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Song Yushu took a sip of tea and said quietly, "What if he provokes me?"
"Then teach him a lesson! Brother Song, what do you want me to do? It would be best if you teach his father a lesson as well!" When Hu Luyi just returned home, she thought they really wanted to recognize her.
Little did they know that she was going to marry in her sister's place. They could have guessed that. If she hadn't wanted to help Brother Song find out the information, she would have ignored that family long ago.
When she heard Song Yushu say this, she was so happy that she stood up and danced with joy. She wished her cheap brother was there so that she could slap him in the face.
"Lend your brother some money and tell him that he can borrow money from a bank in the east of the city. As long as he signs, he can pay back any amount." Song Yushu took out a roll of banknotes from his arms and handed it to Hu Luyi.
After all, although Wenchanglou can make money from those scholars who are well-off and care about their reputation, most of its accounts are used to lend to poor scholars and talented people. Although it earns a lot, it also spends a lot.
Hu Luyi took the banknote frankly and said, "No problem." She tapped the money in her hand and said, "I really don't want to give so much money to that prodigal son. How many talented scholars can be supported here?"
"It's okay, we'll get it back later." Song Yushu comforted her, "Your brother always loses a lot of money gambling, and the money he loses goes into our pockets."
"That's more like it." Hu Luyi became happy again and immediately couldn't sit still, "Then Brother Song, I'm going home now!"
Watching Hu Luyi leave in a hurry, Song Yushu shook his head helplessly. This girl had a somewhat neurotic personality because of her family environment.
"Instruct the money house to increase the amount of money owed to the concubine's son of Marquis Wuyang and the concubine's son of the prefect of Jingzhao to three hundred thousand taels." Song Yushu stood up and looked at the scholars coming and going downstairs.
Song Chun was a little puzzled, "Master, isn't this amount too large?"
Thirty taels of silver could support a whole family for a year, but these three hundred thousand taels...
"It has to be so big that they can't handle it, so that they can fall into Liu Xia's trap. This will force the Wuyang Marquis's bastard son to have evil thoughts about the money that Wuyang Marquis paid to the capital." Song Yushu smiled slightly, "I really look forward to seeing the East Palace watching his purse shrink day by day."
"Will this matter affect the Crown Prince?" Song Chun was still a little worried. The Crown Prince was not Prince Yu. His thoughts and methods of controlling his subordinates were much more sophisticated. "The Crown Prince's influence in Kyoto is still not to be underestimated. Should we make plans early?"
"As far as this matter is concerned, it still can't affect the Crown Prince's foundation." Song Yushu shook his head. "It's just that a person will eventually feel uncomfortable without money. After the Marquis of Wuyang's bastard took the bait, you are not allowed to go to the bank anymore. All contact must be cut off."
Crown Prince Lu Yanzhou is not greedy, he just wants to compete with the Lin family, a century-old family. Without money, he can't get anything done just by relying on the title of crown prince.
In addition, Lu Yanzhou's mother's family is just an ordinary family and cannot provide much help. The emperor does not have much income. Now the Dayan Dynasty's treasury is still in deficit, so there is no way to help the prince.
Now that the money is gone, Lu Yanzhou will definitely be furious, but he won't dare to investigate it on a large scale. As long as he is careful, nothing will happen.
"Yes, Master."
Soon, in less than half a month, the illegitimate son of Marquis Wuyang took the bait, and he pulled the son of the prefect of Jingzhao to come up with a countermeasure.
"What should I do? If I can't pay the money back, the bank will ask my father for it!" The son of Marquis Wuyang was panicked and paced back and forth.
The son of the prefect of Jingzhao looked at the illegitimate son with disdain. He had originally thought that the illegitimate son was a wealthy man, which was why he was playing with him. He didn't expect that he couldn't even come up with a mere few hundred thousand taels of silver.
If he couldn't even come up with it, how could he possibly come up with it? The son of the Jingzhao prefect suddenly remembered that the little beast born to his mistress had mentioned it inadvertently, and that the man in front of him brought a batch of things into the Prince's Mansion every month.
"Fill it up with the stuff piled up in your house," the Jingzhao prefect's son said casually. "I heard you're sending it to the Crown Prince's Palace. It must be worth something, right?"
"You, how did you know?!" Wuyang Hou's son looked at him in shock. They played together well, but they were just close friends. He had never told him about this before! Moreover, he was extremely cautious every time he went to the Crown Prince's Mansion.
The son of the Jingzhao prefect snorted complacently, "Don't worry about how I knew that. Just quickly take the things in that room and patch up the hole!"
"If I touch those things, my father will cut me into pieces!" The concubine of Marquis Wuyang shook his head repeatedly, his forehead wet with cold sweat, and he looked terrified.
Coward! The son of the Jingzhao prefect looked around and said, "Keep your voice down! Are you afraid others won't hear you when you speak so loudly? I'm not asking you to fill it all in at once. You can just move a little bit every month, right?"
"This..." The concubine's son of Marquis Wuyang began to waver, but finally gritted his teeth and agreed.
After the two of them discussed how to take it, they sneaked out of the brothel's private room.
The door of the private room next door creaked open, and Yanhong walked out. She then went to the stairwell, called over a man, and handed him the red coral hairpin in her hair. "I broke a corner of this hairpin. Please take it to Chunfeng Pavilion to have it repaired."
That night, Song Yushu received the jewelry sent by Chunfeng Pavilion. Inside one of the wooden boxes was a huge pearl.
here we go……
Less than half a month later, Song Yushu followed Lu Zhixing into the palace to take up duty. From a distance, he saw the Minister of War and Lu Yanzhou walking hurriedly past.
Seeing that Song Yushu and Lu Zhixing ignored him, he left.
Song Yushu whispered something to Lu Zhixing, and then Lu Zhixing said with a dejected expression, "Did Fourth Brother just pass by? Then why didn't he say hello to me?"
The prince is the best at acting. Every time he sees Lu Zhixing, he is warm and polite. This is something everyone in the palace knows.
"The Crown Prince was just with the Minister of War, and his expression wasn't very good. Perhaps they were discussing something important. Your Highness, let's go too. We're going to be late for duty soon."
Lu Zhixing nodded and helped Song Yushu leave.
At a corner behind them, Lu Zhichen and his men were standing there, thinking thoughtfully about what the young eunuch next to Lu Zhixing had just said.
The Crown Prince and the Minister of War were together, and he looked unhappy. Something must have happened.
He just lost a big piece of fat meat, the Ministry of Rites, and the prince won’t have an easy time either!
Lu Zhichen glanced back at his confidant behind him and said, "Go investigate and see if there's anything unusual happening in the Ministry of War recently. Report whatever you find to me!"
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