Translator: NovelMultiverse | Editor: NovelMultiverse
When they came to the Prince’s Mansion as guests, they didn’t expect to encounter such a thing. The princess who had tea and chatted with them in the morning became a discarded princess in a blink of an eye. In everyone’s eyes, this kind of thing was a little complicated.
The prince’s princess made one wrong step and instantly fell into an abyss and there was no turning back.
The princess was locked up, and the princesses who came as guests were unattended. Although the princess was still there, it was obvious that she would not come out to entertain them in this situation.
At the gate of the Prince’s Mansion, the carriages of various houses were parked there, and it seemed a bit messy. The princesses came out of the gate, without even saying a word, got on their carriage in a panic, urging them to go quickly, wanting to leave soon.
Yu Linglong was helped by Qing Mei and was the last one to come out of the door.
She didn’t take the carriage of the Xu Palace. She wanted Hong Xing to go to the street to call for a car, but as soon as she went out, she saw the familiar figure.
Lord Xu was dressed in a moon-white silk brocade gown, his face was serious, and he stood motionless outside. The warm wind of early summer blew over and slightly blew the hem of the clouds embroidered with silver thread. This scene had the style of an elegant gentleman.
As soon as she saw Yu Linglong coming out, his long figure immediately greeted her, and his dark eyes stared at her deeply, and he said in a low voice, “Are you okay?”
As soon as Yu Linglong saw him waiting outside, she knew that he already knew what had happened in the Prince’s Mansion, so he would come to the door to pick her up personally because he felt uneasy.
She didn’t expect that he would know so soon.
Yu Linglong paused and took a look at Qing Mei, and Hong Xing and Qing Mei immediately stepped away.
Supporting the hand extended by Lord Xu, Yu Linglong whispered: “You know everything?”
Lord Xu nodded, and said, “Get in the carriage first.”
The two got into the carriage waiting at the side. Hong Xing lowered the curtain, and the carriage started immediately and drove slowly towards the Xu Palace.
Lord Xu squeezed Yu Linglong’s hand, looked at her up and down again in the carriage, and made sure that she was unharmed. Then he said: “What’s the matter, why did the princess suddenly do this?”
It would be hard to believe that the princess was arrested by someone on the spot if she didn’t see it with her own eyes. After all, the princess had not been in this position for a year or two. After being married to the prince for so many years, she had always followed the rules. She was so loved by the empress dowager and the empress, not to mention that she was also a young girl, and she was not frivolous. How could she have sex with a man? This incident may seem like a scandal to outsiders, but in the eyes of a sensitive person like Lord Xu, the matter was strange.
Yu Linglong didn’t answer him first, but asked, “How did you know?”
After Lord Xu only said three words, Yu Linglong understood.
“Jin Wuwei.”
She remembered how the emperor sent Jin Wuwei to monitor her, and what Ling’er had said at that time. Jin Wuwei was the emperor’s person and one of the twelve guards. Since he was under Lord Xu, reporting to Lord Xu was also normal.
Yu Linglong looked at Lord Xu with a bit of approval in her eyes. This kid had learned to be smart. Before, it was only the crown prince monitoring them, but now it was their turn to monitor the crown prince.
Yu Linglong gave a brief account of the development of the matter. When he heard that the princess had given her an aphrodisiac and locked her and Gan Lin in the same room, Lord Xu couldn’t help clenching his fists and thumping the carriage wall: “That shameless bitch!”
Even though the incident had passed, Yu Linglong was sitting in front of him unharmed, but he still couldn’t hold back his anger when he heard it. He knew how dangerous the situation was at that time.
Unable to hold Yu Linglong in his arms, Lord Xu whispered: “When you encounter this kind of thing in the future, don’t try to do it anymore! Didn’t you bring the fireworks I gave you? If you encounter danger, send a signal immediately, and I will be there as soon as possible. You must not face the danger alone, remember!?”
He couldn’t imagine what it would be like at this moment if Yu Linglong hadn’t paid any attention and had been caught by the princess’s tricks.
Seeing his nervous expression, Yu Linglong smiled, patted his hand lightly, and smiled: “Have you forgotten who I am? Anyone who wants to harm me must have forgotten what courage I have!”
His cold lips fell on her sideburns as if confirming that she was really in his arms safely. He whispered: “Linglong, you don’t know how important you are to me. I would rather abandon everything than let you suffer any harm.”
Yu Linglong warmed her heart and said softly, “Don’t worry, I will take care of myself for you.”
His big hand gently kneaded her shoulders and arms, and Lord Xu said, “Aren’t you exhausted? Carrying two people around the yard, I don’t know where you got the strength!”
Yu Linglong couldn’t help but smile. Did he imply that she was a masculine woman?
Give him a heavy blow, Yu Linglong smiled and said, “Don’t you know how strong I am?”
Seeing her smiling, Lord Xu couldn’t help but laugh. He whispered in her ear and said: “Why don’t I know? I know you have always been very strong, that time…”
Lord Xu’s voice became lower and lower until it was almost inaudible. Yu Linglong listened, and her face turned red and she smiled, and she gave him a few more fierce words: “Such words can be spoken. You are so shameless!”
The two chatted and laughed, and the topic returned to the Prince’s Mansion. Lord Xu reduced the smile on his face and said in a deep voice, “Your strategy today was wonderful, but it’s too dangerous. From now on, I’m afraid the prince will hate you.”
Of course, Yu Linglong also knew the reason. Although the prince had no actual evidence of what happened today, this matter was obviously inseparable from Yu Linglong. If it was said that the prince only regarded her as an ordinary woman, then from now on, Yu Linglong had become an enemy that must be eliminated in the eyes of the prince.
Lord Xu raised his hand, helped her support her bun, and said: “This time his goal is me. It is not a good thing for you if he turns his attention to you.”
The prince originally only regarded Yu Linglong as a usable tool, but through today’s events, he should have known that Yu Linglong was not something he could control, nor could he handle her. In the future, he would be even warier of Yu Linglong. Maybe he would even look for opportunities to get rid of her. This was too dangerous for Yu Linglong.
Hearing his worried words, the woman in her arms raised her head. Her star-like eyes looked at him without blinking, and she whispered, “If I didn’t help you, would he let me go?”
She was his princess, the person he was destined to work with for life. If he was in danger, how could she stand by and watch? It was just like when she was in danger, he would definitely help.
Leaning against his warm chest, she said softly but firmly: “I said, I will share misfortune with you, and I will do what I say.”
Lord Xu didn’t say anything, he just squeezed her tighter. Sometimes there was no need to say too much, and it was enough to know each other’s thoughts.
The horse-drawn carriage, carrying a pair of mutually dependent hearts, slowly disappeared into the sky.
…
It was summer after the Grain in Beard festival, and the weather became hot all of a sudden. Since the last time the prince had an accident, the princesses of the various palaces have been a lot more cautious and refused to say a word or take another wrong step. Even the banquet poem meetings were much less, and Yu Linglong’s life was much cleaner.
