"Forget it, forget it, it's okay, His Royal Highness will go back to the house to get it, you wait for me, no one is allowed to leave, and I will come back and continue to gamble." After that, the second prince Dugu Jiaming got up and left.

The Second Prince's Mansion

"Butler, butler, let me die quickly." Dugu Jiaming roared angrily.

"What's wrong? His Royal Highness the Second Prince? The old butler, who was over half a hundred years old, immediately ran over in a hurry.

"Go, fetch me some silver, quick." Dugu Jiaming is accustomed to clothes to reach out for food and open his mouth.

"Your Royal Highness the Second Prince, our house has long been ...... The silver has long been gone, and even valuable things have been sold by you. When the old butler heard that he was asking for money, he almost cried on the spot.

These days, Dugu Jiaming gambled very fiercely, and he couldn't even afford to pay the monthly salaries of the people in the house, and finally had to fire many people.

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up, bring anything that can be mortgaged, whether it's bottles and cans, or jade utensils." Dugu Jiaming was obviously red-eyed from the loss, and he didn't care about it.

"His Royal Highness the Second Prince, there really isn't any, otherwise...... Why don't you go and borrow some from His Royal Highness the Prince? The old butler gave him an idea.

"Do you think I don't know how to borrow? But will the prince lend it to me? And what happened to him these days, he's in a bad mood, didn't I go to find myself bored? You give me less nonsense, hurry up and give me a way. Saying that, Dugu Jiaming kicked the old butler's body.

"Your Royal Highness the Second Prince, there is really nothing valuable in the house, a few days ago, the envoy of Xuechen sent someone to send some tribute I heard that it arrived at the post station, just waiting for the emperor's birthday to send it in, and now it should still be in the post station, it is better to ...... Why don't you ...... them? Before the old housekeeper's words were finished, Dugu Jiaming disappeared like a smoke.

Indeed, the old housekeeper's words were too tempting, the tribute of Xuechen Kingdom, there must be a lot of treasures, so Dugu Jiaming took people to the post station immediately, regardless of the idea of paying tribute.

"Stop, who's who?" The guards of the Xuechen Kingdom who were guarding the post station immediately stopped.

"Bold, I don't kneel down when I see His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness is the second prince of the Liuyun Kingdom, Dugu Jiaming." In order to intimidate these foreign guards, Dugu Jiaming first took out his name when he went.

"What? Are you His Royal Highness the Second Prince? "Those people seemed to be a little unconvinced.

"Here's the token." Dugu Jiaming proudly handed over the token that symbolized his identity.

Those people immediately knelt down and asked for peace: "See His Royal Highness the Second Prince." ”

"Get up, come today to receive the tribute on the orders of my father." Dugu Jia got straight to the point and immediately mentioned the tribute.

"But...... But didn't the emperor say before that he would let me deliver it to him when he was on his old man's birthday? "The guards don't seem to be so easy to fool around.

"Nonsense, don't you believe me? My father said that on his birthday, he must be very busy, and he has no time to take care of you, so in advance, this kind of thing should have been my eldest brother, but he has been in a little trouble recently, so he can only entrust me, what are you still grinding around, let me move out? Dugu Jiaming even coaxed and deceived the tribute of the Xuechen Kingdom.

The mood immediately improved, turned around and went to the gambling house again, unexpectedly, he was unlucky and lost in a row.

He lost a few tributes as collateral, and just as he was indulging in gambling, a large number of Imperial Guards arrived.

"Second prince, Your Highness, come with us, the emperor is invited." The leader of the Imperial Forest Army said unceremoniously.

"What? You're not mistaken, right? Do you know who you're talking to? The second prince angrily pointed at the leader of the Imperial Forest Army and scolded.

"His Royal Highness the Second Prince, let's go with us, come on, take it." At the sound of an order, the Imperial Forest Army rushed up and captured Dugu Jia and entered the palace.

On the main hall

All the civil and military officials were there, as if they were going to try a big case, and Empress Jiang sat beside the emperor and watched coldly.

"Father, what's wrong with the son?" When the second prince arrived at the court, he was a little weak and began to pretend to be stupid.

"Bastard thing, what's wrong with you? Those tributes sent by the Xuechen Kingdom, but you robbed them privately? "The first emperor didn't believe it when he received the news at first, but seeing the second prince's weak heart, he had to start believing his nonsense.

"Father...... This was not robbed by the son, it was the son-in-law who accepted the tribute for his father, and then prepared to bring it to his father, I think my father misunderstood the son-in-law. The second prince, Dugu Jiaming, not only did not reflect at this time, but also used strong words.

Dugu Jialuo on the side just watched coldly and did not express any opinion at all......

"Ga Ming, I've heard that this is not the case, if you really plan to give it to the emperor, then what about the tribute? I've heard reports that you lost all those tributes to the gambling house, and if this is a rumor, should you show everyone the tribute? "Because of the grudge against sending a letter to the general of the Ukrainian League, Empress Jiang decided that the person was sent by the second prince, so she tried to clean up this unlucky child.

"Queen Mother, you can't spew blood, your son doesn't." Although the second prince still didn't admit it, his heart was already trembling.

"Brute, if that's the case, I won't be able to spare you today, the dignified son is addicted to gambling, and he actually takes tribute to gamble, I'm really angry, cough cough...... Now you take out the tribute, or you will only ask. It seems that the emperor is also angry and a little excited.

The second prince has been gambling for more than a day or two, and Queen Jiang and Prince Dugu Jiazheng both know about it, but they have never asked, why did they suddenly cut themselves this time? Of course, he didn't know that his subordinates had been bribed to send secret letters to the Ukrainian generals, and they had been kept in the dark.

In desperation, Dugu Jiaming begged the prince standing aside for help: "Brother Prince, are you saying something for me?" You know best who I usually are, so help me explain it to my father. ”

Who knows, the prince glanced at him coldly and said: "Second brother, I can't help you this time, although you gambled fiercely before, but you lost your own family wealth, and now you actually take your father's tribute to gamble, you really shouldn't." ”

"Big Brother Prince...... You...... You're doing the same to me? "The second prince Dugu Jiaming didn't expect that the prince, who had colluded with him before, would turn against him today, not helping himself, but shaking out all the previous crimes, it seems that he really wants to put him to death.

"Gammy, what else do you have to say?" There was anger in the eyes of the first emperor.

"Father, the son is wrong, isn't it just a few tributes? The father should give it to his son, and the son promises not to gamble in the future, okay? Seeing that there was no one to help him speak, Dugu Jiaming couldn't take out those tributes, so in desperation, he knelt on his knees and began to play a bitter scene with a handful of snot and tears, and played the warmth card.

It's a pity that the emperor originally had no affection for him, and the second prince can have today, he should be grateful to the thin heirs of Liuyun Kingdom, otherwise with his status as the queen mother, he should not have been able to enter the emperor's eyes.