The Prodigal Son

Next, Qin Yu launched into a tirade of nonsense.

They embellished his gift with incredible fantasies.

He casually uttered words like "unique," "rare in the world," and "priceless," making Zhao Luan want to kick him out of the imperial study.

Just as Qin Yu was boasting, a palace attendant came to report: "Your Majesty, the third prince of Yan, Yan Li, requests an audience."

The State of Yan?

Qin Yu was surprised.

The Northern Qi sent an envoy, and the Yan Kingdom also sent an envoy.

Or is he a prince?

What is this traitor from the Yan Kingdom planning to do?

What, you want to seduce Zhao Luan and have her dead child from Ningguo?

"I understand."

Zhao Luan nodded, signaling the eunuch to leave, then looked at Qin Yu indifferently: "I've heard about your affair with the Northern Qi delegation! Even in times of war, envoys are not to be killed, let alone those who came to congratulate the Empress Dowager on her birthday! No matter how much you hate Northern Qi, you'd better behave yourself!"

Towards the end, Zhao Luan's words clearly carried a warning tone.

"Uh-huh."

Qin Yu nodded and smiled, "Your Majesty, actually, what I hate most is the Yan Kingdom!"

Yan State?

A cold glint flashed in Zhao Luan's eyes, and she secretly agreed.

The two-faced Yan state is indeed more hateful than the Northern Qi!

In the battle between Da Ning and Bei Qi a few years ago, if Yan hadn't stabbed them in the back, Da Ning would never have suffered such a crushing defeat.

Moreover, this wasn't the first or second time that the Yan state had repeatedly switched between Beiqi and Daning.

After a moment, Zhao Luan snapped out of her thoughts, a playful glint in her eyes. "You're not trying to warn me about the Third Prince of Yan, are you?"

"No, no!"

Qin Yu shook his head repeatedly, "Your Majesty is wise and mighty, how could I need to remind you? I was just stating the facts."

Zhao Luan raised an eyebrow and said calmly, "Stop flattering me and get down to business! I have high hopes for you!"

"Yes, yes!"

Qin Yu smiled ingratiatingly, but inwardly he began to slander Qin Yu again.

What utter nonsense! High hopes are being placed on this!

Now he's always talking about placing high hopes on her, but after the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, he'll put his hands on his hips and roar like a dragon: "I had such high hopes for you, and you've disappointed me so much!"

He knew this routine all too well!

All he's trying to do is lock himself up and torture himself in revenge!

That woman is no good!

Unaware of Qin Yu's thoughts, Zhao Luan briefly explained the details of the birthday banquet before dismissing Qin Yu.

Qin Yu took his leave.

As soon as I stepped out of the Imperial Study, I saw a handsome young man in luxurious clothes standing outside.

This guy must be Yan Li, right?

Tsk tsk, she's actually quite pretty!

White face and red lips, so effeminate!

Unlike myself, I'm bursting with manly spirit!

Seduction!

This guy is most likely trying to seduce the Empress!

Meeting Qin Yu's gaze, Yan Li nodded and gave a gentle and refined smile.

Upon seeing this, Qin also grinned.

But to Yan Li, that smile seemed to have malicious intent.

It seems rather ferocious!

It's like... a strong man who has taken a potent drug seeing a beautiful woman lying on her back.

Thinking of this, Yan Li suddenly shuddered.

Could this person have some kind of weird quirk?

In an instant, Yan Li got goosebumps and quickly looked away from Qin Yu.

……

In the following days, Qin Yu finally started to get down to business.

However, he always did it quietly by himself, and no one knew what he was doing.

In the blink of an eye, only one day remained until the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet.

Qin Yu finally got the chance to borrow money.

For others, curfew means they can't wander around.

But for Qin Yu, who held the imperial gold medal, this was the perfect time to commit the crime!

Before 7:45 PM, Qin Yu was already preparing to leave with his men.

"Where are you going?"

Qin Fumeng called out to them.

"Lend me money!"

Qin Yu was straightforward and told Qin Fumeng his purpose.