This day Yu Linglong was resting in the shade of the flowers. Xuan Cao hurriedly walked over, holding a jade pendant in her hand and showing it to Yu Linglong: “Princess, someone outside is looking for you with this, saying that there is something important.”
Looking down at the jade pendant, the lazy look on Yu Linglong’s face disappeared. She sat up on the couch and said, “Send him to the outside Xiaohua Hall to wait, and I will go over.”
Xuan Cao felt a little suspicious, seeing Yu Linglong’s face look gloomy. She didn’t dare to ask more, she hurriedly went to spread the word.
Hong Xing stepped forward to tidy up the silk on Yu Linglong and looked at the scattered red and white petals under the flower tree. Yu Linglong smiled slightly.
It seemed that there was good news for that matter.
When she arrived at the side hall, she saw a man waiting in the room. Yu Linglong took a look at him, vaguely remembering that he was a member of Blue and White Tiger’s. The last time she went to the Ruyi Gambling House, she had also seen him.
Seeing Yu Linglong coming in, the man hurriedly knelt down: “Dear princess, I was sent by Brother Blue and White Tiger to spread the word.”
Yu Linglong nodded: “Speak.”
The man spoke slowly, word by word, apparently memorizing the words of Blue and White Tiger: “Brother Blue and White Tiger said that he had already done what the boss ordered last time, and now the people are in the gathering place. What should I do next? Go ahead, boss, please give the instructions.”
Seeing the painfully confused expression, even Yu Linglong felt a little suspicious, and she asked, “What’s your nickname?”
The man scratched his head, and the big man looked a little embarrassed and replied: “I…I have been nicknamed Guo Jianglong.”
The Dragon Tiger Gang was incorporated by Yu Linglong, but the people from before still retained their previous nicknames. This Guo Jianglong was one of them.
Yu Linglong thought for a while and said, “Go back and tell Blue and White Tiger to watch that person, and I will go there personally tonight.”
Seeing that Yu Linglong said only this sentence, Guo Jianglong was obviously relieved, and squatted quickly: “Yes, boss…no no no, princess.”
Seeing Guo Jianglong’s nervous look, Yu Linglong pursed her lips, holding back her laugh: “Go.”
These gangsters bullied flat-headed people every day. They were so scared when they saw a noble person, it made her laugh.
Ling’er was not there, and in the evening, Yu Linglong left a message for Lord Xu, changed into men’s clothing, and went straight to Baihua Lane.
Business in Baihua Lane improved a lot at night, and the exposed brothel girls are soliciting customers everywhere, and countless colorful handkerchiefs were flying in the air, like countless small flags, welcoming the arrival of a benefactor.
Yu Linglong pushed away a few girls who insisted on sticking to her and finally walked to the Ruyi Gambling House.
On the first floor of the gambling shop, the business was still lively. The voices of gamblers were everywhere, and there was a mess everywhere, but no one paid attention to Yu Linglong. According to Guo Jianglong’s words, Yu Linglong went straight to the third floor and entered the room in the northwest corner.
The exterior of this room looked no different from other rooms. She walked in and found that there was a suite inside, but this suite was very special.
In the center of the room, there was a three-foot-square booth, surrounded by iron fences. The floor tiles went up to the ceiling. This small square meter area was tightly enclosed, and the only source of light was the lantern on the top of this compartment, which gave a clear view of the situation in the compartment, but the person inside could not see what it looked like outside.
Standing in the shadows, Yu Linglong looked at the panicked young man in the cubicle, and a smile slowly conjured up at the corner of her mouth.
Yes, she was very satisfied with the place arranged by the Blue and White Tiger.
Blue and White Tiger walked forward quickly, bowed respectfully, and said, “Boss.”
Yu Linglong nodded as a response.
He seemed to notice someone entering the room. The man in the cubicle immediately stood up straight, clutching the iron fence with both hands, and said anxiously: “Is your boss here? Let me go! If you know my identity, I promise it would scare you all—”
Before he finished speaking, a woman’s laughter suddenly rang in the room, as if she had heard something very funny. Then he saw a slender figure walking from the shadows.
After seeing the woman’s face clearly, his eyes widened, and his mouth was so open that you could almost fit an apple in it.
Yu Linglong chuckled: “Why would I not know your identity? You are the son of Minister Feng from the Ministry of War, Feng Sihuai!”
Feng Sihuai looked like he had seen a ghost. He involuntarily stepped back two steps, relying on the iron fence behind him to support himself from falling.
“You…why are you here!?”
Blue and White Tiger moved Yu Linglong to a chair, Yu Linglong sat down comfortably, and then looked at Feng Sihuai, with a faint smile in her soft eyes: “What’s so strange about this? This Ruyi Gambling Shop is mine.”
Under the bright light, a fine cold sweat broke out on Feng Sihuai’s forehead. He stared at Yu Linglong blankly, as if it was difficult to digest the news that shocked him so much.
After a long time, he seemed to think of something, and rushed forward, fingers sticking out from the fence, pointing straight at Yu Linglong, and yelling: “You! You did it on purpose! You must have planned it a long time ago! Everything is designed by you!”
Yu Linglong slowly raised her eyes and glanced at Blue and White Tiger. Blue and White Tiger immediately walked to the iron fence, raised his hand, and the knife fell!
Feng Sihuai only felt a flash of silver light in front of him, and there was a sharp pain in his hand. He couldn’t help screaming, and he suddenly retracted his hand that he had stretched out of the fence, and it was so painful that he hugged it to his chest and hopped around.
With this knife, Blue and White Tiger directly cut off his finger pointing at Yu Linglong!
Blue and White Tiger picked up the blood-stained finger on the ground without any expression, put it on a tray, and gave it to Yu Linglong for inspection.
Feng Sihuai was in so much pain that tears came out of his eyes. It went from his fingers into his heart, and with this cut, it was almost painful as if it cut his heart and his lungs!
In the blur of tears, he watched with horror that the graceful woman on the chair just glanced lightly at the bloody fingers on the tray, and then moved her gaze to him.
With a faint smile on her beautiful face, Yu Linglong opened her mouth lightly, as if what happened just now was as simple as crushing an ant.
“Sorry, I don’t like it when someone points at me.”
Feng Sihuai’s lips trembled. The pain from his hand seemed to be replaced by another emotion. He looked at Yu Linglong in horror, as if it was the first time he had discovered her true face.
A boundless fear spread in his heart. His body couldn’t stop trembling. He had never seen a woman so cruel, cold, bloodthirsty, and poisonous. He couldn’t believe what his fate would be!
Yu Linglong glanced at the people behind her and said in a deep voice, “Send this finger to the Feng Mansion and say—”
Her eyes fell on the shivering man in the fence again, and the dimples at the corners of Yu Linglong’s lips gradually deepened.
“Just say that Minister Feng must come in person to let him go!”
…
As expected from Yu Linglong, after receiving Feng Sihuai’s freshly cut finger, Minister Feng rushed to the Ruyi Gambling House as quickly as possible.
Compared with the noise on the first floor, the dark and quiet third floor looked terrifying. Minister Feng’s entourage was left downstairs. He went up to the third floor alone, becoming more and more frightened as he walked.
