Chapter 45: Voluntarily taking the bait
"YouβWhat are you going to do?"
The woman in her arms was pressed against the cold wall behind her, and her big eyes looked at her defensively like a frightened rabbit.
Duan Jingyi only felt that his anger was even greater.
With the man in white, you can pull and talk and laugh, but you can only be wary of him!
What annoyed him even more was when did he start caring so much about her, Duan Jingyi slammed his fist against the wall, and his suppressed tone was like the roar of a beast.
"There is an order in the palace, you are not allowed to go out without permission at night, and those who violate the order will be killed!"
"When there was an order, how come I've never heard of it."
"Now!"
Looking at Duan Jingyi's angry and rolling eyes, Tang Meng didn't talk back for the first time, the hero didn't eat the losses in front of him, he only scolded Duan Jingyi in his heart, what kind of nerves is this bastard!
She straightened her back, "You can let me go back now." β
Duan Jingyi withdrew his hand and left without looking back.
He's still angry?
Tang Meng felt inexplicable, he simply took the wrong medicine!
Tonight, Tang Meng undoubtedly stayed in the Dream Garden by herself, and she got up early the next morning to get dressed, and asked Steward Chen to prepare a luxurious carriage.
The carriages of the palace are also divided into three, six and nine, the lowest class is for the next person to travel, followed by the housekeeper, and then for the prince and princess.
The carriages of the princess and princess had different levels of luxury to match the various scenes.
The car she chose today is not too ostentatious, but it can also make people see her status in the palace at a glance.
So when she and her group arrived in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the housekeeper's eyes lit up, and when she went in to report, she inevitably mentioned Tang Meng's posture to Tang Chengen.
Although Tang Chengen wondered what she was looking for herself, she didn't dare to slack off, and directly asked people to welcome Tang Meng to the study.
"Meng'er has seen Daddy, I wish Daddy good health."
Tang Chengen stabilized his mentality and let Tang Meng sit on the upper seat on an equal footing with himself, "Meng'er said that there is something secret to say, so what's the matter?" β
Tang Meng glanced up, and Tang Chengen immediately understood and left and right.
"I'm here to ask if Daddy can do business in Longdu?"
Tang Chengen's heart tightened when he heard this, "But what happened?" β
Tang Meng was embarrassed, "Originally, the prince didn't say it, but I thought about it and still wanted to report to my father, I heard that there was a corruption case in the imperial city, which led to the business of many big officials in other cities, especially Longdu, you also know that the imperial court prohibits officials from engaging in personal gain, I feel uneasy and want my father to prepare as soon as possible." β
Tang Meng's words hit Tang Chengen's mind, although he didn't have a straight line of business in Long, but he connived at others to get a lot of benefits, and also helped Gu's relatives also build shops, and they were getting dividends every year.
After all, Tang Meng is the pillow person of King Yi, and now that he is so favored, Tang Chengen does not have the slightest doubt at all.
Tang Meng watched Tang Chengen's expression change closely, thinking about how to open his mouth and proceed to the next step.
Sure enough, Tang Chengen's puzzled expression just now changed to a pleasing look, thinking that Tang Meng had been bought into his own by his sugar-coated cannonballs.
He lowered his voice.
"Meng'er said that my father has written it down, and if there is any other news in the future, I will tell my father in time," said Tang Chengen and took out two silver tickets from his cuffs, "The slaves of the palace are not idle people, these are reserved for the next people." β
Tang Meng's eyes lit up when he saw Qian, this old thing has changed his temperament? Why did you start to take the initiative to tie yourself up, didn't you still want to send someone to kill yourself before, and you were cheated by yourself for five hundred taels of silver.
She guessed the key after a little thought, he took a fancy to his advantage in passing words and wanted to hug Duan Jingyi's thigh, it was really an old fox who saw the wind and steered the rudder.
Now that he took the bait, Tang Meng took advantage of the situation to play the upper body.
She rejected Tang Chengen's money with a sad face.
"Daddy, these silver tickets can only buy some subordinates, and they can't really make the prince happy, it's the daughter who can't solve the prince's worries."
Tang Chengen's eyes lit up, and he was a little excited, "What is the prince worried about?" Is there anything you can do to help? β
"There is no silver in the Luocheng drought, and the prince is worried about fundraising," Tang Mengzheng said as if he had thought of something, and suddenly looked at Tang Chengen mysteriously, "Does Daddy have rich silver in his hands?" If you can solve the urgent need of the prince in this matter, it will be a great achievement. β
Tang Chengen was said to be moved, his previous thoughts, Duan Jingyi may not have guessed, and he dared to marry into the palace with a concubine pretending to be a concubine, which had already offended Duan Jingyi.
Now is the perfect time to ease relations between the two sides and take advantage of the opportunity to curry favor.
"I don't know how much?"
Tang Meng stretched out three fingers.
"Thirty thousand taels?"
Tang Meng shook his head.
"Three hundred thousand taels?"
Tang Meng also shook his head, his face was full of regret, "Forget Daddy, the prince is in the middle of the court, even if he fails to raise silver, His Majesty will not blame, but the Prime Minister has lost an opportunity to be prosperous in vain." β
Tang Chengen gritted his teeth and slapped the table, "Then three million taels!" β
After saying that, he felt that the world was spinning and his heart was abnormal, Tang Meng's price was really accurate, and all his small coffers added up to only three million taels, but thinking about exchanging three million taels for the favor of the king of Yi was definitely not a loss!
He clutched his chest that was about to drip blood, "Meng'er, Dad, this is all for you, as long as you are favored in the palace, Dad will not hesitate to go bankrupt." β
Tang Meng also forced himself to pour out two tears, like a scene of deep love between father and daughter.
Tang Chengen was afraid that the second prince would see his ghost thoughts, so he grabbed Tang Meng and pretended to be a virtuous minister.
"You just need to tell the prince about this, there is no need to declare the world, my father, as a prime minister, should care about the people, even if he does good things, he doesn't want too many people to know, he doesn't want to ask for this false name, he just wants to do things for the people in a down-to-earth manner."
Tang Meng instantly began to admire Tang Chengen, how did he say such shameless words without blushing and heartbeat.
But he still responded with superb acting skills, and he didn't forget to flatter him against his will before leaving.
Tang Chengen covered his heart and sent Tang Meng out of the study, promised to quietly send the silver to King Yi's mansion for a while, and then went back to the house to rest, as if he was distressed.
Tang Meng was in a good mood and jumped out of the Xiangfu, and it happened that someone came in and passed by her.
The man suddenly stopped, and his warm and pleasant voice was full of surprise.
"Dreams? It's really you! β
Tang Meng looked back with a blank expression, the person in front of him was a young man with a white jade crown and tied hair, dressed in soft silk and green clothes, clean and gentle, and his eyes couldn't hide the joy.
But she didn't have the slightest impression.
"Childe is?"
"Meng'er, you don't remember me? I'm your brother Gu Shao! β
Gu Shao...... Brother?
Tang Meng had a cold war, was he so numb before?
Before she could speak, she heard a galloping of horses' hooves behind her, and Gu Shao subconsciously pulled her aside quickly.
The black big horse in the distance seemed to be coming from the wind, and in the blink of an eye, it stopped and stood firmly at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it was bubbling black like the owner on its back.
Tang Meng just wanted to scold who was so unsightly, and looked at a familiar face on horseback-
Duan Jingyi.