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Chapter 206 Sitting on the ground and dividing the accounts
Standing beside Shen Congxi's bed, the prince said to Shen An: "This time, we have been forced to make our relationship clear. If Cao Baoli takes action again, I will not spare him. Mr. Shen, you have to make some arrangements for the safety of Shen Mansion. , don’t give them an opportunity.”

"Prince, what kind of world is this?" Mrs. Shen cried again: "Are good people no longer alive?" Shen An quickly pulled her out: "Young woman, what nonsense are you talking about? Don't cause trouble for the prince!"

The prince could only endure it now and pretended not to hear Mrs. Shen's question. He turned around and asked Haitang: "Why did you think of leaving the palace and going to the Sun Mansion today?"

Haitang smiled and said: "Finally, there is a good thing: Gu Mansheng is pregnant. I have prescribed abortion for her before, so today I said to go and see her, take her pulse and see if she needs abortion."

"That is indeed a good thing! Mrs. Sun has been waiting for a long time to hold her grandson, and this time she finally got her wish." Xie Ruitan smiled and asked softly: "When will we have such a good thing?"

Haitang blushed and said angrily: "Master Shen is still here, talking about these improper things!"

Shen Congxi's anesthetic gradually wore off, and he was sweating from the secret pain. He forced out a smile: "Han Bai and the prince are about to get married. Seeing how happy each of you is, I am so jealous that I want to get a wife. "

"That's right, this is the serious thing you should do!" Mrs. Shen walked in again and clapped her hands and smiled: "Tell mother, have you fallen in love with any girl? It doesn't matter if you haven't, I'll go right away. Arranged for you, when you recover from your injury, then..."

Shen Congxi's head got bigger: Mother, I just said it casually.
"Let Ling Yun and Ling Xue take you to the Sun Mansion. I will wait for you here. When you come back, we will go back to the palace together." The prince smiled, took Haitang's hand and sent her out.

Haitang nodded and added: "In these three months, let Ji'er stay in the Prince's Mansion to take care of Mr. Shen. With her here, I feel more at ease." Xie Ruitang held her hand and kept holding her hand. She sent the carriage.

Sun Yanxi is going to have a child.

In this cold battle between open and covert affairs, there is finally some warmth that makes people happy. It is this kind of warmth that makes people unwilling to give up the pursuit of sunshine.

Shen Congxi's leg was crippled by the beating, and Cao Baoli didn't pursue it further as to whether it was cured or not. His purpose was just to shock the mountain.In his opinion, Shen Congxi is just a small character, and the prince is the one he has to consider, whether he wants to kill them all.

Now, the little Taoist nun has been successfully canonized as a Taoist concubine, and all the civil and military officials in the court no longer dare to have any objections to Cao Baoli.It's just that the prince still looks neither humble nor arrogant, which is annoying to look at.

"Lord Cao, the golden elixir that the emperor takes has been delivered." The servant Wu Lien-teh said while holding a red sandalwood box.Cao Baoli took it and carried the box into the inner hall.

"Cao Baoli, I feel like I am much younger, and I have endless energy every day. It seems that this golden elixir is really good." The emperor took Dao Fei's hand and asked with a smile: "Dao Fei, I said Is that right?"

The Taoist concubine wrapped the emperor's hand in hers and said shyly: "The emperor is wise and powerful, how can you say anything wrong?" Taoist concubine Qi was hired by the empress to give birth to the emperor's child, so she naturally had the handle in the empress' hands.Her third-generation biological brother is currently living in the residence of Lord Wu, the general ambassador, who is Empress Wu's natal family.

The Secretary of General Affairs is now a deaf man with poor furnishings, just like the empress in the palace.The queen asked Taoist Aunt Qi's younger brother Qi Lefeng to be sent over. Lord Wu couldn't help but shake his head.

Now that the ministers are in power, how can a mere child fight against them?But then I thought about it, if there was a child, the queen would have one more way out, and as a father, he could only help so much.

"The emperor thinks it's good. That's because the emperor is sincere in cultivating Taoism, and it's also the blessing of these elixirs. One day, the emperor will ascend to immortality, but remember to take Wei Chen with him. Wei Chen still wants to follow and serve the emperor." Cao Baoli smiled and retreated. As he walked out, the emperor's laughter came from behind.

The Taoist concubine was obedient and obedient in the Wuying Hall and took good care of the emperor. Cao Baoli was quite satisfied with her and gradually relaxed his supervision of her.With the Taoist concubine accompanying him, the emperor did not even leave the gate of Wuying Hall, which made it easier for the courtiers to control the emperor.

Cao Baoli wandered out of the palace and rode back to his mansion outside the palace.Over the years, he also acquired a lot of property, bought property outside the palace, and even married wives and took concubines in a serious manner.Except for being unable to have children and growing a beard, everything else is just like ordinary people.