His son had always wasted time and drank for fun, he knew this. But it was never once as dangerous as this time. He really didn’t know who Feng Sihuai provoked. He even used his chopped finger as a token and sent it to the family!?
Standing at the vacant door, Minister Feng, who had always been arrogant, had the courage to push open the door.
As soon as he entered the door, a gentle voice of a woman rang out in the corner: “The Minister is here, please excuse me for not greeting you.”
When he heard this voice, he thought it was familiar.
Minister Feng didn’t wait to think about where he heard the voice before he saw his son.
An iron fence densely surrounded Feng Sihuai like a terrible cage. Feng Sihuai’s face was pale, his expression was terrified, and his blood-stained body was constantly trembling.
Seeing Minister Feng coming in, Feng Sihuai leaped forward as if he had seen a savior: “Father! Save me, save me! Father!”
The two-meter tall man was like a child at the moment. His crying face was full of snot and tears, he clutched the fence desperately as if he was a chicken about to be slaughtered, and his whole body trembled with fear.
Seeing his romantic and suave son with this appearance, Minister Feng only felt pain in his heart like a needle. He couldn’t control his tone and shouted, “Who did this!?”
A match was struck in the corner, and a candle was lit, illuminating her pretty face.
Like Feng Sihuai, after seeing Yu Linglong’s appearance, Minister Feng was also very surprised: “It’s you?”
Yu Linglong stood up slowly and looked at Minister Feng with an imperceptible: “What, are you surprised?”
Feng Sihuai in the cage whimpered and cried: “Father, this gambling shop is…her’s.”
Looking at his son’s broken finger, Minister Feng was angry and pained, and he shouted without thinking, “You are so bold! How dare you hurt my son!?”
Yu Linglong walked towards him slowly. The fierce aura all over her body seemed to have reduced the temperature in the room to freezing, and even the jumping candlelight diminished.
“When you enter my door, you must abide by the rules here! Ask your son how much money he owes me!? A mere finger only accounts for a little bit of interest!”
Even though Feng Sihuai was mentally prepared to owe gambling debts, Minister Feng was shocked when he heard Yu Linglong’s words: “I will pay you as much money as you lost! If you break his finger, can you pay for it? Do you know what a serious crime it is to injure a person’s body? Even if you are a princess, you can’t escape the sanctions imposed by the yamen!”
Hearing his threatening words, Yu Linglong not only did not show the scared expression she expected but smiled coquettishly, as if she had heard the funniest thing in the world.
Was he trying to intimidate her? It was really interesting. In this life, she was the only one who threatened others, she did not feel threatened yet!
Reaching out and dusting the non-existent dust off her clothes, Yu Linglong smiled and looked at Minister Feng: “You’d better ask your precious son, how many silver taels he has lost with me these days?”
Minister Feng snorted disdainfully. Wasn’t it just an ordinary gambling house? Could it be that the Feng Mansion, who had a big family, couldn’t afford this gambling debt?
Looking at Feng Sihuai, who was so scared, Minister Feng was both in pain and furious, and he said angrily: “Without interest, how much money did you lose?”
Feng Sihuai clung to the fence with both hands and cried bitterly: “Father, I don’t know, it’s just…”
After swallowing hard, Feng Sihuai trembled and said, “It’s just that they told me that I lost all my family business! Father, this is definitely not true! I can’t lose so much money!”
That day, Blue and White Tiger found him, flattered him, respectfully offered to provide him with the best room and the best hospitality, so that he could have a good time here in comfort, and he agreed. He did not need to use cash to settle his winning and losing accounts, he only needed to keep accounts, and settle once every other day, which was much more convenient.
Feng Sihuai was arrogant, so how could he be patient with these little things. Seeing Blue and White Tiger’s flattery was very helpful, so he naturally consented. From then on, he went to and out of the Ruyi gambling house more frequently. When people here saw him, they nodded and bowed and smiled. They flattered the unreserved Master Feng, and when he arrived in the single room, someone served tea and snacks, and various well-dressed people came to gamble with him, which aroused his ambition to win.
Every day at the end of the gambling round, someone took the ledger and asked him to draw the bet. How could he patiently look at the trivial accounts of that round, and naturally he signed away. After drawing the bet, he walked away in the compliments of everyone.
This kind of pleasant life passed for many days, but it ended all at once this morning.
As usual, it was his exclusive room. As usual, it was good tea and drink, but after the most common gambling game, Blue and White Tiger walked up to him and asked him to sit on the third floor, saying that there was something to discuss.
He impatiently followed him up to the third floor, but from Blue and White Tiger, he heard some information that was like a bolt from the blue.
Blue and White Tiger took out a few thick ledgers and pointed them to him one by one. Finally, he told him that he had lost all of Feng’s family property. If there was no new mortgage, then Ruyi Gambling House cannot let him continue to bet.
Of course he didn’t believe it, and he almost started fighting with Blue and White Tiger and the others. How could he squander away the wealth of the Feng family so quickly? Someone must be playing a trick!
What’s more, he remembered that he did not have bad luck. He had won a lot of times. How could he lose so much money?
However, Blue and White Tiger had accounts to testify, and he remembered clearly every day and every game, and he had his signature. After seeing the total amount of the Blue and White Tiger’s final statistics, Feng Sihuai almost had a mental breakdown.
Impossible, how could he lose so much silver in a short period of time!?
Knowing the news, he seemed to be mad and smashed the third floor of the Ruyi Gambling House into a mess, but Blue and White Tiger and the others seemed to have been prepared. A dozen people rushed in, firmly controlled him, and shut him down. He entered this three-square-foot prison and threatened that it would be impossible to get him out of this cage without paying the money!
Feng Sihuai became more afraid as he thought about it. He knelt on the ground, his snot and tears falling down, crying hard, “Father, save me. I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die!”
He originally had a glimmer of hope, thinking that he could use Feng Mansion’s position to deter this small Ruyi Gambling House, but after seeing Yu Linglong, all his hopes burst like a bubble.
This was the property of the Xu’s Mansion. Was his father Minister Feng bigger than Lord Xu?
And Yu Linglong came up and chopped off his finger without saying a word, causing his psychological defenses to completely collapse. What kind of woman was this, how could she make such a cruel move? From then on, even if he didn’t die, he would be a useless person!
Seeing his son’s appearance like a bereaved dog, Minister Feng’s heart sank. He tried to calm his voice and said, “How much does he owe you?”
Yu Linglong raised her chin to Blue and White Tiger, and Blue and White Tiger immediately took out the ledger.
When Minister Feng saw the last amount, he felt like he was hit over the head with a club.
He could hardly believe his eyes. He tore through the ledger, ignoring the ridicule of others, turning it page by page.
The more he saw, the more frightened he became. Feng Sihuai, his prodigal son, actually spent tens of thousands of taels in this small gambling house, winning or losing tens of thousands of taels every day, and in a few days it even exceeded 50,000 taels!
