2595 Collecting Debt by Imperial Decree!
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Even though the emperor helped him pay half of compensation, that other half was practically going to take away all his assets!
It was so unjust!
Meanwhile, the other clans who were unlucky like the Vassal King of Jianping—the Long Clan, the Gu Clan, and the Shi Clan—had no gods to hear their pleas.
Eunuch Hu visited each clan to report the imperial decree. Every estate shut their gates and descended into fear and confusion.
The worst thing was that the crown prince consort immediately sent people to collect debts the next morning.
Each clan's gates got knocked on bright and early the next morning.
The first gate to get knocked on was the Vassal King of Jianping's Estate!
The sky was barely lit when the old steward ran over to open the gate while rubbing his eyes.
He was flabbergased by the amount of people outside.
Eunuch Chen was holding a long list as he stood in front of the Vassal King of Jianping's Estate. He announced sternly, "Collecting debt by imperial decree!"
The old steward twitched his mouth…
He had heard last night that the Vassal King of Jianping owed a huge amount of debt!
However, he didn't expect those people from the Eastern Palace to be so rotten.
They came bright and early in the morning!
At this time, the officials were already preparing to go to morning court.
The Vassal King of Jianping's Estate was located with those of other nobles of the first rank. All his neighbors were either rich or powerful.
For instance, the adjacent estate belonged to the Vassal King of Linchuan.
While the other side was where the chancellor, Sir Gao, lived…
As a result, all the officials going to morning court witnessed this scene.
The debt-collecting team from the Eastern Palace lined up grandiosely in front of the Vassal King of Jianping's Estate. There were several dozen people in this long line.
They were pushing carts, carrying satchels, as well as driving wagons. The end of the line reached the corner where the Kang Prince's Estate was located…
Everybody was confounded!
The Kang Prince had no idea what had happened. He specially ran over to take a look.
When he saw what was happening, he nearly fell off his horse from laughter.
He saw a fat and fair-skinned eunuch in his forties holding a list that dragged on the ground. The latter declared loudly, "Collecting debt by imperial decree!"
*Clang!* There was even musical accompaniment this time. Every time this eunuch in front shouted this, a young eunuch in the back hit a bronze gong!
The Kang Prince roared wildly in laughter. These two brats were truly mean!
Minister Gao twitched his mouth, feigning calmness as he walked over from his estate.
The old Vassal King of Jianping rolled out like a ball. His face was distorted from anger, and he pointed at Eunuch Chen while stammering, "You, you! You! You!"
"Collecting debt by imperial decree!" Eunuch Chen repeated.
The junior eunuch in the back dutifully gave another clang!
The noise was so loud that the Vassal King of Jianping's ears were about to go deaf!
The Vassal King of Jianping's entire body shook from anger as he pointed at Eunuch Chen with a shaking finger. He finally calmed himself after taking several deep breaths. "You, you immediately! Get lost!"
"This servant greets the Vassal King of Jianping. That will not do! This servant has received Her Highness the Crown Prince Consort's decree to come collect debt! No matter how you look at it, our Eastern Palace has the right in this matter!"
The court officials looked up at the sky speechlessly and then thought to themselves: The people from the Eastern Palace truly looked like they were not to be trifled with. They had to be extremely careful when they dealt with His Highness the Crown Prince in the future!
The Vassal King of Jianping shook his finger for a while. He snatched that list and directly stuffed it into his mouth!
The old steward in the back was flabbergasted. He hastily went up to snatch it away and shouted, "My lord, my lord! My lord, don't you take things too hard!"
Eunuch Chen calmly pulled out another intact list from his sleeve. He spoke, "Our crown prince consort has said that the vassal king has a hobby of eating paper!"
