After Zhu Xu left, Zeng Rong sat next to Zhu Heng.

It's just that no matter how she asked, Zhu Heng refused to tell her what their father and son had talked about specifically, only that he promised to repair the book for the two uncles.

Zeng Rong returned to the Inner Three Institute after dinner, and saw Ali cleaning up the next room, so he knew that Zheng Jiao was named a talented person, moved to Yaohua Palace, and became neighbors with Concubine Yu, so he understood what else the emperor said.

However, that night, it is said that the emperor stayed in Tong Yao's house for the night, and Zeng Rong did not guess the reason.

The twentieth day of the first month is the day of the opening of the seal, and it is also the first court meeting after the year, the court meeting on this day is particularly long, the emperor is after the time to come back, and then he and several members of the cabinet held a morning meeting in the upper study, even the breakfast is used with several adults, each person has a bowl of noodles.

The topic of this day is the case of the shortage of grain and grass in the five northern cities, mainly the disposal of the officials of the five cities and the people behind them, but the people behind this involve Wang Bai, how deep the specific involvement is Because there is no emperor's will, Xu Fushan did not investigate deeply.

This is naturally for the emperor, and it is also for an explanation to the outside world, because if something is really found, it is Zhu Xu who is embarrassed.

After all, Wang Bai has also made great contributions, how can he dispose of Wang Bai just two years after the border has been stable? Spread out, he became a donkey to unload the mill and kill the donkey, not to mention, the Tatar side knew that Wang Bai was disposed of, and he made a comeback again, who will he find to be the commander at that time?

If Wang Bai can't move it, the stolen money can't be fully recovered, and in the end, it naturally involves the problem of making up for the shortfall.

The grain and grass of 500,000 stone was converted into more than 700,000 taels of silver, and the private property of the officials of the five cities was recovered less than 200,000 taels, and there was a deficit of 500,000 taels.

Zeng Rong only then knew that Zhu Heng himself used the dowry of the former queen to donate 200,000 taels of silver from the dowry income over the years, and the remaining 300,000 taels were in deficit.

Xu Fushan heard the emperor's idea of beating the household department, and hurriedly shook his head, the household department is difficult to protect itself this year, the agricultural mulberry tax is reduced, and the industrial and commercial tax is increased, but whether it can be collected depends on the year, and no one can guarantee it.

Moreover, there are still two major things to do in the palace this year, Zhu Heng and Zhu Wu's family affairs, the cost of the prince's marriage was booked from the household department in the old year, and these two expenses must be reserved this year, otherwise, the family affairs of the two princes will be delayed, and the position of the household department Shangshu will not be stable.

Who knew that the emperor heard this and hurriedly said that Zhu Heng's family affairs would not be considered this year, and his expenses could be embezzled first, and because Zhu Heng was the eldest son of the emperor, the cost of his marriage was higher than that of ordinary princes, and the budget was 80,000 taels of silver.

When Zeng Rong heard this, tears fell uncontrollably.

This fool, in the end, he still used 200,000 taels of silver to force the emperor to compromise, no, not 200,000 taels, but 500,000 taels, and 300,000 taels of the Qian family.

Li Ruolan quickly noticed Zeng Rong's strange appearance, thinking of Emperor Fang Cai's words, she roughly guessed something, but she didn't ask anything, just silently handed Zeng Rong a silk handkerchief.

Zeng Rong took the silk handkerchief, gathered his mind, put away those messy thoughts, and paid attention to the conversation next door wholeheartedly.

The conversation was almost over, Zeng Rong and Li Ruolan were hungry, and they returned to the Inner Court Bureau to make up some things and were busy sorting out the copywriting. 315 Chinese Network

In the next few days, such a small meeting was held seven or eight times in a row, and there was no impermeable wall in this world, not to mention, the case of grain and grass deficit was personally led by Xu Fushan to the five northern cities to investigate, and the main officials were brought back to Beijing to be interrogated by Dali Temple.

Soon, snowflakes piled up in front of Zhu Xu, some asked for a strict trial and heavy punishment, and some interceded for them, Zhu Xu was busy and dizzy, and Zeng Rong was not much better.

On this day, it was easy for Zeng Rong to be on duty, thinking about going to see Qin Chuxue and Liu Chunmiao, and when he just turned to the back garden of Kunning Palace, he saw Lu He leading a palace maid over.

Seeing Zeng Rong, Lu He stopped, glanced left and right, and sent the palace maid back first, only then did he tell Zeng Rong that she had just come out of Yaohua Palace, and Concubine Yu's son seemed to be frightened, and it was also said that he was in a collision with evil spirits, couldn't eat, and spit out milk vigorously.

"If you don't go out well, how can you hit the evil spirit?" Zeng Rong asked.

Hearing this, Lu He looked around again, leaned on Zeng Rong and whispered: "It is said that it may be in conflict with Zheng Cairen's genus." ”

Zeng Rong's eyes widened when he heard this, Zheng Jiao belongs to the dragon, the twelve princes belong to the monkey, what is the conflict between the dragon and the monkey? These two genera can't fight each other at all.

"Shh, this is not what I said, let me tell you, this Concubine Yu is not a fuel-efficient lamp, do you think, she is a beauty who has just entered the palace for less than a year, can she give birth to a prince so quickly, can she not hinder the eyes of some people?"

These words touched Zeng Rong's mind.

Zeng Rong had found Green Lotus because of Zhu Heng's bowl of pigeon soup with ingredients, but according to Green Lotus, the Queen Mother did not send anyone to ask for any medicine, but she heard that the Queen Mother sent people to receive a lot of deer tendons and deer whips from the Catering Bureau.

These words can reach the ears of the green lotus, and the queen and the imperial concubine must have known it, so the bowl of pigeon soup before being sent to the emperor is definitely a heart.

Later, Zeng Rong asked Amei to go to the little eunuch on duty in the dining room that night and asked, saying that the Queen Mother ordered someone to stew two portions of pigeon soup that night, one was fed and the other was unfed, the added material had deer tendon and deer whip, and the unfed one also had deer tendon, and the one for Zhu Heng was fed, and the one for the emperor was not fed, and finally it was put in a different bowl and sent to the Queen Mother.

As for how the last two bowls of soup were dropped, it is unknown.

Amei had also inquired, the bowl of pigeon soup for the emperor was handed over to Zhu Wu by the Queen Mother, but there was one point, whether Zhu Wu went directly to Qianning Palace after he went out or someone outside was waiting for him to change the food box, Amei didn't ask.

But there is one thing, it is impossible to serve only one bowl of pigeon soup per serving, there must be a surplus.

It's just that it's hard to determine who is behind this scene.

Zeng Rong was inclined to Queen Wang before, because with the vinegar of nursery rhymes, she could not be so generous to push the emperor to other people's newcomers, and one concubine was enough for her to endure.

It's the queen of the king, and she is not favored by the left and right, rather than letting Tong Yao dominate the emperor, it is better to push a few more newcomers to the emperor to distract the emperor's thoughts.

It turned out to be a good trick as well.