Such a big scene and such lively noises, even the queen in the car heard it. At the same time, she also felt that the car had stopped, so she frowned and asked, "What's going on?"
The eunuch on duty was Fang Zhenghua, because he was recognized as one of the most skilled eunuchs in the palace, and he had to protect the queen when she left the palace. He didn't know the situation, so he immediately sent someone to investigate.
While Queen Zhou was waiting, she vaguely heard some noises. Listening carefully, she couldn't help but be surprised.
"Sell it, sell it, sell it cheaply. A jade bowl used by Wu Qinghou himself only costs five taels of silver, sell it cheap!"
"Everyone comes to see and buy. Although the porcelain bowl hidden in the Jiading Uncle Mansion is a bit broken, it is a good thing from ten years ago. It is noble and sold at a cheap price!"
"..."
She didn't know why, but when she tried to distinguish the sound clearly, she immediately had a bad feeling in her heart.
Could it be that the noise in the front was related to my dissatisfied father?
Queen Zhou certainly knew what kind of virtue her biological father had. There had actually been some troubles before. When she heard this movement, she became worried.
Sure enough, soon, a chamberlain came over to report, and it was Chen Baoting: "Queen, on the street in front, Wu Qinghou and Jiading Bo asked their servants to set up pots and pans to sell!"
"..." When Queen Zhou heard this, she couldn't believe the news she heard. She was stunned for a while before she realized it, and immediately asked, "This is not Jiading Bo's Mansion. How come there is Jiading Bo's Mansion?" The servants are here? And...and they are all royal family members, so how can they sell pots and pans?"
"Back to the Queen, my servant is serving the Emperor, so I know a little bit about the situation." After Chen Baoting answered, he said something roughly.
Regarding the mess in Wu Qinghou's mansion, Li Guochen wanted to donate his family's wealth to replenish the military. Many ministers in the court proposed to the emperor that they should seek justice for Li Guochen. At the end, he added: "Yesterday, Marquis Wu Qing delayed paying the money for a whole day. Now that this happened, it must be related to this matter. As for Jiadingbo's matter, I don't know about it!"
When Queen Zhou heard this, she immediately remembered the emperor's several statements in front of her. She knew that since the ministers in the court thought so, the emperor would definitely ask for the money. After all, it was a time when money was very scarce, and even she, the queen, was out to make money. But why did Jiadingbo get involved in this matter?
"Uncle Jiading is in front, find him quickly!" Queen Zhou was very worried and immediately issued an order.
When Chen Baoting heard this, he immediately agreed, turned around and left.
At this moment, he saw Lan Tianbao coming over in a hurry. Suddenly, the two of them glanced at each other without leaving any trace, and then went about their own business.
Then Lan Tianbao arrived in front of the car, bowed and said: "The emperor is furious in the palace. It is said that the queen will return to the palace immediately!"
Queen Zhou was originally worried. When she heard this, she became even more worried and asked quickly: "Why is the emperor so angry?"
"This is the memorial just issued by Dongchang. Your Majesty will let the Queen see it." After Lan Tianbao finished speaking, he presented a memorial with both hands.
At the same time, at the gate of Wu Qinghou's mansion, Li Guorui and Zhou Kui did not go back to the mansion. They were drinking wine in the concierge, listening to the beautiful sounds coming from outside and were happy.
“This time, let’s see who dares to force us to pay!”
"Haha, yes, whoever tries to push us further will be drowned in the saliva of the people of the capital."
"..."
The two of them were enjoying themselves when suddenly the door was pushed open. This made Zhou Kui very dissatisfied, and he immediately shouted in a cold voice: "If you want to eat something, do you have to break all the food and wine into money?"
After saying this, he realized that the person who came in was not the Dongchang stall they hated, but a chamberlain.
When Chen Baoting saw Jiadingbo here, he immediately conveyed the order: "The Queen has a decree, and Jiadingbo Zhou Kui is here to see him."
Zhou Kui couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this. I was thinking, could this matter have already reached the palace?
He and Li Guorui immediately looked at each other, and there was encouragement in each other's eyes.
Li Guorui was afraid that Zhou Kui would do something bad at the critical moment, so he reminded him: "Brother Jiading is here to explain our difficulties to the heavens. We really don't have the money!"
In his words, the word "we" was very strong.
Zhou Kui could tell immediately that as long as he could block Wu Qinghou's money, there would be nothing wrong with him.
Therefore, he stood up and said to Li Guorui: "Don't worry, I'll be back as soon as I can."
After saying that, he followed Chen Baoting and left. But what he didn't expect was that Chen Baoting would not lead him to the palace, but over there on the street.
While he was wondering why the queen appeared here, he followed the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers and went up to see her.
