Chapter 13: Late at Night
Cao Xiangfu, Cao Zi is in the lobby with a plaque Weihe, the main seat is sitting Cao Guohan, there are two people around him, the whole lobby is dark, and there is almost no light.
"What's the matter with the meal eunuch?"
Cao Guohan asked.
"This eunuch replied to the child, he did follow the child's instructions last night, and gave the sweat medicine, but I don't know why it became poisonous, as for why the second sister went to the medicine again in the morning, this eunuch doesn't know."
Cao Chuanyu replied, his expressions could not be seen in the darkness, and the moonlight left a shadow.
"It's not simple, last night it was obvious that someone else wanted to borrow your hand to blame our Cao family for turning the sweat medicine into poison; Your second sister is very competitive, and when she saw that you failed to complete the task in the morning, she wanted to show his ability in front of her father, so she helped you also take the drug, and then she was also used by others. ”
The speaker's voice was cold, he was dressed in black, and in the middle of the night, he could not see the human figure, as if he had blended into the darkness.
"Indeed, the second sister's servant said that it was indeed a sweat medicine, and what was tested by the guards was poison!"
Cao Chuanyu replied, in addition to Cao Guohan, there is actually another person who can make Cao Chuanyu reply, if outsiders see it, they may be surprised, what is the identity of this person.
"I want to borrow our Cao family's hand and blame our Cao family twice! Do you really think that our Cao family will not dare to do it? The man in black continued.
"Who does Big Brother mean?" Cao Chuanyu asked.
Eldest brother? Didn't Cao Guohan have only one son, General Guide, and one daughter, Cao Guifei? When Cao Chuanyu has a big brother, I am afraid that if he is heard by others, he will be afraid.
"Who? Who else could we be against? The man in black asked rhetorically.
"King Qian! Empress! Cao Chuanyu said the answer almost without thinking.
"And the emperor who is particularly eye-catching today!" The man in black said with a sneer, but the tone of his words suddenly changed:
"But the arrow shoots the bird!"
Cao Guohan said in a deep voice:
"Since others think it's my Cao family who did it, then do it! Next time, let Zizhi directly poison it! If she can't even do this, there is no need to show her face in the harem! It's better for a woman to have a husband and children! ”
Zizhi is naturally talking about Cao Guifei, the second lady of the Cao family!
"Yes, Father! This emperor is disrespectful to his father in the court today, and the child has long wanted to get rid of him! ”
Cao Chuan said that he knew that his father wanted the second sister to get rid of Yan Shizi.
"Don't come to Cao Mansion again in the future! Your identity is crucial to your father's layout! My Cao family currently has no eldest son! ”
Cao Guohan said to the voice in the dark.
"Yes! The child knows. As the voice faded away, so did the human breath.
Then Cao Chuanyu lit an oil lamp, and Cao Guoyu's deep eyes were even deeper under the glow.
"Southeast Emergency, at present, there is a huge famine in Maozhou in the past century, and the whole Maozhou will change at any time, whether the child should report to the imperial court." Cao Chuanyu said in a low voice.
"Don't report it!" Cao Guohan's oil lamp flickered without any expression.
"Did the child notify the county to reduce the local tax?"
"No less!"
"The father asked the child to buy Maozhou grain, at least eighty percent of the grain has already arrived in our hands, how to use it?"
"It's burning!" Cao Guohan's tone was calm.
Cao Chuanyu couldn't help but be a little shocked and said:
"Burned? If it burns, five million people, within a month, at least one million people will starve to death! There will be rebellion at any time! ”
Cao Guohan looked at Cao Chuan and said:
"Among the three children, you are less resourceful than your eldest brother, and less ruthless than your second sister! But what my father values most is you! Don't let your father down! ”
"My father wants to be with Maozhou...... Got it! ”
Cao Chuanyu's eyes flashed.
Cao Guohan went on to say:
"Tomorrow Fang will just be removed, and the selection of officials is still a system of buying officials, our Cao family, this time we will win sixty percent of the quota! What a price, my Cao family can afford it! Let the princes divide the rest! After the imperial examination, the queen's new court is the court of my Cao family! ”
"Yes, seventy percent of the people of the Ministry of Rites, the child has been bought! This time, the child has already raised the price of the official position, and it is impossible for the queen to get a place! ”
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The Concubine's Mansion, countless rare treasures, rockeries and fake waters are all treasures of the past dynasties, all of which converge on the Concubine's Mansion.
"Today's events, it can be seen that the Cao family's ambitions are getting bigger and bigger! There is also the matter of Maozhou, Prime Minister, do we have to report to the imperial court? ”
A five-grade official uniform, this person is Ren Fangge, a subordinate of the concubine, who reported in the concubine's mansion at this time.
Yu Zhi sighed and said:
"Why bother looking for boring, report to the court now, can the court manage it? And the famine is good, Caojia also stores grain, and the grain of rice is thousands of gold, and the greater the famine, the more silver there is. ”
Ren Fangge realized: "The subordinates understand." ”
"How much silver do we have left?"
Yu Zhi looked at Ren Fangge.
"The silver taels that were looted in Fang Gang's Mansion last time are not much! This Fang Gang's family background is just that little! ”
Ren Fangge's expression is all looked down upon.
"It's really not powerful, it's not easy to raise a household! Look at the bottom of this picture, the Ministry of Rites who has no money will be made into a miasma by the Cao family, I will find a way to do the matter of the silver two, and things will be done according to the plan! ”
Yuji rubbed his temples.
