Chi Mu and Shen Yuerong both have bigger worlds in their hearts, so naturally they disdain to compete with the people in front of them.
Especially since this is a man who never cared.
"It's been more than half a year since the incident happened, and you've never been the general's wife. As your sister, I was really worried about you, but now that you're in this position, I'm relieved."
"Sister is so afraid of the General's wife..."
"I'm just afraid that he will harm other innocent women again. You two are a good match. If there is nothing to do, please stop harming those innocent women."
"you!"
Du Wan didn't expect her words to be so harsh.
"The palace doesn't welcome you, and of course the Shen family doesn't welcome you either, so from now on you go your way, and I go mine, and we won't meet again."
Du Wan came here to show off, but she didn't expect to be warned by others. Naturally, she felt a little depressed and turned away, not daring to face them.
After the people left, she looked at Chi Mu beside her with some heartache.
"Are you okay?"
She looked at him with some worry in her eyes, and he shook his head, "What can happen to me!"
"I'm afraid some people will get jealous again and think that there's still a chance for the general and I to rekindle our relationship. Now I've made it clear to them. From now on, they go their own way, and you and I go our own way. We'll have nothing to do with each other."
"Are you worried about me?"
He looked at Shen Yuerong with some hesitation, not taking the conversation between them just now as her concern.
"We will face many difficulties in the future. I don't want you to be floating around because of emotional matters, nor do I want you to feel that I will never stand by your side."
If it were in the past, Shen Yuerong might not have said this, but now she didn't want to disappoint the person in front of her.
"Thank you."
…
The prince raised money and stole things, which made His Majesty very happy. For several days in the court, he was praised for his ability.
But Shen Yuerong heard some rumors.
She looked at Boss Xu who came to her door.
"Are you sure?"
He nodded.
"That's all news from the Chamber of Commerce. I have a good relationship with that person, so he definitely wouldn't lie to me. Moreover, the amount of money the prince is hesitating about is indeed huge, but they are all smart people, so how could they really pay that much money?"
Shen Yuerong had some suspicions before, as everyone in the Chamber of Commerce is an old fox.
In order to ensure the smooth running of their own business, they have had a lot of money on hand over the years, and of course their assets are different from those of others.
Although there are children of nobles in the capital, their family wealth may not be comparable to that of the merchants.
And these assets are the foundation for them to gain a foothold in the capital.
So I won’t hand it over easily.
"The prince said that the Shen family alone paid a thousand taels of gold. Is this true?"
Boss Xu shook his head anxiously, "I heard about this before, so I wanted to tell the boss that the Shen family paid a thousand taels of silver, where did the thousand taels of gold come from? They are just making up a false accusation without any evidence."
"Are you sure it's not a thousand taels of gold?"
Boss Xu nodded and said, "I took that money out to honor the people above me. I always forget it. Please trust me this time."
"I've said it before, I believe it, no matter when."
Shen Yuerong sat up straight, "Go and talk to the people in the Chamber of Commerce, and ask them to come together if they are free. As the Dongjia of the Shen Family Shop, I have never participated in the previous Chamber of Commerce activities, so I am unfamiliar with them."
"yes."
When the old foxes in the shop saw Shen Yuerong, they were all a little wary.
Since she wanted to get their information, Shen Yuerong was willing to take risks. She cried to the manager of the shop, "Boss He, you are the most senior person in this chamber of commerce. You must do this for me. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince found an excuse to suppress my shop and not allow it to open. I tried my best to give a lot of tribute, but I didn't have the thousand taels of gold. Now I have been told to His Majesty. My Shen family is really worried all day long."
“I thought Mr. Shen was generous and really donated a thousand taels of gold for those innocent people.”
"Those people are indeed very poor. I followed the prince all the way, and I felt sorry for them, so naturally I wanted to... But even if my Shen family's shop made a lot of money, it has only been half a year. How could it be possible to save up a fortune worth a thousand taels of gold? This is obviously a false accusation by the prince."
"Why would the prince frame your Shen family?"
"Everyone."
Shen Yuerong looked at him helplessly, "Does the amount of money you donated match up?"
After hearing this, several people present were stunned.
"Since it's already written on that piece of paper, the money must come from you and me. You pay less, I pay more, and we will eventually pay the Crown Prince according to the account. But do you really have that much silver in your hands?"
When money was mentioned, the expressions of several people became a little ugly.
"Since Boss Chen doesn't treat us as outsiders, let's get the bottom of it from Boss Chen. Although we are reluctant to pay this money, it is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince after all. It is His Majesty's will after all, so we can only follow the Crown Prince."
"Could it be that the prince just found an excuse to ask you to take the money?"
Boss He sighed, "The prince stopped a batch of my goods at the port. The goods were very valuable. Several familiar bosses had already discussed it, so I couldn't do anything... I could only pay money to get out of trouble. He asked me for 300,000 taels. I had no choice but to give it all."
"That's right. He also asked me for two hundred thousand."
"I still have 100,000."
"My family is small and I don't have much money, but even so, the prince took away 30,000 taels with some excuse."
Judging from their numbers, the Shen family has much less.
"Look... I gave the least, but I bear the greatest sin. I only gave a thousand taels of silver to buy a favor, but I didn't expect that it would become a thousand taels of gold in the prince's mouth."
“Then is this money that Mr. Shen is going to give him himself?”
Shen Yuerong nodded. Everything had already been settled. In His Majesty's eyes, even if Shen Yuerong was unwilling, it would never be dealt with so easily.
"Your Shen family's shop has made a lot of money over the years, but it didn't fall on you alone. How could you pay so much money?"
Shen Yuerong was also worried about this matter, but things would work out when the time comes.
"I am indeed worried about this matter, but perhaps there will always be a way out. I believe that I have never done anything to harm others, and there will be a way out in the end."
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