The two of them walked for another cup of tea, and Fuxingtai was close in front of them.

Zhu Yuxiao saw two people dressed in first-class official uniforms in the distance enter the Fuxing Platform, so she turned around and said, "Sister, I'm tired, it's better to rest here." After speaking, without waiting for Zhu Yutang to speak, he first found a stone bench and sat down.

Zhu Yutang couldn't cry or laugh a little: "It's you who says it's you, and it's you who says you're tired." He had no choice but to sit down with her and gossip for a while. Suddenly, Zhu Yutang squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, and asked the palace maid beside him, "Go and see who is the person in white robe who came in front of you?" ”

The palace maid responded and left, and before she had walked a few steps, the white-robed man had already come over on his own, followed by a guard, and saw that the man knelt down and bowed when he saw Zhu Yutang:

"Liu Mingyan, the governor of Southern Xinjiang, meet Your Majesty and Her Royal Highness Princess Yinquan!"

"Ming Yan? Is it really you? Emperor Ming was a little surprised, "You're afraid of ...... You haven't been to the capital of Taiye for three or four years, right? ”

"Your Majesty really has a good memory, three years ago, my father was still the governor of southern Xinjiang, and the minister once came to the capital of Taiye with my father to congratulate Her Royal Highness Princess Qingyu on her wedding."

Zhu Yuxiao saw that the person in front of her was in a white robe and silver veil, heroic, with a pair of apricot eyes and beautiful eyes, she was really a beautiful woman, she looked a little confused, and asked, "Sister, whose daughter is she?" ”

Emperor Ming smiled: "You don't even recognize her?" Her mother was the lord of Qinglan County, and she first married the son of the Duke of Liguo, and she was widowed not long after. It was me, and then she remarried Liu Zhan from the Southern Xinjiang Governor's Mansion, and when you went to Cangwu, she was only about seven or eight years old. ”

Liu Mingyan had already turned around and bowed again, raised her head and smiled: "Aunt can't recognize Mingyan anymore?" Ming Yan can remember her aunt, her aunt's appearance has really not changed at all. ”

Zhu Yuxiao's face was very surprised and undisguised. Emperor Ming only said that she had met her old friend for a long time and couldn't recognize it, so how did she know that what she was thinking about was something else.

I have been married to Cangwu for twenty-four years, and the little girl in the past has now become the governor of southern Xinjiang, listening to my sister's words, she has not entered the liquid for three years, and it will be unusual for her to suddenly appear today.

Early this morning, Zhao Wuyun asked someone to let him try his best to bring his sister to Fuxingtai, and wait for the two Shangshu to enter Fuxingtai before coming on stage. Now it seems that this should be just one of the steps, and the Fuxing platform has been calculated layer by layer and is ready to go.

While thinking, he stretched out his hand to help Liu Mingyan and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Mingyan, but I really didn't recognize it." Your mother is my cousin, and we have been playing together since childhood, and now your mother is good? ”

When Emperor Ming heard her ask like this, it was too late to make his eyes look good.

I saw that Liu Mingyan's face was a little gloomy, and she replied: "Thanks to my aunt's concern, my mother passed away two years ago. Now only the old father is in southern Xinjiang, so there are few people in Taiye City. Zhu Yuxiao was surprised again, and was speechless for a while.

Emperor Ming asked, "Then who are you today...?"

"The minister has a book to play, and the stakes are very high, so I brought this book to Fuxingtai, I wanted to play first and then come to Your Majesty and His Royal Highness to say goodbye, I didn't want to see Your Majesty's guard of honor from afar, and I didn't dare to be rude, so I came over first."

"Sister, it just so happens that we are also going to Fuxingtai, so let's go up with Ming Yan." Zhu Yuxiao was very funny.

Zhu Yutang looked at Liu Mingyan and then at Zhu Yuxiao, although the two of them looked talking and laughing, they could clearly feel a little strange, and they couldn't help but feel a little strange. She pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, then I'll go up and have a look today." ”

* * * * * *

Lu Qiusheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, is an extremely cautious person, only about forty years old, but his behavior is impermeable. This day of the beginning of spring was announced to Fuxingtai early in the morning, and he was deeply unusual. Compared with Lu Wenchi, the head of the household department around him, he is really cautious in his heart.

Something strange will happen today.

As soon as I went to the hall, I saw Zhu Zhiling sitting on the hall with a golden crown in red clothes, obviously waiting for a long time. There is only one female official who is grinding ink and a palace maid holding tea, and there is no one else. There is no incense in the main hall, and the windows are closed, which makes people feel unusually cold.

Zhu Zhiling saw the two Shangshu coming to the palace, with a big smile on his face, and apologized when he opened his mouth: "On the day of the official holiday, I also called the two adults to come, and it was a lot of hard work. ”

Lu Qiusheng chuckled in his heart, he knew the temper of the princess of the prison country very well, in the past, her face was as cold as iron, and she couldn't say a polite word, but today's gentle words made him feel a little upset in his heart.

"Today is not for anything else, but to supervise the construction of a trade ship with Cangwu Kingdom, there are some things that I don't understand, and I want to hear what the two adults have to say." Zhu Zhiling opened her lips slightly, explained with a pleasant face, and motioned to the palace maid who served tea to go down first.

A merchant ship? Isn't that a precedent, step-by-step thing? And there are still two years before the period of supervision, why should you be so anxious to call to Fuxingtai on the day of the regular holiday to ask?

Lu Qiusheng decided not to speak first, according to his guess, one person would speak first.

