Secrets of Yuqing Palace

"The Crown Prince hasn't even borrowed money from the Ministry of Revenue, yet you, the Prince of Zhi, are so rude."

"You really think the Ministry of Revenue belongs to you. If you want money, just go and get it."

"Eighth Prince really respects you as his elder brother. If you want silver, he'll sign a note for you to collect it from the Ministry of Revenue, even up to nearly 500,000 taels!"

"I'm telling you! That's the money of the common people of the Qing Dynasty, not our Aixinjueluo family's money!"

"It's not Aixinjueluo Yinzhen's money that you can take whatever you want!"

"The entire Qing Dynasty, from civilians to the military to water conservancy projects to roads...everything requires money from the Ministry of Revenue. The Ministry of Revenue is not your private treasury where you can do whatever you want!"

"As my eldest son, I have always placed high hopes on you."

"I don't ask you to be able to govern the country and protect the people like the Crown Prince and share my worries, but can't you set a good example for your younger brothers?!"

Yinzhi clenched his fists, feeling indignant.

[It’s like this again! It’s like this again!]

[Every time I am brought up and compared with the prince! ]

[In your eyes, the second child is better in every way. I, the eldest son, cannot compare to the second child in anything!]

Seeing that the eldest brother had his head down and said nothing, Lao Ba secretly poked the eldest brother in the back.

Only then did Yinzhi come to his senses and conceal the resentment and anger in his eyes.

"Khan Ama, my son has no choice but to go to the Ministry of Revenue to borrow money."

"My son is unwilling to compete with the people for profit, and he doesn't have the business acumen of my ninth brother, who can earn money on his own."

"But my first wife, Irgen Jueluo, gave birth to my son, four legitimate daughters and a legitimate son, Hongyu."

"The eldest and second daughters have just gotten married. Their mother is no longer with us. I, your son, want to fulfill my father's wishes and prepare more dowries for the children."

"The Third and Fourth Princesses are almost grown up, and in a few years they'll be old enough to get married and have children."

"My son wants to prepare more dowries for the children so that their husbands won't bully them just because their biological mother is gone."

"My son never imagined that borrowing hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from the Ministry of Revenue would lead to such serious consequences."

"Please, Khan, please forgive my son's recklessness and honesty for the sake of his fatherly heart."

Kangxi snorted coldly.

"I have granted them marriages. When they got married, the Imperial Household Department prepared dowries. How much do you need to prepare for them?!"

"Humph! Five hundred thousand taels, you're really rude!"

Yinzhen was dissatisfied and said, "The dowry of the Imperial Household Department was arranged by Khan Ama, but my son's Ama must also be considerate. Dowry is the foundation of a woman's life after marriage, and no matter how much, it is not enough."

(Humph!)

(The five hundred thousand taels of silver weren’t withdrawn suddenly last year, but were borrowed over the past three or four years!)

(The eldest daughter of the old family got married last year, and the second daughter got married this year. His words may be used to fool fools.)

(You are using this excuse to fool me, the Khan.)

(Do you really think I am old and confused and easy to fool?!)

Kangxi glanced at him and didn't want to look at him any longer.

Then he looked coldly at the third son Yinzhi.

"Third brother, what about you?"

"Although you don't have as much as your elder brother, I see that you have borrowed as much as 200,000."

Yinzhi smiled awkwardly and explained sheepishly.

"Khan Ama knows that I am most fond of Chinese studies."

"This is a rare copy of a calligraphy and painting book. I can't bear to let it go once I see it."

"As you know, a rare copy is worth a lot, so..."

Kangxi glanced at him coldly, then looked at the fourth son Yinzhen, and his tone softened a lot.

"Well, the fourth one is good."

"The Crown Prince has set a good example by not borrowing money from the national treasury, and the Fourth Prince has never borrowed money from the Ministry of Revenue either."

"Old Five, Old Seven, I have some money to borrow, but it's not much."

Kangxi looked coldly at the eighth prince Yinsi who was still kneeling on the ground.

He didn't expect that the one with the most thoughts was this Ba Zi!

"Old Eight, tell me why you borrowed 300,000 taels of silver from the Ministry of Revenue, more than some of your brothers."

"I remember that you only have a few concubines in your backyard, and not all of them are favored. You only favor your wife, Guo Luoluo."

"I don't even have any children now, so I don't need to prepare dowries and betrothal gifts for my descendants."

"You are different from your third brother. You like to collect calligraphy, paintings and ancient books. Tell me, what are you going to do with all that money you borrowed?"

Yinsi broke out in a cold sweat. He didn't expect that Khan Ama didn't say anything to the brothers in front of him, but instead stared at his own silver and money.

"My dear father, my son...my son...my son also has something to hide."

"Although there aren't many people in my son's backyard, his wife is from Prince An's mansion and has grown up in a wealthy family since childhood."

"He was surrounded by a multitude of servants, and everything from food to clothing and jewelry was made of the finest, most precious, and most exquisite materials."

"I...I know that this is a bit too extravagant, but unfortunately, the lifestyle that Madam Fu has developed since childhood is difficult to change, so the expenses of the mansion are very high."

"Besides, my son doesn't want his wife to live a hard life of frugality and austerity after marrying into the Beizi Mansion."

"But unfortunately, my son doesn't have the skills of my ninth brother. He's not good at business and only knows a few trivial things about the court."

"I have no choice but to resort to this last resort. I hope Khan Ama will forgive me."

Kangxi looked at Yinsi with an ambiguous look.

"Really."

"It seems that my Eighth Prince is still a lovesick person."

"In order to let Fu Jin live a luxurious life, he was even willing to borrow money from the Ministry of Revenue."

"I wonder if the princess of the Tong family will be able to enjoy this treatment when she marries into your Babeizi Mansion in the future."

The Tong family members all looked at the Eighth Prince Yinsi, who instantly felt uneasy.

Now, when Prince An, Maerhui, heard what the Eighth Prince said, he was so angry that he gritted his teeth and cursed him in his heart for being shameless!

[Who doesn't know that when Guo Luoluo got married, she brought a large dowry!]

[Not only did she have all the property of Mingshang's family at that time, but she also had the dowry money that her father left her before he left.]

[Guo Luoluo's dowry is enough for her to squander for the rest of her life!]

I didn't expect this Eighth Prince to be so shameless. Not only did he spread rumors about the Guo Luoluo family's extravagance, he also implicated the Anjun Prince's Mansion.

[He even put the blame for borrowing money from his own treasury on Guo Luoluo! !]

[It is true what the prince said, the biting dog doesn't bark!]

Kangxi certainly knew that what the Eighth Brother said was false, but he was very dissatisfied with Guo Luoluo and did not waste any more words on the matter.

Then he looked at the ninth and tenth brothers.

"Old Nine, you boast of your endless business acumen and your successful business, so why do you still need to borrow money from the Ministry of Revenue?"

Kangxi was indeed more curious than angry about Lao Jiu borrowing money from the Ministry of Revenue.

Lao Jiu would give him 10% of the money from his private business every year as a tribute.

So he also had some idea of ​​how much silver Lao Jiu had.

This Lao Jiu is definitely not someone who needs money and wants to borrow money!

Yinzhen touched his smooth head and said a little embarrassedly.

"Khan Ama, I see that other brothers are borrowing money from the Ministry of Revenue. If I don't lend some, won't it seem like I'm not a good person?"

Kangxi glared at him.

"Don't learn the good things, just learn the useless ones!"

"You only look at those who borrowed money. Why don't you follow the example of your second and fourth brothers?"