By reading my mind, I defeated the crazy regent

Chapter 157 Testing Your Heart

"Was I born into this family to suffer? I've been putting up with humiliation for so many years, but for whom? Isn't it because of my father who I owe a debt of gratitude to?"

"But why should he, as the father, owe others a favor and ask me, as the son, to pay the debt for him?"

"He owes Tang Qiansui's mother. If he wants to marry her, he can marry Tang Qiansui. If he doesn't let me play with antiques, then I won't marry Tang Qiansui!"

Song Yulin roared angrily.

"You bastard! What the hell are you talking about?"

Madam Song scolded angrily.

Even Mrs. Song was a little unhappy.

"You deserve it. Your grandmother was right to scold you. How can you talk like that? How old is your father?"

Besides, if your father married Tang Qiansui, how could your mother still have any status? What nonsense are you talking about, you silly boy?

Song Yulin held the Panlong Jade and shouted excitedly, "I don't care. You can tell my father if you want, but you can't stop me from finding friends to come and admire the treasure together."

"Otherwise I'd rather smash it!"

Song Yulin held the treasure high.

He didn't have a good personality to begin with. He had all the bad qualities of a spoiled and pampered man.

Song Yulin was selfish, willful, and domineering, but he was just good at hiding these things.

"No, no!"

The room was suddenly filled with screams and cries of surprise. Everyone turned pale with fear and almost suffocated as they looked at the treasure in his hands.

That is a treasure worth one hundred and twenty thousand taels of silver. If it were broken, my heart would be broken.

Madam Song said angrily, "You little bastard, why don't you put the things down quickly? What are you doing? If you really smash the things, your father will break your legs if he finds out."

Song Yulin shuddered, his hand became unstable, and he almost dropped the thing on the ground.

Old Madam Song was so frightened that her eyes turned black and she fainted on the spot.

"Mother! Mother!"

Madam Song was so frightened that she rushed over to support Old Madam Song. She turned her head and angrily said to Song Yulin, "You bastard, why don't you come over here and carry your grandmother back."

Song Yulin didn't dare to make a fuss anymore. He quickly put down his treasure and carried his grandmother on his back.

If his grandmother got angry, his father would beat him to death.

The Song family was in chaos. Wangcai looked around at the commotion and quietly went out. He didn't come back for a long time.

Tang Qiansui was looking at a big-bellied vase. She couldn't tell what was different, but the wet nurse and the others gathered around her and marveled at it.

What's so good about a vase with a belly as big as its own? It looks clumsy.

The second-rate guy was very proud: "My young master, this thing is extraordinary. It is the treasure of the second generation emperor of the previous dynasty."

"This thing is over 800 years old. I guarantee it's made exactly like the real thing. Even if the emperor came to see it himself, he wouldn't be able to tell the real thing from the fake."

If you say so, that's really awesome.

Tang Qiansui's eyes lit up: "Is this big belly famous?"

Erliuzi said, "Young master, please remove the word 'ma' and be more confident. This thing is not only famous, but also profitable. Anyone who knows about it in this world will want to get it."

Tang Qiansui exclaimed, "Why? How can this thing be so attractive?"

The second-rate guy began to tell the story.

"This vase is called 'Testing the Emperor's Heart,' and it's the origin of a lie between the emperor and his trusted minister."

"The minister gathered all his wealth into this bottle and, using extremely sophisticated paper-burning techniques, drew a map inside the bottle. That map is a treasure map."

"As long as the king smashes this vase, he will know where the wealth that rivals that of an entire nation is."

"Then why did the vase Mingjiao test the emperor's heart? Just like the minister's test of the emperor."

"He said to the emperor, 'I am willing to give all my wealth to the emperor, and I only ask the emperor to trust me and not to rebel. If the emperor trusts me, I will smash the vase and get the wealth.'"

"But the Emperor said, 'You are wrong. If I trusted you, I would not have smashed the vase. I believed that you had truly mapped the treasure's location, that you were truly willing to give me this immense wealth, and that you had no intention of treason.'"

"This is a long-standing story, because the emperor cherished the vase throughout his life and treated the minister with kindness and trust."

"This vase exists in legend, but it also really existed. It was a burial object for the emperor."

"There's a rumor that before the emperor died, he was afraid someone would break the vase and steal his ministers' wealth, so he smashed the vase himself and put it in a box to be buried with him."

"But many people don't believe this. The emperor is only human, considering his wealth rivals that of a nation. How could he possibly let it become ownerless?"

The second-rate guy talked about these things eloquently and knew them like the back of his hand.

Tang Qiansui listened with great interest: "Why do I feel like this emperor and his minister are having an affair?"

"This seems to be part of their relationship. What's this about testing? It's just a little love and fun between lovers."

"what?"

The second-rate guy was speaking eloquently when he was suddenly shocked by Tang Qiansui's words with a strange train of thought.

What, what the hell?

The king and his minister have an affair?

"Young Master, what are you saying again?"

They were the king and his subjects, how could that be possible?

Tang Qiansui was so excited that she almost mumbled something. She laughed and said, "Yeah, I was just talking nonsense. Go on."

The second-rate guy waved his hand and said, "That's all. Anyway, there's a treasure map in this vase."

"And the most amazing thing about me is that I also drew a treasure map."

Tang Qiansui's eyes immediately changed when she looked at the second-rate guy. "What do you mean? Have you ever seen a treasure map in a real vase?"

Ahhh, what kind of god is her second-rate son? Has he seen the treasure map from eight hundred years ago?

Wait, in ancient times, slaves were the property of their masters, right?

Then the slave’s belongings also belong to the master, right?

If that second-rate guy knows what the treasure map looks like, doesn't that mean he knows where the treasure map is?

In other words, could she then go treasure hunting and become rich overnight?

Tang Qiansui's heart was trembling with excitement as she grabbed the second-rate guy and was about to leave.

The second-rate guy was confused: "What are you doing? Where are you going, young master?"

Tang Qiansui calmed down and coughed lightly: "Well, where is your treasure?"

The second-rate guy reacted and laughed: "Young master, you don't think I know the real treasure map, do you?"

Seeing Tang Qiansui tilting her head to look at him, Erliuzi almost laughed to death.

He pointed at his own appearance and said, "My young master, look at my virtue, my clothes, and my temperament."

"If I knew where the treasure was hidden, I would have gone to rob the tomb long ago. This is my profession. I can wait until now. I have become a nouveau riche."

"Besides, that treasure is from eight hundred years ago. My ancestor didn't even know who it was at that time."

Tang Qiansui also laughed at herself foolishly: "Then you said you drew a treasure map inside."