Chen Xiaomu knew it was a bad idea as soon as he heard it. He thought that someone had tipped off Su Xingran when he was not around in the restaurant. It would be pointless to continue pretending to be a fool. Before he could think of words, he unexpectedly walked in. The female officer leading the way suddenly stopped, turned around and said to Su Xingran with a beaming face: "Princess, the artistic conception of this poem is so beautiful, but I don't know who wrote it!"
Su Xingran laughed and scolded: "Although the poem is a good poem, it's a pity that it was written by a prostitute! And it was written just to win the heart of Miss Wei of the Prime Minister's Palace!"
The female officer couldn't help but nodded in agreement: "Princess, just because of this beautiful poem, Miss Wei's heart can't help but be moved!"
Su Xingran glanced at the female official and suddenly asked her, "Fu Rong, who do you think is the prettiest of Miss Wei and me?"
The female officer was frightened when she heard this. She couldn't imagine why Su Xingran would ask her this question so suddenly, and couldn't help but hesitate.
She hesitated, but the jealousy in Su Xingran's heart suddenly rushed up, and he said angrily to the female officer: "Fu Rong, are you thinking the same as that unfaithful man, thinking that this princess doesn't have a girl like Wei Yushang?" Good-looking?"
The female officer didn't know why Princess Qingfeng, who had always been gentle and sweet, suddenly became so angry. She was so frightened that she almost cried. She choked and said, "Princess, this is not what I meant!"
"Then what do you mean? Tell me." Su Xingran asked angrily.
When Chen Xiaomu saw this, he quickly came over to smooth things over. He pulled Su Xingran over and hugged him into his arms. Su Xingran tried her best to struggle several times but couldn't get out, so she could only roll her eyes at him angrily in his arms.
Chen Xiaomu lowered his head and kissed the black hair on Su Xingran's head, and then said with a smile: "How can my wife's stunning appearance be compared to that of Wei Yushang!"
Su Xingran turned the head that was attached to Chen Xiaomu's chin and hummed: "Stop being so glib. I'm afraid you just said the same thing to Wei Yushang in the restaurant, right?"
Chen Xiaomu quickly promised: "My wife, my conscience, apart from saying such things in front of you, I have never appreciated them like this in front of other young ladies." "
"Then how do you appreciate them?" Su Xingran stared at Chen Xiaomu and asked.
Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but secretly complain, "It turns out that this woman has been equally unreasonable in ancient and modern times." He could only smile bitterly and said: "I have never appreciated them at all. Is that okay?" "
"What do you mean by this? Are you saying it so reluctantly? Besides, you haven't appreciated them, so why did you write such a beautiful poem for them?" Su Xingran still had a reluctant attitude.
Chen Xiaomu felt that his head was getting big at this time. Think about it, it would be better to lose money and live in peace! He had no choice but to say: "They gave me money! I wrote poems for them just for the sake of the money."
"Tell me clearly, who gave you the money and how much money they gave you before you wrote the poem for them!" Su Xingran asked with a pouted mouth.
"Okay, okay, I'll just do it!" Chen Xiaomu sighed and replied: "It was Wei Yushang's friend Mr. Bai who gave him a thousand taels of silver. I was so jealous of the money that I did it for Wei Yushang. poem!"
Su Xingran smiled secretly, and then asked: "How much money did you make from the first couplet of being a widow in a lonely cold window with an empty window?"
Chen Xiaomu was really anxious now. He couldn't help cursing the informant secretly in his heart, "Your special mother's informing should be stopped in moderation. She even reported it in such detail, almost ruining all the money I had worked so hard to defraud." ! "
Seeing that Chen Xiaomu remained silent, Su Xingran suddenly stretched out his arms, put his arms around Chen Xiaomu's neck and said coquettishly: "Husband, how much money did Mr. Bai and Mr. Duan give you?"
The hot air sprayed from Su Xingran's mouth was warm and fragrant, and Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but feel swaying and intoxicated. If it weren't for the presence of the female official and several maids, Chen Xiaomu would have really wanted to hold up this sexy thing dangling in front of his eyes. Red lips, kiss hard, and then a deep tongue kiss!
"One, ten thousand taels." Chen Xiaomu said with difficulty. He really couldn't stand Su Xingran rubbing against him, and he wished he could go into the room with her immediately and execute her on the spot.
''Husband,'" Su Xingran stared at him with big eyes in his arms and said to him very seriously: "I heard that before you sang that nice song at the end, Mr. Duan also gave you a lot. of silver! "
"Honey, who did you listen to? Is it Mr. Bai?" Chen Xiaomu asked helplessly.
"Husband, why do you ask this?" Su Xingran looked at Chen Xiaomu warily.
