A three-and-a-half-year-old max-level ancestor, mistakenly bound to a system to be de

Chapter 71 "Our Duke's Mansion is surrounded by the Imperial Guards!"

Emperor Xuanhe had already reached his limit of tolerance for these powerful families.

The current state of Daqing is known to be related to the incompetence of the emperor, but it is also inseparable from the influence of these powerful clans.

These powerful families, entrenched in Daqing, have become like malignant tumors over time.

If Daqing is to revitalize, it must prune away the rotten flesh and cut off these malignant tumors.

Emperor Xuanhe had previously been thinking about how to begin.

But I still don't know where to start.

Now, the matter of Young Master Lu has opened a crack for him.

Unauthorized gold mining!
His grandson also committed numerous murders, and the Duke of Lu repeatedly protected him!
So let's start from the Duke of Lu's mansion.

A fierce glint flashed in Emperor Xuanhe's eyes.

Let's make an example of the Duke of Lu's mansion as a warning to others.

"Little Princess, thank you for telling me all this. It has been a great help to me."

"I know what to do."

"Rest assured, I will not let anyone who tries to harm you go unpunished."

As for the gold mine, and the immense wealth accumulated by the Duke of Lu's mansion over decades, enough to rival the wealth of a nation, let the emperor himself take it over.

"Alright, Your Majesty, then Sui Sui will head back now~"

After saying that, Sui Sui tried to slip away.

She'd better leave quickly; hopefully, the emperor's nephew won't remember her visit to the Hundred Flowers Pavilion.

Although Sui Sui didn't yet understand what Baihualou was like.

However, being clever, she could tell that Jin Yu's great-grandson didn't really want her to go.

I doubt it's a good place.

Since even Jin Yu's great-grandson thought it wasn't a good place, the emperor's nephew must think so too.

She was afraid that the emperor's nephew would criticize her.

but! !! !!

It's shameful for an elder to be lectured by a younger person.

Sui Sui felt that she was too embarrassed to lose face like that.

Just as Sui Sui slid off the chair and was about to leave.

Behind me, the voice of Emperor Xuanhe came.

"Little Princess, you should avoid going to places like the Hundred Flowers Pavilion." Emperor Xuanhe originally wanted to say no, but then he felt that the Little Princess was his elder and he should give her some face.

Moreover, although the little princess secretly slipped away from the Hundred Flowers Pavilion, if she hadn't gone there, the matter of the Duke of Lu wouldn't have come to light.

They wouldn't give him such a big surprise.

and so……

Just say it appropriately.

As for the girl that the young princess asked Yue Jinyu to bring...

Let the little princess decide what to do with it.

The young princess finally found someone she liked, and he couldn't possibly take her away from her.

Furthermore, the secret guards also sent information about the courtesan Liu Shishi and the one named Hua Xi; both of them are of decent character.

So, let's go with the little princess.

Sui Sui: Oh no, the emperor's nephew still found out.

She turned her head and tugged at the corners of her mouth, trying to make her smile as sweet as possible, "Okay, nephew, Sui Sui remembers, then Sui Sui will go back."

After saying this, without waiting for Emperor Xuanhe's reply, Sui Sui quickly left without looking back.

Jin Yu's great-grandson brought back a pretty young lady, and Sui Sui is going to meet her.

After Princess Fuqing left, Emperor Xuanhe still did not choose to meet with Duke Lu.

He then immediately dispatched men to the gold mines in Lu State that were being privately mined and sealed off, and to arrest those involved.

At the same time, he ordered people to investigate those who had been killed by Lu Qizu.

These are all pieces of evidence.

Once all the evidence is collected, it's time to kill this chicken from the Duke of Lu's mansion.

Meanwhile, the Duke of Lu, who had been refused an audience by Emperor Xuanhe, returned to his mansion with a heavy heart.

"My Lord, where is Grandfather? Why hasn't he returned?" As soon as the Duke of Lu arrived home, his wife rushed out, her face full of anxiety. She kept looking behind the Duke of Lu, but saw no one.

"Where's Azu? I heard he was hit on the head. How is he now?"

"Why did we have to run into Princess Fuqing?"

Duke Lu, his face grim, was irritated by her words. "Stop looking. Azu hasn't returned."

"They're still being held by the Emperor."

"The Emperor also refuses to see me."

"What? The Emperor refused? That's 500,000 taels of silver! He actually refused?"

Although the Duke of Lu's mansion was not short of 500,000 taels, the Duchess, who was fond of money, still felt a little pained to take out 500,000 taels all at once.

But she had no choice but to do it for her beloved grandson.

Unexpectedly, it didn't work.

"The national treasury of Daqing is so empty, can't even this 500,000 taels be put into the Emperor's hands?"

This was the question in the Duchess's heart, and it was also the question in the Duke of Lu's heart at this moment.

He also thought that he could get Ah Zu back by spending 500,000 taels.

But Emperor Xuanhe refused to see him?
Is it because they think 500,000 taels is too little, or...?
If you think it's too little, that's fine.

Money is not something the Duke of Lu's mansion lacks.

But if it's for other reasons...

Duke Lu pursed his lips. If it were another reason, what could it be?
The Duke of Lu couldn't come up with an answer.

Could it be...

Duke Lu suddenly remembered his secret: his privately hidden gold mine.

No, it's impossible.

He's been mining that gold mine for almost ten years.

If Emperor Xuanhe were to discover this, the Duke of Lu's mansion would have long ceased to exist.

In particular, Daqing has been so poor all these years.

The Duke of Lu, sitting in the head of the household, naturally knew just how wealthy the Duke of Lu's mansion was.

But what does it matter that the Duke of Lu is rich and Daqing is poor?

not related.

He has no royal blood; at most, he is just a relative of the emperor.

Besides, his sister, the late Empress, had passed away many years ago.

Previously, when the late Empress was alive, Emperor Xuanhe would have valued the Duke of Lu's mansion to some extent.

However, after the death of the late empress, Emperor Xuanhe became increasingly indifferent to the Duke of Lu's mansion.

Therefore, Duke Lu did not have much affection for Emperor Xuanhe or for the Daqing Emperor.

What happens to Daqing has little to do with him.

There's a saying: Dynasties come and go, but powerful families remain.

As long as their family has resources, even if the Great Qing Dynasty falls, they can still survive under other dynasties.

The establishment of those dynasties required their aristocratic families.

And their aristocratic families only need to contribute some support or wealth, and they can survive well in another dynasty.

"No, he couldn't possibly know," the Duke of Lu murmured.

Emperor Xuanhe could not possibly know about the gold mine.

What's the reason?

Do you really think 50 taels is too little?

Just as Duke Lu was considering whether to increase the amount of silver, the steward suddenly tumbled in, scrambling and panicking.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, something terrible has happened!"

Duke Lu was already on the verge of becoming irritable, and seeing the steward like this only made him frown even more.

"What's wrong with you? As the steward of the Duke of Lu's mansion, you have no manners at all," the Duke of Lu reprimanded with a stern face.

"No, Your Excellency, our Duke's mansion is surrounded by the Imperial Guards!"

"what!"

(End of this chapter)