Chapter 29: Not Enough

"Mrs. Li, please get up!"

The voice of the woman in the main hall was crisp and soft, and it was extremely kind.

The lives of the husband and son are all tied to this nobleman!

Mrs. Li's hand was tightly tugging on Li Qing'er in her sleeve, and she said in a trembling voice: "The courtiers dare not make a ...... in front of His Royal Highness."

"Li Shinong is very pragmatic, this is the strategy of rolling Xinhe, keeping warm and increasing income, which is very much in line with my wishes." Zhao Fujin saw Mrs. Li's nervousness, so she was not reluctant, she leveled her voice, and said word by word: "It stands to reason that my servants have already informed the county government and also given money to your mother and daughter, how can you still fall into such a situation?" ”

Her collapse was set extremely high, and she could see the scene of people coming from the courtyard through the transparent glass, and Mrs. Li's mother and daughter were in rags, and she could see clearly in the window.

"Lang Jun and his brother are still in prison, and the courtiers, mothers, and daughters have got money, and they only hope that they can get a little better, so—" Madame Li explained cautiously.

Zhao Fujin sighed in his heart and asked again: "I heard that the Li family is also a big family, why is it that Li Shinong's crime has not been convicted, and you are all forced to that point?" ”

"Emperor Ji doesn't know~~" Li Qing'er suddenly shook off Mrs. Li's hand, and said with a choked voice: "After my father and brother were imprisoned, my family members were like bandits, but after half a day's work, the entire family house was looted, and even the cotton clothes on my mother and I were not spared. ”

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Zhao Fujin's breath was stagnant, although she had seen thousands of people and faces in the book, she was still shocked by this incident.

Clansmen, clansmen, no matter how far away, have shared ancestors in a hundred years, how can they be so vicious, for the sake of money, bullying weak mothers and young daughters, robbing family wealth is not counted, and in the cold winter, there is not even a single cotton coat left?

What's the difference between this and robbers?

"Tell me, what are your demands?" Zhao Fujin touched the book presented by Li Shinong with his hand and asked softly.

"Your Highness, please help me spare my father!"

"Your Highness, the courtier's wife is wronged!"

Mrs. Li and Li Qing'er spoke almost at the same time, one pleading for mercy and the other for redressing grievances.

"I know that Li Shinong is wronged." Zhao Fujin sighed: "Qiong Ye, find Mrs. Shen and arrange a place for these two to live." ”

"Your Highness!" Mrs. Li was stunned for a moment, and she begged in a lamented voice: "My family's Langjun, in order to have a high yield of food, has climbed to the ridge of the field for decades to observe and study, and he has long since fallen ill with a cold disease......

Speaking of this, she was so choked up that she couldn't even speak clearly.

I don't know if it was the alternating attack of hot and cold, or the compulsion of hunger and cold, she said vaguely, but the person fell crookedly.

Li Qing'er, who was standing beside her, was looking around with her eyes down, and Mrs. Li smashed over.

She didn't react for a while, and she didn't even hold it in time, but let Mrs. Li fall straight down.

Li Qing'er was startled, she quickly glanced at Zhao Fujin in the palace, and with a "bang", she also fell.

The mother and daughter ran all the way, hungry and cold, and fell ill like this.

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On the east side of Yanfu Palace, in addition to the Ninghe Palace, there is also a group of jade halls.

This hall is extremely high, and there are more than 100 steps on the platform alone.

Zhao Fujin was wrapped in a thick fur cloak and was supported up the steps by Qiongyu Qiongxiang.

Behind them was a group of attendants, carrying two boxes, stepping over the steps and heading straight into the Jade Palace.

Chunlan was served in the hall, and as soon as she saw Zhao Fujin coming, she hurriedly gave a salute, so she stepped forward enthusiastically to help, and muttered: "If it weren't for the official family setting up a hot pot, the slave would really not dare to send a message to let you come over!" ”

The aroma of food in the temple is wafting.

The attendants who followed Zhao Fujin to carry the box went straight into the side hall, where there were already a few small chamberlains, and they were courteously taken in.

Zhao Fujin took Qiongyu Qiongxiang to the hall, but was stopped by Chunlan Wensheng: "These two sisters around Your Highness will go to the side hall to eat some food." We're waiting here, don't worry. ”

As soon as her voice fell, two palace maids stepped forward affectionately and invited Qiong Yu and Qiong Xiang to another palace.

Zhao Fujin didn't squint, and entered the side room of the second entrance hall, and the aroma inside was even stronger, which only caused her to be hungry.

Before she could enter the door, Zhao Ji greeted her with a smile: "Fu'er is frozen?" Quick, quick, come in and sit down! Lian has put down all your favorite food. ”

"Thank you, Daddy!" Zhao Fujin didn't even have time to give the gift, so he was dragged in by Zhao Ji.

The father and daughter sat around the fireplace, putting ingredients in the iron pot, and all they talked about was eating.

For this meal, Zhao Ji killed a deer that had been kept captive for a long time, sliced thin slices of meat, and ate salt, sauce, vinegar, and sugar in the soup, and the father and daughter actually ate half a deer leg, a piece of lamb chops and three black fish fillets.

After eating, the father and daughter passed through the door of the inner sanctum, passed through the two chambers, and entered a closed side hall.

The side hall was filled with a dozen ebony chests.

There were gold and silver in it, and jewels in it. On each chest is a card that records the origin and number of the contents of the box, as well as the wish list of the items that have been fulfilled by their owner.

Zhao Fujin pointed to the two boxes that were brought in and said: "Daddy, look, there are 300,000 taels of silver in these two boxes, and they are the descendants of the Wang family who were born in the Wang family, and they also have some talents. ”

"300,000 taels, do you want an idle job?" Zhao Ji was stunned: "According to Fu'er's rules, we can also give us a real job of 300,000 taels and four grades." ”

"This person is extremely lazy, because he can't participate in the morning meeting, so he retreats to the second, and wants to hang an idle job on his body, not only does not want to be rich, but also at the end of each year, he will give 20,000 taels of silver to filial piety."

"These people are more relaxed than the widows!" Zhao Ji was a little unbalanced, and said angrily: "Fu'er, tell me, why is Liang Shicheng, a big eunuch, usually pouring footwashing water for widows, why is he richer than widows?" ”

Liang Shicheng heard the news when Zhao Ji had not yet ordered Zhao Fujin to move to the palace and Ninghe Palace, and sent 100,000 taels of silver to Qionghua Pavilion on the same day, just hoping to settle the Xu family's case as soon as possible and not be pursued by the official family.

Zhao Ji was dumbfounded when he saw that the first amount of silver calculated by their father and daughter was 100,000 taels!

Liang Shi has become a subordinate inner supervisor, and as soon as he makes a move, it will be 100,000 taels!

If it weren't for the fact that his family was so rich that he had hundreds or tens of millions of taels, how could he be so easy to send 100,000 taels of silver in with white flowers?

Although this eunuch didn't have any good intentions, he gave silver on the front foot, and cried with Zhao Ji on the back foot, it was Zhao Fujin who took it by force, so that he sold his private house in Beijing, was displaced and so on.

If Zhao Ji hadn't watched him from beginning to end, he would really have believed him!

Every time the father and daughter entered the small treasury to count the silver, Zhao Ji had to look at the innermost box, and then complained a few words angrily and scolded a few times before it came to an end.

When they had counted the money, and added the amount to the book, they returned to the main hall together, and circled around the furnace, discussing what position should be suitable for the former owner of the newly collected silver.

As Zhao Fujin sent more and more silver to the small treasury, the official positions in the court were almost insufficient!