Chen Xiao gritted his teeth and forced a smile: "I can go to visit him and thank him!"
Su Xingran thought that Chen Xiaomu had taken the wrong medicine and that someone had told him a secret, yet he still had to visit someone to thank them. She really couldn't figure it out. In the end, she shook her head and said, "Husband, I can't tell you."
''Okay, even if you don't tell me, I know who tipped the secret. I will go to his house early tomorrow morning to thank him! "Chen Xiaomu said bitterly.
Hearing this, Su Xingran broke away from Chen Xiaomu's arms and said angrily: "You are my husband. Nowadays, the money in the princess's mansion is tight. Is it only natural to ask you for some money?"
"Will the princess's mansion be short of money? I heard that you sent someone to Bao Fuji Cloth Shop yesterday to get a piece of fine silk?" Chen Xiaomu asked doubtfully.
Now it was Su Xingran's turn to be confused again. She asked strangely, "Husband, how did you know that I picked up a piece of silk material from Baofuji Cloth Shop?"
Chen Xiaomu was secretly surprised and hurriedly excused himself: "I happened to pass by the door when I went to Deweilou to eat, and saw a fat shopkeeper holding a piece of purple silk to boast about it to a woman."
After Su Xingran heard this, he said with relief: "The owner of Baofuji Cloth Shop was originally a clerk in the palace's clothing bureau. Later, he once misremembered the details of the dress his father wore when offering sacrifices to heaven. He was about to be charged and imprisoned. I After a moment of weakness, I begged for him, and he was kicked out of the palace. Later, I heard that he opened a cloth shop. He grew up in a few years, but every time he got some good goods, he would always pick some out. He sent someone to the princess's house and said he would let me try it on without any charge."
''Oh, that's it! "Chen Xiaomu suddenly realized that he couldn't help but secretly admire this Bao Fuji boss for his business skills. In this era, he knew how to use celebrity effect for advertising. No wonder he was able to make his clothing store the number one among his peers in the capital in just a few years. This People should pay attention to it in the future, maybe they will need it in the future.
Chen Xiaomu pondered for a moment and asked Su Xingran: "How much money does our princess have in her mansion now?"
Su Xingran hesitated for a moment, then quietly replied: "Eunuch Wei, the accountant, came over to report the accounts this morning. The princess's house currently has forty-eight taels of silver. In addition to the five taels you rewarded the maid just now, there are still 43 taels. If you save a little, It’s only enough to cover the expenses of the princess’s mansion for three days.”
"Don't the Ministry of Internal Affairs send regular money every month?" Chen Xiaomu asked with a slight frown.
"Because the capital has just been returned to Xinjing, there is no money in the treasury. My father has decreed that the salaries of all court officials and relatives of the emperor will be delayed for two months until the country recovers and then be released!"
Chen Xiaomu frowned and asked, "Whose idea was this?"
Su Xingran shook his head slightly and said: "Father said there is no other way. Now there is indeed no money in the treasury. Moreover, Zheng State's taxes have been almost collected this year, and only some scattered small taxes are left. The collection is in progress, even if all is collected, it will be good to be able to maintain food for the army. If the tax is collected a second time, just because the court has just experienced the Zhengchu War and the court has not yet stabilized its position, I am afraid it will provoke a civil uprising!"
''If we don't pay wages for two months, aren't we afraid of triggering a mutiny in the army? Chen Xiaomu said angrily: "You know, these troops fought hard to protect the emperor in the Zheng-Chu war, and the one behind these people didn't bring up his family and the whole family expected to live on this salary. Why don't they pay him now?" Isn’t it cutting off people’s livelihood? There are also those officers and soldiers who died or were injured in battle. If their pensions are not paid as soon as possible, it will suddenly chill people’s hearts. Who will be willing to join the army and serve the country in the future? This will definitely not work! "
Su Xingran looked at Chen Xiaomu blankly, wondering: "It's not like my father has never thought of these things, but nowadays it's hard for a clever wife to make a living without food!"
''If you don't have money, just think of a solution. In short, there are no problems that cannot be solved in this world, only people who can't solve them! "Chen Xiaomu said lightly.
Su Xingran's eyes couldn't help but light up, and she asked curiously: "Husband, why do I feel like a spring breeze every time I listen to you speak? You have so many new ideas!" "
Chen Xiaomu chuckled and said: "Honey, I think our princess's mansion should also reduce some manpower in order to save some expenses. You see, even when we get out of the car, we have to have someone come to help us. We can use them as stools. If you are not a young person, why bother with that?"
''this is not OK! Not only can our Princess Mansion not be able to reduce its manpower, it will actually increase its manpower in the near future. "Su Xingran refused without even thinking about it.
Chen Xiaomu asked curiously: "Why is this?"
