Liu Xi hurriedly bowed and replied with gratitude:
"Thank you, Prince Yu. I will swear to guard this door until the emperor recovers."
After Leng Yu nodded, he turned around and left with Xiao Lingzi, Xiao Shuangzi and others.
Since there were so many people here, he had to give up the idea of meeting Luo Lan and just write a letter later and have someone convey it to him. He believed that no matter what decision he made, his wife would support him unconditionally.
Seeing that he was gone, Concubine Li glared at Concubine Li, stretched out her hand, and the girl beside her hurriedly helped her up. She picked up the handkerchief in her hand and wiped the corners of her mouth, and said in a cold and disdainful voice:
"Sister Li, didn't you say that the emperor has woken up? Why did Prince Yu say that the emperor will not wake up until seven days later? My sister, I am not in good health. I cannot kneel here for seven days. You can kneel on your own."
Concubine Li was also supported by Nanny Lu and stood up from the ground. She rolled her eyes and said to herself coldly:
"Hmph! A bunch of ungrateful people, sooner or later you will regret it."
After leaving these puzzling words, she waved her graceful figure, shook the handkerchief in her hand, and walked towards Liyuan.
Early the next morning, Leng Yu took Xiao Lingzi and others to the treasury. He planned to personally escort the cash and immediately took the victims to Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
But when they arrived at the entrance of the treasury, they were stopped.
"Your Majesty, no one else can enter except Mr. Zhang from the Ministry of Revenue."
"presumptuous."
Xiao Lingzi took two steps forward, pointed his sword scabbard at the few officials guarding the entrance of the treasury, and yelled:
"The emperor has decreed that Prince Yu has full authority to handle all affairs in the Daning Kingdom. You actually dare to use a second-rank minister of household affairs to suppress Prince Yu. You are so bold. I think you don't want to live anymore."
Xiao Lingzi's words, coupled with Leng Yu's majesty, made several officials guarding the door lower their heads timidly.
Leng Yu saw this and said calmly:
"The king has already ordered someone to notify Mr. Zhang. He will be here later. Please open the treasury door first. The amount of silver the king needs is large and it will take a while to count."
The leading official hesitated for a moment, then nodded and bowed:
"Yes, I will open the door now..."
After saying that, he raised his right hand high and waved it, and then a man ran over with a huge key. He took the key, came to the red lacquered copper door, and opened the key that read on the door. It looks like an extremely hard copper lock.
The moment the door opened, it was pitch dark inside. Just as Leng Yu was about to step forward, the officer whispered back:
"Your Majesty, the door to the treasury was designed by Mr. Zhang. There are three doors in total. I have the key to the first door. I have the keys to the second and third doors. I don't have the keys to the third door..."
The gatekeeper's words made Leng Yu's brows knit together in an instant. What's the use of opening only one door? Should he just see a dark corridor?
He turned around and told Xiao Lingzi:
"Why hasn't Mr. Zhang come yet?"
"The person who went to deliver the message has come back a long time ago. It stands to reason that he should be here."
"Go and pass it on again..."
Leng Yu's eyes darkened, and Xiao Lingzi hurriedly ordered his men to tell Master Zhang.
Time passed little by little, until it was three o'clock in the morning, Master Zhang still did not appear. Leng Yu's face suddenly darkened, and he asked Xiao Lingzi again:
"Has the person who went to pass the communication come back?"
Xiao Lingzi frowned, nodded and replied:
"Back, he said, Master Zhang responded. There are many procedures for coming to the treasury to get money. He is going through the procedures at the Ministry of Accounts and will be there later."
"It's already noon. What procedures need to be completed all morning? Let's go to the Ministry of Finance to have a look..."
After saying that, Leng Yu angrily got on his horse, led a group of people, and went straight to the household department.
But when they rushed to the Ministry of Finance after a long journey, they found that Mr. Zhang was not there, and no one knew where he had gone.
Leng Yu suddenly had a bad premonition, and Xiao Lingzi also whispered in his ear:
"Your Majesty, there must be something wrong with Mr. Zhang. Let's go to the Shangshu Mansion to have a look."
Leng Yu didn't respond, but turned his horse's head and went straight to the study room.
When they arrived at Shangshu Mansion, there seemed to be nothing unusual here. When the housekeeper saw Leng Yu, he hurriedly came forward to salute.
"Prince Yu, why do you have time to come to Shangshu Mansion? Master Zhang is not here."
"Where did he go?"
"I don't know, my servant, Master Zhang left early in the morning."
Hearing this, Leng Yu's face became more and more ugly. He looked into the Shangshu Mansion and suddenly felt his eyes light up.
Although the two pots of giant longevity pines in the courtyard of Shangshu Mansion look very ordinary, they have not grown like that in hundreds of years. There are also the pots of Western orchids in full bloom in the corner. It looked like it was worth a lot of money. Even a prince like him rarely saw such green plants.
Judging from this point alone, this Shangshu Mansion is already a few blocks away from Prince Yu's Mansion. It seems that Master Zhang's life is very prosperous.
Thinking of this, he raised his eyebrows and raised his voice and said:
"The king is waiting for him in the palace."
After saying that, he was about to walk in, but the housekeeper hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Zhang is not here, and the house is full of women. Is it not convenient for you men to go in?"
Seeing that the housekeeper deliberately didn't want them to come in, Xiao Lingzi stepped forward and asked:
"Aren't you a man? Isn't your servant over there a man? Prince Yu went to the main hall of Shangshu Mansion to wait for Mr. Zhang. If you have something important to see him, he didn't go to the backyard of your Shangshu Mansion. How dare you stop him? You delayed the business, you Can you afford it?"
The housekeeper was frightened by Xiao Lingzi's words. He bent down and whispered back:
"This... this is your Lord's order. No strangers are allowed... no strangers are allowed to enter the house..."
The more the housekeeper said this, the more Leng Yu felt that there was something wrong in the Shangshu Mansion. After he waved his hands to Xiao Lingzi and others, they directly blocked the housekeeper and several servants.
"Your Majesty, please..."
Leng Yu took long strides with a solemn expression and shouted at the housekeeper beside him:
"Lead the way."
Seeing that it was useless to stop him, the housekeeper did not dare to neglect, trotted forward two steps, and led Leng Yu quickly towards the main hall of the study room.
The decoration in the main hall of Shangshu Mansion was very ordinary, even making people feel a little shabby. Leng Yu looked around here carefully, and suddenly there was a scent of fragrance. He turned around and looked, and his eyes were instantly attracted by a golden filigree on the table in the corner. The phoenix incense bottle attracted.
He clearly remembered that he had seen this bottle before when he visited an antique shop in the city. It was a foreign product, and the asking price was as high as one hundred thousand taels. Because of its high value, he was quite impressed by this incense bottle, but Such an expensive incense bottle was placed casually in Shangshu's mansion and was actually used to light incense. This... This really opened Leng Yu's eyes.
He turned around and said to the housekeeper:
"Take me to Master Zhang's study."
"this……"
The housekeeper stood with his hands down, feeling a bit embarrassed.
"Master Zhang's study is usually not allowed to allow servants to enter. The second lady personally does the work of cleaning the study..."
"Then go and invite the second lady..."
As soon as Leng Yu's voice fell, a soft voice sounded at the door,
"Who wants to invite me?"
