Zhu Yuluo was indeed hungry. She looked at Hao Guangming with her noodle fork and started eating.

If there were other people around, she would be embarrassed to eat like this in front of a man.

But now it was just her and Hao Guangming, and Hao Guangming was her fiancé, so she felt much more relaxed.

When the instant noodles were in her mouth, Zhu Aona's beautiful eyes suddenly lit up.

As a princess, she can eat a lot of delicious food.

Of course, because Chongzhen repeatedly reduced the expenses in the palace, her usual food would not be too luxurious, it could even be said to be simple.

In addition, the instant noodles contained condiments that were not available in Daming, which stimulated the taste. Zhu Aona felt that it was delicious, even better than the various delicacies she had eaten before.

After taking a few bites, she looked up and saw Hao Guangming smiling and looking at her. She couldn't help but feel annoyed that she was rude, so she asked, "Have Mr. Hao had dinner? Do you want to eat together?"

Hao Guangming said: "I was full just now at Uncle Ma's house, so I'm not hungry now."

"Who is Uncle Ma?"

"He's my neighbor in the village. I basically eat at his house these days."

Zhu Aelao nodded and continued eating instant noodles.

At this time, Hao Guangming opened the spicy strips next to him and said, "This spicy strip tastes good, do you want to try it?"

"good."

So Hao Guangming tore open the package of spicy strips, squeezed out one and sent it to Zhu Aina.

Zhu Yuluo looked at it, hesitated for a moment, then opened her mouth and ate the spicy stick.

Hao Guangming's eyes widened when he saw it.

Zhu Yurao felt his gaze keenly, and her face turned red immediately.

Hao Guangming came back to his senses at this time and said: "Actually, I want you to eat it with your hands..."

Hearing this, Zhu Aao's face turned even redder, reaching her neck.

Hao Guangming felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange, so he coughed and asked, "How does it taste?"

"tasty."

In fact, Zhu Yuluo's thoughts were no longer in her mouth at this time.

But when she came back to her senses, she really felt that the spicy strips were delicious and stimulated her taste buds more than instant noodles.

Hao Guangming also took a spicy stick to eat and said with a smile: "Actually, instant noodles and spicy sticks are junk food. I rarely eat them. But if I eat them once in a while, I will really feel delicious. For you, I never eat them.

For those who have eaten it, it tastes even better."

Zhu Ailao didn't know how to answer the call, so she lowered her head and ate instant noodles.

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Ming dynasty.

Chongzhen asked Wang Chengen to send someone to follow Hao Guangming's method to trick Zhou Kui into entering the palace.

People like Zhou Kui are not only greedy for money, but also afraid of death.

As for losing his life because of greed for money, it was purely because he was too stupid to understand the situation, not because he was not afraid of death.

Therefore, Zhou Kui panicked when he heard that the people sent by Wang Chengen said that Chongzhen was preparing to break out of the capital with only a few people.

"Your Majesty wants to break out of the city? You must wait for me, I am a national warrior." In Jiading Bo's mansion, Zhou Kui nervously said to the eunuch who passed the order.

This eunuch who delivers the edict was also carefully selected by Wang Chengen, and he has superb acting skills.

He said sincerely: "Uncle Jiading, this breakout from the city is just a waste of time. If you can't delay it, you can enter the palace quickly with your relatives and some valuables."

"One hour!" Zhou Kui raised a finger, looked at the eunuch who passed the order and said, "I will definitely enter the palace within one hour!"

"This..." the eunuch who delivered the order showed a perplexed look as he kept rubbing his two fingers. It was obvious that he wanted benefits.

However, Zhou Kui acted as if he hadn't seen it.

'If you refuse to give me any benefits, you deserve to be targeted by Long Live Lord!'

Cursing secretly in his heart, the eunuch who delivered the order said: "Okay, we will report to Lord Long Live for you, but you have to act quickly, Lord Long Live really won't wait for anyone if you are late."

"I know, I know." Zhou Kui waved his hand, wanting the eunuch to leave quickly.

After the eunuch who delivered the order left, Zhou Yuanjie, the eldest son of Zhou Kui, came over and said, "Father, since His Majesty is going to break out of the encirclement, let's deal with it quickly, shall we?"

