The two sides were confronting each other. It was windy at night, so Lian Suisui covered Chu Zhiyi with a thin blanket.
The leader of the city patrol department was secretly worried and winked at the people around him. At the end of the team, a soldier quietly slipped away and ran to fetch reinforcements.
There was the sound of insects in the quiet courtyard, the lighted torch flickered, and a moth that flew up turned into ashes in an instant.
"Your Majesty, Princess, these are the officials from the City Patrol Department who came into the mansion to search for damaged items."
Ji Ying ordered his servants to bring up the damaged items and recorded in public, "This item is the jade Ruyi given by the late emperor when the prince returned to the capital after winning the war."
She personally picked up the broken jade Ruyi and placed it on the tray, adding, "It's worth thousands of gold."
The leader of the City Patrol Department's eyes widened, staring at the two pieces of ordinary Ruyi that had not had time to be covered by the red cloth. The red cloth blocked his sight before he could see clearly.
"This pair of amphora was specially made by the royal kiln to celebrate the late emperor's birthday when he passed his birthday. The late emperor gave it to my prince as a reward."
"There is a price but no market."
"This pastel is..."
Ji Ying picked up a pile of rags that could not be seen on the ground one by one. Most of them were gifts from the late emperor. The remaining ones included Concubine An's relics, valuable antiques, rare calligraphy and paintings, and unique copybooks...
Nothing is cheap.
There is no good-looking color on the faces of the people in the City Patrol Department anymore. These things... let alone peeling off their skin, even breaking their bones and weighing them, they can't afford to pay!
These rags...ah, no, these...
Ji Ying pulled out a badly worn rag from the rags. The officer stared at her movements, fearing that she would put it on a tray and tell him that it was the foot rag used by the late emperor...
Even if it was a footcloth, as long as it was used by the late emperor, he couldn't afford to pay for it.
"This is the sky silk handkerchief that our prince uses to filter out the medicine residue. I won't let the prince pay for it."
The leader breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, and then his heart started to rise again. What does it mean? Do all the rags depend on them?
Can the things that the late emperor rewarded be displayed casually?
Blackmail!
"Princess, I have counted the things lost by everyone in our house. Everyone said that nothing was lost. Some of them lost their monthly money that they had saved for a long time. Please make the decision for me, Princess!"
Xiao Tao didn't know who had given him the instruction. He only said that he had lost money, but not what objects he had lost.
The servants don’t have enough identity. If they talk nonsense and find out the truth, it’s better to lose money. Anyway, the money looks the same, and no one can prove that the money in his pocket is not someone else’s...
"princess."
Pei Shu is also back.
"When the servants went over to take inventory, they happened to open the warehouse where the princess's dowry was kept. Before anyone could go in, the servants took a quick inventory and found that there was nothing missing."
Even Suisui's dowry was registered, and other things could be said to have been damaged over time. She had just married, so there was no way she could make false accusations.
That’s a lot.
"Manager Ji, how much are these things converted into money?"
Ji Ying understood this and took out her abacus to start calculating.
"Princess, the total value of these damaged items is 71,835 taels of silver."
Isn't this a lion's big mouth?
"Your Majesty, I am just following orders. There may be misunderstandings, but... don't bully us based on your status!"
Are you still stubborn and unwilling to give in?
Chu Zhiyi, who had been silent until now, closed his clothes.
"The male leads the outside and the female leads the inside. The princess is the one who decides everything in the palace."
You mean, he doesn't care?
"The thief sneaked into the palace, we are waiting for..."
"You have your responsibilities, and I understand, but I don't come to my palace just because I want to. Otherwise, how is my palace different from a vegetable market?"
"Uncle Emperor, calm down!"
King Yun walked out from behind the crowd and said, "The people below are not doing things well and are disturbing the emperor's uncle."
Chu Zhiyi followed the sound and looked over. It turned out that the patrol officer was backed by King Yun...
The City Patrol Department is not a yamen. It is divided into five yamen in the southeast, northwest, and middle, and is affiliated to the Ministry of War. It seems that King Yun has already reached out to the Ministry of War.
"Uncle, please don't get me wrong. It's so late and they don't want to disturb my father for such a trivial matter. They begged their nephew, who came over to check on the situation. What's going on?"
The king had known about the situation for a long time, but it was just a show. He listened to the commander whisper a few words, and his eyes fell on the tray covered with red cloth.
