The next day, Shen Shangshu truthfully moved the content of the 'best merchant' from the bamboo slips to the fold and presented it to the emperor.

"If you have something to do, you have nothing to do!"

Jiang Ren held the dust in his hand and read it out above the court.

Today, it is rare that the Empress Dowager Cize is in poor health and cannot go to court, and it is a good day for the ministers to play.

But the recent situation is not optimistic, the ministers below were a little restless, Yun Jiuxiao was not in a good mood today, and it was early in the morning, whoever went up first was a matter of shooting the first bird.

Therefore, no one dared to go up, and everyone was shirking each other, and it was better to have good news and go.

Shen Shangshu observed the situation, and when he saw this, he stepped forward and said to Yun Jiuxiao, "Your Majesty, the minister has something to do." ”

I heard that there was no shortage of gloating ministers around him, as well as curious people, and everyone was very willing to see others unlucky at such a time.

Jiang Ren turned to look at Yun Jiuxiao's expression and found that Yun Jiuxiao frowned slightly, but still nodded in agreement with Shen Shangshu's speech.

Seeing this, Jiang Ren said, "Shen Shangshu, play!" ”

Shen Shangshu saluted and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, under the leadership of Your Majesty's wise and martial arts, the taxes paid by the merchants of my Great Cloud Kingdom have reached a new high, and the highest one is 80,000 taels. ”

Hearing this, Yun Jiuxiao's face softened.

"Really?"

"That's true, Your Majesty." Saying that, Shen Shangshu did not forget to tell Yun Jiuxiao, "The best merchant minister of this quarter has been written on the fold and handed over to the emperor, and the emperor can check the list carefully." ”

Yun Jiuxiao suddenly felt relaxed when he heard this, and nodded frequently.

"Good, good, good!" It's been so long, and finally something good has happened.

Yun Jiuxiao said three good words in a row, which made everyone present unexpected, and everyone turned their eyes to Shen Shangshu.

It stands to reason that such a thing as taxation is not enough to be "good news".

Everyone speculated that the emperor was in a bad mood recently, so this little thing can make the emperor feel happy.

Thinking about this, they are all choked.

Seeing this, Shen Shangshu was just about to retreat, but he saw Yun Jiuxiao reach out and accurately find the fold that Shen Shangshu had just handed in from the stack of folds.

This is something that Shen Shangshu never expected, he stimulated the emperor too much!

Although Shen Shangshu's purpose was to let Su Qiange reap the consequences, he himself never wanted to be implicated.

is also why, from the beginning, Shen Shangshu did not mention Su Qiange, because Shen Shangshu knew that the emperor would inevitably be furious when he saw Su Qiange.

The emperor was furious when he saw the twist, and he was angry with Su Qiange which was what Shen Shangshu was most willing to see.

But this time to watch the twists and turns is not the time point that Shen Shangshu wants.

In this situation, no matter whether Shen Shangshu deliberately presented Su Qiange or not, Shen Shangshu himself was easily implicated in this matter.

Shen Shangshu stood nervously in place, trembling and clenching the jade bi in his hand, his sideburns constantly overflowing with sweat.

Regret.

But he regretted it now, it was too late, Yun Jiuxiao had already opened the book and read it.

After some useless clichés at the beginning of the song, Yun Jiuxiao followed the order and went to see the list of tax payers, and the first name was Su Qiange and her Shui Yunjian.

Drought in the north, donation - 100,000 taels.

Yun Jiuxiao's face visibly darkened to the naked eye, staring at the three words "Su Qiange", eager to see through that piece.

When did Su Qiange suddenly grow to this point?

Just rely on her restaurants?

Even if Yun Jiuxiao didn't pay attention to this aspect of things, he could count a few merchants who opened more than Su Qiange Restaurant.

Those are the ones who pay their taxes every quarter! When will it suddenly be Su Qiange's turn?

Raising his head, Yun Jiuxiao looked at Shen Shangshu, who was hanging his head, and said in a deep voice, "Shen Shangshu, is Shui Yunjian the largest among all restaurants now?" ”

Hearing this, Shen Shangshu was stunned, raised his head and looked at Yun Jiuxiao, trying to get some useful information from Yun Jiuxiao's expression, so as to show his attitude.

But he didn't see anything for a long time, so Shen Shangshu had no choice but to report it truthfully.

"Back to the emperor, both in terms of scale and the taxes paid every month, Shui Yunjian is indeed the largest among all restaurants."

"But I remember that she only had twenty-seven stores."

This is what Yun Jiuxiao only learned when Su Qiange participated in the cooking competition, and Su Qiange relied on the customs clearance documents he gave to establish twenty-seven restaurants in just one year.

"Yes, Your Majesty, there are only twenty-seven restaurants in the entire Dayun at present, but there are other restaurants under the Shuiyunjian, as well as some other scattered shops, and in general, the final tax payment of these shops will be attributed to Shuiyunjian."

In other words, Shuiyunjian is now not only a restaurant, but also a large-scale "enterprise".

This was something that Yun Jiuxiao didn't know before, and for a long time Yun Jiuxiao suspected that it was he who helped to abuse Su Qiange.

Now it seems that Yun Jiuxiao found that although he had helped Su Qiange, Su Qiange himself was the real unhealthy spirit.

It is hard for Yun Jiuxiao to imagine that a woman who has just arrived at the conference can become the largest taxpayer in the Great Cloud Country.

This is equivalent to proving in disguise that Su Qiange has occupied a large share of Dayun's economy.

Yun Jiuxiao didn't believe that Su Qiange had such strength, he preferred to believe that it was Xue Chen who created these for Su Qiange, thinking of this, Yun Jiuxiao's resentment towards Su Qiange was superimposed.

