The group of bosses followed Li Jue to the Mirror Lake Villa. Seeing the warehouse piled with at least several thousand kilograms of frosting sugar, even the most skeptical person would believe it.

"Young sir, can you really make frosting sugar?"

"Didn't you all see it?"

"Oh, this... look at the mess this has made. You can owe us the money for now, we're not in a hurry to use it..."

"I'm not in a hurry to use it, you can return it whenever you need it!"

"Young sir, you need equipment and raw materials to refine frosting sugar, right? If you need money, just let me know. I have over 100,000 strings of cash that I can lend you anytime!"

Upon hearing this, the others immediately rushed forward to lend Li Jue money.

The reason is simple: borrowing money now makes you a shareholder, and you can openly share in the profits of the sugar company in the future!

Li Jue naturally wouldn't lend money again. In fact, he had already settled all the previous debts based on his character. If he strictly followed the contract, these bosses really couldn't do anything to him.

But there are always exceptions. For example, when the merchants from Princess Gaoyang's family saw that Li Jue knew how to make frosting sugar, they immediately set their sights on the secret recipe.

"Li Zhong, you can forget about the 30,000 strings of cash you owe my family. Just hand over the recipe for frosting sugar, and our debt will be even!"

Everyone else looked at Manager Qian in surprise upon hearing this.

"Old Qian, you've gone a bit too far!"

"Young Master doesn't owe us any money. He's already giving us a lot of face by helping us cover half of the losses. How could you possibly try to steal his family's secret recipe!"

"Hmph!"

“I’m not like you shameless merchants. My master is Princess Gaoyang. Do you know Princess Gaoyang? She’s the daughter-in-law of the current prime minister and the emperor’s own daughter!”

"If he dares not pay us back, our princess will tear him to pieces!"

"This...this..."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately cowered, looking at Li Jue with pity and offering words of advice.

"Young Master, we don't want the money you owe us anymore. Please pay back the money owed to the Princess's residence first..."

Li Jue snorted coldly upon hearing this.

"I'm not paying it back! If you're so capable, let Gao Yang really tear me to pieces!"

"Boy, you're just a lowly county magistrate, and a mere junior military officer at that. Aren't you afraid that our princess will deal with you?"

"Qian Dazui, you son of a bitch, listen to me!"

"My business was originally a partnership with people in the palace. You have connections, but I don't have any connections at all, do you?"

"If your lord is capable, then let him destroy Jinyang as well!"

"you……"

"Alright, alright, you just wait!"

Qian Datong angrily turned and left, then went back and embellished the story for Princess Gaoyang.

"Your Highness, I've already considered Princess Jinyang's feelings and only asked Li Zhong to pay half the money, but he completely ignored us and even said that if we had the guts, we could go and confront Princess Jinyang. Isn't this clearly using Princess Jinyang to pressure you? Waaah..."

Gao Yang was furious when he heard this.

"This is outrageous!"

"If I, the princess, cannot do anything to Jinyang, surely I can do nothing to a mere military commander like him?"

"Someone, summon all the guards in the house!"

"If I, this princess, don't break this bastard's legs, how can I have the face to show my face in Chang'an!"

While Gao Yang was gathering men to march on Xianyang County, Jin Yang also learned of the Emperor's closure of Qujiang Pool. She immediately went to the palace to ask her father for the reason, but unexpectedly, Li Shimin hid away to Da'an Palace to watch the melons in order to avoid seeing her.

Unable to find his father, Jin Yang could only ask his uncle Anan for the reason, but to his surprise, Anan was also not there; he had been taken away by his father as well.

Jin Yang looked at the empty Ganlu Palace and uttered a soul-searching question.

Why is that?!

Just as Si Zi was sitting on the ground of Ganlu Hall weeping, a little eunuch called out softly.

"Princess Jinyang!"

"Um?"

When the little eunuch saw Princess Jinyang looking at him, he quickly pointed to the ceiling. Upon seeing this, Si Zi hurriedly looked at the ceiling, only to find it empty and devoid of anything.

"What are you trying to show me? Waaaaaah..."

"Princess Jinyang, haven't you noticed something is missing?"

"few?"

Sizi stared at the ceiling for a long time before realizing that something was missing.

"lamp?"

"Father's glass lamp is gone!"

Seeing that Princess Jinyang had grasped the key point, the young eunuch immediately shut his mouth and said nothing.

He has already committed a grave crime by offering even this small hint. If His Majesty were to investigate, killing him would be the least of his worries!

Although Si Zi discovered that the glass lamp in his father's Ganlu Hall was missing, he still couldn't figure out the reason behind it and couldn't understand what this had to do with the closure of Qujiang Pool.

It wasn't until she drove to Qujiang Pool and saw the thousands of glass lamps hanging on Ziyun Tower that she suddenly realized what was going on.

"Could it be that Father is angry because he didn't send him a glass lamp?"

Is that possible?

"Impossible, right?"

"How could Father, such a magnanimous man, get angry over such a trivial matter?"

"But if it weren't for this matter, why did Father Emperor order the closure of Qujiang Pool and deliberately avoid seeing me?"

"If it's really because of this, then Father is being too petty and has wronged himself and his nephew!"

In fact, Li Jue had already prepared a glass lamp for Old Li, but because the glass lamp was too big and required too many procedures, it had not been delivered for a long time.

Upon thinking of this, Si Zi angrily ordered his men to go to the glass lamp workshop in Sanglin Village, Xianyang, to pack the glass chandeliers that had been prepared long ago.

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