Near noon, the Jinluan Hall was still bustling, and the expressions of the ministers were varied, and even the officials affiliated with a ministry began to discuss.

The emperor sat on the dragon chair, his fists in his sleeves were clenched, his eyes became more and more gloomy, and he quarreled for nearly two hours, and there was a lot of nonsense, but it was useless at all.

He had been paying attention to Mu Chenmo and Qi Yu's expressions, he didn't believe that these two people had only raised that little bit of silver, and so many shopkeepers in the capital were one hundred taels, and it was impossible for one thousand taels.

However, the atmosphere between these two people today is particularly weird, as if they have just finished a quarrel, especially Qi Yu's eyes usually don't leave Mu Chenmo, but today he always stares at the fourth child.

And Mu Chenmo seemed to be holding back his anger, occasionally glancing at the lively courtiers with a touch of contempt and disdain.

Stepping down from the dragon chair, the emperor came up to Mu Chenmo: "Chenmo, tell me about the origin of this thousand taels of silver." ”

When the ministers walked down from the emperor, they were all shocked and stopped talking, and quickly returned to their positions, hoping and fearing in their hearts.

"Beggars." The corners of Mu Chenmo's mouth twitched.

The hall that was already silent sounded a buzzing sound when they heard these two words, and all the ministers looked at Mu Chenmo's low discussion in surprise.

After listening to Mu Chenmo's words, the emperor was also shocked, beggars, those people on the street who live by begging for food, one thousand taels is really a lot.

Turning around and walking back, sitting on the dragon chair, the emperor instantly felt a feeling of raising his eyebrows.

"General Mu, why don't you raise money from the merchants." The emperor opened his mouth puzzled.

Mu Chenmo clenched his fists: "Back to the emperor, the businessmen are heavy, they will not let go if there is no benefit, what is the point of donating ten or two hundred taels?" The court still has to thank them, I didn't want it. ”

After listening to Mu Chenmo's words, Qi Yu looked honored, the expression on the face of the fourth prince did not change, and the overly gloomy eyes betrayed him.

"Then you have a way." The emperor's countenance softened significantly.

In less than half a month, a thousand taels were raised from beggars, which has to be admired.

The eyes of the four princes swept to Lord Zhou intentionally or unintentionally, and Lord Zhou pondered for a moment and went out directly.

"Your Majesty, General Mu's words are not to be believed, this thousand taels was donated by a beggar out of her own pocket."

Qi Yu almost went over and slapped him with two big mouths, this person would have to die on his own mouth sooner or later.

However, Mu Chenmo was not angry at all, and glanced back at Lord Zhou, his eyes were flustered, and his expression revealed a trace of embarrassment of being exposed.

The corners of the four princes' mouths turned up slightly, their eyes were full of contempt and disdain, and the ministers showed expressions of sudden realization.

Taking out a long piece of paper from his sleeve, Mu Chenmo unfolded it: "It seems that this list of beggars and refugees, the amount of money donated, and the fingerprints are also fake." ”

The faces of the four princes instantly became ugly, and Qi Yu raised his head with an expression that you are all living in the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

"Your Majesty, I want to borrow the Jinluan Palace to use it."

Everyone gasped after hearing Mu Chenmo's words, this Mu Chenmo was too arrogant to make such a bold request.

What surprised them even more was that the emperor actually nodded in agreement.

Mu Chenmo saluted at the emperor: "Your Majesty, borrow paper and pen and Gonggong Cao again." ”

The emperor glanced at Cao Dehai, the old eunuch hurriedly saluted, and came to Mu Chenmo with small steps, and a little eunuch came over with a pen and paper.

At Mu Chenmo's suggestion, it was handed over to Gonggong Cao.

Mu Chenmo nodded at Gonggong Cao, originally she wanted to salute, but when she thought of her identity as the seventh princess, she gave up.

"Father-in-law Cao, you work hard to write down every account, and if someone doesn't say anything, please supervise it."

Cao Dehai, who was confused, nodded in confusion, looked at Mu Chenmo, and wondered what she meant.

"Your Majesty, the scholars, the farmers, the industrialists, and the scholars are familiar with the classics of the saints, and their consciousness must be above the beggars." Mu Chenmo's eyes swept around the hall: "Then please set an example for the people of the world." ”

Those who reacted quickly and quickly already understood what Mu Chenmo meant, while those who reacted slowly were still pondering the meaning of the words.

