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The chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department would never lie, unless it was his subordinates who secretly changed the grade of the goods.

The inferior goods were sent to the palace, and someone pocketed the difference.

He remembered that the prince was in charge of this matter. Could it be that he did it?

Thinking of this, he broke out in a cold sweat.

"Prince Luyang?" The emperor's voice was faintly dissatisfied and accusing.

Prince Luyang immediately stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, I misunderstood. My eyes were blurry and I admit my mistake. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me!"

Xiao Ling asked solemnly, "Did you really make a mistake? It's not a counterfeit? Are you sure?"

King Luyang was filled with fear and anxiety. He hated himself for being so careless with his words. He had originally thought that these were porcelains sent from Suzhou City, but he didn't expect that he would end up shooting himself in the foot.

He said awkwardly: "This old minister is sure!"

Xiao Ling's expression softened. "I was wondering how anyone could so brazenly deceive me right under my nose. Who has the guts to do this? If I find out, I'll chop off his head!"

Prince Luyang nodded hurriedly: "Your Majesty is right, the palace has strict inspections, no one would do this!"

Xiao Ling narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Prince Luyang, can you drink another cup of tea from this rough tea bowl? When you finish, I will replace it with a fine tea bowl for you!"

Prince Luyang raised his head and drank it all!

Xiao Ling winked at the young eunuch, and he immediately retreated.

Soon, he came in with a new teacup in his hand.

He first scalded the cup, and then slowly poured the tea into the bowl.

At first, King Luyang thought it was nothing special, but when he saw lively goldfish suddenly appearing and swimming at the bottom of the bowl, he was stunned.

"This? Is this goldfish alive? How did it get in?" He really wanted to turn the tea bowl upside down to check, but he didn't dare.

Xiao Ling laughed. "Of course the goldfish isn't alive. It's embedded in the bottom of the cup. It only comes alive because of the water!"

King Luyang was a little annoyed. He didn't want to admit that the porcelain from Suzhou City was better than that from Luyang City.

He spoke subconsciously, "Your Majesty, this is just a trivial skill. If you want porcelain like this, our official kiln in Luyangcheng can also produce it!"

Xiao Ling asked in surprise: "Really? Then why didn't it come out before?"

Just one sentence made King Luyang's face turn pale and ugly.

He stammered in explanation, "The Emperor didn't have such a request before!"

Xiao Ling frowned and glared at him: "From what Prince Luyang said, are you blaming me?"

Prince Luyang was so frightened that he immediately knelt down and saluted: "This old minister dare not!"

Xiao Ling didn't say anything more. He lowered his head, took a sip of tea, and pondered: "Now that the porcelain workshops in the capital have all switched to porcelain from Suzhou City, there's no need to ship your porcelain to the capital anymore. Just keep it for your own use!"

Prince Luyang's expression suddenly changed. How could that be possible?

Will the people of Luyang City be left to starve in the future?

He never agrees!

He spoke anxiously, "Your Majesty, the official kiln in Luyang City was specially approved by the late Emperor. How could you change it without authorization? How can I, an old minister, explain this to the people of Luyang City?"

Xiao Ling frowned and interrupted, "I gave you a chance, but you failed to deliver the porcelain to the capital on time. Now someone else has taken the lead, and you still want to blame me?"

Prince Luyang never imagined that the young emperor before him would be so difficult to deal with. He thought that as long as he expressed his dissatisfaction, the emperor would quickly have the porcelain from Luyang City transported to the capital.

His attitude has become more serious!

He pleaded in a low voice, "Your Majesty, you should know very well that the land in Luyang City is only suitable for making porcelain. If their road is blocked, how will they survive?"

Xiao Ling said inconspicuously, "Prince Luyang, since you understand this, why did you detain the cargo ship at Luyang Chengbufa? This is your fault, don't put the blame on me!"

Prince Luyang had no choice but to compromise: "I know I was wrong, please give me a chance to correct my mistakes!"

Xiao Ling nodded. "Alright, since you are begging me so sincerely, I can't just sit there and watch. How about this? I will summon all the shopkeepers of those porcelain shops to the palace to see if they will still accept porcelain from Luyang City!"

Prince Luyang gritted his teeth, he had actually fallen to the point of being picked on by those merchants.

Zhan Yihou and his wife are truly hateful!

He must put this account on their heads.

Soon, many shopkeepers hurried to the palace.

When they saw Xiao Ling, they first knelt down respectfully to salute him.

Then, with a look of joy on his face, he asked, "Your Majesty, has Suzhou City sent us another shipment of porcelain? The ones that were shipped in previously have been sold out, and I was just about to ask Commander Fang to quickly restock them!"

Several other shopkeepers also echoed: "Yes, we are sold out too. Now many customers have paid in advance and asked us to deliver it to them before the New Year!"

Xiao Ling coughed awkwardly: "Don't worry, everyone. The reason I summoned you here is not to give you the porcelain from Suzhou City, but the porcelain from Luyang City has arrived!"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, then knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, our shop is not short of porcelain right now, so we'll take our leave now!"

Prince Luyang was sitting nearby watching and was immediately furious.

He slammed the table in anger, "Is the porcelain from Suzhou City really that good? It's just a trick to attract attention. How can it compare to the official kilns in Luyang City?"

Since the shopkeepers had never seen Prince Luyang before and the emperor deliberately did not introduce him, they naturally did not recognize his identity.

Hearing him say such harsh words at this moment, I was very angry.

A shopkeeper was the first to retort: ​​"You're being biased. Porcelain from the official kilns is expensive, ugly, and even rigged. If it weren't for their monopoly, we wouldn't have wanted to buy them long ago. Now that we have better options, why should we continue to sell those junk?"

Prince Luyang nearly fainted from anger. It was the first time he heard that the porcelain in Luyang City was actually junk.

It was a slap in the face.

Xiao Ling noticed that his expression was not right and immediately reminded the shopkeeper: "How dare you! Stop talking nonsense and apologize to King Luyang quickly!"

The shopkeeper was startled. He didn't expect that the person sitting in front of him was King Luyang.

He hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Your Highness, please forgive me. I spoke rudely, please forgive me!"

Prince Luyang's expression softened considerably. He waved his hand and said, "I'm not that stingy. The porcelain from Luyang City was delivered a few days late due to some misunderstandings. Now I'm personally delivering it to you. Since you're all out of stock, why not accept them all?"

The shopkeeper quickly said, "No, no, no, we are short of goods from Suzhou City. As for the goods sent by the prince, I'm afraid no one wants them!"