Tu Su Qingli followed closely behind Wei Shi, walking on the way to the Chengqian Palace, his fingers unconsciously clenching the clothes on his body. This set of clothes was specially prepared by Webster, she was stunned when she saw it at the time, it is said that this dress is worth ten thousand gold, Webster has been secretly prepared for ten years, and it took nearly three years to make the ready-to-wear alone.

Wei Shi saw her nervousness, and couldn't help but smile: "Qingli, although my mother didn't say it explicitly in the past, she was doing her best to cultivate you, and now you have learned the best, so don't worry, the emperor will definitely like you." ”

Tu Su Qingli subconsciously wanted to bite his lip, but he thought of the makeup he had just painted before, and quickly stopped his movements: "Mother, but the emperor ...... before"

Webster looked back: "It's not that you blame yourself for being too uncompetitive, the Qiao Ling who follows you is a clumsy tongue, I knew that the girl was not successful enough to fail, and my mother would never allow her to follow you out." ”

Seeing that Tu Su Qingli was still a little lacking in confidence, Wei couldn't help frowning: "Qingli, take out your momentum on weekdays, the emperor has seen countless beauties, just the queen mother, she is known as the first beauty in Da'an." What he likes is not only beauty, but also a unique temperament and style, and his mother has found so many people to train you in the past few years, in order to make you unique. Now, you're in control, all you need to do is show it. ”

"But, Mother, I'm still ......" she still didn't know the bottom of her heart.

Webster patted her hand gently: "Don't worry, even if you fail this performance, won't you still have your father and me?" We've paved the way for you, just walk it up. Don't tell your mother that you can't even walk properly? If that's the case, then the mother will have to consider making your second sister ......"

"No, Mother, I can!" Tu Su Qingli hurriedly spoke up, "You and your father have spent so much effort for me, I will definitely be able to." ”

Wei nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, she deserves to be a good daughter of her mother." "The Tu Su family has been secretly planning for so long, for this great opportunity now, if Tu Su Qingli really can't do it, then even if it is her biological daughter, she has to give it up. There are also many concubines in the family, all of whom have been carefully cultivated, and those who are capable live in them.

Soon, they came to the outside of the Chengqian Palace, the red lacquer pillars were tall and majestic, and the golden glass was solemn and noble...... With just one glance, Tu Su Qingli felt like a drum in her heart, if she could become the emperor's concubine, then she could enjoy the world's respected eyes forever, and she could always be by the side of the most noble man in the world.

In the main hall, after a toast, Baili Junyi looked at everyone with a smile on his face: "Don't snub my distinguished guests today, both of them are extremely important to me. Prince Yi and Tu Su, don't mind the two of you, you should have set up a separate banquet to entertain you, but I really wanted to meet the two of you, so I put the banquet together. ”

Prince Yi had already recovered from the shock of Shen Ninghua's beauty, and hurriedly raised his glass when he heard this: "His Majesty the Emperor is too polite, one more person at the banquet is more lively, it is nothing." ”

Well? A smile flashed in Baili Junyi's eyes, and he clearly said that he and Tu Su Qingyun were invited at the same time, but what Prince Yi said just now was clearly to treat Tu Su Qingyun as the one that came out as an extra gift, which was very interesting.

Baili Junyi smiled and nodded, and after drinking a glass of wine in response to Prince Yi's compliment, he turned his head to look at Tu Su Qingyun: "The head of the Tu Su family is really extraordinary, and in recent times, I have heard about the deeds of the head of the family many times, and I admire it very much in my heart. ”

Tu Su Qingyun hurriedly got up, even if the Tu Su family was behind him, but now, he was just a white body without an official position:

"The emperor praised falsely, the grass people came to Kyoto, and when they saw the bustling and lively Kyoto for a while, they couldn't help but feel like they had come to a paradise. Tu Su's family has been hidden for a long time, and has long been isolated from the outside world, and this time it feels like it has been more than a hundred years, so he watched and traveled everywhere in Kyoto, which made the emperor see a joke. ”

Shen Ninghua smiled slightly, and said that visiting officials everywhere was a sightseeing trip, and this Tu Su Qingyun could be regarded as talented. Baili Junyi smiled on the side and did not speak, only nodded slightly.

Tu Su Qingyun continued: "Your Majesty, the grass people have been walking around in Kyoto these days, and seeing that the capital of Da'an Kingdom is so prosperous and powerful, I deeply feel that the emperor is wise. It's just that I still saw a lot of victims outside the city, and I couldn't help but think of this heavy snowfall in winter and spring. ”

"The emperor and the queen are wise, and the disaster relief is particularly timely, and now the snow disaster has passed smoothly, but there are still many people who are displaced and have families that are difficult to return, so they dared to find Lord Zuo before, and let Lord Zuo make it clear to the emperor that the grass people are willing to donate all their family property and do their part of the responsibility of the people of Da'an."

