1573 The former crown prince is not the emperor's son, but an enemy, right?
It has been verified that the wood used by the Lu family to build ships is indeed the priceless agarwood.
The Lu family used special medicinal materials to protect the agarwood. As long as they used medicine to wash off the protective film on the outside, the ship could be cut into pieces and sold.
The price of agarwood in Kyushu is equivalent to that of gold. The larger the agarwood, the larger the gold. This ship is made of gold, and its value is far higher than the gold on the ship.
This is definitely something to be happy about, but...
According to the agreement between the Ninth Prince and Feng Qingchen, Feng Qingchen would only take the gold, and the rest would all belong to the Ninth Prince. Needless to say, this ship also belonged to the Ninth Prince.
In addition, Feng Qingchen also has to bear the food and military salaries for nearly 40,000 people for the next two months.
It wasn't that the Ninth Prince wanted to settle the matter with Feng Qingchen, but Feng Qingchen insisted. After all, this wasn't just a matter between the two of them, it was a matter for the Fengli clan. The Ninth Prince had contributed both manpower and effort to help her seize the Lu family's wealth, and she couldn't let the Ninth Prince's efforts go in vain.
The Ninth Prince agreed to this condition in order to give an explanation to his subordinates. His subordinates shed blood and sweat, and he couldn't let them work in vain.
However, what they didn't expect was that the Lu family's wealth would be so rare. Although the gold was not small, it was nothing compared to the ship.
The Ninth Prince also said that he didn't want the ship, or only wanted half of it, but Feng Qingchen disagreed: "We have to do what we said before. You can't change the agreement just because you get more benefits. This is unfair."
Depressed for sure, but Feng Qingchen was not sad or regretful. You know, the Ninth Prince said that he only wanted items other than gold in order to reassure her.
Everyone knows that the Lu family’s wealth is gold. Apart from gold, anything else, no matter how valuable it is, is just some jewels.
The Ninth Prince gave her the most valuable thing in the first place, and now he has obtained something even more valuable, so she has nothing to feel uncomfortable about, but...
"Since you think you've gotten a good deal, why not give me this box of diamonds." According to the agreement, this box of diamonds also belongs to the Ninth Prince, but diamonds are obviously not valuable in the Kyushu Continent. Such a large box can be bought with a piece of gold.
"I've already told you it's worthless, what do you want to do with it?" The Ninth Prince didn't feel sorry for these things, he was just curious about what Feng Qingchen was going to do with them.
In the past two days, whenever Feng Qingchen saw this box of diamonds, his eyes became strange.
Feng Qingchen thought of the value of diamonds in the Kyushu Continent and the value of diamonds in the future, and gritted his teeth and said, "I will keep it as a family heirloom. I will pass it on to my descendants."
She just didn't believe that this box of diamonds couldn't be sold for a high price.
"Heirloom? Can't you keep something valuable?" The Ninth Prince looked at him with infinite contempt.
In other words: Can't you have a little taste? You keep this junk as an heirloom, aren't you afraid that your descendants will laugh at you?
"You don't understand." Feng Qingchen felt very sad: "Anyway, I just want to stay." This box of diamonds was a pain in her heart.
"Okay. I will pick out some of the best raw jade for you tomorrow." The Ninth Prince stopped persuading her, but secretly he still planned to give Feng Qingchen something presentable.
The legitimate daughter of Feng Li, what she left for her descendants was just a box of worthless stones. If she told others about it, she would be laughed to death.
There was a free benefit to be had, Feng Qingchen did not refuse and accepted it with a smile.
The Ninth Prince's navy was very efficient. They salvaged the boat from the bottom of the lake that day and loaded the agarwood boat and gold onto the boats. The Ninth Prince's navy took away the agarwood boat and ten boxes of gold, and the rest was escorted to Shandong by eighteen riders and handed over to Tong Jue and Tong Yao.
The Eighteen Riders had not expected Feng Qingchen to give them such a big mission. They were surprised and delighted, and even stammered, "Big Miss, aren't you afraid that we will run away with the gold?"
I thought I would hear Feng Qingchen say something to show that he believed them, but Feng Qingchen gave them a cold look and said, "The Jiuzhou Continent is so small, I can find you wherever you go. Even if you have the life to take the gold, you won't have the life to spend it."
Seeing the Eighteen Riders stunned, Feng Qingchen sneered and said, "You know, as a doctor, I have thousands of ways to make you live a life worse than death. Of course, in addition to you, I will not let your family go. The emperor likes to punish nine clans, and I also like to punish the whole clan. If you betray me, I will not let your nine clans, even the Si family, go."
"Uh..." The Eighteenth Rider had a frown on his face and looked at Feng Qingchen in disbelief.
They thought Feng Qingchen was a kind and beautiful woman, but it turned out that she was as vicious as the Ninth Prince.
The idea of being a rich and beautiful woman who can get along with anyone is all bullshit...
Meeting Feng Qingchen's cold eyes, the Eighteen Riders were definitely upset.
Illusion! The friendliness and kindness, and the importance attached to human life, were all illusions. Feng Qingchen and the Ninth Prince were essentially the same, except that one was good at pretending, while the other disdained pretending.
As expected...birds of a feather flock together. These two are a perfect match!
The eighteen riders, full of resentment, set off with a boatload of gold. Feng Li Youge, as a hostage, followed Feng Qingchen to Dongling.
Feng Li Youge had never been outside since he was a child. Before he met Feng Qingchen, the farthest place he had been was the wolf tribe.
Although he followed Feng Qingchen to the Beiling Imperial Capital, he was afraid that his identity would be exposed and bring trouble to Feng Qingchen, so he did not dare to run around. This time, when he heard that he was going to Dongling, Feng Li Youge became much bolder.
The people of Dongling probably don't know that he is a member of the Fengli clan, right? The Ninth Prince is the Prince of Dongling, and Aunt Qingchen also has a high status in Dongling. Even if he gets into trouble, Aunt Qingchen can protect him, right?
Feng Li Youge was full of expectations, and so was Snow Wolf.
As long as it can get away from the sea, the Snow Wolf will be happy anywhere. As a beast, it hates places full of water!
Feng Qingchen and the Ninth Prince were also looking forward to returning to Dongling. After being away for more than half a year, they didn't know what changes had taken place in the people and things in Dongling...
This expectation disappeared when they reached land.
As soon as the Ninth Prince arrived on land, the secret guards contacted him and brought back news from the capital.
The emperor was seriously ill, and despite the opposition of his ministers, he appointed the eighth prince, born to Consort Xie, as the crown prince. At the same time, he ordered Prince Zhou and Prince Yong to return to their fiefdoms immediately and not to enter the capital without an imperial edict.
In addition to driving away these two sons, the emperor also issued an edict to the Prince of Qing and the former crown prince who were far away in Jiangnan, ordering the death of the former crown prince and demoting the Prince of Qing to the rank of a prince!
The only person the emperor did not remember was the exiled Prince Luo. According to Prince Luo's crimes, even if the emperor did nothing, he would have no chance of turning things around.
The emperor spared no adult sons. Those who posed a threat were executed, and those who did not were sent far away to prevent them from having the chance to interfere with the imperial power.
"Is the emperor crazy?" Feng Qingchen's eyes widened when he saw the news.
Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. The former crown prince is not the emperor's son, so he must be an enemy, right?
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