Qin Muyun became a playboy for the sake of his family. His family members felt sorry for him. They not only gave him money to spend but also presented him with many shops and fertile fields.
Over the years, he had saved up quite a lot of silver notes, nearly two hundred thousand taels, a thick stack.
After Ye Chutang took them, she went to the main hall.
Qin Muyun watched her disappearing back at the door, and his eyes darkened.
"If there is anyone in this world who can match her, it must be Ziqian."
Her ability and broad - mindedness made him feel ashamed!
Guanyan saw Qin Muyun looking dejected and comforted him, "My lord is also very good. You will definitely meet the right person in the future."
"Once you've met the best person, you won't be attracted to others anymore."
Ye Chutang, who had left, didn't know that a heart was broken because of her.
When she arrived at the main hall, she directly asked, "What does Prime Minister Qin want to talk to me about?"
Qin Zheng handed Ye Chutang a small wooden box.
"Please accept this as a gift, Miss Ye."
"If it's silver, Lord Qin might as well donate it directly as relief funds for the disaster - stricken areas in the south of the Yangtze River."
Qin Zheng opened the lid of the wooden box. "It's not silver. It's a dowry supplement."
Ye Chutang looked at the fine jewelry in the box, with a puzzled look on her face.
"What does this mean, Prime Minister Qin?"
Not to mention that she wasn't engaged yet. Even if she were to get married, there was no need for the Qin family to give her a dowry supplement, right?
"My wife was once indebted to your mother. This is just a small token of her gratitude."
"Really? I won't accept rewards without merit."
Qin Zheng said seriously, "I, Qin, never tell lies. Back then, my wife was seriously ill and in urgent need of a very rare and precious medicinal herb. It was your mother who helped find it."
After saying that, he directly stuffed the small wooden box into Ye Chutang's hands.
"My wife wanted to visit your mother to express her gratitude after she recovered from her illness, but unfortunately, your mother passed away before she could do so."
Ye Chutang put the wooden box on the table and said coldly, "My mother didn't die of illness. She was poisoned to death by Kong Ru, and Ye Jingchuan acquiesced in it."
Looking at Qin Zheng's wide - open eyes, she continued, "If Prime Minister Qin wants to repay my mother's kindness, then go all out to deal with Ye Jingchuan."
After saying that, she quickly left the Grand Tutor's Mansion.
Qin Zheng came to his senses and said to the empty yard, "Miss Ye, rest assured. The old lady won't let Ye Jingchuan get away with it!"
These words faintly reached Ye Chutang's ears.
She returned to the Minister's Mansion in a good mood.
After acupuncture treatment for Jun'er, she took a bath and went to rest.
Lying in bed, Ye Chutang finally had time to enter the space and sort out today's spoils.
Although the money from the Prince An's Mansion wasn't of great value, there were a lot of things.
Due to the time limit, she was ejected from the space twice before she finally finished sorting them out.
Looking at the mountains of clothes and bedding, she escaped from the city through the ground and distributed them to the beggars living in various dilapidated temples and shanties.
***
The next day.
Ye Chutang got up before dawn.
She got up early today not to practice martial arts but to go to court with Ye Jingchuan.
Dan'er had been getting up early to practice basic skills recently.
Hearing the noise, she immediately got up.
"Miss, why are you getting up so early today?"
It was half an hour earlier than usual.
Only then did she notice that Ye Chutang was not wearing her martial - arts practice clothes but an exquisite gauze dress.
"Miss, are you going out so early?"
Ye Chutang nodded. "Yes, I'm going to the imperial court with my father. You can have breakfast by yourselves. Don't wait for me."
Before Dan'er could react, Ye Chutang quickly left Ningchu Courtyard.
Ye Jingchuan had already put on his official robe and arrived at the entrance of the Minister's Mansion. He got into the carriage.
"Go..."
He had just said one word when the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Ye Chutang got in.
Ye Jingchuan's eyebrows twitched, and a bad premonition arose in his heart. "Chuer, what are you doing here?"
"Didn't I tell you yesterday that I'm going to the Golden Luan Hall to file a complaint with the emperor?"
"Nonsense! Do you think you can just go to the Golden Luan Hall whenever you want?"
Ye Chutang leaned against the carriage wall and yawned sleepily.
"Of course not. But I'm sure you'd be happy to help me. Otherwise, I'll have to beat the Drum of Grievance."
Once the drum was beaten, the matter of her and Qi Yanzhou being assassinated in the Prince An's Mansion would have to be publicly investigated, and even the emperor, who was masterminding it behind the scenes, might be exposed!
Ye Jingchuan was so angry that his temples throbbed.
"Chuer, it's not that easy to beat the Drum of Grievance. Throughout history, few people could withstand the one - hundred - stroke court flogging."
"I have tough skin. I'll definitely be fine. Since Prince An dared to kill me, he has to bear the consequences!"
"The Supreme Court hasn't even made a ruling yet. What are you talking nonsense about!"
"Prince An is the emperor's younger brother. Do you think the Supreme Court dares to convict him? Anyway, I'm going to file a complaint with the emperor."
Seeing that Ye Chutang was unmoved, Ye Jingchuan snorted. "If you're not afraid of death, then go and beat the Drum of Grievance!"
After saying that, he told the coachman to drive the carriage to the palace.
Ye Chutang knew that Ye Jingchuan was just putting on a tough act and wouldn't really let her beat the Drum of Grievance.
The carriage swayed gently and soon arrived at the palace gate.
The Drum of Grievance was set up at the palace gate and guarded by the imperial guards so that grievances could reach the emperor directly.
Before the carriage came to a complete stop, Ye Chutang jumped out and quickly walked towards the Drum of Grievance.
Seeing that she was serious, Ye Jingchuan immediately stepped forward and grabbed her.
"Chuer, although I can't take you to the Golden Luan Hall, I can mention this matter to the emperor. You wait for the news in the carriage first."
"Okay."
Ye Chutang waited for nearly two hours.
The reason it took so long was that in order to atone for his crimes, Prince An made it seem as if the emperor had anonymously donated the relief funds.
The emperor was naturally happy about this kind of thing that allowed him to gain fame and the hearts of the people without spending any money.
He implicitly and explicitly asked the officials to donate more and recorded their donations on the spot.
It seemed that whoever donated less would be in trouble with him.
Ye Jingchuan, who was a sycophant of the emperor, was the first to generously donate twenty thousand taels of silver.
The emperor was very pleased and gave Ye Jingchuan a seat.
Ye Jingchuan took the opportunity to mention that Ye Chutang wanted to file a complaint with the emperor and beat the Drum of Grievance.
The emperor was furious. "Bring her in!"
