Chapter 1191 Guess

After Zhou Shuren left the yamen, he urged the carriage to go faster. When he got home, he had his arms bulging with banknotes and he quickly returned to the main courtyard.

When Zhou Shuren came in, he saw his wife with her back to him. He walked over carefully and covered her eyes with both hands, "You can only open your eyes when I say so."

The maids and Mrs. Song in the room were stunned. Mrs. Song was the first to react. She waved her hand and signaled the little maids to follow her out.

Zhulan patted her skinny hands that were covering her eyes, "Okay, I get it, let go."

Zhou Shuren loosened his hand and made sure that his wife did not open her eyes before he took out all the banknotes from his arms. The pile of banknotes was quite spectacular, but it was difficult for Zhou Shuren to hold them all in his arms!

Zhou Shuren, "Okay, you can open your eyes now."

Zhulan opened her eyes and saw the table full of banknotes. Her eyes widened. "What is this? How much is this banknote?"

Zhou Shuren had never told his wife how much money he wanted, just for today's surprise, "Three hundred thousand taels!"

Zhulan felt her breathing pause and she covered her chest. She had worked so hard to save up the family fortune, but it was not as much as the money her husband made in one go. "You are amazing, you are amazing."

Zhou Shuren shook his head, "That's right, don't you see who your husband is? Your husband is Zhou Shuren, Zhou Shuren!"

Zhu Lan chuckled, "Yes, yes, I am blessed to marry Zhou Shuren in my previous life. Oh, let me see my husband's hands that can grab silver. Mm, they are so skinny, but they are good for grabbing silver."

Zhou Shuren rolled his eyes. "The first part sounds good, but you don't have to say the last part."

Zhulan was already counting the banknotes quickly, mumbling, "Half of the banknotes will be exchanged for gold, and half for silver. Oh, by the way, how much are you going to give to Rongchuan?"

Zhou Shuren sat down and counted out 100,000 taels. "100,000 taels."

As for the fact that the banknotes were poisonous, he did not tell his wife so as not to make her worry. He restrained himself and touched the banknotes again. Cheating money is risky, but the higher the risk, the higher the reward!

Zhulan nodded, "Okay."

At the Fifth Prince's Mansion, when Gu Ren arrived, Zhang Yang was in a rage, with the whip in his hand covered in blood. A woman who had fainted was lying on the ground, and Gu Ren frowned.

Zhang Yang threw away the whip, "Here it comes."

Gu Ren was in a good mood today. "Well, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Zhang Yang moved his fingers, "I don't have much money left."

Gu Ren narrowed his eyes, "I only gave you 50,000 taels a month. You stay in the prince's mansion all day, 50,000 taels a month?"

If this junk wasn't useful, he really wouldn't be willing to give the silver.

Zhang Yang sneered, "You've seen how many beauties I've kept. Isn't that all money? You treat me as a chess piece, and a chess piece that's almost useless. Why don't you give me this little bit of money that makes me happy? Well, if you don't give it to me, don't blame me for being crazy."

Gu Ren smiled and said, "I'm not refusing to give you money. You're my nephew. I just don't have enough money. But since you asked, I have to give you the money."

As he spoke, Gu Ren took out a box from his arms and counted out fifty thousand taels of silver.

Gu Ren handed the silver to Zhang Yang, "You also know that the caravan is trapped in Pinggang. I really have no silver in my hand. This is the 100,000 taels that Rong Enqing lent me. I will give you 50,000 taels now. I will give you more silver after the caravan leaves Pinggang."

Zhang Yang took the banknote, shook it, and smiled, "Thank you, uncle."

He hated the Zhang family, who used him as a pawn but ended up leaving him without an heir. He also hated the royal family. The insults he had received in recent days had made his hatred even stronger. He lowered his eyelids and thought, these people deserved to die!

Gu Ren didn't want to stay any longer, he felt that Zhang Yang was beyond saving. That's right, they didn't want to save him either.

Inside the palace, the emperor was surprised when he heard what the prince said, "The banknote is in Zhang Yang's hands?"

The prince was also very surprised, "Yes, Gu Ren gave Zhang Yang a banknote of 50,000 yuan."

The emperor was silent for a moment, "That's fine."

There was no need for him to continue.

The prince continued, "We have arranged for someone to guard the Gu family's caravan, and the goods will follow."

The emperor's smile deepened. "Okay, you go and make the arrangements."

The prince was in a good mood and left the government hall, blending into the night in black clothes. The prince was really happy that his younger brother was efficient in his work and had cleared out a lot of forces in recent days. They did not do anything that would alert the Zhang family, but trimmed the branches first.

Five days passed in a blink of an eye. Zhou Shuren was well-informed that the caravan under Gu Ren had left Pinggang, and Gu Ren had also left the capital.

Today, the morning court session had been suspended for a long time. When the emperor arrived, the ministers who were attending the court turned their eyes to him.

Zhou Shuren also took a quick look and saw that his eyes were sunken and he looked particularly thin.

The ministers in the court were all nervous. They had a bad feeling about the emperor, as if he could be blown down by a strong wind.

The emperor covered his mouth with a handkerchief and coughed, then said in a fairly strong voice, "I haven't attended the morning court for a few days. Do you have anything important to report?"

Some ministers looked left and right, and Zhou Shuren saw Lord Xiao looking at him. Zhou Shuren blinked and asked, "Why are you looking at me, sir?"

When Xiao Qing saw the emperor, his heart was in his throat. He wanted to go to the palace to see the emperor, but he couldn't. He could only find peace of mind in Zhou Shuren. Zhou Shuren was still in the mood to interact with him, so he could rest assured.

Prince Liang was not worried about his father, knowing that his father was just acting. He stared at Prince Qi. Prince Qi was wrong. He really understood his second brother and even knew the way to hold a fan by heart.

These days, he hasn't even entered the gate of Prince Qi's palace, let alone met Prince Qi.

Now the Prince of Qi was still holding a fan in his hand. Prince Liang looked at his father, then at the wooden Prince of Qi, and felt even more strange.

The emperor frowned, "What? No important matters to report?"

After these words were spoken, all the ministers came back to their senses. There was indeed something important to report. However, before Lord Li could finish speaking, the emperor had fainted on the dragon throne.

At this time, Eunuch Liu shouted, "Doctor, call the doctor quickly."

The ministers just came back to their senses and found that Prince Qi had already quickly stepped forward, picked up the emperor and walked out, and Eunuch Liu hurriedly followed.

The King of Chu was not worried about his father, he was just acting. But when did the old man trust the King of Qi so much? According to the old man's personality, he would definitely not let his son get close to him at this time. But when the King of Qi reached out to hug him, the injured Eunuch Liu was not caught.

All the ministers followed him, and they were all concerned about the emperor's condition.

The imperial physician arrived very quickly. All the ministers were waiting outside, gathering in groups of three or four. They did not speak but communicated with each other through eye contact.

The atmosphere was not very good for a while, as everyone was afraid that something might happen to the emperor.

In the room, King Liang and King Chu stood together, while King Qi stood by the bed. King Chu narrowed his eyes and said to the fourth brother, "Do you think that the second brother is very strange today?"

King Liang gave his third brother a meaningful look and said, "Guess."

King of Chu, "."

(End of this chapter)