130. Extortion
"The old minister is guilty and willing to be punished!" Gong Yuanhao lowered his head and couldn't see clearly.
"My father and this palace are not unreasonable people, I think that there is a reason for the incident, and your father and son have a heart of benevolence and filial piety, so I will not pursue the crimes of your father and son." Without waiting for Gong Yuanhao to thank him, Qingyun said again: "But if this palace is not punished, everyone will follow suit and come to the first and then play, wouldn't it be a mess of ethics?" King Chungmu, do you say yes? ”
Gong Yuanhao said respectfully: "But the emperor and the ninth princess will punish you!" ”
"Excellent! Seeing that spring is about to begin, the people are just waiting for spring plowing and spring planting, followed by repairing the river, and the treasury is really ......"
Qingyun stared straight at Gong Yuanhao, who made his fiefdom relatively rich, although the two silver mines belonged to the imperial court, but she accidentally learned not long ago that he also concealed another inconspicuous silver mine and dug it privately, which can be described as unpredictable.
When Gong Yuanhao heard this, his heart suddenly shook inexplicably.
Could it be that the Ninth Princess knows what to say? But he thought that everything was done seamlessly, and the ninth princess would never be aware of it, and it should just be just trying to enrich the treasury.
However, the ninth princess was too cunning, and actually reached out to the courtiers to ask for silver, and he took the initiative to send it to the door to let the ninth princess take the opportunity to blackmail, what a mistake!
"The old minister is willing to donate 500,000 taels of silver for spring plowing and repairing the river!"
"500,000 taels?!" Everyone's expressions changed.
Not to mention the courtiers, even if King Rui and others were not the prince, the previous year's salary was only 10,000 taels, and the annual salary after giving the crown prince was only 20,000 taels, even if the reward is added, how young people do they have to have 500,000 taels? King Zhongmu actually donated it without blinking an eye, what a big deal!
Who knew that Qingyun raised his eyebrows and was noncommittal.
Seeing this, Gong Yuanhao gritted his teeth: "Eight hundred thousand taels!" ”
Qingyun remained unmoved.
"One million taels!" ……
"One million two thousand taels!" ……
"One and a half million taels!" ……
Finally, Gong Yuanhao was no longer calm, cold sweat began to break out on his forehead, his already unswerving body and his long kneeling were a little shivering in the cold wind, but he was obviously dissatisfied with the appearance of the ninth princess, so he was ruthless: "Two million taels!" Nine princesses, this is all the old minister's belongings, please let the ninth princess smile! ”
Looking at Gong Yuanhao, who was defeated in front of his beloved daughter, Emperor Huiwen was extremely happy and proud.
No wonder when he learned that the prince had left Beijing, his beloved daughter told him not to care, so it was, with these two million taels of silver, spring plowing and repairing the river would not be worried.
Everyone is already messy in the collective wind!
Two million taels of silver! Nine princesses, robbers are not as ruthless as you!
It's irrefutable, after all, King Zhongwu is at fault first, and just one big crime of disrespect is enough to behead all the doors, and then the property will not be the same and have to be handed over to the treasury!
"King Zhongwu is so generous for the country and the people, but this palace is disrespectful!" Qingyun opened his mouth with a smile, and then looked at Zhang Zishan, the head of the household: "Lord Zhang, remember to return the silver taels to the treasury in time, so as not to miss the spring plowing and spring planting and repairing the river!" ”
"Wechen obeys!" Zhang Zishan knelt down respectfully.
Gong Yuanhao wanted to cry without tears.
If it was only two million taels in normal times, he didn't pay attention to it at all, but now...... Forget it, let's just sacrifice your wealth to avoid disaster!
"The ninth princess, because the amount is really huge, please let the ninth princess tolerate the old minister for some time to raise, the old minister ......"
"It's okay!" Interrupting Gong Yuanhao's unfinished words at the right time, Qingyun said with a smile and concern: "This palace knows that King Zhongwu has always been in poor health, and he can't bear to work hard for King Zhongwu, so let's do it, the Yixiang Hall next to his father's palace is extremely quiet and elegant, and it is the most suitable for recuperation, and when he is free, King Zhongwu can also play chess and drink tea with his father, and his father is also in a relaxed mood after being busy, and this palace is grateful." As for the silver taels, the protector of the country, month by month"
"The old minister (subordinate) is here!" The protector Li Zhengxun and Zhuyue immediately walked to the position in the middle of the next head and stood still.
"The two of you will immediately rush to Jiuyuan County with the edict of the palace and the letter from King Zhongwu, and assist the prince to transport the silver taels back to the capital safely, there must be no mistake!"
"Yes!"
After a series of blows before, everyone is no longer in shock.
The ninth princess's move is clearly a disguised house arrest of King Zhongwu, but it is not difficult to understand, after all, such a large sum of silver, if King Zhongwu returns to the fiefdom to find various excuses to delay, the ninth princess will not be able to whip up.
The Ninth Princess is really far-sighted, and if you offend anyone in the future, don't offend the Ninth Princess, otherwise you will either be beheaded or bankrupt!
"In addition, the thousand-year-old snow ginseng sent by Emperor Chu to the palace and the heart-nourishing longevity pill personally developed by Prince Mo were brought to the old lady of the palace, and they said that the palace wished the old lady of the palace a speedy recovery, and she should take care of her body, but don't worry too much like a concubine, so that she will be injured and have the epidemic at all, and it will be too late to regret it."
