gnovel Chapter 66 After we finish this big job, we'll leave the capital!
Chapter 66 After we finish this big job, we'll leave the capital!
"More than 200,000 taels of silver, just like that, gone?"
"How was it lost?" Zhu Di broke down. "Such a huge sum of money, lost right under your nose! Xia Yuanji, I was just praising you as the most loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, but is this how you serve me now?!"
At this point, the emperor was truly enraged.
Xia Yuanji's face was pale. He knelt on the ground and began to kowtow.
"I am guilty of death, I am guilty of death!"
Xia Yuanji said, "It's all my fault for being negligent for a moment; I deserve to die!"
Zhu Di exclaimed, "Two hundred and twenty thousand taels of silver! That's two hundred and twenty thousand taels of silver! And now? It's all vanished without a trace!!"
"Xia Yuanji, I need to ask you this: did this money grow legs and run away on its own?"
"Your humble servant... Your humble servant is guilty!" Upon hearing this, Xia Yuanji could only say this.
Zhu Di kept a close eye on him; he knew Xia Yuanji's character quite well.
He believed that Xia Yuanji could not possibly have kept the 220,000 taels of silver for himself.
If it wasn't him, then who could it be?
The distress in Zhu Di's heart was beyond words.
The 220,000 taels of silver just vanished without a trace. How could the emperor not be furious?
"Great! That's wonderful!"
"Someone actually stole my silver from my own Fengtian Palace!"
"If word gets out, what will the world think of me?"
Yao Guangxiao said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I do find this matter quite suspicious."
"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Zhu Di gradually calmed down.
"Why don't you tell me?"
Yao Guangxiao said, "The Fengtian Palace is heavily guarded, and it's impossible for more than 200,000 taels of silver to just disappear like that. If I'm not mistaken, someone deliberately stole it, and what's most frightening is that this person is quite capable."
"Otherwise, how could the silver have been stolen from the heavily guarded Fengtian Palace?"
Zhu Di's eyes flashed: "Tell me then, who is this person?"
"Well..." Yao Guangxiao frowned. "I'm not quite sure either, but Your Majesty, you already have someone in mind, right?"
Zhu Di was taken aback at first, and then he seemed to think of someone.
"Yes, it's him, it must be him!"
"Right now, only he can move freely in and out of the Fengtian Hall!"
Zhu Di gritted his teeth and said, "That bastard, Second Prince, he stole my silver! It must be him!"
Yao Guangxiao: ...
Zhu Di really changed his mind very quickly.
He had previously praised the second son extensively in front of him.
Yao Guangxiao still remembers how he praised her back then.
Zhu Di said at the time: "My second son is just like me!"
Now that the money is gone, he turns his back on Zhu Gaochi as soon as he realizes that the source of the problem is Zhu Gaochi.
This is absolutely amazing!
"Ji Gang!" Zhu Di shouted.
"Your subordinate is here!" Ji Gang rushed over immediately.
"Come with me to the Prince of Han's residence," Zhu Di said through gritted teeth. "I want to see how those two hundred thousand taels of silver disappeared!"
"yes!"
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This news spread immediately!
The hearts of all the civil and military officials were bleeding!
Damn it, all the money we raised, and the silver we confiscated, is gone.
They all vanished overnight?
Did Natsuhara Yoshiki take it all for himself?
But they immediately denied it, because they knew that Xia Yuanji would never do such a thing.
So who could be the person who stole the silver?
No matter what, they were officials of the Yongle reign, and as soon as they thought about it, they immediately thought of one person.
This person was none other than the Prince of Han, who was acting as regent.
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In the courtyard of the East Palace.
"A full two hundred and twenty thousand taels of silver!" Zhang Yan rambled on. "All gone overnight?"
"Who do you think stole this?"
"It's hard to say, it's hard to say." Zhu Gaochi stroked the white-haired scholar in his arms.
Zhang Yan whispered, "Tell me, could this person be the Prince of Han?"
"Don't talk nonsense." Zhu Gaochi covered her mouth.
"No matter who did it, you must not tell anyone. If you do, you'll be asking for death."
Zhang Yan pouted and said, "Okay, I know."
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Inside the Prince of Han's Palace.
In a room at this moment.
The Princess Consort of Han looked at the countless taels of silver in front of her.
"This adds up to over 220,000 taels of silver," said the Princess Consort of Han. "No way, sir, you really dare to touch the old man's money?"
"What old man's money? This is what I confiscated from your house." Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but laugh. "Besides, with this silver, we'll have enough to live on when we leave the capital."
Princess Consort of Han said, "His Majesty will be furious when he finds out the silver is missing. What will you do then if he suspects you?"
"What's there to be afraid of?" Zhu Gaoxu said calmly. "Let me put it this way, I am a cultivator, and there is no one in this world that I am afraid of."
"And I've made up my mind, before I leave, I'll make sure this emperor doesn't feel good," Zhu Gaochi laughed. "After we've done this job, we'll make a quick getaway."
"My lord, how will we slip away then?" asked the Princess Consort of Han.
Zhu Gaoxu laughed and said, "Don't worry, you'll see when the time comes."
The Princess Consort of Han said, "Alright, I will listen to my husband."
Huangfu Yun's voice came from outside: "Your Highness, His Majesty has arrived."
"You've come at the perfect time." Zhu Gaoxu smiled faintly, and with a wave of his hand, countless silver coins were collected into his cultivation space.
The Princess Consort of Han watched this scene with boundless admiration.
My man is really something else.
Zhu Gaochi and the Princess of Han walked to the door and pushed it open.
The Imperial Guards rushed in and surrounded the two men.
Zhu Gaoxu asked in confusion, "What's going on?"
"Have you guys taken the wrong medicine?"
The Imperial Guards ignored him and simply surrounded Zhu Gaoxu.
Not only that, Zhu Di walked over with a gloomy expression.
"Second brother, you're amazing! You're really amazing!" Zhu Di said through gritted teeth.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean by that? I don't understand."
"What a fine Your Majesty, what a fine subject!" Zhu Di said, "Where is the silver? Where is the 220,000 taels of silver?"
"Oh, you mean the two hundred and twenty thousand taels of silver?" Zhu Gaoxu said, "Wasn't it handed over to Lord Xia Yuanji yesterday?"
"Go find him! What are you doing here?!"
Snapped!
Zhu Di was so angry that he stomped his feet.
Zhu Gaoxu: ...
To be honest, seeing Zhu Di's furious expression, he actually felt quite satisfied.
Old man, you deserve all of this. Who told you to keep targeting me before?
"Second son, are you really unaware, or are you pretending not to know?" Zhu Di asked.
"What is it?" Zhu Gaoxu said, "Your Majesty's words are too profound, I don't understand."