Empress Jiang's heart sank, and she quickly looked at the final payment and handprint of the IOU, and her face suddenly changed: "Duan Xicheng? Hongu remembers that this is your eldest son? Isn't he not even in the office because he is not good at speaking? You can actually borrow 500,000 taels of silver?! It's ridiculous! ”

"Since Duan Shilang sent someone to take this IOU, why are you panicking?" Empress Dowager Gu said idly, "Isn't it just listening?" ”

A sneer appeared at the corner of Duan Jin's mouth, but he said respectfully on his face: "Back to the words of the two mothers, there is indeed a reason why the eldest son of the minister can borrow this huge amount of money, speaking of which, this is Qingfeng Ji's insistence on giving the eldest son of the minister a thank you gift!" It's just that the eldest son of the minister doesn't want to repay his kindness, but when he comes, he just begs for the family; Second, it was also Princess Qi who was in front of her makeup, and if Princess Cai was too shabby, she was afraid of being disrespectful to the heavenly family, so she wrote an IOU. ”

The queen's party frowned, but the queen mother's party already understood, and someone deliberately said the steps at the moment: "But I don't know what kind of kindness Duan Dagongzi has for Qingfeng Ji?" ”

"You don't know, not long ago, Gu Zonghao, the current proprietor of Qingfeng Ji, accidentally fell off his horse outside the city, and the person was entangled in the reins, and dragged out several miles on the official road. Duan Jin said calmly, "Everyone in the world knows that Gu Zonghao is a young man, he has not married yet, and he has nothing to do with his knees, and he is the only male heir in the Gu family's room. It was his grandmother who even knelt down to force the child to accept the thank-you gift...... Although Xiao'er couldn't resist her, she didn't want to take advantage of the Gu family, so she insisted on setting up an IOU! ”

One of the palace people who was in charge of accompanying his servant to get the IOU bowed down to corroborate: "This IOU was indeed taken from Gu Zonghao, the proprietor of Qingfeng Ji. "Of course, this palace person was sent by the Empress Dowager Gu.

"I see!" The Queen Mother immediately expressed solidarity with the allies, "The Gu family is rich and well-known to the world, and it is not unusual for its proprietor to be rewarded with 500,000 taels of silver for saving his life. ”

"Xiao'er is just a gesture, I am ashamed to say it, if it weren't for Princess Qi's rich makeup, thinking that Princess Cai would not dare to surpass the eldest sister-in-law, but King Cai and King Qi are both in the blood of the heavenly family, and they really dare not let their niece out of the cabinet with only tens of thousands of taels of silver, how could our family not accept this generous gift!" Duan Jin arched his hand around, with a helpless face, "It's also our family that started from a humble background, the foundation is shallow, and the Chengtian family is long, and he is trembling!" ”

"This old puppet really has the face to say!" Everyone in the queen party scolded in their hearts, "When we don't know that the reason why Qingfeng Ji was able to do a prosperous business and spread all over my Darui, is because of your line?!" is Tang Zimo's old thief, and the dividends he takes from the Gu family every year are more than 500,000 taels of silver - this Gu family is simply the money bag of the Queen Mother's party!! ”

It's just that the reason for saving lives is put there, and it's not too much to be rewarded!

Duan Jin saw that the queen's face was pale, and he was proud, and said: "If you don't believe it, you can pass on the Qingfeng Ji proprietor to confront him!" "Towards the Dan pier, impassioned, "If the minister has half a lie, let the two ladies dispose of it, there is no other word!" ”

The Empress Dowager Gu didn't agree to pass on the peace and water gold before, and now of course the queen party doesn't want to pass on Gu Zonghao.

And the purpose of the queen party is, in the final analysis, the queen mother's party, not just a businessman. Therefore, Empress Jiang ignored his words, but said slowly: "If you have not been greedy. Dirty, the family business will never exceed 70,000 taels of silver, can you admit it? ”

Duan Jin admitted it very simply: "The minister's family business is full, and it is indeed only 60,000 taels of silver, which is a little more than a little." ”

He wasn't worried at all that Empress Jiang would ask to check his net worth - it wasn't that Duan Jin was really honest, or that he had already hidden his property accounts, but he knew that if Empress Jiang wanted to investigate him thoroughly, then Empress Dowager Gu would also ask to check all the courtiers of the same level as him!

The Jiang family is in charge with Shui Jin, and how much money this master makes can be reasonable. But what about the others? The queen party is not only the Jiang family, but there is no such capable daughter-in-law in other families! How to explain the huge wealth of these people?

If you really pinch that step, the Queen Mother Party and the Queen Party will definitely lose both! It will only be the centrists who will benefit!