"Ha ha……"

Upon hearing his grandson's words, Qin Fumeng couldn't help but burst into laughter, then slapped Qin Yu on the shoulder, "You think you can keep those people in check with just a gold medal? I'll go with you!"

"what?"

Qin Yu was both amused and exasperated. "Aren't you afraid of losing face?"

You're a duke, and you're following me to do this kind of thing?

"Screw that cheap stuff!"

Qin Fumeng didn't care at all. "I've been unhappy lately because I haven't been able to make an example of someone! Today, I'll go with you, you beast, to cause trouble. If anyone foolish enough to run into my line of fire, I'll beat the shit out of them!"

Got it!

The old man has already said that, what else can he say?

Soon, they took a few people and headed straight for the Lü family.

Upon arriving at the Lü family's residence, Qi Dachui acted as the vanguard, directly blasting open the gatekeepers of the Lü family's gate, and they swaggered into the Lü family's residence.

Upon learning that Qin Fumeng had barged in with his grandson, Lü Chunqiu, who was enjoying a tender moment with his concubine, was furious and immediately dressed under the concubine's clothes.

"Qin Fumeng, what do you want to do?"

Lu Chun stared at the grandfather and grandson with a cold and imposing gaze.

Qin Fumeng pointed decisively at his grandson, "I'm only responsible for beating people! Ask him about everything else!"

Lu Chunqiu's lips twitched.

If it weren't for Qin Fumeng's strength, I would have really wanted to rush up and fight him.

"Lend me money!"

Qin Yu didn't waste any time. "I'm here on imperial orders to organize the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, but I don't have enough money. I need to borrow some from you!"

"dream!"

Lü Chunqiu refused without hesitation.

"I'm here on imperial orders to lend you money! Do you dare refuse?"

Qin Yu smirked as he flashed his gold medal, revealing his two sharp front teeth.

"Do you think I'm easily intimidated?"

Lu Chunqiu sneered, "If Her Majesty knew that you were misusing the imperial gold medal, do you think she would let you off the hook?"

He's a man who's about to die!

Lending him money would be like throwing good money after bad.

Do they really think they can do whatever they want just because they have a gold medal?

"It doesn't matter!"

Qin Yu adopted a defiant attitude, saying, "If you don't lend it to me, I'll just search your house! I'm already doomed anyway. If I find something shady in your house, maybe I can atone for my crime!"

"Why waste so much time talking?"

Qin Fumeng said impatiently, "Anyone who dares to disregard His Majesty's imperial decree will face consequences, don't blame me for being impolite!"

Looking at the bullying grandfather and grandson, Lü Chunqiu was furious.

He realized that the grandfather and grandson were clearly there to cause trouble!

If I don't lend it to them, I'll most likely get a beating and have my house searched!

After weighing the pros and cons, Lü Chunqiu gritted his teeth and growled, "How much do you want to borrow?"

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Lü Chunqiu regretted it.

How could I be so stupid as to let him talk!

"One hundred thousand taels!"

Qin Yu gave Lü Chunqiu no chance to regret it.

"dream!"

Lu Chunqiu cried out like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, "Don't even mention that I don't have that much silver, even if I did, I wouldn't..."

Bang!

Before Lü Chunqiu could finish speaking, Qin Fumeng suddenly slammed his hand on the table.

boom!

A fine mahogany table was almost completely reduced to dust.

Lu Chunqiu's face stiffened, and he swallowed back the rest of his words.

After struggling to suppress his urge to explode, Lü Chunqiu gritted his teeth and said, "I only have thirty thousand taels of silver on hand! I can lend it to you, but you must write me an IOU and use the Duke of Wei's mansion as collateral!"

Without any proof, wouldn't these tens of thousands of taels of silver be wasted?

After Qin Yu was executed, he took the written agreement to Qin Fumeng to return the money!

He won't pay any money, and he'll give me the Duke of Wei's mansion!

The Duke Qin Fumeng's mansion should be worth at least seventy or eighty thousand taels of silver.

"Can!"

Qin Yu readily agreed, "However, eighty thousand taels, no less!"