If he didn't know what was going on with Empress Zhou, Emperor Chongzhen might have been surprised for a while when he heard that Zhou Kui had not only handed over the silver so quickly, but also how much.

But now that he knew that Zhou Kui had cheated the money from his daughter, it was estimated that a large part of it was given by Queen Zhou, so he was not surprised.

This old thing, it is estimated that he knows that he is a little unreasonable to give 1,500 taels of silver, so he came to lie to his daughter, and handed in more, so that he could pass in face, which can be regarded as fooling me! Emperor Chongzhen thought so in his heart, so he asked casually: "How much did you pay in total?" ”

Queen Zhou glanced at him, but she knew in her heart how much silver her father would pay, thinking that she could pay for it.

"Back to the master, in addition to the 1,500 taels he promised before, Jiading Bo added an additional 500 taels, a total of 2,000 taels of silver!" When Xu Gao said this, he was still vaguely angry.

For a person of Jia Dingbo's status, he finally squeezed out two thousand taels of anything. Just looking at him like that, it seems like he's still amazing. Hehe, me!

"What?" When Empress Zhou heard this, she couldn't help but ask, "How much?" ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he turned his head to look at her and said coldly: "How much is the jewelry you gave him worth?" ”

When Empress Zhou heard this, she looked back at him, her expression was a little hesitant, and she didn't answer immediately.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he immediately frowned, and shouted again: "Hugh has to deceive me!" ”

"It's worth at least five thousand taels!" Empress Zhou saw that Emperor Chongzhen was angry, so she didn't hesitate anymore and replied bitterly.

Xu Gao's answer just now, she had actually heard it clearly, but she just couldn't believe it.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard her reply, he couldn't help but sneer, obviously angry.

After a while, he said in a cold tone: "It's really a good calculation, I came to the palace for a trip, and I wanted to go to five thousand taels, but I turned around and only paid two thousand taels, and I made a net profit of three thousand taels, not bad, not bad......"

Faced with this situation, Queen Zhou was really speechless. If her father said that she was nervous before, she still believed it, and now this matter cannot be explained in any way.

Thinking of these, no matter how good her temper was, she was angry, so she asked Xu Gao angrily: "What about others?" ”

Obviously, she was going to question her father. The face of her mother's family was really lost by her father. If this matter spreads, it will be difficult to raise its head in the palace in the future.

"Jiadingbo said that it is his duty to hand over the silver to His Majesty for emergency relief, and he doesn't need an IOU or anything, and he has already returned to Jiadingbo's mansion."

Xu Gao's answer was like a slap on the head of Queen Zhou.

She really didn't expect that her father, would be so shameless! Suddenly, I felt that my eyes were dark, and my legs and feet were weak, so I fell backwards.

Emperor Chongzhen was beside her, and when he saw this, he hurriedly supported her, and asked a little worriedly, "How is it?" Quick, hurry up and pass on the Imperial Doctor! ”

Xu Gao was also startled, and quickly turned around and left.

"No, no need to pass on the imperial doctor." Empress Zhou came back to her senses and said a little sadly, "I'm fine, you go down!" ”

Xu Gao listened, looked at Emperor Chongzhen, and when he saw him nodding, he bowed and retreated.

As soon as Empress Zhou waited for him to leave, she suddenly knelt down to Emperor Chongzhen, bowed her head and said, "I...... I'm sorry Your Majesty......"

"Where are these words!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he hurriedly leaned over to help her up and said, "He is him, you are you, it's none of your business." But you don't ask for mercy either. In the face of national disaster, he still dares to do things like this, I will definitely be punished. ”

Empress Zhou listened and was speechless. To be honest, at this time, she was a little ashamed and difficult to get along with Emperor Chongzhen. was full of her father's, and she still remembered wanting to meet that strange gentleman, so she said goodbye to Emperor Chongzhen and went back.

It can be said that in this matter, the one who was most injured was actually Queen Zhou. From this moment on, she was really desperate by her father: there are still such people in the world who do not distinguish between right and wrong!

However, Zhou Kui didn't think so, at this time, after returning to his house, he immediately held a banquet to celebrate.

"Dad, the child toasts you!" Zhou Bi'an smiled, and then drank it all.

Putting the wine glass on the table, he spoke again: "It's still a great father, just one trip to the palace, I earned more than three thousand taels of silver!" This can buy many shops. ”

Zhou Kui smiled proudly and said, "Hehe, that's much easier than you going outside to slander other people's shops!" ”

"Dad, what you said is a bit ugly, it's all about other people's filial piety to their sons!" When Zhou Bi'an heard this, he replied a little dissatisfied. But then he remembered that there were three thousand taels of silver, and his mood immediately improved, and he hurriedly patted his father's ass.

The two of them didn't worry about it at all, what if the emperor didn't have money to train his troops? What should I do if the situation in Daming is so bad? What will the queen do if she finds out in the future? In other words, they only care about their own one-third of an acre of land, and they will think so much!

Compared to their father and son, some people think too much.

No, the ministers are in the cabinet. The emperor ordered them to discuss the specific charter, but they didn't see them discussing this at all, but they were all concerned about other things.

"Who is the one wearing a python suit in the Wenhua Hall today, you celebrant can't hear any news?"

"Yes, it seems that he has won the trust of His Majesty, who is this person? How come I've never seen or heard of it before? ”

“……”

In fact, these eunuchs also wondered in their hearts!

Overnight, the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant was replaced, and Wang Dehua and his godsons were all imprisoned. The newly appointed palm seal eunuch Wang Chengen didn't even come to the Wenhua Palace, and was busy with other things. To be honest, they are also worried, I wonder if this turmoil in the palace will affect them?

As for the gentleman, they just knew, was yesterday in the palace. As for the more specific information, they didn't know, they only knew that the new palm seal eunuch family also respected this person very much.

At this time, the civil officials of the outer court asked them about the situation, but they couldn't answer at all, and at most they could tell them that the eunuch with the seal of the master of ceremonies had been replaced. They even hope that the outer court can tell them the origin of that person, so that they can sort out what happened in the palace!

Just as they were making a fussy speculation, Wang Chengen suddenly appeared at the door and shouted coldly: "What, the errand assigned by the emperor has been completed?" Then transfer it to our family! ”

As soon as he heard this, the cabinet fell silent.

I have to say that the prestige of the eunuch is still very high. You know, the power of the cabinet is to vote, and if there is no celebrant wearing red, it is nothing. Even if the celebrant thinks that there is a problem with the draft vote and is not satisfied, then he can send it back to the cabinet and re-vote it.

Of course, if the cabinet is strong, you can also go directly to the emperor and let the emperor decide. But in terms of normal process, the cabinet actually deals with the celebrant and the celebrant.

It is also for this reason that when Wang Dehua was the eunuch of the celebrant and the commander of the East Factory, countless people gave him gifts.

"Don't inquire about things you shouldn't ask." Wang Chengen had a cold face, paced in front of the eunuch Bingbi, and taught him coldly, "Are you idle, keep in mind the errand assigned by the emperor, this is what you should do." ”

At this point, he suddenly turned his head to look at Shoufu Zhou Yanru, and asked with a smile: "Shoufu thinks our family is right?" ”

The weather in Beijing in March was still a little cold, even cold to the hearts of these high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty.

The attitude of the new celebrant eunuch and the governor of Dongchang made them feel that there seemed to be a storm coming in the court.

As for the source of all this, Zhang Mingwei did not have these feelings, but had a fiery heart, riding a horse on Chang'an Street.