"Since I'm in the palace today, I'd like to discuss the Bai family's assets. I heard you want a few farms and shops!"
"Yes, the capital is the best, but the surrounding counties are also fine. You know I can't travel far at the moment, so it's inconvenient for you to check."
Qin Minghao asked someone to take some house deeds and land deeds
"Gao Qi helped pick these out. I can only give you two more in the capital, and one farm with a thousand acres. The others are all in the surrounding counties. There are ten shops in total, eight farms with a total of more than 3,000 acres, and a four-story house and a three-story house in the capital.
Most of the other industries are in other states, too far away to be convenient for you to check them out. How do you do it?
"Okay, I'm satisfied. Thank you, His Majesty, and also thank you, Eunuch Gao."
"As long as Madam Bai is satisfied!"
With these shops, her annual income is fully guaranteed.
This time I went to the palace and gained a lot, I was happy.
The next day at noon, Yan Dong walked a few more streets outside on purpose, and heard everywhere the topic of Lord Wu and his son raising a woman together.
This is more popular with ordinary people than the story of the Bai family, and it spreads even faster.
"Madam, the news about the Wu family spreads quickly. I just went out for a walk and saw people on the street, in the shops, and even the people around the peddler talking about it."
"Well, Ma Dong is quite efficient. You can make friends with him, but don't get too close to him. It's okay to give him a little extra money."
"The villain understands"
Wu Huacheng also sent people out to inquire. He knew it was inevitable, but he really didn't expect it to spread so quickly.
"That Bai family member is really a tit-for-tat person, and he never suffers any loss at all."
He took ten days off for this and didn't dare go out. He was always finding fault with others and now he has shot himself in the foot. How can he face people?
"Prepare fifty thousand taels of silver, or a little more, sixty thousand. Hurry and beg her to let me go. Stop spreading rumors, or it'll kill me!"
"Yes, sir."
"How's Yun'er?"
Suddenly I thought of a woman
"My lord, the lady has locked her up in the woodshed."
"Has anyone been sent to treat him?"
"This, the servant didn't get the order..."
At this time, Jiang came in
"I need to treat that bitch. She's still so evil. You still want to take her in? Do you want to be laughed to death by the whole city?"
When Jiang heard what Wu Huacheng said, she became angry again.
"You damn bitch, if it weren't for you yesterday, there wouldn't have been such a mess."
"You blame me. Yesterday I didn't want to go to the appointment, but you forced me to go. Now you blame me again!"
"It's because you're too crazy that you beat me like this!"
"Why didn't you tell me that you almost beat your son to death!"
"Your good son, who actually took his father's woman, should be beaten to death for not knowing the etiquette."
"Okay, okay, okay, you're really great, I'm going to kill that bitch right now!"
"Come back!"
In fact, at this point he didn't really want to keep that woman, nor did he still have much affection for her.
With the rumors spreading outside, this woman cannot die. At the beginning, they said they would give her medical treatment because they didn't want her to die. After all, she was a civilian and had a father and brother at home. If she died in his house, she would be charged with a crime.
But when Jiang came to make a fuss, he refused to admit his mistake and instead pushed all the blame onto others. It would be strange if Jiang could let that woman go.
Seeing Jiang was about to kill someone, he got scared and had to endure the pain and get up.
"Help me over here!"
"Oh, it's Master."
"Ma'am, please stop."
When they chased after him, Jiang had already dragged the man out and was about to beat him with a caning stick.
Yun'er was in pain and had no food to eat because no one was treating her. She didn't even have the strength to shout.
"stop!"
"You want to protect me? I'm going to fight you!"
"Go stop them!"
"Who dares to stop me?"
"Madam, you can't hit me. If you kill me, my official position will be in jeopardy!"
"Don't you want to keep her?"
"Why keep her here? Let her go quickly, let someone take a look at her, and send her back in two days."
When Jiang heard that he was going to send her away, she threw away the board.
"Keep them away. If I find you two meeting again, we'll die together!"
Jiang was really ruthless this time. If she took a concubine, she could accept it even if she was angry, but this woman seduced her husband and son, so she must not keep her.
Fortunately, I didn’t give birth to a child, otherwise I don’t know how to calculate it.
Wu Huacheng broke out in a cold sweat, and his wife became a tigress.
Before noon, Wu Huacheng asked the housekeeper to take 60,000 taels of silver to the Marquis of Anding's Mansion.
"Madam Rongfu is so polite. My master asked me to apologize to you. Please accept these apologies."
"It also has an automatic price increase. How come it's 10,000 more?"
"Master has learned his lesson, Madam, please show some mercy. He has already sent someone to quell the rumors, Madam, please stop spreading them and give Master some face."
Does this mean begging for mercy?
"It depends on the results. As long as the rumor changes, I'll have them stop."
The housekeeper had no right to question and could only go back and urge people to hurry up.
How happy I was when I did it, how regretful I am now.
The servants of Pingnan Hou did not hear his voice until the morning. When they entered, they found him lying motionless on the ground with a mess on his face.
However, he was able to move a little now, and his family wanted to call a doctor, but he stopped them.
"No, it's just an anesthetic. It will be fine after a while. You can leave now."
After he recovered completely, he immediately found the deed to the silver mine and ran to the palace. He wept bitterly before the emperor, admitting his mistakes and begging for mercy.
"Your Majesty, I made a grave mistake out of greed, and I have come to atone for it. This is the deed to the silver mine. I also discovered another iron mine, but I knew the importance of the iron mine, so I kept it secret. Now I am handing it over to Your Majesty."
He not only brought the title deed to the silver mine, but also brought the title deed to another mountain. As he said, iron ore is so important that privately mining it should be considered treason.
"It's been eight years, Marquis Pingnan. You know how much the national treasury needs silver in these eight years, but you, huh!"
"I am guilty"
"Do the officials in charge of this silver mine know about this?"
Pingnan Hou bowed his head.
"Know!"
"Oh, you are truly a good subject of mine! You have already started taking sides since I came to power!"
These words made Pingnan Hou shudder.
"Your Majesty, we are just greedy for money, nothing else!"
Even if there is one, you can't tell me. Besides, the queen doesn't even have a trace of the prince now.
"Hmph, you know clearly whether it's true or not. Return all the silver you've embezzled over the years. In consideration of your willingness to hand it over and return all the silver, hand over your military token. All officials who participated in the division of the spoils will be demoted and their property confiscated."
Marquis Pingnan felt a chill in his heart. Not only would he have to return the silver, but he would also have to hand over his military power. The officials involved would also have their property confiscated and be demoted. He would only have his title left. He was afraid that most of his followers would leave him.
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