The group of royal guards sent by Si Han who were following An Xin not too far away saw that the teacher and student had knocked on the door for a long time, but the door of the Chang'en Earl's Mansion was not opened.

The expressions of this group of Si Han's trusted guards also turned gloomy.

If An Xin, an envoy from a foreign country, had been refused entry when he came to collect a debt, these people would probably have just treated him as a joke and would not have had any thoughts in their minds.

But at this moment, before An Xin came to collect the debt owed to the national treasury, he had already hung the imperial edict written by his own king on a bamboo pole with great fanfare as a banner to open the doors of these aristocratic families.

The people in the mansion of Lord Chang'en did not come out to greet him respectfully, but they did not even open the door. They were not only despising An Xin, the envoy from a foreign country, but also their own king.

The actions of the Chang'en Marquis' Mansion did not annoy or humiliate An Xin, a shameless man who didn't care about anything.

But they really provoked the group of trusted guards sent by Si Han. They all thought that when they had the chance, they would teach the people in Chang Enbo's mansion a profound lesson.

But this opportunity soon came.

An Xin felt that he had already adopted the strategy of using courtesy before force.

So he turned around and waved to the group of guards following not far behind him.

The leader of the guards didn't know what An Xin was going to do, so he walked over with four or five men.

He bowed and said, "Envoy An called us here. What do you want?"

An Xin pointed to the plaque on the door of the Chang Enbo Mansion and asked, "Can you take it down?"

The head guard was stunned.

After I came to my senses, I thought to myself, this female envoy from Daqian is a real dog. She could come up with such a way that does not kill people but hurts their hearts.

I'm afraid the Chang'en Marquis' Mansion will have no choice but to admit defeat this time.

The servants of the Bo's mansion were always watching An Xin and the others' every move through the crack in the door.

When he saw the guards called by An Xin, he jumped up and took down the plaque on the door of his mansion, and now he was panicked.

A servant hurriedly ran towards the courtyard where the master of the mansion lived. The other servants opened the door and rushed out, surrounded An Xin and others who were about to leave with the plaque, with angry and anxious faces.

"How dare you take down the plaque of my Chang Enbo Mansion? Do you know that it was written by Emperor Taizu himself?

"For destroying this imperially bestowed plaque, the death penalty would be too light a punishment for you. Are you afraid of being torn apart by five horses or being tortured to death by slow slicing?!"

An Xin stood upright with her hands behind her back, her expression calm and a faint smile on her lips.

The man looked her up and down, curled his lips, raised his head arrogantly, with contempt in his eyes, and did not take her seriously.

Chi Lan saw that this slightly overweight middle-aged man, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes, had such contempt for his teacher on his face and in his small eyes that he wanted to curse.

An Xin stopped him with her eyes.

There are many people who look down on her, so who is the person in front of her?

My little apprentice is a pure and lovely child. I can't let him learn to curse people just because of someone who looks down on others.

An Xin was not angry because she was stopped and couldn't leave.

She saw a flash of panic in the middle-aged man's eyes when he glanced at the imperial edict on the bamboo pole in Chi Lan's hand, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Now he knew that not opening the door would not only be a disrespect to her, but also a contempt to the king of his own country. He was afraid that the Chang Enbo Mansion would not be in a good situation in the future, so he didn't do anything about it earlier.

However, the man thought about the large sum of money that his family had borrowed from the national treasury based on their past merits to support their extravagant life, and there was little money left.

If they wanted to return the money, even if the Chang Enbo Mansion would not go bankrupt, they would probably be on the verge of having to eat coarse food.

How could they, who were used to a luxurious life, be willing to live a frugal life like ordinary officials?

Chang Enbo's eyes quickly became firm when he thought of the frugal life that he and his family did not want to live.

Following behind Chang Enbo, the masters of Chang Enbo's mansion, both big and small, hurried out of the gate. When they saw that the plaques hanging high above their doors had been taken down, they glared at An Xin and the others.

One was dressed in silk and satin embroidered with exquisite flowers, wearing gold and silver jewelry, and covered with exquisite rings and pendants, like a Christmas tree.

The woman with thick powder on her face shouted at An Xin and the others, "Hang the plaque back quickly, or don't blame me for being rude."

"You're welcome?!" An Xin glanced at the noble lady and smiled faintly, "I've seen many cases of people being rude.

I'm curious about how Madam Chang Enbo would be so rude to someone who came to collect a debt according to the emperor's order?!"

"You!!" Mrs. Chang Enbo was a knowledgeable woman after all. She was not an ignorant woman. She glanced at the imperial edict that Chi Lan was carrying and turned her head away.

"You are such a shameless woman. After your diplomatic mission, you didn't return to your own country, but came to our house to collect the debt. Aren't you ashamed?"

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An Xin looked at a girl of about fifteen or sixteen standing next to Mrs. Chang Enbo. She was pretty, but her eyes were fierce and unfriendly. She glared at her angrily and shouted these words.

She raised her head proudly, with the pampered look on her face clearly visible.

An Xin was not angry at the verbal humiliation of Lin Yun, the legitimate daughter of the Lord Chang'en, but smiled and shook his head.

"Whether I return to my country or not is not up to me now," An Xin said sincerely, "How about I take you to the palace now and ask Emperor Bei Ming when he will let me return to my country."

The girl was obviously spoiled and didn't know her place. Her eyes and eyebrows were red with anger and she wanted to say something without restraint, but was hurriedly stopped by Lady Chang Enbo.

"Shut up, you have no right to speak here, someone take the young lady away."

Lin Yun yelled in dissatisfaction: "I don't... I'm speechless..."

At the suggestion of Mrs. Chang Enbo, the servant covered her daughter's mouth and led him away from the gate.

If her daughter was talking about An Xin alone, Lady Chang Enbo would not stop her.

But An Xin dared to come to these aristocratic families to ask for a loan of silver, which was obviously instructed by the king above.

If my daughter was really taken into the palace, it would be hard to say whether she could come out safely.

An Xin did not deny what Lady Chang Enbo did.

It’s just a pity that they didn’t bring this idiot to the palace to ask Si Han when he would let these envoys go back.

Even though she knew that Si Han had his own agenda and wouldn't let them leave easily, at least being asked about it in person would make Si Han feel bad. An Xin felt that was pretty good.

It's a pity that this was ruined by Mrs. Chang Enbo, who still had some brains.

When he came out and saw the imperial edict carried by Chi Lan, Chang Enbo did not dare to be too presumptuous. He suppressed his anger and asked An Xin: "What do you want in exchange for hanging up the plaque bestowed by the emperor on my family?"

"Pay back the money." An Xin smiled and said without any nonsense, "Isn't it obvious?"

Chang Enbo's originally plump face turned dark, and his chest heaved up and down. It was obvious that he was very angry when he heard An Xin's words.