"Sir, have those rioters gone to Crescent Town?"
Madam Zheng couldn't hide her amusement as she said gleefully, "Hmph, once the rioters breach the gates of the Prince's mansion, how arrogant will the Xie family still be!"
Cui Boyong held his wine cup and pretended to sip it lightly.
He admired the famous scholars of the Wei and Jin dynasties and spent his days imitating them.
They wore long robes with wide sleeves and wooden clogs, and even when sitting or lying down, they mostly knelt.
Even the Five-Stone Powder was created because he so desperately wanted to replicate the unrestrained and eccentric nature of the famous scholars of the Wei and Jin dynasties.
However, while Cui Boyong may admire certain things, he's not completely brain-dead.
He knew that Wushi San should not be used in large quantities, so he only took a little bit when he wanted to show off.
All the goods he had accumulated had been "cheaply" given to the King of Yue in the past few months.
Just then, he overheard Madam Zheng mentioning the Yue Prince's Mansion, and Cui Boyong became even more smug. "Of course! Hmph, although Madam Xie has some quick wit, it's just petty cleverness after all."
"Does she think Yuezhou is the capital? Does she really think that just because she's a princess, she can do whatever she wants in Yuezhou?"
Let me reiterate, Yuezhou belongs to Cui!
The Prince of Yue's Palace?
Hmph, it's nothing but a showpiece.
"Exactly! They're blind to dare offend our governor's mansion!"
Madam Zheng cursed fiercely, then suddenly remembered something and said excitedly, "The Prince's mansion must have a lot of grain and copper coins, as well as sugar-making recipes—"
She hadn't forgotten that Xie Yuan had sold a secret recipe he stole from Xiao Zixiu for hundreds of thousands of strings of cash.
Hundreds of thousands of strings of cash! That's equivalent to a quarter of the Cui family's fortune.
Madam Zheng had long planned ahead: once the rebels breached the Prince's mansion, their men would take advantage of the chaos to kill Helian Jue and Lady Xie.
Then, the governor's office, with a "righteous and awe-inspiring" air, sent troops to suppress the rebels and took the opportunity to plunder all the property of the Yue King's mansion.
Oops, not looting!
In any case, they avenged the King and Queen of Yue.
They are receiving reasonable compensation.
The shameless and greedy Madam Zheng did not think she was wrong.
Cui Boyong, who shared a bed with her, was indeed her husband, and their thoughts were remarkably aligned.
He stroked his beard with an air of nonchalance and said casually, "Don't worry! I've already arranged everything!"
The men he sent all mingled with the rioters.
He also sent all his troops to Crescent Town.
Those people will not act alongside the rioters; they are waiting for an opportunity.
Once the palace is breached, the retainers will shout slogans like "Suppress the rebels" and "Avenge King Yue" and storm into the palace.
The retainers will turn the Yue King's mansion upside down, and they will take back all the grain, copper coins, and other items that the Xie family had stored in advance.
They certainly wouldn't let go of that sugar-making secret recipe!
As Cui Boyong sipped his wine, he smugly made plans in his mind.
"That's good! I knew you were so wise, shrewd and insightful!"
Madam Zheng was overjoyed and showered her with compliments.
Cui Boyong was secretly pleased, but he still had to pretend to be reserved on the surface.
However, before he could even say a few words of "humility," the sound of footsteps echoed outside the courtyard.
"Master! Madam! Something terrible has happened!"
Footsteps followed, along with screams that seemed to tear your throat out.
Cui Boyong was startled, and the wine cup in his hand fell to the ground, spilling wine all over himself.
"presumptuous!!"
Cui Boyong was furious and shouted angrily, "What kind of place is this? How dare you shout like that?"
And those words they shouted were so unlucky.
What does "something's wrong" mean?
He and his wife are doing very well!
If it were any other time, the servant who came to deliver the message would have been so frightened by his master's wrath that he would have knelt down and begged for mercy.
But this time, he couldn't care less—
"Master! Something terrible has happened!"
The servant, panting heavily, continued shouting the words that enraged Cui Boyong.
Cui Boyong's face darkened: What a stupid lackey! I told him not to shout, yet he still said that.
Is he deliberately picking a fight?
Enraged, Cui Boyong grabbed the wine pot from the table and smashed it.
Bang!
The wine jug struck the servant squarely on the forehead, and the wine mixed with blood flowed down his cheek.
The servant, feeling both pained and aggrieved, cried out, "Master, something really has happened!"
It wasn't that he was deliberately looking for bad luck; he was truly facing imminent disaster.
Without giving it much thought, he went straight to the point: "Many 'rioters' have come to our mansion. They are cursing you, sir, as a corrupt official, saying that you treat the people like dirt and are deliberately inciting good people to rebel!"
Cui Boyong grew increasingly furious when he didn't see his servant kneel down and beg for mercy.
But after hearing the servant's report, he was completely distraught.
"Rampage? You...you mean the rioters surrounded the governor's mansion?"
Cui Boyong's face was filled with disbelief.
How is that possible?
Cui Boyong knew better than anyone what those "rioters" were all about.
Rather than being rioters, they were more like tools instigated and manipulated by Cui Boyong.
Even vicious dogs that Cui Boyong deliberately indulged!
Whenever Cui Boyong wanted to punish some disobedient officials or restless local tyrants, he would instigate a "civil unrest".
And now, the vicious dog he raised has turned around and is trying to bite him!
Absolutely impossible!
Cui Boyong's first reaction upon hearing this was, "Ridiculous! Where did these rioters come from in Yuezhou?"
"Have they lost their minds, daring to besiege the governor's mansion?"
The servant looked distressed; at first, he didn't believe it either.
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