Peach Blossom.

Tao Ye was frightened by the "Three Rules" mentioned by Mrs. Han. Every word of it meant killing without mercy. This was too scary!

After Mrs. Han finished explaining the rules, she smiled and said to Chen and Wang, "If you two have made up your mind, please put your fingerprints on this life and death agreement. Otherwise, please go back to where you came from!"

Tao Ye really wanted to persuade Wang Jing to reconsider, but in front of Prince Yongchang and Madam Han, she didn't dare to say it directly, so she kept trying to wink at Wang Jing.

But Wang Jing didn't even look over here. It was obvious that he was very sure about what he was going to do and didn't feel it was dangerous.

In front of them was a desk with a cinnabar ink on it. Wang Jing walked straight over, pressed the ink with his index finger, and then pressed it on the life and death statement.

Chen Ji did not dare to show any hesitation, and quickly pressed his fingerprints on the death certificate.

Mrs. Han took a copy of the life and death agreement from each of them, marked their names with a pen, and put them back in the bookcase.

Chen Ji and Wang Jing both kept another copy of the life and death agreement and kept it safe.

Tao Ye watched from the side and felt that it was like a modern corporate contract, in duplicate, with one copy for the company and one for the individual. However, modern contracts could not have such horrific clauses...

The formalities have been completed, and now it's time to get down to business.

Si Yuan finally asked Wang Jing: "Where is the eighth vault?"

Wang Jing replied, "It is under the Ning Palace."

Chen Ji listened silently, and this answer indeed confirmed his guess.

Si Yuan smiled slightly and exclaimed: "I have lived in Yongchang for more than ten years and have never left for a day, but I didn't know that there are gold vaults hidden underground in every county. Your father came from afar, but he was able to find it without anyone noticing. He is really a god!"

It was just a few short sentences, but Si Yuan actually took a breath twice while speaking!

Chen Ji and Wang Jing both realized that Si Yuan was extremely weak. Perhaps for this reason, whenever a long speech was needed, Madam Han would do it.

Wang Jing bowed to Si Yuan and said in a symbolic way: "Your Majesty, thank you for your praise."

Madam Han smiled and said to Wang Jing, "The more capable you are, the more work you will do. Your father will have to worry about digging the treasury next."

Wang Jing nodded and replied, "It is an honor for me and my son to serve the king and his wife. However, the vaults are scattered in various counties of Yongchang, and there are people in each county. The unearthed gold and silver will attract attention. If the news spreads to Yongchang before the project is completed, won't it bring us trouble?"

"Please rest assured, Prince Consort Wang, the news will not spread out of Yongchang." Mrs. Han looked confident when she said this.

Chen Ji thought to himself that Madam Han dared to say this, and she thought that every road along the Yongchang border was likely under the surveillance of the Prince of Yongchang. However, he traveled back and forth between Yongchang several times, but never found anyone guarding the border.

Wang Jing also understood what was meant, but he and Tao Ye flew directly into Yongchang from a high altitude, so it was impossible for him to know whether the border of Yongchang was defended or not.

Si Yuan waved his hand to Madam Han and slowly said in a low voice: "Nothing is perfect in the world. Prince Consort Wang is right to worry. It is better to be careful."

Wang Jing bowed again and said, "If we want to conceal our tracks, we need to have very few people participating in the gold mining, and we need to find some other excuses to start the work. The amount mined each time should not be too large. This will inevitably take a lot of time."

Si Yuan smiled lightly, not caring: "Three to five years won't be a problem. Training soldiers is slower than digging for gold. Besides, the most expensive thing is not to raise soldiers, but to enter the capital one day."

After saying that, Si Yuan glanced at Madam Han.

Madam Han instructed Wang Jing: "Please keep a good account book when digging for gold. If you need to use it, you don't need to inform us in advance, just record it in the account. If you need manpower, just ask at any time, and the county magistrates of all counties can obey your orders."

Wang Jing agreed to all of them.

