"Your Majesty! In addition to various expenditures this year, there are currently more than 89 million taels of silver in the national treasury. This is the account book. Please check it with your Majesty." Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Revenue, said.
"Okay. Submit it." Emperor Dechang said.
When the accounts were placed in front of the emperor, the emperor only glanced at them briefly and then put them down.
Speaking of which, today is the tenth day of the new emperor's ascension to the throne of the Great Mo Dynasty, and there are only twenty days left before the Xinyuan Festival.
"Very good. All my dear friends have done a good job. If all my dear friends are like this, in more than ten years, our country will be even more prosperous!" Emperor Dechang, who was only in his twenties, said with a smile.
Suddenly, the emperor looked towards Su Yunqi, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
"Su Aiqing, I heard that your eldest son Su Runchen is going to marry the daughter of the Cen family. Is this accurate?" the emperor asked.
The other ministers saw that the current Emperor Dechang could do such a thing, which was very similar to Emperor Hongdao, as if some ministers had seen the appearance of Emperor Hongdao who died not long ago.
"Back to the emperor, this is indeed the case." Su Yunqi replied.
At this time, Emperor Dechang continued to ask: "But when is the date set?"
After hearing these words, Su Yunqi, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, looked towards Cen Wenxing, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, as if waiting for the opinion of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
However, the Minister of Household Affairs did not seem to understand what Su Yunqi meant, and looked at Su Yunqi with a confused face. In desperation, Su Yunqi quickly made an appointment without authorization.
"Report to the Emperor, it will be on the seventeenth day of this month." Su Yunqi replied.
As soon as they heard Su Yunqi's words, other officials started talking among themselves.
According to the rules handed down from the ancestors of the Great Mo Dynasty: after the death of the emperor, the people of the world are not allowed to organize happy events within two months, only funerals.
Seeing the courtiers talking incessantly, Su Yunqi, the right minister of household affairs, realized that he had set the wrong date.
"My dear friends, please be quiet. According to the rules of this dynasty, after the death of the emperor, no happy events are allowed within two months. This rule has been abolished by the late emperor." Emperor Dechang said with a slight smile.
After listening to the emperor's words, other ministers did not believe it. They all thought that the emperor was protecting Su Yunqi. Even Su Yunqi hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, I blame you for forgetting this rule. Please punish me." !”
Su Yunqi's words surprised the emperor: "My beloved, please rise. The late emperor did say it when he passed away." After saying this, Emperor Dechang looked at the two prime ministers: "The late emperor has not yet passed away. At that time, I called you two to the dragon bed and talked about this matter. Why didn't you make this matter public and announce it to the world? "
"Back...back to the emperor, I have been busy managing the mausoleum these days and forgot about this matter. I hope your majesty will punish you!" Huang Zhiyuan, the prime minister of the left, blamed himself.
Right Prime Minister Li Huixuan on the side also echoed: "Yes. The late emperor passed away and there were many trivial matters in the court, so this matter was ignored."
After hearing this, the kind-hearted Emperor Dechang said: "In this case, I will fine you one month's salary, and you will not do it again in the future."
"Yes, yes," said the two prime ministers.
"Okay. In this case, on the seventeenth day, I will reward you two with some fine brocades for a happy wedding." The emperor said with a smile on his face.
"My lord, thank you for your grace!" Su Yunqi and Cen Wenxing said together.
After the court, several ministers from the Ministry of Household Affairs, Su Yunqi and Cen Wenxing were talking with smiles on their way to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
"Master Su, I don't know something, why did you set the number at seventeen?" one of the ministers said.
Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, also looked at Su Yunqi who was walking in the front.
Su Yunqi smiled slightly and replied: "Firstly, the emperor must not wait too long to speak; secondly, it is just in time to suppress Sun Zhicai who is trying to rebel. Isn't the 17th the day of his family's funeral?"
After hearing this, several ministers praised together: "Master Su, this is a wonderful move."
When he heard that a minister was praising him, Su Yunqi, the right minister of household affairs, laughed so hard that his beard formed a figure-eight shape and his walking pace became even more arrogant.
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"Master! Master!"
Cen Sheng, the housekeeper of Sun Mansion, hurriedly ran into Sun Mansion and rushed all the way to Sun Zhicai.
