What is Princess Yu Rong feeling right now?
My heart is bleeding!
With a fortune of hundreds of millions and the status of a royal princess, she rebelled? Rebelled for that ambitious but incompetent idiot, the crown prince?
She doesn't even need to count on her fingers; with her brain honed from nine years of compulsory education, she can clearly tell that she was originally a bona fide billionaire.
Now, she only has five million taels left, and she still has to support the entire household and five thousand elite soldiers.
She gave her two financial managers a new seal for withdrawing money—a fingerprint!
For modern people, anything like a seal can be carved from a radish; nothing is more reliable than a fingerprint.
"Next time, you will have to verify my fingerprints. Only if they match can I withdraw the silver or mobilize the troops. Otherwise, I will not comply."
After registering the fingerprints of the two financial managers, they left, and she sat in her study, heartbroken and gasping for breath.
"Damn Wei Jingzhong, I wish you a death without a burial place."
Now we cling to the last glimmer of hope that those two large ships will return, otherwise...
Otherwise what? She didn't know either.
When Liao Yun came out of the study, he had been waiting for a long time.
"Princess, how is it?"
Princess Yu Rong shook her head: "I'm about to go bankrupt."
"Then, could you tell me about it?"
Princess Yu Rong became wary at this point. She only had five million taels left, and according to the two chief financial officers, the person who went to collect the silver must be someone close to her.
Otherwise, who could obtain her seal?
Seeing that she didn't believe him, Liao Yun smiled and said, "I understand that the princess doesn't trust me. After all, these are extraordinary times, and no one's words can be trusted."
Princess Yu Rong said to Liao Yun, "Go and investigate the two divine ships for me, starting with the Four Seas Pavilion. As long as we find those two divine ships, all the money we lost will roll back."
Ten days later, Shen Su returned from Wancheng, looking utterly dejected.
“Princess, when I went to Wancheng, the Wu family’s house was deserted.”
"I inquired about the Wu family over there and learned that before the deposed crown prince forced the emperor to abdicate, the entire Wu family suddenly moved away."
"The entire Wu family, spanning nine generations, sold off all their property and fled."
"In addition, I sent people to visit and inquire at several coastal ports, and they said they had not seen the Kangji and Anji ships for the past few months, and that even ships of that size had not docked there."
...
As for Wu Houde, he naturally also disappeared without a trace.
Liao Yun's investigation of the two Shenzhou ships revealed no problems with the shipyard, the shipyard, or the Sihai Pavilion; the entire transaction was completely legal.
However, the Yingjia Boatman Training Base has closed down, and there isn't even a gatekeeper left.
The biggest loophole was that the two ships went to sea following Wu Houde's fleet.
Now, eight or nine out of ten of the twenty guards on the ship have been murdered.
The ship has disappeared; there's nowhere to trace it.
Princess Yu Rong was hysterical, her eyes bloodshot: "The ship must have been fine! Otherwise, why aren't the boatmen and the captain's families causing trouble at the princess's residence?"
There are only two reasons why they didn't cause trouble: either they genuinely didn't return, or they were taken away by someone else, or they might be afraid of being killed by the princess.
"Check the homes of those boatmen and captains. Have they already sought refuge with other groups?"
Liao Yun and Shen Su immediately went to investigate.
However, the boatmen and captains were not locals from the capital, so the investigation would not be completed in the short term.
Princess Yu Rong had already "realized" that this man surnamed Wu, along with their entire fleet, were all Wei Jingzhong's men, specifically there to swindle her money.
She originally thought that the captain, boatman, and guards on the ship were all her people, but she didn't expect that there was another possibility: they were all Wei Jingzhong's people from the very beginning.
What do you mean by half a year? I'm afraid that the moment her ship leaves Dagan, it will no longer belong to the Zhou family, but to the Wu family.
No, his surname is Wei.
Her two large ships, laden with cargo, and all her hopes, were gone!
"Wei Jingzhong, I curse your ancestors!" Princess Yurong uttered the most magnificent and powerful national curse in history.
***
An army marches on its stomach.
Once the court decided to attack Wei Anyuan, Xie Yu organized the transport of grain and supplies to the northwest.
The Imperial City Guards worked day and night without stopping, and had already confiscated the property and exterminated the families of Lin Haohao, Pan Renmei, Cai Jing, Liang Shicheng, and others.
Because Ye Jiancheng was too far from the northwest, all the grain and silver were taken into the national treasury.
The grain and silver of Pan Renmei, Cai Jing, and Liang Shicheng were reserved as provisions for the main army. Their location in the northwest saved manpower and travel losses.
The day before their departure, Gu Shaoyu and his wife entered the palace.
When Emperor Hui saw that Xie Zhaozhao's belly was already quite swollen, his heart, which had been extremely worried about the expedition, suddenly felt much more at ease.
"Xie girl, you and Jingchen have a child, why didn't you tell me the good news?"
"The pregnancy is still in its early stages, and I was afraid it might be unstable, so I didn't want to bother Your Majesty."
Before Emperor Hui could say anything, Hua Zisheng had already tactfully brought over brocade stools for Gu Shaoyu and Xie Zhaozhao.
He specifically thanked Xie Zhaozhao, saying, "Thanks to Miss Lu who serves Madam, otherwise this old servant would have been dead long ago."
Xie Zhaozhao smiled and said, "Steward Hua, you don't need to be so polite. Fei Yan is indeed a master of both medicine and poison."
Hanako Katsuki withdrew.
Gu Shaoyu handed a box to Emperor Hui.
Xie Zhaozhao said respectfully, "If it benefits the country, I will risk my life. How can I avoid it because of personal gain or loss? Everyone has a responsibility to protect the country's safety. I, your humble wife, will donate eight million taels of silver and one million shi of grain to the army to support their expedition!"
Emperor Hui held the box, overwhelmed with emotion, and repeatedly said, "Thank you, girls, you've done a great job."
He had wondered how much Xie Zhaozhao could earn from the Silk Road, but he never expected her to donate eight million taels of silver and a million shi of grain in one go. This was probably all the couple had in the world.
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