"What's wrong, who messed with you? If you tell me, we will never spare him." Lao Zhu couldn't help but glared when he saw Queen Ma's expression was wrong.
Queen Ma said with a straight face and no expression: "Who messed with me? You messed with me!" Queen Ma's chest heaved up and down in anger, and she snorted heavily.
"We? When did we offend you?" Lao Zhu was puzzled, "We are busy all day long, and we don't even have time to eat. We just came back, why did we offend you?"
Queen Ma said angrily: "Let me ask you, did you give Han Du his official position?"
"This, this is a matter of foreign affairs, why, how come you..." Lao Zhu suddenly felt dissatisfied.
Empress Ma sneered and asked, "Are you trying to say again that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics?"
Lao Zhu frowned and said nothing, but glanced at Queen Ma.
Empress Ma was unreasonable and said pointedly: "In the past, when I needed my concubine, I just said, 'This is a family matter, and let me give you some ideas and help.' Now that I don't need my concubine, I just say, 'This is a family matter.'" This is a court matter, and the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics? Zhu Chongba, I dare you to take over all the principles in this world, right?"
Lao Zhu was scolded all over the face, but instead of getting angry, he tried to persuade Queen Ma with a smile. Stepping forward and grabbing Queen Ma's hand, Lao Zhu whispered softly: "Sister, we have our own opinions on this matter, so just leave it alone, okay?"
Queen Ma suddenly pulled her hand back from Lao Zhu's and said angrily: "I don't want to care about it, but after Anqing found out that you gave Han Du the official position, he thought you wanted to regret the marriage. He ran to the house crying. I came here to make a scene and said that I would rather not be called a princess but marry Han Du. Do you think I can ignore it? I can tell you that I only have a daughter. If anyone makes her life difficult, Then I won’t make it easy for him even if I try my best.”
"Well, how does Anqing know this?" Lao Zhu was at a loss and said with a sigh: "When did I want to regret my marriage? It's just nonsense."
When Queen Ma heard this, she looked at Lao Zhu in surprise and asked, "Then why did you give up Han Du's official position for no reason? If you had no idea in your heart, would you do this?"
Lao Zhu saw Queen Ma looking confused, and the misunderstanding became more and more serious.
The deeper he got, the more he could only sigh and explain, "If I want to regret my marriage, wouldn't it be better to seize Han Du's title? The reason why I took Han Du's official position is because he was good at making decisions and will The revolver was sold to locals."
"This fire blunderbuss is a sacred weapon of the Ming Dynasty. Han Du sold a hundred of them to the locals after receiving it privately. If this is not a small punishment, then where is the court's law and the majesty of the Ming Dynasty?"
Queen Ma had also heard of the reputation of the revolver. This is the best firecracker in the Ming Dynasty. This is an ordnance. What is the crime of reselling ordnance? How many heads does Handu have? How dare he sell this?
Thinking of this, Queen Ma's expression changed, and she couldn't help asking quickly: "He sold all the muskets and enriched himself?"
"If that doesn't happen, he won't make any money from the sale." Lao Zhu shook his head.
When Queen Ma heard that Han Du had not enriched his own pocket, the stone in her heart suddenly fell. As long as there is no personal enrichment, the problem is not too serious. If the emperor is willing to be lenient, his head can still be saved.
"If he didn't sell it for money, then what did he sell it for?" Queen Ma asked curiously. Han Du took such a big risk to sell the gun, but he hasn't made any money yet, so why bother?
Lao Zhu sighed and said, "Three million stones of grain were sold."
Empress Ma was stunned when she heard this, then she suddenly realized and said subconsciously: "Did Han Du exchange the gun for the love soup and the food he brought back?"
Lao Zhu was stunned when he heard this, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "If the girl said that, it's not wrong."
"Then what's wrong with Han Du?" Empress Ma couldn't help but raise her voice and said righteously: "I think Han Du's move is not only innocent, but also meritorious. If it were not for these three million stones of grain, Henan would be so What do the common people eat, and what do we eat? In my opinion, Han Du's deal is worth it."
Lao Zhu angrily raised his finger and pointed at Queen Ma, trembling, "Just protect him. Is this a matter of business? Selling ordnance, and it is the best ordnance of the Ming Dynasty. What is the nature of this? If you don't punish him with a small punishment or a big warning, After that, there were so many soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, but they still couldn’t follow suit and reselling weapons and equipment became a common practice, so what’s the point?”
"There is no need to discuss this matter. Go and talk to her in Anqing. Just say that we have never thought about regretting our marriage. We will not
What about Han Du? We have to give the officials an explanation, right? After this storm is over, wouldn't it be great if I reinstated Official Han Du? "
Lao Zhu was still the King of Wu and was often out fighting, while Queen Ma was the one mobilizing supplies and weapons in the rear. She naturally knew that reselling arms, no matter what the reason, was ultimately a very bad act. If the emperor doesn't punish him, it will be hard to explain to the officials.
"Okay, I'll go and talk to her in Anqing." Empress Ma finally gave in, but she looked a little angry and complained to Lao Zhu: "Can't the emperor tell her in advance about this kind of thing in the future? To avoid causing this kind of thing misunderstanding."
"Okay, okay, hurry up and pass the food around, we're all starving to death." Lao Zhu made a haha and revealed it.
Queen Ma knew clearly that the emperor was avoiding her words, but she couldn't ask further questions, so she had to wave and let people serve the food.
In the evening, the Han family sat around the table to eat.
Since Han Du went to sea, it has been a long time since the Han family sat together and ate together as they do now.
After the meal, Han Du took out a few boxes with a smile on his face.
"Mom, my son didn't bring anything with him when he went to sea this time. You can accept this." After saying that, he put a box in front of Mrs. Liu.
"Jingyun, this is yours." Han Du gave another one to the girl and handed the last one to his brother, "Han Shu, you have it too."
Mrs. Liu glanced at the box and asked curiously: "What is this?"
With that said, he opened the box casually. A total of twenty round and lustrous pearls came into view, and Mrs. Liu was so surprised that she couldn't open her mouth from ear to ear.
Han Jingyun and Han Shu also opened the box. They also had pearls, but they only had ten.
Mrs. Liu was surprised and delighted. The more she looked at it, the more she liked it. She couldn't help asking: "What kind of pearl is this? It's so good."
Han De took a look and said, "This should be a South Sea pearl."
After saying that, he glanced at Han Du and asked, "Where did you get these pearls?" Han De saw that these pearls were very similar to those Han Du sent to the palace, and they were in better quality. I couldn't help but worry that Han Du was stealing things and intercepting things that were supposed to be sent to the palace.
If someone were to expose this, it would be a serious crime of deceiving the emperor.