At this moment, Sun Zhicai was staying in the study, looking frustrated and sad.
"Master." Housekeeper Cen Sheng shouted.
After hearing this, Sun Zhicai raised his heavy head and asked feebly: "What's the matter?"
"Sir, there are rumors on the street that the Su family and the Cen family will get married on the 17th."
"What? The Mo Dynasty is not bound to have two months after the death of the late emperor. No family in the Mo Dynasty is allowed to hold happy events. Why is this?" Sun Zhicai asked in confusion.
"Sir, the late emperor's photo has just been announced. From now on, everything can be done."
After listening, Sun Zhicai stood up angrily, and then slowly asked: "Which Cen family?"
"The Minister of Household Affairs, Cen Mansion."
"Who is marrying whom?"
"The eldest daughter of the Cen family and the eldest son of the Su family."
After hearing this, Sun Zhicai had a smile on his face and said with a smile, "Is that Cen Wenxing's daughter Cen Yinzhu?"
The butler nodded.
"In my opinion, this is Su Yunqi's move to gain a foothold in the court. He actually let his eldest son marry Cen Yinzhu, who has ugly features and is also fat. I want to see, this Su Yunqi still has How long can I serve as this official?"
"Master, are you not angry? Seventeenth is the day of Miss's funeral."
"angry?"
When the housekeeper saw that he had said the wrong thing, he immediately blamed himself.
"No problem. In a few days, he will do his thing and I will do mine."
In the blink of an eye, several days have passed...
"Congratulations! Congratulations!"
"Please come inside! Please come inside!"
Su Yunqi, the right minister of the Ministry of Finance, who was welcoming them, was wearing a very festive red robe and had a smile on his face.
"well."
At this time, the entire Su Mansion was very lively, with many people coming to have a wedding banquet.
"Steward." Su Yunqi shouted.
Butler Lu Huan hurried over: "Master, what's the matter?"
"How long does it take for the bride to arrive?"
"Master, are you going to urge me?"
Su Yunqi turned around and looked at the people in the house who were already full, and said, "That's it, that's it."
"Where is Runchen now?" Su Yunqi asked.
"You should be getting ready in the bedroom now." The housekeeper was a little unsure. After all, Su Runchen had a lot of clever ideas.
"In this case, you go and keep an eye on Runchen. Don't let him do anything unusual." Su Yunqi was very worried.
"Yes." After answering, the housekeeper hurried to the eldest son Su Runchen's bedroom.
At first the housekeeper thought that the eldest son Su Runchen was getting ready in the bedroom. However, when he opened the door, the housekeeper was dumbfounded.
Except for various clothes and furniture, Su Runchen was not found in the huge room.
Just when the housekeeper was worrying about taking the blame, he happened to see Aunt Du coming in a hurry.
"Where have you been?" the steward asked seriously.
"I'm going to buy some pastries for the eldest young master." Aunt Du looked confused and said with a smile.
"What time is it?! Are you still in the mood to buy pastries?"
Grandma Du suddenly seemed aggrieved. She looked at the cakes in her hand and said, "When young master was changing his clothes just now, he ordered me to buy some cakes to satisfy my craving."
Seeing the housekeeper so angry, Grandma Du just asked: "What happened?"
"Take a good look for yourself!"
Aunt Du walked to the threshold cautiously, and when she looked around, she saw that the eldest young master was nowhere to be seen. She could only see that the festive wedding dress was still in its original place and showed no signs of being tampered with.
"Where is the eldest young master?" Nanny Zhang asked the housekeeper with a confused look on her face.
"You ask me? Aren't you the one watching this all the time? Don't you know?" the housekeeper asked.
Listening to the housekeeper's words, Grandma Zhang almost burst into tears.
"Why are you still standing there?! Why don't you go find it quickly!" the housekeeper Lu Huan shouted.
"Yes, yes, yes." Grandma Du quickly put down the cake in her hand and went to find the eldest young master.
The housekeeper shook his head helplessly and quickly went to find the master.
At this moment, the master is still standing by the door of Su Mansion, looking into the distance, unknowingly waiting for Cen Mansion's wedding sedan to arrive soon.
The housekeeper carefully walked to the side of Su Mansion and whispered in the master's ear.
