Biography of Concubine Shujia

Chapter 74

"Could it be the Lu family's semicolon?!" Ten Niang was startled, knocking over the teacup in her left hand.

The emperor hurriedly reached out his hand to wipe off the water stains on her skirt, "Be careful, you are such a big person, and you are still so careless."

"You tell my concubine first, did you guess right?" Ten Niang asked hurriedly.

If this is the case, the big salt merchants in Nanluo are basically the emperor's people.So this time going to Nangong, the reform of the salt administration is imperative.

His early layout, deep scheming, and poisonous strategy can be seen.

Before going on tour, he had asked himself about the salt administration, and now that he thought about it, it was premeditated.

It should be since then that he has been evaluating himself.The first is the views on the salt government, and then the courage and belief.on the way
He let the hidden guards hold him hostage in order to test his response to sudden events and his scheming methods.

I passed one by one, so I have a little bit of trust from him these days.In order to slowly get in touch with the power in his hands, push
Find out what he's going to do next.Only then did Shi Niang slowly feel that being with the king is like being with a tiger.

In the past, the emperor would treat her like a child and treat her like a mother, but now he treats her as someone he can trust and talk to.

Ten Niang figured out this joint, and shook his hand, "Are you right?"

But the emperor played tricks and said with a smile, "Go to the banquet with the master at night, the girl will know."

"Can I go?" Shi Niang smiled, "Is it appropriate for you to talk about things and bring me a female relative?"

"Where can little madam go if you don't follow me?" The emperor stood up, "Come on, let's go to Dengyunlou for dinner."

"Master?" Shi Niang laughed, "I just said that I can't go to the Cloud Tower, it's too eye-catching. Now that I want to go again, Xin Kui has to make another trip."

"You don't need him, the Lord and Madam are not conspicuous, but they are the conspicuous ones." The emperor explained, "Yichou has already booked a box at Dengyun Tower, let's go and taste the local delicacies."

"Yichou is quick to move. He has figured out the local specialties and interesting places. The shops we visited at noon were very interesting. Especially the glazed pendant brought over from the sea, how beautiful it is .If it’s not easy to bring more, I really want to buy more and bring them home for my sisters to wear.”

"You've already bought quite a few. The eldest lady and several side wives have them all. You bring all the people in the family, can you bring them all?" The emperor thought of the many women in the palace and squeezed them. I was holding back my purse again, and persuaded, "It's done when you want it. Your sister Chen will also help bring some special products."

"By the way, we've been out for so long, sister Chen alone, can you hide it from the rest of the sisters?"

"It's okay, your elder sister Chen is more prudent and appropriate than you. I can rest assured that she handles things. This time, everyone who came out with her is safe and well-behaved. There won't be any big troubles. And there are people in Anbu who are good at disguise, pretending to be If you look like me, you will rush along the way without stopping, and you will not get out of trouble."

"That's good, then let's go to Dengyun Tower. Yimao, come down, don't sleep." Shi Niang shouted to Liangshang.

As soon as Shi Niang finished speaking, Bingchen dragged Yimao down from the beam, nodded to the emperor, who waved his hand, and the two of them retreated first.

Seeing the paralyzed Bingchen dragging the sleepy Yimao out, Shi Niang said speechlessly, "Master, he's been on the beam for so long, won't his legs be numb?"

"Anbu is a member of the royal family. If the members of the royal family can't bear this bit of hardship, they can kill themselves as soon as possible."

"You, you are really cruel." Shi Niang said, "This is for you." Shi Niang handed a porcelain bottle to the emperor, "Xin Yin gave it to me, it can relieve muscle fatigue. You reward them, okay Only when you are in good condition can you do things quickly. No wonder that lazy bastard Yimao sleeps when he finds time, he is not in good condition, so he can only rely on sleep to repair muscle fatigue."

"Madam is careful and kind. Let's go, if you don't go, the food in Dengyun Tower will be gone." The emperor urged.

"Go, let's go eat!"

In Xushi, Taoran Villa.

"My ministers see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live." The middle-aged man in a navy blue robe bowed to the emperor above him, and then saluted the woman sitting beside the emperor, "Greetings to Empress Shunhua By the way, how is your majesty all along?"

When he bowed, the woman sitting next to the emperor was startled, and she clearly said that he couldn't easily let him make a move.How could he be here?Facing the kneeling prostration of the opposite person, she can neither sit nor stand.

"Third Uncle, please get up quickly, thank you for your concern, Ten Niang has always been well. But Third Uncle seems to have lost a lot of weight, you have to take care of yourself, the empire still needs you. Come, give me a seat."

"Thank you for your concern. I will pay attention to it." The man stood up and bowed to thank him again.

This person is none other than Du Xianyu, the current Nangong Salt Transport Envoy and a member of the third rank of the imperial court.He is also the person with the highest official position in the Du family, and the third uncle of Empress Shunhua.

"They are all from our own family. You don't need to be polite to Du Qing's family. With the public, the Qing family has stayed in Nanluo for almost ten years, and there is no one in the salt administration. With private, the third uncle of Shi Shunhua of the Qing family, I myself Be respectful. Today we don’t distinguish between monarchs and ministers, we are just family members.”

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, Du Xianyu fell to his knees with a plop.

"I am grateful for the wrong love from the emperor. Shunhua is not the noble concubine Zhang of the previous dynasty, nor is the minister Zhang Guojiu who does not know the importance and respect. The emperor is the emperor, and the minister is the minister. Why should the family say it?" Du Xianyu said loudly. , "Shunhua is only the fourth rank, and the emperor treats his ministers as family members, so dare to ask the emperor, where do you put the empress?"

