The Whole Dynasty Spoils the Tyrant's Beloved Youngest Daughter-Chapter 296: I Have a Good Idea

"...What?" The Duke opened his eyes in disbelief and said, "That’s one hundred thousand taels in silver notes, how could the Qianji Pavilion not want it?"

The trusted aide nodded, "Yes, that’s what the young master said."

The Duke snorted coldly, "Even with a hundred thousand taels in silver notes they don’t want it, do they want to ask for more like a lion?"

The trusted aide sighed, "It’s not impossible."

"Ha! These Jianghu Killer Organizations, they’re all the same, recognizing only money." The Duke said, "Before, when Qianji Pavilion assassinated my guards and disciples, I thought there might be some difference between Qianji Pavilion and other killer organizations, but it seems they’re all the same."

The Duke’s tone was icy, filled with sarcasm.

"Perhaps my guards and disciples weren’t even who the Qianji Pavilion originally wanted to kill. The so-called righteous acts they performed might just be a facade. My guards and disciples might have been bought off, and those money-driven fiends are too malicious."

"That’s certainly possible." The trusted aide agreed with the Duke wholeheartedly.

The Duke murmured, "Now what can be done to make the Qianji Pavilion accept Zhang Zihao’s money? Regardless of whether they killed my guards and disciples, I must destroy the Qianji Pavilion."

Because the Qianji Pavilion wasn’t under his control, it posed a great danger.

And the master of the Qianji Pavilion was even more mysterious. He had tried many times to find this person, to persuade him to serve him, but despite his efforts and networking, he never managed to meet the person.

The more unknown something is, the more terrifying it becomes. He wouldn’t allow such a big danger to remain.

If he couldn’t have it, he would have to destroy it.

Princess Anle, who was giving him trouble, was like that, and so was the Qianji Pavilion.

He would destroy them all!

By using the plan he had already conceived that would kill two birds with one stone.

The trusted aide said, "Master, how about we offer more money?"

"Offering more money isn’t impossible." The Duke was considering something else, "What if offering more money doesn’t work either? What if Qianji Pavilion still refuses this deal? After all, killing Princess Anle isn’t a trivial matter."

That was Princess Anle!

The Emperor’s most beloved daughter.

Killing her would lead to endless trouble in the future.

The trusted aide naturally thought of these things too, and once he did, he found his thinking constrained and couldn’t come up with any good solutions.

Seeing that the trusted aide had failed to think of a good solution after a long time, the Duke shook his head helplessly, having to take matters into his own hands.

After being dressed by his servant, he pondered for a long time before finally coming up with a good plan, "Tomorrow night, let Zhang Zihao go again. We can add a luminous pearl presented from Nanjiang on top of the hundred thousand taels, and then exempt the Qianji Pavilion from paying the black market tax for three years."

The so-called household tax refers to the tax collected by the black market based on the shop fronts.

No matter what business you do in the black market, you must pay the household tax honestly, otherwise, you won’t be allowed to do business, and the responsible officials will bring people to monitor you daily.

The Qianji Pavilion is so large, its annual household tax should be at least a thousand taels of silver!

Three years of household tax would be a huge temptation for them, and they likely wouldn’t refuse.

"Yes, Master, I’ll go tell the young master now." The trusted aide said.

"Wait, let Zhang Zihao sleep first! Talk to him once he wakes up." The Duke said, "This time, make sure to deliver those hundred thousand taels in silver notes, and make sure to finish this deal, understand?"

The trusted aide replied, "Understood!"

"If this deal doesn’t go through, then my plan will fall apart." The Duke squeezed his fists, "My plan to kill two birds with one stone must not fail."

"Yes."

The trusted aide left.

Ye Ying heard footsteps approaching the door and quickly pulled Jun Ning into his arms. Holding Jun Ning, he jumped onto the roof of the Duke’s residence, ensuring they stayed hidden.

Only after the trusted aide left did Ye Ying release Jun Ning, stepping back with an apologetic look, "Pavilion Master, I just overstepped my bounds."

He shouldn’t have embraced the Pavilion Master.

He was wrong.

Jun Ning didn’t mind; she said, "Since we’ve obtained the information, let’s go back!"

Jun Ning climbed onto Ye Ying’s back again, and they returned to the Qianji Pavilion with Ye Ying carrying her. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

The two sat down and discussed what they had just overheard.

"Do you still want to take Zhang Zihao’s deal now?" Jun Ning asked.

Ye Ying shook his head, "Certainly not." Pausing, he added, "Previously, I was foolish and didn’t see through their intention to use this to eliminate the Qianji Pavilion. I was wrong."

Ye Ying stood and knelt before Jun Ning, quickly admitting his mistake.

Seeing his nervous sweat, Jun Ning helped him up, saying, "Ye Ying, to err is human. Being able to correct mistakes is the greatest virtue. Stand up, all right?"

Ye Ying once again felt surprised by Jun Ning’s words.

Years ago, when he was with his previous killer organization, even the slightest mistake would result in being beaten half to death and then locked up to reflect. He had never heard of such a forgiving perspective before.

The master was the first to say these things to him.

Looking at his hands, then at Jun Ning, his determination to remain loyal to Jun Ning for the rest of his life became even stronger.

"Thank you, Pavilion Master."

Ye Ying stood and sat beside Jun Ning, continuing to discuss the matter with him.

When they reached the topic of how to refuse Zhang Zihao’s attempts to offer gifts again, Jun Ning said to Ye Ying, "Ye Ying, do you resent the previous organization that beat you and sold you off?"

On this subject, Ye Ying clenched his fists tightly, gritting his teeth, "Resent them? How could I not! Each time I risked my life for them, how did they treat me in return?"

Just because of a sycophant’s flattery, he was beaten for no reason and sold to the black market.

He almost died.

"Do you want to seek justice for yourself?" Jun Ning asked again.

"Of course I do."

"I have a good plan," Jun Ning said. "When Zhang Zihao comes with the silver notes again, you can accept half of them along with the Luminous Pearl. Then, take Zhang Zihao and the remaining half of the silver notes, along with the three-year exemption from household tax, to your former organization. You can introduce this deal to your former organization in the name of Qianji Pavilion’s left wing."

"To prevent your former organization from suspecting your intentions, you need to briefly pledge loyalty to them and tell them that this deal is your pledge of loyalty! They must accept it and take it in the name of Qianji Pavilion."

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"To prevent your former organization from suspecting your intentions, you need to briefly pledge loyalty to them and tell them that this deal is your pledge of loyalty! They must accept it and take it in the name of Qianji Pavilion."