Chapter 882: Accepting and Giving Bribes
General Si Ning didn't leave the town's border marquis mansion for two days in a row.
The seventh princess, who was already sick, also thought wildly at this time, "He doesn't want to see me like this? She cried as she spoke.
Juanxiu's tears rolled in her eyes, and she choked up: "Princess, don't cry, you are still sick." "Don't talk about the grievances of the Seventh Princess, she is all wronged for the Seventh Princess. It doesn't matter if you don't see your biological mother before you get married, but now you don't have a husband when you get married.
The Seventh Princess coughed.
Juanxiu hurriedly wiped her tears and patted her on the back.
The seventh princess waved her hand and said, "I'm fine." She leaned back, thinking a lot as she came. She even thought about honoring her in-laws according to the daughter-in-law of an ordinary family after marrying. But all the good thoughts disappeared at this moment.
Juanxiu looked at the seventh princess who was more sad than dead, and said in her heart: "Why don't you go and beg His Royal Highness King Zhou!"
She covered the seventh princess with a quilt, and then said, "The slave maid goes to the kitchen and has a look." ”
Seeing that the seventh princess didn't make a sound, she quietly retreated, she let the two of them watch outside, and she went out of the princess's mansion through the back door.
In the City Lord's Mansion, Dong Ruyi looked at the news from the sentinel, and suddenly asked, "Is Wan Taishou here today?"
Lilac said: "I'm here, I'm waiting in the front hall early in the morning, and I'll see that this posture is consumed with the little prince." ”
Wan Taishou came to the City Lord's Mansion every day for the past two days, and he sat for a day until it was dark.
Dong Ruyi smiled and said, "What about Governor Chen?"
Ding Xiang said: "Someone from Governor Chen's Mansion also came, but today they brought something." ”
Dong Ruyi put down the letter in his hand and said with interest: "What did he bring?"
Lilac said: "A big box, saying that the young lady must like it when she sees it." It looked like a thing of gold and silver. ”
Dong Ruyi sighed, "Sure enough, he understands the rules, wait for you to do this...... ...... like this"
Lilac said: "Okay, the slave will arrange it." ”
She smiled and left.
Soon there was a good show in the front hall.
I saw Lilac running with a food box, and chasing a red horse behind her.
Lilac shouted as she ran, "Crimson, it's not for you, go away." ”
When the guards of the City Lord's Mansion saw it, several people chased after them, but this was King Zhou's mount, and they just followed, and they didn't dare to do anything at all.
Wan Taishou in the hall remained motionless as if he was sitting still, but the people in the wing room walked out.
Lilac dodged and ran not far from the man, and she fell to the ground one by one, and threw out the food box in her hand.
The food box fell at the feet of the people in Governor Chen's mansion and scattered out.
Crimson abandoned the cloves and ran to the food box, where she arched the scattered food box and ate it.
The person sent by Governor Chen is called Huo Yun, he is a warden in Taicheng and is very important.
He took two steps forward and looked down. It didn't matter if he looked at it, his eyes were about to pop out.
He exclaimed in his heart: "This is rouge rice?"
Lilac ran over, and she said indignantly, "You wait for me." ”
She picked up the food box and was about to leave, when someone shouted, "This ...... Boy, please wait. ”
Although Lilac wears men's clothes, she looks like a woman. Huo Yun hesitated, but still called the little boy.
Lilac looked at the man, "Who are you?"
Huo Yun said: "Xia Guan is here to ask to see His Royal Highness King Zhou, I just saw that the little prince was carrying red rice, what kind of rice is it?"
Lilac said: "This is rouge rice, which can't be bought in northern Xinjiang." She said as she picked up the food box and left.
Huo Yunxin said: "Sure enough, it's rouge rice." He packed up and returned to Taicheng with his things.
Governor Chen was very anxious at the moment, "Have you seen it?"
Huo Yun shook his head: "I don't see it!"
Governor Chen said: "I took something and I didn't see it?"
Huo Yun sighed, and only held back his sentence for a while: "My lord, I'm afraid that people don't look down on our things." ”
Governor Chen said: "What do you mean by this?"
Huo Yun told him about seeing Rouge Rice today.
Governor Chen said in his heart: "Is this for me to see, or is King Zhou rich and even shows off his wealth and horses eat rouge rice?"
He shouted, "Prepare the carriage." ”
When Governor Chen returned home, he found all the valuable items in the study, and ordered the account office to pay 1,000 taels of silver.
These are the things he has saved over the years, and they are close to half of his net worth.
His hands trembled slightly, saying that it was fake if he didn't feel sorry, just like the inkstone he was touching, this was from the Tang Dynasty, and he was reluctant to touch it more on weekdays.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Come on, send these to the Border City Lord's Mansion." ”
The butler looked at the objects, "My lord, could this be too much!"
Governor Chen waved his hand and said, "Tell Huo Yun that if you can't see anyone again this time, I'll ask him." ”
The two cartloads of gold, silver, and jewelry were all delivered to the city lord's mansion in the border city.
Lilac hurriedly walked in, "Miss, as you said, Governor Chen sent something again, this is not hidden, this is a gift list." ”
Dong Ruyi exclaimed: "So fast?"
She calculated that within two days, the Chen Governor's Mansion would send money, but she didn't expect that the things would be delivered in just two hours. Fortunately, it was already dark at this time, and Wan Taishou had already left. ”
Dong Ruyi opened it and looked, "Good guy, there are only six ginseng roots in this century." ”
Lilac said, "What are the six roots, do you know how big the ginseng is?" she gestured: "All of them are as thick as fists." ”
Dong Ruyi said: "Tell the person who came, just say that it is inconvenient for me to see him tonight, and I will go to Taicheng in person tomorrow." ”
Lilac should have been, only walked a few steps, and said: "Miss, just now Captain Zhang's people said that they saw Juanxiu next to the Seventh Princess today." The guards did not recognize her, did not let her in, and did not report her. ”