Madam Han took out a copper seal and a document, placed them on a wooden tray, and walked up to Chen Ji: "There is a general in the palace named Shang Yun. The king has appointed him as the left general. From today on, Chen Ji will be the right general, and we will lead the new army together."

Chen Ji hurriedly took the copper seal and the document with both hands, bowed to Si Yuan, and asked Madam Han: "May I see General Shang?"

Madam Han said, "General Chen, don't worry. General Shang will come to visit you in two days."

Chen Ji accepted the order.

Tao Ye looked at the glittering copper seal in Chen Ji's hand and thought it was a rare item. She wanted to take a closer look at it, but she didn't want to take Chen Ji's seal... She unconsciously asked for Wang Jing, "What is my second brother's official position?"

Wang Jing glanced at Tao Ye. He had never thought of asking for an official position.

Si Yuan responded to Tao Ye's words very gently: "Please forgive me, Miss Tao. I am only a king in name only. My status is far less noble than that of the prince consort. I dare not grant the prince consort an official position."

Tao Ye felt depressed after listening to this. She didn't understand. If Si Yuan didn't dare to grant Wang Jing an official position, how could he dare to assign a job to Wang Jing and make him sign a life and death agreement?

But Wang Jing was surprised at this moment that King Yongchang could actually call out Tao Ye's name casually!

Si Yuan smiled at Wang Jing again and promised: "If I ever rule the capital, Prince Consort Wang will be given the first place in the list of merits, and you can choose any official position you want."

However, Wang Jing was unwilling to be an official. He suddenly knelt on the ground and said: "I am willing to die for you, Your Majesty, but I don't ask for an official position. I only ask for one thing."

Seeing him so serious, Si Yuan was very curious: "What's the matter?"

"This is the thing that I requested from Emperor Xiaozong, but he could not decide for me - to abolish my marriage with Princess Si Yao and allow me to move the body of my first wife, Man, back to the Wang family's ancestral tomb." After Wang Jing said this, he kowtowed deeply.

Si Yuan was deeply moved. He left his chair, walked to Wang Jing, and personally helped Wang Jing up. He even changed his way of addressing him: "The most loyal and righteous person in the world is none other than Brother Wang."

Tao Ye looked at Wang Jing's solemn expression and felt sour in her heart.

Chen Ji stood aside, silent. He naturally knew that Prince Yongchang valued Wang Jing and favored Wang Jing. He did not just feel this now, but had been like this since he was in Prince Ning's Palace.

However, he doesn't care about these.

Based on his understanding of Princess Si Yao, once Si Yao heard the news that Wang Jing and Tao Ye eloped to Yongchang, she would definitely make a big move. By then, he didn't believe that Prince Yongchang would still like Wang Jing as much as he did now!

His only worry right now was whether the person who leaked the news to Si Yao could return to him safely.

He cherishes everyone who follows him when he is down and out, and he doesn't want anything to happen to any of them.

After leaving Yongchang Palace, Chen Ji took advantage of the distance between him and Wang Jing and the others and asked Ma Da in a low voice, "Who was the person you sent out last time?"

Ma Da also replied in a low voice: "It's my cousin, Ma Dan."

After hearing this, Chen Ji became even more worried.

After the sun set, Chen Ji, Wang Jing and others returned to Ailao.

Wang Yi had been waiting for them outside the door for a long time. He saw Tao Ye and Wang Jing riding on the same horse from afar. Because the horse was running fast, Tao Ye was swaying from side to side on the horse's back. The sight made Wang Yi laugh again.

The maid Fang Qing prepared a table of food, and Wang Yi, Wang Jing, Tao Ye, and Chen Ji ate at the same table.

At the dinner table, the topic of entering Yongchang Palace in broad daylight inevitably came up. Chen Ji pretended to be very casual and asked Wang Yi as if it was just a casual conversation: "Uncle, you have been in Yongchang for many years. Do you know if there is anyone secretly guarding the border of Yongchang?"

Wang Yi smiled and shook his head: "There are no soldiers guarding it, only bandits."

