Chapter Forty-Eight: A Hot Potato
After Caiyun left the study, Chen Qingsi thought about it and felt that the gift money for the celebration banquet was now a hot potato, and he had to dispose of them as much as possible. Otherwise, maybe one day the emperor will charge him with a private offense and put him in prison. The best thing to do now is to donate the gift money to the disaster-stricken areas so that the emperor can rest assured of himself. Think you're still incorruptible.
After thinking about it, Chen Qing went back to his residence, planning to discuss with Mrs. Chen about donating silver.
As soon as he entered the courtyard, he heard the maid Xiaohong say, "Master, the meal has been arranged, just waiting for you to eat." ”
"Where's Madame?" Where does Chen Yushi still have the heart to eat.
Xiaohong looked at Chen Yushi and said, "Madame is already waiting for you at the dining table, no, I didn't see your shadow, so I ordered the slave maid to look for it everywhere." ”。
Chen Yushi came to the guest room and saw Mrs. Chen sitting at the dining table, and sat down next to her. ”
"I've been in my study all the time."
"Then sit down, let's eat!"
After dinner, Governor Chen said to his wife: "Lady, let's go back to the bedroom first!" I have something to discuss with you. ”
Mrs. Chen blinked: "Master, you can't say anything here." ”
Chen Yushi was puzzled: "Let's go back to the bedroom, let's talk about it!" ”
Seeing the little maids covering their mouths and smiling secretly, Mrs. Chen said angrily: "If there is anything, just say it here!" ”
Chen Yushi slurred: "Yes...... Be. About the key money. ”
Mrs. Chen, who loves money, heard Chen Yushi mention gift money, and said busily; "Then let's go back to our room!"
As soon as she entered the bedroom, Mrs. Chen shouted, "What the hell is going on?" Say it! ”
"Madam, I want to donate the extra gift money to the affected places, it just so happens that there is a locust plague in the Tianyuan area, and there is no harvest in the fields, where the common people flee the famine, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled can't escape, so they can only starve to death at home."
Mrs. Chen stepped forward, touched Chen Yushi's forehead, and said, "You don't have a fever, do you?" What does the locust plague in the Tianyuan area have to do with you, you donate, who are you? You think you are the emperor. ”
"Madam, just let me donate the gift money!"
"Don't don't."
Governor Chen was embarrassed: "Madam, listen to my explanation, do you know what kind of official position I do as a husband?" I'm an inspector, and I'm here to help the emperor supervise those officials. Now I am using the name of promotion to hold a feast and buy a large amount of gift money, which wants the emperor to know that not only me, but the whole family will be implicated. ”
"Then why did you agree to the banquet in the first place?"
Chen Yushi glared: "Didn't you say that we gave gifts to those officials, and didn't take advantage of the fact that we wanted the gift money back, and I felt a little unwilling?" ”
Mrs. Chen pouted and asked, "Why can they put on a feast and accept gift money, why can't we?" ”
"Madam, as a husband, I am an inspector, and I will inevitably offend people, I am afraid that someone will use this to threaten me. alarmed the emperor. ”
Mrs. Chen took out a handscroll and wiped her face, and said: "I understand you, but who understands me, my pair of bracelets, and those gold and silver jewelry, I took them all as those gift money, and now you have to donate them all, how can you make me willing." ”
"Madame, I scared you, and I didn't say that I would donate everything, but only that I would donate part of it, just to silence the officials who gave us gifts."
Mrs. Chen sniffed: "That's the only way." ”
"Show me the gift list."
Mrs. Chen took out the gift slip from under the pillow and handed it to Chen Yushi, Chen Yushi looked at it and said: "Exchange those jade, gold and silver utensils for silver tickets, and then redeem all your own things, and I will donate the remaining silver taels to the emperor." ”
"I know the master, tomorrow I will send someone to redeem huàn."
The next day, Mrs. Chen asked Steward Li to take an inventory, and took Steward Li to redeem the silver ticket in person. and redeemed all his belongings.
Seeing Chen Yushi coming back, Mrs. Chen handed the silver ticket to him and said, "This is a silver ticket, you can donate it." ”
"Have we redeemed all our things? What about Xiaoyun's pair of jade bracelets? Bring it, and I'll send someone to bring it to her. ”
Mrs. Chen spread her hands and said, "Master, I forgot to redeem her bracelet, and I don't know what her pair of jade bracelets look like." ”
Chen Yushi knew that his wife had a prejudice against Caiyun, but after all, people also contributed to the house, and the pair of jade bracelets was still a dowry for others, "You, you did it on purpose, right?" ”
Mrs. Chen said confidently: "What's wrong with me." Didn't I just forget it? Didn't you forget about the time again? ”
Chen Yushi said angrily: "Okay, you give me the list, and I will personally go to redeem Xiaoyun back." ”
"The list was thrown away by me a long time ago."
"You're unreasonable."
Mrs. Chen pointed at Chen Yushi and said, "You are unreasonable, donate the silver you get to others." ”。
"Isn't there nothing I can do? Is it delicious for you to be the emperor's food? ”
Chen Yushi saw that his wife was unreasonable, pushed the door and left the bedroom, and went directly to Steward Li.
Steward Li saw Chen Yushi come in and hurriedly saluted; "For the little ones, see Lord Goshi."
"Excuse me! Li Ren, do you remember where the pair of emerald green bracelets were kept? Chen Yushi looked at Steward Li and asked straight to the point.
Steward Li blinked and said, "Didn't Mrs. redeem all the things that were taken today?" ”
Hearing that Steward Li said that he had redeemed all the things, Chen Yushi hurriedly asked, "Is there a pair of emerald green bracelets in the things you redeemed?"
"Master, I really can't remember this."
Chen Yushi looked at Steward Li and said, "Can you take me to the pawnshop to have a look?" ”
Steward Li said: "The master is polite, the small one will let people prepare the carriage, and we will go to the pawnshop." ”
When the two came to the pawnshop, Steward Li walked up to the shopkeeper and asked, "Shopkeeper, did we still leave a pair of emerald green bracelets here that we haven't redeemed?" ”
The shopkeeper said in embarrassment: "There is a couple, and the younger one thought that you didn't want it, so he sold it to a young lady." ”
Steward Li glared: "You, you person, we said that it was limited to seven days, but it was only four days, and you sold the things, I don't care, you quickly get the things back for us." ”
Chen Yushi asked: "Shopkeeper, think about it again, who bought the bracelet?" ”
The shopkeeper said: "It seems to be a beautiful lady, I don't know which lady it is?" ”――
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