Sure enough, Lu Wenchi raised his eyes and looked at Zhu Zhiling, and said with a puzzled look: "Most of the supervising merchant ships are the work of the Ministry of Industry, and my household department only allocates regular funds on a monthly basis according to the various material costs recorded in the official report forwarded, not to mention that this year is the third year since the supervision, and it is no different from previous years, I don't know what His Highness means when he says something unclear?" ”

Zhu Zhiling still said with a smile: "Lord Lu also said that the household department is allocated on a monthly basis. However, I took a closer look at the official reports of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, and although the final amount of silver spent last year was the same, there was a considerable discrepancy in the amount of each month. ”

Lu Qiusheng remained silent.

Lu Wenchi let out an "oh" and said unhurriedly: "Back to Your Highness, according to the usual household department, it is true that the Ministry of Household should allocate silver to the Ship Department of the Ministry of Industry every month, but Lord Lu said that the Ministry of Industry procures shipbuilding materials often on a quarterly basis. Therefore, I have allowed the Ministry of Households to allocate funds to the Ministry of Works on a quarterly basis every three months, and the total amount will remain unchanged. However, since the official report of the income and expenditure settlement of the household department is submitted monthly, the amount of this money is evenly distributed to the official report of each month. Presumably, His Highness saw that the amount recorded in the official report of the Ministry of Industry was different from that of the Ministry of Households, which was the reason. ”

The words were eloquent, and there was nothing suspicious, Lu Qiusheng listened to it on the side, and nodded slightly to show his agreement.

Zhu Zhiling seemed to know about this earlier, and nodded: "I also guessed if this was the reason, but I am not sure, so I asked the two adults to come and ask." Since that's the case, there's nothing wrong with that. ”

The two were stunned for a moment, and this is the end? That's it?

I saw Zhu Zhiling call sideways: "Come on, take the official report of the Ship Department last year and the official report of the Household Department." He turned around and smiled: "Although the accounts are right, I also believe that there will be no difference between the two adults." It's just that if you just divide the accounts like this, you can't see which months you spend more and which months you spend less. I'll have to ask the two adults to help me verify it. If it is left in such a daze, it will be difficult for me to answer when the mother queen asks when it should be wide in and out, and when it should be a thin stream. ”

When Lu Wenchi heard this, he was so impatient, he not only said that the total amount was right, but also explained the reason, why did he have to find fault and check it again one by one? It must be known that the monthly official newspaper of the household department is often one or two hundred volumes, if it is verified every month, let alone today, even if you stay on this Fuxing platform for three nights, you can't finish it, isn't this a full meal and nothing to do? What's more, everyone in the Manchu Dynasty knows that the procurement of the Ship Division is very strict, and such a clear water yamen can't squeeze out a few drops of oil and water, how can it be checked?

He couldn't help but turn his head to Lu Qiusheng beside him and said, "Lord Lu, tell me, is what I said to His Highness the truth just now?" At the beginning, you also proposed this procurement season, but I only acted for the convenience of your Ministry of Industry, so why do you want to check the accounts of my Ministry of Household Affairs now? ”

Lu Qiusheng didn't answer his words at all, and said to Zhu Zhiling: "Your Highness, the minister thinks that what His Highness said is extremely true. Since it is an official newspaper, it should be counted in one stroke, and it should be named and substantiated. Although the amount is not large every month, the embankment of thousands of miles collapses in the anthill, and we in important positions should be more vigilant in order to set an example. I would like to check the official report carefully! ”

When Zhu Zhiling heard this, her face was full of praise, and she said: "In this way, there will be two adults." He instructed the female officer who was studying the ink: "After the account book is fetched, you pick out the relevant accounts and read them one by one to the two adults, and you must read them clearly and carefully." Then he shouted: "Come, give a seat, serve tea!" ”

Lu Wenchi saw that Lu Qiusheng did not cooperate with him at all, but advocated checking the official report again, he was really angry, but he was forced to sit down by Lu Qiusheng again, and said with a smile: "Come on, Lord Lu, drink tea, drink tea." "For a while, it was like a fist hitting a pile of cotton, and it was useless to have a seizure.

The female official read slowly, Zhu Zhiling listened leisurely, Lu Wenchi was almost dozing off after only half a cup of tea, and it was rare that Lu Qiusheng nodded from time to time, as if he was not listening to the official report, but as if he was listening to the singer singing and playing a small song.

There was an inexplicable atmosphere of peace in the hall.

Suddenly, the female official outside the hall said: "His Majesty the Emperor Ming has arrived." ”

Immediately, the three people in the temple were so shocked that they all stood up. Lu Wenchi hadn't come back to his senses yet, and the purple and gold crown of the Nine Phoenix Chaoyang had already come into view majestically, and it was the Ming Emperor Zhu Yutang. I saw that there were one person on each side of Zhu Yutang, one was Zhu Yuxiao, the princess of Yinquan, and the other was Liu Mingyan, the governor of southern Xinjiang.

When Lu Wenchi saw Liu Mingyan, he suddenly felt that something was wrong in his heart. Why did this little girl come to Fuxingtai today? And Emperor Ming never comes to Fuxingtai on weekdays, so why did he come here today.

Here, Zhu Zhiling was already bowing to the ground, and said: "The son respectfully invites the mother emperor Sheng'an." Zhu Yutang raised his right hand and said kindly: "Get up quickly, if you are pregnant, don't hold on to these." ”

"Why did the Queen come here in person today? But what is the purpose? Zhu Zhiling looked very surprised.