"Yes! In addition, the puppet emperor of the prime minister today is beyond everyone's expectations, and the princes are worried..."
"The Cao family poisoned twice, but they couldn't kill this proton, this Mi guard is loyal, inform Yu Ni, this proton makes the princes unhappy, and Concubine Yu can still help sometimes! It's not bad for us to mess up the court!"
Yu Zhi put down the delicate red Nao teacup, his eyes were still looking at this work of art, and there was murderous intent in his words.
"My subordinates understand! Now that there is no obstacle from Fang Gang, the matter of selecting officials? Ren Fangge asked.
"The old rule, if the prince pays more than two pieces of silver, we will sell it to whom! The Cao family can't swallow it all, the power is not wanted, and the money cannot be less!
In addition, where is the queen, not a single official position can be kept, and no matter how high the price is found in the queen, it will not be given! ”
Yu Zhi waved his hand, and the explanation has been completed.
"Yes!"
After letting Fang Ge receive the order, he retreated.
Yu Zhi walked out of the room and saw the Prime Minister's Mansion, which place is not a treasure, he looked at the sky and smiled:
"Even the old emperor can't reverse the situation, what can a girl do! It can't be helped. ”
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Inner Servant Province, in the Great Eunuch Lord's Mansion!
"How does the little round miscellaneous family treat you?" Kui Bali is brewing tea.
"The slave entered the palace as a eunuch at the age of ten, and his father-in-law has taken good care of the slave for ten years, and you are closer than the slave's father!"
Xiao Yuanzi said respectfully, and peeked at Kui Baili from time to time.
"Well said, Daddy asked you, did you give you the poison last night?"
Kui pulled out his triangular eyebrows and stretched out, looking like he didn't like it.
Xiao Yuanzi was relieved and said in a low voice:
"Yes, it was ordered by the minions, but the minions only gave the sweat medicine."
Kui Bali suddenly laughed, and his triangular eyebrows were even more relaxed:
"Just admit it, you did a good job, this reward you."
Kui Bali pushed the box on the table in front of Xiao Yuanzi.
Xiaoyuanzi carefully opened the box, full of rare treasures:
"Grandpa Xie, Grandpa Xie!"
is still Kui's father-in-law and generous, and Xiao Yuanzi thinks that he is doing the right thing.
"Who's behind it?"
Kui Ba's unprepared sentence made Xiao Yuanzi immediately nervous:
"No, there are no instructions, the slave is for the father-in-law!"
Kui Bali poured the brewed tea into two cups:
"For the sake of my father-in-law? Hehe, it's General Cao, right! You collected a lot of money, not to mention that you don't dare not accept it, do you? ”
Xiao Yuanzi knew Kui's father-in-law too well, and now Kui Bali must have caught his handle, so he said this, and immediately knelt down;
"Minions, minions should be damned! I originally wanted to use it to honor my father-in-law in a few days. ”
Kui Bali didn't seem to be angry, but helped him with one hand and said:
"You are the slave who knows the mind of the miscellaneous family the most, get up."
"Father-in-law Xie! Grandpa Xie! ”
After Xiao Yuanzi stood up, he heard Kui Ba say sharply:
"This tea is also given to the miscellaneous family by the Cao family, and the miscellaneous family also gives the Cao family a few thin noodles, you can also taste it."
"So my father-in-law?" Xiao Yuanzi was completely relieved and picked up the tea in front of him.
"It smells so good!"
The aroma was tangy and I tasted it.
"Good tea, good tea!"
Yikes...
This tea, father-in-law..."
Xiao Yuanzi covered his neck and fell to the ground, his whole body convulsed, foaming at the mouth.
Kui Ba slowly approached his ear and said:
"It's ten years to stay by the side of the miscellaneous family, the miscellaneous family really likes you, you know the miscellaneous family too well, sometimes the miscellaneous family raises a hand, and you will come to something, but you show your feet, and the Cao family is too presumptuous, and my father-in-law is not easy to do in the harem."
Xiao Yuanzi's expression became more and more painful, his green tendons flared up, his breathing became weaker and weaker, and he grabbed Kui Bali's sleeves and didn't let go, and Kui Bali touched his face and said:
"Yan Shizi made a metaphor to the queen in the court, pointing out that it was your fault, you were borrowing a knife to kill people, and it was you who killed you, so Xiaoyuanzi, if you want to blame, you can only blame the emperor, and my father-in-law can't protect you! What's more, the queen has never warned the miscellaneous family like today, you are really damned! ”
Xiao Yuanzi's eyes widened, and he whimpered at the end.
"Drag it out."
After saying that, it was Xiao Congzi and another eunuch who ran in.
Kui Bali pointed to the things on the table that were originally given to Xiaoyuanzi and said:
"This thing will be yours in the future, the miscellaneous family will rely on you in the future, be loyal to the miscellaneous family, you know!"
After Kui Bali finished speaking, the eyes of the two eunuchs lit up:
"Grandpa Xie, Grandpa Xie!"
Xiao Congzi then respectfully handed over the things wrapped in a handkerchief: "Father-in-law, the slave collected it by the queen's side today!" ”
Kui Bali's eyes were happy:
"Oh, Xiao Congzi is getting more and more neat!"
Then the two little eunuchs carried the corpse and walked out, only Kui Bali was left in the room, Kui Bali couldn't wait to open the handkerchief, there was a slender hair in it, Kui Bali held it in his hand, sniffed it gently, looked intoxicated, and then wrapped the things back immediately, and walked to one of his locked cabinets, which was full of dazzling things, all of which were used by Ying Xingyao.
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