Chapter 626

Sima Lei screamed incessantly.

"Hah!"

Jia Hui sneered, "You had better worry about yourself."

Sima Lei fainted from the pain!

"Marquis Wushuang, that is enough. Stop now, or he will truly die."

Inner Attendant Yang Huan hurriedly stopped him.

In truth, if Jia Hui beat the man to death, it would have no impact on her.

After all, the man was not from her faction.

It was just that she inexplicably did not want Jia Hui to get into trouble.

She subconsciously tried to dissuade Jia Hui.

And to avoid suspicion,

Wu Siyue and An Baitan, whom she had specifically brought along, also hurried forward to press in from the left and right.

They busily held his arms to soothe him.

Because if he really beat this Sima Lei to death just like this,

Jia Hui would certainly be punished.

This was something none of them wanted to see.

【432】 The good habit of closing the door behind oneself; Imperial Consort Zhuo sets her sights on Jia Hui.

"Jia Hui, you are bold!"

At this moment,

the Crown Prince outside the hall was also caught in a panic.

Because it was he who had brought Sima Lei into the palace.

Therefore, the Crown Prince had also entered the palace at this time.

Seeing that the matter was exposed,

he immediately tried to intimidate Jia Hui with a fierce expression that masked his inner cowardice.

Jia Hui sneered: "It is you who are bold enough to defy heaven! You actually dared to poison Princess Ni Huang and plot against the Southern Region Commander. Crown Prince, what crime should you be charged with!"

"I, I did not. Do not slander me."

The Crown Prince immediately denied it in a panic.

Seeing the Crown Prince in such a pathetic and ugly state,

Yang Huan felt nothing but disdain.

Does a person like this have the qualifications to be Crown Prince?

To become Emperor?

That would absolutely be a disaster for the Great Gan!

And the Crown Prince's downfall

was a great thing for Prince Jin.

Therefore, Yang Huan would choose to stand on Jia Hui's side at this moment, whether for public or private reasons!

Thus, she immediately spoke in a calm voice: "I will report this matter to His Majesty immediately!"

"Please come with me, Crown Prince!"

Things had reached this point.

Caught red-handed, the Crown Prince immediately hung his head in despair.

Without struggling, he had no choice but to follow Yang Huan away.

Yang Huan glanced at Jia Hui.

Jia Hui met her gaze and said: "I must first detoxify Princess Ni Huang, otherwise, if this drags on, she will die from the burning of the love-fire!"

Her silent, cold, and ruthless beautiful eyes stared straight at him for a moment.

Yang Huan then gave him a look of contempt.

"Lucky you!"

Saying these words with deep meaning, she immediately led her people away.

With a "creak"!

He closed the door behind him.

A good habit!

At this moment,

Emperor Yongshun Li Shiming, who was strolling through the Imperial Garden with Imperial Consort Zhuo, was not in a good mood.

As for this Imperial Consort Zhuo, she looked to be in her twenties, wearing a gorgeous sky-blue long dress, with an exquisite oval face, lightly applied powder, and the charm in the corners of her eyes revealing her mature allure; she wore a heart-shaped necklace around her slender jade neck, looking graceful and luxurious!

If one had to say her only flaw, it was that her skin was not as fair as other beauties.

Instead, it was a healthy wheat color.

This made her appear somewhat unique.

If it were any other man, he might not like it.

But Li Shiming was also a general on horseback in his youth.

Therefore, he actually appreciated her this way.

Usually, when strolling through the garden with Imperial Consort Zhuo,

he was quite relaxed.

Today, however, he seemed somewhat unhappy.

Imperial Consort Zhuo, who was holding Li Shiming's right arm, asked with confusion, "Your Majesty, what is wrong? Didn't you just confiscate the Song family's property? Although the silver vanished into thin air, aren't there still many fertile fields and other assets? And it is said that quite a lot of silver was sold."

"It was sold for quite a lot. Marquis Wushuang alone bought the seven manors previously belonging to the Ningguo Prefecture for 250,000 taels each, totaling 1.75 million taels of silver."

"However, it was all thrown into disaster relief, and there is still a massive gap of two or three million taels, plus military pay and other expenses."

Walking on the cobblestone path, Li Shiming nodded upon hearing this, a hint of a smile appearing before quickly fading away helplessly.

Hearing that Jia Hui had actually spent 1.75 million taels of silver,

Imperial Consort Zhuo was suddenly shocked: "1.75 million taels of silver? Where did this Marquis Wushuang get so much money?"

This was a massive sum of 1.75 million taels!

For their Zhuo family, it was not a small number.

It was not that their Zhuo family couldn't come up with such a large sum.

But if it were cash, it would basically drain them dry.

Li Shiming laughed: "This is not strange. I heard from Siyue and the others that he received many gifts during his wedding a while ago, and then received quite a lot more when he was promoted to Vice Minister of the Ministry of War."

Imperial Consort Zhuo did some mental math and felt that receiving a few hundred thousand taels shouldn't be a problem.

After all, Jia Hui's favor with the Emperor was growing daily, and his future was limitless!

He also held a high position and great power.

There must be many people wanting to curry favor with him.

A few hundred thousand taels was already the limit, a very large sum!

After all, this was only the first year since he rose to officialdom, not even half a year yet!

Therefore, Imperial Consort Zhuo quickly sensed something was wrong: "That still shouldn't be that much."

Li Shiming did not suspect anything and shook his head with a smile: "This Jia Hui also has a talent for business that I didn't expect. In the last few days, he opened a Wushuang Boutique, selling some rare treasures that seem to have been brought from overseas. Just the membership cards that prove one's status bring in a fortune every day."

"And there are also newspapers, schools, and other institutions."

"But this ability is truly the strongest I have ever seen. I didn't expect that at such a young age, he would have such powerful business acumen. The more I learn, the bigger the surprises he brings me!"

"I even want to hand over the Ministry of Revenue to him to manage!"

His words were full of appreciation for Jia Hui.

Imperial Consort Zhuo, catching the drift, frowned slightly.

She became increasingly curious about this Jia Hui.

Indeed, as the Emperor said.