"Tell me Gu Yanbai to see you! I must ask about this matter! ”

"Yes."

When Gu Yanbai received the summons from the emperor, he was appeasing Mrs. Gu.

When he received the news, the housekeeper had already been escorted down, and what he saw was the angry grandmother and the female shopkeeper who was still under the table, looking at the shopkeeper, Gu Yanbai always felt that something was wrong.

How could she suddenly come over and tell the truth? It stands to reason that this is not good for her.

I didn't have time to think so much for the time being, so he hurriedly invited the doctor to come over to check Mrs. Gu's pulse, and prescribed a prescription to calm the nerves so that the maid could boil it.

When she heard that the emperor was going to announce Gu Yanbai's audience, her heart chuckled, and she suddenly remembered what the housekeeper had just said, and she was excited to sit up from the bed, but Gu Yanbai held her down, so she could be comforted, and then she reluctantly lay down.

Before leaving, she took Gu Yanbai's hand and told worriedly, "Yanbai, don't worry, grandmother, you are careful, you must focus on the overall situation." ”

"Grandmother, I have my own measure."

Gu Yanbai followed his father-in-law into the palace, and as soon as he walked into the Qianqing Palace, he was locked by the emperor's displeased gaze, and the emperor looked him up and down, and his attitude was much stranger.

Gu Yanbai's attitude was as usual, neither humble nor arrogant, he lifted his robe and saluted the emperor, and bowed deeply: "The minister greets the emperor." ”

There were only two of them in the hall, after Gu Yanbai finished speaking, the emperor did not respond immediately, nor did he call him up, the hall was very silent for a while, and the father-in-law on the side couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, the emperor was angry with the little marquis, otherwise he would not have deliberately been so cold.

Even if he knelt for a long time, Gu Yanbai did not have any injustice on his face, even if he knelt, he knelt straight and had an open heart, and the emperor looked at this and eased his face, and raised his hand to let him get up.

"Gu Yanbai, I heard some rumors in the market today, have you heard of them?"

"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know, but there is a thief in the minister's family, maybe it has something to do with this matter, the market is not credible, the emperor must not be angry about it."

Gu Yanbai's tone was calm, not arguing.

"Today, someone said outside that the royal family owes money to the Hou Mansion, but I don't think this matter is true, and some people say that the Hou Mansion recently checked the accounts, and only then did they discover this matter, how could the royal family owe the courtiers money, or did the Hou Mansion have any evidence to prove it?"

The emperor's last sentence was slightly raised, revealing a majesty that could not be denied, just like the face of the royal family, which could not tolerate a trace of rebellion.

"If there is, I will give it back to you."

The Hou Mansion really has evidence, but if Gu Yanbai really goes to the emperor to ask for silver, I am afraid that the emperor will take away his more important things than silver in anger.

What the emperor cares about is not the silver, but his own face, Gu Yanbai knows this very well, and Old Madam Gu has already explained it again and again, he shook his head and made a confused look.

"What does the emperor mean by this, this is all just a rumor from the matter, how can the Hou Mansion have evidence?"

Looking at his attitude, the emperor was quite satisfied, and the anger on his face completely dissipated: "Since it is a rumor, let it disappear as soon as possible, the bell must be tied to the bell, this matter is still left to the Hou Mansion to do, I don't want to hear anyone talk about it again." ”

"The minister will definitely clarify the rumors, please rest assured."

Although the emperor has a bad heart, the conversation is quite smooth, and as long as he suppresses the rumors, the emperor will not blame the Hou Mansion.

Gu Yanbai returned to the Hou Mansion and rubbed his eyebrows a little tiredly, the Hou Mansion was really innocent of this unwarranted disaster.

As soon as he entered the backyard, he heard the discussion of his subordinates: "I don't know who spread it, but now the young lady is asking one by one." ”

"But does the royal family really owe us the Hou Mansion money?"

Gu Yanbai stepped forward quickly, and scolded in a low voice on the left and right: "In the future, the emperor is not allowed to mention the matter of owing silver, where is the young lady now?" ”

When Mingyuexi was mentioned, his tone softened a little, his eyes flickered, and after getting the answer, he walked quickly towards the main courtyard.

"And who are you listening to?"

Mingyuexi inquired to the bottom of the matter, and when she heard it on the street, she noticed that something was wrong, and immediately rushed back, and sure enough, something happened.

Although the housekeeper has been locked in, he is a cunning old fox in the end, and there are people outside to spread rumors, so that the Hou Mansion is implicated by his words.

Gu Yanbai relaxed her body, leaned against the door and looked at her serious investigation, and her heart was soft and touched.

She asked one after another, writing something on the paper from time to time, sometimes when she encountered doubts, her brows frowned, and the same person asked many times before letting go, which was even more serious than the official lord who judged the case.

Although the scene is cute, he didn't watch it for long before leaving, and the immediate urgency is to solve the rumors as soon as possible, and the emperor is still waiting for the result in the palace.

Mingyuexi checked the cloth village a few days ago, and the news of the lack of money flowed out, in the final analysis, the source was on her, in order to prevent the emperor from being angry with Mingyuexi, he asked people to go to the treasury and move a box of silver, carry it to the cloth village, and simply and rudely fill the hole in the funds.

This silver is enough to make up for all the deficits of the cloth village, and it is more than that.

After arranging the behind-the-scenes silver two, Gu Yanbai also followed to rectify the rumors, but no matter how he filled the loopholes, there were always people whispering behind his back and being caught by him.

"I heard that the evidence is in the account book, and the emperor wants to repay the ......"

Gu Yanbai came out of the darkness, his eyes locked on the man's body, his face was tired and serious: "How do you know the account book?" ”

The two of them were speechless, and the reasons they found were full of loopholes, and finally they both knelt in front of Gu Yanbai and begged for mercy.

The two men reminded him that he had almost forgotten that it was the butlers who were watching the excitement and not making a big deal to spread the rumors, and he couldn't shut their mouths until he changed them all.

But in a hurry, he couldn't do anything about them, so he simply found the ledger that recorded the arrears, tore off the part of the royal arrears recorded in it and threw it into the fire, and the evidence of years turned into ashes in a blink of an eye.

This is a lot of money, and if you spend it, you will get into trouble......

As long as he is willing to take the initiative to give up, no one will want to dig deeper and push himself into trouble, which is about the only evidence, and if it is ruined, there will be no more.

Gu Yan's white eyes reflected the firelight, and the flames jumped restlessly in his dark eyes, and finally fell silent.

"Send the housekeeper to the government, saying that he has become a thief and stole the family's property, remember to report this matter to the emperor, and let the emperor dispose of everything."

Mingyuexi was investigating the rumors in front, and when she heard that Gu Yanbai actually wanted someone to send the housekeeper away, she immediately hurried over, just in time to see that the housekeeper was knocked out and taken away, Gu Yanbai stood alone in the courtyard and watched, her eyebrows were full of puzzlement.