Wu Qi didn't take it to heart, and responded impatiently, thinking that his father was getting more and more verbose. turned to the household department to explain to Zhao You, and allocated 30,000 taels to repair the palace.

Zhao You was stunned: "That's the palace, what is 30,000 taels enough for?" ”

Wu Qi said with a smile: "This is a problem that our Ministry of Industry should consider, you only need to allocate funds, and you don't have to worry about anything else." ”

Wu Qi's small abacus cannot be used by outsiders - using the worst wood and craftsmen to grind foreign workers, grinding for three years and five years, it is difficult to say whether the emperor will be there by then. After the emperor's great trip, King Yong ascended the throne, and King Qi should also be a vassal domain, and he should build a fart palace!

……

The side hall needed to be rebuilt, and Rong He should have moved to another residence, but he was worried that there would be no one to take care of the melons and fruits in the greenhouse, so he was reluctant to move out.

Fortunately, the approval of this budget is equivalent to not approving it, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry came twice, measured the size, and then procrastinated.

In addition to the normal follow-up of the palace officials, King Qi didn't really expect Wu Qi and Zhao You to repair the house for him, as long as the emperor didn't blame their family, it was nothing to live in.

In a blink of an eye, it was March 27, the Queen Mother's birthday.

Hundreds of civil and military officials, headed by the Hanlin Academy, all presented congratulatory watches to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother.

Most of the internal and external wives and clan relatives enter the palace at noon to worship their birthdays, and princesses and concubines go to Shoukang Palace early in the morning to accompany the Queen Mother.

King Qi's family also entered the palace early in the morning, and first went to the Qianqing Palace to see His Majesty, and his father was still practicing the morning class, so he left a message for them to go to Shoukang Palace to see the Queen Mother first.

Because the emperor had a will earlier, he ordered Ronghe to take Huai'an to the queen mother's birthday, so Huai'an was also fortunate to see the Forbidden City at four o'clock in the morning.

When you come to Shoukang Palace, the morning glow is full of sky, the morning breeze is slightly cool, the glass palace lights are bright, and you can see the busy figures of eunuchs and palace people everywhere.

Huai'an followed behind King Qi and the princess, holding his breath and concentrating, extremely well-behaved.

Along the way, King Qi has been counting down Ronghe, learn more from others, and don't always be restless like a hairless monkey......

Rong He rolled his eyes when he heard this, he knew that Huai'an was not pretending, nor was he cowardly, but cowardly, for fear that if something went wrong in his words and deeds, his father would not be able to hold back.

So Rong He said very generously: "Huai'an, don't be afraid, your father can't hold back and my father." “

As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden "oops" and a slap of chestnut.

This scene was fully viewed by the queen mother in the palace, and before King Qi had time to reprimand, he saw the palace people walk out of the palace and invite them in.

After some elaborate etiquette, the Queen Mother called Rong He to her side and saw that his forehead was crimson.

Rong He was very upright, and complained next to the old lady: "Great grandmother, my father hit me on the head." ”

The Queen Mother rolled her eyes at King Qi: "Okay, I'm playing majestic and coming to the door of the mourning family." ”

King Qi smiled on his face, not at all as trembling as he did with his father, but complained to the Queen Mother with a close look: "Grandmother, this child has caused a lot of trouble recently, today is Grandmother's big day, and his grandson reminded him to pay attention to proportion." ”

The Queen Mother really smiled, and the silver-white sideburns under the crown were shining: "What a big day, an old lady, a year less than a year." ”

Huai'an was not surprised by this situation, because the night before, his father had already explained to him the relationship between King Qi and the Queen Mother.

When the brothers and sisters of King Qi were still living in the palace, especially when their biological mother passed away and they were not treated by their father, even the eunuchs and palace maids dared to bully them at will.

The queen mother has always been kind to the younger generations, and in addition to the emperor, all the younger generations in this palace are grateful to her and are sincerely close.

So although grandma is not a grandmother, for the brothers and sisters of King Qi, it is better than her father.

The Queen Mother is old, old and lonely, looking at the things in the palace that are better than people every day, and suddenly sighed: "Now in addition to a few princesses, only you are in Beijing, and there is only He'er in the great-grandchildren, if Ahri is still ......"

The queen mother said Ahri, is Rong He's sister who died young, just born weak like a little civet cat, so he took the milk name Ahri, and learned from the common people to take the "cheap name" to ward off evil spirits, who knew that he still died early.

Rong He's eyes were already glistening with tears, this was the first time he had heard an elder take the initiative to mention his sister.

King Qi and the princess were busy persuading the Queen Mother not to think about these sad things on the day of great joy.

The Queen Mother couldn't bear to sweep away everyone's excitement, forced herself to adjust her emotions, regained her smile, and set her eyes on Huai'an: "Eh? Whose child is this? ”

Huai'an raised his head and met the inquiring gaze of the Queen Mother.

