Royal daughter-in-law makes money

Chapter 267

Qiao Anan led Wang Dong and three thousand imperial guards out of the palace in a grand manner.

The news spread instantly in the palace, but no one knew that Qiao Anan had suddenly led so many people to speculate. Could it be that Qiao Anan had done something and the emperor was going to send people to raid the Qiao family?

Yuxiu Palace

"Empress, something bad has happened." Eunuch Chang hurriedly ran into Yuxiu Palace and shouted.

"Eunuch Chang, the queen has just fallen asleep." Nanny Qiu hurried out and stopped him.

"Oh, something happened, something happened." Eunuch Chang was very anxious.

At this moment, he didn't dare to wake up Empress Xian, but he was also very worried about Qiao Anan.

"What happened?" asked Aunt Qiu with a frown.

She also knew that Eunuch Chang was not the kind of person who did not know the seriousness of the matter. She didn't know what had happened. Could it be that something had happened to the Second Prince in the border town?

Thinking of this, the maids became a little uneasy. "Nothing can happen to the Second Prince!" After all, the Second Prince's wife doesn't have any children yet. What will they do if something happens?

"I don't know what happened to the Second Prince's wife. The Emperor sent three thousand imperial guards out of the palace. Everyone is saying that the Second Prince's wife offended the Emperor, and the Emperor is going to confiscate the Qiao family's property." Eunuch Chang said anxiously.

"Eunuch Chang, please repeat what you just said to me!" Empress Xian just heard what Eunuch Chang said at this time, and her eyes were full of disbelief.

She knew that her sister Tan Xiying and several children were imprisoned, but how come Qiao Anan was in trouble too?

This shouldn't be the case. What kind of family is the Qiao family? They wouldn't try to curry favor with Prince Dong'an or Prince Lin'an, right?

"Oh, Your Majesty, please go and beg the Emperor. I think something has happened to the Second Prince's Consort. I saw with my own eyes that Lord Wang Dong brought a group of people and followed the Second Prince's Consort out of the palace." Eunuch Chang said anxiously.

Upon hearing this, Empress Xian was very reluctant to believe that it was Qiao Anan who was in trouble.

After all, at this moment, if she heard that Chu Haojue was injured in the border town, she would be more accepting of it. But how could something happen to Qiao Anan?

Kunding Palace

"At this time, please ask the people in the palace not to make any irresponsible remarks. I will go and ask the emperor." The emperor frowned. She was unwilling to believe that Qiao Anan was such a person.

After all, the Qiao family is not short of money, and after Qiao Anan married the second prince, the emperor looked up to the Qiao family even more. There was no reason for Qiao Anan to go far away.

Wouldn’t it be more pleasant to hug the emperor’s thighs?

Thinking of this, the queen comforted herself and said that those people must have spread the rumor.

At this time, Chu Yuanming, who was reviewing memorials in the imperial study, had no idea that the palace had already spread the rumor that he was going to plunder the Qiao family.

The news even spread outside the palace.

Qiao Zhencheng was drinking tea in the teahouse when he saw Qian Youcai running towards him in a hurry.

"Old Qiao, you should go back quickly. Something happened in your family." Qian Youcai pulled Qiao Zhencheng aside and said in a low voice.

"What nonsense are you talking about? If something happened to your family, nothing could happen to my family." Qiao Zhencheng said speechlessly. People thought Qiao Zhencheng was crazy and said this.

"Really, there's news from the palace that the emperor wants to search your Qiao family. The emperor has sent the chief of the imperial guards, Lord Wang Dong, to the mansion in person. You'd better go back quickly and take your sister-in-law with you and escape!" Qian Youcai said anxiously. This news was reported by Concubine Hui.

"Old Qian, you can't fool me. This is simply impossible. Why would the emperor search my house? My Qiao family is a good family. We don't steal or rob." Qiao Zhencheng shook his head and said.

He would rather believe that there are ghosts in the world than believe that the emperor is willing to search his Qiao family.

Are you kidding? Most of his family's income goes to the national treasury every month. This is no joke.

The emperor is not stupid. Wouldn’t he want to leave the Qiao family’s cash cow behind?

"Oh, why don't you believe me?" Qian Youcai was so anxious that he was running around in circles.

"Old Qian, I know you are doing this for the good of our Qiao family. It's just hearsay, so it can't be trusted. Even if your Qian family goes bankrupt, my Qiao family will be fine." Qiao Zhencheng said confidently.

However, just as he stuck his head out, he saw his daughter walking down the street with a group of royal guards not far away.

"Oh my god!" Qiao Zhencheng was frightened. Could this be true?

"Old Qiao, you see, you don't believe what I say!" Qian Youcai shouted dissatisfiedly, looking at the anxious Qiao Zhencheng.

After Qian Youcai followed Qiao Zhencheng downstairs, he saw Qiao Anan coming with a group of people.

At this moment, Qian Youcai had only one thought in his mind: Has this girl from the Qiao family really caused trouble?

"An'an!" Qiao Zhencheng quickly ran to Qiao An'an, wanting to ask what was going on, but he didn't dare, so he had to secretly pull Qiao An'an aside.

Wang Dong saw that Qiao Anan was busy, so he also held out his hand and asked everyone to wait where they were.

"Dad, you ran away again?" Qiao Anan looked at Qiao Zhencheng and thought to herself that her father's wounds had really healed and he had forgotten the pain, so he ran away.

"An An, what's going on? Does the emperor really want to confiscate our Qiao family?" Qiao Zhencheng asked worriedly.

The emperor wants to raid the Qiao family?

Qiao Anan didn't react for a moment. When did this happen? How come she didn't know about it?

"Dad, who told you that?" Qiao Anan felt a little amused and didn't know where the rumor came from.

"No? That's good." Qiao Zhencheng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Qiao Anan like this.

"Dad, I'm taking them to do some things. You can go back and accompany mom early if you have nothing to do." Qiao Anan had to take people to the Xishan Villa quickly, otherwise it would be a problem to stay here.

At this time, Qiao Zhencheng was standing there, also very puzzled. What was his daughter going to do?

"Old Qiao, are you okay? Why did An An leave?" Qian Youcai was very puzzled. Why didn't those people catch Qiao Zhencheng?

"An An said that she was going to do something and asked me to go home early if I had nothing to do." At this time, Qiao Zhencheng was wondering in his heart, is there something wrong with their Qiao family, or is there nothing wrong?

imperial study room

"Why are the Queen and Concubine Xian free to come here today?" Chu Yuanming asked the Queen and Concubine Xian in surprise.

I was thinking, when did their relationship become so good?

"Your Majesty, I also met Concubine Xian at the door." The Queen looked at Chu Yuanming and didn't seem angry.

Moreover, the emperor didn't seem angry when he looked at Concubine Xian.

Then why did the emperor punish the Qiao family?

"Your Majesty, I will speak frankly and not beat around the bush. I want to ask Your Majesty, what exactly did the Qiao family do wrong?" Empress Xian asked anxiously.

"Which Qiao family?" Chu Yuanming was puzzled. Did the Qiao family commit any crime?

Why didn't he know?

"Your Majesty, there are several Qiao families in the capital. Isn't that the second prince's wife's family?" the queen asked quickly.

Chu Yuanming was stunned when he heard this. What could the Qiao family, a merchant family, do wrong?

Why did the Queen and Concubine Xian know about it, but he didn’t?