Du Ming's heart was silent. Even if it doesn't involve so many entanglements of interests, in ordinary people's homes, if the husband murders his wife like this for the sake of the woman next to him, no one will be greedy anymore.

As long as Princess Ning can leave a life and save the two children, this matter can be regarded as a complete merit.

At this time, Li Mobai had already passed through the palace ban and arrived at the gate of the Qianqing Palace to wait for the summons. When the prince came out to add tea, he saw Li Mobai, and hurriedly smiled and came over to say hello.

Although he only followed Chen Yuantai after he entered Beijing, the most important thing to serve the master is to understand which of the people around him is important and valued by the master, and which is insignificant and impatient to see by the master.

Regarding Li Mobai's life experience, the prince had already found out clearly, and immediately went over and quietly told him a voice: "I don't know if it matters about the son?" The emperor is not in a good mood at this time, and he is discussing with the Xingguo Gong inside. It's been almost an hour, and the old slave is afraid that he won't be able to finish it for a while. ”

Li Mobai hesitated, what he wanted to say was naturally in a hurry. Compared with military affairs, it can be regarded as trivial.

"The emperor is discussing the war in the south with the Duke of Xingguo?"

"Exactly." The prince replied.

Li Mobai was a little hesitant, and just as he was hesitating, a little eunuch came out of it, and hurriedly said to the prince: "The emperor said that he invited Duke An Guo and the prince to come to the palace. ”

As soon as the Deng family came, how could they sue?

Li Mobai was originally a free and casual temper, and when he saw that the Deng family was coming, he couldn't take care of it anymore, so he smiled and asked the prince to go in and help him pass it on.

The prince agreed, arranged for someone to go to the Anguo Mansion to spread the word, and then took the tea from the little eunuch and went in.

After a cup of tea, Li Mobai was passed inside.

"I heard you have something important?" Chen Yuantai drank tea while signaling to Li Mobai to give him a seat.

"I'm in a hurry." Li Mobai didn't dare to slack off after saluting, and said the matter concisely.

As soon as Shen Yao heard that Du Mingxin was involved, he secretly glanced at Chen Yuantai, and when he saw that his face was full of anger, he couldn't help but feel uneasy.

"Nonsense! It's nonsense! Do they still have a royal law in their eyes? Is there a heavenly principle? Conscience is all for dogs to eat! Chen Yuantai thundered and was furious, and the sound of the roar almost reached the outside of the hall.

"Come on, go and tie up Chen Ting for me! Bring me my Ugin whip again, if I don't kill him today, he will be the son of heaven in vain! ”

The attitude was very clear, and Li Mobai breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Yao's brows furrowed tightly.

The war in the south entered a stalemate, and the daily supply of military supplies, food and grass was a huge expense. Chen Xi led tens of thousands of horses to capture more than a dozen state capitals around Jinling, and each state capital sent troops to garrison it, and the manpower was a little insufficient. Conscription on the spot, conscription from Henan and other places, and then dispatch, cost money everywhere.

Under the successive years of war, Chen Yuantai's family funds saved in the northwest were almost wiped out, but the capital left by Emperor Changqing was an empty shell and the treasury was empty.

When Chen Yuantai decided to marry the Deng family, he took a fancy to his family's treasury. The Deng family did not disappoint him, and after the marriage, they happily took out four-fifths of the family property, which made Chen Yuantai have a strong successor and won the capital in one go.

However, after all, the Deng family was born as a merchant, and the reason why they funded Chen Yuantai was just because he liked his strange goods. At the beginning, they exchanged their family property and their aunts and grandmothers for 50 years of salt and iron monopoly in Shanqi, Shandong, and Henan.

Now that the Great Yan Dynasty has just been established for a year, the money that the Deng family invested in Chen Yuantai is about to be recovered. But the treasury is always in a state of tension, which is why Chen Yuantai wants to take advantage of the strength of his troops to swallow Wu Yue in a hurry.

"Your Majesty," Shen Yao reminded softly, "just now you have sent someone to invite An Guogong and his son to come." I'm afraid that King Ning won't arrive, so they will arrive first. ”

The green tendons on Chen Yuantai's forehead jumped a few times, and he suddenly picked up the tea cup on the table and fell to the ground fiercely. "Damn, Lao Tzu, this emperor is really aggrieved!"

Shen Yao heard him being rude, but he suddenly had a sense of intimacy. This is Chen Yuantai's truest appearance, rude like a hero. Such Chen Yuantai has not been seen again since he entered Beijing.

Li Mobai remembered the agreement between Chen Yuantai and the Deng family, and couldn't help but feel nerve-wracking. This was not a secret at the beginning, and those who followed Chen Yuantai knew it. And because the Deng family has been operating salt and iron in three places for the past year, it is inevitable that the inside story will be spread, so it is not an exaggeration to say that everyone in the world knows about it.

If Chen Yuantaifu betrays the former alliance as soon as he sits on the throne, will he still have a reputation after a thousand years? How should the national history of the Great Yan Dynasty be written?

"Your Majesty, Duke An Guo and the prince are waiting outside the palace." A little eunuch came in and replied.

"How fast?" Chen Yuantai frowned.

"When I went back to the emperor, An Guogong said that he didn't see the palace envoy sent by the Qianqing Palace, and it was he who reported to the emperor that he had something to do with the prince, so he came over."

Chen Yuantai looked at Shen Yao and asked, "Is there anything going on in his family recently?" ”

Shen Yao thought for a while and said, "Presumably this is what I said." ”

"Hmph," Chen Yuantai sneered, "Do the wicked sue first?" ”

"The emperor might as well pretend not to know, and listen to what An Guogong has to say first." Shen Yao said respectfully, "But before they speak, the emperor should mention the matter of replenishing the treasury first." ”

Otherwise, wouldn't it be a slap in the face first, and then ask someone to do something?

"Announce them in." Chen Yuantai said coldly.

An Guogong is in his 60s this year, and in the early years, because he was on the same boat as Chen Yuantai, he was often frightened, and his hair and beard turned white. However, now he is in good spirits and full of ambition, counting the days and looking forward to the prince growing up.

The prince of An Guo is about forty years old, and his face looks calm, but his eyes are shining. His expression was a little solemn at the moment, probably worried about Deng Wenjiao, an unconscious daughter.

Chen Yuantai asked people to give them a seat, and then said with a smile: "I just asked someone to invite you, I never thought that we would go to one place." ”

An Guogong smiled: "Don't dare, I don't know what the emperor summoned his ministers to discuss?" ”

"You must have heard about the war in the south," Chen Yuantai said unhurriedly, "although it is a little embarrassing, we are our own family, and we have nothing to be embarrassed to say." I'm a little shy when the battle has come to this point......"

After speaking, he picked up the teacup and looked at the expressions of the Deng family's father and son quietly.

The father and son sat still as if they were not responding, and did not look at each other.

Chen Yuantai sneered in his heart, and sure enough, he had already discussed it at home. The country is in trouble, the Deng family does not want to be actively loyal, but waits for the emperor to speak, yes, quite good!