The Crown Princess is reborn and returns to subvert the world

Tian Muyu felt that he was extremely lucky. Obviously, many responsibilities should be borne by him as the emperor, but with Jixiang around, he invisibly relieved a lot of pressure.

For example, now, regarding the matter of whether his third brother Tian Muqiong was plotting a rebellion, Jixiang took the initiative to take it over.

So he decided without hesitation to release Cui Hao according to Jixiang's arrangement.

However, when Jiang Peipei and Linglong heard that Cui Hao was going to be released, they refused to do so.

Linglong even brought up the King of Annan and insisted on punishing Cui Hao.

"Empress, Your Majesty, Cui Hao must not be let go. He dared to kidnap my Miss Linglong and Miss Peipei outside the capital. He obviously has no regard for the law and disregards the laws of the Great Saint. Such behavior of disregarding the law is like disregarding the Great Saint Dynasty. It must not be tolerated."

"In my opinion, all nine generations of your clan should be executed and their property confiscated!"

Jixiang looked at Tian Muyu, with an expression that said I knew it would be like this in his eyes.

Tian Muyu stepped forward to persuade him, "Uncle, although Cui Hao was indeed at fault in this matter, the Queen wanted to release him for more important matters. Can you persuade my cousin to not pursue this matter?"

"That can't be done!" Linglong rushed over and simply bowed to Jixiang and Tian Muyu before saying, "Sister-in-law, brother, this Cui Hao said a lot of dirty words to the two of us noble ladies. He must have harmed many decent women in the past to be able to do this to us. Not only can you not let him out, you must also thoroughly investigate what he did in the past."

Jiang Renhe stepped forward and said, "Princess Linglong is right. Peipei cannot enter the palace today, so she asked me to come and express her position to the emperor and the queen. She firmly disagrees with letting Cui Hao out."

Jixiang looked at Linglong and Jiang Renhe and said, "I'm asking for your opinions because I don't want you to be able to accept the fact that he is released. However, I have already made the decision that Cui Hao must be released."

"Queen!" Prince Annan, Jiang Renhe and Princess Linglong were born almost at the same time.

Jixiang explained, "I know you won't accept it, but this matter involves the person behind Cui Hao. I want to use him to find the person behind the scenes."

The three of them were all surprised, looked at each other, and asked in unison, "Who is the man behind him?"

Tian Muyu said quickly, "At present, the Queen and I have analyzed that it is Prince Qiong Tian Muqiong."

King Annan was the most surprised. "Qiong'er?! He showed up? No, no, this is impossible. Didn't you say that he was kidnapped by the National Defense Army? How could a kidnapped person turn around and become the mastermind behind the National Defense Army? This doesn't make sense."

Jixiang and Tian Muyu did not say anything. They just looked at King Annan quietly, waiting for him to figure the matter out himself.

Linglong, on the other hand, quickly understood Jixiang and Tian Muyu's intentions. She was the first to express her opinion, "Brother and sister-in-law, you can release Cui Hao, but you must agree to one condition of mine."

"Linglong!" King Annan scolded.

"Father, I understand what my brother and sister-in-law mean. For the sake of our Great Saint Dynasty, I will not stop them from doing what they want. However, Cui Hao must be released and must compensate me and Peipei."

"I've thought about this for you," Jixiang said, "If he wants to get out, he must compensate you with 100,000 taels of silver, plus 500 war horses from the northwest. Linglong, what do you think of this condition?"

Linglong's eyes widened in surprise, "Sister-in-law, have you thought about this for us?"

"Of course, your sister-in-law is not a person who treats bad people with kindness without principles."

Linglong chuckled, "Then I have no problem with that. However, I want to add another 100,000 taels."

"Okay, one hundred thousand taels per person!"

Jiang Renhe and King Annan watched the aunt and sister-in-law from the side and were surprised to see how they had reached an agreement on the conditions for Cui Hao's release so easily and easily.

Jiang Renhe, in particular, felt a little aggrieved. Jixiang didn't even ask for his opinion? !

However, it seems that it doesn't matter if you don't ask. If Jiang Peipei knew that she was kidnapped just for this time and got 200,000 taels of silver, she would surely laugh so hard that her mouth would stretch to her ears.

Thinking about his sister's greedy look when she saw the silver, Jiang Renhe decided not to tell Jixiang about his grievances, so he said in a very good-tempered manner, "Since Princess Linglong has agreed, I will agree on behalf of Jiang Peipei. If Peipei knew that releasing Cui Hao was for the safety of the Great Saint Dynasty, she would definitely agree."

So the matter was decided without any suspense.

At the Dali Temple, Cui Hao was very proud when he heard that he was going to be released. He knew that he had the National Protection Army behind him, and even the emperor sitting on a high throne would not dare to do anything to him.

"Sir Cui, if you want to go out, Princess Linglong and Miss Jiang have conditions." Fu Shoutang kindly reminded Cui Hao when he saw his arrogant look.

"What conditions?!"

"You need to pay each young lady two hundred thousand taels of silver, plus five hundred Northwest war horses!"

“What?!” Cui Hao was furious. “These two brats actually want to blackmail me?! You’re dreaming. I won’t give them anything.”

"Then you will have to continue staying in my Dali Temple prison." Fu Shoutang said, signaling the officers around him to lock the cell door again.

"The Emperor has instructed that Lord Cui has been guarding the gate for the country wholeheartedly and has made great contributions. He should not be locked up with ordinary prisoners. So from today on, I will arrange a separate place for Lord Cui and appoint someone to watch over him. I will definitely not let Lord Cui be disturbed by outsiders." Fu Shoutang said again.

"What do you mean? Do you want to isolate me from the outside world?!" Cui Hao was even more angry.

"Master Cui's safety is the most important. The Dali Temple cannot let Master Cui get into any trouble." He then instructed the guards around him, "Select ten of the new guards who are good at fighting from this year to look after Master Cui. Without my order, no one is allowed to bring outsiders to see Master Cui."

"Yes," the officer replied.

Cui Hao was so angry that he stamped his feet heavily in the room. "You are so good, Dali Temple Minister. When I was stationed in the northwest, you probably hadn't even entered the Dali Temple yet. Now you dare to treat me like this. I am a veteran official of three dynasties. I want to see the emperor!"

Fu Shoutang continued to speak slowly, "The emperor said that he wanted to show some leniency to you because he thought you were a veteran minister of three dynasties, so he personally came forward to seek reconciliation with the King of Annan and the Jiang family. But you don't understand the emperor's painstaking efforts and are unwilling to give a penny, so don't blame the emperor for being nice."

Cui Hao didn't quite believe it. "Did the emperor come forward to talk to the families of those two women?"

"Who do you think has the nerve to take such a big risk to let you go?" Fu Shoutang kindly reminded, "Master Cui, don't forget that you really kidnapped two women, and the identities of these two women are not ordinary! If an ordinary person did such a thing, the whole family would have been executed and their heads would have fallen off."

After Fu Shoutang finished speaking, he stood up with a cold face and said, "Lord Cui, you think about it yourself. I have other things to deal with, so I won't accompany you." Then he raised his foot to leave.

Cui Hao called out to Fu Shoutang, "Sir, please wait a moment!"

Fu Shoutang said, "My last name is Fu, Fu Shoutang."

"Oh, Lord Fu, please wait a moment." Cui Hao said again.