The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

"A confession?"

"Yes, if you want to calm this matter down, the prince must write a letter of apology."

"But this prince has never written it!"

Wan Lianxing clenched his fists and gritted his teeth in anger. Cheng Youning was not ashamed of writing a letter of apology, he was just worried that he would not be able to write it. How could a person like Cheng Youning appear in their Wan family?

At this time, the attendant smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if you can't write. Master has a sample here. You can learn from it."

Wan Lianxing had written a confession of guilt, and it was still with his followers. He couldn't let Cheng Youning see such a shameful thing. He glared at his followers and said, "Stop fooling around here. Take the prince down to write a confession of guilt!"

The attendant winked at Cheng Youning, signaling him to follow him. Cheng Youning looked at the pile of gold and silver treasures and felt a little reluctant. "If I take these to the Ministry of Revenue, how can I explain to those people?"

Yan Qilian said: "Don't worry, Prince. If there is any silver to be returned, the Ministry of Revenue will notify you."

"No, the money is in the Ministry of Revenue. Why did you inform this prince? You can just pay the money according to the roster."

"The silver has entered my Ministry of Revenue, so it belongs to my Ministry of Revenue. The silver will have its own destination in the future, and every transaction will be recorded in the account book. If the prince wants to know where the silver has gone, I can show the account book to the prince."

"Why would I look at your account books? I just want to know who will pay for the money on the roster."

"Of course it was the prince who paid for it, and the prince received the silver!"

"That's not right. I've been busy for nearly a month, right? It's all for your Ministry of Revenue!"

"Prince, you should reflect on this. The Emperor does not allow any minister to take bribes or abuse power for personal gain, and this includes Your Highness. Every penny of this money must be confiscated."

"Then Lord Yan, how can I make up so much money? My monthly salary is only three hundred taels. It will take me a long time to save up several million taels of silver!"

Yan Qilian said, "Prince, don't count on your salary anymore. For the trouble you caused, you will be fined at least three years' salary."

"Three years' salary? That's too much. How can I pay back the money on the roster?"

"Doesn't the prince have an inner treasury? Just take it from the prince's inner treasury!"

"Oh my god, after all this time, the person who is most capable of defrauding this prince is you, Yan Qilian. This prince is unlucky. I worked so hard for nearly a month, flew dozens of kites, and in the end, I made wedding clothes for your Ministry of Revenue."

Cheng Feng coughed twice, signaling Cheng Youning to stop talking at this time. Didn't he see the glares from his grandfather?

Cheng Youning had no choice but to leave with his entourage.

It was obvious that the king and his subject had something to discuss, so Cheng Feng took his leave.

Cheng Youning followed the attendant in front with a worried look on his face, and said with some regret, "Master, we won't have to return all those hundreds of taels of silver, will we?"

The attendant said indifferently: "If you want to withdraw, then withdraw. You still need to take some silver."

"Master, that is not a small amount of money. I never thought Yan Qilian was so good at collecting money for the Ministry of Revenue. With just a few words, the money I worked so hard to get was confiscated."

"It's okay to confiscate it. It's not a big deal. I'll go to your grandfather's inner storehouse and get you some silver later."

"Go to the treasury of my grandfather and get some silver. Master just said that if I don't have any silver, I can ask you for help. Did the masters in the courtyard get their silver from my grandfather's treasury? Master, you don't have any money?"

The attendant showed embarrassment for the first time. He seemed to have very little money in his hand because he could not use the money very often. "Master's money is managed by your grandfather. Your grandfather's money is Master's money, and your master's money is your grandfather's money. Anyway, the money is in your grandfather's hands."

Cheng Youning didn't want to know whose silver belonged to whom. He just wanted to know one thing: how much silver his little grandfather had. He had been to every place in the palace, but he didn't know where his little grandfather's treasury was.

"Master, how much silver is there in my grandfather's inner storehouse? It can't be full of rare treasures, right? Master, can you take me to have a look?"

Just as the attendant was about to speak, he heard Cheng Feng coughing from behind him, "Attendant, don't lead my son astray. Going to someone else's inner storehouse to take something is stealing! This child has enough problems already, he can't go any further."

"Okay, okay, disciple, your father has money, you can ask your father for this silver."

Cheng Youning's eyes lit up again, "Daddy, can you make up the money on the roster for me?"

"No, just do what Lord Yan said, and the money will come from your own treasury. Youning, you have so much money that you can't spend it all, so don't think of some unorthodox ways to cheat money. Your grandfather is already very angry today. If I were you, I would write a letter of apology as soon as possible, which would be a good proof of your attitude of admitting your mistakes, and then have a good sleep, because you will suffer tomorrow."

"Daddy, what will happen tomorrow?"

"The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be forgiven."

"A spanking?"

"It's not that simple. The lighter ones will be put in solitary confinement, the more serious ones will be demoted to commoners, and if things go wrong, you may even have to spend time in jail."

Cheng Feng's words worked. Cheng Youning was originally only worried about the money. He was not afraid of being beaten with a stick. His grandfather would definitely not beat him to death. But he was unwilling to go to jail. "I am the prince. Yan Shizhao once said that I am the foundation of the country. You can't let me go to jail, right?"

"The emperor is guilty of the same crime as the common people, so what if he is the foundation of the country! Your grandfather was the foundation of the country when you were alive. If he gets mad at you, you are a criminal. How could you, at such a young age, collude with more than 70 officials to accept bribes in private? Do you want to piss your grandfather off to death? Collusion and bribery are both serious crimes. Your grandfather would not mind chopping off your head."

"I didn't collude with the ministers. I only met them twice at most, and each time for a cup of tea. We talked very little. They all wanted to get promoted, make money, and seek asylum. I thought it would be a waste not to accept the money that was delivered to my door. I really didn't collude with outsiders. If Dad doesn't believe me, you can ask Qiao Rong." Cheng Youning was eager to explain, his face was about to wrinkle.

Qiao Rong's depressed look was not a good sign either.

"Alright, stop explaining. Save these words for your defense in court tomorrow. Youning, you will suffer tomorrow. Dad hopes you can learn from this and think twice before doing anything. Where did you read so many books? Why do you become more and more backward as you grow older? Did your teacher tell you to be profit-driven and abuse your power for personal gain? I don't think your teacher is that kind of person. Not only that, but he will be implicated because of you."