausted. Today, she couldn't hold on any longer and passed out.

The group went out, but the twenty yamen runners and Zhou family disciples did not disperse. They surrounded the Lu family with a strict guard look and did not allow anyone to enter.

Lord Chu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "This is..."

Prefect Shen smiled and said, "Master Chu, you may not know that the imperial court's laws clearly state that if a case involves a large amount of money, all those involved can be arrested or confined to their homes."

Lord Chu looked at him quietly, and his eyes seemed to have the power to see through people's hearts.

Prefect Shen's heart skipped a beat, thinking that he had revealed something, but then he thought again, Lord Chu had already personally taken down Lu Yunjue, which showed that he trusted him very much, so how could he doubt him?

He calmed down again and was actually glad that Lu Yunjue had really destroyed the Zhou family's medicinal herbs last night, and that the things destroyed were extremely precious.

Zhou Cheng stepped forward and said, "Master Shen is right. We have already sent people to count the medicinal herbs that were destroyed during the Zhou family's work. There are two thousand-year-old ginseng and two thousand-year-old snow lotus. There are more than a dozen other precious medicinal herbs that were destroyed."

He handed over a list. Lord Chu glanced at it quickly and raised his eyebrows because of the precious medicinal materials on it. When he saw the number at the bottom, he couldn't help but be shocked.

There was no other reason, it was just that many of the medicinal herbs were of low price and out of market, and the final loss amounted to as much as ten thousand taels of gold.

Ten thousand taels of gold! What a huge sum!

As a high-ranking official of the court and the most trusted Anbu official by His Majesty, even if he worked diligently for a hundred years, he could only get half of it.

"Your Zhou family..." He was silent for a moment, then said, "You are truly a luxurious family."

He was now certain that the Zhou family was not just a simple martial arts school.

Ten thousand taels of gold only represent a portion of the Zhou family's medicinal materials. How many medicinal materials does the Zhou family have? How many things are more expensive than these medicinal materials?

The Zhou family is like a giant in Qingzhou City.

Where did all this money come from? If it came from the people of Qingzhou, then it was simply plundering the people's blood and sweat, like a blood-sucking worm clinging to Qingzhou!

Qingzhou is a prosperous place. If a merchant family has so much money, it is not surprising. However, the Zhou family——

How could a little-known family in the world earn such a huge amount of money?

Prefect Shen saw that Lord Chu seemed to be suspicious and quickly winked at Zhou Chenghe: "Zhou Chenghe, I understand that your family has suffered heavy losses, but I didn't ask you to lie about the amount. It's just those medicinal herbs, why are they so expensive?"

Lord Chu is an upright and honest official, different from those corrupt officials in the past. Such a large amount of money must scare Lord Chu.

Zhou Chenghe's eyes twitched, and he understood it. But if he said that the amount on the bill was fake, wouldn't that be a slap in his own face?

So he stretched his head to take a look, and then said in surprise: "Who on earth counted these things? Although those things are valuable, they are not worth this much."

He kicked his men behind him and said, "We are a legitimate martial arts school. Even though the Lu family burned the herbs in the middle of the night and almost killed the young lady, we can't lie about the amount of our property just because of this!"

The subordinate was kicked to the ground. After a moment of confusion, he said: "It must have been done by those ignorant servants. I beg you, brother, to forgive me this time."

Zhou Chenghe laughed and pointed at his men, saying, "Master Chu, please forgive me. This boy is a bit sensible. Those medicinal herbs were purchased by our master at his expense for the young lady's illness. Although they are extremely valuable, we will not wrong the Lu family for this. Please rest assured, Master."

This move of his directly changed the focus of the matter from how much wealth the Zhou family had to whether the Zhou family would retaliate against the Lu family because of this matter?