Fake Eunuch: Discovering the Emperor is a Woman!-Chapter 173 - 171: Giving You a Book (Sixth Update)

At the same time, he was also smugly pleased with himself in secret.

Ha-ha, fortunately, I can hear your inner thoughts. Otherwise, it would really seem like I, the Emperor, have a simple mind.

He-he, now let’s see how you answer my questions!

There shouldn’t be any problem for me to catch you this time, right?

Indeed, upon hearing this remark, you were momentarily at a loss for words.

Originally, you thought that like everyone else, this girl also saw you as wasteful. However, you never expected that she would instead blame you for not having people guard the area.

"It is my lack of foresight," you said.

After you finished speaking, the young Emperor immediately snorted coldly:

"Hmph, you still know it was your lack of foresight?

There’s nothing wrong inherently with using the fabric to gather popularity, but the mistake lies in your carelessness.

Do you realize how precious these fabrics are right now?

Especially as the cold winter approaches. The price of this fabric is increasing by the day.

After you display them, I am certain that by tonight, all those fabrics will be stolen."

Lin Yi clearly agreed with this statement.

Indeed, he had been negligent and only thought about using this event to build a reputation.

But he overlooked the value of the fabric.

Now, these pieces of fabric could actually be used as a medium of financial transaction.

Exaggeration aside, it’s just like you’re using 100-dollar bills to paste up wall coverings during a renovation in the future.

Seeing that Lin Yi’s attitude was very sincere, the young Emperor then directly gave him a sideways glance:

"Now that you know that, why don’t you go handle it immediately?

Take more soldiers over there and secure that area.

Alright, I’m tired. You don’t need to come back to attend to me tonight."

After saying this, he lowered his head and stopped paying any attention to Lin Yi.

What Lin Yi didn’t know was that the young Emperor was also secretly relieved in his heart.

Thank goodness, I am shrewd enough; otherwise, I might really have been underestimated by this rascal.

As for Lin Yi, although he was somewhat confused, the young Emperor could easily have sent a direct message to him, just clarifying the matter.

Even if not that, he could have simply stationed soldiers there, right?

But why go through all the trouble of having him brought back?

He really didn’t know what the girl was thinking.

With no other choice, he shook his head helplessly and took his leave.

As he left, he also picked a hundred men from the Left Martial Guard to depart with him.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to choose more people; it was simply that the place was limited, and a hundred men were already enough.

Moreover, the wealthy wouldn’t look twice at the profits these fabrics could bring.

To guard against, they were merely warding off petty thieves.

To these rascals, let alone a hundred men, even if there were three or five patrolling, they wouldn’t dare approach.

Thus, this little episode was straightforwardly brushed past.

And that night, as the young Emperor had said earlier, indeed many people were lurking in the darkness.

Even though there were curfew laws at night, they still couldn’t restrain their greedy thoughts.

After all, those were fabrics, and tearing down even one piece could be exchanged for several ingots of silver.

That would be enough for them to live lavishly for some days.

However, just as they were getting restless, Lin Yi arrived with a hundred official soldiers.

Seeing this scene, those hiding in the dark were frightened, secretly glad that they hadn’t made their move.

Otherwise, not only would they have failed to obtain the silver, but they also could not have avoided a prison sentence.

At the same time, they started to mutter in their hearts.

What exactly is going on here?

Why would they use such expensive silk fabric to enclose the area, and also have soldiers to stand guard?

However, for tonight, they had no chance, so these hidden rats all retreated.

The night passed without words. Come the next day, when people discovered that soldiers were guarding the area, their confusion deepened.

They were genuinely curious about what this place was and what was being done inside.

However, due to the soldiers standing guard, they dared not get close and could only discuss amongst themselves from a distance.

This location was truly excellent, not only at the very entrance of the thinned areas but also close to the court’s route for going to court.

It meant that each official would pass by here after the court session ended.

This undoubtedly determined the value of this location.

As for why there was no business operating here before?

Could it be that the Fourth Prince was unaware of the business potential here?

Of course not. How could the Fourth Prince not see the value of this shop?

The true culprit for all this was none other than Lin Yi.

Although the shop belonged to the Fourth Prince, previously it had been managed by Zhang Liang, the Minister of Revenue.

Not long ago, Zhang Liang was demoted, so naturally, the shop was implicated.

After it was confiscated, there was no time to reopen before Lin Yi set his sights on it.

Of course, if Lin Yi had known that the shop had previously been managed by Zhang Liang, then most likely the shop would have never reached the hands of the Fourth Prince.

Perhaps at the time of Zhang Liang’s downfall, the shop would have been confiscated along with him.

Now, at this very moment, was the time to leave court, and the officials’ carriages passed by one after another.

They had arrived early in the morning and hadn’t noticed, but today, as they went by, they were astonished to find soldiers standing guard.

However, thinking of what had happened in court today, the officials could only helplessly shake their heads.

Originally knowing this was the Fourth Prince’s property, the Sixth Prince’s Imperial Censors directly submitted a petition this morning, implicating the Fourth Prince.

The Fourth Prince was subjected to a good scolding.

But in the entire city, the Fourth Prince managed to appear even more wronged than Dou’e.

Although he continued to wear that expression on his face, he did not utter a single word of defense, which surprised everyone. freewebnσvel.cѳm

Not only did the Fourth Prince not speak up in rebuttal, but so too did his people remain silent.

This peculiar scene really confused the Sixth Prince somewhat.

He even began to wonder if his fourth brother had been scared off by the Emperor.

At this time, given the Fourth Prince’s usual temperament, he would definitely have vehemently objected.

But today, he was like a bullied young wife, which was truly unprecedented.

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