Dad, open the door. I'll bring your mistress back for you.

"It's just..." Shen Chuning said hesitantly.

"Just what? Tell me quickly!" Yun Zian's heart was hanging in the air again.

Shen Chuning didn't know whether she should tell Yun Zian that she needed a huge amount of money.

After all, human nature is complex. Although Yun Zian does have feelings for Concubine Hui, he is also a businessman.

Shen Chuning was willing to raise money because she felt that Concubine Hui was implicated by her.

In the previous life, no one investigated the death of the prince. Until Shen Chuning died, Concubine Hui was still Concubine Hui, and was still the most favored concubine in Chunxi Palace.

In this life, if it weren't for Concubine Hui's help, Xiao Yuanlang would not have been punished to go to Changye.

Although he was not convicted on the surface, he had actually been removed from the center of power.

However, the friendship between Yun Zian and Concubine Hui only existed for more than 20 years. Shen Chuning was not sure whether this friendship was enough for Yun Zian to spend half or even all of his wealth to save Concubine Hui.

At this moment, Bi Rui walked in with a stack of account books. She reported to Shen Chuning, "Miss, the funds available on the books of the various shops are only over 400,000 taels, which is far from the required amount."

After she finished speaking, Birui suddenly saw Yun Zian sitting next to her and quickly bowed.

"Xiaojiu, are you short of money? Mother has some here, you can use it first." Mrs. Shen took out a stack of banknotes from the cabinet and handed it to Shen Chuning.

"You don't have to use your mother's personal money. Your uncle will make up for the shortfall. Tell me what you just said." Yun Zian asked anxiously.

"It's just that His Majesty wants the Mohist family to pay out 10 million taels of gold." Shen Chuning replied. Yun Zian, who had just stood up in a hurry, suddenly fell back into the chair.

"Ten million taels? Gold? The dog emperor really dares to ask for that!" Yun Zian said angrily.

Mrs. Shen Er quickly stood up and closed the door, "Brother, please keep your voice down."

"How can the Mo family come up with so much money? I will set off back to Nanjing immediately to see how much the Yun family can come up with." Yun Zian said.

"The Queen didn't inform the Mo family. She didn't want to pay this money." Shen Chuning said in a low voice.

"If you don't want to pay, you will have to stay in the cold palace for the rest of your life. The cold palace is not a place for human beings to stay." Yun Zian said disapprovingly.

"It would be fine if I could stay in the cold palace forever, but His Majesty used poison to force the Empress." Shen Chuning said with a sob.

"As long as the Mo family can't come up with the money, Your Majesty will have to drink the medicine for one day, until it reaches forty-nine days." Shen Chuning's eyes became red as she spoke, her eyes full of heartache and worry for Mo Ruxing.

"Dog Emperor." Madam Shen also cursed inwardly, her heart filled with indignation and dissatisfaction.

"If the Mohists don't pay the money, I will." Yun Zian said firmly, his tone firm and resolute.

"Brother, that's a full 10 million taels of gold!" Mrs. Shen shouted in surprise. She couldn't imagine what kind of burden this huge amount would bring to the Yun family.

Yun Zi'an clenched his fists tightly, his eyes revealing a steely determination. "Brother, you know I wasn't able to protect her before. Even though I haven't achieved much now, I've made a lot of connections in the business world. Even if I have to borrow money, I'll borrow the full amount. As long as she's still alive, that's all that matters."

He knew very well that this amount of money might be an astronomical figure for the Mohist school, but he was willing to raise it at all costs.

Yun Zi'an looked at Shen Chuning and said, "A Ning, your uncle will borrow 400,000 taels from you first. We'll see how much money the Yun family's shop in the capital can take out later. You can take it to the palace first and ask the dog emperor to stop the medicine."

He knew time was running out and he had to act quickly.

"What's the point of talking about lending or not? Aning volunteered to pay the money, and we don't need to raise so much money all at once." Shen Chuning said without hesitation.

Madam Shen Er patted Shen Chuning and said, "Why don't you speak in full? Just now you said you wanted 10 million taels of gold. Why don't you need that much now?"

Shen Chuning rubbed the shoulder that Madam Shen had patted and said, "I hadn't even finished talking when you and your uncle interrupted me."

She paused, then continued, "After leaving the Empress's office, I went to the Imperial Study and explained the situation to His Majesty, saying it was difficult to come up with such a large sum of silver at once. His Majesty was merciful and agreed to reduce the amount to six million taels of gold, or to pay it off over three years: four million taels of gold in the first year, and two million taels each year for the remaining two years."

Hearing this, Mrs. Shen and Yun Zian both breathed a sigh of relief.

"Four million taels of gold is equivalent to forty million taels of silver. Although the total amount is two thousand taels more than before, the pressure to raise funds is relatively small now. In this way, there is no need for the help of the Mohist school. I am confident that I can raise this amount of money by myself." Yun Zian was overjoyed and quickly got up to go out to raise money.

However, Shen Chuning shouted, "Uncle, don't worry. There's one thing I need to do. It may not be possible, but I still need to let you know first."

Yun Zian stopped and asked anxiously, "What's the matter? Tell me quickly!"

"I asked His Majesty to let the Queen leave the palace." Shen Chuning said.

Yun Zian was overjoyed, "Your Majesty agreed?"

Shen Chuning shook her head. "Not yet, but I estimate it's almost there. It's just that the silver needed might be a little more."

Yun Zian couldn't contain his joy. "I can't worry about that. I'll prepare first. The more the better. Shuxuan, write a letter to Dad and also to the Mo family. If the Mo family is unwilling to pay, I, Yun Zian, will lend it to them. I'll go to the Yun family bank."

"Brother, I can make some money from the many shops I own, and I can also use up some of the money from the two dowry farms." Mrs. Shen said.

"No matter how incompetent I am, Yun Zi'an, I can't let my sister sell her dowry farm. How will the Shen family look at our Yun family then? It's not easy for you, a merchant's daughter, to marry into a prominent family. I can't cause you more trouble for my own sake." Yun Zi'an said.

Mrs. Shen's eyes were red. "Then you have to accept the silver in my hand. Consider it a loan from me. You can return it to me when you have enough money."

Yun Zian nodded and ran out in a hurry.

Shen Chuning also stood up and returned to her Ningfengzhai.

"Miss, I didn't dare tell the Second Madam that there are already six million taels of silver in the account of Hengfu Bank. I don't know if I dare to touch this money." Birui flipped out the account book at the bottom.

"So many? How long has this bank been open?" Shen Chuning asked in surprise.

Bi Rui nodded. "They all came here for the high bonuses. Although there's a lot of money on paper, if you calculate it carefully, you still lose a lot every month."

"Did Shen Jingwan deposit money at Hengfu Bank?"