His hands were shaking uncontrollably, and he couldn’t even hold the account book. Minister Feng looked up and saw the rustling figure in the cage. He only felt that the blood all over his body was rushing upwards. He ran in large strides to the iron fence. He desperately stretched out his hand to grab Feng Sihuai, regardless of his majestic image.
“You bastard, you lost 800,000 taels!”
Eight hundred thousand taels of silver. Could he get so much money from the family business he had accumulated in his life with painstaking efforts!? Such a large number was lost by Feng Sihuai in more than a month!
Minister Feng’s eyes were bloodshot, and it seemed that he wanted to pull Feng Sihuai out of the cage and swallow him alive. Feng Sihuai, who had been locked up for most of the day, would like to thank the strong iron fence at the moment. If it weren’t for the fence, he would definitely be beaten to death by Minister Feng on the spot.
Despite being separated by a fence, when he saw Minister Feng’s desperately terrifying appearance, Feng Sihuai couldn’t help but squat on the ground and hug his head tightly. He whimpered: “Father, I know it’s wrong! Save me first. If I go out, I swear I will never bet again!”
Minister Feng roared: “How many times have you said this? I told you a long time ago, if you are so foolish, sooner or later, something will happen. You see, what should you do now? Where am I going to get eight hundred thousand taels of silver!? “
Yu Linglong watched this scene coldly, and couldn’t help but smile contemptuously. Minister Feng was lecturing his son, but he was actually talking to her. Now she was the majestic Princess Xu. This wishful gambling house was the property of the Xu Palace. Could it be that Minister Feng and his son could offend her? If they didn’t repay the gambling debt, could the house of Lord Xu spare them?
She had known for a long time that Minister Feng could not easily take out the silver, but she didn’t just want to scare Feng Sihuai. This time, she would tell Feng Sihuai with tragic facts: In this world, your father can’t help you with everything!
Minister Feng’s fists cracked at Feng Sihuai, but most of it hit the iron fence. Minister Feng didn’t seem to feel the pain at all. He still waved his hand and grabbed Feng Sihuai.
After watching the play for a long time, Yu Linglong finally became impatient.
“Master Feng, have you had enough trouble?”
Minister Feng stopped his hand and panted, looking at Yu Linglong with bloodshot eyes. He gradually revealed an imploring attitude: “Princess, this…it’s not that I don’t want to repay the silver, it’s that I don’t have it!”
Yu Linglong sneered slightly. In her memory, this was the first time Minister Feng had bowed to her so humbly.
Slowly stroking her smooth nails, Yu Linglong opened her mouth mockingly: “Master Feng, I can’t bear these words. I’m just Princess Xu. How can I be worthy of your humility?”
Minister Feng wiped the sweat from his forehead awkwardly and continued to plead: “Princess, there was indeed a bit of misunderstanding between us before. You are much greater than I am, we are not on the same level.”
Yu Linglong pretended to look at him in surprise and said, “Master Feng, what do you mean by this? Are you saying I’m using my public office to avenge private wrongs? Master Feng, not everyone thinks like you. I’ve already forgotten our previous grievances. Today, we are just discussing the matter. When will you pay this silver back?”
Minister Feng was so stuck that he couldn’t even lift his head. Yeah, wasn’t he the one who contributed to the fact that General Yu was sent to southern Xinjiang? Moreover, General Yu died in southern Xinjiang…
There was Yu Qianliu, who froze to death at the gate of his Feng Mansion!
At this moment, Minister Feng thought that it was because Yu Linglong wanted to avenge her father and sister. She thought that General Yu and Yu Qianliu died because of him and his son, and Minister Feng sweated even more.
After holding back for a long time, Minister Feng finally babbled and said: “Princess, I am a clean and honest official, and the family property is really not much. Even if they are all sold, I won’t make up the eight hundred thousand taels! Look, can you slow down? I’ll take the child home first, don’t worry, I will teach him well—”
Yu Linglong coldly interrupted his talk: “What does it have to do with me when you teach your son?”
Now he wanted to teach his son? What did you do earlier?
What was Minister Feng doing when his son was molesting a woman from a respectable family? When Lady Feng took Feng Sihuai to the Yu house to inquire about the crime, did Minister Feng ever think about his own faults? When Feng Sihuai used Yu Qianliu to disadvantage Yu Linglong, did Minister Feng manage his son? Even when Feng Sihuai was sent to court, Minister Feng still only thought about how to protect his son!
Spoiling a child was like killing a child. Now, Minister Feng had finally suffered his own consequences!
However, she had no time to understand the feelings of Minister Feng and Feng Sihuai. Her current goal was the eight hundred thousand taels of silver!
Shaking the account book in her hand, Yu Linglong’s cold gaze fell on Minister Feng’s body like a snow-covered mountain.
“Master Feng, have you forgotten that Lord Xu was recently named the leader of the nine battalions and twelve guards?”
Minister Feng only felt that a mountain was pressed against his neck, and it was cold and heavy. What did Yu Linglong mention at this moment? Was it because she wanted to use King Xu’s power to threaten him?
Yu Linglong didn’t let him guess for too long, and continued: “Minister Feng has been immersed in officialdom for many years, and he must understand what the nine battalions and twelve guards do, such as Jin Wuwei—”
She paused deliberately, and her watery round eyes looked at Minister Feng, who was beginning to tremble, with a smile.
Was he going to pretend to be poor? If it hadn’t been for Feng’s family background that she had already found out, how could she have instructed Blue and White Tiger to do it when Feng Sihuai had lost eight hundred thousand taels of silver?
She had already found out clearly that all the properties in Minister Feng’s Mansion would be sold at about 800,000 taels, so she carefully set up such a trap so that Feng Sihuai could, in a short period of time, lose all the wealth the Feng Mansion had accumulated for several generations!
Would he blame her for being cruel? Was she to blame for her viciousness? If you want to blame someone, just blame yourself! Yu Linglong didn’t grab Feng Sihuai’s hand and make him spend a lot of money at the gambling table!
Whatever you do, you have to pay for it yourself!
Hearing Yu Linglong mentioning Jin Wuwei, Minister Feng’s face suddenly turned dead gray.
Of course he had heard of Jin Wuwei. This was the emperor’s spy, specializing in collecting all kinds of intelligence. If you want to investigate a Feng Mansion’s property, Jin Wuwei’s ability was more than enough.
Even he himself didn’t know that his family had 800,000 taels of silver, but Yu Linglong knew better than him. What did this show?
No matter how stupid Minister Feng was, he knew that he had fallen into a trap.
He was really reluctant to pay the eight hundred thousand taels of silver, this was what he had accumulated for a lifetime! But could Yu Linglong spare him?
Seeing Minister Feng lying on the ground, dripping with sweat but still silent, Yu Linglong smiled coldly.
What’s the matter? You ran out of excuses, so you’re falling to shame now?
Holding up the teacup gracefully, Yu Linglong drank the tea to moisturize her throat, looking down at Minister Feng from high up.
“Perhaps the emperor is very interested in knowing where your eight hundred thousand taels of wealth came from!”
