Fast Travel: After the Villain Heroine reaches the full level

Chapter 88 The Crown Princess quits (24)

He has received more scolding in the past two months than he has received in a year.

After the people scolded the ministers, they scolded them.

The minister scolded the emperor after he scolded him.

The list of books about him is almost full.

If this continues, Zong Wu feels that his East Palace will be lost.

Hua Wu comforted him: "It's okay, we will solve the Long case soon."

Zong Wu: "..."

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Autumn, the seventeenth year of Jiahe.

King Jin was greatly rewarded by the emperor for his salt merchant affairs, and he became extremely popular and prosperous.

The prince was severely punished by the emperor for not doing things well, and the East Palace was as deserted as a cold palace.

The prince seemed to have restrained himself because of this incident, and his subsequent behavior became much more low-key.

Of course, this low profile is only compared to his previous style.

Compared with others, that's still...

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Autumn, the eighteenth year of Jiahe.

The emperor fell ill in early autumn and could not survive the illness.

Doctors from all walks of life came to see him, but no one dared to say that he could make the emperor better.

The emperor's days are numbered.

The seemingly calm imperial city is actually filled with turbulent undercurrents.

The battle between the Prince and King Jin factions has been completed and put on the bright side.

At this moment, someone suddenly came to Beijing, beating drums to complain, suing the Linzhou salt merchants for igniting human lives, colluding with local officials to oppress the salt farmers, and driving them to death.

For some unknown reason, this matter suddenly became a big deal.

He also lost his life and couldn't suppress it even if he wanted to.

Then the common people began to complain that the salt they purchased was mixed with impurities, was not as good as before, and was much more expensive.

Today's salt industry is a real royal merchant, so naturally this matter must be blamed on the royal family.

And this matter was handled by King Jin Zongqi...

It is definitely impossible to ask the salt merchants to directly hand over their family property.

Therefore, we can only cooperate with salt merchants to make these salt merchants real royal merchants.

The royal family stepped in, and the salt merchants' profits dwindled.

They can only get it back from somewhere else.

For example, they purchase it at a low price, exploit the salt farmers, and then sell the adulterated products at a high price.

This is not done in a day or two.

It's just that it wasn't this serious before.

Ordinary people at the bottom know that they are no match for these salt merchants and dare not file a lawsuit.

In the Salt Merchant Chamber of Commerce, several middle-aged men with big bellies were sitting around discussing countermeasures.

"The products supplied in the Imperial City are the best...how could there be impurities?"

"I asked someone to buy some before I came here... something is really not right." One of the salt merchants took out a bag of salt and placed it on the table. "There is something mixed in it."

After everyone passed it around one by one, their expressions became even uglier, "Is it possible that the people below sent the wrong ones?"

Under the emperor's feet, they dare not do such a thing blatantly.

But elsewhere...the sky is high and the emperor is far away.

As long as local officials are bribed, no news will get out.

"How could such an important thing go wrong...I feel like someone planned this!"

How many years have they been doing this?

When King Jin promoted this matter, no one dared to come forward and complain.

Why did it suddenly pop up now?

No one here has given instructions. How dare those people?

"..."

Everyone looked at each other and thought of the recent situation in the court.

"Don't be impatient, let's find out the specific situation first."

They thought there was still time.

But they didn't expect that the incident would develop much faster than they expected.

The next day, a group of people jumped out and jointly accused them of various evil deeds.

Everyone in this group of people speaks with reason.

Some people even have evidence.

This incident was so big that the emperor, who was dying of illness, sat up in shock and angrily scolded Queen Jin for fainting.

When the emperor woke up, he only saw the prince.

When the prince comes out, he has an imperial edict in his hand, and he will investigate the matter thoroughly.

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At night.

On the dark pier, figures swayed.

"Quickly, move all these into the boat!"

"hurry up!"

The man in charge kicked, hit and scolded the porter.

One of the porters accidentally fell to the ground, and the bag on his shoulder was scratched by a sharp object nearby, and the contents were scattered all over the floor.

"Damn, what are you doing!"

The steward rushed over and kicked him a few times.

"You can't do this little thing well, why don't you die!"

"What are you doing standing there in a daze? What are you looking at? Work!"

The steward yelled twice and found that none of these people moved.

He flicked the whip in his hand and swung it at the nearest people.

However, the whip did not fall, but was pulled by a force.

The steward's body suddenly flew out and hit the pile of salt bags.

The salt bag rolled down, burying the steward inside.

Through the gap in the salt bag, the steward saw a slender figure standing not far away.

The moonlight flicked through the hem of the clothes, glowing with pale golden embroidery, and the panic in the steward's heart began to spread.

Prince...

"Catch them all."

Zong Wu's voice echoed through the dark night.

"Spare my life..."

"My lord, please spare my life."

"They made us do this..."

Cries for mercy kept coming and going at the pier.

Some people jumped into the water to escape from the water.

It's a pity that he will be caught soon.

The noisy dock soon became quiet.

The book-inspecting lantern illuminated Zong Wu, who opened the salt bag with a dagger and grabbed a handful from inside.

The salt is mixed with white sand.

Mixing with white sand is considered good, and some are directly mixed with river sand or gravel.

Zong Wu clapped his hands and said, "Ship them all back."

"yes."

Zong Wu made a surprise attack that night, leaving the salt merchants no time to process the evidence.

So the salt merchants were all sent to jail that night.

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Zong Wu was so busy with this matter that he didn't return to the East Palace for several days.

After finally resting for a while, Zong Wu asked the inspector: "What has the Crown Princess been doing these past two days?"

"...I didn't do much." Jianshu said: "Baking in the sun, playing chess, drinking tea..."

The tea in Zong Wu's hand suddenly lost its aroma.

Zong Wu threw the tea cup on the table, "She knows how to enjoy it."

"..."

That's not the case.

"Your Highness... do you think the Crown Princess..." Jianshu asked tentatively, "What is she trying to do?"

Zong Wu: "..."

How does he know.

Inspector: "You said she was a spy, but she has never done anything to harm you except helping you for such a long time. But you said she was not a spy, so why has there been such a big change?"

Zong Wu has been waiting for his princess to show her weakness.

But she likes to give him advice all day long and urge him to ascend to the throne of God quickly.

Apart from that, she does nothing else.

It seems that she really wants him to be the emperor, so that she can be the queen, and then give him a son to inherit the throne... She is mentally ill!

"Recently, more guards have been added to the East Palace to prevent some people from jumping over the wall in a hurry."

This case involves not only the salt merchants, but also many officials.

"Wu He is staying in the East Palace. He will take care of her. Your Highness does not have to worry about the Crown Princess." The inspector felt that someone was really taking risks, and it was not the Crown Princess who was unlucky.

Zong Wu sneered, "Who is worried about her?"

"..."

What are you doing if you are not worried about the martial law imposed on the Crown Princess?

You are not in the East Palace. Apart from the Crown Princess, the East Palace is an empty palace!

I didn’t dare to say it even if I checked the book, I could only accept it.

(End of chapter)