Although only two ingots of gold were given, it was indispensable to enter the palace with Mu Ying to thank him. Lao Zhu, who had just gotten off the court meeting, was lying on the imperial case, eating fried dough sticks in one hand and bean curd in the other.

Mu Ying stepped forward to bow and thank him for a while, Lao Zhu wiped his mouth and looked at Mu Ying saluting him with a smile, his eyes were relieved and proud, in his heart he really regarded Mu Ying as a nephew.

But when he saw his brother-in-law, he immediately changed his face, "I have been hanging all day long, and letting you kneel down is like asking for your life, get up, Yuansheng will serve them a meal." ”

Don't argue back when reprimanded by Lao Zhu, you must not be able to fight his poisonous tongue, and it is best to use Ma Du's experience as a deaf ear.

The bean brain in the palace is salty, the chicken juice is made into marinade, coriander, pickles, sesame oil, and salty dried shrimp are sprinkled, which tastes very good.

After eating a bowl of Madu, he wanted to have another bowl, but Lao Zhu didn't let Yuansheng give it, "I know how to eat all day long but I don't see the long meat, and eating too much is a waste of food." ”

Lao Zhu scraped the bean brains in the bowl, then took a stack of paper and handed it to Ma Du, "Show you this!" ”

Ma Du got up and took it and opened it one by one, which were all the confessions of the White Lotus disciples he had caught yesterday. Yesterday I had to say that it was a big coincidence, even those White Lotus Sect disciples didn't know about the existence of the Red Sleeve Move.

Mu Ying said with palpitations: "Yesterday was really thanks to Xuanzhong, if the emperor has a good one, it will be difficult for Weichen to atone for his sins." ”

Lao Zhu asked rhetorically: "Don't you see anything else?" What about you? ”

"I can see that there may be something wrong with Tengzhou." Ma Du saw that above those confessions, the place names that appeared the most in addition to Ying Tian belonged to Tengzhou, it seems that they have close contacts with Tengzhou, and from the perspective of probability, the White Lotus Sect may have a big move in Tengzhou.

Lao Zhu smiled, "Or are you smart, how about you go to Tengzhou for a run?" ”

Ma Du smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, just spare me, these bastards are black-hearted and ruthless, and if they are stained, they can't be shaken off like maggots on tarsal bones." Don't dare to have anything to do with them anymore, let me stay useful and do something great for the benefit of the country and the people. ”

"A great event for the benefit of the country and the people? If you don't go to court or sit in the government, you dare to say that you will do great things that benefit the country and the people, don't go to the toilet, don't make excuses to put gold on your face. ”

Ma Du got up and arched his hand, "Listening to what the emperor said, Weichen is really ashamed, why don't you recommend a reliable candidate?" ”

Lao Zhu pretended to be surprised and said: "Ouch, I didn't see it, you still have a team of cronies, and I honestly tell you how many people you have in this court." ”

"The court is full of your courtiers, and Weichen has no real power in his hands, who is blind to be my cronies, but I knew a school inspector named Yang Shuping in the past, and he is now working in Suzhou, and Weichen hasn't seen him for several years."

"Oh, I've got it."

Lao Zhu said this that he had made a decision in his heart, and Ma Du cried to Lao Zhu when he was stabbed at sea, and he also said so, the reason why he hadn't started with that person yet, but it wasn't time yet.

Coming out of the apse, Ma Du and Mu Ying went to the middle palace again, and after chatting with Ma Dajia for a stick of incense, she was bombarded to the East Palace, and even lunch was solved in the East Palace, Lao Zhu gave birth to a bunch of sons and daughters, she had to worry about all of them, and Ma Du was tired and panicked for her.

Zhu Biao reads every morning, and deals with a little bit of the city's affairs in the afternoon, Ma Du is the shopkeeper, and Lao Zhu is not worried about other officials interfering in the city's department, so he lets Zhu Biao supervise.

There is no other reason, because there is too much money in the exchange of money from the city. The sea trade tax is already very low, and if you transit in Penghu, the tax can be reduced by another percent.

Even so, the tax revenue of the city division has jumped from more than 10,000 taels to nearly 100,000 taels in a short period of time, which is unimaginable for Lao Zhu, who could only receive two or three hundred thousand taels of silver in the previous year.

Zhu Biao did not disappoint him, he kept the city department in order, and from time to time asked the students of the academy to help him raid the accounts of the city and ship division, and found out a few moths who made fake accounts.

chatted with Zhu Biao for a long time, said some homely and imperceptibly instilled some management concepts in him. Ma Du and Mu Ying got up to say goodbye, but Zhu Biao said with a red face: "Uncle, don't leave in a hurry, can you come to the room, my nephew has something to ask my uncle." Without saying a word, he took Madu into the room.

Ma Du quipped: "Your Highness has something to see and say behind Wen Ying's back!" ”

Zhu Biao smiled embarrassedly, "It's really a difficult place for people who can't be seen, and I ask my uncle to help me!" ”

It turned out that Zhu Biao and Chang's had been married for two years, but until now, Chang's stomach has not moved, and he only said that Chang's health is very good, but fate has not arrived.

In this regard, Lao Zhu and Ma Dajia were very anxious, and Zhu Biao was not allowed to touch the two of them who were women, and began to stuff women into the East Palace, and also gave him a side concubine surnamed Lu. The little couple had a lot of awkwardness under pressure, and their relationship was not as good as before.

Zhu Biao said with a bitter face: "My uncle taught me the dragon tactful, fish flounder, and Yan Tongxin, and my nephew has also made it to no effect, every time I go to see my mother, she has to ask me to make me feel uncomfortable, and now my nephew is very distressed, and only my uncle can help me." ”

"The Imperial Doctor has seen it for you? What's wrong? ”

"Meirong and the Lu family have seen it, their health is very good."

"This birth is a matter of men and women, what's the use of just looking at women."

Ma Du didn't believe that the imperial doctor in the palace would be so confused that he would treat the fertility problem completely as a woman's business, and it was estimated that the imperial doctor would not dare to put the responsibility on the prince. However, Zhu Biao has children in history, probably because the reproductive system has not fully developed at a young age.

"Then bother my uncle to show me!" Zhu Biao said and stretched out his wrist.

"Your Highness doesn't know that I can't diagnose the pulse." Ma Du searched around the house, found an empty small porcelain vase and handed it to Zhu Biao, "Get a little out, I'll go back and check it for you." ”

Zhu Biao looked dazed, "What do you want to come out?" ”

Mu Ying saw Ma Du coming out of the inner room with a small porcelain vase but didn't see Zhu Biao, so he asked, "Where is the prince?" ”

"The prince has gone to change his clothes, let's go."

Mu Ying shook her head and sighed, "I haven't seen the prince and I have been separated for two years, and I don't know how long it will take to come back after I go to Yunnan, and I don't know if he remembers me." ”

Ma Du patted him and said, "What are you thinking nonsense, what the prince told me, you really don't want to listen." Let's go quickly, the prince is afraid that he will not come out for a while. ”

The two of them left the palace, and Ma Du gave him his hand, "Give you a few days, and if you have enough intimacy with your mother-in-law at home, you will go to the countryside to escape the summer, I have a good house there." ”