Translator: NovelMultiverse | Editor: NovelMultiverse
When they came to the Prince’s Mansion as guests, they didn’t expect to encounter such a thing. The princess who had tea and chatted with them in the morning became a discarded princess in a blink of an eye. In everyone’s eyes, this kind of thing was a little complicated.
The prince’s princess made one wrong step and instantly fell into an abyss and there was no turning back.
The princess was locked up, and the princesses who came as guests were unattended. Although the princess was still there, it was obvious that she would not come out to entertain them in this situation.
At the gate of the Prince’s Mansion, the carriages of various houses were parked there, and it seemed a bit messy. The princesses came out of the gate, without even saying a word, got on their carriage in a panic, urging them to go quickly, wanting to leave soon.
Yu Linglong was helped by Qing Mei and was the last one to come out of the door.
She didn’t take the carriage of the Xu Palace. She wanted Hong Xing to go to the street to call for a car, but as soon as she went out, she saw the familiar figure.
Lord Xu was dressed in a moon-white silk brocade gown, his face was serious, and he stood motionless outside. The warm wind of early summer blew over and slightly blew the hem of the clouds embroidered with silver thread. This scene had the style of an elegant gentleman.
As soon as she saw Yu Linglong coming out, his long figure immediately greeted her, and his dark eyes stared at her deeply, and he said in a low voice, “Are you okay?”
As soon as Yu Linglong saw him waiting outside, she knew that he already knew what had happened in the Prince’s Mansion, so he would come to the door to pick her up personally because he felt uneasy.
She didn’t expect that he would know so soon.
Yu Linglong paused and took a look at Qing Mei, and Hong Xing and Qing Mei immediately stepped away.
Supporting the hand extended by Lord Xu, Yu Linglong whispered: “You know everything?”
Lord Xu nodded, and said, “Get in the carriage first.”
The two got into the carriage waiting at the side. Hong Xing lowered the curtain, and the carriage started immediately and drove slowly towards the Xu Palace.
Lord Xu squeezed Yu Linglong’s hand, looked at her up and down again in the carriage, and made sure that she was unharmed. Then he said: “What’s the matter, why did the princess suddenly do this?”
It would be hard to believe that the princess was arrested by someone on the spot if she didn’t see it with her own eyes. After all, the princess had not been in this position for a year or two. After being married to the prince for so many years, she had always followed the rules. She was so loved by the empress dowager and the empress, not to mention that she was also a young girl, and she was not frivolous. How could she have sex with a man? This incident may seem like a scandal to outsiders, but in the eyes of a sensitive person like Lord Xu, the matter was strange.
Yu Linglong didn’t answer him first, but asked, “How did you know?”
After Lord Xu only said three words, Yu Linglong understood.
“Jin Wuwei.”
She remembered how the emperor sent Jin Wuwei to monitor her, and what Ling’er had said at that time. Jin Wuwei was the emperor’s person and one of the twelve guards. Since he was under Lord Xu, reporting to Lord Xu was also normal.
Yu Linglong looked at Lord Xu with a bit of approval in her eyes. This kid had learned to be smart. Before, it was only the crown prince monitoring them, but now it was their turn to monitor the crown prince.
Yu Linglong gave a brief account of the development of the matter. When he heard that the princess had given her an aphrodisiac and locked her and Gan Lin in the same room, Lord Xu couldn’t help clenching his fists and thumping the carriage wall: “That shameless bitch!”
Even though the incident had passed, Yu Linglong was sitting in front of him unharmed, but he still couldn’t hold back his anger when he heard it. He knew how dangerous the situation was at that time.
Unable to hold Yu Linglong in his arms, Lord Xu whispered: “When you encounter this kind of thing in the future, don’t try to do it anymore! Didn’t you bring the fireworks I gave you? If you encounter danger, send a signal immediately, and I will be there as soon as possible. You must not face the danger alone, remember!?”
He couldn’t imagine what it would be like at this moment if Yu Linglong hadn’t paid any attention and had been caught by the princess’s tricks.
Seeing his nervous expression, Yu Linglong smiled, patted his hand lightly, and smiled: “Have you forgotten who I am? Anyone who wants to harm me must have forgotten what courage I have!”
His cold lips fell on her sideburns as if confirming that she was really in his arms safely. He whispered: “Linglong, you don’t know how important you are to me. I would rather abandon everything than let you suffer any harm.”
Yu Linglong warmed her heart and said softly, “Don’t worry, I will take care of myself for you.”
His big hand gently kneaded her shoulders and arms, and Lord Xu said, “Aren’t you exhausted? Carrying two people around the yard, I don’t know where you got the strength!”
Yu Linglong couldn’t help but smile. Did he imply that she was a masculine woman?
Give him a heavy blow, Yu Linglong smiled and said, “Don’t you know how strong I am?”
Seeing her smiling, Lord Xu couldn’t help but laugh. He whispered in her ear and said: “Why don’t I know? I know you have always been very strong, that time…”
Lord Xu’s voice became lower and lower until it was almost inaudible. Yu Linglong listened, and her face turned red and she smiled, and she gave him a few more fierce words: “Such words can be spoken. You are so shameless!”
The two chatted and laughed, and the topic returned to the Prince’s Mansion. Lord Xu reduced the smile on his face and said in a deep voice, “Your strategy today was wonderful, but it’s too dangerous. From now on, I’m afraid the prince will hate you.”
Of course, Yu Linglong also knew the reason. Although the prince had no actual evidence of what happened today, this matter was obviously inseparable from Yu Linglong. If it was said that the prince only regarded her as an ordinary woman, then from now on, Yu Linglong had become an enemy that must be eliminated in the eyes of the prince.
Lord Xu raised his hand, helped her support her bun, and said: “This time his goal is me. It is not a good thing for you if he turns his attention to you.”
The prince originally only regarded Yu Linglong as a usable tool, but through today’s events, he should have known that Yu Linglong was not something he could control, nor could he handle her. In the future, he would be even warier of Yu Linglong. Maybe he would even look for opportunities to get rid of her. This was too dangerous for Yu Linglong.
Hearing his worried words, the woman in her arms raised her head. Her star-like eyes looked at him without blinking, and she whispered, “If I didn’t help you, would he let me go?”
She was his princess, the person he was destined to work with for life. If he was in danger, how could she stand by and watch? It was just like when she was in danger, he would definitely help.
Leaning against his warm chest, she said softly but firmly: “I said, I will share misfortune with you, and I will do what I say.”
Lord Xu didn’t say anything, he just squeezed her tighter. Sometimes there was no need to say too much, and it was enough to know each other’s thoughts.
The horse-drawn carriage, carrying a pair of mutually dependent hearts, slowly disappeared into the sky.
…
It was summer after the Grain in Beard festival, and the weather became hot all of a sudden. Since the last time the prince had an accident, the princesses of the various palaces have been a lot more cautious and refused to say a word or take another wrong step. Even the banquet poem meetings were much less, and Yu Linglong’s life was much cleaner.
