The abandoned queen is reborn: she makes the prince cry and seizes the throne!

"This king has not attempted to usurp the throne. Why is Lord Ji so obsessed with being loyal to someone?"

Ji Kang lowered his eyes, looked at the bright tea on the plain table, and said, "It's my fault. As the late emperor's trusted minister, I failed to teach His Majesty well... and caused many unnecessary troubles. When Prince Wu put me under house arrest, I thought that if I could get out, I would never be a court official again. Your Majesty, each generation of monarchs has its own ministers. Unfortunately... I am old."

"Your Majesty's responsibility does not lie with you, Lord Ji. Why should you take the disaster of Dali on yourself? Since you say so, I won't force you..." Ning Rongzhang bowed and went out.

Losing a loyal minister like Ji Kang was a loss for Dali...

Cheng Hui and Shao Shen's speed was very fast. In just a few days, they brought several scapegoats to Ning Rongzhang.

"Your Highness, I haven't eaten or slept well these days. I have been investigating day and night, and that's why I brought this thing here! Your Highness, it's up to you how to deal with it!" Next to Cheng Hui's fat body were kneeling several people with messy hair and blood on their bodies. They had obviously been tortured, with their heads half drooping and only half their lives left.

Ning Rongzhang glanced over and fixed his eyes on Cheng Hui's face, "Sir Cheng, how much silver can the national treasury recover?"

Cheng Hui rolled his eyes and carefully stretched out three fingers.

Ning Rongzhang sighed, "Thirty thousand taels?"

Cheng Hui was shocked, and seeing Ning Rongzhang's not-so-good face, he didn't dare to say that he meant three thousand taels. "My lord... Thirty thousand taels is already the limit. This man just resold a lot of tea. Apart from the ones supplied by the royal family, there is really nothing else... Saying that thirty thousand taels is a bit too much..." It's not just a bit too much, it's simply too much!

Cheng Hui was so angry that he jumped to his feet, but there was nothing he could do. He originally just wanted to pay three thousand taels to get the matter over with, but seeing the current situation, he had to cut flesh and bleed from his heart. His heart twitched with pain, and when he met Ning Rongzhang's eyes, his momentum suddenly weakened a bit.

"The profit from tea is quite high. Many wealthy businessmen in Beijing are paying huge sums of money to buy good tea. How could there be only 30,000 taels?" Ning Rongzhang obviously didn't want to let go of such a god of wealth easily, and he would definitely bleed him a lot.

Cheng Hui wanted to cry but had no tears. He asked, "How much silver do you think is appropriate?"

Ning Rongzhang stretched out a hand with all five fingers spread out.

"Fifty thousand taels?!" Cheng Hui almost dropped his jaw in shock. This guy wanted to spit out all the money he had swallowed over the years...

Ning Rongzhang took a sip of tea slowly. "I have always had a bad temper. I will give you three more days of grace. After three days, you must either collect 50,000 taels of silver, or... I will personally kill you and confiscate the Cheng Mansion, which will also be the same."

Cheng Hui didn't know how he got out. Anyway, when the servant waiting outside saw him coming out in a trance, he hurried forward to help him, "Master..."

Cheng Hui looked at her dully, his legs suddenly went limp, and he almost fell to the ground.

"Master, Master! What did the Regent say to you?" the servant asked nervously.

Then I heard Cheng Hui say weakly, "The prince wants me to buy my life with money..."

In between whispers, the servant asked, "How much did the Regent ask for?"

Cheng Hui raised his lips and squeezed out three words from his teeth, "Fifty thousand taels..."

Ning Rongzhang wanted fifty thousand taels to buy his life. If he just gave it to him, maybe everyone would live in peace. If he didn't... Cheng Hui took a deep breath. He believed that there would be fifty ways to raid his house, and he would lose both his life and his wealth.

Once the news spread, many people in the court knew the inside story of the matter. They either asked their subordinates to be more efficient and destroy all the evidence, or the handle was handed over to others, and whether to kill or rob was all up to the words of others.

For a moment, the whole place was in a state of panic and every tree and grass looked like an enemy.

Ning Rongzhang took advantage of this opportunity and decisively gave orders. He first skinned the most corrupt officials in the court, and then began to remove their bones and tendons along with the bloody flesh. He was determined to wipe out all the pests that had grown in the dark corners of the Dali Dynasty over the years.

So much so that when the court was about to start, the ministers wished they were deaf and blind, and when the court was about to end, they stayed at home and did not go anywhere, for fear of running into the evil spirit head-on.

Asan is very busy now. Not only was he Ning Rongzhang's personal bodyguard before, but now he is also responsible for collecting all kinds of information. The former secret guard also has to collect evidence of corruption or evil deeds by court officials. All of them use their martial arts and wisdom to fight.

The national treasury gradually became fuller because of these habitual corrupt officials who were afraid of death.

There are many interests involved, and the princes from all over the country are more or less connected.

Since its founding, the Dali Dynasty has been generous in supporting the princes, so much so that a large portion of the people's taxes went to the princes.

The number of territories accounted for half of the Dali Dynasty.

Previously, Ning Huaixuan listened to opinions and took measures to suppress King Pan and restore the fullness of the national treasury, but because his methods were too harsh, he only recovered the two Pan lands, which triggered the Mid-Autumn Palace Chaos.

"Asan?"

A dark shadow appeared in the darkness, and a figure appeared silently. The person who answered was not Ah San's familiar voice, "Master, Third Brother is too busy to come, so he asked me to wait by your side."

Ning Rongzhang raised his eyebrows, "What's your name?"

"I am the seventh among the secret guards, you can just call me Xiaoqi." Xiaoqi bowed respectfully.

"Okay, Xiaoqi, go get ready and set off for Dongzhi." Ning Rongzhang closed the letter and frowned, then heard the guard outside say, "Master, the girl from the Ji family is here."

Ning Rongzhang had two small buns on her head, without even two simple hairpins, and was standing outside the gate with Qingzhu Hou by her side.

The gatekeeper was a newly transferred guard who was not very familiar with the girl from the Ji family. He thought that the girl was just in love with the prince's appearance, so he had the courage to come and ask for an audience.

The prince is busy with affairs. How can he concentrate on his affairs if he is harassed by these little girls all day? Of course he has to stop them at the door...

Butler Chen came out and saw two women standing outside the gate. He couldn't see clearly for a moment, so he looked again and said, "Oh no - that's over. Aren't those girls from the Ji family? Why are they still blocked outside the gate?"

Butler Chen held up the hem of his skirt with one hand and ran outside in a few steps. "Hey, you two, why did you stop Miss Ji outside the door? Oh - Miss Ji, the prince is in the mansion, please follow me in quickly." No one could take the responsibility for delaying their prince's lifelong event.

Qingzhu opened his mouth and said, "Didn't the little guard go to report just now?" Why is he going in again now?