"Your Majesty, you mean..." Lady Chen was shocked and couldn't help but whisper a reminder: "Your Majesty, please think it over. The Ninth Prince is not someone to be trifled with. Your father and two younger brothers suffered at his hands in Tongyou. Have you forgotten?"
They, ah!
The Empress lowered her eyes, concealing her disdain and contempt, and said in a cold tone, "Mother, you don't need to worry about this matter. I know what I'm doing. You just need to prepare the money so that Xiong Yingxiang can close the case as soon as possible."
"What? We have to spend money?" Lady Chen was stunned.
Didn't you say you were going to kill everyone?
Why spend money when you've already killed everyone?
"Mother is confused. Killing those witnesses can be settled with a little money; killing those bandits can be blamed on the Ninth Prince's enemies; but Xiong Yingxiang is an official of the court. Because he is from a poor family and has no faction, he is favored by the Emperor. If Mother doesn't silence him, what use is it for me to kill those people?" The Empress explained wearily.
"Your Majesty understands. I will immediately send someone to secretly contact Xiong Yingxiang." After agreeing, Lady Chen was filled with worry: "If Xiong Yingxiang is truly that poor and stingy, and refuses to pay..."
"Mother, rest assured, he was willing to imprison those people alone for the bandits' five million taels, and he has been working so hard to investigate the case these past two days. It's clear that he can be bribed. It just depends on whether Mother has prepared enough silver," the Empress said confidently.
Lady Chen was relieved: "That's good, as long as he's willing to accept the money."
at the same time.
Ji Fengyao, disguised as a man, and Xi Que, accompanied by Wu Shang, met Xiong Yingxiang in a private room of a restaurant.
Xiong Yingxiang stared for a while before recognizing Ji Fengyao. He immediately bowed respectfully and obsequiously, saying, "Greetings, Ninth Princess. Please forgive my poor eyesight; I didn't recognize you at first. I hope Your Highness will forgive me."
"Who invited you? You dare to come, Lord Xiong, you've got some nerve!" Ji Fengyao teased with a smile.
Xiong Yingxiang was slightly taken aback: Yes, anyone who dares to provoke the Ninth Prince must be no ordinary person.
He still wanted to extort money from such a person, which shows that he was blinded by that ten million that he had no idea about!
"What, is it because of my reminder that Lord Xiong is afraid and regretting it?" Ji Fengyao stared at Xiong Yingxiang with a half-smile: "Unfortunately, it seems too late for you to regret it now. My prince is short of money for medicine. If you are not willing to take it from the mastermind behind the scenes, then you will have to pay for it yourself."
Xiong Yingxiang: "..."
I don't believe you for a second. Do you think your Ninth Prince's Mansion would be short of money for medicine?!
This is a blatant threat to officials of the imperial court!
"You flatter me, Ninth Princess. I have always been an honest and upright official. Where would I get so much money?" Xiong Yingxiang shamelessly spouted nonsense.
Damn it, better you die than me!
Earning money is always better than losing money!
He should just stick to following the Ninth Princess and rob people to get rich.
"Hmm, in my opinion, Your Excellency is a wise and capable official. In that case, shall we continue our cooperation?"
"Naturally, naturally," Xiong Yingxiang smiled like a mascot, his attitude becoming increasingly humble: "In the past two days, the officials have collected a lot of evidence, some trivial, some major. What should we do next? Please advise, Your Highness."
"Your Excellency doesn't need me to teach you how to handle cases, does he? Now that the witnesses and evidence are all ready, the next step is of course to hold a trial. After the trial, arrest those who should be arrested, imprison those who should be imprisoned, and behead those who should be beheaded. We'll provide a one-stop service without any delays." Ji Fengyao blinked innocently.
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