"I'll consider it." Sang Yan understood.
Sang Yin nodded. She saw through Lin Hui. After all the trouble she had caused, Song Qi and Chen Siqing would definitely not cover up the financial issues and take the blame for them.
Moreover, Lin Hui is definitely not a stable person after returning to the capital, and will sooner or later cause trouble to the Third Prince's Palace.
In the past, I was really blind.
"Has she caused you any trouble these past two days?" Sang Yan asked.
Sang Yin was a little embarrassed to speak: "Lin Hui kept cursing at the two adults, and was tied up and thrown into the room by Master Chen."
Sang Yan's face darkened when he heard this and he stood up: "I'll go take a look."
Sang Yin stood up and followed him out.
Ye Qianning just went up the stairs and saw the two of them entering a room one after another. Then he heard Lin Hui crying faintly in his ears, and he snorted and shook his head.
Although the Third Prince seems gentle, he is not a man without means. Lin Hui is a cancer, and the only one he cannot bear to hurt is himself.
"What are you looking at?" Xiang Minghou came from behind.
"It's okay. Dad just received the news that they arrived in the capital safely." Ye Qianning gave him the news he had just received.
Xiang Minghou took it over: "If he knew you were coming back, he would definitely not be able to sit still."
"The news from the Third Prince should be reaching the capital soon, but I don't think the Northern Li Emperor will spread the news."
"If he doesn't say it, Zhan Chi can't keep his mouth shut."
"I'll go write back to Zhan Die right now." Ye Qianning said with a smile.
The information in Emperor Beili's hands will not leak out, but the information in Zhan Chi's hands cannot be hidden. Now, people are watching them wherever they go.
If he wanted to hide it, they would publicize it, which would never satisfy Emperor Beili.
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Beili Capital.
On August 7, Zhan Chi and Li Mu and their entourage entered the capital. As soon as Sang Zhi entered the city gate, he was taken away by the royal guards.
After beheading Chi, Li Mu returned to the palace to report.
Li Mu's trip to Beili involved not only the money he earned from contracting Nanyuan Aquatic Products and renting Xianhai Tower, but also tens of millions in additional expenses. When the Emperor of Beili saw the bill, he threw it in Li Mu's face.
Contracting Nanyuan Aquatic Products and Xianhai Tower cost eighty-eighths of the national treasury's money. How could one not feel distressed when he spent tens of millions of dollars in just two months?
Beili needs money everywhere, and currently all the profits are invested in Nanyuan's aquatic products.
Li Mu handed the aquatic products plan to Emperor Beili, who calmed down a little after reading it.
"Your Majesty, the first batch of aquatic products from Nanyuan will arrive at the border of Beili within ten days. All the ports of Nanyuan under the control of Beili have returned to normal. The amount of money coming in every day is several thousand taels. It will get better day by day." Li Mu knelt on the ground, sweat pouring down his forehead.
Emperor Beili heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this: "If you can't fill this gap of tens of millions within two months, I will raid your mansion."
The money he earns belongs to the national treasury, and the royal family will not recognize the money he spends recklessly.
"Your Majesty, I... your humble servant... I also have a share of the money and the general is not alone." Li Mu kowtowed.
Zhan Chi was standing aside eating melon when he suddenly heard his name called. The villain accused him and laughed coldly: "Master Li, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want."
"Your Majesty, please execute the general for colluding with outsiders to defraud me. Otherwise, I would never dare to touch so much money."
The Emperor of Beili looked down and killed Chi.
"Your Majesty." Zhan Chi stepped forward and knelt on one knee. "Your Majesty, you are well aware. It was Lord Li who wanted to buy the treasure of the shop as a gift to the old prince Nanyuanfeng. He never imagined that the treasure he had his eyes on was the one favored by the envoy from Dongwei. Lord Li used his money to forcefully buy it, and the envoy from Dongwei was not to be outdone. The two groups started a fight in the shop, smashing all the rare treasures in the room. The shop is demanding compensation, and Lord Li wants me to use force. If I do so, won't people laugh at us Beili people for being cowards who dare to act but not take responsibility?"
"Your Majesty, that's not the case. Zhan Chi did it on purpose..."
"Sir Li, did I deliberately let you and the Dongwei envoy rob you?" Zhan Chi interrupted him coldly, "Or did I deliberately let your men and the Dongwei envoy fight in the antique shop?"
“I…you…”
"Was it my instruction that Lord Li used money to attack people?" Zhan Chi snorted coldly.
Li Mu's face twitched, and he wanted to cry but couldn't. "Your Majesty, I am innocent. It is really the Zhan Chi Alliance..."
"That's enough." Emperor Beili interrupted in a deep voice.
Li Mu trembled with fear.
"Lord Li made a mistake and has repeatedly shirked responsibility, which has greatly disappointed me."
"Your Majesty, please forgive me."
"Li Mu has performed his duties incompetently. He will be fined three years' salary and should step down." Emperor Beili said impatiently.
"Your humble servant obeys your command...Your humble servant will take his leave." Li Mu kowtowed, got up from the ground, and walked out the door.
Zhan Chi curled his lips secretly. He was fined for three years and asked to pay tens of millions in two months. Such a sum was something that no other prince could afford.
The emperor was certain that Li Mu could do it, and that the royal mission was indeed not easy.
"Zhan Chi, I heard that Ye Qianning has returned from the sea." Emperor Beili asked.
"yes."
"Are you sure it's her?"
"yes."
"Gu Shuo settled in Dayu City a few years ago. I heard that Dean Chen also lives in Dayu City. Did they already know that Ye Qianning was not dead?"