Zhou Kui said: "Why are you so anxious? I am the queen's father and you are the queen's brother. I don't believe that your majesty will not wait for us."

After saying that, he began to instruct the servants at home to pack the silver and jewelry in the cellar.

In just half an hour, dozens of boxes were packed.

Zhou Kui's two sons were also very greedy and obeyed Zhou Kui's orders, so the family didn't think there was anything wrong with taking so many boxes of money when they fled.

Jiadingbo's residence was so busy that no one noticed that there were a few more disguised guards outside watching.

More than a quarter of an hour passed before Zhou Yuanjie reported to Zhou Kuihui: "Dad, all the treasures at home have been packed. There are more than a hundred boxes packed. Including the gifts, it will take more than a dozen large trucks to load them all."

"Did you miss anything?" Zhou Kui asked.

"No, the rest are worthless things."

Zhou Kui was sitting in the house, looking around at the various mahogany, pear wood furniture, and other items that could not be taken away. His eyes were full of reluctance, and he couldn't help but murmured: "This is all money, it's all money.

"

At this time, Zhou Yuanfen, the second eldest son of the Zhou family, also came in and urged: "Dad, everything is ready outside. Let's hurry into the palace to meet my sister. If they can't wait and leave first, it will be over for our family."

Zhou Kui gritted his teeth and waved his hand: "Let's go!"

So, the Zhou family's nearly twenty-two large cars and hundreds of people headed for the palace.

Chongzhen was still very kind to his father-in-law, so Jiading Bo's Mansion was right next to the imperial city.

The Jinyi troops guarding the imperial city had already received the order from above. When they saw the convoy coming from Jiading Bo's Mansion, they asked for their identities and let them in.

After entering the imperial city, following the people leading the way deeper and deeper, Zhou Kui couldn't help but said to his two sons: "Why do I feel something is wrong?"

The second son Zhou Yuanfen said: "We have already entered the imperial city, what is wrong?"

Zhou Kui held a small box of jewelry tightly in his arms and said, "If His Majesty wants to break out of the encirclement, he must leave the imperial city. So why don't you ask us to meet outside and go to the palace instead?"

Zhou Yuanjie on the side said: "Perhaps His Majesty is afraid that we will fall behind and wants us to stay among the breaking out troops to protect us?"

"That's not right..." Zhou Kui was still absolutely wrong, but for the moment he couldn't figure out what was wrong.

Not long after, the Zhou family's motorcade was brought directly to the Wuying Palace.

Chongzhen, on the other hand, led a group of soldiers in brocade robes and several eunuchs. The eunuchs stood on the steps, looking down at them with a dark face.

"Uncle Jiading, when I asked you to donate money, didn't you cry about poverty? Then what are the boxes in the car?"

Hearing these words, Zhou Kui felt as if he was struck by lightning. There was a loud bang in his mind, and he finally figured out what was wrong.

As Chongzhen said, before he complained that he had no money, but now he brought almost all his family wealth to Chongzhen. Doesn't it mean that his previous excuses for not donating money were all false?

To put it bluntly, he has committed the crime of deceiving the emperor!

Seeing Zhou Kui's face turn pale, Chongzhen snorted coldly and shouted: "Zhou Kui, you should have died for deceiving me, but because you are the head of the country, I will spare your life.

Come, take all the Zhou family members into prison cells in the palace, and then count the Zhou family’s property as soon as possible!”

Chongzhen gave an order, and the eunuchs and eunuchs who had been waiting for a long time immediately moved.

Although the Zhou family has hired dozens of guards, how dare they fight against the Jinyi soldiers in the palace? They all surrendered to them honestly.

Zhou Kui came back to his senses, his face was pale and his lips were trembling, but he did not dare to say anything about Chongzhen. Instead, he looked at the dozen or so carts with great reluctance and kept saying: "My money, my money..."

·”

After Zhou Kui and his family were taken away, the eunuchs began to count the property.

Because Chongzhen and Wang Chengen were watching, not only did no one dare to hide property privately, but the work efficiency was also greatly improved.

It took less than two-quarters of an hour to calculate the approximate value of the Zhou family's dozens of large vehicles.
Chapter completed!