In Xiaojiazhuang, after interrogation, it was found out that it was because of Changle's incident.

Queen Changsun was so angry that she almost had asthma. She held back her coughing and stepped forward to slap her nephew twice. "You bastard! Just for such a trivial matter, you came to slaughter the village and wipe out the family? When did such a vicious person appear in our family?"

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"aunt……"

"Don't call me aunt, I don't have a nephew as disappointing as you!"

Emperor Li Er quickly held him back, fearing that his wife would be angry. He turned to look at Xue Li and said apologetically: "Mr.

"He came to slaughter the village and destroy the family because of a misunderstanding. Judging from his appearance, he is almost ten years old, right? I don't know how he was educated at home. Fortunately, we have some resistance, otherwise, haha..." Xue Li mocked unceremoniously.

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Li Er's face was ugly. He was so embarrassed that he really wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it. He thought to himself that it was Changsun Wuji who failed to teach his son well, but I was ridiculed on his behalf. Changsun criticized this bastard! If it was my son, his legs would be discounted.

Li Junxian helped and advised: "Xue Li, the matter has been clarified. Fortunately, the village is fine and there are no casualties. Since it is a misunderstanding, how about letting the young nephew go?"

Xue Li rolled his eyes, do you think I'm easy to talk to?

"I have sent someone to inform my brother. Let my brother handle this matter. I don't dare to make decisions without authorization. Come, lock up all these people and send Dabai to watch. Anyone who dares to escape will be shot to death on the spot!" Xue Li

Deliberately frightening Changsun Chong.

As expected, this boy kept calling for help without being intimidated. Unfortunately, the queen was so angry that the emperor said to himself, it would be good for your boy to learn a lesson. So no one cared about him, and all the people were dragged away.

The emperor and his wife felt embarrassed. This trip was all disturbed by Chang Sun Chong. They could neither leave nor stay. They were very embarrassed.

Xiao Changle's stomach growled. She was so greedy that she didn't know what face meant. She stepped forward and tugged on Xue Li's sleeves and urged: "Brother Xue Er, are the potatoes and chicken stew ready? I'm so hungry..."

Princess Xiangcheng grabbed her sister and said, "Little sister, don't make trouble...my brother's house is on fire, how can there be food to eat?"

"No, Cousin Chong didn't burn the kitchen. I can smell the aroma." Xiao Changle's mouth almost watered as he stared at the kitchen.

The cook Wu Ma smiled and said, "Counting the time, it's time to stew. I'll get you a bowl."

Xue Li was reasonable and did not dare to really starve the emperor and his wife, so he calmed down and said: "Mr. Li, one thing is the same, these are here to seek medical treatment, they are guests. Your nephew's matter has nothing to do with you, please don't

If you don't mind, come with me to the Huxin Pavilion for dinner. My brother should be back at noon."

Everyone had their own thoughts on the meal. Empress Changsun had no appetite, Princess Xiangcheng and others served her attentively, but little Changle was the only one who ate happily and was very unhappy.

Li Er, Li Junxian and Xue Li ate at the same table. Lao Gao, the chamberlain, and all the guards were accompanied by the housekeeper Xiao Hu to eat in the courtyard.

Looking at the simple bowls of chicken in front of him, the bowl in front of him obviously had more meat, but there was only one chicken leg in Xue Li's bowl.

Li Er, praising his talent and feeling a little regretful today, insisted that the two of them exchange it, but Xue Li couldn't resist and watched as Li Er picked up the chicken legs and started eating them.

"Strange, why does the chicken leg today taste different from yesterday?" Li Er muttered.

Xue Li said weakly: "Ahem! Mr. Li, the bowl you have is yesterday's chicken legs. I haven't finished yesterday's stewed chicken, so I asked Mother Wu to heat it up, and we can eat the rest. Here it is for you.

They are all fresh. If you insist on changing them with me, I won’t have time to explain..."

Li Er:......

Pfft... I couldn't hold it back anymore, and the food in Li Junxian's mouth spurted out. This is the first time I heard of anyone in the world who dared to let the emperor eat leftovers.

"Master, how about you eat my bowl?"

Li Er rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Eat what you have left?"

Ahem...

