"I naturally have some things with the white silk, so you don't have to worry about it."

Hearing the old prince say the same, the old servant was not easy to say, so he hurriedly found a white silk for the old prince, and the white silk was placed on the table, and the old prince also looked at it for some reason, feeling a little desolate, and waved his hand to let the old servant go out.

After the old servant walked out, the old prince stood tremblingly on the stool, hanging the white silk on the beam, he was extremely panicked when he did this, he didn't expect that he would be prosperous and rich all his life, and he would end up like this.

If a person can really become a ghost after death, he thinks he will definitely pester Wei Xiuyuan, because if Wei Xiuyuan hadn't been forced to do so much, he wouldn't have to die to save his family.

The old prince sighed deeply, and put his head on the white silk, and after putting it on the white silk, it kicked its legs lightly, and kicked the stool far away, and the person was hung on the beam.

The next morning, the old prince's servants naturally wanted to bring breakfast in, but after knocking on the door for a long time, they found that there was no movement in the old prince's room, which made everyone scared, and they didn't know if something happened to the old prince.

But the old prince usually doesn't let people into his room, and those maids naturally can't make up their minds at this time, so they still find the old servant who is the most confidant of the old prince, and the old servant naturally pushes the door open, but sees a creepy scene.

I only saw the old prince's body hanging straight on the beam, and after the old servant took the old prince down, the old prince had already lost his breath, and then the old servant panicked and shouted in the prince's mansion.

The news soon spread to Lu Zhai, Lu Li and Xiao Man were naturally very surprised when they heard that this old prince was actually dead, even a scheming person like Li Niang did not expect that the old prince would do such an extreme thing.

At this time, Wei Xiuyuan naturally secretly went to the Lu Mansion to discuss with them, only to see Wei Xiuyuan say indignantly.

"This old prince is really cunning enough, if he dies, I will naturally not ask him for arrears anymore, and their family can also keep their current glory and wealth, and the silver he borrowed from the household is enough for his ancestors and grandchildren to spend for three generations."

Li Niang sighed.

"The most important thing now is not the question of whether the arrears can be recovered, you forced a brother of the former emperor to death, won't the emperor blame you?"

How could Wei Xiuyuan worry about such a thing, his temperament has always been upright, so he said to Li Niang.

I don't care how angry the emperor is, I just deal with it impartially.

Li Niang looked out the window, at this time there were dark clouds outside, and I don't know if the emperor knows the news now, and if he does, how to punish them.

Sure enough, the emperor was in the palace at this moment, and his face was flushed with anger.

Of course, Lord Liu is still adding oil and vinegar on the side.

"Your Majesty, you watched Wei Xiuyuan do things too much, just for the money of the household department, you forced the emperor's brother to death, what kind of system do you say."

Lord Liu thought that the emperor was so angry because he took a fancy to the identity of the old prince, but he didn't understand the emperor's true thoughts, although the old prince was the brother of the previous emperor, he was not close to the emperor, so he died at this time, and the emperor didn't have any feelings, but he just thought that the officials of their Donglan Kingdom were so poor that they only asked them to return the silver of the household department, and they were actually forced to die.

The emperor looked at Lord Liu next to him, and felt that he was noisy and very annoyed, so he waved his hand to let him retreat first.

Lord Liu also felt strange in his heart, if he wanted to say that he didn't say anything wrong, why did the emperor drive him away.

However, the emperor's mood could not affect him, as soon as he stepped out of the palace gate, he hummed a little tune, and now that the old prince is also dead, he doesn't believe that Wei Xiuyuan's account can be returned.

Everyone in the capital, after hearing the news of the death of the old prince, this middle-aged official tightened their pockets and continued to watch the battle between Wei Xiuyuan and Lord Liu.

But these inferior officials, because they saw that King Ning carried 400,000 taels of silver into Wei Xiuyuan's mansion, also took out the silver one after another, after all, King Ning had made a statement, and what reason did these petty officials have to owe money.

After seeing King Ning's silver carried into Wei Xiuyuan's mansion, Xiao Man also immediately wrote a letter to King Ning, telling King Ning everything about Ah Yue's investigation at that time, as for what King Ning would decide after that, it was all his own business.

Wei Xiuyuan forced the old prince to death, if the emperor didn't reprimand him a few words, the people in the old prince's family must have felt cold, so they were forced to save face, and the emperor could only call Wei Xiuyuan and Su Shuo, who was incarnated by Lu Li, to the palace.

Seeing Wei Xiuyuan, the emperor felt angry

"Wei Xiuyuan, what do you say I say hello, this makes you collect an account, you actually forced the old prince to death, what do you say you do?"

