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Chapter 41: Taking Advantage of the Duke's Mansion

The emperor grew up in the cold palace and had little knowledge, so he probably really thought they were just a few beautiful stones.

After all, I just acted so pitiful, but how much are those stones on the screen wall worth?

All the way through the hanging flower gate to the deserted corridor, I asked the palace servants to pry off all the beautiful stones inlaid on the wall one by one.

The expression of inexperience on his face made Yan Zhentian and his family feel both contempt and heartache.

Those are all top-quality jadeite collected from all over the place, and they are inlaid on the wall to reflect the nobility of the Duke's Mansion.

I thought that this would allow those who visited the Duke's Mansion to see its wealth at a glance, but I didn't expect that today it would all be taken away by this emperor who had never seen the world.

"My dear, why don't you hire some workers to carve some mythical beasts like unicorns and white tigers? They won't look better than this colorful stone."

"Yes, the emperor still has good vision."

Although Yan Zhentian felt a little painful, it didn't matter. It was worth it to let so many people laugh at the emperor's joke.

Everyone followed Leng Qingyi, and only when they were almost at the stable did they realize they were on the wrong road.

"Your Majesty, the stables are just ahead."

Yan Zhentian's original intention was to ask the emperor to turn and take another route, but he didn't expect Leng Qingyi to come for his horse.

"That's all right. I've never been to your house before, so I might as well take a look around and see the fine horses you have there."

The stables of the Duke's Mansion were all built very luxuriously, with a row of tall horses but no smell at all. The floor was as clean as new, and it was obvious that a lot of people were employed to clean it.

"Hey, my dear, your horse is so dirty! Why is it still drenched in mud? How can you keep such a dirty horse in a stable that's clean enough for people to live in? Someone, take it away and pay it back to the Duke of Zhenguo for the market price of a better horse."

Yan Zhentian clenched his fists, feeling a little sad when he saw the Arabian horse he had bought from the grassland at a high price being taken away by Leng Qingyi and his men.

He turned around and gave the butler a look, and the butler immediately understood and went to check if there was anything else valuable like the jade and the Ferghana horse that had not been kept.

Even if the valuable things seem worthless, they have to be put away, otherwise the emperor might take a fancy to them.

"This whip is nice and warm to the touch. I like it. It's worth ten taels of silver."

The second daughter of the Duke's Mansion watched as the emperor took away the horsewhip her father had specially made for her using warm jade and fine cowhide for ten taels of silver. The excitement she felt when she first saw the emperor's handsome face was like being poured with a bucket of ice water. That was her favorite horsewhip.

"Emperor... woooo."

Just as Miss Yan was about to say that it was her favorite horse whip and asked the emperor to leave it for her, her wet nurse covered her mouth and pulled her back.

Hearing the noise, Leng Qing turned around and met Miss Yan's wet eyes.

"This is?"

Everyone followed Leng Qingyi's gaze and looked at Miss Yan Er, whose mouth was covered.

"Your Majesty, my second daughter caught a cold a few days ago and has been coughing. Nanny is afraid that her coughing will disturb Your Majesty, so she resorted to this desperate measure."

"It's okay, I'm not easily disturbed."

"Your Majesty, could you please allow this unworthy daughter of yours to return home first?"

"Yes, you all should do what you need to do, as long as I have the Duke of Zhenguo to accompany me."

"Ladies, please go back to the backyard."

After getting the permission from the Emperor and the Duke of Zhenguo, the Duke's wife breathed a sigh of relief and hurried away with her daughter.

Leng Qingyi picked out two thousand-mile horses from the stable, which were second only to the Ferghana horses, under the pretext of saving some fodder for the Duke of Zhenguo.

But the nephews and nieces behind the Duke of Zhenguo were very distressed. Those three horses were the Duke of Zhenguo's favorites. They had coveted them for a long time but had never been able to ride them. Now, they were taken away by Leng Qingyi at the price of ordinary high-quality horses.

Not to mention this group of young people, even the Duke of Zhenguo was somewhat suspicious whether the emperor did it on purpose.

After thinking about it, I felt that it was unlikely. If the emperor had deliberately robbed Thaksin of the Ferghana horses, then the preciousness of the two horses behind would be impossible to tell without an expert's eyes.

While the Yan family was still thinking, Leng Qingyi set his eyes on something else.

"My dear, your flowers are really nice. They are beautiful and they are not cheap."

Yan Zhentian looked at the orchid of the highest quality and rare color that Leng Qingyi was pointing at and anticipated how angry his wife would be if he gave the flower away, but he still had to bite the bullet and reply.

"Your Majesty, these are ordinary orchids that are worthless. They are just small toys that the women in the family use to care for them."

"Is that so? Well, I can't take someone else's love away. I'll also take a flower and place it in my imperial garden. When the imperial concubine is well, I'll host a flower viewing banquet and invite the ladies of the family to the palace to enjoy it."

Yan Zhentian, who had breathed a sigh of relief the previous second, almost fainted the next second.

He didn't just want one pot, he wanted one pot anyway. These were all rare flower species that his wife had collected from all over the place.

After the emperor leaves, he will probably be scolded to death by his wife.

"I can't take your things for nothing. I'll give you three taels of silver for each basin. It's more beautiful than those colorful stones, so I'll give you more silver."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your consideration."

"Eh? What kind of tree is this? I've never seen it before."

Turning around, he almost fainted when he saw the emperor walking towards the golden tree he had finally found and successfully transplanted into the palace.

"Your Majesty, if you move the tree, it will die. Besides, this ginkgo tree is not rare. There is no need to make a big fuss."

"It's alright. How could the gardeners in my palace fail to grow a tree? I like it. Planting it in my Hall of Mental Cultivation will surely be a delight to the eyes."

Yan Zhentian didn't know whether he should be glad that the emperor had no knowledge or be angry that the emperor treated these extremely precious things in his mansion as garbage and disposed of them at will.

When Leng Qingyi reached a rockery in the mansion, he stumbled and bumped into the rockery beside him.

"Your Majesty! Be careful!"

"Boom!"

The huge rock that Leng Qing bumped into fell down with a thud, frightening everyone following the emperor so much that their hearts were in their throats.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the emperor stumble and then steady himself on the collapsed rockery, and the rockery fell to the other side.

Yan Zhentian's eyelids were twitching for some reason, as if something was about to happen.

"Huh? What is this?"

Just as the crowd breathed a sigh of relief, they saw the emperor staggering on the fallen and shattered stones.

Before I had time to worry, I saw the emperor bend down and pick up a yellow brick.

No! What bricks?

It’s obviously the BRIC!

"My dear, who owned this mansion before? How could they hide so many gold bricks in the rockery?"

Yan Zhentian, who was so frightened that his heart almost stopped, pulled the corners of his mouth awkwardly when he heard the emperor's words.

"The previous owner of this mansion seems to have been a prince from the previous dynasty. I guess the secrets here were hidden when the great grandfather confiscated the house, so they were hidden until today when the emperor discovered them."

"I was wondering why my left eyelid kept twitching when I went out today. It turns out my left eyelid really does twitch for wealth."

Yan Zhentian, whose right eyelid was twitching, said: "You are so arrogant! You are so great! You take my gold as if it were pie in the sky!"

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