The Liu family and his son were afraid of another accident, so they directly had the box moved to their home.
Liu Tianyuan carefully opened the outer wooden frame. Inside was a delicate red sandalwood box. The box was carved with dragons and phoenixes, and carved with auspicious patterns. The whole box exuded a distant scent of red sandalwood.
Liu Erye's face was full of greed: "It is indeed a treasure. The red sandalwood box outside alone is worth thousands of taels of silver!"
The father and son carefully opened the box and uncovered the yellow cloth on the treasure, and both of them took a deep breath.
This is a jade Buddha nearly two feet tall.
The whole body is crystal clear, without a trace of color, except for the right touch of blood-colored ruby between the Buddha's eyebrows.
"Qinxue Jasper!" Liu Tianyuan exclaimed.
After all, he had seen more of the world than his father, so he was even more excited: "Dad, I'm rich! This size, this quality, this carving, it's more than 600,000 taels! A piece of Qinxue jasper as big as a fist on the market costs tens of thousands taels of silver.
Got it!"
"Really?!" Mr. Liu was also excited! They are going to send it!
The father and son were still immersed in the dream of getting rich, and they did not realize that a group of people wearing Royal Guards armor had quietly surrounded the courtyard.
"Get rich? I'm afraid you will lose your money and spend it! Someone is coming! Rob the tributes and get them for me!"
A majestic voice suddenly sounded, and immediately after, the father and son were surrounded by the Guards Corps!
"Who are you! This is my home! Breaking into a private house!"
"Come here, the Liu family and his son robbed the tributes and beat the court officials! Take them down! Put them in jail!"
"What tribute? What are you talking about! This is the goods we shipped, you...wuwuwu!" The father and son were covered by the guards.
The leading general looked at them as if he were looking at two dead men: "If you have anything to say, go and talk to the prison!"
The commotion in the Liu family yard was so loud that the imperial guards were even dispatched. Aunt Liu and General Qin soon got the news.
"What happened this time? Why were you arrested again?" General Qin said with a cold face.
How could Aunt Liu dare to tell the truth? She just cried and complained: "Master! Tian Yuan is really unjust this time! The money is a little short, so Tian Yuan thought of temporarily using the goods shipped to make up for it. I will definitely make up for it later."
How can the princess report to the government if she makes up for it according to the price?"
General Qin was really confused. He didn't feel anything was wrong when he heard this. He didn't even order anyone to find out the real situation. He just felt that this daughter was against him everywhere and she was clearly trying to piss him off!
He just broke into the palace without any distinction.
At this time, Qin Rushuang had just received the news. At first, she was just planning to lure the Liu family and his son to snatch the goods shipped by the Du family, and she would be sentenced to a few years. However, she could not withstand the Liu family's constant challenge to her patience, and finally took the killing blow.
Robbery of tribute is a capital crime.
So she was ready to break up with her father, but she didn't expect General Qin to be getting more and more confused.
"Didn't Tianyuan just take some shipping goods, and you put him in jail? I don't have a daughter as stingy as you! Go to the government immediately to explain the situation and let him go! Can't I give you the money?"
General Qin was holding his neck and shouting at Qin Rushuang.
Qin Rushuang simply didn't know how to describe her feelings. Is his father really stupid? He came to question the crime without asking the truth.
"Father, Liu Tianyuan did not rob me of anything."
"Then you still arrest people?! You want to extort money again? You look just like your mother! After all, you were born as a low-class businessman. I think you really fell in the eyes of money!"
When Qin Rushuang heard this, her face suddenly turned cold.
She wanted to say that if it weren't for his mother, a "merchant", where would the current glorious General's Mansion be.
But even if she said it, her father wouldn't listen. This man no longer regards them as family, right?
"Father, what Liu Tianyuan snatched was the tribute from Jiangnan."
Qin Rushuang watched with relief as General Qin's face turned pale quickly, and then added as if to retaliate: "Robbing tribute is a capital crime."
