The eunuch chief was so arrogant that he dared not come forward. He gritted his teeth and poured the tea, but it was knocked over before he could even get it to Li Chen. He knelt down in fear and said, "Your Majesty, calm down."
"Calm down, calm down. Don't you have anything else to say besides this?"
The chief steward was really scared. If he didn't come up with a solution, he wasn't sure if he could see the sun tomorrow. "Your Majesty, I have a way to make up for your loss."
Li Chen looked at him suspiciously: "You say it! If you don't say it well, then give your disciple a place."
The chief steward was shaking like a sieve. He said intermittently, "The Dengxian Pavilion is very important to your majesty. Now that Prince Xie has lost the money you used to build the Dengxian Pavilion, why not let the Duke of Lu's Mansion and Prince Xie bear the responsibility for this money?"
Li Chen didn't hear anything unpleasant, so he let him continue.
The chief steward heaved a sigh of relief. "If the Duke of Lu's Mansion disagrees, you can just take back the Xie family's military power. Whoever can pay the money will get the Xie family's army. This is all a matter of His Majesty's imperial decree."
"In short, no one can stop your majesty from ascending to heaven."
Li Chen had never figured out how to punish Xie Yunzheng, but now he felt suddenly enlightened.
The only solution now is to quickly ascend to heaven. Even if he is discovered, no one will dare to blame him.
A sneer appeared on his face. "As expected of you, you are the chief eunuch. Invite the Duke of Lu and his wife into the palace first. They cannot go back until Xie Yun is back."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The moment he walked out of the palace gate, the eunuch chief's legs were still shaking. It was not easy to finally see His Majesty smile.
Xie Yunzheng was still dawdling on the road when suddenly the family guards came on horseback to inform him that the Duke and his wife had been locked up in the palace.
He didn't dare to stay any longer and rushed back to Beijing.
When Li Chen saw him kneeling on the ground and apologizing, he suddenly felt a sense of pleasure for some reason.
Since childhood, Xie Yunzheng has been a model of praise by all the families in the capital. He not only makes Xie Yunzhao look like the most useless playboy, but also makes other young men look inferior to him.
Although no one dared to say that he, the crown prince, was not as good as Xie Yunzheng, he could not see the admiration in everyone's eyes when they looked at Xie Yunzheng.
Others only have respect and expectations for him due to the difference in their status, hoping that he can make further progress.
Compared with them, Xie Yunzheng was more like a child of destiny, but now, he knelt at his feet, kowtowed and apologized.
How can I not be unhappy?
"You've made such a big mistake. Have you ever thought about how to make amends?" The cold voice that belonged to the emperor slowly came into his ears.
save?
Xie Yunzheng was stunned. He had little experience in leading troops at sea and could not defeat so many experienced pirates. How could he save it? Could he even take it back?
"Your Majesty, I do not understand."
Li Chen smiled calmly: "It seems that you don't realize how much trouble you have caused..."
When Xie Yunzheng came out of the palace, his steps were unsteady and his blue brocade robe was soaked with sweat.
The Duke of Lu and his wife were brought out in advance. Knowing that their son had returned, they waited outside the palace gate for him.
Seeing that he was not in a good state, he quickly stepped forward and asked, "Son, what's wrong with you?"
His voice was weak and feeble: "Dad, Mom, I am an unfilial son. Are you all right?"
"Your mother and I are fine, we've just been hungry for two days."
The Duke's wife couldn't stop crying: "It's not your fault. We are thankful that you can come back alive." There are very few people who can come back alive after encountering pirates.
Xie Yunzheng was relieved, his forehead was covered with sweat, and just as he held his father's arm, he fainted.
Only then did Akabane Akashō see that his back was already torn apart...
......
The Xie family's military power was taken back and taken over by the emperor himself.
The military power will be returned only when the debt is paid off or the Ascension Pavilion is built according to the emperor's requirements. Otherwise, the Duke of Lu's Mansion will no longer exist.
The matter has finally come to an end. No one will worry about how the Duke of Lu's Mansion still owes money. They only care about the mood of His Majesty when he goes to court.
When he is in a good mood, everyone doesn't have to worry too much and feels more at ease.
The commander-in-chief's seal, the duke's seal, and the prince's seal were all taken back.
The Duke of Lu stared at the storehouse in despair. There was no silver available except some dead objects.
She could pay back the money Yongjia asked for, but it was far from enough.
Finally, we decided to build the Dengxian Pavilion for Your Majesty, so that the labor and materials can be under your own hands and will not be embezzled by the officials of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works.
A dignified first-rank duke is now going to build a house.
He kept sighing in the room, and the Duke's wife kept wiping away tears. If Yun Zhao was there...
It seemed like he couldn't help much, but she just missed her son.
A month later, the Duke of Lu withdrew the 500,000 taels of silver that was deposited in the money shop, sold some of the family property, selected a site, and prepared to build the Dengxian Pavilion.
Shen Shurong's period did not come this month, and she was a little worried, so she went to find a reliable doctor in the palace.
The doctor took the patient's pulse carefully. As he felt the patient's pulse, his face started to heat up and his hands started to tremble. How could it be...
Happy pulse?
Could it be that he made a mistake?
He swallowed unconsciously, wiped his hands again, and did it again. It was over. He was afraid that the princess would kill him to silence him.
Shen Shurong noticed the change in his expression, raised his head and sighed, and asked calmly: "Are you pregnant?"
The court doctor quickly stood up and knelt down and kowtowed: "Princess, spare my life."
"It's okay, just tell the truth." Shen Shurong rubbed his eyes. It seemed that she was really pregnant.
"It's still early in the month, so I can't be sure, but, I think..."
"I understand. There's nothing to be afraid of. Just say that the Second Master is still alive and this is his child."
? ? ? The court doctor looked up in shock. Does this mean the baby can be born?
Then, wouldn’t the second master be cuckolded even after his death?
Realizing that he was being rude, he quickly bowed his head and said, "Yes, the princess and the second master's child is very important. Princess, please take care of yourself. I will have someone make you some medicine to keep you healthy."
"Thank you. Go on."
After the court doctor left, Chen Shurong called Fu Shun to announce to the world that her husband Xie Yunzhao was still alive.
The masked man who was teaching little Carrie archery on the island was shocked when he heard the news five days later. How could Rongrong announce that he was still alive without asking him?
Could it be that she was in danger?
He hurriedly ordered people to prepare a boat to go out to sea and return to Jia County.
He took off his mask, landed in a swagger, walked into Jia County in a swagger, and then strode into the Princess's Mansion with his head held high.
Everyone was surprised wherever he went, and then burst into tears of joy, because the Second Master was really still alive!
He hurried to see Shen Shurong, and when he saw her, he gave her a bear hug: “Are you okay?”
"I'm fine."
"Then why..." He let go of her and looked her up and down.
Chen Shurong nodded helplessly: “If you don’t come back, I will be a thief and be thrown into the pond.”
"And he is a bastard without a father."
Xie Yunzhao raised his hand to cover his mouth, revealing two eyeballs full of surprise: "I'm so amazing, I succeeded in sowing again?"
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