On a summer night, the sky was full of stars and insects were chirping. Yang Jiyan, wearing a black hat, walked quickly into a house.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." After entering the house, Yang Jiyan took off her hat, glanced at Zhu Yu, and then knelt on the ground to salute.
Zhu Yu was also dressed in black. He frowned and looked Yang Jiyan up and down. "Is your father Yang Yuanchen?"
As soon as Yang Jiyan nodded, Zhu Yu made a gesture, and a black-clad guard stepped forward to hold Yang Jiyan down, holding her hands behind her back with one hand and strangling her neck with the other.
Yang Jiyan was horrified and said in panic, "What are you going to do, Your Highness? I'm here to help you."
However, Zhu Xun did not believe it at all. Today, someone sent a eunuch to pass him a note, saying that he could help him get out of his current predicament and would not be troubled by the salt and silver case, and asked him to meet here for a talk.
When he saw the note, Zhu Yu subconsciously felt that someone was deliberately testing him. Although Zhai Huaiying had not yet confessed, someone must have guessed who he was and deliberately set up a trap to expose him.
After the panic, Zhu Hui ordered his men to check the house and found out that the house was the private property of Yang Yuanchen's daughter, now the young lady of the Zhou family. After confirming that there was no ambush here, Zhu Hui hesitated for a long time and decided to come and check it out to see who was behind the scenes.
"Want to harm me? Did Yang Yuanchen instruct you?" Zhu Yu's eyes were gloomy. He had been very worried these days. He gave Gao Jian a lot of gold, silver and jewelry and offered generous conditions, but the man was unmoved and refused to help him kill Zhai Huaiying in Zhaoyu.
Feeling the hand around her throat exerting force, Yang Jiyan desperately shook her head, "I really came here to help Your Highness out of the current predicament. I am not instructed by anyone. Your Highness, why don't you just listen to what I have to say before you make any inferences."
Zhu Yu was losing interest. If there really was no one behind Yang Jiyan, he didn't think such a weak woman could help him out of his current predicament.
But he was also very curious. Qingliu was a group of people who were good at protecting themselves and never liked to get involved in trouble. So why did Yang Yuanchen send his daughter to get involved in this matter?
Zhu Yu raised his hand slightly, and the guard let go of Yang Jiyan.
Yang Jiyan rubbed her wrist which was clenched so hard that it hurt. She caught a glimpse of Zhu Yu's impatient expression and said hurriedly, "I heard that Zhai Huaiying was imprisoned in Zhaoyu Prison. No one can see him except Yu Qizhe. I think it's only a matter of time before he betrays Your Highness."
There was a murderous look in Zhu Yu's eyes. He didn't expect that Yang Jiyan was so familiar with this case and was sure that he was the one who embezzled salt and silver.
Yang Jiyan noticed the flash of light and knew that if she couldn't explain it today, Zhu Yu would probably want to kill her. Fortunately, she came prepared.
Yang Jiyan continued, "It is already very difficult to shut up Zhai Huaiying now. Even if Zhai Huaiying dies, Yu Qizhe will sooner or later find out about the Zhengtong Bank. If Your Highness wants to get out of this unscathed, there is only one way, and that is to muddy the waters so that no one can stay out of it, whether it is the Shen Party, the Qingliu Party, the Feng Party, or Cheng Zhangyin. As long as these people are dragged into this, even if the emperor is furious, he will not be able to get to the bottom of it, otherwise it will shake the foundation of the court."
As Zhu Yu listened, his eyes gradually brightened. This was indeed a good idea.
Yang Jiyan smiled, "Instead of letting Yu Qizhe interrogate you, Your Highness should take the initiative to go to His Majesty and plead guilty. You are a prince after all, and His Majesty cannot ignore the relationship between father and son. What's more, you are the crown prince. If His Majesty insists on touching you, he must also consider the face of Marquis Dingbei."
"What do you want by helping me like this?" Zhu Yu narrowed his eyes and asked Yang Jiyan.
Yang Jiyan naturally had something to ask for, otherwise she would not have risked coming to see Zhu Yu. Fortunately, she knew that her words had moved Zhu Yu, so she said bluntly: "Your Highness, please help me to divorce Zhou Yun. Besides, I have a grudge against Yu Qizhe and don't want to see him promoted. I think Your Highness feels the same way."
Zhu Yu indeed hated Yu Qizhe bitterly. He said, "We are indeed fellow travelers, but unfortunately my father values him so much that I cannot do anything to him. When I take power in the future, Yu Qizhe will definitely not have a good ending!"
Yang Jiyan was delighted, "I hope that His Highness will ascend to the throne soon."
Zhu Xun felt relieved after hearing this. He smiled and said, "I will ask someone to take care of your divorce with Zhou Yun tomorrow. Don't worry, I will make sure you leave the Zhou family."
Yang Jiyan knelt down and said, "In that case, I would like to thank Your Highness in advance."
Zhu Yu looked at the guard beside him and said, "I was slow just now. Please send Miss Yang back."
The guard respectfully led Yang Jiyan out of the house and sent her back home before returning to report.
"Your Highness, do you think that Yang Jiyan's plan is really worthwhile?" The guard was Zhu Yu's confidant, and he felt that there was something strange behind a woman like Yang Jiyan suddenly coming out to offer advice.
Zhu Yu was writing a booklet, and the first names on the booklet were the ministers of the Qingliu clan. He did not even raise his head and said, "This method is feasible, why not use it? You have already found out everything about that woman and the Zhou family. She wants to divorce Zhou Yun, so it makes sense for her to ask me for help."
"But she is not from the court, how could she know so much about this matter?" said the guard.
Zhu Yu blew away the ink marks on the paper and said, "I don't care who is behind her, as long as she can help me get out of this predicament, I will kill her later."
The next day, Zhu Xun went to the Yangxin Palace with the letter of apology he had written the day before.
After reading the memorial, Emperor Mingzheng found it ridiculous, as almost all the civil and military officials in the court were mentioned in the memorial.
"I was foolish and embezzled the salt and silver from Jiangnan. I beg Your Majesty to punish me." Zhu Yu knelt on the ground, his face full of fear and trepidation, but he said, "These ministers in the court respect me as the crown prince on the surface, but they are trying to manipulate me behind my back. I have already reached adulthood and want to get involved in government affairs, so I have no choice but to please them. Unfortunately, I am really short of money, so I listened to Zhai Huaiying's slander. He gave me money many times. I am not a saint, so I made a big mistake."
Emperor Mingzheng's face turned pale when he saw Cheng Ying's name on the memorial. The Suihou Pearl, Six-Dragon Sword, and Double-Chilong Jade Wall attached to the name were exactly what Cheng Ying had described that time, without any error.
When Yu Qizhe, Liu Yu, Shen Tian and a dozen ministers were summoned into the Yangxin Palace, Emperor Mingzheng was grabbing the jade dragon paperweight on the table and smashing it hard on Zhu Yu's head. Zhu Yu knelt on the ground and was unable to dodge, and his forehead was bleeding.
Seeing these ministers coming in, Emperor Mingzheng threw Zhu Yu's letter of apology to the ground and said angrily: "Look at what my good son has done all these years. Tens of millions of taels of silver have all been exchanged for these items and flowed into your palace!"
Yu Qizhe first picked up the memorial on the ground and began to read it. After reading it, his eyes darkened slightly. He glanced meaningfully at Zhu Yu who was covering his forehead, and handed the memorial to Liu Yu.
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