Duan Jin believed that Empress Jiang would never do this.

The queen did not mention that she wanted to verify his words, but asked: "Then how are you going to repay the 500,000 taels of silver in Qingfengji?" Or is Duan Xicheng's IOU just written for show? ”

"Back to the queen's mother, of course this IOU is true." Duan Jin's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he thought of something, but for the sake of his son's reputation and the reputation of the Duan family, he could only insist on saying, "The Chen family has long planned to reduce food and clothing to repay this money!" ”

"Oh?" Empress Jiang looked at him playfully, "But you have been in the office for so many years, plus the accumulation of several generations of your ancestors and grandchildren, you have only saved an industry of less than 70,000 taels of silver, and a debt of 500,000 taels, even if your children and grandchildren are born from generation to generation, it seems that there are no generations that can not pay it off!" This is still not a profit! Why do you plan to go on like this for generations to come? ”

Cold sweat oozed from Duan Jin's forehead, he had already guessed what the queen was going to say and do next, but now that it was over, could he deny it?

Sure enough, Empress Jiang continued, "Then the palace will wait and see how you can return the law!?" ”

The implication is that you and your whole family will wear silk and gold or something in the future, don't let this palace catch it!

In this way, although the queen did not say that she wanted to check Duan Jin's industry, she didn't let his family eat and dress well, and maybe she wouldn't let his family live well...... With the Jiang family's means of tossing people, you can imagine how miserable the Duan family, who has long been used to enjoying it, will be miserable in the following days!

Only then did Duan Jin come to his senses that he had been fooled: "When Jiang Tianqi asked for an IOU before, I thought that even if the queen would send palace people to follow my little maid to monitor, the queen mother would also mention the little guy and send a letter to Gu Zonghao on his behalf - so that I can easily explain the amount of my niece's dowry!" Now it seems that the Jiang family is simply colluding and deliberately leading me to do this! ”

He must have known that Empress Jiang was going to personally stare at him to "repay the debt", so he didn't admit the IOU, and directly said that he couldn't refuse the Gu family's repayment, and then take the silver to repay the favor to his niece to marry, wouldn't it be over?

Now it's okay, Shengsheng was caught by the queen with such a trick!

"Now ......" Duan Jin glanced at Tang Zimo from the corner of his eyes with a bitter mouth, he could only count on this deputy minister to save the scene.

And Tang Zimo did not live up to his secret prayer, and really stood up: "The queen's move is inappropriate!" The reason why the Gu family was willing to accept the IOU was, in the final analysis, that they were afraid that the Duan family would not accept their thank you gifts! Otherwise, why could Duan Shilang's little servant take two palace people over casually, and he could get an IOU, and even Gu Zonghao didn't wait at the palace gate?! It shows that he can't wait for this IOU to be taken away by the Duan family! ”

Jiang Tianqiao sneered: "Tang Shizhong, don't forget to get the IOU, but the meaning of the two mothers, the palace people brought the message!" ”

"What Zhongshuling says is extremely true!" Tang Zimo smiled, and the conversation changed, "It's just...... That Gu Zonghao is just a businessman, how can he know the palace people in front of the two mothers?! There is no actual proof of the oracle! Even if it was Duan Shilang's small servant who brought the palace people to go, this IOU was 500,000 taels! It's a dignified squire who has to save up for a lifetime! Dare to ask Zhongshu Ling, if Gu Zonghao cares a little bit about this IOU, will it be so easy to hand it over to a subordinate?! Isn't he afraid that if that little guy hides from his master and casually finds two palace people to deceive him! ”

Seeing that Jiang Tianqiao frowned tightly and was speechless for a while, Tang Zimo turned to the top of the Danqi and said loudly, "If the queen mother forced Duan Shilang's family to cut down on food and clothing to pay off the debt because of this IOU, she would be trapped in the injustice of the Gu family, who was bent on repaying her kindness!" This move also hurts the reputation of the mother-"

"If a courtier borrows a huge amount of money that is difficult to pay off for several generations, doesn't it hurt the dignity of the court?!" Empress Jiang sneered and said, "And the four words of thrift, but Duan Jin said it himself, and it was not the palace that forced him to express his position!" Hongu just hopes that he will not deceive Hongu! How can you force it?! ”

Duan Jin smiled bitterly: "Minister...... How dare you deceive the queen? ”

"What's so hard about that waiter?" Empress Jiang said as a matter of course, "As long as Duan Jin does what he says, can't this palace still trouble him?!" ”

Tang Zimo said indifferently: "Don't the queen mothers think that the reason why Duan Shilang would 'borrow' such a huge sum of money is also because Princess Qi's dowry was too rich back then, for fear of neglecting His Royal Highness King Cai?" ”

