By the time everyone finished speaking and writing, an hour had passed.
Chen Jingxi carefully examined each piece of rice paper. The people below glanced at her nervously, then quickly lowered their heads, fearing that they would be discovered.
After Chen Jingxi finished reading, she slowly said, "What you said is very different from what is in my pawnshop's account book."
At this time, someone questioned: "The princess is saying that everything we said is false?"
Chen Jingxi shook her head and explained, "Of course not. It's just that I only took over the management of this pawnshop half a year ago, so there are many things I don't understand. But don't panic, my stepmother was in charge of these things before, she must understand."
As he spoke, Chen Jingxi suddenly waved his hand and ordered, "Come here, prepare the carriages and take everyone to the Minister of Rites' residence."
At this point, the people below were whispering, "Why are we going to the Minister's Mansion?"
"Let's go and take a look first. Anyway, we just need to bite off Prince Su's Mansion."
"That's right. No matter what, this pawnshop belongs to Princess Su. If anything goes wrong, she will naturally be held responsible."
At this moment, a servant came to report: "Princess, there is only one carriage left in the palace."
Chen Jingxi thought about it and realized that the previous carriages had been sent to Zhang and the others, and he had not had time to prepare them.
The servant raised his head and said, "We still have a few swill carts available."
Chen Jingxi nodded, "Then let's pull the cart out. Even though it's for carrying slop, it's better than walking. It'll take at least 25 minutes to get from Prince Su's Mansion to the Chen family."
Soon, the servants pulled out four carts. Everyone looked at them and frowned. There was a foul smell, and they suspected that Princess Su was deliberately trying to disgust them.
Chen Jingxi saw their disdain, but didn't say much. He just said calmly, "Thank you for your hard work."
As she spoke, she was the first to get on the only carriage, while the others had to endure the stench and get on the carts filled with slop.
The group set off towards the Chen family in a mighty manner.
Watching Chen Jingxi and his group leave, Wu Kuan hurried to Chu Jinghuai and reported to him everything that had just happened.
After hearing this, Chu Jinghuai just responded indifferently.
Wu Kuan looked at his prince's expression, feeling puzzled. The princess's actions were truly treasonous. The current emperor attached great importance to filial piety, but now the princess was bringing people to find fault with her parents, which was undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire.
I'm afraid that the censor will accuse the princess of being disobedient and unfilial. If the emperor gets angry, it's hard to say whether the princess can still be a princess.
Oh! Everything happened at the same time. The prince was stripped of his military power and imprisoned in the palace, and now the princess has this incident.
Chu Jinghuai was not worried about these things. He casually threw a booklet to Wu Zongguan and said, "Make a thousand copies of this. This king wants to see it tomorrow."
"Yes." Wu Kuan never questioned Chu Jinghuai's orders. After receiving the order, he turned around and went out to give instructions.
Chu Jinghuai raised his lips and smiled. Just because he couldn't go out didn't mean he couldn't do anything. It wasn't that easy to harm the couple.
At the Chen family's side, Chen's father happened to be at home on vacation and was about to check his youngest son's homework when he was suddenly interrupted in a panic by a servant.
"Master, this is bad. The princess has come with a group of people, saying she wants to ask for an explanation."
When Father Chen heard this, he quickly stood up and asked, "What did you say? What's going on?"
The servant was also panicking and said quickly, "The princess said that she wanted Madam to go out and explain clearly what is going on with the interest on the Jinsheng Pawn Shop account."
"You want an explanation?" Father Chen knew what was going on as soon as he heard it.
The daughter he had raised for more than ten years, the timid and cowardly daughter he had raised, actually had the courage to find fault with her parents.
Could it be that his education for more than ten years is not as good as Chu Jinghuai's training for a few months?
Seeing Father Chen standing there in a daze, the servant cautiously reminded him, "Master, the princess is still outside. Should we invite her in?"
Father Chen came back to his senses, snorted coldly, and said, "Why did you invite her in? Let her wait outside! I want to see what she's going to do this time!"
Father Chen walked out, and as soon as he went out, he met Old Lady Chen and Wang who had heard the news.
Old Madam Chen asked anxiously, "Son, what happened? I heard from the gatekeeper that Chen Jingxi, that evil girl, brought a group of people and blocked our front door. What's going on?"
Wang Shi quickly echoed, "Yes, Master, where will our Chen family's reputation be put now? This is truly a joke."
Father Chen glared at Wang and quickly said, "It's nothing, mother. I'll just go check on her. Someone, help the old lady go back and rest."
But Old Madam Chen refused to go back. She shook her cane and said angrily, "Such a big thing has happened, and you still say nothing is wrong! I want to go and see what this evil creature is going to do!"
Father Chen had no choice but to let Old Madam Chen go with him.
When they arrived at the door, they saw Chen Jingxi and a group of people confronting the servants of the mansion.
Father Chen looked at the huge crowd and suddenly felt a headache. Before he could say anything, the people below started to make a commotion, shouting, "The Minister is coming, the Minister is coming!"
Those who were shouting and making noise were not the people who were causing trouble, but the people who came to watch the fun.
Chen Jingxi's swagger through the streets had attracted countless onlookers. The capital was full of idlers, who loved to watch the action, not to join in the fun.
Chen Jingxi took a step forward and bowed, "Greetings to Grandma, Father, and Mother."
Old Madam Chen snorted coldly and said, "I cannot accept the great gift from Princess Su. I wonder what Princess Su's intention is in bringing so many people to my Chen family?"
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