Steal my marriage? Turn around and marry the dude to take power

Yingying personally sent Xu Datou away. For Xu Datou, being valued by the princess was something he could never have imagined in his life.

But once this person has enjoyed the convenience brought by power, he will not let go, so he must seize this opportunity tightly.

And being obedient is the first step he has to take.

Xu Datou is a very good person. Within one day, someone came to his house to deliver silver bills.

And only a little more.

In three days, she collected five million taels of silver.

Five million taels of silver.

Wen Xingchen sent the silver note to the palace again. The emperor looked at the five million taels of silver note and said nothing. He was too excited, no, it was too unbelievable.

When it came to four or five hundred thousand taels of silver, he felt that it was the limit.

Now she has got another five million taels of silver.

That's five million.

Fu Run happened to be in the administrative hall. Although she was a princess and had seen five million taels of silver, she had never owned one. She asked curiously, "Did you sell yourself?"

Wen Xingchen spit out a mouthful.

"You want me to be nice."

"Then where did this come from?"

"This is all thanks to the few words my uncle wrote. My uncle's words are really valuable."

Wen Xingchen's words made Furun roll his eyes.

"Red Sleeves Add Fragrance? So you made a plaque and sent it to the Xu family with drums and gongs?"

Wen Xingchen nodded and explained:

"I told everyone that this plaque was obtained with a million-dollar donation from the Xu family, so naturally they had to donate more to get the plaque."

"Aren't you cheating?"

"How can this be called cheating? I just played a little trick, how can it be considered cheating?"

The emperor looked at the five million taels of silver and asked embarrassedly, "Xingchen, how many words do I have to write before I can accept this money?" He really wanted to accept it.

That's five million taels of silver, not five hundred thousand.

Five million is enough for the national treasury to generate revenue for a year.

"Uncle, that's not necessary this time. However, the court needs to issue a commendation list, or give away some free gifts from the court. For example, salt merchants can be given salt permits, porcelain merchants can have the official kilns produce a batch of beautiful imperial porcelain, and cloth merchants can be given some goods that are not sold in the market... This way, they can also make donations if the court encounters trouble in the future."

Anyway, just don't let them suffer any loss.

"Uncle, what do you say?"

For the emperor, the circulation of some porcelain, tea permits, and salt permits were nothing.

But winning people's hearts is the most important thing.

"Xingchen, you are very thoughtful."

Afterwards, Wen Xingchen asked about Xiao Bo, and Furun snorted.

"I'm afraid our good intentions will be wasted. This kid went sightseeing on the first day."

Wen Xingchen retorted:

"What's this about sightseeing? That's an investigation."

Fu Run asked, "Why do you trust Uncle Xiao so much?"

Wen Xingchen raised an eyebrow and said, "The two young masters of the Chen family are both in Jiangnan. Will they tolerate Uncle Xiao traveling around?"

"I heard that the second son of the Xiao family is most like Prime Minister Chen."

Prime Minister Chen Jingxi was meticulous in his work and devoted himself to the country and the people until his death.

With his son in Jiangnan, nothing will happen.

After hearing this, the emperor nodded and said, "Yes, the two young masters of the Chen family are here."

For some reason, the emperor felt a sense of peace every time he saw the stars.

"Xingchen, with this silver, we will definitely be able to pass the Jiangnan checkpoint. Xingchen, you've been busy these days, go back and rest first. When this period of work is over, I will definitely reward you."

"Yes, Xingchen thanks the Emperor Uncle."

Wen Xingchen went back.

The emperor entrusted the reward to Furun, who did an excellent job. They did not receive any plaques as the regular payment was not enough, but they were very satisfied with the royal reward.

Gained reputation and benefits.

However, all these things seemed incredible to King Jin Xiao Sheng.

"How could Wen Xingchen raise so much money? What does this have to do with her? How could she raise it?"

He is now in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion.

Xicheng has been very busy raising donations recently.

Originally, he thought that donating five thousand taels of silver was the best.

But no one expected that Wen Xingchen would actually prepare five million taels of silver.

Even if all the officials were added together, one million would not be enough.

"Your Highness Prince Jin, Wen Xingchen selling off the imperial gifts is a heinous act. You and I must impeach her."

Xiao Sheng was indignant.

She sold her jewelry and with just one sentence, she mobilized most of the noble ladies in the capital to donate items. Later, she also inspired the children of the aristocratic families in the capital to contribute to Jiangnan.

A plaque actually led to merchants making donations on their own initiative, which seemed like it was designed.

From her auctions to donations from noble ladies, children of aristocratic families, students from Songshan, and merchants, step by step, if it weren't for someone's guidance, how could she have raised funds so smoothly?

It was actually raised.

He has known Wen Xingchen for so many years, and he knows everything about her. He knows what she can and cannot do.

She would never sell all her property, let alone have such a plan.

"Your Highness Prince Jin, what do you think?"

"Let my uncle decide everything."

The next morning

Xicheng asked the censor to impeach the princess, saying that the princess was selling the things given by the emperor, which was a great rebellion.

However, the emperor only said: "Princess Huayang raised five million taels of silver."

Finally, he asked the censor: How much did you donate?

This sentence left the censor speechless.

Xicheng said, "Your Majesty, although the princess is kind and righteous, selling the things bestowed by the emperor is a heinous crime."

"If the princess takes the lead today, what will we do if the clan members follow suit?"

Fu Run said, "What the Duke of Zhenguo said is true. But how could Princess Huayang not know that selling the imperial gifts is a serious crime? Why did she sell the imperial gifts? Isn't it because you, the Duke of Zhenguo, are so incompetent? Such a small matter was actually done by a little girl like Xingchen. Are you embarrassed?"

"Princess Huayang knew this was a grave sin, but for the sake of the people of Jiangnan, and to prevent the deaths of many, she braved the dangers. Although she made mistakes, her merits outweighed her faults."

Chen Jingxi also stepped forward and said, "Princess, you are absolutely right. The princess is wholeheartedly serving the people and has handed over all the money she earned. This is admirable. However, merit is merit, and fault is fault. Your Majesty, how about this: we punish Princess Huayang with two weeks of solitary confinement. What do you think?"

Confinement?

Old man Chen could actually come up with such a mild punishment.

After hearing this, Fu Run smiled slightly and said, "Father, I think Mr. Chen's suggestion is feasible."

The Duke of Zhenguo wanted to do something, but Furun had already started to attack the Minister of Public Security.

After defeating the Tongzhengshi, the next one was Liu Yan, the Dali Temple Minister.

"Duke Zhenguo, you recommended Liu Yan. Do you know what kind of person he is?"

The Duke of Zhenguo said that he knew Liu Yan was a capable person, but he didn't know anything else.

Furun didn't care whether he knew it or not, but listed all ten charges against Liu Yan.

"This is someone recommended by the Duke of Zhenguo. This princess would like to hear how the Duke of Zhenguo will deal with this person."

"..."

The Duke of Zhenguo was about to say something about being slandered when the Prince of Han stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, this Dali Temple Minister Liu Yan is not a good person. He even dared to accept the gift from this humble servant."

"..."