After hearing this, Su Yunqi finally became worried. He looked at the housekeeper angrily: "Why don't you go find it?"
"Mama Du is looking for her," the housekeeper replied.
"No. You go too. Go quickly."
Seeing the master's anxious look, the housekeeper quickly ran out of the house and looked for him on the street.
After knowing this, Su Yunqi sighed. Now I hope Cen's wedding sedan will come later.
However, Cen's wedding sedan was already on the road at this moment.
I saw that there were eight people in front of the wedding sedan and eight people in the back. On the surface, it didn't look spectacular, but in fact it was very embarrassing.
Logically speaking, for an average girl, four people in the front and four in the back are enough.
Suddenly, as luck would have it, a funeral procession came towards them, which frightened the wedding sedan bearers.
There was joy on one side and sorrow on the other, which frightened Cen Yinzhu, the eldest daughter of the Cen family, into tears in the wedding sedan.
Seeing this scene, the one who was playing joy stopped unconsciously, while the one who was playing sad music became more and more sad.
Sun Zhicai, who was in front of the funeral procession, saw this scene and was secretly happy in his heart, but on the surface he was sad.
The mourning team ignored him and continued walking.
Seeing that the mournful music was getting farther and farther away, Cen Yinzhu, who was in the wedding sedan, stopped crying, hurriedly opened the sedan curtain, looked at Butler Yang, and said aggrievedly: "Butler, I don't want to get married!"
"Miss, no. This is a marriage between the Cen family and the Su family. If you do this, the master will be unhappy." The housekeeper comforted.
After hearing this, Cen Yinzhu's servant hurriedly raised his head and said comfortingly: "Miss, it's okay. Just get over it. It's just a matter of time."
With the comfort from the two of them, Cen Yinzhu, who was sitting in the wedding sedan, gave up her thoughts and continued to sit in the sedan towards the Su Mansion aggrievedly.
"Master, the wedding sedan is here! The wedding sedan is here!" The first lady of Su Mansion happily reported to Su Yunqi.
However, the unknowing eldest lady was scolded by the master.
"Look at the good son you trained! The wedding sedan is here, and I'm wandering off somewhere." Su Yunqi whispered angrily.
"Hey, how can this be done? Have you sent someone to look for it?" the eldest lady asked worriedly.
"Looking for it. Haven't found it yet." Su Yun said worriedly.
Su Yunqi, who was bored, quickly made a decision: "Go, let the groom change the wedding to Yanzhi this time!"
"Sir, you are aware of Yanzhi's stubborn character," the principal lady said.
"Who in our Su family is not stubborn? Today, no matter what, we will let Yanzhi come and get married."
"Then, what do you say to the Emperor?"
"I will tell you the truth. Go! Hurry!"
"Hey, eh, eh. I'll go right away."
"I'm so worried." Su Yunqi muttered to himself.
Seeing the wedding sedan getting closer and closer, Su Yunqi hurriedly went to appease the guests.
"Everyone! Everyone! I'm really sorry. Today, our Cen family and the Su family have unanimously decided to change the groom to my second son Su Yanzhi! I'm really sorry, I'm sorry." Su Yunqi said.
After hearing this, the guests started talking a lot.
Su Yunqi also quickly sent someone to report the letter to the Cen family. . .
"That's all, that's all. As long as my daughter can get married, I'll be happy." Cen Mansion Cen Wenxing said. After a while, Cen Wenxing, the master of Su Mansion, looked at the guests who came to have a drink and quickly went up to comfort them.
Fortunately, the Su family also successfully persuaded their second son, Su Yanzhi, and then reluctantly completed the marriage between the Su family and the Cen family.
What many people don't know is that the eldest son of the Su family, Su Runchen, was having a meal of good wine and delicious food in Liuxiang Pavilion, and was served by a group of beautiful women.
"Let them find it. I will not get married today, let's see what they do." Su Runchen said to himself.
At this time, Su Runchen was happily drinking a small drink in the Liuxiang Pavilion. While drinking, he did not forget to put his hands on the shoulders of the two women in the Liuxiang Pavilion.
"Young Master is right, how could a man with such extraordinary appearance like Young Master marry such a woman." A woman said flatteringly.
After hearing this, Su Runchen smiled, looked at the woman who spoke, and said with a smile: "Hey, this little mouth can talk."
