bookrebus Chapter 588 This prince looks quite rich?
Chapter 588 This prince looks quite rich?
After it was completely dark, Naitang slipped in through the window with a "squeak", followed by a few gray-haired mice.
They chatted for a long time, and suddenly Milk Tea jumped onto the table with a squeak:
“The poison was administered by Su Niantang and Lin Zao Zao!
She and others have planned to poison you and then put the blame on Xiao Yi!"
Bai Wanwan's face suddenly darkened.
She didn't want to deal with Lin Zaozao from the bottom of her heart. After all, neither of them was an ordinary local.
He traveled from the modern era, while Lin Zaozao was reborn with the memories of his previous life.
Both of them have secret weapons and each has their own advantages in this ancient society.
Unexpectedly, Lin Zao Zao was indeed quite capable, and through rebirth he was able to get close to the Su family, a marquisate.
She pretended to be well-behaved and sensible every day in the Su Mansion, and coaxed the Su family around.
Now everyone treats her as the legitimate second daughter of the Su family. The master and the mistress dote on her, and even the servants flatter her.
Lin Zaozao is not only well-connected in the mansion, but is also particularly good at making money.
Over the years, she has opened many shops under the name of the Su family, including silk shops, teahouses, and pawnshops, and has also made friends with many officials in private.
Bai Wanwan knew that although this woman looked weak and delicate, she was actually more calculating than anyone else, and she didn't know how many evil intentions she had hidden.
As long as you don't provoke her, nothing will happen, but if you provoke her, don't blame her for being rude.
Bai Wanwan said, "Let's go to the Tenth Prince's Mansion now..."
The Tenth Prince's Mansion is more than one circle larger than the Sixth Prince's Mansion.
Although the Sixth Prince is ruthless, he usually does not like to show off and acts in a secretive manner.
The tenth prince is the complete opposite. He loves to show off and likes anything luxurious and extravagant. He has made the prince's mansion very grand.
The vermilion lacquered gate of the Tenth Prince's Mansion could be seen from a long distance. The door panels were taller than the walls of ordinary people's houses and were inlaid with golden copper nails, which were dazzling when the sun shone on them.
A row of exquisitely carved mythical beasts squatted on the corners of the eaves, with their fangs and claws bared, looking extremely majestic.
There are pavilions and towers one after another in the mansion. The rockery is piled higher than the trees, and there is a nine-winding corridor built on the rockery. Walking on it, you feel like you are in the clouds.
Flowers bloom in the garden all year round. Precious peonies and orchids are planted everywhere. There is also a pond of koi, each of which is plump and is said to have been specially transported from Jiangnan.
Even the clothes worn by the servants in the mansion were made of better material than those worn by their masters elsewhere, and the high-profile style of the Tenth Prince was evident everywhere.
Bai Wanwan led a group of people and sneaked in through the dog hole, and soon found the Tenth Prince's room.
Bai Wanwan strode in and everyone inside was knocked down.
Bai Wanwan pushed open the door of the Tenth Prince's room, and a scent of powder hit her face.
The house was decorated with flowers, colorful gauze hung on the walls, and soft carpets were spread on the floor. There was a sense of luxury everywhere.
On the big bed in the middle of the room, the tenth prince was sleeping soundly with several women in his arms.
The women were wearing bright clothes, with disheveled hair, and from time to time they could be heard snoring and talking in their sleep.
Bai Wanwan looked at the chaotic scene and couldn't help but sneer: "A dignified prince is so romantic."
Bai Wanwan's men had already started to move. When they pushed open the agarwood door carved with dragon patterns, Bai Wanwan was almost blinded by the dazzle.
The whole house is even more magnificent than the Chuxiu Palace in the imperial palace. The floor tiles under your feet are not ordinary tiles, but whole pieces of Lantian warm jade.
There are three rows of rosewood cabinets inlaid with gold, each more than one meter tall, standing against the wall. The cabinet doors are inlaid with a whole piece of Hetian white jade, and are embroidered with a pattern of birds paying homage to the phoenix in gold thread.
The corners of the cabinet were covered in red gold and engraved with lotus patterns. Each cabinet door was hung with a gilded lock as big as a bowl, and the lock core was embedded with rubies, which looked heavy.
The cabinet was even more amazing when it was opened. It was covered with snow-white mink fur, and neatly stacked with gold and jade jewelry boxes. The jade bracelets were piled up thicker than human wrists, and the mutton-fat jade rings were piled up like a small mountain.
On the top layer is a palm-sized night-shining pearl, which illuminates the entire room in the dark night.
On the middle layer is a gilded camel sent as tribute from the Western Regions. Its hump is inlaid with various gems, and even the camel's eyes are made of red coral.
On the bottom layer was a silver hookah presented by a Persian merchant. The body of the hookah was carved with an exotic dancer, and the hem of the hookah was decorated with small pearls, which jingled when shaken.
On the shelf in the corner, there was a crystal and gold-inlaid birdcage. There was no bird inside, but it was filled with a string of South Sea pearls as big as eggs.
On the opposite wall hung a Persian velvet carpet embroidered with a peacock that changed color. The threads used were made of gold thread mixed with colorful gem powder. When it was turned in the candlelight, several colors could be seen.
Chuyi couldn't help but shook his head and said, "This tenth prince looks quite rich?"
Bai Wanwan said calmly, "It's quite profitable."
In the palace, when the princes reached the age of fifteen or sixteen, they had to go to various government offices for internship. To put it bluntly, they had to learn how to handle court affairs.
Some went to the Ministry of Revenue to manage finances, and some went to the Ministry of Works to supervise the construction of palaces. The emperor wanted his sons to become familiar with state affairs as soon as possible so that they could help him with work in the future.
But after the tenth prince was assigned to work in the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Household Department, he regarded the jobs as a way to make money.
When he was in charge of receiving foreign envoys in the Ministry of Rites, he secretly withheld rare gems and Persian carpets that were presented as tribute.
When he was in charge of royal purchases in the Imperial Household Department, he colluded with merchants and quoted the price of silk, which originally cost ten taels of silver, as fifty taels, and pocketed the entire difference.
The officials below were also aware that the Tenth Prince was favored by the emperor, so even though they knew he was up to something, no one dared to say anything.
Over time, officials and businessmen who wanted to climb the social ladder found ways to give him benefits.
If the local prefect wanted to be promoted, he had to first send a few carts of gold and silver to the Tenth Prince's mansion.
If a salt merchant wanted to sell more private salt, he had to pay tribute of precious calligraphy and paintings on a monthly basis.
In this way, the tenth prince took advantage of his position to plunder money openly and secretly. There were more and more jewels in the mansion, and even his bed was inlaid with gold and jade. He lived a more luxurious life than the emperor.
Bai Wanwan frowned and said:
“He is greedy for so much, this person is really greedy, we are doing good things.
Take all the gold and silver with you, and the grain in the granary, and send it all back to the mountain stronghold."
Now their stronghold is getting bigger and bigger, with more than 30,000 people, many of whom are previous disaster victims, and later they were all recruited into private armies.
Bai Wanwan felt insecure in the other world. There was a famine a few years ago, and the streets were full of refugees begging for food. They looked really pitiful.
She directly ordered people to vacate all the habitable houses in the village, and also led people to build a lot of straw huts, so that tens of thousands of people had a place to stay.
She had these people given special training using modern methods.
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