Chapter 372: The Seventh Master of the Zhou Family
At night, Shitong sneaked into his small courtyard.
He built the small courtyard a few years ago, but because it was too narrow, he rarely came here.
But now this is the only place where he can stay. Prince An was sent back to Prince An's Mansion by the emperor, and he no longer dares to go back.
The moment he lit the oil lamp, he saw a figure sitting on a chair in the main room. Shitong was so frightened that he almost fainted.
"You...who are you?"
Shitong's legs were weak and his body was in severe pain. If his three souls and seven souls hadn't been frozen, he would have run away long ago.
I saw the man standing up and turning around. He was a middle-aged man about forty years old. He had a Chinese character face, a pair of deep black eyes, pursed lips and a slight smile. He looked very shrewd.
"My surname is Gu, and my given name is only Yan. I am here to discuss a business with the steward at the order of my seventh master."
Seeing that Gu Yan didn't have any ill intentions, Shi Tong managed to calm down and said, "Who is your seventh master?"
Gu Yandao: "My seventh master's surname is Zhou, and he is Miss Zheng San's younger uncle. Today, Miss Zheng San went back to Uncle Zhongyong's Mansion in tears. She doesn't want to go back to Prince An's Mansion. After my seventh master learned about it, he felt very distressed."
"So I was ordered to come out. The manager will come over when I'm in trouble. My seventh master is willing to pay 100,000 taels to buy a letter of divorce written by the prince himself. From now on, the Zheng family has nothing to do with Prince An."
“One hundred thousand taels??”
Shitong was shocked.
Gu Yan nodded and said again: "You heard it right, one hundred thousand taels, this is for Prince An. If Manager Shi can complete this matter, my seventh master will pay Manager Shi another ten thousand taels."
Shi Tong's eyes lit up when he heard this, but if he returned to Prince An's Mansion at this time, he would undoubtedly be falling into a trap.
Shi Tong pursed his lips, feeling very scared.
Gu Yan also saw Shi Tong's worry and said: "With one hundred thousand taels, no matter how bad King An is, he should be in a good mood. Manager Shi has always been very helpful. This time it was also because he was deceived. I believe that when King An calms down, he will definitely
I will not pursue Manager Shi’s fault any longer.”
Shitong frowned tightly, but still didn't let go.
Until Gu Yan took out all the banknotes, stacked them high, and placed another five thousand taels, and said: "This is the deposit for the manager."
Seeing this, Shitong thought of his current situation.
Liao Changfei ran away and took away a lot of money. He will definitely have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life.
Unlike him, if he leaves Prince An's Mansion at this time, he will really have nothing.
And with a history of betraying his master, who would dare to use him?
Most importantly, Shi Tong also thought of Lu Yunhong.
Lu Yunhong even dared to scheme against King An. Isn't it good now? What's more, he didn't betray King An, he was just deceived and deceived. Speaking of which, he was also a victim.
Shi Tong thought that if he couldn't fly away like Liao Changfei, he would have to be like Lu Yunhong. Only in this way could he live a good life.
Shitong grabbed the banknotes and agreed: "You go back and wait for the news. I will go to the palace now."
Gu Yan clasped his fists and said with a smile, "Then I'll be in charge of the job."
Shitong nodded slightly, blew out the oil lamp, and limped away.
When the surroundings became dark, Gu Yan slowly walked out, his eyes as cold as a deep pool.
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Prince An's Mansion.
King An had slept twice during the day. Although it was late at night, he was in good spirits.
He recalled that Lu Yunhong had a suspicious look on his face after hearing what happened to Wang Xiu. Although Lu Yunhong did not completely believe it, King An knew in his heart that Lu Yunhong would definitely come to him again.
Then next time...he won't tell Lu Yunhong so easily that the control is on his side, and Lu Yunhong can only obey his orders.
The so-called trip to Jinling was just enough for him to lay dormant and think of a solution, but he didn't feel that Lu Yunhong had won.
Just when he was feeling complacent, a servant came to report that Shitong was back.
The smile on Wang An's face suddenly froze, and then he said coldly: "He actually dares to come back?"
King An asked his servants to help him up. He wanted to see if Shi Tong came back to seek death.
As a result, Shi Tong knelt down as soon as he entered the door, holding a large stack of banknotes in both hands and said: "Your Majesty, this servant is here to plead guilty. I am loyal to the Prince, and was deceived by others to do something that harms the Prince's face. However,
In order to atone for his sin, I went to the Zheng family and asked for a hundred thousand taels of silver notes for the prince, and asked the prince to see it."
King An was originally very angry and decided to beat Shitong to death tonight to establish his authority.
Who knew that when Shi Tong opened his mouth, it was a hundred thousand taels of silver notes. King An was stunned and said in disbelief: "A hundred thousand taels of silver notes?"
Shitong nodded, kowtowed and said, "Please ask the prince to check it on the spot!"
King An frowned and immediately looked at the boy next to him.
The boy quickly took them and counted them, then selected a few more to show to Prince An, and said, "Your Majesty, it's true!"
When King An heard this, he immediately felt comfortable. With one hundred thousand taels of silver notes and the chips in his hand, why worry about being hopeless?
So he asked: "What do you mean by the Zheng family?"
Shi Tong said nonsense: "When I saw Lu Yunhong driving Zheng Sihan away, I followed him secretly. Seeing that Zheng Sihan had lost her face and had no way to ask for help, I proposed to let her leave the palace."
"At that time, the prince was still in the palace. Zheng Sihan thought that the prince would not come back, so he immediately returned to the Zheng family. The servants followed him, and after some coercion and inducement, and the Zhou family was willing to pay, they asked them to collect 100,000 yuan for the prince.
Two silver notes."
"But I still need to trouble the prince to write a letter of divorce. For a woman like Zheng Sihan, who is unscrupulous and unkind, it is better for the prince to divorce her as soon as possible. Now that the prince is going to Jinling, leaving her alone as a woman in the backyard is of no use, so why not
In exchange for some money, it will also be helpful to the prince's great cause."
King An did not expect that the Zhou family was really willing to pay for a useless granddaughter.
When he got the banknote at this time, he thought that Zheng Sihan's only use was to have feelings for his grandson, but if he went to Jinling, Zheng Sihan would be of no use whether he stayed or took him away.
So he agreed wholeheartedly: "Well, it's a divorce letter. I'm a humble concubine. This king is promoting her. But do you think that's the end of it?"
Shitong hurriedly knelt down in the tunnel and said: "My slave used to be worse than a pig or a dog. It was only after meeting the prince that I was able to turn over and become the general manager. Now I have made a big mistake. I know I have no face to live anymore. But when I think of the wolves surrounding the prince, I look at him with eager eyes.
, the slave will have no way to die in peace."
"Now I just ask the prince to give this slave another chance. If the slave is really useless, it will not be too late to kill him when the time comes."
King An sneered and said: "Very good, if you really want to stay, then I will reward you with a hundred big coins. Can you accept it?"
The one hundred big things in the palace are to be beaten to death.
But Shitong knew from the moment he came in that if he wanted to gain Prince An's trust again, he would have a narrow escape.
He immediately gritted his teeth, lowered his head and said, "I accept it willingly!"
King An's eyebrows were gloomy and he sneered loudly: "Okay!"