This day Yu Linglong was resting in the shade of the flowers. Xuan Cao hurriedly walked over, holding a jade pendant in her hand and showing it to Yu Linglong: “Princess, someone outside is looking for you with this, saying that there is something important.”
Looking down at the jade pendant, the lazy look on Yu Linglong’s face disappeared. She sat up on the couch and said, “Send him to the outside Xiaohua Hall to wait, and I will go over.”
Xuan Cao felt a little suspicious, seeing Yu Linglong’s face look gloomy. She didn’t dare to ask more, she hurriedly went to spread the word.
Hong Xing stepped forward to tidy up the silk on Yu Linglong and looked at the scattered red and white petals under the flower tree. Yu Linglong smiled slightly.
It seemed that there was good news for that matter.
When she arrived at the side hall, she saw a man waiting in the room. Yu Linglong took a look at him, vaguely remembering that he was a member of Blue and White Tiger’s. The last time she went to the Ruyi Gambling House, she had also seen him.
Seeing Yu Linglong coming in, the man hurriedly knelt down: “Dear princess, I was sent by Brother Blue and White Tiger to spread the word.”
Yu Linglong nodded: “Speak.”
The man spoke slowly, word by word, apparently memorizing the words of Blue and White Tiger: “Brother Blue and White Tiger said that he had already done what the boss ordered last time, and now the people are in the gathering place. What should I do next? Go ahead, boss, please give the instructions.”
Seeing the painfully confused expression, even Yu Linglong felt a little suspicious, and she asked, “What’s your nickname?”
The man scratched his head, and the big man looked a little embarrassed and replied: “I…I have been nicknamed Guo Jianglong.”
The Dragon Tiger Gang was incorporated by Yu Linglong, but the people from before still retained their previous nicknames. This Guo Jianglong was one of them.
Yu Linglong thought for a while and said, “Go back and tell Blue and White Tiger to watch that person, and I will go there personally tonight.”
Seeing that Yu Linglong said only this sentence, Guo Jianglong was obviously relieved, and squatted quickly: “Yes, boss…no no no, princess.”
Seeing Guo Jianglong’s nervous look, Yu Linglong pursed her lips, holding back her laugh: “Go.”
These gangsters bullied flat-headed people every day. They were so scared when they saw a noble person, it made her laugh.
Ling’er was not there, and in the evening, Yu Linglong left a message for Lord Xu, changed into men’s clothing, and went straight to Baihua Lane.
Business in Baihua Lane improved a lot at night, and the exposed brothel girls are soliciting customers everywhere, and countless colorful handkerchiefs were flying in the air, like countless small flags, welcoming the arrival of a benefactor.
Yu Linglong pushed away a few girls who insisted on sticking to her and finally walked to the Ruyi Gambling House.
On the first floor of the gambling shop, the business was still lively. The voices of gamblers were everywhere, and there was a mess everywhere, but no one paid attention to Yu Linglong. According to Guo Jianglong’s words, Yu Linglong went straight to the third floor and entered the room in the northwest corner.
The exterior of this room looked no different from other rooms. She walked in and found that there was a suite inside, but this suite was very special.
In the center of the room, there was a three-foot-square booth, surrounded by iron fences. The floor tiles went up to the ceiling. This small square meter area was tightly enclosed, and the only source of light was the lantern on the top of this compartment, which gave a clear view of the situation in the compartment, but the person inside could not see what it looked like outside.
Standing in the shadows, Yu Linglong looked at the panicked young man in the cubicle, and a smile slowly conjured up at the corner of her mouth.
Yes, she was very satisfied with the place arranged by the Blue and White Tiger.
Blue and White Tiger walked forward quickly, bowed respectfully, and said, “Boss.”
Yu Linglong nodded as a response.
He seemed to notice someone entering the room. The man in the cubicle immediately stood up straight, clutching the iron fence with both hands, and said anxiously: “Is your boss here? Let me go! If you know my identity, I promise it would scare you all—”
Before he finished speaking, a woman’s laughter suddenly rang in the room, as if she had heard something very funny. Then he saw a slender figure walking from the shadows.
After seeing the woman’s face clearly, his eyes widened, and his mouth was so open that you could almost fit an apple in it.
Yu Linglong chuckled: “Why would I not know your identity? You are the son of Minister Feng from the Ministry of War, Feng Sihuai!”
Feng Sihuai looked like he had seen a ghost. He involuntarily stepped back two steps, relying on the iron fence behind him to support himself from falling.
“You…why are you here!?”
Blue and White Tiger moved Yu Linglong to a chair, Yu Linglong sat down comfortably, and then looked at Feng Sihuai, with a faint smile in her soft eyes: “What’s so strange about this? This Ruyi Gambling Shop is mine.”
Under the bright light, a fine cold sweat broke out on Feng Sihuai’s forehead. He stared at Yu Linglong blankly, as if it was difficult to digest the news that shocked him so much.
After a long time, he seemed to think of something, and rushed forward, fingers sticking out from the fence, pointing straight at Yu Linglong, and yelling: “You! You did it on purpose! You must have planned it a long time ago! Everything is designed by you!”
Yu Linglong slowly raised her eyes and glanced at Blue and White Tiger. Blue and White Tiger immediately walked to the iron fence, raised his hand, and the knife fell!
Feng Sihuai only felt a flash of silver light in front of him, and there was a sharp pain in his hand. He couldn’t help screaming, and he suddenly retracted his hand that he had stretched out of the fence, and it was so painful that he hugged it to his chest and hopped around.
With this knife, Blue and White Tiger directly cut off his finger pointing at Yu Linglong!
Blue and White Tiger picked up the blood-stained finger on the ground without any expression, put it on a tray, and gave it to Yu Linglong for inspection.
Feng Sihuai was in so much pain that tears came out of his eyes. It went from his fingers into his heart, and with this cut, it was almost painful as if it cut his heart and his lungs!
In the blur of tears, he watched with horror that the graceful woman on the chair just glanced lightly at the bloody fingers on the tray, and then moved her gaze to him.
With a faint smile on her beautiful face, Yu Linglong opened her mouth lightly, as if what happened just now was as simple as crushing an ant.
“Sorry, I don’t like it when someone points at me.”
Feng Sihuai’s lips trembled. The pain from his hand seemed to be replaced by another emotion. He looked at Yu Linglong in horror, as if it was the first time he had discovered her true face.
A boundless fear spread in his heart. His body couldn’t stop trembling. He had never seen a woman so cruel, cold, bloodthirsty, and poisonous. He couldn’t believe what his fate would be!
Yu Linglong glanced at the people behind her and said in a deep voice, “Send this finger to the Feng Mansion and say—”
Her eyes fell on the shivering man in the fence again, and the dimples at the corners of Yu Linglong’s lips gradually deepened.
“Just say that Minister Feng must come in person to let him go!”
…
As expected from Yu Linglong, after receiving Feng Sihuai’s freshly cut finger, Minister Feng rushed to the Ruyi Gambling House as quickly as possible.
Compared with the noise on the first floor, the dark and quiet third floor looked terrifying. Minister Feng’s entourage was left downstairs. He went up to the third floor alone, becoming more and more frightened as he walked.
