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Another five or six days would be more than the total tax collected by the imperial government in a year!

Nangong Xiu finally said, "Housekeeper Jian! You must list all the guests and gifts in detail. These gifts are too valuable, and something will happen sooner or later! "

Hearing his words, Steward Jian felt remorseful, "Your Highness! This little one doesn't dare make my own decisions next time! "

Nangong Xiu said, "Don't blame yourself! You handled it well! These people who sent gifts were all well-known soldiers with status and status! It was not a bribe or anything shameful that they had sent over a congratulatory gift in name! Do they want to congratulate me on becoming the crown prince and not even accept a congratulatory gift? If I keep people at a distance like this, I might end up being viewed as being too arrogant in the future. I might even offend everyone in the future! "

Steward Jian said, "Then Your Highness …"

Nangong Xiu said, "You don't have to worry about that! In the morning, this king will naturally go see royal father! This matter must be dealt with without any future troubles! We can't offend those famous soldiers, and we can't leave any evidence behind either.

Butler Jian nodded and said, "Your Highness." Do we still need to collect that thirty thousand silver? "

Nangong Xiu said, "Of course! You only need to handle this matter well, you don't need to do anything else! If you don't have enough money, you can choose a few precious gifts from the wedding gifts and sell them for cash. "

Butler Jane said, "When do we need the craftsmen and carpenters?"

Nangong Xiu said, "As soon as possible! Since you want to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, you might as well go there and recruit a group of craftsmen! The Internal Affairs Bureau is in charge of all the repair works in the imperial palace. The craftsmen under its jurisdiction are naturally the best in the country! "

Steward Jin replied, "This little one understands! This little one knows what to do now! "

Nangong Xiu said, "There's also a maid! Pick twenty, no, thirty as soon as you can! In addition, he also needed to select a few servants with very strong martial arts skills. They didn't need to have too many people, just two would do! But martial arts must be high! His family must be innocent and loyal! "We have to do this as soon as possible. We have to do it immediately!"

Steward Jian seemed to suddenly understand something as he said, "Your Highness! "Did you do all this for esteemed wangfei?"

Nangong Xiu shouted coldly, "This has nothing to do with you!"

Steward Jian said, "Your Highness! "Please forgive this one's words, if the prince is so concerned about her, why didn't he send someone to bring her back?"

Nangong Xiu said, "Do your job well!"

After he finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and left!

Housekeeper Jane slightly shook her head and sighed in her heart: She was clearly extremely nervous, so why did she always pretend that she didn't care?

Nangong Xiu inspected the Water Prison. Although he was so busy these past few days that he did not even have the time to rest, he was so busy with merely receiving congratulatory officials that he did not even have the time to sleep.

In the past few days, he had said more than he had in the past few years!

Although he was busy, he still had to find time to go to the water prison every day to inspect the progress of the ghost slave training …

If he could succeed in training this batch of Death Soldiers, then he would be invincible!

He knew that he had less than half a year left to live, and he was even more anxious to see the successful outcome of the death warrior training!

Furthermore, he wanted to be the crown prince!

He had to do everything perfectly in his short life span!

He wanted to let everyone in the world know that the Fourth Prince, Nangong Xiu, was a heaven warping talent!

After inspecting the water prison, he closed his eyes and dozed off. He woke up after the third fragment of the night!

The imperial government was in the early morning assembly! He had to hurry to the Imperial Palace and seek an audience with the Emperor before the fourth fragment of the night was over!

He slept for less than two hours without taking off his clothes. He did not even need to change his clothes before he called for horses to enter the palace.

Nangong Chen was surprised to see Nangong Xiutian in the palace before it was even bright! He, the Emperor, was holding two palace maids and sleeping on a warm dragon bed …

Nangong Xiu knelt down in salute, "This son greets father emperor!"

Nangong Chen put on a yellow dragon robe and waved his hand to let the two palace maids leave. Then, he dismissed the eunuchs on duty and sat on the edge of the dragon bed. Looking at the dust covered Nangong Xiu, he stared for a few seconds before saying, "You may rise! Get up and speak! "

Nangong Xiu said, "Thank you, Imperial Father!"

He stood up, his thin body looked very haggard! However, the heroic spirit in her eyes did not diminish in the slightest!

Nangong Chen said indifferently, "You've been crowned as the emperor for quite some time now! "After the last fight between father and son, we never had the chance to have a good chat …"

Nan Gong Xiu said: "royal father! "Your son sought an audience today for …"

Nangong Chen waved his hand and interrupted him, "Listen to me first!"

Nangong Xiu said, "Father, please speak!"

Nangong Chen seeing his mechanical answer, with an indifferent expression, he felt displeased in his heart and said: "My son! Are you still blaming me in your heart? "

Nangong Xiu said, "Your son dares not!"

Nangong Chen said, "You don't dare? Or not? "

Nangong Xiu faced him with silence!

Nangong Chen said, "I understand! You're still blaming me in your heart! Only, you don't dare to admit it, do you? "

Nangong Xiu said, "Father, you are overthinking it!"