Chen Ji seemed to understand that Yongchang had many mountains and naturally many bandits.

He knew that Prince Yongchang was good at everything, but he didn't expect that Prince Yongchang could be so good at everything! Even bandits?

Then, in Yongchang County, how many people are there who are not the King of Yongchang?

However, Chen Ji thought again: If the Prince of Yongchang cannot even subdue all the people in Yongchang County, how can he dare to covet the world? How can he be relied on?

"Bandits?" Tao Ye was puzzled. "Yongchang is full of poor people, and few outsiders come here. How many taels of silver can bandits get from robbery?"

Wang Yi laughed and said, "Most of the bandits in Yongchang gather in the mountains on the border of Yongchang. They rob people from outside Yongchang."

Tao Ye's eyes widened in surprise, and she was even more puzzled: "They live on the mountain in Yongchang, and then they go out to rob, and then move the property back after the robbery. Isn't it tiring? Wouldn't it be better to live in a place that is convenient for robbery?"

Although Wang Yi was replying to Tao Ye's words, he leaned towards Chen Ji with a faint smile on his face: "Because... these bandits, like you, also signed a life and death agreement in Yongchang Palace."

At this moment, Chen Ji felt that Wang Yi might have seen through his thoughts.

Tao Ye thought she had suddenly realized what Prince Yongchang was up to, and whispered to Wang Jing, "When I was in Prince Ning's palace, I was thinking, Yongchang is so poor, where does it get the money to feed so many refugees? This is blatant robbing the rich to help the poor!"

Wang Jing just smiled, he knew that this was not what Wang Yi meant.

Chen Ji couldn't help laughing when he heard Tao Ye's conclusion: "Silly girl, if Prince Yongchang made friends with bandits just to rob the rich and help the poor, wouldn't he be a bandit leader? What's the point of being a king?"

Tao Ye was a little confused, but she didn't want to ask Chen Ji.

In the evening, Tao Ye was just about to lie down when she heard a knock on the door.

She thought, maybe Chen Ji is here to harass her again... so she asked impatiently, "Why aren't you sleeping so late at night?"

Wang Jing's voice came from outside the door: "I just want to ask you, are you injured after falling off the horse today?"

When Tao Ye heard it was Wang Jing, she hurriedly put on her shoes, opened the door, and smiled: "Second brother...it's you..."

"I guess you must be injured, but you don't want to tell me because of the blood, so I came to bring you medicine." Wang Jing stretched out his hand, holding a bottle of medicine in his palm, which he had used before.

Tao Ye didn't answer. On such a quiet night, Wang Jing appeared in front of her door, and she stood inside the door with her hair loose. It should have been a romantic scene.

But he only came to deliver medicine, and she didn't know whether she should be touched or sad.

If she took the medicine, Wang Jing would probably turn around and leave in the next second.

Wang Jing looked at Tao Ye in a daze and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Tao Ye lowered her head, revealing a shy and silent attitude: "My injuries... are mostly on my back. Even if I have medicine, how can I apply it myself?"

Wang Jing didn't know how to respond for a moment. He knew that he couldn't just ask others to help apply medicine on Tao Ye's green blood.

Tao Ye felt that there was no way Wang Jing could not have failed to hear her hint. She felt sad when she saw that Wang Jing did not take the initiative to offer to apply medicine for her.

She whispered to Wang Jing: "Last night, before I went to bed, Chen Ji came."

Wang Jing looked up at Tao Ye, seeming a little at a loss.

"He said that you only have Mantang Jiao in your heart. You are the princess' husband in name, but I just keep sticking to her. It's shameless!" Tao Ye blinked desperately. You know, it was very embarrassing for her to repeat these words.

Wang Jing's eyes became even more confused.

"I am thick-skinned, but not to the point of being shameless!" Tao Ye finally mustered up the courage and looked up at Wang Jing. Tears were gleaming in her eyes. "Now, I want you to tell me in person, am I really shameless for sticking to you like this every day?"