Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 540 Failed

Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi was in a difficult situation, Chen Ce smiled and said to Zhang Heling, "I don't want my share of the toy business anymore. I'll give you 50% of the profit, and the other half will be for the prince."

"May I?"

Zhang Heling's eyes widened and he asked excitedly, "Really?"

"Cough cough!"

Zhang Heling snorted and said, "The toy business may not be profitable yet, so what's the point of asking for this extra share?"

"No! Your Majesty, beat Chen Ce to death!"

Chen Ce said helplessly: "I promise you that I can sell five thousand taels of silver in the first month... Is this okay?"

"If you still don't want to, then there's nothing I can do. Just beat me to death and you don't have to take any profit share."

Zhang Heling rolled his eyes and said, "If it doesn't sell for five thousand taels of silver, will you compensate me?"

"pay!"

Zhang Heling smiled and said, "That's about right."

Chen Ce: “…”

Dealing with these two guys was always so easy. Chen Ce felt guilty and said with concern: "Go back and recover from your injuries."

"Okay, thank you for your concern." Zhang Heling said lightly.

Emperor Hongzhi widened his eyes and sighed in his heart, thinking that these two brothers could be killed by Chen Ce.

But fortunately, they stopped making trouble, and Empress Zhang also stopped making trouble with him, so he could have some peace and quiet.

Chen Ce did not stay in the palace any longer. When he returned, he saw Li Zhen kneeling on one knee waiting for Chen Ce.

Chen Ce was stunned for a moment and asked, "Didn't you catch him?"

Li Zhen clasped his fists and said, "Sir, I admit my crime. Please punish me!"

"We didn't catch her. She abandoned her horse along the way. We followed the horse and chased her, but in the end we only caught the horse and didn't find her. I'm... derelict in my duty!"

Chen Ce was silent for a moment, stared at Li Zhen, and said, "Get up, forget it if you can't catch up."

Li Zhen hurriedly said, "Sir! Please punish me for my dereliction of duty!"

He knew that if Chen Ce did not punish him today, Chen Ce would have to bear the sin of letting the White Lotus monster go.

Chen Ce shook his head and said, "Don't be polite with me. I know very well how you have treated me over the years."

"I can still protect you now, but if it's someone else in the future... you should be more careful in the future."

Chen Ce had no intention of punishing Li Zhen. He had let Li Zhen take the blame for all these things. Li Zhen was loyal to him, so Chen Ce naturally would not punish Li Zhen.

Li Zhen was extremely moved. If he had not made a mistake in judgment, he would not have lost Zhu Jiewei. After all, he brought so many people with him, but was eventually fooled by the other party. If Chen Ce had gone to chase her personally, this would never have happened.

In any case, this matter was his dereliction of duty and he cannot shirk it.

If the imperial court really took it seriously, he would probably lose his position as the commander of the inner factory, but Chen Ce did not choose to blame him, so how could he not be grateful.

……

Li Yi met with Emperor Hongzhi as soon as possible. When the incident of Zhu Jiewei broke out, he told Emperor Hongzhi all his grievances, saying that all this was forced by the other party. He had no intention of making things difficult for the Ming Dynasty, and asked the Ming Emperor not to have the same opinion with him. Of course, he concealed the fact that he had made a deal with Zhu Jiewei.

He was the one who suffered the most in the whole incident. Now that Zhu Jiewei had escaped, he would probably not be able to realize his dream of rebelling and ascending the throne when he returned to Annan in the future, and he would have also offended the Ming court.

Emperor Hongzhi was a magnanimous man. Of course, it was impossible for him to break off relations with the Annan envoy directly. He just told Li Yi that he understood him and told him not to worry, as trade between the Ming Dynasty and the other party would continue as normal.

Emperor Hongzhi did not want to lose Annan as a commercial trade partner at all. After all, Annan could bring a lot of trade income to the people of the Ming Dynasty.

This will also help to improve the commercial prosperity of the entire Ming Dynasty, and naturally the cooperation will not be stopped just because of a White Lotus witch.

Li Yi then felt relieved, and on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, he led the envoys to leave the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Hongzhi rubbed his brows. Zhu Jiewei was not caught in the end, and Chen Ce also came to apologize. In fact, it was better that she was not caught. If she was really caught, he didn't know how to deal with Zhu Jiewei in the end.

I just don't know what role Zhu Jiewei played in the hands of the Mongols, and what purpose the Mongols wanted to achieve by using the White Lotus Sect in the Ming Dynasty.

All we can do now is to strengthen border defense to prevent possible invasion by the Mongols at any time, and send the Censorate to the Nine Frontiers to investigate the generals there to prevent them from being infiltrated by the White Lotus Sect and colluding with the Mongols.

The New Year of the 17th year of Hongzhi is approaching, and the things that happened before the New Year can only be put aside temporarily and dealt with in the 17th year of Hongzhi.

The Ministry of Revenue has been getting increasingly busy recently. After four years of development, the Ministry of Revenue will make a summary of the development of Ming Dynasty's business at the end-of-year court meeting this year.

Qin Hong is asking the Ministry of Revenue to compile statistics on the commercial income of the Ming Dynasty in the two capitals and thirteen provinces over the past four years. He will make a summary report to the court at the last day of the imperial court meeting on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month this year.

……

Li Yi's envoy team finally left the capital and arrived at the Hunan Provincial Government ten days later.

His biological sister Li Tao is still waiting for him here.

Fortunately, Zhu Jiewei did not break his promise. After he arrived at the Hunan Provincial Government, he successfully received Li Tao. However, to his horror, Li Tao was sent by that woman.

Zhu Jie smiled slightly and said, "What's wrong? Don't you recognize me?"

"I haven't forgotten what I promised you."

Li Yi was shocked and said: "You, you are not dead?!"

Zhu Jie smiled and said, "Of course it's okay."

"I told you that I would ensure that you ascend the throne in Annan smoothly. I am not a person who goes back on my word."

Li Yi hesitated for a moment and asked, "What exactly are you planning to do? If I ascend the throne, what conditions do you want? And...what ability do you have to guarantee that I can ascend the throne in Annan?!"

"You said before that you could enter the capital and kill someone so that you could evacuate safely. But what about now? Have you killed the so-called Chen Ce?"

Zhu Jiewei shook her head and said, "No, there are some things I haven't figured out yet. I will go to the Japanese island after you ascend the throne."

"Besides, didn't I make it out alive? Didn't you do the same?"

"As for the conditions... well, after you ascend the throne, I will transfer all my forces to Annan. It will be dangerous for them to continue staying in Ming Dynasty."

Li Yi narrowed his eyes and asked, "How can you guarantee my ascension to the throne?"

Zhu Jie sneered and said, "Your brother is superstitious about external arts, isn't he? I happen to know about these things... I will find a way to get close to him. Anyway, you don't need to worry about these things. You just need to wait for the throne to be ascended safely."

"it is good!"

Li Yi sneered in his heart, if I really ascended the throne, I would kill you the first moment, do you really think I don’t know what you, a bitch, are going to do?
You want to hold me hostage? Do you have the qualifications?!
(End of this chapter)