Zu'er called the chief manager of Qian to Yuyuan and listened to his aunt's orders.

Mr. Qian is a cronie brought over by the second lady from the Xie family, and now he is in charge of a lot of chores in the Pingwang Mansion, and he has a lot of power.

Chu Tianxiu sat in the Taishi chair in the study, drank a cup of fragrant tea, and said to the general manager: "Benhou wants to pay three or five thousand taels of silver from the tent to improve his life." ”

Although the general manager of Qian Da did not think much of this aunt who came to the door, he still did a good job of being respectful and respectful in his face.

He bowed down, leaned his ears to listen, and was taken aback when he heard the words, "Uncle, I want three~, three or five thousand taels of silver.. Improving lives? ”

That's nearly five thousand taels of silver, which is the annual expense of hundreds of servants in the royal palace.

He had some suspicions that he had misheard the number. But looking at Xiao Duhou's natural expression, it should be not wrong at all, it is three or five thousand taels of silver.

Mr. Qian was suddenly speechless.

The first of the four great gentlemen of Jinling born in the Duhou Mansion!

Poor and extravagant!

It is no wonder that the rich family property of the Dull Marquis, and even the silver borrowed from everywhere, were completely destroyed by the little Duhou Hou.

The Dull Mansion has been squandered by him, and now he has taken a fancy to the family property of the Ping Wangfu.

It's only been three days since he came to the door, and Xiao Duhou asked for a "small coin" of three or five thousand taels of silver. Although the Ping Wangfu is rich, but three or five thousand taels of silver at a time can't withstand his defeat!

However, the Pingwang Mansion is not the Dull Mansion, and the financial power is pinched to death by the second lady. Xiao Duhou went to the door of the palace, and he still wanted to squander it, which was categorically impossible.

However, he could not and did not dare to say anything about it.

The chief manager of Qian immediately showed embarrassment, and decisively shirked it: "Uncle, the villain can only be responsible for small expenses of less than ten taels of silver, and more than one hundred taels of silver must ask the second lady to decide." The rules of the Ping Wangfu are strict, please forgive my uncle and ask the second lady to approve this silver! ”

The second lady is the housewife of the Pingwang Mansion, and only she, the master, can control the son-in-law of Xiao Duhou.

King Ping is busy with affairs, and he doesn't care about the expenses and trivial matters in the palace at all, and the big expenses in the palace are all decided by the second lady.

"Just these three or five thousand silver, do you have to ask the second lady for it?"

Chu Tianxiu was helpless, "That's it, take me to her!" ”

I don't have any money, that's how troublesome it is.

In the past, in the Duhou Mansion, tens of thousands of taels of silver, where did the little Duhou need to ask others, that is, a matter of waving his hand.

At present, the cost of only three or five thousand taels of silver is to ask him to personally give up the face of the little dusk marquis to beg someone.

And since he came to the door, the second lady's face has been very ugly. He didn't want to see her at all, but... I don't have any money in my pocket, so I can only look for this ugly-faced second lady!

...

Moment.

Chu Tianxiu took Zu'er and Manager Qian to the main hall of the palace together.

saw that the second lady was entertaining guests, and Xie Lingyun, the son of the Xie family, one of the top ten gate valves in Jinling, put Chu Tianxiu's aunt aside.

Chu Tianxiu was not in a hurry, and stayed by the side.

The second wife, Xie Liyuan, and her nephew were discussing the matter of the Li family and the Xie family, and recommended each other's children to participate in the imperial court.

"Auntie, what do you think of the "Letter of Recommendation" written by your nephew for Li Kangnian?"

Xie Lingyun said respectfully.

Li Kangnian is a side nephew of Li Rong, the king of Ping, and he is also the son of the Li family who was elected this year.

The second lady specially asked him, a talented son of the Xie family, to write a "Letter of Recommendation" for the children of the Li family.

"Well, that's good. The text is short and concise, dazzling and majestic, and it will be recommended to write like a poem, which is very good. ”

The second lady's eyes lit up slightly, and she admired this nephew of the Xie family very much.

Xie Lingyun's talent is not high, and his political wisdom is slightly lacking. But the poetry is amazing, and it has the reputation of the first young poet in Jinling.

"Auntie... That Xie Shi's recommendation from the side.... ”

Xie Lingyun asked worriedly.

"Don't worry! I mentioned it to your prime minister's grandfather, and the Xie family valve pushed you out this year. ”

The second lady smiled lightly: "As for your recommendation letter, write it yourself." Tomorrow, send these two letters of recommendation to the bus house together, don't make a mistake. This time the court asks for advice, you only need to answer the questions in a decent manner, and grandpa will ensure that you have a county order. With your talent and poetry, you will definitely be appreciated by the emperor, and it is not impossible to become an official to Jiuqing in the future. ”

"It's my aunt, and my nephew will take this opportunity. Don't bother my aunt, say goodbye first! ”

Xie Lingyun was overjoyed, got up to say goodbye, and bowed to Chu Tianxiu again.

There are hundreds of Xie's gate lords.

Grandfather Xie Huyong is the prime minister, there are dozens of grandchildren alone, and he is only one of the grandchildren. However, there is only one place for Hsieh's nomination every year.

If he misses the best age to be promoted, the young descendants of the Xie family continue to rise and compete, and it will be very difficult for him to become a leader in the future.

This year, the Li family and the Xie family exchanged places for recommending their own children, and it was not easy for him to get this place.

...

Xie Lingyun took his leave.

The second lady, Xie Liyuan, finally had time to deal with the matter of Chu Tianxiu, the uncle, spending money to buy a workshop.

The general manager of Qian reported the matter to the second lady in 1510.

She looked at Xiao Duhou's face and became cold.

"Thou shalt pay three or five thousand taels of silver,... Improving your life? ”

She snorted coldly.

The 100,000 taels of silver that the prince lent to the Duhou Mansion the year before last has not yet been filled in.

"It's not impossible to pay money. But our Pingwang Mansion has a big business, everything must be carefully calculated in advance, within the limits of income, and cannot increase expenses at will, otherwise the family property will be lost in a few years. I, the mother of the family, also have to take responsibility.

The budget of the royal government this year is full, and there is no way to allocate this money.

Why don't you ask the prince directly for instructions and arrange this expenditure into next year's budget? ”

The second lady's cold eyes were full of banter and ridicule.

Chu Tianxiu was almost stunned.

The manager of the money pushed it to the second lady, and the second lady pushed it to the prince, one shirked the other, but he was unwilling to give the silver.

Even if he asks the prince for money, he still has to include it in next year's expenditure budget?

The question is can he wait?

It seems that he, the son-in-law of the Ping Palace, will not want to ask for a tael of silver from the palace in the future.

That's it!

Chu Tianxiu was secretly annoyed in his heart, and he didn't want to stay in this palace hall, so he got up and said goodbye and left, trying to find another way to get the money for making paper.

The second lady had an indifferent face.

With her, the number one talented woman of the Xie family's gate valve, sitting in the Pingwang Mansion, Xiao Duhou still wants to squander the loser, dream about you!

The emperor belittled you as the son-in-law of the Ping Palace, but he didn't let you come to enjoy the blessings.