After the dispersal of the dynasty, Emperor Qingming went to the imperial study.

He sat on the collapse and closed his eyes to recuperate, but he was still majestic.

Wu Jian bowed and stood silently, waiting aside.

"Wu Jian, in your opinion, who is guiding the things of the court today?"

Wu Jian bowed down and said, "Back to the emperor, the minions can't understand."

"A dowry list involves ten court officials, and even two cabinet ministers." Emperor Qingming squinted, "This is someone who can't hold it back."

Wu Jian hunched his waist, "Yongping Hou formed a party for personal gain, and it is also a good thing to be found out. Your Majesty, your court is clearer, isn't it?"

Emperor Qingming sneered, "It's not him who forms a party for personal gain, but he is not the only one who is Yongping Hou. In the entire Great Zhou court, one is counted as one, and who has nothing to do with whom, and the gifts given to each other are probably more than the silver in the treasury."

He got up from the collapse and paced, "You see so many officials in the court, all of them ask me for money. The Ministry of Industry has to repair the river, the Ministry of War has to pay military salaries and make weapons, and the Ministry of Rites has to hold celebrations...... Silver is required everywhere. The only one who can help me get the silver is the Marquis of Yongping. If this household secretary had been replaced, no one would have the ability to fill my treasury."

Wu Jian followed, "What does the emperor mean...... Yongping Hou can't dispose of it."

Emperor Qingming sat down in front of the dragon case and pinched his eyebrows, "The matter has gotten into trouble, if I don't deal with it, how can I explain it to the hundred officials?"

He squinted, "I know he's not as upright as he seems, but if you're a slave...... It's time to knock and knock."

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Yongping Hou got off the boat in Futai Town.

He was accompanied by Hu Wende, the governor of Xiangping Prefecture.

On the dock, there were staff members of the Hou Mansion waiting, telling them about the things in the capital these days.

Yongping Hou's face was like a storm sweeping in, gloomy and terrifying.

He wanted to deal with the follow-up of the Chen Mansion, but he came back half a month late, and things had developed to such a point!

That Chen Youning is a little girl, where did she come from so powerful!

A guard brought a horse with him.

The staff asked, "Do you want to ride back to Beijing on horseback?" Those dowries are very involved, and now I am afraid that the court has already made a fuss."

Yongping Hou narrowed his eyes, thinking quickly in his heart, he quickly calmed down, "No, I am waiting for the carriage."

When the Marquis of Yongping entered the palace, the sun was still high.

By the time he left the palace, it was already twilight.

His clothes were still meticulous and his expression was calm.

He did not go back to the Hou Mansion, but went directly to the Dingguo Mansion.

Mrs. Han's treasury was mostly empty, her heart was aching, and when she saw that Yongping Hou was coming, she didn't speak, but sat on the couch and twisted the Buddha beads.

Yongping Hou sat on the Taishi chair on the side and looked at the old lady, "The second sister looks like this, as if she is blaming Ben Hou."

Old Madam Han said coldly, "Master Hou is such a big shelf, how dare I blame you. But don't forget, you climbed all the way up by someone who threw out a lot of money. Now it's time to repay the debt, Mrs. Hou is really powerful, she holds her hand tightly, and she refuses to take a tael of silver!"

She and Xiao Wen have been busy from yesterday to now, and they have sent a lot back from various mansions, but the things on this dowry list are still not ready.

Except for some things that I really can't remember where to go, the biggest gap is 300,000 taels of silver tickets and 300,000 taels of silver.

She had to rely on her mother's family back then, and half of the silver was quietly taken back to the Hou Mansion.

But the silver is not as good as the calligraphy and painting on the head, and there is a mark, if Mrs. Hou refuses to admit it, she has no way at all!

Yongping Hou said lightly, "The silver that was taken out was all exchanged and returned. The second sister is such a settling method, I am afraid that she has forgotten how she became the old Duchess of Dingguo."

Old Madam Han twisted the Buddha's hand for a moment, and her tone softened, "Big brother, you also know how much dowry I brought when I got married. Now that the prince wants to make up Chen Man's dowry, and even the income has to be returned, how can Yuzhen and I make up the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver?"

Yongping Hou fiddled

The peanuts on the plate, "Second sister, do you know, just because of this dowry list, how much silver will I lose?"

"The eldest brother just returned to Beijing today, and he hasn't even returned to the Hou Mansion, where can I pay the money?"

Yongning Hou sneered, "Don't forget, I just entered the palace."

Old Madam Han was stunned for a moment, "Did you give the emperor silver?"

"If I don't pay a price, I'm afraid I'll die." He sneered, "If there is anyone who is most short of silver in this world, it is the emperor. Because of this, the emperor is reluctant to touch me."

"How much did you give?"

Yongning Hou took out three peanuts from the plate, "This number."

"300,000 taels?"

"Three million taels."

"Three million taels!" Old Madam Han stood up in shock, "Where did you get so much silver?"

Yongning Hou was secretive and drank the tea.

"The father's life is worth three million taels, and the daughter's life is not worth one tael of silver?"

The fan opened, and Xiao Wen walked in.

Her face was haggard, but after two days of hard work, she had seen the warmth and coldness of people.

She walked up to the Marquis of Yongning, "If I can't make up the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, the prince will take my life, and my mother doesn't care about me, and my father doesn't care?"

Yongping Hou frowned.

He doesn't have much affection for this concubine, and the aunt who gave birth to him will inevitably be a little unacceptable. From childhood to adulthood, he has seen only a handful of times.

If she hadn't given birth to a phoenix-life daughter, he really wouldn't have much thought about her father-daughter relationship.

"When you saw this, you didn't even say goodbye, you just opened your mouth to question, is this the rule that you are a child?"

Xiao Wen burst into tears, "My father has several daughters, and my daughters don't dare to expect you to feel sorry for me. But there is only one granddaughter of the phoenix life, and the father really doesn't think about Wan'er?"

When it came to Han Qingwan, Yongping Hou still relented.

If their Hou Mansion wants to keep the gold and silver mountains in their hands and be safe forever, they still have to rely on this granddaughter.

And he didn't want the dowry to go on endlessly, which would only wear him down.

"I didn't say no, okay, don't cry."

Little Wen burst into tears and laughed, "Really?"

Yongping Hou glanced at her, "Can this Hou still trick you?" But Wan'er's phoenix fate ...... Didn't you feel curious when you met Chen Youning?"

Xiao Wen sat down next to Yongping Hou, "Father said...... Chen Youning is Chen Man's daughter?"

Yongping Hou nodded, "Back then, Chen Man gave birth to Chen Youning, and let the maid next to her secretly take her to Xiangping Mansion, and it happened that the second lady of the Chen family was about to give birth, so she reported the dragon and phoenix fetus to the outside world."

Old Madam Han sighed heavily, "That's really the case. Her life is really hard, from her mother's womb."

Yongping Hou said coldly, "It's fate. I folded in so many hands, and I couldn't kill her. After all, I let her go to Beijing."

He frowned, "Now that the emperor and the crown prince have noticed her, it's not a good sign."

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