"Your Majesty, I dare not say too much. Back then, everyone thought she was dead. We searched for her for many years. From what Old Chen said, it was only many years ago that we found a clue. I'm not sure, but a little bit of information is also a hope for Old Chen and the others." Zhan Chi answered truthfully.
"What information did you find out?" asked Emperor Beili.
"I don't know."
"You really don't know?" Emperor Beili didn't believe it.
"Your Majesty, I really don't know."
Emperor Beili narrowed his eyes slightly, stared at him for a while, and then asked, "Ye Qianning returned from the sea. Do you know that he came from that island on the sea?"
"I don't know."
"Do you really not know, or are you deliberately deceiving me?" Emperor Beili raised his voice a few notches higher.
"Your Majesty, I really don't know. The child has always resented my attitude when I first met her. Although she has grown up and is not as willful as before, she is still not close to me in her heart and will not tell me anything when there is something." As for the island, Zhan Chi really didn't know.
"Not close? The Zhan family is obsessed with the child and is not close to you. Instead, they follow the traitor Xiang Minghou. It's really hateful. Don't worry, as long as the child comes back, I will take charge of your Zhan family and let her return to her roots." Emperor Beili did not mention the imperial edict.
"Your Majesty has figured it out. I didn't recognize you back then, and I won't recognize you even if I come back. Your Majesty doesn't need to worry about this little thing about the Zhan family." Zhan Chi cursed in his heart.
Emperor Beili was very displeased. He said solemnly, "I am doing this for the merits of the Zhan family and for the sake of the imperial concubine. It seems that the Zhan family does not appreciate my kindness at all. In this case, you'd better remember what I said today. If Ye Qianning is not included in the Zhan family tree, he will never be included in the Zhan family tree."
Zhan Chi clenched his hands in his sleeves, his face expressionless, bowed, and said in a high voice: "Yes, I will remember this."
"Back off." Emperor Beili's face was completely gloomy.
"I will take my leave."
Zhan Chi saluted, stood up, took a few steps back, then turned and walked out of the hall.
Family tree?
How could family affection be bound by the family tree? In his eyes, the family tree is just a piece of waste paper!
Emperor Beili slammed his hand on the armrest, his anger undisguised. He did not sense from either Zhan Yi or Zhan Chi that they wanted the child to return to the Zhan family.
After trying so hard to find the person, Mrs. Zhan became sick with longing for him, and in the end she doesn't want to let the child return to the Zhan family?
He deliberately did not mention the matters of the mutual generation of yin and yang and the secret purpose in front of Zhan Chi, just wanting to see his attitude. As expected, it was disappointing. The Zhan family was not trustworthy.
"Come and draft the decree."
"yes."
"Zhan Chi was negligent in his duties and disobeyed the imperial order during his trip to Nanyuan. He is under house arrest for three months and is not allowed to leave the palace without an imperial decree. During this period of house arrest, all military affairs will be handed over to Deputy General Guo Huai." Emperor Beili did not trust Zhan Chi, so he would not let him be in charge of the tiger talisman of the military camp.
That afternoon, Zhan Chi had just returned to the Zhan family when the eunuch who was in charge of announcing the imperial edict arrived with him.
Zhan Chi was not too surprised by this, and Zhan Yi and Madam Zhan were also quite surprised. Nowadays, if any member of the royal family showed any sign of disobedience, they would immediately be demoted to a lower position.
We have seen too much over the years. The emperor does not trust anyone. Even if he sacrifices his life, he will not let go of his suspicion.
Li Mu and Zhan Chi were both punished when they returned from Nanyuan. Seeing this, some officials dared not step forward when something happened.
They were very cautious every time they went to court. Some officials who only wanted to protect themselves dared not say a word unless the emperor called their names.
There are only a few people in the court who can speak. Among them, the powerful people are divided into three groups: Prime Minister Gao, the Grand Tutor, and the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Revenue. Whenever these three groups have different opinions in the court, there will definitely be a dispute, just like now.
The news that Xiang Minghou and Dean Chen had entered Beili was debated endlessly in the court. Xiang Minghou had committed the crime of treason, so how could he return to the palace easily?
There were one or two veteran officials in the Ministry of War who had had contact with Xiang Minghou. Although they did not dare to defend what happened in public, they could only mention in a tactful way that people make mistakes and ten years of exile should offset them.
Prime Minister Gao knew what the emperor was thinking, so he did not refute the Ministry of War's statement.
In some time, it will be the fifteen-yearly priest ceremony in Loushan. As the dean of that year, even if he is not a Beili person, he should come back to participate in the priest event.
With Prime Minister Gao's approval, Prime Minister Gao and his party fanned the flames, and the voices of rebuttal were silenced.
After the court session, the news that Dean Chen, Marquis Xiang Ming and the child who had died two days ago were going back to Beili spread throughout the mansions of the powerful and wealthy in the capital.
Many people had secretly known that Ye Qianning was not dead, but had never made it public. Now that the emperor mentioned several people at the morning court, the news quickly spread among the people.
For a time, all kinds of rumors spread in the capital. The emperor forgave the rebels and allowed Old Chen to participate in the Loushan sacrifice. Most people praised the emperor's kindness, and the second most common rumors about Ye Qianning were very mysterious.
Everyone in the capital knew about the child's death. It was horrifying that the body was snatched away in the street. Ten years later, it was said that the child was not dead and was alive and well.
The arrow killed him, and there was no chance of him surviving. Everyone suspected that the child was possessed by something ominous, and the people begged the emperor not to allow the child to enter the capital, so as not to bring the ominous spirit into Beili. (End of this chapter)
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