After Li Tianyou finished speaking, he glared at Huo Yunxuan, worried that the Emperor might actually believe this fellow's words and think that his daughter was the kind of fickle person.
Xu Heming will also break off his engagement with his daughter because of this.
Although he didn't like Xu Heming either, his daughter had already been rejected once. If she were rejected again for the same reason, she would never find a good match again.
"Your Majesty, every word I have spoken is true. I dare not deceive Your Majesty. I know that Your Majesty has bestowed a marriage contract upon Prince An and Zhiwei. To express my apology, I am willing to offer another five thousand taels of silver to compensate His Highness Prince An," Huo Yunxuan said passionately.
Xu Heming's face darkened even more.
Five thousand taels of silver, and you think you can steal my wife away?
Is the Prince An's mansion short of five thousand taels?
Huo Yunxuan thought to himself that Li Zhiwei had been jilted once before, and besides, she had no dowry. He was already making a profit by giving Prince An five thousand taels of silver.
The thought that Li Zhiwei had actually led people to empty his wine cellar left him seething with anger.
The best solution is to marry her. From then on, she can decide her own life.
"Prince An, what do you think of this idea?" Zhu Jingchen asked, barely suppressing a laugh.
He was speechless at Huo Yunxuan's petty behavior.
Their national treasury is poor, but not this poor. They just need 100,000 taels of silver to slap the face of a capable assistant.
Zhu Jingchen felt that Huo Yunxuan was not only slapping Xu Heming in the face, but also him.
Not to mention Li Tianyou, who is now extremely angry.
"No good!" Xu Heming said without thinking.
"Your Majesty, I, your humble servant, am willing to donate 100,000 taels of gold to beg Your Majesty to grant my daughter justice," Li Tianyou said, kneeling in the main hall.
Li Tianyou's words caused the officials to gasp in shock. Ten thousand taels of gold!
That's a full one million taels of silver.
I had heard before that Li Tianyou had given half of his family fortune to Li Zhiwei as a dowry. Now, Li Tianyou actually asked for 100,000 taels of gold just to give his daughter justice.
The Emperor's smile deepened. "One hundred thousand taels of gold, that's excellent!"
"Lord Li!" Huo Yunxuan looked at Li Tianyou with dissatisfaction. In his opinion, once he married Li Zhiwei, the Li family's wealth would all be his.
Li Tianyou donated without hesitation.
Did you ask for his opinion?
"Your Majesty, I do not have 100,000 taels of gold in my household. However, I am willing to donate 100,000 cartloads of grain and fodder to ask Your Majesty to restore my princess's innocence," Xu Heming said, kneeling down as well.
Zhu Jingchen raised an eyebrow. Ten thousand cartloads of grain and fodder is quite a lot, and it's no less than the amount of silver needed for ten thousand taels of gold.
Zhu Jingchen felt that he had made a huge profit.
"Your Majesty, my love for Miss Li is stronger than gold. If Your Majesty does not believe me, you can ask Miss Li yourself." Huo Yunxuan's expression was also somewhat unpleasant.
However, he felt that Li Zhiwei must have a good impression of her, after all, his family background was not bad either.
Moreover, when they were in Li'an County, Li Zhiwei didn't seem to mind his approach, so she must have feelings for him.
Li Tianyou was furious.
She was also worried that her daughter might actually have fallen for Huo Yunxuan, that good-looking guy.
What's so good about Huo Yunxuan?
If you're going to marry your daughter to him, you might as well marry her to Prince An.
Although he has a son, he doesn't have so many tricks up his sleeve. He personally heard Huo Yunxuan tell others that as long as he marries Li Zhiwei, the entire Li family will belong to him.
From now on, everything belonging to the Li family will go to their daughter; he can forget about it!
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