39 I'm sorry, Your Majesty

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If he didn't know about Queen Zhou's side of the story, Emperor Chongzhen might have been surprised when he heard that Zhou Kui not only handed over the money so quickly, but also had a lot of money.

But now that he knew that Zhou Kui had cheated his daughter out of the money, it was estimated that a large part of it was given by Queen Zhou, so he was not surprised.

This old guy probably knew that giving him 1,500 taels of silver was a bit unreasonable, so he came to lie to his daughter. If he paid more, he would be able to get through with it in terms of face, and he was able to fool me! Emperor Chongzhen thought so in his mind, and asked casually: "How much did you pay in total?"

Queen Zhou glanced at him, but she knew in her heart how much money her father would pay, and thought that this would be enough to give to His Majesty.

"Back to Master, in addition to the 1,500 taels promised before, Jiadingbo also added an additional 500 taels, for a total of two thousand taels of silver!" When Xu Gao said this, he was still vaguely angry.

For a person of Jiadingbo's status, no matter what, he squeezed out two thousand taels. Looking at him like that just now, he seemed to be quite extraordinary. Haha, bah!

"What?" When Queen Zhou heard this, she couldn't help but asked, "How much?"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he turned to look at her and shouted coldly: "How much is the jewelry you gave him worth?"

After hearing this, Queen Zhou looked back at him with a little hesitation in her expression and did not answer immediately.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he immediately frowned and shouted again: "Don't deceive me!"

"It's worth at least five thousand taels!" Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen was angry, Empress Zhou replied bitterly without any further hesitation.

She had actually heard Xu Gao's answer just now clearly, but she just couldn't believe it.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard her reply, he couldn't help but sneered, obviously very angry.

After a while, he said in a cold tone: "What a good plan. I paid 5,000 taels for a visit to the palace, but only paid 2,000 taels when I turned around and made a net profit of 3,000 taels. Not bad, not bad." …”

Faced with this situation, Queen Zhou was really speechless. If she still believed her father when he said money was tight before, she could not explain this matter now.

Thinking of this, no matter how good-tempered she was, she still became angry, so she asked Xu Gaodao angrily: "Where are the others?"

Obviously, she wanted to question her father. Her mother's family's face was really lost by her father. If this matter spreads out, it will be difficult to raise his head in the palace in the future.

"Uncle Jiading said that it was his duty to hand over the money to His Majesty for emergency relief. He didn't need an IOU or anything, so he has already returned to Jiading Uncle's Mansion."

Xu Gao's answer was like a sap hitting Queen Zhou on the head.

She really didn't expect that her father would be so shameless! Suddenly, his vision went dark, his legs and feet went weak, and he fell back.

Emperor Chongzhen was beside her. Seeing this, he quickly supported her and asked a little worriedly: "How is it? Quick, call the imperial doctor!"

Xu Gao was also startled and quickly turned around and left.

"No, there is no need to call the imperial doctor." Queen Zhou came to her senses and said a little sadly, "I'm fine, you can go down!"

After hearing this, Xu Gao looked at Emperor Chongzhen and saw him nodding, so he bowed and retreated.

As soon as Empress Zhou left, she suddenly knelt down to Emperor Chongzhen, lowered her head and said, "I... I'm sorry to your Majesty..."

"What are you talking about!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he quickly leaned over to help her up and said, "He is him, you are you, it is none of your business. But you don't ask for mercy. In the face of national crisis, he still dares to do this If you do something, I will definitely punish you."

Queen Zhou was speechless after hearing this. To be honest, she was a little ashamed and found it difficult to get along with Emperor Chongzhen at this time. Her mind was filled with her father's bad things, and she still remembered that she wanted to see that strange gentleman. She said goodbye to Emperor Chongzhen and went back with a solemn expression.

It can be said that the most injured person in this matter was actually Queen Zhou. From this moment on, she was really driven into despair by her father: there were still people in the world who were so indifferent to right from wrong!

However, Zhou Kui didn't think so. At this time, after returning to his house, he immediately held a banquet to celebrate.

"Dad, I'd like to give you a drink!" Zhou Bian smiled broadly, and then drank it all in one gulp.

Putting the wine glass on the table, he said again: "Father is so good. Just for one trip to the palace, he made as much as three thousand taels of silver! This can be used to buy many shops."

Zhou Kui smiled proudly and said: "Haha, it's much easier than going out to blackmail other people's shops!"

"Dad, what you said is a bit unpleasant. That's how others honor their sons!" Upon hearing this, Zhou Bian replied a little dissatisfied. But then he remembered that he had an extra three thousand taels of silver, and his mood immediately improved, and he quickly flattered his father.

The two of them didn't worry at all. What would the emperor do if he didn't have money to train his troops? What should we do if the situation in Ming Dynasty is so bad? What will the Queen do when she finds out? In other words, they only care about their own one-third of an acre of land, so they would think so much!

Compared to their father and son, some people think too much.

No, ministers are discussing matters in the cabinet. The emperor ordered them to discuss specific regulations, but they were not discussed at all. Instead, they were all concerned about other things.

"Who is the man in the python suit in the Wenhua Hall today? You, the Chief of Ceremonies, haven't heard anything about him?"

"Yes, he seems to be trusted by His Majesty. Who is this person? Why have I never seen or heard of him before?"

"..."

In fact, these ceremonial supervisors and eunuchs Bingbi were also puzzled!

Overnight, the eunuch and eunuch in charge of the ceremony were replaced, and Wang Dehua and his godsons were all thrown into prison. The newly appointed eunuch Wang Chengen didn't even come to the Wenhua Palace to discuss matters, he was busy with other things. To be honest, they are also worried, wondering if this turmoil in the palace will affect them?

Regarding that gentleman, they only knew that he appeared in the palace yesterday. As for more specific information, they didn't know. They only knew that the new palm eunuchs also respected this person.

At this time, the civil servants of the outer court asked them about the situation one after another, but they couldn't answer them at all. The most they could tell them was that there was a change of eunuch and eunuch. They even hope that the outer court can tell them the origin of that person, so that they can understand what happened in the palace!

While they were noisily speculating, Wang Chengen suddenly appeared at the door and shouted in a cold voice: "Why, all the errands assigned by the emperor have been completed? Then forward it to our family for the royal ban!"

Upon hearing this, the cabinet fell silent.

It has to be said that the power of the eunuch in charge of the ceremonial eunuch is still very high. You must know that the power of the cabinet is to vote. If there is no chief of etiquette wearing red, then it is nothing. Even if the Supervisor of Ceremonies thinks there is something wrong with the vote and is not satisfied, he can call it back and ask the cabinet to vote again.

Of course, if the cabinet is strong, you can also go directly to the emperor and let the emperor make the decision. But in terms of normal procedures, the cabinet actually deals with the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

It is also for this reason that when Wang Dehua served as the eunuch of the Chief of Ceremonies and the governor of the East Factory, countless people gave him gifts.

"Don't ask about things you shouldn't ask about." Wang Chengen walked up to Eunuch Bingbi with a cold face, and said coldly, "Are you free? Keep in mind the errands given by the emperor. This is what you should do." Things to do."

At this point in his training, he suddenly turned to look at Zhou Yanru, the chief assistant, and asked with a smile on his face, "Does the chief assistant think our words are unreasonable?"

The weather in the capital in March was still a bit cold, even cold enough to the hearts of these senior officials of the Ming Dynasty.

The attitude of the new chief eunuch and governor of the East Factory made them feel that there seemed to be a storm coming in the court.

As for the source of all this, Zhang Mingwei did not have these feelings. Instead, he had a fiery heart and walked on Chang'an Street on horseback.