In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

"I don't know what Your Highness is talking about." Xie Chengjin shook his head and closed his eyes slightly to hide the murderous intent in his eyes. Then he looked up and looked straight at Xu Wanqing with a frank look in his eyes.

Xu Wanqing sneered and smashed the cup in her hand to the ground. The people in the side hall had long been sent out by Xu Wanqing. Xie Chengjin sat there, motionless, and said lightly: "Your Highness, please calm down. Your Highness is in good health. It is better to avoid getting angry."

"Xie Chengjin, don't pretend in front of me. Don't think that I know nothing. If you still want to hide your identity as the prince of the enemy country, you'd better do as I say, otherwise..." Xu Wanqing took a deep breath, resisting the urge to tear Xie Chengjin into pieces, and said viciously.

Xie Chengjin remained indifferent, "If Your Highness has any important matters, please tell me, and I will do my best."

By the time Xie Chengjin and Su Zhizhi left the Princess's Mansion, an hour had passed.

Sitting in the carriage on the way back to the mansion, Su Zhizhi and Xie Chengjin both looked unhappy. It was not until they returned to the mansion that Su Zhizhi's face became completely gloomy.

She sat across from Xie Chengjin, feeling extremely down. "What did Xu Wanqing tell you? She actually asked me to gather three thousand taels of silver for her within three days. Where can I get that much money?"

Xie Chengjin raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, then said soothingly, "Don't be too angry. She also asked me to raise money for her. It's a little more than yours, 5,000 taels of silver, plus 1,000 taels of gold."

"So many?! Why doesn't she just rob a gold shop?!" After hearing this, Su Zhizhi not only did not calm down, but became even more angry.

Xie Chengjin was also quite troubled, but fortunately Su Zhizhi only complained for a while and calmed down after a while.

"What should we do now? Do we really have to give her all this money?" Su Zhizhi still didn't give up and wanted to struggle.

Xie Chengjin's eyes flickered, and he had an idea in mind. "We have to give it to her. Of course we have to give it to her. Not only do we have to give it to her openly and publicly, and everyone has to know about it."

"Why? I rush to give her money? I can't swallow this." Su Zhizhi was very confused.

Seeing this, Xie Chengjin explained to Su Zhizhi. Su Zhizhi suddenly reacted and now she no longer had the resistance she had just now.

In fact, the amount of gold and silver only looked intimidating, but for Xie Chengjin, it was not a big problem. Not to mention three days, in just one day, eight thousand taels of silver and two thousand taels of gold and wine were placed in the two people's house.

Su Zhizhi looked at the extra 1,000 taels of gold, puzzled. "Didn't she only ask for 1,000 taels? How did you come up with 2,000 taels? Could it be that you..."

Seeing Su Zhizhi's suspicious look, Xie Chengjin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He reached out and knocked on Su Zhizhi's head, saying helplessly, "What are you thinking about every day? I'm just adding some more ingredients to the plan. After all, the larger the amount, the more serious the trouble will be. There are still two days until the three-day deadline. I'll call Shen Wenjun over to discuss the plan for then."

Su Zhizhi nodded. After all, she still trusted Xie Chengjin and planned to leave the matter entirely to Xie Chengjin, while she would stay out of it and have a good rest.

After two days of planning, Xie Chengjin and Shen Wenjun's plan was almost flawless.

In the blink of an eye, it was the last day of the three-day period. Xie Chengjin took advantage of the time when there were the most people outside and asked the servants in the mansion to carry boxes of gold and silver in a high-profile manner, passing through the busiest market in the city, and then heading towards the Princess's Mansion.

Walking in the downtown area, there were naturally crowds of people watching. Xie Chengjin also placed some people among the people in order to stir up public opinion disputes.

At first, the onlookers were just whispering, and there was no chaos in the formation of the servants carrying the gold and silver. Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.

But just as the team was about to pass through the downtown area, Shen Wenjun jumped out from somewhere, followed by a number of guards.

The leading servant guarded the box behind him vigilantly, then looked at Shen Wenjun, "Why is Master Shen here?"

Shen Wenjun looked at the servant in front of him expressionlessly and said in a cold voice, "Why I am here is not for you to ask. Where are you going with all this gold and silver?"

The reason why Shen Wenjun appeared here was also arranged by Xie Chengjin. Xie Chengjin didn't want the money to flow into Xu Wanqing's hands at all. Instead of letting himself be punished by Xu Wanqing all the time, it is better to strike first and make the matter as big as possible, preferably the kind that the emperor knows about. In this way, Xu Wanqing will definitely not be able to get away.

Indeed, Xie Chengjin's plan was absolutely successful. After all, it was such a bustling city. Even if Xu Wanqing wanted to suppress the matter, it would be difficult to stop the gossips. Secondly, Shen Wenjun was still the fifth prince's man on the surface, so it would be even more inconvenient for Xu Wanqing to take action against Shen Wenjun.

The servant was also very cautious in the face of Shen Wenjun's question, "Sir Shen, this is what our master wants to give to Her Royal Highness the Princess. I hope you won't make it too difficult for her."

After saying that, the servant wanted to leave, but how could Shen Wenjun agree? With a gesture, the people behind Shen Wenjun surrounded him.

"What is Lord Shen going to do?" The servant was escorted and shouted loudly.

Shen Wenjun said condescendingly, "What am I going to do? It's none of your business. With so much money, I suspect Lord Xie is connected to Her Royal Highness the Princess. Please follow me to see the Emperor."

After saying that, the people behind Shen Wenjun accepted the gold and silver, and the servants who were originally carrying the gold and silver were trapped together in twos and threes and were pushed towards the direction of the palace.

Soon, in the imperial study, Shen Wenjun reported the matter and his own speculation to the emperor truthfully.

When the emperor heard this, his face was full of disbelief. If it was anyone else, the emperor would have become suspicious by now, but that was Xie Chengjin, and the emperor simply did not believe that Xie Chengjin would do such a thing.

However, Shen Wenjun insisted again and again, and the emperor had no choice but to summon Xie Chengjin into the palace.

In the imperial study, Xie Chengjin knelt obediently in the middle of the room, facing the emperor without saying a word.

"My dear Lord Xie, do you have anything to say about what Lord Shen said?" The emperor glanced at Xie Chengjin with sharp eyes. No one knew what the emperor was thinking at the moment.

Xie Chengjin kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, please understand. I... I was forced to do this. I had no other choice, so..."