"My lord has returned home," the concierge called hurriedly inside.The boy came out and put down the horse stool, helped the master out of the car, and Cao Baoli entered the hanging flower gate with his hands behind his back.The palace in Cao Mansion is not far away, but Cao Baoli loved riding in a carriage, as if it was a ritual to go home.

"The master is back. Qingdao sent a basket of sea fish today, made one, and frozen the rest in the ice cellar." The lady came up to meet her with a smile and asked, "Would the master have some white wine today?" "Well, Bring two more pairs of chopsticks, we have guests tonight." Before Cao Baoli could finish his words, the guests had already entered the door.

"Master Cao, this is a treasure land. It is on the edge of the imperial city, but it is so hidden. You are really as open-minded as you, Master Cao!" The visitors were Liu Shenghe, the Yin of the Southern Zhili Prefecture, and Lin Fujin, the governor of Guangdong and Fujian. .

"Master Liu and Master Lin, you are welcome, please come inside!"

The two adults waved to the back, and several large wooden boxes were carried in. Cao Baoli understood and nodded to the housekeeper, Cao Sheng, who then led the people to the backyard.After the three of them took their seats, Mr. Liu and Mr. Lin began to complain.

Mr. Liu spoke first: "Mr. Cao, what do you think this is? King Cheng has extended his hand to our south. If this continues, we will not be able to send our filial piety."

"It's even worse where I am. King Cheng has turned Fujian upside down and promoted a bunch of lonely ministers. They are all unsophisticated students and it's hard to control them!" Mr. Lin was so worried that his features were wrinkled together.

Cao Baoli sneered and said: "Behind King Cheng is the prince. If he dares to block our financial path again, I will not sit idly by. You go back and write down those disobedient people in a small book. The prince will clean up the team. Don’t we know how?”

The two adults quickly raised their wine glasses and toasted to Cao Baoli. Master Lin added: "Your Majesty, we can rest assured. After all, you have the final say in the palace now, but if the prince becomes a Dabao in the future, what will happen to us?" It will be difficult to settle accounts after the fall."

"What are you talking about! Your Majesty is still in his prime, and the Prince has to wait for that day." Cao Baoli clinked glasses with them respectively and said with a smile: "This is the white wine sent as tribute from the Western Regions, Your Majesty. If you don’t like to drink, give it to me, and the whole capital can be drunk with me. Try it!”

Liu and Lin took a bite and were full of praise.Master Lin asked again: "Now that the limelight is on the rise, if someone is willing to spend money to buy an official position, can we still accept it?"

"This matter, you go to King Kang. King Kang is still on the right track. If you go to him, he will make arrangements for you." Cao Baoli said with a smile: "It's not that we can't handle it ourselves. King Kang is with us now, so naturally we have to do it." Give him some good things to try. Can a cat that tastes fishy food turn back to a vegetarian diet?"

The two adults nodded in agreement, and after having had enough wine and food, they stood up to leave.

Cao Sheng stepped forward and whispered: "Master, there are four boxes with a total of 4 taels of gold. I have already put them in the basement."

"It's really missing!" Cao Baoli spit out the chewed tea leaves into the cup and put it down, and said to himself: "Now that King Kang is on the road, it's time to change King Kang's title."

In Prince Kang's Mansion, Prince Kang was looking at the list in his hand and said with a smile: "A small county magistrate can be sold for 30 taels of silver? Then wouldn't I be able to make a fortune casually?"

He handed the list back to Mr. Lin and said, "I won't read it anymore. The one with the highest price will get it. You go and arrange it. Then I will go back and bring half of the money to Mr. Cao's house, saying that it is the recommendation fee he deserves." ."

Master Lin was about to exit when King Kang smiled from behind and said, "See if there are anyone waiting outside to submit their names? Let's call them in together!" Master Lin agreed with a smile.After a while, Mr. Liu also walked in with a stack of lists.

After they all left, King Kang smiled and said to Zhou Siyuan: "I didn't know that money can come so easily. I used to always envy the third brother for his business skills, but no matter how much money he made, his Lianyunge could only be used for a month." But it’s only 3 to [-] taels of silver, how can it come so fast?”

Zhou Siyuan also laughed and said: "The county magistrates are not as good as the current ones. There are some sesame officials who do not have a big official position but have a say in matters. They can't get them even if they have a lot of people and money."

"Oh? Rewarding me with a sesame official is not just a matter of words? If anyone comes to ask for it in the future, just accept it. It's just a chair, who can't sit on it?" King Kang said disdainfully.King Kang opened his mouth and Zhou Siyuan actually found a few people to buy Zhima Guan. He also saw it and gave more or less some money to Cao Baoli.

Cao Baoli strengthened his determination to help King Kang.

(End of this chapter)