His son had always wasted time and drank for fun, he knew this. But it was never once as dangerous as this time. He really didn’t know who Feng Sihuai provoked. He even used his chopped finger as a token and sent it to the family!?
Standing at the vacant door, Minister Feng, who had always been arrogant, had the courage to push open the door.
As soon as he entered the door, a gentle voice of a woman rang out in the corner: “The Minister is here, please excuse me for not greeting you.”
When he heard this voice, he thought it was familiar.
Minister Feng didn’t wait to think about where he heard the voice before he saw his son.
An iron fence densely surrounded Feng Sihuai like a terrible cage. Feng Sihuai’s face was pale, his expression was terrified, and his blood-stained body was constantly trembling.
Seeing Minister Feng coming in, Feng Sihuai leaped forward as if he had seen a savior: “Father! Save me, save me! Father!”
The two-meter tall man was like a child at the moment. His crying face was full of snot and tears, he clutched the fence desperately as if he was a chicken about to be slaughtered, and his whole body trembled with fear.
Seeing his romantic and suave son with this appearance, Minister Feng only felt pain in his heart like a needle. He couldn’t control his tone and shouted, “Who did this!?”
A match was struck in the corner, and a candle was lit, illuminating her pretty face.
Like Feng Sihuai, after seeing Yu Linglong’s appearance, Minister Feng was also very surprised: “It’s you?”
Yu Linglong stood up slowly and looked at Minister Feng with an imperceptible: “What, are you surprised?”
Feng Sihuai in the cage whimpered and cried: “Father, this gambling shop is…her’s.”
Looking at his son’s broken finger, Minister Feng was angry and pained, and he shouted without thinking, “You are so bold! How dare you hurt my son!?”
Yu Linglong walked towards him slowly. The fierce aura all over her body seemed to have reduced the temperature in the room to freezing, and even the jumping candlelight diminished.
“When you enter my door, you must abide by the rules here! Ask your son how much money he owes me!? A mere finger only accounts for a little bit of interest!”
Even though Feng Sihuai was mentally prepared to owe gambling debts, Minister Feng was shocked when he heard Yu Linglong’s words: “I will pay you as much money as you lost! If you break his finger, can you pay for it? Do you know what a serious crime it is to injure a person’s body? Even if you are a princess, you can’t escape the sanctions imposed by the yamen!”
Hearing his threatening words, Yu Linglong not only did not show the scared expression she expected but smiled coquettishly, as if she had heard the funniest thing in the world.
Was he trying to intimidate her? It was really interesting. In this life, she was the only one who threatened others, she did not feel threatened yet!
Reaching out and dusting the non-existent dust off her clothes, Yu Linglong smiled and looked at Minister Feng: “You’d better ask your precious son, how many silver taels he has lost with me these days?”
Minister Feng snorted disdainfully. Wasn’t it just an ordinary gambling house? Could it be that the Feng Mansion, who had a big family, couldn’t afford this gambling debt?
Looking at Feng Sihuai, who was so scared, Minister Feng was both in pain and furious, and he said angrily: “Without interest, how much money did you lose?”
Feng Sihuai clung to the fence with both hands and cried bitterly: “Father, I don’t know, it’s just…”
After swallowing hard, Feng Sihuai trembled and said, “It’s just that they told me that I lost all my family business! Father, this is definitely not true! I can’t lose so much money!”
That day, Blue and White Tiger found him, flattered him, respectfully offered to provide him with the best room and the best hospitality, so that he could have a good time here in comfort, and he agreed. He did not need to use cash to settle his winning and losing accounts, he only needed to keep accounts, and settle once every other day, which was much more convenient.
Feng Sihuai was arrogant, so how could he be patient with these little things. Seeing Blue and White Tiger’s flattery was very helpful, so he naturally consented. From then on, he went to and out of the Ruyi gambling house more frequently. When people here saw him, they nodded and bowed and smiled. They flattered the unreserved Master Feng, and when he arrived in the single room, someone served tea and snacks, and various well-dressed people came to gamble with him, which aroused his ambition to win.
Every day at the end of the gambling round, someone took the ledger and asked him to draw the bet. How could he patiently look at the trivial accounts of that round, and naturally he signed away. After drawing the bet, he walked away in the compliments of everyone.
This kind of pleasant life passed for many days, but it ended all at once this morning.
As usual, it was his exclusive room. As usual, it was good tea and drink, but after the most common gambling game, Blue and White Tiger walked up to him and asked him to sit on the third floor, saying that there was something to discuss.
He impatiently followed him up to the third floor, but from Blue and White Tiger, he heard some information that was like a bolt from the blue.
Blue and White Tiger took out a few thick ledgers and pointed them to him one by one. Finally, he told him that he had lost all of Feng’s family property. If there was no new mortgage, then Ruyi Gambling House cannot let him continue to bet.
Of course he didn’t believe it, and he almost started fighting with Blue and White Tiger and the others. How could he squander away the wealth of the Feng family so quickly? Someone must be playing a trick!
What’s more, he remembered that he did not have bad luck. He had won a lot of times. How could he lose so much money?
However, Blue and White Tiger had accounts to testify, and he remembered clearly every day and every game, and he had his signature. After seeing the total amount of the Blue and White Tiger’s final statistics, Feng Sihuai almost had a mental breakdown.
Impossible, how could he lose so much silver in a short period of time!?
Knowing the news, he seemed to be mad and smashed the third floor of the Ruyi Gambling House into a mess, but Blue and White Tiger and the others seemed to have been prepared. A dozen people rushed in, firmly controlled him, and shut him down. He entered this three-square-foot prison and threatened that it would be impossible to get him out of this cage without paying the money!
Feng Sihuai became more afraid as he thought about it. He knelt on the ground, his snot and tears falling down, crying hard, “Father, save me. I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die!”
He originally had a glimmer of hope, thinking that he could use Feng Mansion’s position to deter this small Ruyi Gambling House, but after seeing Yu Linglong, all his hopes burst like a bubble.
This was the property of the Xu’s Mansion. Was his father Minister Feng bigger than Lord Xu?
And Yu Linglong came up and chopped off his finger without saying a word, causing his psychological defenses to completely collapse. What kind of woman was this, how could she make such a cruel move? From then on, even if he didn’t die, he would be a useless person!
Seeing his son’s appearance like a bereaved dog, Minister Feng’s heart sank. He tried to calm his voice and said, “How much does he owe you?”
Yu Linglong raised her chin to Blue and White Tiger, and Blue and White Tiger immediately took out the ledger.
When Minister Feng saw the last amount, he felt like he was hit over the head with a club.
He could hardly believe his eyes. He tore through the ledger, ignoring the ridicule of others, turning it page by page.
The more he saw, the more frightened he became. Feng Sihuai, his prodigal son, actually spent tens of thousands of taels in this small gambling house, winning or losing tens of thousands of taels every day, and in a few days it even exceeded 50,000 taels!
