Chapter 102 Do You Know What You Did Wrong

Lu Xinran muttered to himself for a long time, then when he came to his senses he realized he seemed to have gone off topic.

She wanted to find out why Song Junhe sent people to kill them!

She quickly flipped through the booklet again, but she couldn't find the reason.

It seemed like the most reasonable part of the reason was rudely erased with an eraser.

[It's really strange. He is in collusion with Zhao Jingtian. It's normal for Zhao Jingtian to want to get the credit for following the dragon, but sending people to kill us in the city, what's that? ]

[Could it be that Yun's dowry is so important to them? ]

[As a prince, Song Junhe wants to achieve great things and connect with officials in the court, which will definitely cost him a lot of money, but he can't rely entirely on a woman's dowry to pay for this expense. ]

[If this is true, then these princes and dukes are too incompetent. They say they want to achieve great things, but when it comes to money, they only care about women's dowries and purses? ]

[The ultimate example of eating soft rice and eating hard, you can't deny it. 】

The series of complaints made Zhao Jingtian in the hall next door blush. Even though he was unwilling to admit it, Lu Xinran's complaints were all his true thoughts deep in his heart.

Thanks to Yun's dowry, the Rong'en Marquis's Mansion has lived a happy and prosperous life in recent years.

He had the confidence to surrender to the eldest prince because the Yun family brought him half of the Yun family's assets.

Those dowries are not just silver bars piled in a box that will be gone once they are used up.

There are many shops here that can earn tens of thousands of taels of silver every year, and these incomes can keep the Bo family rich.

The emperor would be tempted and directly sent an oral order to the court because of this point.

But as she looked down on him, she also unknowingly encircled the emperor.

After all, the emperor had his eyes on one of the women's dowries.

Zhao Jingtian was worried for himself and also for Lu Xinran who was speaking out next door.

He secretly glanced at the emperor's expression, but did not see any displeasure on his face.

Of course the emperor would not be stupid enough to take it personally. He was not like Zhao Jingtian, who was taking advantage of others and not only robbing their property but also harming them.

It was they who took the initiative to give Yun's dowry to him. They were unwilling to let the Rong'en Marquis's Mansion take advantage of it for nothing and wanted to seek justice for Yun and the Yun family.

To borrow his power as emperor, one must naturally pay a price.

The emperor didn't realize it, but he had become very good at self-attack since some time ago.

Lu Xinran was still confused and couldn't figure out why Song Junhe wanted to murder them, but the emperor and Lu Xinlan had already guessed it all through the cause and effect.

The emperor walked slowly to Zhao Jingtian and said, "I gave you three days, but do you think it's not enough?"

Being asked directly, even if Zhao Jingtian had thousands of thoughts in his mind, he didn't dare to say no at this moment, and could only grit his teeth and accept it.

"Your Majesty, I will start counting the dowry list after I return home."

"Go back and count again? It seems that you misunderstood what I said the other day."

The emperor had a smile on his face, but in Zhao Jingtian's eyes, that smile was like a long knife that was threatening to cut his head off, and it frightened him so much that he almost lost control of his bladder.

He was so nervous that he trembled and began to kowtow. "I dare not. I will immediately count them when I return. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me."

"Well, the day after tomorrow at the end of the afternoon, I want to see Yun's dowry, not the dowry list."

"Yes, sir. I obey your command."

Lu Xinran saw the conversation next door through the system and felt a little anxious.

[The dowry alone is not enough. What about the profits from the shops over the years? They can’t just take all that money for free! ]

[Over forty years of earnings, this is a huge sum of money. With this money, the refugees in the south will have money to settle down.]

[However, this kind of people are just like dogs that can't change their bad habits. Once they are a little proud, they forget why they ended up in such a situation in the past. It hasn't been long since they started to do the trick of following the dragon. ]

Zhao Jingtian was sweating profusely. He had not expected Lu Xinran to be so cruel that he would ask the emperor to hand over all the profits of these years.

I never expected that she would mention the failure of the Rong Enbo Mansion many years ago.

This is something that is difficult for any emperor to tolerate.

If there was a medicine to make him regret, he would definitely not attend the birthday celebration of the old lady in the Duke's Mansion that day.

There was still no displeasure on the emperor's face, and his eyes seemed to be gentle when he looked at him.

"Did you hear that? Do you know what to do?"

"Yes, yes, I understand."

"Well, go ahead. I want to see all the wedding dowries the day after tomorrow."

Zhao Jingtian left the Wenhua Hall with trembling legs and in a daze.

The wind blew and hit his back, and the wet collar of his clothes made him shiver subconsciously.

Not only do they have to hand over Yun's dowry, but they also have to hand over all the earnings from these years...

Not to mention that the Bo Mansion does not have that much money now. Even if it does, if it is all handed over, how will the people in the Manchu Mansion live in the future?

After more than forty years of extravagant life, he had long forgotten the embarrassment his father faced after donating all the family property in order to appease the anger of the late emperor.

I forgot the difficulty of not being able to afford new clothes for the New Year, the lack of meat on the table, and even the lack of pens and ink in the study.

It was not until he followed the young eunuch out of the palace and was personally "escorted" back to the Earl's Mansion by the guards that he came to his senses from his distraught state.

He, his eldest grandson, will be able to get married in two years!

This time, they can be nicer to their granddaughter-in-law and not let her follow the old path of the Yun family.

After Zhao Jingtian left, only the emperor and Song Junhe were left in the palace.

The two sisters next door had been led by Eunuch Fu to a location nearly twenty steps away from the main hall.

Lu Xinran blinked, somewhat confused as to what the emperor meant by this action.

Even if she can't watch the live broadcast through the system, she can still watch the 'recorded broadcast'!

With Tongzi around, as long as she got close to Song Junhe or the emperor, she would be able to see what they were saying in the palace at this moment.

Feeling her thoughts at this moment, Lu Xin glanced towards the palace gate and silently sympathized with the emperor for three seconds.

The emperor probably... hasn't adapted to the incredible power he possesses.

When they are called into the hall and he hears that familiar voice, he will experience firsthand what it means to cover one's ears and steal the truth.

In the hall, the emperor lowered his eyes and looked at his eldest son who was shaking like a sieve.

He had no legitimate son, so any son born to his concubines had the chance to inherit the throne.

He didn't mind their ambitions, but he couldn't bear to see them taking the wrong path.

"Do you know what went wrong?"

Song Junhe was so frightened that he didn't know how to respond.

He hadn't even become the crown prince yet, and he didn't know how many steps he still had to take to be the imperial throne. He was unwilling to fail for such a reason and in such a way.

The emperor looked at his son kneeling on the ground, looking terrified and angry, and suddenly chuckled.

"You think that such a careful plan and actions were exposed just like this. Is it because of your bad luck? Originally, you should have been the last one to make it?"

Song Junhe's resentment was aggravated by his guess.

"Yes, I am unwilling to do so. I have worked diligently these years and have been cautious in everything I do at the Ministry of War. I have not dared to slack off in my duties. Even if someone wants to influence the court officials, I am extremely vigilant and would not dare to overstep the line.

"Father, I just did what a prince should do. I was wrong, but I really don't want to accept it."