Chapter 92 On the way to death

"Qing'er, that's not what I meant."

Before Xu Jinhuai could vent his anger, Xu Yaoyao and Princess Chaoyang suppressed it. He felt even more depressed in his chest and almost vomited blood.

How come Xu Yaoyao cried so promptly?
Simply his nemesis!
But in order to please Princess Chaoyang, Xu Jinhuai suppressed his anger and explained: "I was just too anxious. I didn't mean to blame Yaoyao."

"Yaoyao is my daughter, how could I bear to scare her."

After saying that, he walked in front of Yaoyao and forced a smile.

"Yaoyao won't blame Daddy, right?"

Unexpectedly, Xu Yaoyao turned her face away, as if she didn't want to pay attention to you, which caused the servants around her to laugh.

Xu Jinhuai suddenly felt extremely embarrassed.

"Qing'er, I have to go back to the study to get something, so I'll leave first." Xu Jinhuai said with a sullen face.

He didn't want to see Xu Yaoyao again for a moment.

Otherwise he was afraid that he would not be able to control himself and strangle her to death!

After a while, an angry shout was heard again from Xu Jinhuai's study: "Xu Yaoyao!"

Then there was a shrill cry, "My calligraphy and painting!"

After hearing this, Xu Yaoyao laughed so proudly.

Princess Chaoyang couldn't help but raise the corner of her mouth.

When they returned to their yard, they actually saw the nanny.

Xu Yaoyao hadn't seen her nanny for a long time and missed her so much that she quickly stretched out her little hand for her to hold.

The nanny smiled and took Xu Yaoyao, holding her in her arms and followed Princess Chaoyang into the house.

After entering the room, the nanny directly dismissed all the maids in the room, leaving only Yuanxiang and Juxiang, and asked someone to close the door.

She handed Xu Yaoyao back to Yuan Xiang, walked up to Princess Chaoyang and said, "Princess, the person who stole the Third and Fourth Young Masters has been found. One is the midwife who helped you give birth, and the other is the wet nurse who helped you breastfeed."

"The old slave has already found someone to take care of him."

Thinking of the unknown fate of her third and fourth sons who were murdered by their concubines, Princess Chaoyang unconsciously clenched the handkerchief in her hand.

Seeing that Princess Chaoyang didn't say anything, the nanny continued to report, "However, the person who stole the eldest and second sons has not been found yet. This old servant has arranged for people to continue the search."

"I understand. Thank you for your hard work, Madam." Princess Chaoyang's eyes were chillingly cold.

[It turns out that the nanny did not return to her hometown to visit her relatives, but to look for witnesses of the child-swap incident! ]

[It seems that my mother wants to use the evidence to hammer my scumbag father to death. ]

[As long as the evidence is solid, my mother will be the victim. ]

[This way, when my mother kicks my scumbag father out of the house, people won't think that my mother is being unreasonable.]

[I no longer feel that my mother is bullying others by relying on her status as a princess. ]

[Moreover, my mother can openly recognize my eldest and second brothers and keep them under her own name.]

[It seems that mother has considered everything carefully. ]

[As long as mother and scumbag father are separated, whatever happens to scumbag father in the future will have nothing to do with mother and brothers, and mother can kill with peace of mind! ]

[Wow~ I’m so excited just thinking about it. 】

[Kill, kill, kill all these evil people! ]

【Yaoyao accompanies mother to kill together! 】

Princess Chaoyang: Thank you, Yaoyao.

Mother not only wants to kill them all, but also wants to keep her hands clean of blood.

After all, mother still has you and your siblings to take care of, so she must not get into trouble.

In order to prevent Zhenzhou from suffering from floods for many years, Emperor Mingde allocated 50 million taels of silver to the Ministry of Works and ordered Han Fei, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, to repair dams and build reservoirs in Zhenzhou before the rainy season to carry out flood prevention projects.

When Xu Jinhuai saw the huge amount of silver being sent to the Ministry of Works, his eyes widened.

There was not much silver left in the Ministry of Works before, so he only dared to embezzle dozens or hundreds of taels.

But that amount of money was just a drop in the bucket for him who had to support two families.

Now seeing the 50 million taels of silver in front of him, Xu Jinhuai felt itchy.

He took out the account book of the Ministry of Industry and looked through it carefully, trying to find a way to embezzle a large amount of money.

At this time, Han Fei, the Minister of Works, came to check the silver sent from the palace.

When Xu Jinhuai saw him, he immediately had an idea in his mind.

Han Fei had always been an official under him, so he naturally knew what kind of person he was.

If they could get Han Fei to join them, they could take away the money for repairing the dam and building the reservoir without anyone noticing.

Thinking of this, Xu Jinhuai took Han Fei to the restaurant to drink.

When the two were slightly tipsy, Xu Jinhuai took advantage of his drunkenness to start a conversation.

Han Fei was also a smart man and immediately guessed what Xu Jinhuai meant.

The two men hit it off immediately, roughly calculated the minimum amount of silver needed to repair the dam and build the reservoir, and then embezzled the extra 20 million taels of silver.

Xu Jinhuai took away 15 million taels and Han Fei took away 5 million taels.

With so much money in his hands all of a sudden, Xu Jinhuai was in a very good mood and even spent money more generously.

Not only did he add two maids, two servants and a coachman to his concubine's house, he also bought back some of his beloved things that he had previously sold.

He even helped the old lady redeem some precious things in her room.

When Yuan Xiang went out to buy something, he happened to run into Xu Jinhuai's personal servant leading people to move things to the princess's mansion, so he looked at him a few more times.

After discovering that the items being moved were valuable, Yuan Xiang was full of doubts.

I thought, has this prince consort become rich?
After returning to Princess Chaoyang's courtyard, Yuan Xiang told Princess Chaoyang what she had seen.

Princess Chaoyang was confused.

Logically speaking, Xu Jinhuai should have been out of money a long time ago. Even if he received a salary, it would barely be enough to cover his expenses. How could he suddenly become so wealthy?
Did he accept some bribe?
Or did they take advantage of the construction funds from the Ministry of Industry?
Thinking of the fact that Emperor Mingde allocated money to the Ministry of Works, Princess Chaoyang had a bold guess in her mind.

She quickly asked Yuan Xiang to recall Yingyi and asked Yingyi to find someone to investigate.

If Xu Jinhuai really dared to embezzle funds for water conservancy construction, then his death would be approaching soon!

The annual Imperial Capital Poetry Festival is here.

For scholars and literati, this poetry meeting in the imperial capital is a grand event.

It is also a good opportunity for them to become famous.

For the noble ladies in the imperial capital, the Imperial Capital Poetry Festival is also a good opportunity for them to choose their ideal husbands.

So before the poetry reading even started, the place was already full of people.

It happened that the Imperial College was on ten-day holiday, so Xu Hanyue did not return to the princess's residence. Instead, he went to a poetry reading with several classmates to join in the fun.

Xu Hanyue was already a famous young genius in the imperial capital. In addition, he had a handsome face and an upright figure. As soon as he stepped off the carriage, he attracted the admiration of many noble ladies around him.

Among those noble ladies, the one with the highest status is Su Yuanyuan, the legitimate daughter of Duke Su.

At first, Su Yuanyuan just thought Xu Hanyue was handsome and was not particularly attracted to him.

Until Xu Hanyue won the first place in this poetry competition with three poems.

It was not until everyone said that this year's autumn examination champion must be Xu Hanyue, and that he was Princess Chaoyang's eldest son, that Su Yuanyuan completely fell in love with him.

She felt that only someone as talented as Xu Hanyue was worthy of being her, Su Yuanyuan's, husband.