"How is that possible?! The Jiangnan tribute is not..." At this point, General Qin seemed to have thought of something and shut up.
"What did father want to say? How could the tribute from Jiangnan travel by water?"
Qin Rushuang's face showed sarcasm: "Have you forgotten, father? Last year, the tribute from the south of the Yangtze River was robbed by land route, and the bandits have not found it yet. In order to claim credit, you proposed to His Majesty that we could take the water route, but you were afraid that my mother's Du family's shipping would be lost if it failed.
You were implicated, so I forced the ship in my hand to transport this tribute. If things go well, you will be rewarded, but if things go wrong, I will take care of you. What a good plan my father made!"
"My father also said that my mother and I are businessmen, but I think my father is the best at doing business!"
General Qin was speechless.
Aunt Liu couldn't hold on any longer and fell to the ground like mud.
Qin Rushuang looked at these two people, they deserved it.
The next moment, Aunt Liu seemed to have remembered something, and she knelt down next to Qin Rushuang's legs: "Princess! Princess! I was wrong! We were really wrong! Tian Yuan also knows that we were wrong! Please let us go, Princess!"
Qin Rushuang was funny: "Aunt Liu should beg Your Majesty for this matter. What's the use of begging me?"
Aunt Liu cried and shook her head: "The princess must have a solution. As long as the princess comes forward to shut up the workers and tell her majesty that Tianyuan just took the wrong thing, your majesty will definitely not blame you and the prince for your sake!"
Qin Rushuang looked at Aunt Liu with pity: "You think it was me who applied for the official position? No, it was Master Sun who applied for the official position. Your good brother is so courageous. Master Sun was kicked by him and he hasn't recovered yet.
"
Aunt Liu suddenly let go of her hand holding Qin Rushuang's skirt, her face turned ashen.
"Let me think about it, robbing tributes and beating court officials, how many lives do your brother and nephew have?"
At this point, it is clear who is the swordsman and who is the fish.
"Rushuang..." General Qin, who had been silent for the whole time, spoke, his voice unusually hard: "Is there really no way out? What if the prince comes forward?"
General Qin no longer cares about the Liu family and his son. He is more concerned about his own official career. If something like this happens, the Yushitai will not know how to impeach him. I am afraid that the entire Kyoto will see his joke.
"No..." Qin Rushuang's "impossible" was interrupted before she could say it.
"Yes, I will come forward and say that the death penalty can be avoided, but exile is inevitable."
It’s Xie Xun again!
"Even if he is impeached by the Yushitai, the prince will still help the Liu family?" Qin Rushuang looked straight at Xie Xun.
General Qin finally got the prince's promise, and he just breathed a sigh of relief. For fear of being upset by Qin Rushuang, he hurriedly said: "If the prince is willing to help this time, then I will take back what I said before, your mother...
."
"General Qin!" Xie Xun interrupted him immediately.
"Let her talk! What happened to my mother?"
"I take back what I said before. If you insist on embarrassing the Liu family, you will abandon your mother and let your mother be the mistress of the Qin Mansion safely."
General Qin had an expression on his face that said, "I don't care about villains, don't hold on to me either." There was a hint of charity in his tone, as if Mrs. Qin needed him.
If it were normal times, Qin Rushuang would definitely be angry when she saw his face, but now her mind is very confused.
No one told her about this.
"Come here, send General Qin away first. I will handle the rest." Xie Xun didn't want to see the father and daughter continue to quarrel, so he ordered someone to send General Qin away first.
After everyone had left, Xie Xun looked at Qin Rushuang who looked completely lost. He wanted to raise his hand several times to do something, but finally lowered it.
He sighed lowly: "This matter was my own decision. General Qin sent someone to send a message, but I blocked the message. After all... we can't let anything happen to your mother."
Qin Rushuang's heart was full of mixed feelings. She recalled Xie Xun's previous actions that he hesitated to say but decided to rescue Liu Tianyuan no matter what. Was it not for Qin Fang's good, but for her?
