In less than half a day, the news that Li Chuchu wanted to fill in the 60,000 taels of silver for Gu Chenzhou spread throughout the capital.
As soon as Li Yuxiao entered the city gate, he heard everything.
"Your Highness, why are these two princesses getting involved with Prince Gu again? Then Prince Gu is not with the eldest princess..."
Before he could finish his words, Li Yuxiao glared at him: "Then Prince Gu is not engaged yet, who in the capital can't like him?"
The implication is that it doesn't matter even if Li Chuchu likes him.
However, the next moment, he wanted to swallow these words back.
"Your Highness, the second princess is here."
As soon as Li Yuxiao came out of the bath, she heard the butler come to report her, and immediately she beamed with joy.
"Let her come in!"
With that said, he quickly put on his clothes and strode toward the front hall.
As soon as Li Chuchu saw him, he immediately rushed over: "Third brother, you must help Chu Chu. Chu Chu is suffering so much..."
Li Yuxiao's heart ached when she acted coquettishly and acted miserably.
"Don't cry yet. Who bullied you? Tell Third Brother quickly and Third Brother will vent your anger for you."
Li Chuchu looked up at him and asked: "Then, third brother, can you give Chu Chu sixty thousand taels first, and then Chu Chu will tell you what happened?"
Li Yuxiao's handsome face instantly stiffened, and the heartache in her eyes was visibly reduced.
"You want 60,000 taels to make up for the shortfall in the house for Gu Chenzhou?"
He thought what he heard was just a rumor, but he didn't expect it to be true.
"Third brother, the 60,000 taels given by Prince Gu was purely calculated by the eldest princess and sister. Now if he doesn't get the 60,000 taels, he will be beaten to death by his father."
"Just help Chu Chu, just think that Chu Chu borrowed it, okay?"
When Li Yuxiao thought about the robbed batch of goods, her flesh ached and her heart bleeds.
He looked at Li Chuchu and said with a face full of embarrassment: "Chu Chu, to be honest, the third brother is also very poor."
"On my way back to Beijing, I was robbed by robbers and all the goods were stolen. I suffered heavy losses this time, let alone 60,000 taels. I don't even have 6,000 taels."
Li Chuchu's cry stopped, as if she didn't believe it: "How is this possible? We are almost arriving in the capital. Who is so bold as to rob the prince's carriage?"
Li Yuxiao sighed: "If you don't believe me, ask the accompanying guards. They were beaten so hard that they still can't get up."
Li Chuchu: "..."
Why is she so unlucky!
"So, Chu Chu, third brother really can't help you this time, you should go to the palace to find the queen mother."
As he said this, he pushed the person out of the door half-pushing and half-sent.
Li Chuchu was stunned.
Was she sent away just like that?
Ningyan looked at her face and asked cautiously: "Second princess, let's go into the palace to find the imperial concubine."
Otherwise, where can I find the sixty thousand taels?
Half an hour later, Li Huang received the news that Li Chuchu had entered the palace, so she also put on her clothes and stood up.
"Come on, let's go into the palace too."
How could she let go of such a thing as beating a drowned dog?
Chuchuchu wants money and dreams!
As long as she, Li Huang, is here, she can't even think of taking away a penny from the palace!
Half an hour later, Li Huang entered the palace with Ling Yuan.
At that time, Li Chuchu had just arrived at Concubine Luo's Zhaoren Palace, crying and asking Concubine Luo to give her 60,000 taels of silver notes.
However, as Li Huang expected, Concubine Luo refused.
"Chu Chu, you should be considerate of your mother-in-law. A few days ago, your mother-in-law has spent a lot of money to deal with that little bitch. Now you ask for 60,000 taels, and your mother-in-law really can't afford it.
"
"Isn't your third brother back? You..."
However, before she finished speaking, Li Chuchu interrupted her: "He said that he was robbed outside the city, and all the things he brought back from Lin'an were robbed."
Everyone knows Li Yuxiao's temperament. Although he has a lot of money, he is usually very generous to Li Chuchu.
However, if he suddenly lost a large sum of money, he would not be so generous.
At the very least, Li Chuchu couldn't take the money out of his hands in a short period of time.
Concubine Luo frowned immediately after hearing this: "What a coincidence?"
Li Chuchu nodded: "It should be true. Third brother will not lie to me about this kind of thing."
She is still very confident about Li Yuxiao.
Over the years, she has gathered Li Yuxiao so closely that even if she goes out on a business trip, everything she brings back is hers.
As long as she opened her mouth, Li Yuxiao would not hesitate at all.
"I will investigate this matter carefully. I always feel that this is too coincidental." A sharp light flashed across Luo Guifei's eyes, and she looked at Li Chuchu, "On this occasion, you can only
Go and ask your father for it, my mother and concubine really don’t have any money here.”
