Ten Miles of Red Makeup: The Legend of Ming Yu

Chapter 522
Regarding the 20 taels, the explanation given by the left and right servants of the household department was that Wu Shangshu was afraid that the emperor would think that the household department had too little money, so he added 20 taels to make it look better on the surface.

Wu Shangshu was killed, and they were their immediate bosses, so it was just right to blame Wu Shangshu for any mistakes.

It's just such an explanation, will the emperor believe it?Will the officials believe it?
What the Minister of the Household Department calls the most is poverty, no money, empty treasury, and need to save money...

In the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, the one who said the most disappointing words was the Minister of the Household Department. He would take into account the emperor's good looks, and he would add 20 taels more to the account books reported?This is absolutely impossible!
The possibility of the sun coming out from the west is higher than this!

Now that Wu Shangshu is dead, the account books have been burned, and the bad accounts of the household department do not know how to check. Now that there is a problem with the account books, and it is only the tip of the iceberg, the emperor decreed that the two servants should be imprisoned, interrogated strictly, and no one is allowed to visit.

This time, the emperor is serious.

Several 10 taels of tax money disappeared, and 20 taels of account books were missing from the household department. The household department called him poor every day. He wanted to build a palace, but he had no money. He wanted to travel, but he had no money.

The Minister of the Household Department smashed the emperor's dreams of many emperors with the word "no money". The power of being an emperor is all over the world, and the treasury has no money, so it is also difficult to move an inch.

Fortunately, the money flew away from the household department in the hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands, and I don't know whose pocket it flew into. Let people live a happy life. He is still a poor emperor.

The more he thought about it, the more angry the emperor became, and he said harshly, "If the left and right servants don't recruit anything, the house will be ransacked tomorrow!"

Having been a servant of the household department for so many years, I think I have made a lot of money, even if I ransacked my house, I could make a fortune and add it to the national treasury...

Well, it was this sentence that finally made the emperor even more angry.

Dingbeihou suddenly remembered, and said, "Your Majesty, I miscalculated the account of the household department. A few days ago, I copied Wu Shangshu's mansion, and all the money I got went into the treasury."

After the money confiscated by Wu Shangshu's mansion filled part of the bad debts of the treasury, there was still a gap of 20 taels.

Anyway, Marquis Dingbei couldn't estimate how much the Ministry of Households had been greedy for ink over the years, and the number was astonishing.

The emperor asked Prince Jing to interrogate the left and right servants, but they just kept pushing the fault to Wu Shangshu, and there was no proof anyway.

With his stubborn attitude, Prince Jing laughed angrily, "Wu Shangshu gave birth to a few hands and a few heads, he made decisions on major and minor matters in the household department, and covered the sky with one hand, what use does the imperial court want you two servants?!"

The two were stubborn, and in the end Prince Jing led people to raid the residence of the left and right servants.

The combined family property of the two is not much less than that of Wu Shangshu, and the money alone fills the vacancy in the household department, let alone those land property and family houses.

For a while, the capital was in turmoil, and no one knew how many people would be involved behind the Hubu case. They were trembling, and their hearts were in their throats.

At this time of unrest, Mingyu's shop opened.

Beauty Square.

The name isn't too fancy, but it's clear from a glance that it's a woman's business. It sells various beauty creams and nine kinds of medicines for the body, all of which are related to pearls.

On the opening day, Concubine Ming didn't go, she entrusted Wei Mingcheng to take care of her. Xi'er took Hai Tang and Qing Xing to watch the fun, leaving only Snow Goose to wait on Concubine Ming.

The weather is sunny and the breeze is gentle.

This is a good day, not only the day when the beauty shop opened, but also the day when the imperial court announced the list.

Mrs. Su acted as the chief examiner and participated in marking the papers. Even the topic was discussed and drafted by him and Taifu Liu, and the emperor finally nodded.

With Mrs. Su around, Ming concubine felt that there should be no fraud in the imperial examination.

In the house, she was distracted by looking at the book. She picked the book from the study room. There were annotations on the book and it was written by Chu Mochen. She hadn't seen him for half a month, and she missed him more and more.

Outside the door, there was a burst of cheerful footsteps, Xue Yan said with a smile, "Concubine Shizi, Xi'er and the others are back."

Shouted, Ming concubine didn't respond, Xueyan took a look, covered her mouth and smiled, Shi Zifei was distracted again.

However, Haitang and the others laughed too loudly, pulling Mingyu back from her dazed walk, she laughed and said, "How about the shop opening?"

Haitang and Qingxing came back, but Xi'er did not.

Ming concubine only thought she was a few steps behind, and didn't ask any further questions.

Qing Xing smiled from ear to ear, "I've heard about Shizifei's pearl ointment all over the capital, and I want to try both the ones I've used and the ones I haven't used. I almost burst the Beauty Square."

There is no shop as lively as the opening of Beauty Square, but Shi Zifei is smart, and she sent some pearl ointment out, which made her famous.

The only pity is that the concubine Shi Zi couldn't go to see the opening in person because of the crowds and excitement. Their dictation couldn't describe the eventuality at all.

But Xueyan was puzzled and said, "Isn't the concubine Shizi planning to sell medicine?"

Indeed, that shopkeeper, Ming concubine, was planning to open a medicine shop, but the plan couldn't keep up with the changes, and the prince asked him to help dispose of those ugly pearls.

Pearl ointment is for beauty, and it is sold together with medicinal materials, which is somewhat nondescript, so Ming concubine might as well just stick to the prince first, and just sell the medicine later, and it won't hinder anything.

After being happy for a while, Haitang talked about another disappointing thing, "The eldest wife and the third wife have returned home."

Xueyan was surprised, "It's been half a month so soon?"

Mingyu also felt that the time passed too quickly, Haitang said, "The Taoist priest will talk to the concubine Shizi for a few more days."

For Taoist priests, Ming concubine didn't think anything was wrong, and he had helped her many times. Of course, everyone was mutual benefit, Ming concubine laughed, "They won't stay in Ciyun nunnery forever, they will always come back."

She wasn't afraid of them, she just hated being picked on.

Qing Xing recalled the eyes of the eldest lady who glanced at them when they entered the inner courtyard, and said worriedly, "The eldest wife seems very unhappy, and the eyes of the servants are not kind."

Their little maids are not enough for the big wives, and the big wives only target Ming concubines.

Xueyan covered her mouth and smiled, and said disapprovingly, "After eating vegetarian food for half a month in Ciyun Nunnery, how can I be in a good mood, it's strange to have a good face towards us."

Thinking this way, Qing Xing also smiled.

Ming concubine ate a piece of cake and said, "Where is Xi'er, haven't you returned home?"

Haitang shook her head, "Sister Xi'er didn't come back together, something happened on the way back, she got off the carriage."

"What happened?" Xue Yan asked quickly.

Qing Xing said, "The carriage hit a drunken scholar, it seems he was injured, Sister Xi'er took him to see a doctor."

A drunken scholar?
"Today is the day when the rankings will be announced. If you are drunk, you must have failed the rankings," Xueyan said regretfully.

But when he is drunk, he can't even dodge the carriage. Isn't this a joke with his life?
No one cared about a little scholar, Ming concubine continued to eat cakes, and she got up after one piece of cake was finished.

It's been half a month since I went to Changhui Courtyard to pay my respects, and now that the eldest wife and the third wife are back, she can no longer hide.

After cleaning her hands, she looked at her bun in front of the bronze mirror, and Ming concubine took Xueyan to Changhui Courtyard.

(End of this chapter)