The divine doctor's concubine emptied the palace and went into exile

Chapter 455 Borrowing Money

Shang Ruoyi looked at the Western Region Emperor's brow calmly, and a look of understanding flashed in her eyes.

"People have already seen it. Little Princess, do you want to go and see the Queen Mother?"

"That's exactly what I meant." She looked at Jun Zeqian and said softly, "Brother, the Queen Mother is not feeling well. Please come to Ningshou Palace to find me in half an hour. Father has repeatedly told us to return home quickly if there is nothing else."

"it is good."

Jun Yunting frowned slightly when he heard this. He had asked Jun Zeqian to enter the palace today and had no intention of letting him go back. Now the national treasury was empty. To be precise, the Western Regions was already an empty shell. Not to mention sending troops to Tianshun, it was very difficult to maintain the normal operation of the royal family.

Today, the richest palace in the Western Regions is the City Prince's Palace.

Shang Ruoyi knew that he was planning to attack the Prince Cheng's Palace, so she ordered people to guard the palace just in case.

After Shang Ruoyi left, Jun Yunting sat in the main seat and said with a smile: "Ze Qian, I have something to discuss with you."

Jun Zeqian naturally knew his intention and whispered, "What do you want, Prince?"

"Ze Qian, why are you so distant? Putting aside our identities, you and I are cousins." Jun Yunting patted his arm: "Privately, we can just call each other brothers."

"Although we are cousins, the etiquette between the monarch and his subjects cannot be abolished. You are the crown prince, the future monarch. How can you and I call each other brothers?"

Seeing that this trick of getting close to him didn't work, Jun Yunting smiled awkwardly: "That being said, in my heart, you are no different from my biological brother, and even closer than a biological brother."

This was not a lie. After all, although his other brothers were born out of wedlock, they were all competitors for the throne to him. Fratricide was common in the royal family.

"The prince hasn't said anything yet that he wants to discuss with me?"

"It's not a big deal." Jun Yunting said in a low voice: "I just want to borrow some money from your palace." He looked at Jun Yunting, rubbed his hands a few times, and said embarrassedly: "I believe you have heard that the national treasury has been robbed, and my father's private treasury has also been robbed. The court can't take out any money. My father is seriously ill, and now even the expenses of the palace have become a problem. Among my father's brothers, only your City Palace is loyal to my father. Now that my father is in trouble, I can only think of you."

Jun Zeqian sneered in his heart when he heard this.

Loyal?

They were indeed loyal, but what was the result? Weren't they still suspected by the emperor?

His father and the emperor are brothers! Real brothers!

What's the use of that?

Aren't they still being used as pawns? As guns?

When the tip of the gun stops and breaks, it will be the end of the City Prince's Mansion.

"It's not impossible to borrow money, but how much money does the prince want to borrow?"

Jun Yunting's face turned a little ugly when he heard this.

He thought he had asked to borrow money, but given the King of the City's character, how could he really accept it?

They will definitely say that what they have now is the emperor's gift, and now that the country is in trouble, even if they empty the entire City Prince's Palace, they will be able to fill this hole.

He never expected that Jun Zeqian would say the word "borrow".

Seeing that he didn't speak, Jun Zeqian asked again: "Your Highness the Crown Prince?"

Jun Yunting came back to his senses and whispered, "Three million taels."

"How many?"

"Three million taels."

"No." Jun Ze said bluntly, "I can't borrow it."

Jun Yunting couldn't help but feel a little annoyed when he heard this: "What do you mean? I am just borrowing it, not not returning it."

Jun Zeqian waved his hand and said, "Your Highness has misunderstood. It's not that our City Prince's Mansion doesn't want to lend it, but we don't have it."

No?

How can it be?

Seeing his disbelief, Jun Zeqian couldn't help but smile and said, "I think the prince should know that my father and I are stationed at the border all year round, and we don't have much time to go back to the palace throughout the year. Especially after my mother passed away, we sometimes didn't go back to the capital for several years. The palace didn't have much property before, and now it has even less. Most of the money earned is used for the expenses of the palace. The money left is also the reward from the emperor when we returned victoriously before. There are only a few hundred thousand taels in total. I think the court has registered these, and we can ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check. If you can borrow a few hundred thousand taels, then the rewards from the emperor before can be lent to you. If you want three million taels, you can't get it even if you sell the city palace."

After hearing him say this, Jun Yunting wasn't sure whether what he said was true.

"Also, if you want to borrow these hundreds of thousands of taels, please write a note, and you have to pay it back in the future."

Hearing him say this, Jun Yunting's face turned even worse.

Hundreds of thousands of taels, and an IOU?

"Now Ruoyi has reached the age of marriage. She has just returned to the palace and will get married in the future. Father has only one daughter, and I have only one sister. I must prepare a generous dowry. I originally planned to use this silver as her dowry."

When Jun Yunting heard this, his head began to buzz.

A city king's palace only has such a small amount of savings, are you trying to deceive a three-year-old child?

When he mentioned Shang Ruoyi, he thought of Jun Luoyun. He remembered that a hairpin on Jun Luoyun's head cost hundreds or even thousands of taels, not to mention a complete set of headwear. He remembered that the third princess once complained to him that Jun Luoyun lived more like a princess than they did.

How come you had money back then but are now penniless?

If you don't want to borrow it, then don't borrow it. What excuses are you making here?

Unfortunately, this excuse was so good that he was unable to refute it.

She also gave Shang Ruoyi a dowry. As a prince's consort, who else would she want to marry? Would He Jingheng allow her to marry someone else?

Not to mention whether you like it or not, even if it's just for the sake of face, no man would agree to it.

But seeing that he was talking nonsense in a serious manner, Jun Yunting had no choice. Now the people in the court were in unrest, and they still needed the City Prince's Mansion to stabilize the morale of the army.

Seeing that he stopped talking, Jun Zeqian whispered, "I'll go back now and have someone send the silver over."

Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver could not sustain it for long. If the Prince of Ruocheng's Mansion could not come up with the money, he would have to use the money from the Prince's Mansion to make up for it.

But how could he be willing to do that?

These were saved by my mother for me to use in emergencies.

If my father wakes up and investigates the source of the money, he might become suspicious of me.

After all, several million taels is not a small amount.

But if you don’t take it out, I’m afraid there will be big problems.

At this moment, his eyes fell on Concubine Xiao who was taking care of the patient in the inner room.

Concubine Xiao was his father's favorite concubine, and she was from the Xiao family, so she must have a lot of money. Even his maternal grandfather, the Yuwen family, was inferior to the Xiao family.

Just then, a young eunuch came in and whispered, "Your Highness, the Queen is in love."

"Since the Queen has something to discuss with His Highness, I will take my leave first."