kingnovel Chapter 1919
Chapter 1919
Chapter 1919
Lingzhou folk song has a special drawl which makes it sound very funny, and the words “sucker” are full of irony.
Cen Ji, the wronged man, gnashed his teeth and cursed in a low voice, but fearing that the jailer would hear him, he could only utter a few guttural words, "The Princess of Beiyi is too much! The people of Beiyi are too much!"
"Are you still planning on going out?" Cen Che asked sincerely, crossing his arms and leaning against the wooden railing.
"Get out! Get out!" Cen Ji's lungs were leaking air.
Outsiders always say that the royal family is inexhaustible in wealth, wealthy and with endless money, but they don’t know that these princes are three times poorer than the poor people in the opera.
He was so poor that he wanted to cry.
The princes all had a fixed amount of money to spend in the palace. His fiefdom was hit by drought this year, and the group of termites in the Ministry of Revenue actually withheld 30% of his silver.
The salt wells in his fiefdom were taken by the third brother in the name of "repair" in the early years, and now they cannot be returned. The salt tax ambassador sent by the third brother brought with him twelve salt soldiers with swords, and there were 200 escorts just to protect the wells.
Anyway, 80% of the salt produced from those wells went to the government warehouse, and the remaining 20% had to be deducted for charcoal, leaving almost nothing in his hands.
He was poor! Otherwise, why would he come to Lao Wu to help him? This 500,000 taels almost emptied his private savings over the years, and his staff members would not be able to get any New Year's rewards this year.
Cen Ji struggled to raise the money and made the handover, and was not released from prison until the third day.
It was Cen Che who went to pick him up with the princess's seal.
When he came out of the prison, he passed by the government notice board. From the notice, he learned that Jiang Zhongxin's adopted son Jiang Shuyuan was imprisoned for knowing the truth but not reporting it, and was taken to the capital for trial.
Cen Che pointed at the notice and said to Cen Ji, "Look, the princess is ruthless and impartial. If I hadn't rescued you, you wouldn't be able to get out now."
Cen Ji was gloomy and did not answer.
Cen Che continued, "Shouldn't you thank me? For the sake of our brotherhood, I couldn't bear to see you die in a foreign country..."
Cen Ji gritted his teeth and said, "Thank you."
Cen Che smiled coldly and said, "Dear brother, there is no need to be so polite."
There are no brothers in heaven. It’s either you live and I die, or I live and you die.
Cen Ji became a pauper and became more and more concerned about the gold vein in the north wing.
But he knew very well that if he stayed in the North Wing with such an unclear identity, he would be caught and locked up in a cell for no reason if he was not careful.
If his identity is not checked by then, he will be cheated again, and I am afraid that even his last chance of turning the situation around will be ruined.
Cen Ji no longer had the capital to be cheated, and could not afford to lose any chips. He had never been able to find a way to get money, and he had to rely on the meager income from his fiefdom to survive.
He relied on his status as the eldest son of Emperor Yong and was very careful about his reputation. He always paid attention to his reputation and did not want to leave any handle for the censors in the Censorate to impeach him.
It is true that a penny can kill a hero. I came to Beiyi and got away with 500,000 taels of silver.
My heart aches, my flesh aches, and my whole body aches.