His hands were shaking uncontrollably, and he couldn’t even hold the account book. Minister Feng looked up and saw the rustling figure in the cage. He only felt that the blood all over his body was rushing upwards. He ran in large strides to the iron fence. He desperately stretched out his hand to grab Feng Sihuai, regardless of his majestic image.
“You bastard, you lost 800,000 taels!”
Eight hundred thousand taels of silver. Could he get so much money from the family business he had accumulated in his life with painstaking efforts!? Such a large number was lost by Feng Sihuai in more than a month!
Minister Feng’s eyes were bloodshot, and it seemed that he wanted to pull Feng Sihuai out of the cage and swallow him alive. Feng Sihuai, who had been locked up for most of the day, would like to thank the strong iron fence at the moment. If it weren’t for the fence, he would definitely be beaten to death by Minister Feng on the spot.
Despite being separated by a fence, when he saw Minister Feng’s desperately terrifying appearance, Feng Sihuai couldn’t help but squat on the ground and hug his head tightly. He whimpered: “Father, I know it’s wrong! Save me first. If I go out, I swear I will never bet again!”
Minister Feng roared: “How many times have you said this? I told you a long time ago, if you are so foolish, sooner or later, something will happen. You see, what should you do now? Where am I going to get eight hundred thousand taels of silver!? “
Yu Linglong watched this scene coldly, and couldn’t help but smile contemptuously. Minister Feng was lecturing his son, but he was actually talking to her. Now she was the majestic Princess Xu. This wishful gambling house was the property of the Xu Palace. Could it be that Minister Feng and his son could offend her? If they didn’t repay the gambling debt, could the house of Lord Xu spare them?
She had known for a long time that Minister Feng could not easily take out the silver, but she didn’t just want to scare Feng Sihuai. This time, she would tell Feng Sihuai with tragic facts: In this world, your father can’t help you with everything!
Minister Feng’s fists cracked at Feng Sihuai, but most of it hit the iron fence. Minister Feng didn’t seem to feel the pain at all. He still waved his hand and grabbed Feng Sihuai.
After watching the play for a long time, Yu Linglong finally became impatient.
“Master Feng, have you had enough trouble?”
Minister Feng stopped his hand and panted, looking at Yu Linglong with bloodshot eyes. He gradually revealed an imploring attitude: “Princess, this…it’s not that I don’t want to repay the silver, it’s that I don’t have it!”
Yu Linglong sneered slightly. In her memory, this was the first time Minister Feng had bowed to her so humbly.
Slowly stroking her smooth nails, Yu Linglong opened her mouth mockingly: “Master Feng, I can’t bear these words. I’m just Princess Xu. How can I be worthy of your humility?”
Minister Feng wiped the sweat from his forehead awkwardly and continued to plead: “Princess, there was indeed a bit of misunderstanding between us before. You are much greater than I am, we are not on the same level.”
Yu Linglong pretended to look at him in surprise and said, “Master Feng, what do you mean by this? Are you saying I’m using my public office to avenge private wrongs? Master Feng, not everyone thinks like you. I’ve already forgotten our previous grievances. Today, we are just discussing the matter. When will you pay this silver back?”
Minister Feng was so stuck that he couldn’t even lift his head. Yeah, wasn’t he the one who contributed to the fact that General Yu was sent to southern Xinjiang? Moreover, General Yu died in southern Xinjiang…
There was Yu Qianliu, who froze to death at the gate of his Feng Mansion!
At this moment, Minister Feng thought that it was because Yu Linglong wanted to avenge her father and sister. She thought that General Yu and Yu Qianliu died because of him and his son, and Minister Feng sweated even more.
After holding back for a long time, Minister Feng finally babbled and said: “Princess, I am a clean and honest official, and the family property is really not much. Even if they are all sold, I won’t make up the eight hundred thousand taels! Look, can you slow down? I’ll take the child home first, don’t worry, I will teach him well—”
Yu Linglong coldly interrupted his talk: “What does it have to do with me when you teach your son?”
Now he wanted to teach his son? What did you do earlier?
What was Minister Feng doing when his son was molesting a woman from a respectable family? When Lady Feng took Feng Sihuai to the Yu house to inquire about the crime, did Minister Feng ever think about his own faults? When Feng Sihuai used Yu Qianliu to disadvantage Yu Linglong, did Minister Feng manage his son? Even when Feng Sihuai was sent to court, Minister Feng still only thought about how to protect his son!
Spoiling a child was like killing a child. Now, Minister Feng had finally suffered his own consequences!
However, she had no time to understand the feelings of Minister Feng and Feng Sihuai. Her current goal was the eight hundred thousand taels of silver!
Shaking the account book in her hand, Yu Linglong’s cold gaze fell on Minister Feng’s body like a snow-covered mountain.
“Master Feng, have you forgotten that Lord Xu was recently named the leader of the nine battalions and twelve guards?”
Minister Feng only felt that a mountain was pressed against his neck, and it was cold and heavy. What did Yu Linglong mention at this moment? Was it because she wanted to use King Xu’s power to threaten him?
Yu Linglong didn’t let him guess for too long, and continued: “Minister Feng has been immersed in officialdom for many years, and he must understand what the nine battalions and twelve guards do, such as Jin Wuwei—”
She paused deliberately, and her watery round eyes looked at Minister Feng, who was beginning to tremble, with a smile.
Was he going to pretend to be poor? If it hadn’t been for Feng’s family background that she had already found out, how could she have instructed Blue and White Tiger to do it when Feng Sihuai had lost eight hundred thousand taels of silver?
She had already found out clearly that all the properties in Minister Feng’s Mansion would be sold at about 800,000 taels, so she carefully set up such a trap so that Feng Sihuai could, in a short period of time, lose all the wealth the Feng Mansion had accumulated for several generations!
Would he blame her for being cruel? Was she to blame for her viciousness? If you want to blame someone, just blame yourself! Yu Linglong didn’t grab Feng Sihuai’s hand and make him spend a lot of money at the gambling table!
Whatever you do, you have to pay for it yourself!
Hearing Yu Linglong mentioning Jin Wuwei, Minister Feng’s face suddenly turned dead gray.
Of course he had heard of Jin Wuwei. This was the emperor’s spy, specializing in collecting all kinds of intelligence. If you want to investigate a Feng Mansion’s property, Jin Wuwei’s ability was more than enough.
Even he himself didn’t know that his family had 800,000 taels of silver, but Yu Linglong knew better than him. What did this show?
No matter how stupid Minister Feng was, he knew that he had fallen into a trap.
He was really reluctant to pay the eight hundred thousand taels of silver, this was what he had accumulated for a lifetime! But could Yu Linglong spare him?
Seeing Minister Feng lying on the ground, dripping with sweat but still silent, Yu Linglong smiled coldly.
What’s the matter? You ran out of excuses, so you’re falling to shame now?
Holding up the teacup gracefully, Yu Linglong drank the tea to moisturize her throat, looking down at Minister Feng from high up.
“Perhaps the emperor is very interested in knowing where your eight hundred thousand taels of wealth came from!”