He walked over and lifted up the red cloth and picked up the jade Ruyi that was broken in half.
"The gifts given by the emperor's grandfather are all good things. I must appreciate them carefully!"
Lian Suisui's heart ached, if he found out it was fake...
Ji Ying showed no guilt on her face and generously asked her servants to uncover all the red cloth.
King Yun took it in his hand, his expression paused, and he lifted it up and looked at it carefully under the firelight.
"This jade Ruyi with the longevity pattern...my nephew remembers that it was the one that the emperor's grandfather often used to play with. You bastards, how dare you even damage this jade Ruyi? If the emperor really sues his father, then what will happen to him?" Even if you are accused of deliberately damaging the things given by the emperor, I can't protect you!"
The real thing?
Even Suisui thought about blackmailing someone, but she never thought that Ji Ying would actually bring it out!
The leader plopped down and knelt down.
"My subordinate must have been ignorant of the importance and damaged it unintentionally. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
The officer's words of compensation were not spoken out. He couldn't afford to pay, and even if he sold him, he couldn't afford to pay for this handful of jade Ruyi, not to mention there were other... so many things!
Please invite Prince Yun to come over, just because you are afraid that the Nine Princes’ Mansion will be in trouble!
Well now, it’s all true!
King Yun looked at the things on the tray and said nothing. The porcelain bottle had been broken into pieces. Even if he recognized it, he couldn't tell whether it was true or false. If Chu Zhiyi said these things were real, then they were real.
He was thinking about whether to help.
"Your Majesty, my subordinates searched the palace several times and found no culprits!"
The guards of the Ninth Prince's Mansion came to report.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Song from Jingzhao Yamen is here!"
The rank of the Jingzhao Prefect is the same as that of the Dali Temple Minister. The difference is that Dali Temple is responsible for the trial of cases and is the highest-level political and legal department of the imperial court, while the Jingzhao Prefect is considered a local official.
In charge of the government affairs within the jurisdiction.
King Yun glanced at Lian Suisui, no wonder she was confident, it turned out that Song Jing was backing her up!
"I have met the Ninth Prince and Prince Yun."
After not seeing each other for a long time, Song Jingwei became more mature and prudent.
Song Jingwei definitely ranked first on the list of people the courtiers were most afraid of dealing with.
King Yun wanted to win over him, but he couldn't win him over. No matter what conditions he offered, Song Jingwei remained unmoved. He was as pure-minded as a monk and couldn't find a breakthrough.
"Intentional damage to other people's property should be compensated according to the price."
"Trespassing to the palace without any order is regarded as contempt of imperial power. Commander Ge should know better than me."
Song Jingwei targeted the leader.
Ge Chu, the commander of the Beicheng Division of the City Patrol Division.
More and more people are being led out!
If the matter has reached this stage, King Yun may not be willing to help unless he explains clearly, but because Song Jing is involved, even if King Yun is willing to help, the matter may not be resolved.
Ge Jian backed down and said, "Xiaoguan is willing to compensate for the things that were damaged in the Nine Princes' Mansion today. However, Xiaguan's annual salary is only enough to support the family's expenses, so we need to give him some time."
"Since the thief is not in the Nine Princes' Mansion, I will go to the Emperor to plead guilty."
Ge Chu raised his hands and fists to everyone in the courtyard, "Excuse me."
"Brothers, how much money you have, let's put it together first!"
The people in the city patrol department didn't know why, so they took off their money bags and handed them to him. Ge Chu put the money bags on the tray and clasped his fists towards King Yun.
"I'd like to thank Your Highness King Yun for trouble today."
He left a few words and left the palace with everyone from the city patrol department.
"Wait!"
You want to leave now?
Lian Suisui called them to stop. She originally thought that what Ji Ying brought out was fake and meant to embarrass them, but she didn't expect that it was true. She felt heartbroken.
"Manager Ji, prepare an IOU. Since the things were damaged by your patrol department, then sign the IOU in the name of your patrol department. Otherwise, after passing this village, if your patrol department refuses to acknowledge the debt, where can I explain to you? ?”
Ji Ying wrote the IOU, and Ge Chu signed and stamped it.
"Farewell!"
The thunder is loud and the raindrops are light, which is boring.
King Yun watched the excitement.
"Now that the emperor's troubles here have been solved, my nephew has also resigned!"
Song Jing was speechless, said a few greetings, and led the people from the Yamen to leave.
Lian Suisui: "..."
Now they’re all gone!
