I Yao Keqing said helplessly, "I'm not soft-hearted, it's just that the Marquis of Guangping is in charge of the study and politics, and his grandfather has to give him thin noodles, and he is a first-class filial son praised by the emperor, if he makes his mother lose face because of me, I am afraid that he will be angry with Shen'er, that is, Shen'er will be a jinshi in the spring of next year, but there is still a character inspection that must be approved by him, I don't want to ruin the plan because of a little thing!"

Song Ziqing had nothing to say after hearing this, although Yao Keqing's caution was not exaggerated, but he couldn't even fight back after being wronged, which made him feel distressed, and he didn't want Yao Keqing to be so restrained, "Although the matter of changing the painting can't be broken, but the matter of the wood can be revealed, so that the fourth aunt will fall out of favor in front of the old lady, and without the help of the old lady in the future, it will not be so convenient for her to do many things!"

Yao Keqing nodded in agreement, "I think so too, I can't work in vain after working hard for so long! Mama Fang has already asked someone to see it, and the coffin is really not Nanmu, but ordinary fir wood! Fir wood is much lighter than Nanmu, in order to prevent people from seeing the clues, the craftsman dug out a sandwich on the wooden board, and stuffed an iron plate into the sandwich to increase the weight, and the outside was painted with old lacquer, where can the layman tell what material it is made of!"

"Yes, laymen can't tell the difference!" Song Ziqing smiled, "There is a Zhenguo Gong in the clan who is not good, the imperial doctor said that it will be about three or two days, and his family is asking for ready-made coffins everywhere, and the price is 80,000 taels of silver!"

The old lady's coffin wood was less than 50,000 taels of silver, and she could sell it for 80,000 taels of silver, making a net profit of 30,000 taels.

Remembering that Yao Qishen had just said that Zheng Yingqing was going to sell the painting saint's paintings, Yao Keqing sighed, "Sure enough, it's still fast to make money by reselling!"

"How can you steal beams and change pillars quickly?"

Song Ziqing is ironizing Zhan, whether it is wood or painting saints, Zhan uses the same tricks, when the fake painting is discovered, Zhan can stay out of the matter, so what about this wood?

Turning around, Song Ziqing revealed the news of the Zhenguo Mansion to buy the coffin to Mrs. Song, and Mrs. Song was really tempted, urging the Zhan family to help her sell the coffin, afraid that the Zhan family would not care, and also granted the Zhan family 2,000 taels of hard work.

Seeing the old lady's excited appearance, as if she was bound to get the 80,000 taels of silver, Zhan couldn't even say words of persuasion, and agreed to the old lady with a smile on her face, but her heart was more bitter than eating Coptis chinensis! How could she sell a cedar coffin that could be bought for a dozen taels of silver to 80,000 taels!

It is difficult for this coffin to be sold, and it is difficult not to sell it!

But if it is discovered by connoisseurs, it is a big deal if the business cannot be done, and it is a big deal to be known by the old lady!

If you don't sell it, how can the old lady deal with it? The old lady is still waiting for the 80,000 taels of silver! Could it be that she can't come out by herself?

Zhan's anxious group turned around, tossing and turning all night and thinking about it without falling asleep, how to explain to the old lady! Song Ziqing revealed the old lady's intention to sell the good Nanmu coffin to the Zhenguo Mansion, this is good, Zhan just got up, and the people from the Zhenguo Mansion came to the door, bluntly saying that they wanted to buy the coffin that the old lady wanted to sell.

Zhan Shi coped with it with a bitter face for a long time, but finally didn't have the courage to refuse directly, and agreed with a heart!

Mid-Autumn Festival, the family reunion is a good time to have such a funeral, but you don't have to hurry up, the coffin that you spent a lot of money to buy in a hurry is cheap, and it is made of fir that people don't use if they look a little like it, this is not a deliberate blockage for others, isn't it?

Yao Keqing was waiting for the Zhenguo Mansion to make a fuss when he found out that the coffin was wrong, but the Great Compassion Temple sent a letter saying that the courtyard where the old lady was enshrined in the coffin caught fire, and the coffin was burned!

Zhan is not stupid, he knew that he couldn't hide it, so he came to destroy the corpse and burned it into a pile of charcoal ashes, and no one had the ability to tell what kind of material it was made before the burning.

It's just that the Zhenguo Mansion paid the money but didn't get anything and shouted for the old lady to return the money, but the money was in hand, and the old lady was willing to return it, only that she sold the things to them, as evidenced by the contract, it was they who didn't pull it away from the temple in time, which led to the burning, and it had nothing to do with her, she wouldn't return the money!

Of course, the Zhenguo Mansion did not follow, and it happened that the Zhenguo Gong, who had already improved a little better, was angry on the spot when he heard about this, and the Zhenguo Mansion was even more reluctant to give up, and even sued the old lady to Jing Zhaoyin with a piece of paper, accusing the old lady of conspiring with her daughter-in-law and the Great Compassion Temple to blackmail their silver, and angry their master!

In this way, neither of the two Jing Zhaoyin could afford to offend, so they could only hand the paper up layer by layer, and finally handed it to Emperor Yao.

Facing the paper, Emperor Yao couldn't help but sigh that it was difficult for Qing officials to cut off family affairs, this Pingguo Mansion was becoming more and more unorthodox, and his nephew was so tired that he was also being pointed out, and immediately called Pingguo Gong to reprimand.

Pingguo Gong has been in poor health recently, has been cultivating behind closed doors, has never been to the court and has not seen visitors, and does not know the grievances between his wife and the Zhenguo Mansion, at first glance after reading the paper is also flushed, ashamed, "The old minister has no way to discipline, resulting in no form in the cheap, doing such a virtuous thing, please ask Your Majesty to condemn!"

Seeing that all the hair exposed under the official hat of Pingguo was white hair, when he was young, Pingguo Gong also made great contributions to the country of Huaguo, and Emperor Yao couldn't bear to reprimand him excessively, "Although it is only a dispute between women over trivial matters of money, it also reflects that Aiqing is not strict in governing the family, even if Aiqing is a man and does not ask about the back house, but this back house should also be handed over to a safe person!"

The inner court of Pingguo Gong is now in power by the eldest daughter-in-law of the Sun family! Emperor Yao's implication is that the Sun family is not a safe person? Pingguo Gong didn't know what Emperor Yao meant, so he didn't dare to think about it further, so he only paused and replied, "The minister obeys the order!"

Emperor Yao looked at Ping Guogong and said in a deep voice, "Why should Aiqing be perfunctory to me! Over the years, there have been so many excerpts that have participated in Aiqing's indistinguishable role, but I have not reprimanded Aiqing for this, because I know that Aiqing is measured, but since the last time you asked the eldest son to be the son of the world when the eldest princess was killed, I have understood that you have lost your sense of proportion, and this concubine can't mess with the young!"

Ping Guogong's body trembled, and he fell even lower, "The minister is terrified!"

"Panic?" Still pretending to be stupid with him, Emperor Yao's face suddenly turned cold, "Guogong is old, it's time to take care of his life!"

Ping Guogong was really panicked at this time, he forgot the courtesy of the monarch and ministers, and looked up at Emperor Yao in astonishment, but Emperor Yao said indifferently, "Guogong go back and rest!