Liao Yun originally only knew that she was ruthless and unpredictable, but after falling into the water, she became increasingly stupid, even less so than the daughters of ordinary official families.
“Princess, His Majesty already knows that those are all your property, but he cannot forcibly seize them. He can only say that the other party is oppressing the people, and this is a warning to you. If you, Princess, take out a portion of your property, you can both support the court and preserve the foundation.”
But you do nothing.
The imperial court took all the property in that way and even sent ten spies to the mansion. From now on, you can't do anything.
Liao Yun asked, "Where did Shen Su go?"
"Go and do something very important for me." Princess Yu Rong didn't want to tell Liao Yun; she could tell that Liao Yun was somewhat disgusted with her.
"What is it? Princess, can you tell me? Princess, you can't make another wrong decision."
Liao Yun is different from Shen Su. Shen Su came from a humble background and relied on Princess Yu Rong for survival. Liao Yun, on the other hand, had a father who was a proper Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. He was captured by Princess Yu Rong and made a servant to her because he was able to climb the social ladder to the Wei family through her.
He was shrewd and confident, but after the Crown Prince's attempt to force him to abdicate failed, he began to waver.
With the crown prince's defeat and the Wei clan's rebellion, it remains to be seen whether they will ultimately seize power.
But he knew that the so-called male concubines kept by Princess Yurong were actually her right-hand men.
"The Four Seas Pavilion has acquired two Shenzhou ships; it was I who did so."
She told Liao Yun about how she had photographed two large ships and used them to travel along the Maritime Silk Road.
Several of her lovers' properties were confiscated, leaving her with little money. However, if those two large ships were returned, she could turn her fortunes around.
Liao Yun was initially very happy, thinking that mastering the sea route would easily make him richer than a country, and he basically had the confidence to do half of his business.
But as I listened further, I felt a chill run down my spine.
"You mean, both of our large ships went to sea with Wu Houde?"
"Wu Houde is Wei Shixun's father-in-law's cousin, so he is reliable. Moreover, there are twenty experts sent by the Princess's Mansion on the ship."
"Princess, you said that the man surnamed Wu told you he would return before March? But he hasn't returned yet?"
"Yes, he said he would definitely come back within six months, but now there is no news at all."
"Princess, please tell me in detail, from participating in the auction of the ship to the ship setting sail."
Princess Yu Rong is actually panicking now. With such a large investment, she originally thought that with such a big ship and so many people, if anything were to happen, it would be Old Wu who would be in trouble.
But now she's uncertain.
She recounted her experience participating in the Sihaige auction, going through every detail, big or small.
"Did the princess mention to anyone that she wanted to open the Silk Road?"
Princess Yurong was somewhat embarrassed by Liao Yun's question. Princess Yurong certainly hadn't said it, but Guan Yingying had mentioned it when she slept with the Crown Prince.
"I only told the Crown Prince that he and Wei Jingzhong applied to the court to open the Silk Road, but the application was shelved because the price was too high."
"Princess, you've probably been tricked by Wei Jingzhong."
“I realized long ago that I had been deceived by Wei Jingzhong. At that time, I proposed that the route could be opened with only 500,000 taels of silver, but they asked Father Emperor for 20 million taels. How could Father Emperor possibly agree? However, not long after Father Emperor rejected it, I heard that the Silk Road had been opened by a mysterious person.”
"It must have been Cheng En who opened the channel. You're so confused. You have 500,000 taels of silver, why would you need them to open it?"
Liao Yun pounded his chest and stamped his feet, saying, "Princess, I'm afraid those two divine ships will never return!"
That old Wu was a swindler sent by Wei Jingzhong. Because he was Wu Zhaohui's cousin, the princess did not suspect anything and handed over all her savings.
The more they analyzed it, the more they felt they had discovered the truth.
Princess Yu Rong was filled with hatred.
Princess Yu Rong must have been out of her mind to cooperate with a scumbag like Wei Jingzhong.
No wonder Wei Jingzhong looked like he had lost his parents when she proposed to become empress last time. It turns out that she had been using the original owner of this body from beginning to end.
The original owner was really stupid. She was a princess by following her father, and she risked her life to help Wei Jingzhong. In the end, she was still a princess at worst. What was the point?
How stupid!
Liao Yun said, "Princess, think carefully about which other businesses are related to the Wei family, and quickly bring them under your control."
Princess Yurong thought for a while based on her memory, and said, "Wait here, I need to check."
Princess Yu Rong remembered that her connection with the two chief financial officers was that they agreed to meet at 3:45 PM every night.
As night fell, she sent a signal.
At three quarters past 7 PM, two masters who appeared and disappeared without a trace arrived once again in the princess's study and stood in front of her desk.
Princess Yu Rong inwardly admired that although the ancients did not have advanced technology, they had truly developed their own abilities to the fullest extent.
This speed and this ability to conceal themselves are unmatched even by the "Swallow Li San" of later generations.
The two men were still wearing extremely wide-brimmed black hats, obscuring their faces, and their voices rang out in a ghostly tone: "Princess, please give your orders!"
Princess Yurong said, "I'm afraid the last investment was a scam by Wei Jingzhong. Several of our local assets were also discovered and confiscated by the Emperor. Please tell me what assets we have left."
The two of them didn't even need to look at the ledgers before reporting all their assets in detail.
Aside from the nearly 30 million taels of silver she gave away last time, and the property held by the four servants whose property was confiscated by His Majesty, Princess Yurong only had one property left.
“Princess, apart from the grain and silver stored in the manor at the foot of Daqing Mountain, we only have a dozen or so shops in the capital. We have a few other manors, but no other assets.”
At the foot of Daqingshan Mountain, Princess Yurong bought a large estate. Although the land at the foot of the mountain was not fertile, it was connected to Daqingshan Mountain, making it an excellent place to station troops.
"The five thousand cavalrymen stationed here by the princess's residence are her last assets. There are still over ten thousand shi of grain and five million taels of silver."
"How come there are only five million taels left now?"
In fact, for her, who was struggling alongside Gu Chengyan, five million taels of silver was an astronomical sum of wealth.
However, since she once spent 30 million on a boat, 5 million didn't seem like much to her.
"When the last 30 million taels were taken out, there were still 7 million taels left in the account. But a month ago, someone took the princess's seal and withdrew 2 million taels in two separate transactions."
"What?!" Princess Yu Rong jumped up. "When did I ever give someone a seal?"
The two stewards exchanged a glance and said with certainty, "We have carefully examined it and it is indeed the princess's seal, exactly the same as the one on file."
The two men took out the account book and showed her the seals left when withdrawing money.
Princess Yurong was furious: "I always carry my seal with me and have never entrusted it to anyone else. Tell me, what did the person who went to collect the silver look like?"
The two shook their heads; they only recognized the seal, not the person.
"I am telling you, the original seals are hereby cancelled. Anyone who tries to use the original seals to collect silver will be arrested immediately."
Princess Yu Rong was furious. "Damn it, it must be a stamp carved from a radish!"
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