The Evil Emperor Pursues His Wife: Sheng Chong Shifei

Chapter 97 Punishment
Watching the emperor's Luanjia team leave, Shangguan Qing let out a sigh of relief: "Finally fooled him away."

Zhuqing, Nianci, Banxiang, Heye and others who were standing by were a little confused, guessing what Shangguanqing had said to the emperor in their hearts, and the emperor seemed to be in a good mood when he left.

Qin Xin suddenly said: "Could it be that the girl is going to enter the palace?"

Shangguan Qing patted her forehead and said: "What nonsense are you talking about? Talk nonsense again, next time the palace selects talents, I will send you to the palace."

"Don't, princess, I know I'm wrong, please let this servant follow you all the time." Qin Xin shook her head desperately, and moved to hide behind Nian Ci.

Shangguan Qing clapped her hands and said, "Stop thinking about it, go back."

"promise."

Everyone agreed in unison, and their mood was obviously relaxed.

After returning to the inner courtyard, Shangguan Qing had only relaxed for a while before receiving all kinds of disturbing news.

The second prince, Chu Qianshui, behaved disorderly, galloped to the capital in the middle of the night, disturbed the court discipline, did not know how to repent afterwards, abolished the prince, all his family property was confiscated in the public house, and the clan's house confiscated him.

The third prince, Chu Qianhan, did not report his knowledge and did not stop him in time. His title was demoted by one rank, his salary was fined for three years, and he was fined [-] gold.

The fourth prince, Chu Qiankang, made a good report and discovered the red scarf bandits who had sneaked into the city. His title was promoted to a higher level, and he was rewarded with a thousand gold and silver, and a thousand horses of silk of various colors.

The sixth prince Chu Qianyun's assistant minister made meritorious service, and his title was promoted by one rank, and he was rewarded with five hundred gold.

The eighth prince, Chu Qiansi, dedicated himself to serving the country, donated [-]% of the shares in the cement factory, was promoted to a higher rank, and was rewarded with a thousand horses of silk of various colors.

The names of Zhu Yin and Dongmen Sanlang did not appear in the court's resolution, and they were deliberately forgotten.The fact that Chu Qianshui was imprisoned showed that the emperor already knew the truth, and the punishment of Chu Qianhan and the reward of Chu Qiankang were obviously to divide their small groups, showing that the emperor did not want the princes to connect with each other.

What depressed Shangguan Qing the most was that Chu Qianshui's cement factory shares were taken over by the Imperial City Division. It is said that half of Chu Qianhan's shares were also taken away, and Chu Qiansi's shares were also donated by force. .

During this period, the prince Chu Qianyu has been hiding behind the scenes, and it is the sixth prince Chu Qianyun who came out to be the target.

Shangguan Qing speculated that perhaps Chu Qianyu knew that Chu Qianyun had tipped her off, and pushing Chu Qianyun out was a warning to tell him to be obedient in the future and not to meddle in other people's business.

The original relaxed mood was gone.

Shangguan Qing speculated that Chu Huaitian might have come here during the day to deal with her, but he was moved by her remonstrance, so he didn't directly kill her.

Sure enough, at noon the next day, an inner chamber official came to deliver the decree.

Shangguan Qing was transferred to Luantai Division Carpenter Institute for promotion.This time it was not a nominal job, but a real job. Chu Huaitian handed over an iron mine, a copper mine and a craftsman factory near the capital to Shangguan Qing for management.

Behind the clear decree is a secret decree, Chu Huaitian asked for results within three months, and made it clear that he would make up for his mistakes.

After delivering the decree, the inner chamber officer took a purse from Zhu Qing and put it in his sleeve, and then passed another command: "Your Majesty said, how long the Second Highness will be imprisoned depends on the performance of the Shangguan."

"I know that I will die after I die." Shangguan Qing scolded in her heart, but she said nice words.

"Your Majesty also said that the price of cement is too high, and the imperial court does not have that much money to repair the city wall. Since the imperial court is already a shareholder of the cement factory, the cement for repairing the city wall of the capital will be sent directly to the Imperial City Department. [-]% of the total output is sufficient.”

"No." Shangguan Qing wanted to hit someone again now.

It's nice to say that as long as [-]% of the total output is taken, and [-]% of the profit distribution will be taken at that time, most of the cement factory's profits will be taken away by the emperor.

"The old slave will convey your thoughts to His Majesty."

"Please speak well." Shangguan Qing also hinted that Zhuqing sent a big purse to the servant.

When the maid left, Shangguanqing stuffed the imperial decree into Zhuqing's arms and complained: "It's over, the effective days are over, I always feel that I have to work for others for nothing."

"Miss, speak carefully." Zhu Qing wanted to cover Shangguan Qing's mouth.

Shangguan Qing waved her hand and said, "An Xinla, I know how to measure it. This is a punishment for not reporting what I knew. It didn't implicate you, but it implicated my family. I am content."

"It's good that the girl knows." Zhu Qing breathed a sigh of relief, but Shangguan Qing's next words made her nervous again.

"But, I'm so unwilling."

The place where the Clan Mansion imprisoned the prince was in Songshan County directly under the capital, where there are high mountains and dense forests, and it is rainy and humid all the year round, so it is not suitable for people to live for a long time, and daily expenses are also limited.

This time Chu Qianshui was imprisoned, the situation was a little special, the emperor issued an edict to prepare daily expenses according to the prince, as long as Chu Qianshui did not leave the boundary of Songshan County, his freedom of movement would not be restricted.

Today's loose confinement conditions are naturally obtained in exchange for large sums of gold and silver.

Chu Huaitian would be a little embarrassed to have taken the equity from his son, but it would cost too much to repair the capital city wall, and he would not have the face to say that money is something outside of him.

Chu Qianshui was sitting on the top of Songshan County, looking at the direction of the capital from a distance. He was gloomy, still sinking in the dark night after the rain.

Chu Qiansi walked up to the top of the wall at some point, and put a bowl of noodles on the ground beside Chu Qianshui with his own hands.

"Second brother, eat something, you will burn your body like this."

"Did the third call you here?"

"It can't be that I want to see you." Chu Qiansi pouted, trying to ease the atmosphere, but failed.

Chu Qianshui pushed away the noodle bowl and said, "I'm not hungry, don't worry, I will eat tonight."

"The people below said that you haven't eaten for three days. Even if you want to die for love, starving to death is too lame. Besides, you have concealed your identity." Chu Qiansi tried hard to persuade.

Chu Qianshui took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Chu Qiansi.

Chu Qiansi opened the letter and looked at it for a few moments before falling silent.

The letter was left by Zhu Yin to Chu Qianshui. In the letter, she explained her identity and how she met Shangguan Qing. The letter said that Shangguan Qing advised her to leave quietly, but she was reluctant. She could hide in Chu Qianshui forever. Qianshui was by her side, but her family came to find her. She didn't want to hurt Chu Qianshui, so she decided to leave.

"I will travel to all the beautiful places in the world, engrave my name and your name there, let the world witness our love, farewell, my love."

Zhu Yin wanted to leave quietly.

"If she had left earlier, she would not have died." Chu Qianshui said looking into the distance.

"My condolences to my second brother."

"I'm fine, but I've hurt the third and fourth children. By the way, how about Qing'er? Did the emperor make things difficult for her?" Chu Qianshui didn't resent Shangguan Qing.

"Father didn't punish her, but also asked Shangguan Qing to take charge of Luantai Division's crafting academy, saying how long you will be locked up depends on her performance in the crafting academy, but that's fine, she likes to toss new things, Maybe it can really make a name for itself.”

"So, I won't be locked up for too long."

(End of this chapter)