Chapter 6: Searching the Eastern Palace]
This was originally a house in Beijing owned by the Gu family, the original owner's mother's family. Later, the original owner's mother was bullied by her husband's family, and the original owner's grandfather was so angry that he fell ill in bed and died a few years later. He only had one daughter, the original owner's mother, so the family business was divided up by Shen Shi'an and his nephews in the Gu family.
The house belonged to the nephew of the Gu family, Chen Fenghe's uncle. However, this uncle was proficient in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and within a few years, he lost the house.
Later, for unknown reasons, the temple caught fire and was reduced to ruins. Gradually, it became deserted and few people came here.
Chen Fenghe waited for a while, and sure enough, some shop owners came over one after another, pushing carts full of supplies.
The grain store owner and several other entrusted store owners came forward and reported the total amount of supplies.
Some carts contained grains and cereals, others contained freshly slaughtered pork and mutton, as well as cloth, medicinal herbs, river fish and shrimp, pots and pans, salt, tea. The carriage shop delivered ready-made horse-drawn carriages and carts, and even the blacksmith shop delivered large iron pots and unforged pig iron.
Chen Fenghe was not ambiguous and quickly took out silver ingots to settle the bill for them. In addition to the share they were supposed to give, each family also gave an extra five taels. The few who were responsible for the communication gave an extra ten taels.
After the payment was made, Chen Fenghe said to everyone, "Thank you all for your help tonight. I have one more thing to remind you. As the saying goes, wealth should not be revealed to others. It is best for you to keep your mouths shut about what happened tonight. The best strategy is not to tell anyone. Otherwise, if someone with ulterior motives reports that you have obtained ill-gotten gains, you will not only lose the money, but also end up with your family destroyed."
When everyone heard what Chen Fenghe said, they couldn't help but feel a little scared.
Yes, they probably wouldn't earn as much as they did tonight in half a year. If thieves got their hands on this much money...
"But all the stock in our store is gone. If we don't mention that it was sold, how can we explain it?" someone asked.
Chen Fenghe smiled and said, "Regarding this, everyone can just say it was robbed. Don't worry, I guarantee that no one will doubt this statement."
Dozens of stores across the city were robbed at the same time? This... could anyone really believe it?
However, the silver in their arms was real, so they didn't dare to say anything else. They all nodded in agreement and then secretly went back home.
There were still a few people wondering how the buyer had transported so many things at once, so they secretly turned back to check.
It didn't seem like a big deal at first, but I was almost scared to death.
The buyer just waved his hand, and all the things that were originally spread out on the ground disappeared out of thin air!
"Oh my god! What...what's going on? Could it be...a ghost messenger has come to the living world to demand tribute?"
"Hurry up and check if the silver is still there! Will it turn into paper money?"
"It's okay! Silver is still silver!"
"Then... could it be that the gods from heaven came down to earth to buy them?"
"This is so strange. What do you think? Could it be that... the Crown Prince's rebellion angered the heavens, so God..."
The night watchman's voice came from the street: "It's dry, be careful with fire..."
The number of times the gong was struck was already three o'clock in the morning, which is the time period from three to five in the morning in modern times.
This time, the whole capital city was stockpiling goods, and Chen Fenghe had spent about three thousand taels. However, the thing she had the most in her space was silver, so three thousand taels was actually still a lot short of what she could buy.
For example, living animals such as horses, mules, and cattle were not purchased because they were afraid of making too much noise.
You can only wait for the opportunity to buy it later.
There are less than two hours left, and she has to set a trap for the Fifth Prince and her scumbag father's half-sister!
After Chen Fenghe collected the supplies, he went directly to the residences of the Third Prince and the Sixth Prince through the space.
The third prince and the sixth prince also covet the throne. Now that the crown prince is "rebelling", the fifth prince has made the greatest contribution, so it is impossible for the two of them not to be wary.
When Chen Fenghe went to the Fifth Prince's Prince Jin's Mansion and the Shangshu Mansion, she searched their secret study rooms and obtained a lot of evidence.
She placed several pieces of evidence of corruption and abuse of power by the Fifth Prince and Shen Shi'an in the cases of the Third Prince and the Sixth Prince.
Now that the fifth prince has made great contributions and is in the limelight, these evidences may not be used for the time being.
But in time, I believe that the Third Prince and the Sixth Prince will make good use of it.
It doesn't make sense that she was exiled for being murdered, while her scumbag father, his concubine sister, and the Fifth Prince's concubine are still enjoying wealth and glory? Simply confiscating their property is not enough punishment!
Besides, she was going to be exiled anyway, so the more fiercely the fight between the dog emperor and his sons, the better!
After finishing these things, the sky was already turning pale, and Chen Fenghe returned to the East Palace through space.
As soon as I took off my nightgown and changed into everyday clothes, I heard a commotion outside.
The personal maid cried out, "My Lady! Eunuch Xu has arrived with an imperial decree, and he wants to search and confiscate our Eastern Palace!"
Chen Fenghe was mentally prepared. After having the palace maids dress her up, all the jewelry and hairpins were put into the space, and her clothes were the cheapest cloth. Only then did she come out to receive the order.
Eunuch Xu was arrogant and didn't take the now-disgraced Crown Princess seriously at all. After reading the imperial edict, he said in a sarcastic tone, "Crown Princess, let me be frank. You are being demoted to a commoner, exiled to the wilderness, and the Eastern Palace is being confiscated. This is all the will of the Emperor. If anyone dares to smuggle any of this information, they will be beaten to death in court. Don't blame me on your death! Come on, smuggle it!"
Shen Fenghe ignored him.
Since ancient times, there have been many slaves who rely on the power of their masters, and she would not hesitate to argue with them.
Anyway, if she can find even a penny of silver, she loses!
Sure enough, the eunuchs who were brought in searched everything and then returned with a horrified look on their faces, reporting, "Eunuch, we found... nothing! The storeroom, the bedroom, even the kitchen are empty! Everything is empty!"
"What!?" Eunuch Xu said in a hoarse voice, shocked.
As he was speaking, Concubine Duan suddenly rushed in in a rage!
"Chen Fenghe, you bitch! Did you steal the jewelry and silver from the treasury in my Zhongcui Palace? Search immediately! If you find any, I will make the emperor chop off your head!"
Chen Fenghe said coldly, "Concubine Duan, are you crazy? I've been under house arrest in the Eastern Palace since a few days ago. How could I go to your palace to steal things? I advise you to see an imperial physician as soon as possible!"
"What did you say? I'll tear your mouth apart!"
Concubine Duan was even more angry. She had not yet avenged the loss she suffered yesterday, and today Chen Fenghe had been demoted to a commoner. Let's see how she would deal with her!
Concubine Duan was so angry that she rushed over to slap Chen Fenghe.
Chen Fenghe watched her rushing towards him, dodged cleverly, and then raised his foot to trip her lightly.
If she had not been demoted to a commoner and it were not a good time to cause trouble, she would have slapped the woman in the face.
"Ouch!" Concubine Duan fell to the ground on her face!
"Bitch! You have been demoted to a commoner, and you still dare to hit me! Come on, beat her to death with sticks!" Concubine Duan shouted with her fangs bared.
Eunuch Xu looked embarrassed.
The emperor's order is exile. If he is beaten to death, how can he report to his superiors?
The other eunuchs didn't dare to act recklessly since Eunuch Xu didn't give the order.
When the situation was at a stalemate, a notice suddenly came from the palace gate.
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