If Yun Jiuxiao's face was even darker.

Seeing this, Jiang Ren stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, now is the time to go to the court, and it is not easy to make a big fuss to affect morale, ......what do you think?" ”

Putting down his hand, Yun Jiuxiao said to the ministers, "If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat." ”

When everyone heard that this was the meaning that the emperor wanted to retreat from the court, they said in unison, "The minister has nothing to do." ”

Jiang Ren saw that he immediately swept the dust and announced his retreat from the court, and all the ministers sent the emperor together, Shen Shangshu stood in place, and breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and after Yun Jiuxiao left, he followed the wave of leaving the ministers and left together.

There is no danger.

Yun Jiuxiao, who had descended from the court, pulled the long hem of his court robe in the hands of the palace maid, and personally walked quickly to the Taiji Palace, the gloom on his face was self-evident.

Jiang Ren and a group of palace maids followed behind and trotted all the way to the Taiji Palace.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Slow down, watch your step! ”

Everyone chased Yun Jiuxiao all the way to the Taiji Hall, and watched Yun Jiuxiao walk up to the table and sit on it, as if he had fallen into some kind of calligraphy.

Yun Jiuxiao kept whispering.

"Between the water and clouds, 100,000 taels? Best Merchant? Scold! That's amazing! ”

Jiang Ren was just about to step forward to appease Yun Jiuxiao, when he heard Yun Jiuxiao angrily order, "Go, ask someone to bring Su Qiange to me!" I'd like to see with my own eyes what she's doing! ”

Hearing this, Jiang Ren said, "But Your Majesty, Su Qiange didn't do anything!" Besides, we don't know where she is now. ”

"Then go find it! Bring it to me! Whatever I want her to do, she will be whatever she wants, no reason. ”

Jiang Ren's restraint of indirect reminders did not affect Yun Jiuxiao's anger, and in the end, Jiang Ren could only helplessly let people follow Yun Jiuxiao's thoughts to bring Su Qiange.

Standing quietly beside Yun Jiuxiao, Jiang Ren sighed and lowered his head.

The lack of calmness of ordinary people can always be defeated by reality, but the king's never will, but they will have to pay the price for their lack of calmness in the future.

Yun Jiuxiao gave an order, and the golden captain was sent out to disperse Kyushu, and from Qingcheng to the other eight states to find Su Qiange.

As a result, he found Su Qiange in Jun County, which was less than two days' drive from the capital.

At that time, Su Qiange was eating noodles at the noodle stall, no different from ordinary people, if it weren't for the fact that one of them had seen Su Qiange in the cooking competition, no one would have recognized it as Su Qiange at all.

No one thought that the person the emperor was going to invite would be so ordinary like a sweeping monk.

The golden lieutenant stood in front of Su Qiange, condescending, and said to Su Qiange, who was sucking his face, "Su Qiange, the emperor wants to see you, come with us to the capital." ”

Su Qiange put down the bowl, picked up a handkerchief from the corner of the table, and wiped his mouth.

"So fast?"

It seems that he has been prepared for a long time, and the golden lieutenant frowned when he heard this, Su Qiange stood up and beckoned the store to settle the bill.

The shopkeeper walked up to Su Qiange in a novel way and said to Su Qiange, "Girl, are you a big man?" The emperor personally invites you! ”

Su Qiange raised her eyebrows when she heard this, and teased with a smile, "Why don't you think I'm a fugitive?" ”

The shopkeeper waved his hand when he heard this, "Hey, you're going to joke with us, how old are you, what kind of crime can a girl commit?" ”

Hearing this, Su Qiange pursed his lips and laughed helplessly.

"Who says it's not, I'm a girl, what crime can I commit."

After speaking, Su Qiange turned around and glanced at the golden lieutenant behind him, there seemed to be a very complicated emotion in his eyes, and the golden lieutenant was very uncomfortable by Su Qiange's eyes.

It felt like they were the bad guys who were persecuting her.

"If you're ready, we're good to go."

"Is there a sedan chair?"

"Yes."

"That's a good idea." Su Qiange sorted out the small bag on his shoulder, "Let's go, it's good that I'm tired of walking these days." ”

The golden lieutenant pressed Su Qiange, looking at Su Qiange's frivolous and careless steps, and wondered in his heart, "The richest man is like this?" ”。

On the other side, Yun Jiuxiao also quickly received the news that Su Qiange was on his way to the capital.

Yun Jiuxiao's anger that had been accumulating for many days finally dissipated a little.

The golden lieutenant who reported it hesitated a little, "Su Qiange seems to have realized that you might find it, so when we arrested her, she seemed to be on her way to the capital. ”

Hearing this, Yun Jiuxiao disdained it.

"Even so, so what? She'd better have all her words ready to confront me. ”

Su Qiange's skillful mouth is something that Yun Jiuxiao still remembers, this time Yun Jiuxiao wants to see what kind of words Su Qiange has prepared for him when he has the courage to come in person.

The fourth time he came to the capital, Su Qiange didn't expect that he was escorted to the palace by a group of golden lieutenants in a carriage that was no different from the prisoner's carriage in the actual sense.

There was no time to rest, and two days were spent on the road.

Su Qiange looked very relaxed, she closed her eyes and leaned on the carriage with her arms folded.

Only she knew that in her own mind, she was constantly fiddling with the menu panel, trying to distract herself from the mind kitchen and find something that would reassure her.

When she went to the palace this time, she definitely couldn't walk out without anything.

Going-for-tat with the emperor of the entire Great Cloud Country, Su Qiange's past experience may not be able to support her, she can only convince the other party with practical actions.

Otherwise, she will not be able to leave the capital in her life, and the mass grave will be her home.