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Chapter 42: Emptying the Duke's Mansion

"Hahahaha, I am the son of destiny. Come and look around in this rockery to see if there are any more."

Yan Zhentian watched helplessly as the people brought by the emperor turned the rockery in his mansion into a mess, and then carried out three large boxes of gold bricks.

That’s right, the three big boxes are full of gold bricks!

Yan Zhentian now wished he could chop the people who hid the gold into pieces. He had told them to hide it as secretly as possible, but now the emperor had discovered it on the spot and mistook it for the gold hidden by the prince of the previous dynasty.

For a moment, Yan Zhentian's eyes were blinded by the glittering gold in front of him, and a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, and he wanted to kill the emperor and the people he brought with him to silence them.

His eyes swept over the people brought by Leng Qingyi, and when he saw the man in black three steps behind the emperor, he immediately deflated.

The spies in the palace had told him that the secret guards around the emperor were very mysterious. They could easily defeat ten people alone and were carefully trained assassins.

If he dared to take action now without enough manpower, none of his sons and nephews would be enough to be killed by that one secret guard.

What's more, the secret guards are all hidden in the dark, and we don't know how many there are in secret even though we are only one in the open.

One of them was enough to scare him, not to mention that he couldn't act rashly since he didn't know the other party's combat strength.

They could only watch helplessly as so much gold was carried away by the emperor.

"My dear, I'm so sorry for messing up such a beautiful rockery complex in your mansion. I owe you such a good harvest today to you. I'll give you one thousand taels to repair the rockery complex. If you find anything hidden by the previous prince during the repairs, I'll give you a tenth of it. You can make some jewelry for the women in the mansion. After all, it wouldn't be good for the Duke's mansion to be too simple."

"I thank the emperor for his kindness."

Leng Qingyi was very pleased to hear Yan Zhentian's reply while trying hard to hold back his gritted teeth and remain calm.

All this gold is used to deal with her, so not a single cent can be left for him.

"Let's go, let's go somewhere else and see if I'm lucky today and can find some unexpected wealth."

Leng Qingyi was happy and comfortable, but Yan Zhentian on the other side had a hard time.

Wouldn't it be deceiving the king to admit that the gold belongs to him?

With the emperor's current style of doing things, if his house was confiscated directly, he would have no place to cry.

When Leng Qingyi reached the artificial lake of the Duke's Mansion, he tripped over a rope again.

"Hey, what is this? Pull An Yi out for me. I want to see what dares to trip me."

An Yi acted very quickly, bent down, reached out, grabbed the hemp rope and pulled hard, and a cage was pulled out of the lake.

"what is this?"

Yan Zhentian didn't know why he always felt that he was going to bleed heavily today. Could this be another thing hidden by some useless guy?

An Yi tore open the outer cage with his hands, and found a large cowhide package inside.

"Open it and let me see."

An Yi once again tore the cowhide with his bare hands. The extremely flexible cowhide was torn into two halves by An Yi, and a wooden box appeared from inside.

When you open the wooden box, you will see a golden hairpin.

Yan Zhentian was startled when he saw the emperor's meaningful look.

"Duke Zhenguo, this couldn't be something left behind by the prince of the previous dynasty."

"Your Majesty, perhaps one of the women was reluctant to confiscate the jewelry and hid it in the lake."

"Hmph, if that's the case, I can't take away a woman's love."

As he said this, he gestured to An Yi to return the things to the Duke of Zhenguo and strode forward.

The Duke of Zhenguo was hit on the head by a red hairpin at such a speed that he had no time to dodge, and a bloody mark was scratched on his cheek by a hairpin.

At this moment, Yan Zhentian was filled with anger and he didn't know whether he was angry at the emperor or at the person who hid the things for being so careless.

He is so stupid. If he knows who hid this, he will be severely punished.

Leng Qingyi pretended to be angry and strode ahead, asking people to take away any exquisite items he saw no matter where they were.

"Twenty taels for this bed."

"That painting is five taels."

"This screen is fifty taels."

"Two taels for the vase."

"What is this? It's really good looking. Take ten taels."

Yan Zhentian, who had tried his best to hide the valuables, felt a vein throbbing on his forehead when he saw the exquisite furnishings in his room being taken away by the emperor at a discount price of five or ten taels.

The younger generations including Prince Yan who followed behind Yan Zhentian never stopped twitching their lips.

After sweeping the front yard, they only managed to collect more than 30,000 taels of silver.

"Duke Zhenguo, I remember that Ke Man Lou is a property of your Zhenguo Mansion. According to the market price, a restaurant is only about 20,000 to 30,000 taels. However, Ke Man Lou is located in the most prosperous area of ​​the capital, so it is naturally more expensive. I will give you 40,000 taels and give me the deed to Ke Man Lou."

Yan Zhentian suddenly looked up and met Leng Qingyi's nonchalant gaze, and his heart was shocked.

"Why are you reluctant?"

"Your Majesty, to be honest, I really can't bear to part with it. Ke Man Lou is the most profitable shop in my Duke's Mansion."

"I will give you fifty thousand taels as a compensation, which is twice the market price. Will you part with it, Duke?"

"Your Majesty, you are too kind. If you like, just take it."

"It's not convenient for me to enter the inner courtyard. Little Lizi, take a few palace maids and eunuchs to look around inside and collect 20,000 or 30,000 taels. I'm not that stingy to care about a few dozen taels of silver."

The corners of Little Pear Zhongli Yuan's mouth twitched, and he had no choice but to agree.

Leng Qingyi sat down in the pavilion nearby and waited.

The emperor didn't ask for seats, so Yan Zhentian and the other younger members of the Yan family could only stand aside and wait.

Zhongli Yuan is not like Leng Qingyi who would make up a reason for something he likes. He would just sweep it away directly.

Most of the gold, silver and treasures hidden by the women were swept away from under the beds, in the quilts, on the beams and in the secret compartments.

In just two quarters of an hour, a group of people came out from the inner courtyard, carrying things in their hands, on their shoulders, on their backs, and on their heads.

"Is that enough?"

"Your Majesty, there is still some to go."

Leng Qingyi looked around and took away Guan Erye, who was enshrined in the Duke's Mansion.

"Alright, Duke Zhenguo, your debt is cleared from today."

Seeing the emperor leaving with a group of people, Yan Zhentian could no longer be angry.

He was numb. The little pear beside the emperor was even more outrageous than the emperor. She even wanted to carry away a bathtub.

Looking back at the bare wall and the big hole left by the dug-up tree, he fell backwards and fainted.

"Father! Father!"

The scene at the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion was truly grand. There were not many common people living on this street, and only the royal family and important officials of the court lived there.

The surrounding mansions would know about any slight noise, let alone such a big noise.

This immediately deterred those who wanted to find excuses not to return the money.

Somehow, the news that three boxes of gold were found in the rockery of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion spread throughout the street.

Those who hid gold, silver and treasures in their homes had some ominous premonitions, while those who hid their money outside were secretly glad.

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