Emperor Qingming came out of Kunning Palace, and the moment the palace gate closed, the warm smile on his face disappeared, and he was gloomy and cold.

He gave the two eunuchs at the door a cold look, "Take them away."

The faces of the two were ashen, and they were escorted away by the imperial guards who rushed up in an instant.

Two more tall and burly eunuchs stood in their place, holding waist knives.

When Emperor Qingming returned to Qianqing Palace, he met the Empress Dowager and the Lin family.

He read the note and recognized De Fei's handwriting.

Emperor Qingming sent Prince Cheng to take someone to the Third Prince's Mansion for verification. King Cheng came back in the evening, and the shock in his usually calm eyes still persisted.

When he inspected Yongpinghou's Mansion last year, he thought it was the pinnacle of his life, and he would never see more gold and silver in this life.

Unexpectedly, after only three months, the third prince broke the record.

"Your Majesty, there is a secret passage under the Buddha statue in Jin'an Hall. There are more than [-] boxes of gold bricks and a lot of jewels piled in it. I have blocked it again and sent people to guard it."

As he spoke, he presented a gold brick to Emperor Qingming, "There are twelve gold bricks in a box, and I took one here."

Emperor Qingming took the gold brick, and his hands sank.A piece of gold brick weighs at least two hundred taels and has more than two thousand boxes. It is at least five million taels of gold.

He put the gold brick on the dragon case, looked at the imprint of a plum blossom on it, and his eyes became a little colder.

He has ten boxes of these gold bricks here.

That year when General Cen came back from a big victory in the northern border, it was the time he took the credit of Qiao Kun. Not only did he retreat from the enemy, but he also captured a city from the opponent. The gold bricks were the spoils of war.

At the age of fifteen, the prince must leave the palace and live in another house.

The construction of the Third Prince's Mansion started ten years ago, and it was under the responsibility of the Ministry of Industry. It took four years to build.In the last year, when General Cen returned triumphantly, he said that he would personally supervise the construction, which was also regarded as his best wishes for his sister and the third prince.

Because he had just made military exploits, Emperor Qingming agreed to his unreasonable request.

Unexpectedly, he took advantage of the opportunity of building the mansion to hide these gold bricks in the third prince's mansion.At that time, horse-drawn carts carrying stones and sand came and went back and forth in the mansion every day, and the digging of secret passages and the transportation of gold bricks were very hidden.

I'm afraid this mountain of gold is the capital they prepared for the third prince's rebellion, right?

Concubine De was about to die, and thought about leaving Jinshan to the third prince's children as the capital for a comeback, but the entrustment was not human, so Lin's thoughts were not on this at all.

Emperor Qingming ordered Chengjun Wang, "Add more people to guard it, and tomorrow we will work with the Ministry of Households to count the things and take them to the treasury."

"Yes!" King Cheng stepped back.

Emperor Qingming looked at the trembling woman kneeling on the ground, and asked the same question as the Queen Mother, "This Concubine Jinshan De is for you, don't you want it?"

Axiu also gave the same answer, "Back to the emperor, this servant only wants His Highness to live. As long as His Highness is alive, this servant will be happy to eat chaff and vegetables with him."

Emperor Qingming stared at her for a moment.

Other things can be faked, but real money cannot be faked.If she was half-believing when she knelt and begged him at the gate of the palace before, or some of King Jin's tricks, but now she believed her eight out of ten.

It is his good fortune that such a pure-minded woman is by the Third Prince's side.If Concubine De could behave like this, the Third Prince would not be able to get to where he is today.
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During the dinner, the news from the palace reached Jin Wangfu.

Han Youning didn't even care about eating, listening to Ye Chang finish one news after another, the surprise in his eyes couldn't be concealed.But Zhao Chengyuan, who was sitting across from him, remained motionless and ate his meal with a calm expression.

After Ye Chang finished his report, he found out that his lord used a lot of food, but he avoided the nutritious food that took up half of the table.

Just like the roasted lamb loin that is beautiful in shape, full of ingredients and rich in flavor, sizzling on the small stove, what a pity it is just abandoned there?
No wonder Mrs. Sun looked gloomy recently, and he and Luo Ping also felt that the small kitchen cooked a lot of dishes, and it was really embarrassing for bachelors like them to serve them this kind of leftovers every meal.

It turned out that it wasn't that Mrs. Sun cooked too much, but that the prince didn't eat it at all!So confident?

Zhao Chengyuan glanced at Ye Chang who was about to saliva, "Take it away if you want to eat."

"okay!"

Ye Chang hurriedly put the grilled lamb loin on a plate, followed by a plate of venison buns, and stepped back out.

Aunt Sun in the yard sighed heavily when she saw what Ye Chang was holding.

She worriedly went to Nanny Wu's room in the back room, "It's good for the prince to take a bite, but it won't stop him from ordering water for half a month."

Nanny Wu is in charge of Yongxi Hall, so she naturally knows about it.Looking at the relationship between the husband and wife is also very good, but I don't know how the prince can resist being Liu Xiahui.

For this kind of thing, the nurse in charge of the nearby mansion always reminded the master a few words.But the master in their house can't say, what he should do, I'm afraid no one knows better than him.

She said, "As long as the husband and wife love each other, it's fine to let nature take its course."

Aunt Sun sighed quietly, when will I have a little master.

Han Youning had a lot of doubts in his heart, but Zhao Chengyuan saw that she refused to eat, but he didn't answer her.

He put a plate of fish with the thorns picked in front of her, "Eat obediently, and I will tell you later."

Han Youning knew that his dominance was related to her meal, and she would not compromise.She had no choice but to keep chopsticks, and finished the meal in a whirlwind.

She followed behind Zhao Chengyuan and went to the inner room, "How can the lord be sure that Concubine De will hand over the rich family wealth to Axiu?"

Zhao Chengyuan sat on the couch and beckoned her to sit beside him, "Of course someone reminded her, that's the reward for saving lives."

Han Youning's eyes flashed, did Zhao Chengyuan have an internal response in the palace?
Then he felt nothing strange, how could he be safe and sound without many helpers in the palace.

"Then how can the prince be sure that Axiu will give this golden mountain to the Queen Mother?"

"I'm not sure about this. If she hands it over to the Queen Mother, it means she sincerely wants to save the third prince, so just continue with the matter. If she doesn't save it, she will get the money and give up the third prince, so she can live her life well. What else do you have to worry about?"

Han Youning laughed, "Yes, that's right."

That Axiu's disposition is really commendable.How else could she be Yu Niang's daughter?
Han Youning asked a few more questions, and then began to lament the emperor's cruelty to Concubine De, and that rather mysterious queen.

Leaning on Zhao Chengyuan's shoulder, she fell asleep while talking.

The moonlight was bright, and the fine brilliance sprinkled on the girl's face, covering her with a thin layer of light, making her complexion greasy, white and translucent.

Zhao Chengyuan raised his hand to pull out the hairpin on her bun, and the ink hair poured down like smooth silk, outlining a graceful arc in front of the skirt.

His eyes fell on the scattered cherry blossoms on the skirt of the shirt, which were white and pink, complementing the jade white around the girl's neck, exuding a faint and warm fragrance.

The girl's head arched in his arms, and the fragrance became stronger, lingering in her nostrils.

Zhao Chengyuan's eyes were dim, but he withdrew his eyes, held his heart, and picked up a book casually to read.

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