Shengjing Noble

Chapter 456: Committing Crimes

Su Shengyan frowned and was about to beg again when he caught a glimpse of a dark shadow hiding in the darkness inside the mansion.

A gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and he smiled calmly, then cupped his hands and said, "In that case, I won't bother you anymore. I'll go visit King Xiaoyao."

After saying that, he turned and left without any hesitation.

As he walked down the stairs, he counted silently in his mind: one, two, three...

Sure enough, just after the third number was counted, Fu Mingheng's voice sounded behind him.

"stop."

Su Shengyan curled his lips and sneered, then turned around and returned to his cold and dignified look.

"Your humble servant pays respect to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Fu Mingheng walked out of the gate, stood on the steps and asked condescendingly: "It's so late, why did the martial arts champion suddenly visit the prince's mansion? What's the matter?"

Su Shengyan stood up and said, "Of course there is a big business that I want to cooperate with Your Highness."

"Business?"

This sentence successfully aroused Fu Mingheng's interest.

"In that case, then come in."

"It's too late, I won't go in to disturb Your Highness, why don't we just talk here."

"Here?"

"Yes."

Su Shengyan nodded, then turned around and called out, "Lan Yin, come and meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Yes."

Su Lanyin lifted the curtain and jumped out of the carriage, then walked forward and bowed.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince."

Seeing that both the brother and sister were here, Fu Mingheng's eyes flashed with curiosity.

What kind of business could make these two siblings rush to the Prince's Mansion?

He still had his collar on, so he couldn't go down the stairs, but it was awkward to just stand there.

Besides, how could he, the crown prince, just stand there?

Fortunately, the butler beside him brought a chair: "Your Highness, please sit down."

Fu Mingheng nodded with satisfaction, then sat on the chair, and the maid next to him promptly handed him a cup of hot tea.

He drank tea and asked slowly: "Tell me, what are you doing?"

Su Shengyan looked at Su Lanyin and winked at her. The other party immediately understood and took a step forward.

"Your Highness, do you know about the Fifth Prince's abduction of a commoner girl?"

Su Lanyin came straight to the point, and Fu Mingheng almost spit out the tea he had just put into his mouth.

He has been very worried recently and hasn't paid much attention to Fu Mingli, but he didn't expect that he is still making trouble everywhere.

Su Lanyin continued, "It seems that His Highness doesn't know about this. However, if this matter gets out of hand and gets to the emperor's ears, I wonder if it will affect His Highness. After all, he relies on the power of your brother outside."

Fu Mingheng put down his teacup and said coldly, "What does it have to do with me if he commits a crime? Su Lanyin, you didn't sleep at night and came here just to tell me these boring things?"

"How could that be? If Your Highness hears one more thing, you will know whether it is boring or not."

"Say it!"

Fu Mingheng obviously lost his patience and glared at her with some displeasure.

Su Lanyin spoke calmly, "The business of Zuixianlou is declining. I spent a lot of money to redeem the top singer Xingyue from Fengyuelou, just to let her sing in our Zuixianlou."

"But she caught the Fifth Prince's eye, and he actually arrested her openly on the street. He also beat up my third brother who was traveling with Miss Xingyue, and locked him up in the palace."

She deliberately left the details of the incident vague and continued.

"Not only that, he also said that if you want to redeem them, you need to give him 50,000 taels of silver, otherwise he will torture them severely. Alas, this is too much, how can I be willing to hand over 50,000 taels of silver?"

"Fifty thousand taels?"

Fu Mingheng was so angry that he laughed. He needed money at that time and was so worried that he couldn't sleep, so he searched everywhere.

But Fu Mingli asked for a huge amount of money and started to attack the Lu family. Originally, he was worrying about how to get money from the Lu family.

If someone gets there first, how could he have a share?

Thinking of this, he said coldly: "It is true that my fifth brother was at fault in this matter, but if this matter gets out of hand, I'm afraid it will be bad for both sides. What do you think?"

"Well, that's natural. Our Lu family has always been an honest business family and has never thought of becoming an enemy of the powerful. Moreover, my two brothers are about to become officials in the court, so naturally we dare not offend the royal family."

"Tell me, what exactly do you want to do by coming to see me, brother and sister?"

"Since Your Highness has asked, then I have no choice but to speak."

"Stop talking nonsense and speak quickly!"

"I don't want to let those who bully others and do evil get rich, but I am willing to give 50,000 taels to Your Highness. After all, you are the crown prince. With this money, it will be easier to benefit the people. What do you think?"

Hearing this, Fu Mingheng raised a faint smile at the corner of his mouth: "Oh? Do you really think so?"

"Yes, if Your Highness can help me rescue my third brother and Miss Xingyue, I will give you the fifty thousand taels!"

Su Shengyan echoed, "The Fifth Prince asked us to pay the silver in cash tomorrow morning. I hope Your Highness can make the decision for us as soon as possible."

"Okay!" Fu Mingheng nodded immediately when he heard that there was 50,000 taels to be taken, "I can help you get the person out, but the money must be in your account now."

The Lu family siblings looked at each other, and Su Shengyan stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, the bank is not open at the moment, so you can only withdraw cash tomorrow morning. However, I can advance you 10,000 taels for now, and the rest will be given to you in full when we meet you."

"Take the silver."

"Wait!"

Su Lanyin shouted, stepped forward and said, "If Your Highness fails to rescue the person and refuses to return the money, won't we lose both our money and our lives? Ten thousand taels is not a small sum. Your Highness, please write a receipt. If you don't hand the person over to us unharmed tomorrow, you can have an explanation."

Fu Mingheng looked at her and couldn't help but sneer: "You, girl, are indeed much more cautious than that idiot Su Lanxin, but if a woman is too smart, she might not be able to get married."

Su Shengyan stood in front and said, "Then your highness, please don't worry about it. Even if Lanyin doesn't marry, I will provide her with food and clothing so that she can live a comfortable life."

"Okay, it's true that there is a deep brother-sister relationship."

Fu Mingheng stood up with a cold face and ordered, "Someone, bring paper and pen."

The maidservant at the side immediately came over with writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone, and two servants stepped forward with their waists bent, letting the papers be placed on their backs.

Fu Mingheng wrote the receipt on the paper and then stamped it with the prince's seal.

"Is this okay?" He threw the receipt to Su Lanyin.

The brother and sister checked together, and after confirming that everything was correct, they looked at each other quietly and then put the receipt away.

"Someone, bring the silver up here."

Su Shengyan gave an order, and A'mo and A'cheng came over carrying a large box in the carriage behind them.

They had already thought of a plan before they came, so they prepared money in advance.