At this time, many ministers standing at Chengtianmen took a deep breath after hearing this.
If you are upright, it must be you, Wei!
Duan Lun felt dizzy when he saw this.
【Misstep! Why did you forget this difficult ghost? 】
No, we can't let the situation develop like this, otherwise we won't know how this matter will be spread by these ministers after they leave the palace.
If His Majesty's reputation is damaged by then, Duan Lun will not be able to reap the benefits.
Thinking of this, how could Duan Lun be willing to let Wei Zheng enter the palace to meet the emperor?
He grabbed Wei Zheng and said:
"Secretary, please stay. The cost of repairing the road was all paid for by Your Majesty from the internal funds. Not a penny from the national treasury was used, so I ask you to be generous, Secretary!"
Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he looked at Dai Zhou, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
Dai Zhou nodded upon seeing this and said:
"It is true that the Ministry of Revenue did not allocate this fee. Your Majesty paid for it himself."
Wei Zheng stood there, a little confused for a moment. After all, if the money came from the national treasury, he would still have reason to remonstrate with the interests of the country, but if His Majesty spent his own money, then he really couldn't point fingers.
After thinking for a while, Wei Zheng snorted coldly and said:
"Then I'd like to see what's so special about this material called cement, and what tricks it can do to build this road!"
Duan Lun breathed a long sigh of relief when he heard this, and then confidently said to Wei Zheng:
"Then please ask the secretary to wait and see!"
.......
At no time, Chang'an City, Xingdaofang
Xiao Qingwan and Sishe entered Qin Ming's study, talking and laughing all the way.
He saluted Qin Ming and said:
"Sir, the money in the mansion's warehouse has been counted. There are now a total of 37,000 coins in the mansion. This is the account book of the mansion. Please take a look."
After speaking, Xiao Qingwan took out an account book from her arms and handed it to Qin Ming with both hands.
Qin Ming took the account book and put it aside, pointed to the sofa and said:
"Thank you for your hard work. Please sit down and take a rest."
Xiao Qingwan and Si She sat on the sofa very happily after hearing this.
"Wan'er, Si She, do you have anything to buy? It's still early now. I plan to go shopping in the East Market later and take a look at the Huaxia Vegetable Shop and Ximeng Tower."
The two women's eyes lit up when they heard this.
No matter what era it is, shopping is a woman’s nature.
Xiao Qingwan said happily:
"Sir, let's leave now, shall we? If we finish shopping early, we can go back early."
Half an hour later,
Qin Ming and his party arrived at Dongshi in a carriage. Qin Ming and others got off the carriage at the gate of Fangshi and started to visit Dongshi.
Although this is not the first time for these people to come to Dongshi, every time they come here they go to Ximeng Tower to talk about things, and they never go shopping in Dongshi in a real sense.
It's rare to take a break from a busy schedule, so Qin Ming is not in a hurry.
Whenever he sees an interesting shop, Qin Ming will take a few girls in to have a look around.
Qin Ming will also spend money to buy something that he likes a lot, or something that a few girls like.
So the few of them only spent two-quarters of an hour shopping, and the carriage was filled with all kinds of merchandise.
Among them are guqins made by famous masters, and inkstones from Jiangnan water towns.
Qin Ming also bought Xiao Qingwan and others a piece of jewelry each.
After walking for a while, Qin Ming saw a large clothing store.
The shop is two stories high. On the eaves of the second floor, there is a red plaque with the words "Li's Garment Shop" written in large characters.
Qin Ming stopped and took a look. He saw a lot of people coming and going in front of the store, most of them young women, so he roughly guessed that this was a store popular with young people.
So he said to the three women beside him:
"Would you like to go inside and choose some clothes?"
Xiao Qingwan hesitated after hearing this and said:
"Sir, let's forget it, right? It's getting late, let's go to Ximeng Tower early, right?"
Qin Ming reached out and rubbed Xiao Qingwan's head and said:
"It won't take long. Since we are all here, we might as well go inside and take a look. Maybe there are some clothes that you like more?"
After saying that, Qin Ming strode into the store.
Upon seeing this, Xiao Qingwan looked at Sishe and Baili Zhi, and then followed them into the clothing store.
After three women and one man entered the store, they quickly attracted the attention of most people inside, regardless of gender.
The main reason is that their combination of handsome men and beautiful women is really eye-catching, not to mention that the three women all wear ponytails that are very different from the other women.
At this time, on the second floor of Li's clothing store, a boy of thirteen or fourteen tugged at the sleeve of the woman in red next to him.
"Sister, look, there's a fat sheep coming to the store!"
The woman in red waved her sleeves like she was shooing away flies and said:
"With your vision, let's forget it, right?"
When the young man heard this, he immediately became anxious and tugged on the woman's sleeve again and said:
"Sister, I'm definitely not wrong this time. Didn't you say that? As long as a man comes to our store with a woman, most of them are fat sheep who are not short of money."
"The man who just came in is not only dressed luxuriously, but the three beautiful women he brought with him are also well dressed. Especially the hairstyles of those three women, even I have never seen them before. "
After hearing this, the woman in red turned around and looked downstairs, but after just one glance, her eyes widened.
The boy next to her obviously didn't notice the change in her sister's expression, and still said to himself:
"Looking at this posture, it is probably some rich man who brought his wife and concubine to buy clothes!"
When the woman in red heard this, she slapped the young man on the head, then gritted her teeth and said:
"Don't talk nonsense about wives. Those three are obviously his maids."
The young man reached out to cover the back of his head and said aggrievedly:
"Sister, why did you hit me?"
The woman in red raised her eyebrows, stared at the boy and asked:
"What? Sister, can't I beat you?"
The young man immediately felt the suppression coming from the depths of his bloodline, so he sneered and said:
"Sister, of course I can beat you."
"Hmph, you know what's going on."
After saying that, the woman in red turned around and walked quickly towards the stairs.
This woman in red is none other than Li Xianzhi, the eldest daughter of the Prince of Hejian County and Princess Danyang.
As for the fair-skinned young man beside her, he is Li Chongyi, the eldest son of the Prince of Hejian County.
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