Regent, the princess you found is a treasure

In the Shangshu Mansion, Second Master Zhang woke up from his coma and felt pain all over his body, as if he was cut into pieces. He vaguely remembered that someone punched and kicked him in his dream last night, but now he felt the pain for real.

Mr. Zhang II endured the severe pain and opened his eyes with difficulty. After looking around, he was surprised to find that he was lying on the cold and hard floor. He tried to move his body, but it caused a piercing pain and he couldn't help but scream.

The concubine sleeping in the bed was also awakened by the sudden scream. She sat up and looked at the scene in horror: she saw Mr. Zhang II lying on the ground with wounds all over his body and blood all over his body.

The young concubine had never seen such a tragic scene before. She was immediately frightened out of her wits. She climbed out of the bed using her hands and feet, grabbed a piece of clothing and ran out in panic, shouting for help as she ran.

The guards in the mansion rushed over upon hearing the noise and rushed into the room. They were all stunned when they saw Mr. Zhang lying on the ground covered with wounds. The situation was urgent, and the guards did not bother to ask the reason, and hurriedly carried Mr. Zhang carefully to the bed.

At this time, Mr. Zhang's face was distorted with pain, and he kept cursing and swearing: "Fuck! Which bastard dares to treat me like this? Ouch, it hurts so much!"

One of the guards quickly ran out to call the palace doctor, and the other guards looked around the room and found that all the antiques in the second young master's room were gone.

"Second Young Master, all the antiques in your room are gone." A guard pointed at the empty display shelves.

Young Master Zhang II endured the excruciating pain and looked up, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Those antiques, calligraphy and paintings, every one of them was acquired by him with great effort, some he bought at a high price, some he robbed, but they were all authentic and rare pieces, each one was very expensive.

Which damn thief not only stole his things, but also beat him so badly! Second Master Zhang groaned in pain, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch. He secretly swore in his heart that he would catch this man and bring him to justice no matter what, and impose the most cruel punishment - cutting him into pieces!

"Second Young Master, there is a note here." A guard spotted the note left by Su Luoxue on the table and said hurriedly.

"What's written on it?" Mr. Zhang II asked through gritted teeth, enduring the severe pain.

The guard suddenly became hesitant and stammered for a long time without being able to utter a word.

"Hurry up and tell me!" Young Master Zhang roared in anger.

The guard stepped forward tremblingly and handed the note to Mr. Zhang. Mr. Zhang snatched the note and took a closer look. It said: "Next time you dare to kill someone, watch out for your head!"

Mr. Zhang was so angry that he was shaking all over and threw the note to the ground.

He was just about to ask the court doctor why he had not arrived yet when he suddenly heard a commotion coming from the yard, mixed with panicked cries for help and noisy and chaotic footsteps.

He was about to send a guard out to check the situation when he saw several royal guards armed with swords rushing into the house.

"Are you the second son of the Shangshu Mansion?" One of the imperial guards shouted as he looked at the second son Zhang with his skin torn.

"Yes, who are you?" asked the Second Master Zhang.

"We are the Imperial Guards. Shangshu Zhang is suspected of corruption, bribery, selling official positions and many other crimes. He has been thrown into jail by His Majesty and will be executed in three days. We have been ordered to search his house and arrest all the people in the Shangshu's mansion." said a small leader of the Imperial Guards.

"What? What did you say? You must have made a mistake. Our Shangshu Mansion will be the prince's in-laws in the future. How could the emperor kill my father and confiscate the Shangshu Mansion?" The second son Zhang shouted loudly, not caring about the pain at this time.

"Take him away." The little leader was too lazy to pay attention to him and had someone take Young Master Zhang away. Young Master Zhang screamed in pain, but no one paid any attention to him.

All the people in the Shangshu Mansion were brought to the spacious courtyard. The masters stood on one side, the maids stood on one side, and the guards and servants stood on one side.

The second son was brought here crying and howling. When his biological mother, Aunt Xu, saw her son being beaten like this, she rushed over and cried, "Why did you beat him like this?"

The second young master endured the pain and quickly said to his aunt: "Aunt, they didn't beat me. I was beaten in my dream last night."

Aunt Xu cried even harder: "My son, have you been beaten silly by them?"

"Stop howling. The Shangshu Mansion has been ransacked. Who are you howling to?" Shangshu Zhang's wife, Yan, shouted sternly.

Aunt Xu stopped crying with a cry and could only watch her son shedding tears.

Yan and the eldest daughter-in-law each supported the old lady on one side, while the eldest son of the Shangshu Mansion stood behind his mother holding his two children. A eunuch from the palace had just come to read the imperial edict: Shangshu Zhang was suspected of corruption, bribery, buying and selling official positions, and was thrown into death row. He will be executed at Caishikou in three days. The rest of the Shangshu Mansion were all exiled to a bitter and cold place thousands of miles away, and they were to leave immediately.

Upon hearing the result, the eldest son looked at his young children and felt sad. He really couldn't bear to see such young children follow the adults to such a place to suffer. However, they were born in this family and were destined to have no control over their own lives. They could only resign themselves to their fate.

When the old lady heard that her son was going to be executed in three days, she fainted on the spot. It took a while for her to wake up after being pinched on the Ren Zhong point. Yan and the eldest daughter-in-law could only support her on each side to prevent her from falling.

The Imperial Guards also found a large amount of valuables in the storehouses and backyards of the Shangshu Mansion. They looked at the rows of large boxes full of gold and silver piled in the middle of the yard, as well as boxes of various rare treasures, gold and silver jewelry, stores, shops, large and small farms, and so on.

After counting, there were more than 64 million taels of gold and silver alone, not including other items.

When the leader of the Imperial Guards showed the bill for these things to the emperor, Xuan Jingyu was also shocked. He did not expect that Minister Zhang had embezzled so much money, which was almost equivalent to his entire national treasury. It seemed that Xuan Moyin had not wronged him.

All this money was transferred into the national treasury, but some of the gold, silver, jewelry, and rare treasures were put into the emperor's private treasury.

When Xuan Moyin told Su Luoxue the amount of money that was confiscated from the Shangshu Mansion, Su Luoxue bit a big pig's hoof with great pain, and while biting it, she kept saying with great regret: "Ah, the emperor got a bargain for that bastard. So much money, what a pity, what a pity."

Uncle Fu, who was serving on the side, was stunned.