Early the next morning, Luofu was very lively, and the officials and relatives of the entire Taiyuan came in twos and threes.

Lin Mei was so busy with entertainment that she couldn't even take care of drinking tea.

When she was busy, she saw Sixi quietly walk up to her and whisper a few times in her ear. Her face was stunned, but she instantly returned to a smile, "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry, there's a friend in Beijing, I have to go over and say hello." ”

She is the owner of Luo Mansion Zheng'er Bajing, the wife of Luo County Ling, and the officials and relatives present heard that they beat the distinguished guests from Beijing, and none of them felt that they were left out, but urged her to go quickly.

She apologized a few times and left alone.

Compared to the front yard, the backyard is a bit colder.

Lin Mei strode and walked all the way. In addition to the inexplicable nervousness, there is also inner apprehension.

As soon as Lin Mei entered the house, someone closed the door.

There are masters in the house, and there is more than one person!

But before people could see it clearly, Lin Mei, who had always been bold, didn't even dare to raise her eyebrows, and knelt on the ground directly when she entered the room.

"Your Majesty! The courtiers didn't know that the emperor came to Taiyuan in person, and they missed the welcome, so please don't blame the emperor! ”

She was used to being free and easy, and the pain that could withstand such a kneeling and the surging pain in her knees made the corners of her mouth hiss, which showed how hard the floor tiles were.

The pain was painful, but Lin Mei didn't dare to complain. Facing the emperor's presence in person, countless possibilities have flashed in her mind, and in her doubts, she only heard a "You are guilty!" ”

"Your Majesty, what is the crime of the courtiers?" Lin Mei raised her head in fright.

Now that the current emperor has a beard, he is no longer the young and tender King of Qi back then, and in the face of Lin Mei's questioning, he smiled instead of smiling: "What's the matter, your mansion has today's great joy, have you forgotten the past?" ”

What happened in the old days? Lin Mei's brain was stunned, and then she searched in her mind, and it seemed that she had not done anything to offend the emperor.

Is it for Brother Huai?

Lin Mei closed her eyebrows and remained silent: "The emperor really likes to laugh, my Lin family and Luo family are the most loyal to the emperor, I think that over the years, the courtiers have no merit and hard work." Even if the emperor wants to turn over the old things, he should remind him of what the courtiers have done that can make the emperor come from thousands of miles to ask for the guilt. ”

Liu Hao looked at the woman in front of him who was as cunning as before, was silent for a long time, and suddenly laughed!

Laughter echoed in the deserted backyard.

"Calm down, the Lin family not only has a life-saving grace for me, but also sponsors me to ascend the throne with a lot of money. But if you think about it, you are not short of silver, if you are an official and knighted, you are a woman, there is no such precedent in this dynasty. Tell me what reward you want. ”

When Lin Mei heard this, she breathed a sigh of relief, but it was not related to Brother Huai, everything else was easy to say, and the smile on her face when she got up was a little more true, "The emperor is polite, the younger brother and husband of the courtiers can have today all depends on the emperor's promotion." The courtiers did not dare to ask for any more rewards. ”

"Don't dare?! I see that you have other plans, and the plans are not small! ”

The alarm bell in Lin Mei's brain rang loudly, what is this, what is the situation?

But if she hasn't done it, she hasn't done it, Lin Mei straightened up and said categorically: "Where did the emperor hear something?" The courtiers are women inside, and all they want is the safety of their homes and the health of their relatives, but they are just a businessmen outside, and all they want is to have endless silver. If this is not a small picture, it is indeed a lot of things. ”

"Chang'an, Luoyang, Suzhou, Yangzhou, Chengdu, Guangzhou, where is there no restaurant, tea house, grain shop, porcelain of your Lin family...... It's all on the bright side. I also heard that you cooperated with someone to build a few ships at the Guangzhou shipyard and started a maritime trade. In the past few years, you have earned more money than the treasury. ”

Not good! Could it be that the emperor wants to take the opportunity to rob money?!

"Knock"

Lin Mei knelt down again, already planning to abandon the pawn and protect the car: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" No matter how many red apricot buildings are opened by courtiers, you don't also account for the majority. The rest of the estate was also run in partnership, and the courtiers only held a small share. These industries seem to have earned a lot of silver, but even if there is more silver, a few families have a penny, and they don't get as much as the emperor thinks. In addition, the courtiers have also done a lot of good deeds over the years, and the silver has not been spent. I really don't dare to compare with the treasury. If the emperor does not like the courtiers to partner with outsiders, the courtiers will terminate the contract with others, and they will not cooperate in the future. ”

"Clever words! I'm not a faint king, you went around collecting money, and you adopted that son of a crime, you are so bold! ”

Lin Mei was dumbfounded, he finally knew, and he actually implicated Brother Huai in this matter.

didn't get to this point, Lin Mei calmed down.

What reason could she use to refute it?

The silver was earned by her, and she has earned it more ruthlessly in order to fight with the Xiao family over the years.

Brother Huai does have royal blood, but if he is a normal person, he is afraid that he will be suspicious in that direction!

What's more, he is the Son of Heaven!

The sense of crisis is stronger, and the suspicion is more serious!

Seeing that she was suddenly silent, Liu Hao furrowed his eyebrows tightly, and wondered: Could it be that she really has different intentions? Want to blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the princes?

The air was unusually strange, and even the autumn wind was accompanied by a chill.

For a long time, Lin Mei slowly exhaled a turbid breath, "The Buddha said: "Saving a life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter." That's why I saved you in the first place. It's the same for Brother Huai, it's all one life, and I can't stand idly by. What's more, I promised my old friend that I would do what I said. Brother Huai has already entered the ancestral tree of the Luo family, why should the emperor listen to the instigation of villains, he can't suffer the benefits of royal status like other siblings in this life. In that case, I have to keep him safe for the rest of his life, and that's all I can do......"

Liu Hao saw that her tone was so sincere, and his eyes were staring at her tightly, as if he wanted to see a trace of flaw in her face.

When the two sides were at a stalemate, a polite question came from the courtyard: "Mother, are you inside?" ”

Liu Hao took a step ahead of her, and quietly made a gesture before she spoke, only to see that the door had opened.

Lin Mei didn't have time to stop it, so she had to be silent and wait and see what happened.

Brother Huai saw the door open, and it was not his mother who came out, but a strange man. Is it trying to steal? But in an instant, I felt that it was wrong, could it be that my father was meeting guests inside?

Just thinking about it and worrying, the little guy came to him in the blink of an eye, bowed his hand and said with a smile: "My master is having a good conversation with Mrs. Luo, and Mrs. Luo invites the master in." ”

Lin Mei has been a businessman all year round, often making friends with businessmen from all over the world, and sometimes taking her three brothers and sisters to visit around, which can be regarded as an increase in knowledge, so Brother Huai understood it as soon as he heard it.

Since his mother asked him to meet an adult, he should go, but he couldn't let others look down on him.

Brother Huai straightened his little body, followed his father's example, and nodded while laughing, "My master has also learned kung fu for a few days, look at your physique, you should be a person who practices martial arts, I don't know your master's surname." ”