Qingfu looked at Tong Guowei's furious expression and finally began to feel scared.
"Father, I have never been involved in the operation of the restaurant. I just took over 10,000 taels of silver. I know nothing about it!"
"Only over ten thousand taels? You idiot!"
Tong Guowei was almost mad at this stupid son. The Fan family was rich enough to rival a country. Any profit they could make was more than ten thousand taels. Qingfu was dragged into trouble by someone and only made so little. It was a waste of his background!
He wanted to kick a few more times, but Qingfu held his legs tightly and he couldn't move at all.
"open!"
Qingfu hesitated when he heard this, but he didn't dare to disobey Tong Guowei and timidly let go of his arm.
Tong Guowei took a deep breath. Qingfu was only 22 years old this year, and there would still be time for training in the future. The most urgent thing now was to go to the palace to beg for mercy and find out who Tong Haifu had offended.
If he offended the Eighth Prince, it would be fine, but if he offended the Emperor...
Tong Haifu was destined to suffer this disaster, and there was nothing he could do!
Tong Guowei kicked Qingfu with all his strength.
"Get up and follow me into the palace!"
Qingfu was stunned when he heard this, and then a look of joy appeared on his face. He knew that his father would not ignore him.
As soon as the two of them left the house, the other masters of the Tong family received the news.
Except for Fifth Master Qing Heng, who was born to the same mother as Qing Fu, everyone else felt bad.
Originally, after Longkodo left, everyone had the same starting point. However, Qingfu was obviously better at pleasing their father than them, so it would be strange if they were not anxious.
When Kangxi heard that Tong Guowei wanted to see him, he was listening to Liang Jiugong's report.
When Fourteen returned to the palace, his face was red and swollen, obviously he had been taught a lesson.
Kangxi was surprised when he heard this.
"You mean Fourteen was beaten by Fourteen?"
"Fourteenth Master went straight to the Fourth Prince's residence after leaving the palace, and didn't go anywhere else."
Liang Jiugong pulled the corners of his lips.
The Fourteenth Prince relied on the favor of His Majesty to act tyrannically in the palace. The Twelfth Prince, the Thirteenth Prince, and even the two princes younger than him, all gave in to him. The princes who came to the court to do official business were knowledgeable and would not hold the same opinion as the Fourteenth Prince, so the Fourteenth Prince had never suffered such injustice.
But today, after being taught a lesson by the Fourth Prince, the Fourteenth Master did not come to the Palace of Heavenly Purity to complain. Liang Jiugong was surprised.
"Oh, this is strange..."
A hint of interest flashed in Kangxi's eyes, but it quickly disappeared.
If Fourteenth Prince came to complain, he could ask the reason. If he didn't come, Kangxi would not rush to investigate.
After all, there are only a few reasons why the two brothers could quarrel. The fact that they could fight proves that Yinzhen still cares about brotherhood. If he keeps it in his heart and tries to trip them up behind their backs, that would be a real feud between brothers.
Ever since Kangxi learned that in history, Yinzhen would inherit the throne, he began to pay attention to Yinzhen intentionally or unintentionally.
In recent years, Yinzhen has rarely made mistakes in his work and his ability is acceptable. Although he is not as good as Yinreng, Yinzhi and Yinsi, he is already considered acceptable among his other sons.
But there was one thing that he was not satisfied with, that was Yinzhen's intolerance of any grain of sand in his eyes, which was comparable to Yinreng's bad temper.
Kangxi sat behind the table, watching Tong Guowei and Qingfu walk up to him and kneel down.
"Your servant pays homage to His Majesty."
"Get up, uncle, why are you so anxious to come to the palace to see me? What happened?"
Kangxi glanced at Qingfu inconspicuously.
Kangxi didn't know much about this cousin who was about the same age as his son.
All we know is that he was good at writing, riding and shooting, and was considered outstanding among Tong Guowei's seven sons.
He has always taken good care of the Tong family. Two years ago, he arranged for Qingfu to be a royal guard - but only a third-class one.
Now he has been promoted to second-class guard.
Longkodo's starting point was first class, and the gap between Qingfu and him was not small.
Tong Guowei didn't dare to stand up directly, he raised his head slightly,
"I am guilty, and I beg Your Majesty to punish me."
"Guilty? Where does that come from?"
Kangxi frowned.
"I heard that the Eighth Prince arrested my unworthy nephew today. I wanted to investigate what he had done wrong, but I found out that Qingfu, the evildoer, had accepted money he shouldn't have!"
Kangxi narrowed his eyes.
It was he who instructed Lao Ba to arrest Tong Haifu. He is probably already being interrogated now. The result of the interrogation has not come out yet, but Qing Fu was exposed first.
"Qingfu, right..."
Qingfu shuddered and kowtowed quickly.
"The servant is here!"
"Who did you accept the money from, and how much did you accept?"
"Your Majesty, I accepted 13,500 taels of silver from Tong Haifu. It was... the profit from him tricking me into joining the restaurant!"
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