Pei Yuanze understood the meaning behind Pei Zhi's words.

He was able to get into the Ministry of War entirely because he thought that having the connection with the General of the Escort Banner would make things easier for him in the future.

"Come here, your brother wants to have a private word with you."

Pei Zhi took two steps closer to the prison door. After listening to Pei Yuance's words, Pei Zhi stared at Pei Yuance with wide eyes.

"Brother, you..."

"Sister, your brother had no other choice but to resort to this tactic."

Pei Yuance's eyes were dark and chilling. "After this ordeal, I realize that I can only rely on you for the rest of the world. Don't let me down."

"Rest assured, Your Majesty, I will do everything in my power to rescue you."

Pei Zhi recalled what Pei Yuanze had whispered in her ear, and sighed, "How despicable."

The idea of ​​marrying Yan Xinyue to Pei Yuanze was brilliant.

Scumbags and bitches are a match made in heaven; they should be allowed to torment each other.

Pei Yuanze whispered to Pei Zhi that if Yan Xinyue did not bring out all of her dowry...

Pei Yuance then confessed, saying that he had shown the route map and departure time to the General of the Escort Flag.

If Yan Xinyue didn't provide her dowry, Pei Yuance would die. On that day, among the bandits, Pei Yuance saw the men under the command of the Great General of the Escort Banner.

In any case, if Yan Xinyue doesn't save him, then Pei Yuance will drag the Yan family down with him.

Pei Yuanze is truly fearless; he has nothing to lose.

Pei Yuanze offered his suggestion, and Pei Zhi naturally followed it.

Having taken Pei Yuance's seal, he went to the Fifth Prince's residence.

Upon hearing that her dowry was to be touched, Yan Xinyue naturally picked up a knife, ready to chop anyone who dared to touch it.

Pei Zhi pulled Yan Xinyue aside and told her exactly what Pei Yuance had said.

After hearing this, Yan Xinyue's face turned angry.

Clearly, Yan Xinyue hadn't expected that there could be such a shameless person in the world.

Yan Xinyue's hand holding the knife trembled: "Good, good, good, Pei Yuance is truly excellent."

Pei Zhi advised, "You helped your brother this time. After he gets out, you will still be his principal wife."

"Your brother will surely be grateful for your efforts."

Pei Zhi made sarcastic remarks in a fake manner, which made Yan Xinyue really want to take a knife and kill Pei Zhi, and then slit her own throat.

But Yan Xinyue knew she couldn't do that.

After a stalemate, Yan Xinyue had the nanny take out all the keys to the storeroom, threw them at Pei Zhi's feet, and left without looking back.

Yan Xinyue angrily threw the knife on the ground, turned around and left with red eyes.

Pei Zhi chuckled softly, watching Yan Xinyue's departing figure.

"You're already crying? There will be many more times you'll cry in the future."

Chunhua picked up the keys and quickly asked someone to move the things.

The dowry is documented with a dowry list. Pei Zhi took it and glanced at it. Hmm, filling this gap shouldn't be a problem. She could even keep a little for herself to have some tea.

She went through all that trouble, so she should at least get some compensation for her efforts, right?

Pei Zhi casually picked up two gold ingots from the box and tossed them into Chunhua's arms, saying, "These are a reward for you."

Chunhua smiled broadly, "Thank you, Princess."

Qin Xiangyang's family was in business, and Pei Zhi handed these rare treasures directly to Qin Xiangyang.

Qin Xiangyang glanced at it and roughly estimated a price.

Pei Zhi was somewhat surprised: "So many?"

"The items are all top-quality, and I can keep them to sell slowly."

Qin Xiangyang's family is not short of money; he can keep the good stuff and sell it for a good price.

"Give me 70% first, and keep the other 30% for me in case of emergency."

Pei Zhi felt that he had not taken advantage of Yan Xinyue.

Even though the items are valuable, if you want to sell them quickly and turn them into silver, these things will always have to be discounted, right?

Qin Xiangyang didn't offer any discounts out of consideration for her, so Pei Zhi naturally wanted to take advantage of the situation.

Although Qin Xiangyang didn't understand why Pei Zhi did this, he was obedient and did as she said.

With the money, everything became much easier.

Pei Zhi entered the palace with a box full of silver notes, requesting an audience with Emperor Pei.

Pei Zhi wept bitterly before Emperor Pei, pleading guilty to Pei Yuan Ce and recounting Pei Yuan Ce's miserable situation.

“Father, the bandits stole the military pay. My brother did not want this to happen either. Although my brother made mistakes, we cannot put all the blame on him.”

Emperor Pei, pen in hand, asked calmly, "So, who do you think should bear the responsibility for this?"

“After the incident, the magistrates of the surrounding cities found nothing about it.”

Pei Zhi hurriedly added, "Father, you sent Xie Qi to investigate the whereabouts of the military funds, but he found no trace of them. They are all guilty."

"You mean you want me to punish them all?"

Pei Zhi hurriedly said, "I wouldn't dare. I only want to plead for my brother."

Pei Zhi opened the box. "This money came out of my own pocket. It can be used to manufacture a new batch of weapons and pay military salaries. It can be considered my brother's way of making amends for his past mistakes."

The eunuch came down, took the box, and presented it to Emperor Pei.

Emperor Pei casually flipped through the stack of silver notes; it was indeed enough.

Emperor Pei asked directly, "Where did Fifth Brother get so much money?"

Pei Yuance's maternal family member was only a fourth-rank official, so naturally they couldn't offer Pei Yuance much help, and certainly not much money.

The Qin family has just spent a large sum of money, and it's impossible for them to come up with that much in a short time.

Pei Zhi pursed her lips and changed her approach: "This was put together by my brother's family."

“They were all very worried about their elder brother, so they voluntarily pooled their money, hoping to ask their father to forgive him.”

Emperor Pei chuckled and understood the origin of the large box of silver notes.

Emperor Pei said sarcastically, "Your brother has really made something of himself."

Pei Zhi lowered her head and remained silent.

"After being locked up for so long, it's time to release him."

Emperor Pei changed the subject: "But this crime cannot go unpunished."

Pei Zhi quickly kowtowed and said, "I beg Father Emperor to be lenient with me."

"Give him thirty lashes as a warning to others."

"Thank you, Father Emperor." Pei Zhi thanked him straightforwardly, without any intention of bargaining with Pei Yuance.

Thirty strokes of the cane wouldn't kill Pei Yuanze.

Pei Zhi was led by the emperor's personal eunuch to the prison, where Pei Yuan Ce was released.

Pei Yuanze was overjoyed to see Pei Zhi again.

The eunuch read out Pei Yuance's imperial edict, and Pei Yuance immediately knelt down to express his gratitude.

After the eunuch left, Pei Zhi walked up to Pei Yuance.

“Brother, Father is determined to punish you with thirty strokes of the cane no matter what. No matter how much I beg, it’s no use.”

Although Pei Yuanze was also afraid of the thirty strokes of the cane, he was willing to let him go, so this little bit of physical pain was nothing.

Pei Yuance said firmly, "It's alright, Your Majesty is a man, you can just get through it."

As soon as Pei Yuance was pinned to the bench, a blow came down and Pei Yuance immediately let out a pig-like squeal!