"That's the Jiang family's wealth, since the Duan family doesn't have that foundation, what do you want to learn from the Jiang family?" Empress Jiang sneered, "Could it be that Princess Qi has a rich marriage, and all women in the world have to look up to her when they go out of the cabinet?" Duan Jin is clearly confused! Why do you want to blame Princess Qi? ”

Jiang Tianqiao immediately came out of the ranks: "The queen mother Mingjian, Princess Qi is the young daughter of the minister and the minister's wife, it is inevitable to be pampered, and she often accepts joy under the knees of the minister's second uncle and second aunt. ”

Jiang Tianqi immediately explained on behalf of Qin Guogong: "The minister's young daughter-in-law and the clan were born smart and good at making a living. Over the years, there have been a lot of profits, the father and the ministers and the brothers and nephews are busy with the political affairs of the previous dynasty, and rarely ask about the accounts, if Tang Xiang or anyone has any questions about the princess's makeup, the minister's young daughter-in-law can go to the palace at any time to reconcile! ”

The Queen Mother's party didn't want to reconcile with Shui Jin, and when this master came out to make money, how much did she see that she was a delicate lady's account room, and it all made her a stepping stone to fame? It is said that in the industry under the care of water and gold, the stewards don't even dare to do anything - for no other reason, they can't hide it at all!

What's more, today's incident was tossed out by the Jiang family, and I am afraid that Shui Jin has already packed up the account books, and is ready to teach the Queen Mother Party and the Neutral Party a good lesson "On how the Jiang family is rich and prosperous"!

Tang Zimo just didn't hear the words of the Jiang brothers: "The queen said this, but the minister thought otherwise!" The so-called marriage by the husband, His Royal Highness King Cai and His Royal Highness King Qi are His Majesty's flesh and blood, Princess Qi is rich in marriage, the Duan family does not dare to make Princess Cai out of the cabinet, isn't this human nature? In the early years, there was news that the Tao family was in a difficult situation, but not long ago, Princess Lu's makeup was not much less than that of Princess Cai! What do you think? ”

"The Tao family is the outer family of the palace, and its ancestor Tao Yinsong has been deeply favored by the emperor, and has been rewarded continuously over the years. Even if there was a temporary turnover difficulty, that is, cash, as for the treasures, good wood, there are more in the warehouse! Empress Jiang said coldly, "This time Princess Lu is out of the cabinet, and the mother of the palace also has a lot of makeup, what is so strange about Princess Lu's rich marriage?" And you said that King Cai and King Qi are both His Majesty's flesh and blood, so Princess Qi has a rich marriage, and Princess Cai should not be too shabby - this palace wants to know, why Princess Cai's makeup dowry actually overshadowed Princess Lu? Generally speaking, His Majesty's flesh and blood are not fake, but the principle of order between the young and the young can't be remembered? ! ”

Tang Zimo sneered: "How can Niangniang's words convince the public? It has been more than 30 years since the death of the first emperor, and Tao Gong has passed away before the first emperor! After Tao Gong went, the decline of the Tao family was obvious to all, and the family business was revived for decades - over the years, there have been many treasures pawned by the Tao family in the city! How could the Tao family only have the trouble of cash! Even if Princess Lu's makeup was added by the Duchess of Qin, Weichen remembered that when the eighth young lady of the Jiang family came out of the cabinet, the makeup didn't seem to be as much as Princess Lu today, right? The eighth young lady of the Jiang family is also the niece and granddaughter of the Duchess of Qin, and she is also the eldest granddaughter! According to the eldest and youngest, the Duchess of Qin Guo is to add makeup to their sisters, and the income of the eighth young lady of the Jiang family should also be above Princess Lu! But I don't know why Princess Lu's makeup dowry has surpassed her eldest sister of the same generation?! ”

This soup is worthy of being the deputy prime minister of the dynasty, the queen just pointed out that Princess Cai's dowry crossed Princess Lu, and there was a suspicion of disrespecting her sister-in-law, he immediately remembered Princess Lu's cousin Xiao Tao, and also caught a handle of the queen's side of the disorder!

Empress Jiang's face changed, and she couldn't reply for a while, and after a short silence, Dou Xijiu suddenly stood up: "It's better to thoroughly investigate the Tao and Duan families, and see which is right and which is wrong!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the neutral party followed Xue Chang to play soy sauce anyway, and most of the people in the second generation were abrupt and surprised, but Qin Guogong and the others looked calm - this calm fell into the eyes of Empress Dowager Gu, Tang Zimo and others, and after a little thought, their faces changed!