When Ying Huaiji saw Xiao Cunyu, his heart, which had always been irritable and empty before, seemed to be filled up in an instant, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily rose.
He held up the teacup and hid his smile.
Xiao Cunyu said seriously, "The old lady of the Duan family...did say something she shouldn't have said. I heard it."
"You! You clearly accepted the money as hush money!" The old lady was so angry that she started struggling.
This Mr. Xiao harmed her!
"What I meant was not to tell others. Now it's your mother-in-law who broke her promise and betrayed her master, which brought the trouble upon me. You don't think that you need me to cover up for you for one thousand taels of silver, do you? Hey, why didn't you tell me earlier? That's a different price." Xiao Cunyu said righteously.
Was it she who leaked the news?
no.
She did keep her mouth shut, but how could she lie for the Duan family in front of several princes?
Even more so.
As a human being, the worst thing you can do is to avoid having inappropriate kindness.
She could save the second daughter of the Duan family from danger for the sake of the ghost, but she certainly couldn't lie for the sake of the other members of the Duan family. Concealing and lying were two different things.
She also knew that if she testified, the Duan family would be doomed.
However, the children of the Duan family did not know how to restrain their old mother. Even though they knew that she was foolish and reckless, they still spoke nonsense in front of her, allowing the old lady to dare to discuss the matter of the crown prince. If the Duan family did not suffer, it would be against the will of heaven and there is nothing to sympathize with.
Prince Rui slammed the table and said, "How dare you, the Duan family, speak so arrogantly! How dare a mere merchant like you meddle in the affairs of the royal family?! Come, arrest them. When I return to the palace, I will report to my father and have him dealt with!"
Prince Rui was really cursing in his heart.
First, he cursed Xiao Cunyu, and second, he cursed the old lady.
To be honest, he had no communication with the Duan family at all!
He prided himself on being noble and would never take the initiative to have anything to do with such imperial merchants, but it was true that he was short of money, so he tacitly allowed his younger brother to make money for him.
Even he himself didn't know that the Duan family actually wanted to get close to him!
He is a very cautious person. He has a wife and concubines at home. Is he crazy to take a businessman as a concubine?
Can that money be compared to the support from the main concubine's or concubine's family?!
Prince Rui was furious, but Prince Qin smiled. "I need to have a good talk with Father. Why is it that while Father is still alive and the Crown Prince is fine, the Duan family insists that Third Brother will ascend the throne? Could it be that... Third Brother has secretly promised them some benefits? Or is he secretly plotting to usurp the throne?"
"Fourth brother, be careful with your words! I have no dealings with the Duan family!" Prince Rui was extremely angry. He was really unlucky recently.
If his father gets angry with him again this time, his situation will become even more difficult!
"If it's not you, then it must be the fifth brother? Yes, the fifth brother has always supported the third brother. Maybe the fifth brother said something to the Duan family that he shouldn't have said." King Qin became more and more happy.
Don't think about settling this matter peacefully.
The prince, like an outsider, had no interest in these old women at all.
Occasionally he would cough a few times, showing some weakness, and then do nothing.
There were people nearby recording the evidence of what Xiao Cunyu said, so he didn't need to go to the palace to testify. So at this moment, the prince looked at Xiao Qi and said, "It's such a small matter, but you still bothered me, Mr. Xiao Qi, to come all the way here. Thank you for your hard work."
"Brother Crown Prince, even if the Duan family is wrong, Xiao Qi is probably not clean either. He accepted money from the Duan family and now turns against the Duan family. How can we trust everything such a person says?!" Prince Rui had long listed the Xiao family as an enemy.
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