Qi Yu just wanted to stand up and cheer for Mu Chenmo, but Mu Chenmo glared back, and Qi Yu looked at her with an aggrieved expression.

The Jinluan Hall was quiet again, and the courtiers were all thinking about how much silver to donate, and it was impossible to explain how much to donate, and it was bound to be laughed at if they donated less.

Minister, you glanced at me, I glanced at you, and the relationship was good, and Mu Chenmo saluted the emperor.

"The emperor is the honor of the ninety-five, the example of the world, please donate the first silver tael."

The emperor stroked his beard and pointed at Mu Chenmo with his finger: "I donate 10,000 taels." ”

In his heart, he only scolded Mu Chenmo for being a little slippery, raised money to raise money to him, and by the way, he also abducted Cao Dehai as a debtor.

Glancing at Cao Dehai, who had wrinkled into a bitter gourd face, his heart was much happier, just to let this old guy see what the situation was like.

Prime Minister Zhang Cheng stood up and saluted the emperor: "Zhang Ke is not talented, donate 5,000 taels." ”

The officials also have a tacit understanding that they will list them one by one according to the size of their official positions, and the amount of money donated will always be less than half of that of their superiors.

In the end, everyone's eyes were all focused on the three princes in the hall, and the eldest prince had to donate five thousand taels, and the four princes followed, and then Qi Yu.

Mu Chenmo nodded with satisfaction, dried the ink on the paper, and brought it to the head of the Tobe squire.

"Trouble, Lord Yang, calculate it on the spot, so that you don't have to worry about my miscalculation."

I saw Lord Yang take out a small abacus from his sleeve and crackle: "General Mu, a total of 93,500 taels."

Seeing Cao Dehai drop the last stroke, Mu Chenmo blew the written paper, and then smiled at Cao Gonggong.

Cao Dehai felt a chill in his back, the corners of his mouth twitched, and sure enough, he saw Mu Chenmo hugging his fist at him.

"Father-in-law Cao, please take the palace maids and eunuchs to donate as well, remember the name, and when the disaster passes, I will ask the abbot to build a wall of merit in Xiangguo Temple and engrave the names of all donors."

Cao Dehai hurriedly took the job with a smile, and promised Mu Chenmo to send the donation and list to the palace in three days.

Just when everyone thought that they could disperse after this matter was over, they saw Mu Chenmo walking back to the center of the hall.

A flirt of clothes knelt in front of the emperor: "Your Majesty, the daughter-in-law wants to ask the queen to lead all the mothers to do something for the victims." ”

The emperor understood, Mu Chenmo was going to take him first, but he had to agree with a smile, and it is estimated that these people who were low did not expect that the donation would actually be donated to himself.

Presumably, local officials will follow suit, businessmen and ordinary people must follow suit, and the scholar is really like Mu Chenmo said that he is an example in the world.

wanted to push the affairs of the harem to me, the emperor looked at Mu Chenmo with a slight smile in his eyes: "Daughter-in-law, you should go and tell your mother about this matter in person, I don't want to interfere in the affairs of the sixth palace." ”

Seeing Mu Chenmo's deflated look, the emperor laughed out loud and said to Cao Dehai: "Retreat." ”

With a flick of his sleeves, he walked out of the Jinluan Hall with ease.

Qi Yu stepped forward to help Mu Chenmo up, and quickly rubbed her knees with his hands, admiring and distressing at the same time.

Her last kneeling was not only an admission of punishment but also a petition, and also an expression of respect for the emperor.

Mu Chenmo waved his hand indifferently: "Qi Yu, is it okay for you to accompany me to see the queen mother." ”

Listening to the coquettish tone, Qi Yu immediately patted his chest if he disagreed, and promised to persuade the queen mother to donate to him.

The sinister gaze of the fourth prince has been staring at Mu Chenmo's back, and this woman must be eradicated as soon as possible.

The two of them went out of the main hall and looked at the sky, and decided to go back to the house to eat first, so they couldn't go to the queen's place to eat vegetarian food.

got into the carriage, Qi Yu was more excited than Mu Chenmo, hugged Mu Chenmo in his arms, and looked at the person in his arms with grievance and pride.

"Why didn't you tell me last night, let me rub my hands together in the palace, I don't know how to help you."

"Alas, Qi Yu, it's not that I won't tell you." He looked around and lowered his voice: "The partition wall has ears, so it's not good if you let the nail hear it leak." ”

After hearing this, three black bars appeared in Qi Yu's head, and for Mao, he felt that it was Mo'er's on-the-spot play that was facing up this morning.