"Third Uncle is a person who knows the rules very well, but he is not very good at talking. Don't be angry, Your Majesty. My concubine will compensate you for him." Seeing the emperor's pale face, Shi Niang hurriedly asked for mercy.

"Get up at Du Qing's house, you are not a person who can't speak. You are complaining about me, I know. Girl, don't worry, the master is not the kind of person who doesn't know the depth. He won't question ministers who have made meritorious deeds."

The emperor eased his expression, and said to Shi Niang, "Where is Du Ziyun now?"

Shi Niang said right away, "Brother Yun is currently working in Daying, Gyeonggi. Every ten days, he takes a day off to take a bath and stays at home. Grandma will tell him to be safe when she looks at him."

"What? Didn't you send him to the Northwest Camp?" Du Xianyu got up and asked, "The only heir of the third family of the Du family was sent to the army because of a word from the emperor and the empress."

"The emperor asked me to send my son back to Beijing, and I obeyed obediently. As a result, I disappeared halfway, and finally found him. I was sent to the northwest again. Do you want my son's life, Your Majesty?"

"Third Uncle, it was my idea to send Brother Yun to the northwest, and it has nothing to do with the Emperor." Ten Niang said anxiously, that was the Emperor, not what they should question.

"The situation in Nanluo was chaotic at that time, and Yujing was not safe. It was not safe for Brother Yun to stay in Beijing. Considering that he was the only male in Sanfang, I made this decision. It was to keep him safe. It was me, it was I sent a letter to my family to send brother Yun away. If you want to blame, just blame me."

"Afterwards the capital was safe, so I transferred Brother Yun back. It was the emperor's order to transfer Brother Yun back. He told me that you are the only son, and nothing will happen to you. You have wronged him."

"In this way, the minister has wrongly blamed the two of you?" Du Xianyu's voice was provocative.

"I know that it has been difficult for Aiqing in the past few years. I have worked hard for Nanluo, and I assure you that Nanluo will definitely reform. I will fulfill the promise that Aiqing made with me back then."

"The minister believed the emperor once. This time, the emperor has made such a big battle, how is he going to reform the salt administration?"

"That's why I asked you to come to Du Qing's house today." The emperor clapped his hands, "Come out, shopkeepers."

"See Master." The three bowed down in front of the emperor one by one.

"Get up, everyone has seen it, this time tell Master Du your true identity."

"Liu's branch, Ding Kui, met Du Yunshi."

"The branch of the Nalan family, Ding Wei, has met Master Du."

"We meet again so soon, do you still remember me?" the last person asked with a smile.

"How can you not remember the shopkeeper of the Chen family's branch! You are the master who drags the salt tax money every time and doesn't want to pay it."

"The money earned by the Chen family branch belongs to the master. There is no reason why one part should be handed over to the master." My bonus. I gave it to you and turned it over to the court, isn’t it still better than the master alone? What about my benefits?”

"Ding Si is good at settling accounts. Since he is so good at settling accounts, I have to check the accounts in your shop to see if you have tampered with them and used the money as private money."

"Come on, just such a little money is worth my hands?" Ding Si sneered, "The big heads are in the Liu family branch and the Nalan family branch, you give him two to manage, let me watch them eat meat, I It’s because I can’t even get some broth, I can’t drink it.”

"You don't come here, the money earned by your Chen family branch is no less than that of the Liu family and Nalan's branch every year, it's just that you are greedy. Don't let me do this, give the account book to Shunhua, it's a fool."

"Here, here, here, these are all ledgers, right, right, I ate all the less money." Someone came and smashed the ledger on the books,
"Is there anything wrong with me? If not, I'll go back to the theater."

"Listening to the play, I heard that you are about to be made into a play." The emperor sneered, "You can live in peace, I don't have time to mess around with you today."

"Long live God's arrangement, I admire you. Even the most troublesome shopkeeper of the Chen family is yours. It seems that the day when I leave Nanluo is not far away."

"That's the ability of Du Qing's family. They can suppress the local big salt boils and some salt brands." The emperor praised, "The matter of the Wei family is time-critical. But it's embarrassing for you."

"It was her destiny. Who told her to be the daughter of the Du family?"

"Master, third uncle, you mean my ninth sister?" Shi Niang was shocked. She always thought that her third uncle loved this concubine's daughter, so he married her by his side and took care of her.Unexpectedly, it was to stabilize the situation. Her ninth sister is really pitiful.

"Girl, Master Huihui is explaining to you. You reconcile the ledger here first, and you guys follow me." The emperor thought of something, glanced at the direction on the beam, took a few people away, and went to the inner room to discuss things .

As soon as the emperor left, the people on the beam floated down from above with their arms folded, "Why, is Madam worried about your ninth sister? Don't worry, Madam Wei's life is more luxurious than Shun Hua's. Now, I will write to you."

"Thank you."

"Yo, you still want to thank me, I thought you only thought I was lazy and hated that I held you hostage."

"Shut up, slob, idiot."

"Look for yourself. Remember to call me if you have something to do. I'll go back to sleep on the beam."

"Wait, let me ask you something." Shi Niang called Yimao, "Why did my third uncle come? Didn't I tell you not to disturb him easily?"

"Ask that idiot Ding Kui. Don't you think the name of this Taoran Villa is familiar?"

"Tao Ran, Tao Yang, is my third uncle's property?" Ten Niang asked.

"No, it's your Du family's property."

(End of this chapter)