Chapter 248: Taking the initiative to deliver credit
The Eighth Prince looked at the young man in silence.
This was his son who was deliberately exchanged for his, and also the brat who took away his daughter.
The Eighth Prince's mood became extremely complicated and difficult to describe.
His silence was misunderstood by the Lord of Mingqing County, who immediately knelt down and said, "Father, he has something important to ask you. He can help you."
The Eighth Prince pulled his face back but said nothing.
However, the Minister of Justice, who was extremely sensitive to the case, looked over and seemed to be thinking about something.
Yuan Ruan: [Tong'er, the Yun family has fallen into poverty and become commoners. How can they help the Eighth Prince? ]
System: [He is down and out, but a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Especially someone with a complicated identity like Yun Jiazi is most likely to be targeted by people with ulterior motives like the Queen Mother and King Xin of Qin.]
Yuan Ruan: [Hiss. Is he still related to King Xin of Qin and the others?]
System: [A little bit.]
Crowd: !!!
What?! This guy is also involved with the anti-thief.
The Eighth Prince's mouth twitched slightly: ...
Good guy, I almost hanged him the first time I met him, and now I heard that he has connections with the rebels.
Is this my son? He must have found a living father.
Yuan Ruan couldn't help but lean on the prince's shoulder and try to look up: [What can he do to help the Eighth Prince? Wait, Tong'er, are you sure he has really given up his revenge plan? ]
System: [It should be... yes. Why did Ah Ruan ask that? ]
Yuan Ruan blinked: [I just suddenly thought of a saying, "A man of noble character has already entered the game." If he uses the power of King Qin Xin and others to help the Eighth Prince, and then reports this to my brother, wouldn't the Eighth Prince be envied by your brother and have his property confiscated? Wouldn't he have taken revenge? ]
Everyone staggered as a whole. It's funny, this analysis does make sense.
——Look, I seduced the daughter of the world enemy, and I was related to the rebel. Then His Majesty found out about it. Look, I took away the huge world enemy in one go.
The Eighth Prince's face darkened.
He looked at the young man with a complicated expression: "Just say what you want to say."
Yun Jiazi glanced at the crowd around him and hesitated.
The Eighth Prince's face turned even colder. He said, "I have lived an honest life and have nothing to be ashamed of. If you don't want to tell me, then never tell me again."
The head of the Mingqing County was anxious, and he quickly pulled the Yun family member: "Ah Yun, you say, these are all the important officials of the emperor's uncle, they don't think highly of this small achievement."
The important officials raised their eyes slightly: This little girl had set a trap for them in advance.
The Yun family member was silent for a while, then he saluted and said, "Someone came to me the other day in the name of the 'Qin Wang Army' and asked me to help raise military funds. I don't want to have anything to do with them. I also heard that the Eighth Prince was detained because of the Queen Mother's matter, so I wanted to use this channel of information as a credit to get the Eighth Prince out early."
Crowd: !!!
Eighth Prince:!!!
Yuanruan: [Is this true? Tonger, take a look.]
Everyone had serious expressions and pricked up their ears.
System: [It’s true. The Queen Mother was executed, and Qin Fu lost a way to make money. They are casting a wide net, hoping to find another sucker to give them money.]
Yuan Ruan: [So urgent? It’s only been more than ten days. ]
System: [It's normal! Raising soldiers, raising horses, and raising tenants all require money. A lot of money is burned every day. Otherwise, why do you think the officials of the Ministry of Revenue have developed the habit of always calculating their accounts? Why are they so obsessed with money? It's all because of the money that slipped away. ]
The Minister of Revenue's eyes were filled with tears: The system understands me.
Yuan Ruan: [But they would come to the Yun family, could it be that the Yun family is very rich? ]
System: [No. But the Yun family is very good at making money. When he took over the Yun family, the Yun family only had two shops. After a few years, there are now more than 20 shops. Qin Fu was attracted by this point.]
The Minister of Revenue's eyes lit up instantly, and he looked Yun Jiazi up and down, becoming more and more satisfied.
The system continued: [The Yun family member is also smart. He thought of sending the message to the Eighth Prince. This would not only please the person he likes, but also solve the problem.]
The Eighth Prince's expression softened a little.
He immediately asked Yun Jiazi for some details.
Yun Jiazi answered the questions if he knew them, and said he didn't know if he didn't.
Yuan Ruan listened for a while and felt a little embarrassed: [My previous guess was based on my own judgment. Fortunately, no one else heard it.]
The system immediately refuted: [No. Even if someone heard it, they would only praise me. Ah Ruan is smart and cautious and is not easily fooled. Ah Ruan, do you want to tell the Eighth Prince about his biological son?]
Everyone looked over.
Yuan Ruan touched his cheek: [Go ahead. It's too sad for biological father and son to become enemies. Talk to the Eighth Prince in private. It's up to him whether he believes it or not. But I think if I bring up the story of the Lord of Mingqing County, once the Eighth Prince goes to the Eighth Princess to verify it, he will probably believe it.]
System: [Yes, Ah Ruan is very thoughtful, but how do you explain the source of the information...]
Yuanruan waved her little hand: [Fortune-telling! Have you forgotten my identity? My fortune-telling skills are 100% accurate. Absolutely.]
Everyone nodded.
The Eighth Prince looked at Yuan Ruan with hidden gratitude. Having the Imperial Master make the final decision could really save him a lot of trouble.
Afterwards, the Eighth Prince went to the Third Prince and told him that there was news about the rebels and that he had to go out and deal with the related matters first.
The Third Prince waved his hand and directly arranged for the Eighth Prince to leave the house.
The Eighth Prince took the Yun family member and the Lord of Mingqing County and left together.
Yuan Ruan lay on the prince's shoulder, looking at the three people's backs in surprise: [Ah? The Eighth Prince just left like that? This detention is so casual.]
System: [Eighth Prince and Ninth Prince, the two who did not go to their fiefdoms to become vassal kings, are very much trusted by your brother. Although I didn't eat melons, I suspect that the Eighth Prince is staying in the Zongzheng Mansion, maybe he is still fishing and enforcing the law.]
Yuanruan nodded in approval.
After eating this melon, Yuanruan thought that the next few days would be ordinary.
So she didn't go to the Zongzheng Mansion again.
On the one hand, she arranged for someone to deliver the "son-changing" hexagram to the Eighth Prince's residence, and successfully obtained a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry in return.
On the other hand, Yuan Ruan accompanied the Seventh Princess to Shanglin Garden for hunting and training.
Just a few days passed like this, and the Third Prince and Qi Kuan suddenly came to the door on their own initiative.
The Third Prince lowered his head and said in a flattering tone, "Little Imperial Master, when will you come to the Zongzheng Mansion to play?"
Yuanruan tilted his head in confusion.
The Third Prince added, in a tone of coaxing a child to eat a lollipop, "The Zongzheng Mansion is very fun."
Yuanruan got goosebumps all over his body: [Tong'er, the Third Prince of Salted Fish took the initiative to invite me to work? Tong'er, I feel like there's something fishy going on! ]
The Third Prince’s expression froze.
Qi Kuan smiled but didn't smile.
System: [Let me see. Pfft... turns out he was beaten.]
Yuanruan: [Hmm? What's going on? ]