After the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion was reborn, she divorced and married the prince!

Qi Liang walked out of the shop calmly.

He bowed to the yamen soldier and explained, "I'm afraid you have misunderstood, sir. The price of this cotton coat is indeed lower than the market price."

"But the core of this cotton coat is cotton bought specially by the imperial court to help ordinary people, even poor people, survive the winter."

The soldiers refused to listen to his explanation.

"Are you the chief treasurer? Then come with us. If you have anything to say, we can talk about it in the government office!"

As the soldier said this, he was about to take the man away.

"Don't be impatient, sir! Look!"

Qi Liang directly said to the people who were queuing up to buy cotton-padded clothes, "Although our cotton-padded clothes are cheap, in order to ensure that they can truly help the poor people, we use household registration restrictions when selling clothes."

The soldier looked in the direction of his finger.

Sure enough, when people came to buy cotton-padded clothes, they had to bring their household registration.

Anyone who bought a cotton-padded jacket had to have the Caiyunxuan seal stamped on their household registration, and the number of pieces purchased should also be noted at the back of the household registration.

If there are several people in the family, you are only allowed to buy a few items, and you are not allowed to buy more even if you have a lot of money.

"When we sell cotton-padded clothes in each branch, we will check the household registration. Once you have sold out in this branch, you cannot go to another branch to buy."

This is the first time in Kyoto that a business has been developed to this level.

In the carriage, the emperor, who was traveling incognito, could not help but nod deeply, with a smile in his eyes, "You are young, but you look like a scholar businessman."

The soldiers and officers didn't buy it.

"You can't tell me!"

"Close the door! Take the man away! Let's talk to the government office!"

The soldiers looked fierce.

When the people heard this, they were immediately unhappy. "We have waited in line for so long! Why should we close the store?"

"Why won't you let us buy it? We finally got the queue!"

"People are reported for doing good things! Is there any justice? Is there any law?"

The soldiers and officers realized that any further delay might arouse public anger and cause chaos.

There are not many people coming to the yamen, but there are quite a few people queuing here.

Seeing this, Qi Liang took the initiative to say, "Sir, how about this? I will go to the government office with you."

"These people have been waiting in line for a long time. It would not be appropriate to let them go back empty-handed."

"We will now send our staff to tell the people who have just arrived at the back to stop queuing and only ask the people who have been waiting for a long time in the front to buy their goods. We will not sell them anymore. What do you think?"

After several soldiers and officers thought about it, they decided that this was the only option.

Otherwise, if the people start to make trouble and chaos breaks out in the West Market, they will not be able to escape responsibility.

The emperor sat in the carriage, watching everything happening outside, and nodded deeply.

"He is calm and composed, and has a clear reasoning. Even though the soldiers and officials are unreasonable, he does not use the people to cause chaos." The emperor nodded approvingly, "This young man is not bad."

He Hongxi quickly glanced at Qi Liang and thought to himself, this young man must have a bright future to be praised by the emperor!

Qi Liang was taken away by soldiers.

Qi Xu, who was in the backyard, quickly asked someone to send a letter to Song Mingli.

When Song Mingli learned about this, he was not panicked.

"I'm afraid it's Li from Jinshang Cloth Shop who is so angry that he went to the government office to cause trouble."

Zi Su asked worriedly, "What should we do? Will the shopkeeper Qi be thrown into the jail?"

Song Mingli was confident, "If the government releases him, then that's fine."

"If the government holds the person in custody and refuses to release him, that's great. We can report this to the higher authorities."

"Minister Wang's abuse of power for personal gain can no longer be concealed."

Seeing her master so calm and composed, Zi Su couldn't help but feel relieved.

But Song Mingli didn't know that this matter didn't need to be reported up the chain of command.

The emperor was already outside the yamen and heard the first-hand news.

"Are you the owner of Caiyunxuan, Qi Liang?"

"You maliciously lowered the price, disrupted the market, and engaged in unfair competition! Qi Liang, do you admit your guilt?!"

The Jingzhao Prefecture government did not even hold a court session for interrogation.

Only the immediate superiors of these yamen runners came to ask a few questions in the yamen courtyard.

No matter how Qi Liang explained, they had already limited purchases to help the poor people...

However, those yamen runners and squad leaders didn't listen at all.

"Come on, put him in jail! Wait for your decision." The squad leader waved his hand and ordered people to take Qi Liang to jail.

The emperor in the carriage watched coldly, and the atmosphere inside the carriage became increasingly cold.

"Is this how Jingzhao Prefecture does its work?" The emperor suddenly asked, "Oh, if I hadn't come out for a visit, I really wouldn't have known."

"So it's so difficult to do good things in Kyoto?"

He Hongxi saw that although the emperor did not show much expression, his cold and murderous eyes showed that he was angry.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. The dragon's health is more important. There may be some hidden secrets here."

"I will go and find out right away..."

Before He Hongxi could finish his words, the emperor had already stood up.

"You don't have to investigate. I will ask in person! I want to ask the Jingzhao prefect, who taught him to handle the case this way?"

"Someone reported it, but they just threw the accused into jail without asking why? Which law stipulates this?"

Seeing the emperor's gloomy face, He Hongxi dared not persuade him anymore.

He hurriedly supported the emperor and was about to get off the car.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of galloping horses.

He Hongxi was sharp-eyed. He quickly blocked the emperor and shrank back into the carriage.

The emperor glared at him and said, "What are you doing?"

"My lord, Prince Jing, Prince Jing is here." He Hongxi hurriedly explained.

The emperor raised his brows, sat back in the carriage, and looked out from behind the curtains.

Sure enough, Chu Yanchen was seen dismounting from his horse outside Jingzhao Prefecture.

"Wait!" Chu Yanchen shouted, "My princess and a few of her close friends used their private savings to do some charity work, but I heard that you have arrested the owner of Caiyunxuan?"

"What crime did he commit that he was thrown into prison?"

When the emperor heard that Chu Yanchen came for this matter, he was no longer in a hurry to get off the carriage.

He sat in the carriage as steady as a rock, watching the developments with interest.

The squad leader's face tightened... Li Zhirong harmed him!

Li Zhirong didn’t say that Prince Jing’s Mansion was involved in this matter!

Prince Jing, is that someone easy to mess with?

"In reply to Prince Jing, the owner of Caiyunxuan maliciously lowered the price and disrupted the market..."

"You have the final say on the affairs of Jingzhao Prefecture?" Chu Yanchen looked at the team leader with a smile.

The squad leader bowed awkwardly, "Of course, the prefect has the final say."

"Then ask the prefect to come out and explain to me!" Chu Yanchen said sternly.

His voice turned cold, and the squad leader was so frightened that his legs went limp.

Not daring to be careless, the squad leader hurriedly ran in to invite the prefect.

The prefect of Jingzhao came quickly from behind the yamen.

After finding out the situation clearly, the prefect immediately gave the squad leader and several yamen runners a fierce look.

"Are you confused? How dare you handle it privately?"

The prefect reprimanded his subordinates, and then hurriedly bowed to Prince Jing, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I was negligent. I will go to the court and ask the reason."

The Jingzhao Prefecture government held a court to question the suspect.

Prince Jing was sitting in the hall listening, and the prefect quietly wiped the sweat from his forehead.

The King of Hell is sitting here, and he is under so much pressure when he goes to court!

If the prefect of Jingzhao knew that not only Prince Jing was listening in, but even the Emperor was sitting in the carriage outside the government office... the pressure would probably be even greater.

"boom--"

The prefect slammed the gavel and said, "Bring the plaintiff and the defendant!"