Although she was in charge of the harem, she did not dare to be too blatant. If the old emperor discovered this, her years of forbearance would be in vain.
"Does your father want it?" Li Chuchu looked confused, "But how could your father give it to me?"
In the eyes of the old emperor, except for his precious daughter Li Huang, everyone else was just grass.
Not to mention, she is an unpopular concubine.
Concubine Luo held her hand and said angrily: "Silly boy, raising disaster relief funds has gone so smoothly this time. It's all thanks to you. It stands to reason that your father should give you a reward."
"As for Prince Gu, the jade he photographed was damaged by someone from the eldest princess's palace. She has to pay for it both emotionally and rationally. You can't afford to borrow money for him."
After being reminded like this by her, Li Chuchu became a little more energetic.
Yes, that thing was broken by someone from the eldest princess's mansion, and she should be the one to pay for it. It was because she cared about it that she messed up and went astray.
The mother and daughter reached a consensus and soon went to the royal study together.
What they didn't know was that the first thing Li Huang did when he entered the palace was to find the emperor.
As soon as she entered, she knelt down and apologized: "Father, I made a mistake, and I came here to apologize."
The old emperor's heart softened as soon as he saw her, and he felt even more distressed when he saw her.
"Someone must be bullying my sweet baby again. Tell me, and my father will make the decision for you."
Li Huang's eyes heated up and he called out: "Father~"
When the old emperor saw her like this, he immediately panicked: "What's wrong? If you have something to say, please don't cry."
Li Huang then lightened the matter and said, "Father, Chu Chu helped the prince and his brother hold an auction banquet. Prince Gu spent more than 60,000 taels to buy a piece of warm jade from Mrs. Shangshu of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
I only thought that he had great righteousness in his heart and spent a lot of money for the people in the disaster area, but I never thought that a few days ago, he took that piece of jade to the princess's mansion to look for my son."
"He was the one who said he didn't want to marry at the beginning, and now, with such an expensive piece of jade, he comes to ask for favors in every possible way. When my son and minister don't comply, he uses hurtful words and says..."
At this point, the look on her face became a little aggrieved, as if it was difficult to say anything.
The old emperor was almost dying of anxiety, with fire in his eyes: "What did that guy say?"
Li Huang bit his lip, looking angry and angry: "He said that the son-in-law and the guards were not clear about each other, which angered the crown prince and brother. For the sake of the royal family, the prince and brother ambushed the archers outside the son-in-law's house."
"However, these three days have passed, and I haven't seen any archers. He is clearly trying to instigate the relationship between our brothers and sisters. When I was angry, I asked him to throw him out of the house. When the guards threw him
, it may have been a bit heavy-handed, the piece of jade was broken into pieces."
The old emperor looked at his precious daughter with a strange expression. It was not entirely true that Gu Chenzhou was lying.
The prince mobilizing so many guards would inevitably alert the people patrolling the city. As the emperor, he naturally knew something about it.
But later, for some unknown reason, those guards all withdrew again.
But, speaking of that guard...
The old emperor looked at Li Huang and asked, "I heard that the guard next to you is very good at martial arts. How many times has he saved you?"
Li Huang nodded: "Yes, if it weren't for his high martial arts skills, my daughter wouldn't have had to keep him in the house, but Prince Gu repeatedly slandered him, and my daughter was furious, so she took action."
"Father, Prince Gu's piece of jade is broken into pieces. Otherwise, I'd better pay him a piece of it. Otherwise, someone will impeach me in the morning."
In the past, Li Huangjiao was domineering, and due to the smear campaign by Luo Guifei and her daughter, her reputation was not very good in the eyes of the people in the capital. Those courtiers would impeach her from time to time.
She's used to it.
"What should I pay for? No need to pay!" the old emperor glared, "He was the first to break the rules and the last to be disrespectful. Since the two of you have broken off the relationship, he should not provoke you again. If he does, he will have to bear the responsibility.
Consequences, this is the consciousness a man should have!"
He had always disliked Gu Chenzhou before, but he didn't expect him to be so ignorant.
Li Huang used to call him Brother Shenzhou, but does he really think that he is the brother of the royal princess?
Ridiculous!
The old emperor was angry: "Don't worry, my dear, I will make the decision for you. If anyone dares to say a word about you tomorrow, I will take off his black gauze hat immediately."
Li Huang touched his nose: "That's not necessary."
Although those courtiers said they had many things to do, they had studied hard for ten years and were indeed talented. How could they dismiss a princess just because she was unhappy?
At this moment, the palace attendant outside the door came in and reported: "Your Majesty, Concubine Luo and the second princess are here."