"The old minister (subordinate) obeys the order!"
Knowing that the Nine Princesses of Lu Dao were both encouraged and powerful, Gong Yuanhao had to endure even though he was unwilling, and he had to thank the Nine Princesses for their Longen.
Han Jingwen and Li Zhengxun glanced at each other without a trace, and when they saw the appreciation in each other's eyes, they both smiled.
Qingyun's resourcefulness made Zhang Lianwu couldn't help but be impressed, Mu Qingyun, you are really not simple! glanced at Sima Chun, who was a little excited beside him, and a touch of mockery and contempt in his eyes was fleeting.
Just with you, a fool who can't support the wall, it is delusional to want to get Mu Qingyun's favor.
The rumors were confirmed, and everyone suddenly changed their faces when they heard it.
"Why is King Zhongwu still kneeling, get up and sit down and talk, you are a great hero of my dynasty." glanced at Gong Yuanhao, who trembled and sat back in his seat with the help of the servant, a shallow smile crossed his lips, and he looked at the frightened everyone in a blink of an eye.
The prime minister's face was calm, without the slightest worry or anxiety, but after Mrs. Lin's short panic, there was a hint of schadenfreude between her eyebrows, which was quite intriguing.
"The concubine is indeed suffering from the epidemic, but the palace has instructed Mo Gongzi and Imperial Doctor Xu to do their best to treat, after the dinner, Mo Gongzi will also distribute the prescription to you, as long as you do a good job of prevention and control and restrain your respective families, you will naturally not be infected, if anyone dares to take the opportunity to spread rumors, or even make waves, causing people to panic and turmoil, this palace will be severely punished! Do you remember them all? ”
The crisp tone and the breathtaking momentum shocked everyone in horror, who would dare to disobey the will of the Ninth Princess, unless it was too long!
Mrs. Lin, who knelt on the ground with everyone, was secretly happy.
It was not in vain that she begged the old lady to take her into the palace, otherwise she would not have heard the good news with her own ears.
Although she was somewhat sorry that she couldn't kill the slut with her own hands to avenge her beloved daughter, but since ancient times, people who have had the epidemic will definitely die, even the divine doctor is helpless, so that the beloved daughter is also blind under the nine springs.
"Don't worry too much, Prime Minister, this palace believes that the concubine Jiren has her own natural appearance and will definitely recover."
Hearing Qingyun say this, everyone realized that the concubine was so sick, why didn't the prime minister, who was a father, say anything at all?
Could it be that between the prime minister and the concubine Niangniang......
The quiet voice in the concern suddenly broke into the eardrums, and the prime minister, who didn't know what he was thinking, suddenly came back to his senses, saw the puzzled eyes of everyone, his heart clenched, and he hurriedly knelt down to ask for guilt: "Thank you for the emperor and the ninth princess for your concern, the old minister only has such a daughter as the noble concubine, and now he is suddenly sick, the old minister is really worried, so he will be rude in front of the court, and ask the emperor and the ninth princess to forgive his sins!" Talking about old tears.
"Get up." Qingyun Qingli had a gentle face of understanding, and said with kind words and comfort: "This palace knows that the prime minister loves his daughter very much, but the concubine is the concubine of his father, and the father and the palace will naturally not ignore it, and the prince Mo and Imperial Doctor Xu have already started to study the prescription, and the prime minister can rest assured." ”
Hearing this, everyone had a guess in their hearts.
Everyone knows that before the ninth princess and Xu, because of King Chun, the relationship with the concubine Niangniang was as good as a mother and daughter, but after the ninth princess and Xuan, the relationship between the two obviously became a little delicate, and the ninth princess even took the power of the concubine Niangniang to control the harem behind closed doors, and repeatedly suppressed the prime minister, must be dissatisfied with the concubine Niangniang and the prime minister.
Now that the concubine Niangniang has the epidemic, the ninth princess not only did not fall into the ground, but also asked the divine doctor and Imperial Doctor Xu to do their best to treat the concubine Niangniang......
What the hell is going on? The mind of the ninth princess is really unpredictable!
Holding back the doubts in his heart, the prime minister said gratefully: "The old minister thanked the emperor and the ninth princess Longen!" ”
Qingyun always had a gentle warmth on his face, but out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Zhang Lianwu, who was sitting quietly next to Sima Chun, and there was a trace of magic in his eyes.
It has been confirmed that the family members of the courtiers and the two imperial doctors are powerless, and it is impossible to accurately poison Zuo Protector and Yuan Dong with floaters in a panic, especially with the long-lost secret poison 'Drunkenness'.
Only this love dance, the data shows that she has been raised in the deep boudoir, after her mother's death, according to common sense, she can keep filial piety at home, but she insisted on going to Funing Nunnery, and was taken home by Zhang Zishan three years later, and was very pampered, and treated people very mellow and thoughtful, which was well received.
In Funing Nunnery, except for eating fasting and chanting Buddha every day, she did not have any contact with the outside world, everything was normal, but she always felt that those three years were extraordinary.
The two successive horror dinners allowed everyone to see the nine princesses' strategizing and wisdom, and some people were happy and some were worried for a while.
At the same time, a black figure avoided the dark guard and quietly sneaked into the prime minister's study, a search and found nothing, the black shadow was about to give up and leave, when he accidentally touched something, he saw the bookshelf behind him move slowly, and then revealed a secret door, the black shadow's eyes lit up, and then he flashed in