After Zhou Shuren left the yamen, he urged the carriage to go faster. When he got home, he had his arms bulging with silver bills and quickly returned to the main courtyard.
When Zhou Shuren came in, he saw his wife with her back to him. He walked over carefully and covered her eyes with both hands. "Wait a minute, you can open your eyes only when I tell you to."
The maids and Mrs. Song in the room were stunned. Mrs. Song was the first to react. She waved her hand and signaled the little maids to follow her out.
Zhulan patted her skinny hands that were covering her eyes, "Okay, I get it, let go."
Zhou Shuren loosened his hand and confirmed that his wife did not open her eyes before taking out all the silver bills from his arms. The pile of silver bills was quite spectacular, but it was difficult for Zhou Shuren to hold them all in his arms!
Zhou Shuren, "Okay, you can open your eyes now."
Zhulan opened her eyes and saw the table full of banknotes. Her eyes widened. "How much banknotes are these?"
Zhou Shuren had never told his wife how much silver he wanted, just for today's surprise, "Three hundred thousand taels!"
Zhulan felt her breathing pause, and she covered her chest. She had worked so hard to save up money, but it was not as much as the money her husband made in one go. "You are amazing, you are amazing."
Zhou Shuren shook his head. "That's right. Don't you see who your husband is? Your husband is Zhou Shuren, Zhou Shuren!"
Zhu Lan chuckled, "Yes, yes, I was blessed to marry Zhou Shuren in my previous life. Oh, let me see my husband's hands that can grab silver. Mm, they are so skinny, but they are good for grabbing silver."
Zhou Shuren rolled his eyes. "The first part sounds good, but you don't have to say the last part."
Zhulan was already counting the banknotes quickly, mumbling, "Half of the banknotes will be exchanged for gold, and half for silver. Oh, and how much do you plan to give to Rongchuan?"
Zhou Shuren sat down and counted out 100,000 taels, "100,000 taels."
As for the fact that the banknotes were poisonous, he did not tell his wife so as not to make her worry. He restrained himself and touched the banknotes again. There are risks in cheating money, but high risk means high rewards!
Zhulan nodded, "Okay."
At the Fifth Prince's Mansion, when Gu Ren arrived, Zhang Yang was losing his temper, the whip in his hand was covered in blood, and a woman who had fainted was lying on the ground. Gu Ren frowned.
Zhang Yang threw away the whip, "Here it comes."
Gu Ren was in a good mood today. "Well, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Zhang Yang moved his fingers and said, "I don't have much money left."
Gu Ren narrowed his eyes and said, "I only gave you 50,000 taels a month. You stay in the prince's mansion all day, 50,000 taels a month?"
If this piece of trash wasn't useful, he really wouldn't be willing to give him money.
Zhang Yang sneered, "You've seen how many beauties I have. Isn't that all money? You treat me as a chess piece, and a chess piece that is almost useless. Why don't you give me this little bit of money that would make me happy? Well, if you don't give me, don't blame me for being crazy."
Gu Ren smiled and said, "I'm not refusing to give it to you. You're my nephew. I don't have enough money. But since you asked, I have to give you the money."
As he spoke, Gu Ren took out a box from his arms and counted out fifty thousand taels of silver from it.
Gu Ren handed the silver to Zhang Yang, "You also know that the caravan is trapped in Pinggang, and I really have no silver in my hand. This is the 100,000 taels that Rong Enqing lent me. I will give you 50,000 taels now. When the caravan leaves Pinggang, I will give you more silver."
Zhang Yang took the banknote, shook it, and smiled, "Thank you, uncle."
He hated the Zhang family, who used him as a pawn but ended up leaving him without an heir. He also hated the royal family. The insults in recent days had made his hatred even stronger. He lowered his eyelids and thought, these people deserved to die!
Gu Ren didn't want to stay any longer. He felt that Zhang Yang was beyond saving. That was right, they had never thought of saving him either.
Inside the palace, the emperor was surprised when he heard what the prince said, "The banknote is in Zhang Yang's hands?"
The prince was also very surprised, "Yes, Gu Ren gave Zhang Yang a banknote of 50,000."
The emperor was silent for a moment, "That's fine."
There's no need for him to continue.
The prince continued, "We have arranged for people to guard the Gu family's caravan, and the cargo will follow."
The emperor's smile deepened, "Okay, go and arrange it."
The prince walked out of the government hall in a good mood, wearing black clothes and blending into the night. The prince was really happy that his younger brother was efficient and had cleared out many forces in recent days. They did not do anything that would alert the Zhang family, but trimmed the branches first.
Five days passed in a blink of an eye. Zhou Shuren was well-informed that the caravan under Gu Ren had left Pinggang, and Gu Ren had also left the capital.
Today is the morning court session, which has been suspended for a long time. The ministers attending the court waited for the emperor to arrive and then turned their eyes to the emperor.
Zhou Shuren also took a quick look and saw that his eyes were sunken and he looked particularly thin.
The ministers in the court were all nervous. They could tell that the emperor was in trouble and that he might be blown down by a strong wind.
The emperor covered his mouth with a handkerchief and coughed, then said in a fairly strong voice, "I haven't attended the morning court for a few days. Do you have anything important to report?"
Some ministers looked left and right, and Zhou Shuren saw Lord Xiao looking at him. Zhou Shuren blinked and asked, "Why are you looking at me, sir?"
When Xiao Qing saw the emperor, his heart was in his throat. He wanted to go to the palace to see the emperor, but he couldn't. He could only find a sense of security in Zhou Shuren. Zhou Shuren was still in the mood to interact with him. Well, he could rest assured.
Prince Liang was not worried about his father, because he knew that his father was just acting. He was staring at Prince Qi. Something was wrong with Prince Qi. He really understood his second brother and even knew the way to hold a fan by heart.
These days, he didn't even enter the gate of Prince Qi's palace, let alone meet the Prince of Qi.
Now the King of Qi was still holding the fan in his hand. King Liang looked at his father, then at the wooden King of Qi, and felt even more strange.
The emperor frowned, "What? No important matters to report?"
After these words were spoken, all the ministers came back to their senses. There was indeed an important matter to report. However, before Lord Li could finish speaking, the Emperor had fainted on the dragon throne.
At this time, Eunuch Liu shouted, "Imperial Physician, please call the Imperial Physician."
The ministers just came back to their senses and saw that the King of Qi had already quickly stepped forward, picked up the emperor and walked out, and Eunuch Liu hurriedly followed.
The King of Chu is not worried about his father, he is just acting. But when did the old man trust the King of Qi so much? According to the old man's personality, he would definitely not let his son get close to him at this time. But the King of Qi reached out to hug him, and Eunuch Liu, who had recovered from his injury, did not stop him.
All the ministers followed him, all concerned about the emperor's condition.
The imperial physician arrived very quickly. All the ministers were waiting outside, gathering in groups of three or four. They did not speak but communicated with each other through eye contact.
The atmosphere was not very good for a while, as everyone was afraid that something might happen to the emperor.
In the room, King Liang and King Chu stood together, while King Qi stood by the bed. King Chu narrowed his eyes and said to the fourth brother, "Do you think that the second brother is very strange today?"
King Liang gave his third brother a meaningful look and said, "Guess."
King Chu: "... ..."