8. Miserable? Can you be as miserable as me? I'm the one who was tricked by Zhu Bai!
Inside the Palace of Heavenly Purity
Jiang Meng left.
Soon, a eunuch's report came from outside the hall.
"Prime Minister Li Shan Chang requests an audience outside the hall!”
at this time
Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang remember that he had sent someone to look for Li Shanzhang.
"Let him in!"
"I, Li Shanzhang, pay my respects to Your Majesty!"
Li Shan Chang was wearing a dark red official robe that only a first-grade civil official could wear. He entered the hall and bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Yes."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.
Zhu Yuanzhang was no longer in the mood to ask about the matter of borrowing money.
"Since you're here, you should listen to this matter and give us some ideas.”
As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he once again told Li Shan Chang the cause and effect of this matter.
From the disappearance of the three thousand imperial guards, to the theft of Xu Da's Tiger Tally, to the suspicion of Zhu Bai.
Lee Shan Chang stood where he was and listened to everything in detail. His face was filled with surprise.
After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, Li Shanzhang said,""Yesterday, His Highness Xiang Wang sent his butler to my residence to borrow money and even sent a box of medicinal herbs.”
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang did not answer, Li Shanchang continued,"This lowly official saw that it was the butler of His Highness Xiang Wang, so he borrowed fifty thousand silver.”
"Hmm?"
After hearing Li Shanzhang's words, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned and said,"Bai Er also went to borrow money from you?"
Li Shan Chang nodded, but he didn't understand why Zhu Yuanzhang would use the word "also."
Could it be…
at this time
The Duke of Wei, Xu Da, who had been standing at the side without saying a word, stood up.
When he heard that Li Shan Chang had also been loaned money, Xu Da recalled his painful experience.
Your 50,000 taels of silver is nothing!
Xu Da jumped out and shouted at Zhu Yuanzhang,"Upstairs? If Old Li hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have thought about it. I was already concerned about the Tiger Tally.”
"What now?"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Xu Da, who suddenly exploded, and was stunned." Bai 'er also came to borrow money from you?”
"Borrow?"
Xu Da raised his voice and said sternly,"How can that be a loan? That's stealing!"
"It was your precious son. Last night, while we were drinking, he ran to my residence and stole all the silver notes that I had saved up for half my life!”
"And my private savings!”
The more Xu Da thought about it, the angrier he got. His voice grew louder and louder." I almost thought that you invited me to drink last night. Was it something that you and your father had discussed?!"”
Just as Zhu Yuanzhang was about to speak, he was immediately interrupted by Xu Da!
"There's more!"
Xu Da was already on cloud nine." Not only did your precious son steal all my silver notes, he also took my third daughter away!”
"My third daughter is a virgin!”
"She didn't return last night! Look at what your Twelfth Brother has done!”
Li Shan Chang, who was standing at the side, looked at Xu Da's furious appearance. He stood at the side and held back his laughter. He used his hand to tug at Xu Da's sleeve." Old Xu, stop talking. You don't know that you're in power."”
Xu Da pushed Li Shan Chang's hand away and glared at Li Shan Chang as he shouted," Old Li, you only lent out fifty thousand taels of silver, and it's a loan."”
"I think if all your savings and private money were stolen, and your daughter was also kidnapped, I'd like to see if you can still stand there and say it without hurting your back.”
Li Shanzhang was resentful. He muttered softly," I don't have a daughter at home. They're all sons…"
Xu Da no longer paid attention to Li Shan Chang. He turned his head and pointed at Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting on the dragon couch.”
"And this Tiger Tally!"
"This Tiger Tally was also stolen by your precious son!”
"From what I can see, there's an 80 - 90% chance that he was the one who transferred these soldiers.”
"Think about it, if an ordinary person had the Tiger Tally, would he be able to mobilize three thousand Imperial Guards in the middle of the night?”
"Isn't it because those soldiers all know that he's your precious son!”
"Now, you still want to blame it on me!”
Xu Da said loudly. He then turned to look at Lee Shan Chang and said at the top of his voice,"Old Li, be reasonable!"
"Tell me! Was there such a logic in the world?”
Lee Shan Chang smiled awkwardly and shook his head, not saying anything.
at this time
Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been sitting on the dragon throne without saying a word, finally spoke.
"Enough!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was a little ugly as he looked at Xu Da." Xu Da, can you not be so harsh with your words? You keep talking about stealing?"
"Steal what? Who stole it?"
"Zhu Bai is my son, isn't he your good son-in-law?”
As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his voice and said,"When we were drinking yesterday, I heard you praise Bai 'er as your good son-in-law more than once.”
"You still said that if it wasn't for Fourth Brother's quick action, you would have married Miao Yun to Bai 'er.”
"What? Are you going to deny it now? Did something happen and he became our precious son?”
Li Shan Chang, who was standing at the side, listened to their argument. He tried his best to hold back his laughter, but he did not step forward to smooth things over.
"You love your good son-in-law so much. You can just give him that little bit of private money. Just treat it as a dowry in advance. Look at how stingy you are.”
Zhu Yuanzhang retorted in one breath, and his expression became much better.
Xu Da's face turned red." How can this be the same?”
"How is it different?"
Zhu Yuanzhang continued," Also, Old Xu, you keep saying that my son stole your private money and stole your Tiger Tally. Let me ask you!”
"Can you steal my jade seal from this Palace of Heavenly Purity?”
Faced with Zhu Yuanzhang's question, Xu Da was stunned on the spot and was a little absent-minded.
Seeing that Xu Da was speechless, Zhu Yuanzhang also began to refute,"If it wasn't for your precious daughter leading the way for my son, would he have gotten your private stash and the Tiger Tally?”
"I don't believe that you, Xu Da, don't usually hide your private savings and tiger talismans. Just put it on the table?"
Hearing this, Xu Da thought about it carefully and immediately felt that he was in the wrong.
He just lowered his head and did not speak.
"In our opinion, those things might have been done by your daughter and our Bai 'er!”
As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he looked at Li Shanzhang, who was standing at the side." Shanzhang, tell me, is this reasonable?”
Lee Shan Chang could only keep a smile on his face. He nodded awkwardly and did not say a word.
"Then your son kidnapped my daughter and made her stay out for the entire night.”
Xu Da pondered for a moment and immediately retorted,"My daughter is a virgin. If this gets out, where will the Xu family put their face?”
"Oh! You're allowing our son to kidnap your daughter?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said firmly," We still want to say that it was your daughter who kidnapped our Bai 'er!”
"You're being unreasonable!"
Xu Da could no longer find words to refute.
"You're the one who's being unreasonable!"
Lee Shan Chang, who had been standing at the side without saying a word, finally spoke.
"I said two, two!"
"We've been arguing for so long. Let's stop.”
"This is not a big deal. In a while, I will find His Highness the Xiang King and bring back the Tiger Tally. The army will be transferred to the city.”
Old rules! Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! (Kowtow!)
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