Rebirth: The wedding night, my whole family was exiled, I raised 500,000 soldiers

On the other side, Zhou Qiwu was happily seeing Zhou Ru'an off. Over the years, Zhou Ru'an had taken countless gold, silver and treasures from her. If she hadn't been counting on him to help her return to Beijing, how could she have been willing to give them to him?

Zhou Ru'an's grandfather was a famous general who once ruled the West. Although he has now handed over part of his power in the west, he still has many close confidants in the northwest. His uncles are all officials in the court, some as civil servants and some as military generals. Even the Imperial Guards guarding the imperial city have their people.

In her opinion, the second prince had the best chance of success among all the princes. As long as she helped Zhou Ru'an, she would be following the emperor. Zhou Ru'an had already promised in private that after he ascended the throne, she would be named the Princess of the Nation, second only to the emperor and above all others.

By then, she would make those who had once laughed at her suffer a fate worse than death.

Just as she was immersed in her beautiful imagination of the future, the guard came in a panic to report.

"Princess, the second prince is back again."

Zhou Qiwu was surprised. Wasn't he rushing to provide disaster relief?

What are you doing back?

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"What? All the disaster relief money was exchanged for stones?" Zhou Qiwu took two steps back in shock and fell into the armchair.

Zhou Ru'an said coldly, "I was very careful along the way. After I got off the ship, I had people store the relief money in the warehouse at the dock and sent heavy soldiers to guard it. Aunt, as far as I know, the dock is the private property of the princess's mansion. Now that the relief money is lost, how do you explain it?"

Zhou Qiwu raised his voice and said sharply: "Do you doubt me?"

Zhou Ru'an pinched his brows with a headache and sighed, "It's not that I doubt you, it's that the disaster relief money was stolen at the Tianjin Wharf. Someone is trying to frame you and me!"

Zhou Qiwu was already at a loss, and subconsciously turned his head to look at Yuan Lang beside him.

Zhou Ru'an saw everything and cursed him inwardly, "If we don't come up with a plan in time, the Shen family will end up like you and me!"

Zhou Qiwu's heart skipped a beat, and his heart sank to the bottom of the valley!

"Aunt, if you don't believe me, just send someone to the dock to check. I suspect this is a trap set for you and me!"

Zhou Qiwu gripped the chair tightly and asked angrily, "Who is it?"

Zhou Ru'an said in a deep voice: "Every adult prince has a chance. Aunt, you don't know how much effort it took for me to get the disaster relief mission from among all the princes this time. Those people must be gritting their teeth in anger, wishing to tear me into pieces!"

Yuan Lang nodded slightly towards Zhou Qiwu. What Zhou Ru'an said made sense.

Since ancient times, the dragon throne has been stained with blood. Whoever sits on that throne must have the lives of several relatives on his hands!

Zhou Qiwu panicked.

"Then what should we do?"

Seeing that Zhou Qiwu was already at a loss, Zhou Ru'an finally revealed his intention: "Gather the relief money as soon as possible and pretend that nothing was stolen!"

Zhou Qiwu: "Then hurry up!"

Zhou Ru'an: "It's not that easy. All my properties are in the capital. If there is any disturbance among my people in the capital, it will be heard by my brothers. If I want to raise money, I can only rely on my aunt."

When Zhou Qiwu heard him say this, he almost fainted.

Let her out?

That’s several million taels. Even if she emptied her entire princess mansion, it still wouldn’t be enough to fill the gap!

"Aunt, although I cannot use the property in the capital, I am willing to use all the compensation you gave me as disaster relief money."

Zhou Qiwu's face was as dark as if it was covered with soot from the bottom of a pot, and it didn't get any better after hearing what Zhou Ru'an said.

It was his duty to take those things out, since it was not convenient for him to escort the disaster relief money.

He shouldn't have come to Tianjin, it's so unlucky!

"I also need my aunt to collect some food. After I return to the capital, if anyone stirs up trouble, I can openly tell my father that this is my aunt's donation to the court to relieve my father's worries!"

The fact that Zhou Ru'an was able to get the position of the imperial envoy for disaster relief shows that he is not an empty-headed fool. He successfully hit the nail on the head for Zhou Qiwu.

Wasn't Zhou Qiwu longing to return to the capital and become a princess, second only to the emperor?

This time, I asked her whether she wanted to show her face or not.

"Let me think about it again!" The amount was really too large. If she really had to take it out, her princess mansion would be severely damaged.

"Okay, aunt, I'll wait for your news. We don't have much time!" In Zhou Ru'an's view, no matter whether he would speak for the third princess after returning to Beijing, she would give him money.

Now he just needs to go back to the dock and wait for the money to be delivered to his door. As for why he didn't stay in the princess's mansion, it was because he thought it was dirty!

An hour later, Zhou Ru'an received a reply from Zhou Qiwu, and he finally felt relieved!

On the other side, when Zhou Ru'an was arguing with Zhou Qiwu, Shen Lanxi had already landed on Dragon Bone Bay.

When Zhou Ru'an received Zhou Qiwu's reply, her identity had just been verified and she was taken to the pirates' lair, Longguzhai.

"Are you Mr. Yuan?" The leader of Longgu Village, One-Eyed Dragon, glanced up and down at Shen Lanxi who was pretending to be Yuan Lang.

I thought to myself: He is really just like the rumors say, a gigolo who grew up living off women!

"Hello, Master Kun!" Shen Lanxi glanced at Cheng Zheng, who immediately lowered his head and presented a treasure box.

"This is a gift our princess specially asked me to give to the village chief!"

Cheng Zheng opened the treasure box, and inside were ten luminous pearls as big as children’s fists!

Kuncha was shocked at that time.

Shen Lanxi smiled and said, "Put these beads in the house at night, and it will be as bright as day. These beads were originally tributes, but my princess said it would be a pity to give them to others, so it would be better to give them to the village chief. In the future, our two families will be like these night-shining pearls, shining forever!"

Kuncha knew that tribute was something used by the emperor. Now that Zhou Qiwu sent these things to him, it meant that he was very important to Zhou Qiwu, and Zhou Qiwu wanted to curry favor with him. For a moment, he was secretly proud of himself, and he looked at Shen Lanxi and the others with more favor.

"I heard from the third brother that the third princess also prepared food for us?"

Shen Lanxi said respectfully: "There is a disaster outside now, and our princess is thinking about the brothers on the island. Even if the people on the shore are hungry, we must make sure the brothers on the island are well fed!"

Kuncha said arrogantly: "Of course, we risked our lives for the Third Princess. When you go back, tell the Third Princess that she treated us well, so we will treat her well. Next time a big cargo passes by, we brothers will definitely take up our swords and fight for her!"

Shen Lanxi began to flatter him: "Master Kun is truly a hero, quick-witted and full of heroic spirit. We, the literati, admire him!"

Kuncha was so happy to be flattered by Shen Lanxi that he almost lost his mind. Those who can sit in the position of village leader are all ruthless and will not be easily fooled. After the casual show, he immediately asked.

"Didn't they say there was a shipload of food? Where is it?"

Shen Lanxi: "When I came here, the boat hit a reef. I don't know if it hit a reef. When we got to the entrance of the bay, we couldn't move forward no matter what we did."

She sighed and continued, "I originally planned to come with the big ship, but now I have to take a small boat to come here in advance to report the news!"