Before the meal was finished, Xiao Rui came back at full speed, "Where are we? Second brother, second brother, are you okay at home?"

Xue Li shouted at the Huxin Pavilion: "Brother, nothing is wrong at home. I am here to have dinner with the guests."

Not in the mood to catch up on old times and have a meal, Xiao Rui went straight into the hospital to find the housekeeper Xiao Hu.

Xiao Hu recounted the incident in detail, and Xiao Rui felt relieved. Looking at the burned house, he was furious, Changsun Chong, right? I provoked you, young master?

He went directly to the detention center, took Changsun Chong out, slapped his mouth, and said, "You learned to set fire to destroy the house at a young age. You are so vicious. How can you do it without being taught a lesson? Boy, do you want money or your life?"

"It's life, it's life... Stop fighting, I don't dare to do it anymore... Wuwu!" Growing up, how had he ever been bullied like this? Changsun Chong was frightened and cried again.

"Okay, you should be lucky that no one died in the village this time, otherwise, I would have let the great white ape eat your kid. Send people home to get money to ransom people, burn my house, and give the villagers money to treat their injuries.

How much will you pay for your life?" Xiao Rui grabbed Changsun Chong's collar angrily and lifted him up directly.

He was only ten years old, how could he settle this account? In desperation, Changsun Chong stretched out a finger and shouted, "One thousand taels, is one thousand taels enough?"

"One thousand taels of silver? Where are you sending to beg for food? One thousand taels of silver will be enough to repair the house and treat diseases. Isn't your life worth anything?" Xiao Rui was so angry that he slapped her twice.

Changsun Chong covered his mouth and cried: "I'm talking about one thousand taels of gold. I'll give it to you now. Stop fighting. My uncle and aunt are both at your house. I can ask them to give you the money now."

"One thousand taels of gold? Does your family have that much money?"

"Yes, yes, my name is Sun Chong. Our family is engaged in the salt and iron business, and we have a lot of money." Before the confession, Changsun Chong had been hinted and warned by the queen not to reveal that he was from the Changsun family, and his pseudonym was Sun Chong.

Xiao Rui rubbed his chin and smiled to himself, not bad, not bad, one thousand taels of gold. According to the official gold and silver exchange ratio, that is ten thousand taels of silver, a huge sum of money. Now, the start-up capital for the business is enough, just right.

You can buy two shops.

Isn’t it true that my father is so stingy that he won’t give it to me? Okay, when my business expands, I will directly purchase all the shops in the Xiao family. By then, with the salary from the court, my family will definitely not have enough expenses. Haha, I really want to see stingy.

What does it feel like to have a deflated father?

...Look what kind of father and son are these? They are plotting against each other, are they a pair of old foxes?

He grabbed Changsun and rushed to the lakeside. He bumped into Li Er and his party who had just finished eating. Changsun rushed up and hugged the queen's legs and asked for money.

Li Er nodded, "You kid caused such a big trouble, you really should compensate others."

Xiao Rui cupped his hands and said: "This gentleman is sensible. Since you are his elder, I will give you face and pay the ransom compensation of 10,000 taels. I can let him go now."

Hmm, okay...huh? Wait, how much? Ten thousand taels?

Li Er was almost beaten to the waist. Did we hear it correctly? Ten thousand taels? Are you taking advantage of the situation? Last year, Jieli's army of 100,000 came to invade. I raided the Weishui Alliance under Chang'an City and plundered the whole city to get 100,000 taels.

Compensation, temporarily refunding the profit. Do you want 10,000 taels for opening your mouth?

"What? You can't get it out? This kid obviously said that his family is very rich. The quote he gave is 10,000 taels. I think it's very reasonable. His life is worth 10,000 taels. If you can't get it out, I'm sorry and I won't let him go.

." Xiao Rui looked like a boss and made it clear that he would not give in.

Empress Changsun almost vomited blood. I only have a few thousand taels of silver in my harem's private treasury. I have been frugally calculating the monthly payment. Is Chong'er crazy? The price is 10,000 taels?

"Mr. Xiao, a child is not sensible. He may not know how much ten thousand taels is. Do you think you can give me a sincere price?" Li Junxian persuaded, the implication was, stop pretending, you must have coerced Changsun Chong into making a price.
Chapter completed!