Nangong Chen said, "You are a person who dares to take responsibility for your actions! You scorn the hypocrisy of hiding your emotions! Just a moment ago, it was equivalent to admitting it! I want to know why you're blaming me? "

Nangong Xiu said, "Imperial Father. This son has asked to see you today in order to report something! "

Nangong Chen was stunned for a moment, sighed, and said, "It seems like the enmity between father and son is very deep! Is the only thing we can talk about in the future, father and son, about national affairs? "

Nangong Xiu remained silent.

Nangong Chen said, "Then tell me!"

Nangong Xiu handed over a booklet and said, "Father, please take a look!"

Nangong Chen was a little disinterested. He took the register and looked through it a few times!

Nangong Xiu said, "This is the list of gifts for all the guests after this son ascended the throne as Crown Prince! The total amount of silver was over seventeen thousand taels! As for the other rare and precious antique calligraphy and paintings, their value is around 465 thousand gold! "

Nangong Chen looked at the namelist with a dark and uncertain expression …

Nangong Xiu said, "This son has already ordered someone to check and settle these items!"

Nangong Chen said, "You, a Crown Prince, in just five or six days since you ascended the throne, you actually received a congratulatory gift that is a third of the annual income of the National Treasury! Ridiculous! "Ridiculous!"

The Emperor continuously said two 'absurdities', and he was obviously extremely furious!

Then, he looked at Nangong Xiu and asked, "How do you plan on dealing with this property?"

Nangong Xiu said honestly, "All these gifts are guests' congratulations to this son on ascending the throne. If this son does not accept them, he will definitely offend the world's most renowned and respected soldier! This crown prince was most likely unpopular among them too! I have decided to make up for the expenses incurred in building the Crown Prince's Palace. As for the rest of my belongings, I have ordered some people to prepare them and hand them over to the royal treasury for royal father to handle! "

Nangong Chen thought for a moment and said, "It's not bad that you have such thoughts! It seems that you, as the crown prince, are better than I thought! Since this money is a congratulatory gift from someone else, you should just accept it! There was no need to hand over the treasury! It was not appropriate to announce this matter! If those people knew that you, the crown prince, had handed over all your wedding gifts to the treasury in the blink of an eye, they would have thought that you were acting high and mighty and betrayed them in front of me. "

Nangong Xiu said, "This son is worried too. "However, all of this money …"

Nangong Chen said, "Since someone gave it to you, then you can keep it for yourself! In any case, the expenses of your crown prince's residence will be huge in the future.

Nangong Xiu said, "But the number is simply too enormous. I'm afraid that this son of mine will fall into the shadows, attracting others' attentions! "

Nangong Chen said, "You, the Crown Prince, are the future emperor! The entire country belongs to you, now accept a little gift, who dares to say anything? If you still have any concerns, then I will have you bestowed 10,000 taels of gold early in the morning, congratulating you on ascending to the throne! "Since I, the emperor, have given such a big congratulatory gift, no one would dare to argue when others have followed suit!"

Nangong Xiu was a little shocked by Nangong Chen's attitude!

He never expected that not only did he not take the gifts, he even gave a bigger one!

Of course, this was the perfect solution. However, Nangong Xiu had taken advantage of it for nothing! In the future, his crown prince's mansion would be filled with fat!

Nangong Xiu was not a scheming person. Since this plan was good, he nodded in agreement! Anyway, who would mind having too much money?

It was just that Nangong Chen's attitude surprised him. Ever since Nangong Chen had purposely tested his ambition to become Crown Prince, the last sliver of fatherly affection in Nangong Xiu's heart had been obliterated. However, he didn't expect that Nangong Chen's attitude had changed a lot.

Perhaps it was because he had become Crown Prince.

Nangong Chen only thought of the crown prince, his successor, and the future king of the imperial government. It had nothing to do with whether he was Nangong Xiu or not.

With this thought in mind, Nangong Xiu's cold attitude towards Nangong Chen became even more firm.

Nangong Chen said with dignity, "Xiu. [Since you are now the crown prince, you must be careful to be the crown prince!] You have to let everyone know that you are a good crown prince. That way, no one will covet the position of crown prince! I know you're very smart, and you know all this. However, since you have just become the crown prince, I will still repeatedly remind you of these words! "

Nangong Xiu said, "This son will remember it!"

His cousin remained as rigid as a robot without any feelings.

Nangong Chen said, "Once your position as Crown Prince is consolidated, this Jiang Shan will be consolidated! In two days, I will transfer your eldest brother and second brother out of the capital. In the future, no one will have any intention of taking the position of crown prince! "

Nangong Xiu was shocked, "Father! Do you want to exile your second brother? "

Nangong Chen said: "You are squinting your eyes, if Lie'er and Yan'er do not leave, how can you be the Crown Prince? You don't have to blame yourself! I am not only helping you to eliminate your enemy, but I am also doing it for you

I will protect my two sons! "