TFWYH – Chapter 613 Confiscating the House of the Minister

The servants were frightened out of their wits, and chaos instantly broke out.

Fortunately, the imperial physician arrived not long afterward. He merely said that Gu Yanshuang had become so enraged that it affected her heart, and vomiting blood was actually a good thing because it released the pressure.

As for Huangfu Yi, after hearing that Gu Yanshuang had coughed up blood from anger caused by Tang Wan, he still didn’t go to see her.

At the moment, he was busy having people choose gifts for Tang Wan instead.

After all, his crazy princess consort had offended someone.

Still, husband and wife were husband and wife. Huangfu Yi eventually sent a trusted aide to hear the imperial physician’s diagnosis.

Once he learned that Gu Yanshuang was fine, he simply ignored the matter.

Poor Gu Yanshuang. After waking up, there was no loving husband by her bedside caring for her or asking after her condition.

Her son was seriously injured and bedridden, while her daughter was confined to her quarters.

Even Qiuwen had disappeared somewhere.

But right now, she had no mind to care about any of that.

She was hungry. Extremely hungry.

Her stomach even growled at the perfect moment.

Strange!

She had eaten quite a lot at noon!

Unable to endure it any longer, Gu Yanshuang immediately called for Qiuwen and ordered her to prepare some snacks.

Qiuwen nodded and went to the small kitchen. Before long, she brought over several plates of food.

But even after finishing them, Gu Yanshuang still felt hungry, so she ordered more.

Naturally, Qiuwen cooperated wholeheartedly with her appetite and immediately instructed the kitchen to prepare rich dishes with plenty of meat.

Thus began Qiuwen’s life of feeding a pig—a story for later.

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Several more days passed, and the New Year was approaching!

Ling Yu’s debt-collection mission was proceeding very smoothly.

No matter how troublesome the debtor was, he always had a way to make them cough up silver.

Ji Wushuang had gone from astonishment at the beginning to complete numbness afterward.

Countless times, he had asked himself whether, if he were Ling Yu, he could persuade those people and collect so much money.

The answer was obviously no.

No wonder Tang Wan liked this man.

Intelligent and capable, gentle and courteous toward others, well-read and knowledgeable, quick-witted, and handsome besides…

Such a perfect man—forget Tang Wan—even he might not have escaped if he were a woman.

In just a few short days, his opinion of Ling Yu had completely changed.

He had even cast aside his jealousy and developed genuine admiration for him.

It had nothing to do with women. It was simply that when one outstanding person encountered another equally outstanding person, they naturally wanted to befriend them.

That morning, after they finished collecting debts, Ji Wushuang flipped through the remaining households on the list, his brows knitting tighter and tighter.

After a long while, he closed the register, worry filling his eyes. “This afternoon we’re supposed to go to the Prime Minister’s residence, right? Prime Minister Gu is notoriously stubborn. I don’t think it’s possible to pry silver out of his pockets.”

Ling Yu smiled mysteriously. “No. This afternoon we’re going to Minister Wang of the Ministry of Revenue’s residence.”

Ji Wushuang immediately choked on his own saliva upon hearing that. It took him a while to recover. “Minister Wang’s residence? He’s your direct superior! Aren’t you afraid of offending him?”

Ling Yu raised his brows slightly. “Brother Wushuang only needs to cooperate with me in confiscating his property later.”

“Con… confiscating his property?” Ji Wushuang was shocked. “You’re planning to raid the home of a third-rank official without reporting to the Emperor first? Ling Yu, have you gone mad?”

“Of course I haven’t gone mad. Brother Wushuang will understand when the time comes.”

“Heh… if you fail to find anything, then you’ll be fabricating charges out of thin air. Be careful Minister Wang doesn’t impeach you before the Emperor!”

Ling Yu merely smiled without speaking.

How could they possibly fail to find anything?

The reason he had deliberately troubled the Emperor in the first place was ultimately to raid Minister Wang’s home.

With memories of his previous life, no one understood better than he did that Minister Wang was one of Prime Minister Gu’s men and sent him many valuable gifts every year.

The origins of those valuables were very interesting indeed.

The old bastard’s loans from the national treasury were only the tip of the iceberg. Secretly, he had embezzled far more than that.

Not only silver, but even tribute items.

In his previous life, this scandal wouldn’t come to light until several years later. At that time, the items confiscated from Minister Wang’s residence had shocked the entire court and nation.