Dragon's Origin

The Emperor's attitude had already satisfied the group led by the Old Prince. If they were still not satisfied, did they expect the Emperor to reduce the Empress's share to compensate them?

"Naturally!" The Old Prince agreed without hesitation. If he didn't agree now, it would be like taking an inch after being given a foot. They were already getting fifty million gold coins less per year, what more could they want? Were they aiming for the throne?

"Verbal agreements are not enough!" The Emperor smiled slightly: "You are not me, with golden words and jade language, right?"

Besides the Emperor, who else would dare to claim their words were golden and carried immense weight? If anyone present admitted it, not only would the Emperor object, but everyone around would immediately kill him.

Since they didn't dare to claim their words were as good as gold, they could only provide written proof.

"How about this, you go back and discuss how much each of you should bear, and send the written agreements over early tomorrow morning." The Emperor didn't force everyone to give a specific share immediately but gave them time to discuss. "When you send the written agreements, I will remain silent."

The Emperor was wise! Several princes and important officials were moved to tears. To have such an Emperor who cared for the royal family and important officials was truly a blessing for everyone! If they were to push their luck further, even their companions would despise them.

"In that case, your humble servant takes his leave!" With satisfied thoughts, everyone bid farewell to the Emperor.

"Wait a moment." The Emperor suddenly stopped everyone: "Once the written agreements are submitted, I won't interfere. But whether you succeed or not is also none of my business. I will only demand gold coins from those who signed the agreements. If you can't produce the gold coins by then, don't blame me for not giving face to my royal uncle."

Everyone was stunned, but after thinking about it, they immediately understood the deeper meaning. In reality, he was still warning them that once they signed the agreements, he would demand the gold coins. But if they seized Wang Sheng's property and couldn't protect it in the end, the Emperor wouldn't demand gold coins from those who seized their property, but still from them. This was to make them take good care of the property they seized, lest it be taken advantage of.

As for what the Emperor said earlier about whether they would succeed or not, that was just a casual remark. With so many important officials taking action, how could they fail? Don't even mention a mere Changsheng Marquis, even if there were two more, they would be nothing but chickens and dogs. If they knew what was good for them, they would leave him alive to lead the way in the Thousand Absolutes Land. If they didn't, couldn't they find assassins in Worry-Free City, or even in the Divine Power Prison?

Moreover, which of these royal family members and important officials didn't have a few bodyguards? When it was time to act, who would be soft-hearted?

"No, when you submit the written agreements, you must hand over the first year's profits to me." The Emperor seemed to suddenly become greedy: "You can't expect to reap a lot of benefits without paying anything. If it doesn't work out, who am I supposed to go to?"

This made the Emperor's greed even more in line with everyone's expectations. Why would he tolerate Wang Sheng and Mei'er? Wasn't it because he had received a large sum of gold coins to keep his mouth shut? If they wanted to replace them, they could, but they had to give the Emperor gold coins to silence him first.

Everyone's eyes turned to the Old Prince. Faced with this situation, what else could the Old Prince say? Since they had already decided to act, and had already taken action, there was no turning back. Could they possibly spit out what they had already swallowed? He could only nod.

Since the Old Prince nodded, the others naturally had no objections and all agreed to the Emperor's request. After leaving the palace, everyone smiled at each other. As long as they united, there was nothing to fear from the Emperor. It was nothing more than coercion and enticement, wasn't it?

After everyone left, the Emperor went directly to the Empress's palace. The note that Chief Li had just given him was from the Empress, and the Emperor came to ask what was going on.

"To let them sign the agreements and then not interfere, wouldn't that be unfair to Mei'er and Changsheng Marquis?" The Emperor didn't understand his woman's thoughts, but he believed that the Empress would never harm Mei'er, so he immediately came to ask for clarification.

"They won't be able to snatch it." The Empress smiled mysteriously. As a major shareholder of Runzi Workshop, she was well aware of some of Mei'er's arrangements. If these people could still snatch Runzi Workshop under these circumstances, then Mei'er's arrangements would be too weak. It was precisely because she knew the possible outcome that she hinted at the Emperor in this way.

"First, let them hand over one hundred million gold coins to Your Majesty." The Empress said with a smile: "Consider it some interest for daring to plot against Your Majesty."

"One hundred million gold coins, I'm afraid that won't quell Changsheng Marquis's anger!" The Emperor understood the Empress's meaning and said with a sigh: "If this matter doesn't involve the heads of dozens of important figures, I'm afraid Changsheng Marquis won't be satisfied."

"Then this one hundred million gold coins will be paid to Your Majesty, and after deducting these, the rest will be given to Changsheng Marquis." The Empress, despite being over forty years old, was still like a playful little girl: "Whether he can take it depends on Changsheng Marquis's own ability, what do you think?"

"Okay!" The Emperor pondered for a moment and nodded.

The next morning, which was the morning after Wang Sheng returned from the outskirts of the capital, Wang Sheng met Shen, the old eunuch, one of the three major royal servants, in the Marquis's mansion.

Old Eunuch Shen was here to deliver a message to Wang Sheng. The oral message clearly expressed the meaning of the Emperor and Empress, of course, this was said behind Mei'er and Wang Sheng's back. At least so far, Mei'er doesn't know the identities of Uncle Su and Aunt Su. She only thinks that they are ordinary royals, some idle prince. Even the people Mei'er sent to inquire found such an idle prince in the royal records. The Emperor's disguise was flawless.

"Half of the shares, in exchange for doing nothing?" Wang Sheng didn't care how high Old Eunuch Shen's cultivation was, or how respected his position was, and said with a sneer: "Isn't it too easy to earn these gold coins? Doesn't the Emperor feel that these gold coins are too hot to handle?"

"His Majesty has His Majesty's difficulties." Old Eunuch Shen was not surprised by Wang Sheng's anger and explained calmly: "Lord Marquis, don't be angry. His Majesty said that this old servant will stay by Lord Marquis's side during this time and be at Lord Marquis's disposal."

"Killing people is also okay?" Wang Sheng was stunned. To have Old Eunuch Shen at his disposal could be considered contributing, but Wang Sheng wanted to confirm.

"Except within the palace, Lord Marquis can kill anyone you want." Old Eunuch Shen lowered his head slightly, but answered without hesitation: "If Lord Marquis wants the Old Prince Cheng to die, this old servant can make him die in an accident at any time. If Lord Marquis feels that it is not enough, Old Li and Old Zhou can secretly take action when necessary."

"His Majesty is really calculating." Wang Sheng laughed: "You are the ones who take action, but I have to bear the blame for killing people. In the end, His Majesty will come out to clean up the mess. What a good calculation!"

"As a subject, one should naturally share the worries and solve the problems for His Majesty." Old Eunuch Shen was not surprised that Wang Sheng saw through the Emperor's arrangement, and just said calmly.