King Qi had no choice but to continue to kneel on the ground and listen to the emperor's oral instructions, with a look of pain on his face as he listened.

If there were no oral instructions, he would just spend thirty to fifty thousand silver to buy some food.

But the emperor had already stated the exact number in his oral instructions, so how could he still dare to bargain with the emperor?

Concubine Lin and Xiao Xuan were shocked when they heard this. The emperor really dared to ask for two hundred thousand silver.

Concubine Lin was particularly uneasy. In the final analysis, she made her own decision in this matter and did not listen to King Qi's words. If the dowry had been quietly brought in at night, these things would not have happened.

After the oral edict was recited, the family kowtowed and stood up. King Qi took the imperial edict and handed it to Xiao Yu, who carried it to the ancestral hall to worship it.

The King of Qi smiled at Eunuch Xu and said, "My father-in-law has come a long way. You have had a hard time all the way. I will ask someone to prepare some food and wine, and I will also ask your father-in-law to show his respect."

As he spoke, the smell of alcohol sprayed on Eunuch Xu's face.

Eunuch Xu took a step back and waved his hand, "There is no need for food and wine. Our family has to return to the palace to recover."

"I just hope that the prince will properly handle the tasks assigned by the emperor, so that our trip will not be in vain."

The emperor doesn't like Prince Qi, and he doesn't want to stay too long in Prince Qi's mansion.

King Qi burped, with a wry smile on his face, "How can I get so much money? As a big family, I have a lot of expenses every day."

Eunuch Xu looked at him with a half-smile, "The prince's fiefdom is the richest, so this little money is nothing."

"The emperor said that the prince does not need to cry about poverty."

King Qi's face twisted in mourning, and he smiled bitterly, "Please return to your father-in-law and report to the emperor. I will try my best to raise food and transport it to the north."

"That's good." Eunuch Xu said with a smile, and bowed his hands, "Then let's say goodbye first."

King Qi quickly grabbed him and stuffed a two thousand tael silver note into his hand.

Eunuch Xu accepted it calmly and walked away with the accompanying young eunuch.

When Eunuch Xu had gone far away, King Qi ordered people to close the door.

He went back to his room, took off his python robe, and ordered his servants with a gloomy face, "Ask Concubine Lin and Xiao Xuan to come to the study to see me."

Xiao Xuan and Concubine Lin were feeling uneasy.

Concubine Lin knew that this was all her fault, and she didn't know how the prince would reprimand her.

Just as he was thinking about it, the maid came in and sent a message, "Concubine, the prince has asked you to go to the study."

Concubine Lin just took off her official uniform, sighed, let the maid support her, and went to the prince's courtyard.

When they walked to the door, they met Xiao Xuan. The mother and son looked at each other and walked in together without daring to say anything.

Just as he opened the curtain, a tea cup flew towards him. Xiao Xuan didn't dare to dodge. The tea cup flew over with his ear stuck in it and fell to the ground with a bang, shattering to pieces.

Xiao Xuan quickly knelt down and said, "Father, calm down."

Concubine Lin also knelt down in a hurry.

King Qi glared at Concubine Lin angrily, "Lin Yue'er! I told you I never told you that the dowry had to be brought in secretly to see what good things you did!"

Concubine Lin covered her face with her handkerchief and cried, "I, what can I do? It's not like I didn't tell you, but how could the Protector of the Country listen to me?"

King Qi became more and more angry when he saw that she was still lying at this time.

But in the end, he saved her some face and didn't expose her. He just sneered and said, "You two, mother and son, don't even take me seriously now."

"After causing such trouble, you still have the nerve to cry!"

Xiao Xuan didn't know what was going on here, so he quickly judged, "Father, you can't blame my mother for this. Who knew the emperor would be -" so stingy, staring at other people's dowries.

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