The substitute prince: Reported the emperor's brother at the beginning

Yang Long didn't know what Wu Lingyun wanted to do with Xu Maocai, so he prepared to ask someone to find out what was going on.

Yang Ziqin said, "Daddy, please leave this matter to your daughter. I'm going back to the Prince's Mansion just in time."

Yang Long thought it was okay. If Wu Lingyun really had any dissatisfaction with Xu Maocai, he would not make things too difficult for him for the sake of the princess.

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Inside the silk shop.

A fat man dressed in noble silk took a piece of cloth and slapped the person in front of him.

He scolded in a high-sounding tone: "Are you stupid?"

"This is noble silk, and it's only 20 taels. The lowest price is 50 taels."

"How much fabric does adult clothing require?"

"You bunch of losers, you don't even know how to save fabric when making clothes for them?"

A group of servants lowered their heads and dared not speak, each cursing Xu Maocai in their hearts for being cruel.

Under the guise of the royal brand, they cheated customers everywhere and their reputation has long been stinking in Wudu.

In addition to handing over the money to the Sixth Prince and the Ye family every month, he bought several houses for himself and spent the most luxuriously on food, clothing and other expenses.

He is so rich that he is dripping with wealth, a real tycoon.

The shopkeeper of the nearby silk shop said cautiously, "Boss, this isn't good. If someone reports us to the authorities, we'll be punished."

In this feudal society, merchants had a very low status and were subject to heavy commercial taxes.

Other businessmen are very low-key, unlike Xu Maocai, who is so arrogant and domineering.

"What are you afraid of? Our Xu family has His Royal Highness the Prince behind us. Who can do anything to us?"

Xu Maocai shouted arrogantly, not afraid at all of being heard by outsiders.

He suddenly thought, "Isn't the Sixth Prince looking for me? Where is he? Why hasn't he come yet?"

At this moment, a voice sounded at the door: "Is this prince making you wait impatiently?"

Ning Yi just walked in at this time.

Xu Maocai, who had been so arrogant just now, immediately became servile when he saw Ning Yi. He quickly smiled and bowed, "Your Highness, you are finally here."

"How dare I wait impatiently? I just heard that His Highness wanted to see me, so I came right away, fearing that I might delay His Highness's important matter."

Xu Maocai's change in attitude made everyone present look disdainful. The difference between before and after was too great.

Ning Yi felt disgusted when he looked at Xu Maocai who looked like a dog in front of him. This guy was really too fat and very ugly.

"Hmm." He nodded slightly and said, "It seems that Master Xu is very dedicated to this business."

"This is what I should do." Xu Mao said with a smile.

He took out the account book and placed it in front of Ning Yi: "Your Highness, please take a look at our store's accounts. Our store is the leader in the silk and satin business in the entire capital."

Ning Yi was too lazy to even take a look at these account books. He thought that this fat guy might have hired someone to cook the accounts somewhere and written them randomly.

He looked at Xu Maocai with a faint smile: "Master Xu, it seems that you work so hard, but it is really a waste of your talent to only let you be in charge of the silk business."

Ning Yi was praising him in every way he said.

Xu Maocai chuckled and said, "This is all because of the opportunity Your Highness gave me, and it's all thanks to Your Highness."

"Is that so?" Ning Yi continued with a calm smile, "Then lending money at high interest rates, reselling imperial silk, extortion, human trafficking, and forcing women into prostitution are also opportunities this prince is giving you?"

"Eh?" Xu Maocai was stunned.

These things were indeed Xu Maocai's means of secretly making money. Otherwise, how could he make so much money just by relying on the silk and satin shop?

Xu Maocai dared not admit it: "Your Highness, I don't understand what you mean."

"Don't understand? Then the prince will let you see clearly." Ning Yi shouted: "Haifeng, show him."

Qin Haifeng and his men walked in from outside, holding a pile of account books in their hands. These were all collected from the Xu family.

Xu Maocai widened his eyes and his fat body trembled all over. He never thought that the prince would come to his house specifically.

Ning Yi slapped the table, his tone suddenly turning cold: "Xu Maocai, you are so bold."

"You have committed so many evil deeds under the banner of this prince. Do you want this prince to be cursed by the world?"

Now is a critical moment. If what Xu Maocai did were to be discovered by those princes, Ning Yi would be in big trouble.

This guy took advantage of his position as the business manager of the Prince's Mansion to make a lot of money and became fat as a pig. In the end, Ning Yi took the blame. How could he not hate him?

Xu Maocai turned pale with fear and immediately knelt down: "Your Highness, Your Highness, I was wrong. I will never do it again. Please forgive me."

Ning Yi asked Qin Haifeng: "According to the rules of the mansion, what is the punishment for doing this?"

Qin Haifeng glanced at the fat guy and said, "Fifty military sticks."

"let's start."

After Qin Haifeng received the order, he waved his hand and two guards immediately came up, grabbed the fat man's shoulders and pressed him to the ground.

At this moment, a voice suddenly shouted from outside the door: "Stop."

A woman in grosgrain brocade walked in.

Qin Haifeng led everyone to bow immediately: "Greetings to the Crown Princess."

Yang Ziqin just happened to arrive at this time.

When Xu Maocai saw her, he immediately burst into tears and begged for mercy: "Princess, please save me, please save me."

Yang Ziqin frowned and looked at Ning Yi who was still sitting upright in the chair, and said in a bad tone: "Your Highness came to this silk shop and wanted to beat up the head of the Xu family."

"Even if Patriarch Xu hasn't made any contributions over the years, he's certainly worked hard. Isn't it too inhumane to do this?"

Yang Ziqin's beauty was indeed stunning, even Ning Yi saw it.

Is this the prince’s consort?

With such beauty, Wu Lingyun was simply enjoying himself to death.

But Ning Yi was waiting for her.

Ning Yi nodded slightly at Yang Ziqin's direct accusation: "What the princess said makes sense. This prince really can't be too sentimental. In that case, then..."

Yang Ziqin just breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this usually arrogant prince would be willing to listen to advice this time.

But the next moment, there was a sudden flash of cold light, and the Dragon Slaying Sword in Ning Yi's hand flew out and pierced directly into the fat man's chest.

The fat guy Xu Maocai's eyes widened: "Your Highness, Your Highness..."

Before he could finish, he collapsed and died.

Amidst the spurting of blood, Ning Yi slowly drew out the Dragon Slaying Sword in front of everyone's stunned gaze, and wiped the blood off the fat man's body.

Yang Ziqin's face turned pale. All this happened in a flash.

She was immediately enraged and shouted, "Wu Lingyun, how can you be so careless about human life?"

"Do you still have the Dawu Law and the Dawu Emperor in your eyes?"

"You're talking about law with this prince?" Ning Yi sneered and casually threw a pile of account books on the table in front of her: "Take a good look at what this dog of your Ye family has done."

Yang Ziqin picked up these account books and the more she looked at them, the more frightened she became...