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Chapter 1335: Chapter 1134: The Gamble – Part 1 Chapter 1335: Chapter 1134: The Gamble – Part 1 “I’m not playing anymore,” Qiao Xiaomai glared at the pile of silver notes in front of Yang Ye, resentment in her eyes.

“It’s only ten thousand taels, is it really that serious?” Yang Ye raised an eyebrow.

“Then give me ten thousand taels,” Qiao Xiaomai stretched out her hand.

“Here, here, here,” Yang Ye immediately pushed all the silver notes in front of him over, subtracting Qiao Xiaomai’s ten thousand taels and his own several tens of thousands, “here you go, all yours.”

“So generous?”

“You’ve given me a lot of good food, this is just a small gesture,” Yang Ye said quite magnanimously, waving his hand.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Xiaomai clicked her tongue twice and began to count the silver notes with her hand.

Since Yang Ye was being generous, she wasn’t going to stand on ceremony.

“Right, Prince Wei, now that you’re back in the Capital City, have you taken over the Charity Hall?” Qiao Xiaomai asked while counting the silver notes.

Yang Ye “…”

He stood up, straightened out his clothes, “I have things to do, I must be going.”

Without waiting for Qiao Xiaomai to speak, he lifted his leg and left.

Qiao Xiaomai watched his departing figure and smiled with a curl of her lips.

She put the silver notes into her space, went to the kitchen to cook dinner, and just as she finished, Tong Sanlang and Yang Wenxiao came back.

They had spent the whole day out of the Palace, conducting a secret investigation in the gambling houses.

“How did it go?” At the dinner table, Qiao Xiaomai inquired.

“There are eighty-three gambling houses, big and small, in the Capital City, all doing quite good business. The bosses behind them are either officials or from Aristocratic Families. If we take all these into our hands, the monthly profits would be considerable,” Tong Sanlang said.

While drinking porridge, Yang Wenxiao added, “The Emperor will issue an order tomorrow, just wait and watch the excitement.”

Indeed, it was very exciting. Emperor Yong’an announced the decree to nationalize the gambling houses in the Imperial Court. The news was like a bucket of water poured into a frying pan, instantly causing an uproar.

Could the Yang Family not extend its reach so far?

Already having a monopoly over the catering industry with Extreme Flavor Establishment and dealing in printing, now they are reaching into the gambling houses. Do they want to grab all the businesses that others depend on for their livelihood?

Cutting off people’s livelihood is akin to killing their parents, unbearable!

Those who ran gambling houses immediately started making a racket, and even those who didn’t run gambling houses thought about their own businesses and couldn’t help but join in the uproar.

We absolutely can’t let the Yang Family set this precedent, or else, in the end, we’re all doomed.

Although the Yang Family had few members, their ambition was considerable, and their behavior was rather unsightly.

Emperor Yong’an sat in the most honored seat, watching the commotion below, then turned his head to signal Fang Hai. Fang Hai, upon receiving the order, bellowed, “Silence!”

After the noise below subsided, Fang Hai opened the booklet in his hands and began to read out a series of tragedies that occurred in the gambling houses.

Most of the gambling house tragedies were of families being destroyed, and Yang Wenxiao had collected many examples of such destruction. Fang Hai read aloud for a full half-hour.

After finishing, Emperor Yong’an said with a cold face, “With so many bloody examples in front of us, to avoid such situations in the future, I have decided to manage the gambling houses centrally.”

“Of course, this involves your interests, so I am giving you all an opportunity. In three days, I will set up a competition, and if you win against my people, then this matter will be discussed later, but if my people win, the matter will be settled just like that.”

“There will be three types of games, three rounds for each type. These three types are…”

“Since this involves your own interests, feel free to bring in experts. Court dismissed.”

Emperor Yong’an glanced at all the civil and military officials standing below, the corners of his mouth barely perceptibly curling into a smile.

This was how it should be, to definitively decide others’ fate with a single word–that was the treatment an Emperor deserved.