Su Xingran sighed and said with sadness, "This war between Zheng and Chu has displaced many people in Zheng. Recently, these refugees have begun to enter the new capital in a steady stream to find a way to survive. Every morning, two people in the city The personal market is crowded with refugees. Sometimes you can buy a refugee in the prime of life for only a few hundred pennies. There are even some elderly and frail refugees. You even only need to provide them with a full meal and they will follow you. !”
This was something Chen Xiaomu didn't expect. He asked Su Xingran, "Does the Emperor know about this?"
Su Xingran nodded slowly and said: "My father has issued an edict, asking the princes and ministers in the court to take in as many refugees as possible and provide them with food and accommodation. At that time, the court will provide appropriate accommodation according to the number of refugees provided by them. Give them some compensation.”
"Why not build a few refugee camps, take in all these refugees, and let them do what they can!" Chen Xiaomu almost blurted out, but as soon as he said the words, he thought about it, oh, by the way, this still requires money, the key is What the imperial court is short of now is money! After saying this, he didn't say anything, so he quickly stopped and said nothing more.
Sure enough, Su Xingran asked curiously: "Husband, how was this refugee camp built?"
Chen Xiaomu smiled bitterly and said, "It's getting late, let's go back to the house and have a rest." As he said that, he reached out and took out a wad of banknotes from his arms and stuffed them into Su Xingran, "The money I got from being deceived and swindled is all here. You can take it." Let’s use it as expenses for the princess’ mansion.”
"So much!" Su Xingran couldn't help being surprised and happy as he took the banknote.
Several people crossed the nine-curved covered bridge. Opposite was an exquisite quadrangle courtyard. There were two female soldiers in armor standing guard at the courtyard gate. After seeing a group of people coming, they immediately stepped forward to open the courtyard door and let a few people in. File in.
There are four gallery rooms in front of this courtyard, and there are three side rooms on each side with the same eaves as the gallery rooms. Behind is the antique main house with porches, carved beams and paintings. After entering the courtyard, the female official leading the way walked a few steps and opened the door. Open the door of the house, go in and light up the several hooded lamps placed in the corners of the house one after another, and the rooms are suddenly brightly lit.
As soon as Chen Xiaomu entered the room, he smelled a vague scent of sandalwood. There was a red sandalwood writing desk in the room. It was said to be a writing desk, but there were no pens, inks, paper or inkstones. Not even a pen holder was seen, but there was a red sandalwood writing desk. Zhang Guzheng is on top. Behind the desk is a cushioned Taishi chair. At the other end of the room is a soft big bed completely covered with red curtains. Opposite the big bed is a bed filled with thread-bound books that emits a light woody fragrance. The rosewood bookcase makes the whole room look simple and elegant yet luxurious.
At this time, several maids brought in a large wooden barrel that was half a person's height and put it into the house. Then they began to carry the small wooden barrels to heat water in the large wooden barrel, and soon added it to more than half of the barrel of hot water. , the female officer stretched out her hand to test the water temperature, and asked the maids to bring in two heaters, took out a new handkerchief and a piece of black stuff that looked like later soap, and put it on the shelf next to the wooden barrel. Then she walked to Su Xingran. He bowed and said, "Princess, the bathing utensils are all ready."
Su Xingran nodded slightly and ordered, "You all should go out first."
When the female officer left the room with several maids, Su Xingran seemed to have changed. She quickly took off her clothes, took off her skirt, and took off the hairpin on her head. She only wore a red bellyband and her skin was white. Like gelatin, with convex and concave shapes, it was so charming and charming that Chen Xiaomu's eyes widened when he saw it.
Seeing Chen Xiaomu looking like a pig brother, Su Xingran smiled sweetly and said: "You idiot, take off your clothes quickly! I will wait for you to bathe and change clothes."
Chen Xiaomu wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, and with the help of Su Xingran, he stripped himself all over until there was not even a piece of gauze left. Then he turned around and lifted up his hands, and a solid princess hug came and held Su Xingran in his arms. In their arms, the two of them suddenly wanted to meet each other, as if they were melting into each other. They hugged each other tightly, as if they had become one whole body!
A breakup was better than a wedding, not to mention that the two of them didn't actually spend much time together. Chen Xiaomu immediately tore off Su Xingran's bellyband, stretched out his claws and rubbed the two big white rabbits on her chest. Su Xingran was shocked. , just when she opened her mouth to cry out, Chen Xiaomu suddenly lowered his head and stuck out his tongue to block her mouth. Su Xingran was so aroused that she immediately responded enthusiastically. For a while, the two small tongues chased each other and entangled each other!
The two of them still had a long bath, so they simply lifted up the red curtain covering the soft bed and went to bed to have a good time.