The Queen, who had always been gentle and filial, now had a look of anger on her face, as if she hated iron and steel. She said in a cold voice: "It's windy and cold outside. Uncle Jiading, please come in and sit down. I, sir. There’s something to be said.”
Zhou Kui immediately felt that something was wrong, but thinking about it later, it was probably because his daughter found out about his affairs and felt that he had lost the royal family's face, so he was unhappy.
Isn't this expected? Zhou Kui felt relieved after thinking this and got into the car.
Queen Zhou did not speak to him, but ordered outside: "I have something to say to Uncle Jiading, please step back!"
Obviously, she didn't want others to hear what she said next.
After Fang Zhenghua and others heard this, they immediately retreated a little further.
In the car, seeing her father pretending that nothing happened, Queen Zhou couldn't help but feel angry. Unable to restrain herself, she threw the memorial in her hand to Zhou Kui and said, "See for yourself!"
He didn't even call "Dad" in private, which made Zhou Kui suddenly feel a little panicked for some reason. He quickly picked up the memorial and unfolded it to read.
It's okay not to look at it, but when I look at it, I suddenly break out in a cold sweat.
It turns out that what was written in this memorial was all the things Jiading Prince Mansion had done by pretending to be powerful, relying on their relationship with the current queen and prince, and even the approximate illegal gains were clearly listed.
But soon, he suddenly came back to his senses. I am no longer the fortune teller I used to be. Now I am the biological father of the current Queen and the biological grandfather of the current Crown Prince. He just got a little money. Can the Emperor still condemn me? If this really happens, what will happen to the queen and the prince's reputation?
Nowadays, everyone who has become powerful is thinking of ways to make money, and I am not the only one. Needless to say, ministers below, even the emperor is not easy to do anything to him. His daughter is a queen, not an ordinary concubine, and her nephew is a prince. If you don’t look at the face of a monk or the face of a Buddha, you can’t do anything to your father-in-law. ? Otherwise, it would be difficult to escape the reputation of being unkind and unkind!
Thinking this way, he felt confident. It's just a bit shameless, what else can happen?
So, he put down the memorial, looked indifferent, and complained to his daughter: "Daughter, it's not like you don't know that my father used to be so poor that he went to the street to tell fortunes and cheat money. Isn't this the fear of being poor? ? Just get some money like this, don’t feel panic, and can still leave some for your brother..."
However, what he didn't expect was that before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the angry voice of Queen Zhou. He suppressed it forcibly, but he could see that she was very excited: "You are already the Jiading uncle, how can you still be poor? Where are you going? No matter how poor you are, can the emperor be poor? Do you know where I came from just now? I am an empress of the Ming Dynasty, but she is so poor that she leaves the palace and sells the cotton cloth woven in the palace to subsidize the palace. It’s so expensive! Do you know, do you know?”
Zhou Kui was stunned after hearing this. Did he hear it correctly just now? My daughter is the Empress of the Ming Dynasty. She goes to the palace to sell cotton cloth to subsidize the palace expenses? Is this true? Did you hear it wrong?
Tears flowed down her cheeks. Queen Zhou was still very excited. She even forgot that family scandals should not be made public. Her voice was louder, so that the maids who were standing far away felt that the Queen was angry: "Your Majesty has already He was forced to a dead end, and he told me more than once that he must not lose the country, and in order to keep the country, he would do anything! Have you ever thought about the consequences of your actions? "
Zhou Kui was a little dumbfounded. He was going to lose his land, country and country? Is it that serious? Seeing his daughter so excited, he couldn't help but ask: "How could it be possible to lose the country and the country..."
"What's impossible?" Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the angry Queen Zhou, "Do you know where the Ming Dynasty has come now? Because of the lack of money, no one even dared to serve for the imperial court. There is a war, are the rogues and captives just joking? They broke into the capital that day, did you know?"
Before Zhou Kui could speak, Empress Zhou had already said in a hateful voice: "Your nephew is the prince, and one day your nephew will be your nephew in this world. However, if the country and the country are all lost, can your nephew still be the emperor?" ? Do you think you can still enjoy glory and wealth? No matter how much money you have, can you keep it? Others are emperors and courtiers, can you? Why can you enjoy glory and wealth? In your heart Don’t you have any clues? You still help Marquis Wu Qing to fight against the court and the emperor, you...why are you so stupid?"
Facing his daughter, Zhou Kui was really shocked and a little scared when he saw her having an unprecedented outburst and even scolding him for being so stupid. Never experienced it before.