Baili Junyi smiled: "I particularly appreciate the heart of the head of the Tu Su family, but the Tu Su family is also a century-old family, inherited from the previous dynasty to the present, all this family property is the hard work of several generations, and it is too much to donate it." ”

Tu Su Qingyun hurriedly stepped forward: "The emperor understands the righteousness, and the grass people are very moved in their hearts. It's just that the family wealth is something outside the body, when the Tu Su family made a fortune, it was a business between the people, and it also relied on the help of many people, taken from the people for the people, and now the people are suffering, how can they sit idly by. Money can be earned again, but human life is worth ten thousand dollars. ”

As soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted countless praises from officials.

"The head of the Tu Su family is really extraordinary."

"The lower officials admire, admire the five-body land, and the silver can be earned whenever they want, but the people can't wait."

"yes...... The emperor, Weichen asked for the life of the head of the Tu Su family, and asked the emperor to reward the Tu Su family. ”

"Your Majesty, this heart of benevolence and righteousness really moved heaven and earth, and the emperor rewarded the Tu Su family, which can be regarded as an example for other families in the world."

"Yes, we should set an example for the people of the world......"

Tu Su Qingyun saluted again and again to the officials who spoke for him: "Your lords, you love the grass people, the grass people are really ashamed, the Tu Su family's family motto has always been like this, the grass people just act according to their hearts, and they don't deserve such praise." ”

Prince Yi's face on the side turned dark, just now he sarcastically said that the Tu Su family was here to be lively, and now the Tu Su family slapped him in the face, so many people praised a commoner who got up in business, but he put aside, the prince who came from the Great Yue Kingdom, it was really too deceitful.

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but speak: "Your Majesty the Emperor, this king and others have not been in Kyoto for a long time, and they don't know much about this Tu Su family master, but I heard about one thing, saying that the Tu Su family is willing to donate 30 million taels of silver, I don't know if this is true or not?" ”

Baili Junyi looked at Tu Su Qingyun: "Tu Su family master? ”

Tu Su Qingyun arched his hand at Prince Yi and said, "His Royal Highness Prince Hui, this is indeed the case. ”

Prince Yi was full of admiration, picked up the wine glass and said: "I heard the head of the Tu Su family say that it is taken from the people and the people, and I also admire this sentence very much, but I didn't expect that the Tu Su family has only been inherited for a hundred years, and it is really amazing to be able to take out so many silver taels at once, this king wants to give you a cup!" ”

Shen Ninghua smiled in her eyes, and couldn't help but look at this Prince Yi again, this person is really powerful. Tu Su Qingyun said that the sentence taken from the people was just to show his Tu Su family's bearing, and this Prince Yi connected his words back and forth, secretly sarcastic:

These 30 million taels were clearly earned by the Tu Su family from the people, and it didn't take long to earn so much, which shows how dark the Tu Su family's heart is. Now that I donate it, it's just a disturbed conscience, so why bother to say so noble.

Tu Su Qingyun didn't even dare to say it, and naturally he heard the sarcasm in Prince Yi's words: "Originally, I should have been able to donate more, but since the previous dynasty, the family has been hidden, and many disciples in the clan only know consumption, which is really not a weapon." The grass people couldn't bear the style of the disciples in the clan, so they simply took out all the money in the previous family, hoping that those disciples would start from scratch and do things in a down-to-earth manner. ”

This money was handed down from the previous dynasty, the Tu Su family has been hidden for a long time, even if it has looted the people's interests, it is also from the previous dynasty, after the establishment of Da'anguo, the Tu Su family only consumes and does not make money, what else can you provoke?

Prince Yi smiled and didn't smile: "The head of the Tu Su family is so courageous, this king really admires it, if this king has such money, he can't bear to take it all out." After all, there are still so many people in the family who need to be fed, this man is tired and nothing, this woman, especially the daughter of this king, can't let her be wronged, this weekday expenses, as well as the dowry for future marriage, are all a lot of silver! ”

Is this disgusted that the daughter of the Tu Su family has no dowry? Said that the Tu Su family treated their children harshly for show? Or is it implying that the emperor Tu Su's family did not take out all the family property?

"Who is ashamed to say that the grass people originally wanted to leave some dowry for their daughter, but Uchiko understood the righteousness and said that since it was to help the people, he should do his best. As for her daughter's dowry, she inherited her dowry ......" Tu Su Qingyun said, looking quite ashamed.

Prince Yi fell to his back in anger, snorted coldly and stopped speaking. He can't say that his daughter-in-law will also donate all the dowry, which is extremely unkind.

Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua glanced at each other, and the defense against Tu Su Qingyun in their hearts rose again, a civilian who had no official position could be so calm in the face of a different prince, and he also blocked the other party without anything to say, this mentality and bearing were admirable.

Seeing that Tu Su Qingyun had the upper hand, the officials who had helped him speak before spoke again: "Speaking of which, Wei Chen has heard of the eldest lady of the Tu Su family, and it is said that she is now living in the palace. ”

Tu Su Qingyun looked up in Shen Ninghua's direction, not knowing how to answer.

Shen Ninghua smiled slightly, and said: "Yes, this lord is well-informed, don't say anything about coming to this palace, you have already heard about it, in the border battle, the emperor encountered an assassin and was injured, thanks to this Miss Tu Su's righteous rescue." ”

The queen mother actually directly admitted Tu Su Qingli's life-saving grace, could it be that the emperor really planned to accept Tu Su Qingli?