"Why are you so anxious?" The concubine said strangely: "If you really want to talk about marriage, it won't be on this day or two, right?" ”

"One day or two days is not in such a hurry." Liu Tong hurriedly said: "Can it be set in a month?" ”

In fact, if you really want Liu Tong to talk about it, even if it is a day or two, he is also very anxious!

When the concubine heard this, she frowned: "Why is it limited to one month?" ”

Liu Tong hesitated for a moment but said softly: "Niangniang also knows that my first marriage was a matchmaker made by the prince in the middle. The Mo family, looking at it, still wants to stuff their daughter for me. Now that the prince is grounded, he just can't control my marriage, and I want to take advantage of this time to quickly give my life's events. ”

Concubine Xian sighed lightly and muttered, "What's wrong with the Mo family......

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"Okay, it's all up to you." Concubine Xian has always accommodated Liu Tong, and she didn't shirk it, but sighed and said: "My son can't help it, I really convinced you." These two **** went to find out what kind of person the third girl Chang San was, and then asked Mrs. An Yuanhou to come to the palace to talk. That's all right, right? ”

"Then thank you, mother." Liu Tong got up and gave a big gift to the concubine seriously.

The concubine shook her head helplessly.

With the help of the concubine, Liu Tong still felt that it was not enough.

He knew very well that what would ultimately decide his marriage was nothing more than a decree from the emperor to give him a marriage.

He is also a prince, and his marriage must be approved by the emperor.

But how could the emperor agree to marry a divorced woman?

The only way Liu Tong could think of was the noble concubine in the palace.

The concubine was born in the people, and there was no help from foreign forces, but she was able to sit all the way to the position of the concubine, presumably because of her skills and scheming.

However, the concubine has no children, and it is rumored that the concubine once wanted to hold a prince under her knees, but there was no follow-up.

A palace person who knew the inside story once said that it was the emperor who asked the concubine to hold the prince, but the concubine herself refused.

I thought that the concubine would gradually lose her status in the palace because of this, but I didn't expect that the concubine would not fade, and even surpassed other concubines with children in high positions, took the queen's wind seal, and managed the entire harem.

Liu Tong discussed with Concubine Xian, and Concubine Xian said: "If the third girl is really good, and the Marquis of Anyuan also agrees to marry her daughter to you, then I will go to the concubine Niangniang to talk about it." But ......"

Concubine Xian paused and said, "Whether the concubine will help you with this, I can't guarantee it." ”

Liu Tong said: "When Niangniang went to find the concubine Niangniang to talk about me, I also went together." I'll convince the concubine to do me a favor. ”

Concubine Xian frowned slightly, looked at Liu Tong and said, "You persuaded the concubine?" What good can you do to convince the concubine? ”

Liu Tong was silent, and said after a while: "Niangniang will know then." ”

Seeing that he had already made up his mind, Concubine Xian didn't persuade him anymore, but sighed: "I hope that Chang San girl is indeed a good match for you." ”

Otherwise, I will disappoint you.

After talking to the concubine, Liu Tong felt a little more relaxed.

Out of the palace, he went straight to King Rui's mansion.

King Rui had already drawn up a plan for the aftermath of the collapse of the embankment in Langxi, and all the articles had written a dozen books, which were so detailed that Emperor Yuanwu immediately applauded the case when he saw it, and immediately took it to the Zhongshu Order, and asked the Zhongshu Order to draft the edict as appropriate.

Perhaps from this incident, Emperor Yuanwu saw the ability of King Rui to deal with political affairs, or perhaps Emperor Yuanwu was pleased that King Rui was in the court, and did not feel as pleased with the prince's fall into the well as King Qi and others, and since then, Emperor Yuanwu began to pay attention to King Rui, who has always been an obscure prince, and asked him to go to the household department to review the tax collection in the autumn of the previous year, and calculate the tax income that should be paid in various places after the autumn harvest this year, and report it to him.

This is really a test for Ruiwang.

It's a real problem.

King Rui was depressed because of this incident during this time, and some courtiers may have looked at the direction of the wind and thought that King Rui was starting to make great achievements, so they also began to run to King Rui's mansion, which made King Rui even more annoyed.

When Liu Tong found King Rui, King Rui was sawing wood with a strained face.

Liu Tong familiarly found a place to sit down, looked at King Rui and said, "Fifth brother is free today?" I have time to do carpentry here. ”

King Rui didn't raise his head, and said in a deep voice: "Do carpentry work, loosen the bones." I'm afraid there won't be any time after tomorrow. ”

Liu Tong looked at him, leaving only the sound of creaking and sawing wood in his ears.

After a while, the wood was finally sawed down, and King Rui took the sawn piece of wood, looked at Liu Tong and said, "My father has given me a big problem. ”

Liu Tong thought about it and knew: "But the matter of accounting for the autumn harvest tax of the household department over the years? ”

King Rui nodded: "Before the prince took over the household department, the tax income of the household department was actually not very transparent, and there were always some unrecorded accounts that went into the private pockets of officials. After the crown prince took over, the tax revenue did not seem to have changed much according to the past, but I don't know how much of it actually went into the treasury. Now that the crown prince is grounded, my father asked me to calculate the taxes paid by the household department over the years, and I have to open the treasury a little...... Oh, I could already predict that it would be another bloody storm. ”

Liu Tong pursed his lips and said, "Fifth brother can be hastily ordered and deal with the past." ”

Although Liu Tong said this, he knew in his heart that King Rui was not the kind of person who was perfunctory.

King Rui stared at the piece of wood, carefully studied the texture of the wood, and said: "The prince embezzled the money and grain of the household, and the father and emperor knew about it." Father is not old and confused. It's just that the father acquiesced to the prince's accumulation of power, so he didn't care. After all, in the eyes of his father, in this world, there will always be a day when the prince will be. ”

King Rui exhaled, put down the wood and said, "My father asked me to do such a thankless job for two purposes. One is to test whether I really have no intention of stepping on the prince. The second is probably also a warning to the crown prince. Warn him not to overdo it. ”

"So, the hasty accounting is perfunctory...... It's impossible. Rui Wang chuckled.

Liu Tong gritted his teeth and said, "Doesn't my father consider the situation of the fifth brother after this incident?" If the fifth brother wants to check the account books of the Ministry of Households, he will definitely offend some officials of the Ministry of Households. How to check Cheng dù, the fifth brother should also think carefully. If the investigation is too deep, more people will be involved, which will definitely make the prince suffer a big setback, and the father will not like it. If the investigation is not deep, it will inevitably make the father dissatisfied...... But no matter how deep the investigation is or not, it is always an errand that offends people. They don't dare to blame their father, don't they have to carry this infamy on the back of the fifth brother? ”

"Who's to say it isn't?" King Rui sighed, stretched his waist and said, "So today is the first to be loose and loose, and when tomorrow is the one, there will probably be no idle days." ”