To divorce his wife, the top scholar preferred being cuckolded to wearing a red hat.

Upon hearing this, the steward was so frightened that his body went limp, and he knelt on the ground begging for mercy: "Sir, I'll talk, I'll talk."

The foreman, easily frightened, admitted that he was indeed there to receive the goods. Seeing the bright lights, the owner dared not approach and sent him instead to gather information.

The person who came to pick up the goods was none other than Young Master Zhao, who had come that day.

The Ming king immediately ordered his men to arrest him.

"Your Majesty, I am a servant of Prince Zhan. Do you really dare to arrest me?" Young Master Zhao knelt on the ground, showing no fear of Your Majesty's men. "I am merely acting on behalf of Your Majesty. These goods are all ordered by Prince Zhan. Do you dare to detain them?"

“Don’t talk nonsense.” Ming Wang looked at his face: “The War King does not hold an important position in the army now. Where is he going to send so many supplies? Could it be that he is secretly raising someone or an army?”

"Does our prince need to report to you on his actions? This humble subject is not clear about those matters either. The prince only instructed me to carry out these tasks, but did not tell me what they were for."

"Guards, seize them! I want to bring them before my father so he can thoroughly investigate this matter." King Ming tilted his head and ordered Fei and the others, "Seize them too, and bring them before my father as well."

Uncle Wang has been secretly purchasing supplies outside the Emperor's sight. The Emperor must be eager to know where these supplies ultimately end up. If Uncle Wang can't provide a clear explanation, it will be difficult to face the Emperor.

As soon as the Ming King finished speaking, his guards immediately surrounded Ling Fei and the others, ready to capture them.

"If I hadn't come tonight, I don't know what crime the Ming King would have pinned on me," Xiao Zhan's voice suddenly rang out. "I'm also very curious how these supplies ended up being mine."

"Uncle, you've come at the right time." Ming Wang frowned upon hearing Xiao Zhan's voice. Why was Prince Zhan here? "These people testify that all these goods belong to you, and that they all work for you. My men just tallied up all these goods; it's enough to feed 30,000 people for half a month. I imagine Father is also curious: what does Uncle need so many goods for?"

“Now that you mention it, I’m curious too. Why don’t we bring them before the Emperor and let him investigate?” Xiao Zhan followed up on Ming Wang’s words, saying, “I also want to see who is behind all this and wants me to take the blame.”

Xiao Zhan looked at the two men on the ground and said coldly, "You are the ones who accused me, saying that you were working for me. You must have evidence to support your claims. Bring up your evidence so that people will be convinced, won't you?"

The manager lay prostrate on the ground, too afraid to speak.

Young Master Zhao stammered, "Your Highness, we don't know if it was you, but it was indeed someone from your residence who came to me, asking me to help them find a batch of goods. They also said that Your Highness had previously cooperated with the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, and that I should just contact them directly."

"I did work with the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce before, so when you mentioned it, I went to them. They were very efficient and quickly got the materials ready."

"Is there any other evidence?" Prince Zhan was not annoyed at all.

"That person from the Prince's Mansion also said that Your Highness is actually Young Master Yue of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce. But in order to put on an act for outsiders, and to get the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce to do things for you, you need to find a pretext, so that's why they came to me." Young Master Zhao knelt on the ground, his eyes darting around.

"Uncle Wang, I never expected that you were the person behind the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce. With you here, it's no wonder they can contribute to Qingzhou and become imperial merchants. In that case, all the money in the world has ended up in Uncle Wang's pocket."

Previously, you weren't satisfied with just controlling the military; you also wanted to control the nation's wealth and these merchants. I can't judge what you truly desire. Perhaps you should come with me to the palace to see Father Emperor.

"Father is a wise and knowledgeable ruler, a sage king. He must know what Uncle Wang wants." Upon hearing that Prince Zhan might be the person behind the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, Prince Ming became as excited as if he had been injected with stimulants.

This is a big deal.

Uncle Wang is said to be a war god at the border, and he can be said to have nine followers in the army. If he also controls the money bag, it is equivalent to controlling the food supply. He has nothing to fear from anyone.

Even if he had no ulterior motives, in the eyes of his father, he already harbored rebellious intentions and would certainly not be allowed to live.

“Your Highness has no evidence whatsoever, yet you want to take people away. That’s not quite right.” Su Mingyue got off the carriage, looked around, and found that everyone around her was Your Highness’s men. She couldn’t help but twitch her lips: “Tonight is going to be quite lively. I’ll join in the fun too. Your Highness won’t mind, will you?”

"Su Mingyue, I am on official business. Do not cause trouble. If you dare to cause trouble, I can charge you with disrupting official business. Do you believe me?"

"Of course I believe it. But I just heard something that the Fourth Prince is the person behind the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce. As soon as I heard that this was no small matter, I rushed over to tell His Highness Prince Ming. It's better to believe the wrong person than not to believe at all. I believe that between Prince Zhan and the Fourth Prince, there must be one of them who is really behind them. What do you think?"

"Fourth Brother?" Ming Wang narrowed his eyes: "Su Mingyue, don't talk nonsense. He's not even in the capital. How could he be the person behind the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce? Even if you want to make baseless accusations against Uncle Wang, you should at least provide some evidence."

"Who says I have no evidence?" Su Mingyue raised an eyebrow. "Aren't these goods evidence enough?"

Looking at the mountains of goods piled up around him, King Ming was unsure whose goods they were.

"These goods don't speak, so do you expect them to tell me who their owner is?"

"Goods can't talk, but people can. Someone here reported to Prince Zhan that these goods were wanted by the Fourth Prince, and that they were going to the four border cities."

"You also received a report?" King Ming frowned, realizing that this matter might not be so simple.

Perhaps, tonight, he too has been set up.

"I received a report half an hour ago. It was reported that the Fourth Prince had secretly returned to the capital and was making large purchases. As soon as I received this news, I came here. I didn't expect that as soon as I arrived, Prince Ming would put so many charges against me. However, I am not the only suspect now. In order to handle official business impartially, Prince Ming should explain the situation to His Majesty truthfully."

Xiao Zhan's innocent demeanor, as if he had done nothing wrong and had nothing to fear, made Ming Wang hesitate.

Is someone orchestrating this whole thing?

"What did you say? Fourth Brother is back?" Prince Ming frowned, not understanding why his fourth brother kept running to the capital.

If it hadn't been for an accidental discovery last time, I wouldn't have found out that my fourth brother had secretly returned to the capital. It seemed that my fourth brother had returned for money.

Why would someone with a criminal record need so much money? Could it be that these goods are really related to Fourth Brother?