The three old gentlemen were shocked.
One million taels!
Xu Yan spoke tentatively, “Isn’t that too much.”
“Not much.”
Song Wangyue said firmly, “Let’s not talk about those properties of the Gu family, just the human life of 10,000 taels a piece is not expensive, right?”
Xu Yan subconsciously nodded his head.
“One hundred and thirteen lives of the Gu family, I want one million taels, which is not enough for ten thousand taels each.”
It did make sense to say so, but getting the Third Prince to come up with a million taels ……
Xu Yan looked at the old man, he felt it was impossible.
The old gentleman also thought it was impossible, but seeing Song Wangyue’s firm attitude, he said, “Fine, it will be one million taels, if the third prince cannot take it, the emperor will naturally help him find a way.”
Mr. Xu Er felt that it was not right, “Father has ever thought that if the emperor really gives this one million taels, the Song family will definitely not have peace in the future.”
The world is full of thieves and thieves who are motivated by wealth, and the Song family are just ordinary country people, this one million taels will certainly bring them disaster, and then it will be too late to regret.
“Second grandfather, don’t worry, I will handle the destination of this silver myself.”
Hearing her say this, Mr. Xu had no more words to say,
The old gentleman asked Song Si to prepare the pen and ink, and took out the papers they had written along the way, cutting down some of those heated words and letting Song Si copy the rest.
The old gentleman instructed and admonished him some more.
Song Si changed into his official uniform, rode in the carriage to the entrance of the palace, knelt down towards the palace, and held the paper high above his head with both hands, “Song Si of the Hanlin Academy is accusing the Duke of Qi of murdering one hundred and thirteen members of the Gu family for his own selfish reasons, and the Third Prince is his accomplice, so I ask Your Majesty to investigate.”
The eunuch guarding the door saw this and hurried in to report.
The Emperor was in the process of summoning his courtiers to discuss the matter, when he heard the report, he immediately stopped the proceedings.
“Send him in!”
Eunuch Huang came out to announce the person.
Song Si came all the way into the main hall with the brief paper held high in the air, knelt down, and held it high above his head.
“Present it!”
Eunuch Huang came over and took it and presented it to the Emperor.
After reading it, the Emperor was furious, “Go, call the Third Prince here.”
The chamberlain flew off to summon someone.
The Third Prince’s forehead had been smashed and he had received a sword on his shoulder, and when he returned, he had a high fever, which lasted for a day and two nights. ”
The third prince picked it up with shaking hands and before he finished reading it, he threw himself down on his knees, “Father, I have been wronged, I was encouraged by my grandfather to take the Gu family’s secret recipe for pills, but I never intended to harm their lives.
Song Si straightened his back and looked at him angrily, “The Duke of Qi is dead, so naturally the third prince will say whatever he wants.”
“What do you mean?”
“If the Third Prince said he didn’t want to take the Gu family’s lives, then why have all your guards disappeared?”
“They they were detached by their grandfather, and this prince has no idea what they’ve been doing.”
“Doesn’t it seem ridiculous for the Third Prince to say that? Your men were sent away by the Duke of Qi and you didn’t even ask.”
“Song Si!”
The Third Prince was annoyed at being forced to ask, “It is true that this prince was encouraged by his grandfather to get his hands on the secret recipe for making the pills, but, not for the sake of silver, but for the sake of the people of the world! It was for the sake of the soldiers in the army! It was for the sake of those soldiers in the army! It was to make a mark in front of my father. As an imperial son, I know that water can carry a boat as well as overturn it, so how could I kill so many people, and in vain make myself unloved by my father and chill the hearts of the people of the world?”
He was already weak, and when he became angry, his eyes turned black and he fell straight ahead.
The crowd of courtiers let out a cry of alarm.
Eunuch Huang was quick to swoop over and hold him up.
There were murmurs from the courtiers.
After all, he was the emperor’s favourite son and the one most likely to inherit the position, so anyone with a little bit of brains would not do such a thing as kill someone and take away his wealth.
A small part felt that the Third Prince was letting the Duke of Qi take the blame, and since the Duke of Qi was already dead anyway, the Third Prince could say whatever he wanted.
The emperor spoke in a deep voice, “Song Si, do you have proof that this was done by Chu Yi?”
Even the third prince stopped calling out, so it was clear that the emperor was really angry.
All the courtiers lowered their heads, not daring to discuss the matter any further.
“I didn’t… I was just speculating! According to my little sister, the Third Prince went to Qingping County with quite a few guards, and now all those guards have disappeared, so if they didn’t go to kill someone, it’s ……”
“That is what?”
“It’s that the Gu family went to hide the Gu family’s wealth, the Gu family is a famous wealthy owner in Qingping County, their family assets are countless, at least a million taels ……”
The Hall of Council resounded with huffing and puffing.
Millions of taels, even they, the courtiers’ families, did not necessarily have so much silver.
The stern look in the Emperor’s eyes flickered, he did not expect the Song family to dare to ask for a million taels with their mouths open! But if the Third Prince did not confess to this crime, there was no way to save his life.
“Rebel son!”
He grabbed the tea-jar on the table and smashed it over.
The Third Prince was helped up by Eunuch Huang and had just knelt down when the tealight hit him, spilling slightly hot tea all over him, and then the tealight fell and rolled to one side.
“You tell me honestly, where the hell did those people of yours go?”
“I really don’t know, that day my grandfather said he wanted them to go and do something, so I didn’t think much of it, so I let them go, but who knows, once they left, they never came back, please father understand!”
“You are confused!”
The emperor scratched his hand on the table for half a day, but he didn’t catch anything, he was so angry that he reached out and pointed at him, “You knew that the Duke of Qi had such a mind, but you didn’t stop it, instead you helped the enemy to do evil, I don’t have a son like you, declare the order! —
The third prince, Chu Yi, has greed in his heart and is not worthy of being an imperial son, he will be sent to Youzhou first and will not be allowed to return to the capital forever!”
“Father, you are wise!”
The Third Prince’s head knocked on the ground with a thud.
“Another-
All the lost property of the Gu family will be paid for by Chu Yi, and if he cannot get it, he will sell the things in the Third Prince’s residence, and if he can’t get enough again, he will sell his Third Prince’s residence.”
“Father, Father! Father, Father!”
“Pull it down!”
Two chamberlains came in and dragged the shouting Third Prince out.
The crowd of courtiers did not dare to breathe a word.
Since they heard the news the night before last, they had been speculating how the Emperor would punish the Third Prince, but they had never expected that he would be relegated to Youzhou, which was a bitterly cold place.
“Declare the decree…”
Eunuch Huang bowed.
“The Duke of Qi has encouraged the Emperor to kill people, he is hereby stripped of his position as Duke of Qi and relegated to the status of a commoner, and the Imperial Palace is to be taken back, and all the people in the Palace are to move out immediately!”