Chapter 77 Confiscation of the Royal Family
Chapter 77: Confiscation of the Royal Family

Ye Xuan felt bitter when he heard this. It seemed that Old Zhu was not going to get a promotion, so he simply transferred him into the palace to be a nanny for his precious daughter?

Although the title of Imperial Guard is intimidating, that's basically the end of the job. Moreover, you have to stay in the palace all day and be ordered around. Even if that person is the delicate Princess Anqing, Ye Xuan has no interest in it.

But before Ye Xuan could say no, Zhu Yuanzhang said jokingly, "If you don't want to stay in the palace for the rest of your life, just coax her for me, okay?"

Yunqi was shocked once again. He had been with Zhu Yuanzhang for so many years, and except for the time when the emperor was in a good mood and would joke with Empress Ma and his family, or with his old subordinates who had been through thick and thin with him, he had never seen him speak to anyone else in such a tone.

As for teasing, such an overly common emotion has never been seen before.

Regardless of how shocked Yun Qi was, Ye Xuan was just surprised as if he had escaped death. After hurriedly thanking Zhu Yuanzhang, he left Wuying Hall as if he was escaping for his life, and didn't even bother to see Yun Qi off.

Looking at Ye Xuan's back as he left, Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and muttered, "What an interesting young man!"

As soon as Ye Xuan left the palace, he breathed a long sigh of relief. For some reason, he always felt uncomfortable staying with Zhu Yuanzhang.

Especially in the past few days, Ye Xuan always felt that Zhu Yuanzhang had ulterior motives in his words and deeds. He either wanted to promote himself, or he wanted Ye Xuan to be frightened, fearing that he would be captured by Zhu Yuanzhang and become a royal consort!
Damn Zhu Yuanzhang, why is he like a naughty boy today, scaring people all the time, and I don’t know which of his words are true and which are false.

After calming down a little, Ye Xuan rushed back to the Zhenfu Division with the imperial edict to copy Cui Wu's family to gather troops.

…………

In the Cui Mansion, there is a stage in the flower-filled back garden. In front of the stage is a beautiful small lake. In the clear lake water, you can see large groups of colorful koi swimming around.

At this time, there were several huanghuali eight-immortal tables placed in front of the small lake, and the tables were filled with a wide variety of exquisite fruits and cakes.

Cui Wu, the head of the Cui family, was accompanying his new concubine, absent-mindedly listening to the play "Wutong Rain" on the stage, which told the tragic love story of Yang Guifei and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.

"Jiang He, do you think Liu Gao can't sell us out?" Cui Wu looked at the graceful "Yang Guifei" on the stage with a worried look on his face and asked the housekeeper of the Cui Mansion beside him.

Liu Gao was the manager of the flower boat who was captured by Ye Xuan.

Jiang He, the housekeeper of the Cui Mansion, shook his head and said confidently, "Liu Gao's family is still in our hands. I don't think he dares to betray the master! Besides, he himself is not clean. Whether he sells it to us or not, he will not have a good ending. Not to mention that he insists on it, his family can still use this money to live a worry-free life for the rest of their lives. I believe he will know what to do."

Cui Wu was also relieved after hearing this, but he still said with some hesitation: "But the ones who arrested him are the Jinyiwei. I heard that their methods are extraordinary! I am sure Cui Wu can't bear the pain..."

"Master, don't worry. Who am I?" Jiang He raised his beard and said arrogantly, "You are His Majesty's cousin. Even if the Jinyiwei really finds out something, they dare not touch you!"

Cui Wu was completely relieved after hearing this. He inexplicably recalled the scene when Zhu Yuanzhang came to their house to borrow grain when he was a child. With this relationship, who would dare to do anything to him?
But he subconsciously or deliberately ignored one thing.

That is, when Zhu Yuanzhang was a child, he did come to their house to borrow grain, but he never borrowed it.

Now that Zhu Yuanzhang was the emperor, he still remembered his poor relative and brought him to Yingtian to live a life of luxury. This was the most he could do for this rare blood relationship.

However, he was not happy for long. As the music on the stage reached its climax, there was a burst of shouting, smashing and chaotic footsteps in the front yard. Cui Wu just frowned, and Jiang He scolded sharply: "What's going on? That damn dog slave, didn't he see that the master was listening to the play!"

Before he could take a step to figure out what was going on, the servants, who were usually so arrogant, stumbled into the back garden as if they were being driven.

When several servants who were usually in power saw Cui Wu and Jiang He, they rushed over in panic as if they had seen a life-saving straw.

"Oh no, sir, the Jin...Jinyiwei broke in!"

"They came and wanted to beat and kill us. It scared me to death."

Everyone was talking at once, and Jiang He finally understood what was going on. He said angrily, "Didn't you tell me that we are Cui's family, the emperor's cousin?"

One of the servants, who still had bruises on his face, cried, "I told you, why didn't you tell me! It would have been better if you hadn't told me, but as soon as you told me, you hit me in the face!"

Then she pointed at the bruises on her face and cried, "Master, housekeeper, look, I beat you!"

Another servant chimed in, "They also said that the one they beat was the emperor's cousin!"

"Lawless...absolutely lawless!" Cui Wu no longer cared about listening to the opera. He stood up trembling, puffing his beard and glaring.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not confer a title on him, people in Yingtian Prefecture did not know that Cui Wu was the emperor's cousin. Even powerful officials like Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen had to show him courtesy when they saw him, not to mention being beaten up at their doorstep!
Just as he was about to lead people to the front yard, a group of people suddenly rushed towards the garden exit.

But unlike his servants, this group of people wore Feiyu uniforms and carried embroidered spring swords, and they were obviously the murderous Jinyiwei.

Countless powerful officials and treacherous villains died at the hands of the Embroidered Uniform Guards. The murderous aura was almost as if it was real.

Cui Wu, Jiang He and others who had been so aggressive just now were stunned on the spot.

After all, he was just a farmer. If it weren't for Zhu Yuanzhang's success and the prosperity of his family, Cui Wu might have been a tenant farmer for some landlord and would never have seen such a scene.

But after a few years of living a life of superiority, he had developed some noble airs. He pointed at the leader and shouted, "What do you want to do? Do you know where this is?"

Ye Xuan spat out the grass stem in his mouth and looked at Cui Wu, who appeared to be powerful but was actually weak, with some helplessness.

He just couldn't understand why he asked the same questions to almost every household he searched.
It seemed that asking this question would scare them away and prevent their property from being confiscated.

Ye Xuan looked at Cui Wu and his group with amusement, who were unaware of the impending disaster, and sneered, "I know, the emperor's eldest cousin's family!"

"I know you're going to get out of here, why don't you just get lost? What do you want to do?" Cui Wu pointed at Ye Xuan and shouted.

"What are you doing? I'm here to raid your house!"

(End of this chapter)