After Queen Zhou vented her anger, she felt a little better. Then she realized that her voice was too loud, so she lowered her voice again, but she still said to Zhou Kui very angrily: "I tell you, you did something good this time." , the emperor has been furious in the palace and summoned me back urgently. It is difficult to predict the consequences. You immediately go to the palace to apologize to the emperor and help the emperor save his face..."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Kui remembered that Li Guorui had said that he would set an example and spend more than 200,000 taels of silver. His heart felt like a knife, so he still hesitated and said forcefully: "That's not true, I... After all, I am the emperor’s father-in-law!”
After hearing this, Queen Zhou was so angry that she almost fainted. Regardless of her image, she pointed her finger at Zhou Kui and cursed in a low voice: "Do you think he is a common man? This is the Heavenly Family. I have never heard of the most ruthless emperor's family. What? What do you mean by being an father-in-law? In front of the country, anyone and anything are nothing! Let me tell you, the prince said something wrong in front of the emperor before, and he was severely scolded. Also Yes, don't think that the emperor dare not touch you. If you persist in your stubbornness and I don't make any sign, the emperor will feel that I am not worthy of being the queen, and even the prince is not worthy of being the prince anymore. Do you think there is nothing else in the world? Are you a woman? Do you think the emperor only has one son? By then, do you think you are still the emperor’s father-in-law, you can still be the Jiading uncle, and you still have a chance to go back and be a fortune teller..."
After hearing this, Zhou Kui finally panicked. Isn't his greatest support the status of his daughter and nephew? Now it sounds like the emperor is driven into a hurry, and he can do anything to depose the queen and the prince. But now, listening to his daughter's wishes, the emperor was already anxious.
Thinking like this, he was really scared. He didn't even have to go back to being a fortune teller. The end could be imagined. He quickly asked Queen Zhou for advice: "Then... what should I do?"
"Immediately accept those embarrassing things and go to the palace to apologize to the emperor, saying that you were bewitched by Wu Qinghou and were temporarily confused." Seeing that he finally realized it, Queen Zhou said quickly, "In addition, the emperor is in urgent need of money now. You voluntarily donate all the money you earned for the sake of the court!"
"Ah..." When Zhou Kui heard this, he immediately turned pale and said, "Whether you admit your mistake or not...it doesn't matter, but the money is...just not needed, right?"
"Don't you see what you have done?" Queen Zhou was furious again when she heard this. She was still holding on to the money. "The emperor is already furious. If you hadn't done it earlier, I wouldn't have kept it." It is better for you to kill your relatives for the sake of your nephew than to be implicated by you. Let me tell you, in this matter, you must donate the money actively. The emperor just needs money urgently, so as to appease the emperor's anger! "
Hearing that his daughter was forced to say that she wanted to kill her relatives regardless of her reputation, Zhou Kui didn't dare to persist anymore and said quickly: "Okay, okay, I will do whatever my daughter says. I will listen to you."
After hearing this, Queen Zhou finally breathed a sigh of relief and began to instruct her father on the details. Then he changed his route and hurried back to the palace.
In front of Wuqinghou Mansion, it was still so lively, and even several people from other noble houses crowded over to watch, listening to the servants of Wuqinghou Mansion and Jiading Bo Mansion, you shouted, I shouted , everyone started to "pity" them one after another.
"Is the court crazy? It forces the emperor's relatives to do this?"
"That's right, forget about Marquis Wu Qing. Jiading Bo is the queen's biological father. It's really miserable that he is forced to sell pots and pans."
"I heard that Uncle Jiading was passed down by the Queen just now. When the Queen finds out that her mother-in-law has been forced to do this, she doesn't know how sad she will be!"
"Just wait and see, whoever came up with this idea will be punished and die a bad death!"
"..."
Listening to the amplification of these remarks, Li Guochen's face turned a little pale. This trick was really used too harshly. The emperor had only two choices, one was to punish these two people, and the other was to regret and punish him. In comparison, there is a queen's biological father, a prince's biological grandfather, and so many people speaking for them. Maybe the emperor will not be able to bear the pressure and will regret it?
Thinking like this, Li Guochen felt a mountain of pressure rushing towards him, making him a little breathless.
At this moment, someone suddenly shouted excitedly: "Uncle Jiading is back, Uncle Jiading is back, now there is something good to watch!"
Marquis Wu Qing had been watching and saw that other people in the noble mansion were also secretly taking action to create momentum, and felt at ease. When he saw Zhou Kui coming back, he smiled and greeted him.
However, before he could greet him, he saw Zhou Kui suddenly yelling at the servants in his house: "Get out, get out of here. It's embarrassing here. Who told you to do this? Get out of here right now!" "
While talking, he even kicked the stunned servants to kick them away.
In fact, not only the servants of Jiading Bo Mansion were shocked, but everyone was shocked.
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