Several beautiful young women ran to the money box, and unsurprisingly, they all chose the box containing gold ingots.
But to Shang Xiche's surprise, they didn't use clothes or anything like that to hold the gold ingots.
Instead...
Amidst the wide-eyed, dumbfounded expressions of the crowd, Xique bent down and lifted a box of gold ingots as if it were an empty box, then placed it on top of another wooden box containing gold ingots.
After that, the magpie lifted the second box of gold ingots and placed it on top of the two stacked wooden boxes.
She clapped her hands and muttered to herself, "Three boxes are enough for me. I can't steal the spotlight from the young lady."
Everyone: "..." Is this girl some kind of monster? She took three boxes and then acted like she was giving them away?
They were also very curious.
That little female bandit was even more slender and delicate than this girl. She could carry more than three boxes of gold ingots.
Wuying and Wushang chuckled inwardly:
Let alone three or more boxes of gold ingots, even all the gold ingots here could be taken away by their princess and her maids.
Once the gold ingots in the boxes are stored in the storage space, how heavy can a few broken boxes be?
Ji Fengyao did just that. After checking that the box contained gold ingots instead of silver ingots, she put the gold ingots into her storage space and then stacked the empty box with the lid closed on top of another empty box.
She carried five boxes in a row, and seeing the emperor's face twitching, she had no choice but to stop.
With the addition of the two maids, Lin Shuang and Bai Lu, each person could barely move the two boxes.
The four of them, mistress and servants, took away a total of ten chests of gold ingots.
Watching helplessly as Ji Fengyao's delicate, fair hands struggled to lift the five large wooden crates, which were stacked much taller than her, Shang Xiche's heart bled.
What kind of bandits are these? Even a few young girls are as strong as a martial arts champion!
Why doesn't he just give them three chests of silver? What's with all the arrogance!
Oh dear, my heart aches so much!
After announcing that Xue Yanshou's family would be imprisoned in the imperial prison, Shang Xiche really didn't want to see Ji Fengyao's pretty and charming face again, but at this moment it was especially painful for him. Feeling extremely depressed, he waved his hand and drove Shang Xiye and the others out of the palace.
After leaving the teahouse, the Crown Prince went straight to the Empress's Qiwu Palace.
Upon hearing that Shang Xiye had raided Xue Yanshou's home, the Empress was so shocked that she dropped her teacup.
The scalding tea spilled all over the table and scalded the Empress's exceptionally delicate hands, but she seemed oblivious: "What! That idiot Xue Yanshou, has he eaten the gall of a bear and the heart of a leopard? How dare he provoke the Ninth Prince!"
"It's all because of his lecherous nature. I warned him when he seduced that Yao woman, and now he's really ruined things because of her." Shang Dongyang also looked annoyed, so angry that he wanted to rush to the market and torture Xue Yanshou himself.
The Empress was so anxious her voice was practically on fire, her voice trembling as she tried to speak: "What's the use of saying all this now! Are you sure Xue Yanshou's entire family has been arrested and that they're already before the Emperor?!"
"No, the Ninth Prince dragged Xue Yanshou directly to the execution ground for public display. Xue Mingtao happened to be out today and wasn't caught on the spot, but now the Ninth Prince's men are looking for him everywhere," Shang Dongyang quickly explained what he knew.
The Empress breathed a slight sigh of relief, her fists clenched, her almond-shaped eyes narrowed, and she said, "The rest of the Xue family are not important. The most important thing is to quickly settle things with Xue Yanshou and Xue Mingtao!"
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