Wei Xiuyuan is a straightforward person, so he knelt down directly and said to the emperor respectfully.

"Your Majesty, the minister is just doing things impartially, you can think about the old prince, he borrowed more than 200,000 taels, knowing that he couldn't afford to pay it back, but he still had to borrow, this disaster is coming, and he refuses to sell his property, so he can only force him to die, isn't his behavior threatening the court and threatening the emperor?"

Hearing Wei Xiuyuan's words, the emperor also felt that it made sense, but the impact of the death of the old prince was really bad, and the emperor sighed and said to Wei Xiuyuan.

"In this way, I also know that you are working hard, but the old prince will not give you an explanation, but it will not work, you allocate 400,000 taels of silver from my private treasury 2, 400,000 taels will be returned to the treasury for the old prince, and the remaining 200,000 taels will be handed over to the old prince's family to subsidize them."

Hearing this, Wei Xiuyuan felt a little unhappy, to say that the old prince's family did not lack the 200,000 taels of silver at all, they had borrowed money before and spent all their time drinking, living a luxurious and erosive life, this is just the time for them to suffer, why pay them any pension.

Wei Xiuyuan just wanted to refuse, but Lu Li hurriedly pulled his sleeve, after all, the emperor said so, and he was also sympathetic to the descendants of the royal family, if Wei Xiuyuan refused again, it would really not give the emperor face.

So the two of them thanked them directly.

"Although the old prince is dead, you still have to continue to collect the silver, how many officials still owe the silver?"

Hearing the emperor say this, Wei Xiuyuan naturally made a 1510 announcement.

"There are not many officials who owe silver to the emperor now, but now most of the officials in Beijing who are above the fourth grade have not been returned, and the person who borrowed the most is Lord Liu, Lord Liu, as an important member of the imperial court, has not returned it for a long time, and the officials below have more or less looked at his face and acted with him, if he can return the silver owed to the household department earlier, presumably the officials under his command can also return it early."

Hearing Wei Xiuyuan say this, the emperor naturally nodded, Lord Liu's group of officials, he also had a little understanding of borrowing a lot of money, thinking that if he directly asked Wei Xiuyuan to ask Lord Liu for money, it would be really a little embarrassing for this young man, so he especially told Wei Xiuyuan directly.

"Master Liu, you don't have to worry, I'll talk to him."

Hearing that the emperor was willing to come forward, Wei Xiuyuan was naturally grateful, so after thanking the emperor, he walked out of the palace with Lu Li.

Immediately sent the eunuch to Lord Liu's mansion to spread the word, asking Lord Liu to return the household money as soon as possible.

Lord Liu really gritted his teeth at this time, but he didn't expect this Wei Xiuyuan to really go to the emperor to sue himself, saying that he didn't pay back the money, not to mention that King Ning and some low-level officials had already paid it back, didn't this even highlight that he was a cheater.

At this time, Lord Liu was really angry and anxious, angry that Wei Xiuyuan was so calculating, and he was anxious that he had already used the money to annex the land, and there was no extra money to use to pay off the debts at this time.

Seeing that things had come to this point, Lord Liu walked around the house, not knowing what to do to deal with Wei Xiuyuan.

Seeing that Lord Liu was so anxious about this, the master immediately came up to offer advice.

"Lord Liu, why are you panicking."

Lord Liu said angrily.

You also said that now that the old prince is dead, it has no impact on Wei Xiuyuan, but the emperor wants me to pay off the debt quickly, what should I do!

Master thought about it.

"Lord Liu, you are wrong, Wei Xiuyuan has not fully collected the silver yet, he is still helping the emperor to do things, the emperor will naturally not cross the river and demolish the bridge so quickly, but after all the silver is returned to the household this time, Wei Xiuyuan will have no use value for the emperor, do you think the emperor will be so partial to Wei Xiuyuan, he will definitely use the old prince to settle accounts with him, and it will be the adults who will be in the limelight at that time, and your top priority now is to give Wei Xiuyuan a face first, Pay off the arrears. ”

Lord Liu was very puzzled at this moment, so he hurriedly asked.

"Master, you said it was easy, how do you think I can pay off these arrears?"

The master smiled slightly.

"Isn't this simple, Lord Liu, don't you know what business to make the most money now?"

Lord Liu has always been an official in the court, so naturally he doesn't know some business things, after all, he is much more noble as an official than this businessman, and he doesn't bother to understand their business hookups.

If you have any ideas, just say it, don't beat around the bush for me.

"Lord Liu, you also know that the status of an official is the most noble, and the status of a businessman is the lowest, and those businessmen also want to squeeze into the officialdom, but their level is not enough, and they can't pass the imperial examination."