King Qi said: "Back to grandmother, this is the son of Shen Yu, the son of Shen Yu, the son of Guozijian Siye, He'er's playmate, my father saw that he was well-behaved and sensible, and he ordered him to bring it to the queen mother to celebrate her birthday." ”

The Queen Mother beckoned him to go over and praised: "What a handsome child, what kind of character and talent should my father and mother be?!" ”

Huai'an's heart was full of joy, and the tension of the whole night also disappeared, and he said to the Queen Mother with a smile: "I wish the Queen Mother a good birthday, happiness like the East China Sea, and longevity!" ”

The child's sincere and straightforward blessings are far better than the congratulatory watches of the Manchu Dynasty, and the Queen Mother already loves children, and she is even more happy at this time.

Pull the two children on the left and the right and let them sit in the nearest position next to them.

is laughing, the eunuch is clear, and the holy car has arrived. King Qi's family got up to greet the holy driver.

The relationship between the stepmother and stepchild is indifferent, and the emperor came here to celebrate his birthday is nothing more than to fulfill his filial piety and set an example for the subjects of the world, and the atmosphere in the palace suddenly became subtle and uncomfortable.

Fortunately, people have the custom of ascending on their birthday, every year on the birthday of the Queen Mother, the emperor will accompany her to the highest Wufeng Tower in the imperial city, overlooking the grand scenery of the capital, and accept the visit of the foreign ministers.

Since there was nothing to talk about, the group hugged the Queen Mother and walked out of Shoukang Palace.

Huai'an mixed in the crowd to climb the tower, overlooking the overlapping palaces with flying eaves and arches, the rows of inner city streets, the bustling pedestrians, carriages and horses, and the peddlers and pawns who led the cars and sold pulp.

In their previous life, the family accompanied their younger brother to the exam during the summer vacation, and once spent 60 yuan on a ticket to visit this majestic imperial city, where the mouthful of river guides and tourists shuttled back and forth between the palace. Through time and space, he came here again, and suddenly felt like a world away.

The emperor looked at the majestic palace and all living beings at his feet, and looked far away, and his heart was open-minded and comfortable for a while.

Suddenly, he saw that in the south of the city, a mansion covering a huge area was under construction, with pavilions and pavilions, carved beams and paintings, which was magnificent.

At the beginning of the country, there were strict regulations on the specifications of the mansion, and the mansion with such regulations was not something that ordinary people could enjoy, because I heard that the Qi Wangfu was being renovated, and it was in the south of the city, which was full of powerful people, and the emperor naturally thought that it was the Qi Wangfu.

The treasury is tight, even the emperor's dormitory has not been repaired for ten years, King Qi cried to the court that he was poor, and the Ministry of Industry actually opened the posture to build such a splendid mansion for him.

The emperor was sensitive and suspicious, and when he saw this scene, he began to suspect that King Qi was colluding with the Ministry of Household Industry and Works, and sang in front of him.

Immediately a little displeased, and turned to ask King Qi: "Has your house been repaired?" ”

King Qi cautiously replied: "Back to my father's words, the construction has not started yet." ”

"Didn't work?" The emperor pointed to the southwest: "Whose house is that?" ”

King Qi couldn't answer for a while, he usually lived in a simple place, rarely interacted with foreign ministers, where did he know the style and people everywhere in the capital.

"What do you say, He'er?" The Emperor looked at Rong He, and he thought to himself that children would never lie.

Rong He Zhan looked at it and said without thinking: "Grandpa Huang, that's not the minister's family, that's Zhao Shilang's newly built mansion." ”

The emperor raised his eyes, Zhao Shilang, Zhao You.

Sigh around.

"How do you know?" The emperor asked.

"His house is not far from the palace, and there is a nursery rhyme in the street." Rong He said.

King Qi pretended to scold: "He'er, don't talk nonsense in front of the holy driver." ”

"Let him speak." The Emperor's gaze grew colder.

Rong He looked at his father carefully, then at his grandfather, and then at his great-grandmother.

"Well, don't be afraid." The Emperor softened his tone and encouraged.

Rong He said: "Little Situ, everything is good, the black yarn on his head is broad; Langyuan Qionglou is three zhang high, and you don't have to pay for it yourself. ”

"Stop!" The emperor's face turned pale, and he suddenly stopped, looked around at the people left and right, and found another child in the crowd: "What's your name?" ”

"Shen Huai'an." Huai'an replied "timidly".

King Qi explained to the emperor: "It is the youngest son of Shen Yu, the official of the minister's palace. ”

The emperor didn't care whose child he was, but bowed slightly: "You carry it." ”

Huai'an pressed his panicked mind, and then Ronghe's nursery rhyme recited: "Gold and silver windfall come like a tide, and three meals a day are delicious; The concubine and the beautiful maid are embraced in their arms, and they sing and sing every night, and they are happy to be taotao. ”

Huai'an even sang the rhyme, and then looked at the people on the left and right, they were all shocked.

The so-called little Situ is the nickname of the household servant.

The source of this nursery rhyme is naturally Shen Yu, the explosion caused by the naughtiness of the two children made him see the opportunity, he has been dormant for too long, and he doesn't want to wait any longer!

He spread the nursery rhyme, and ordered the two children to memorize it well, just for this moment.

The high platform and the mirror are bright and clear, and Zhao You, an important member of the Wu Party and a corrupt official in the imperial court, was dragged to the scorching sun and into the infernal hell.

Chapter 96

After listening to the nursery rhyme recited by Rong He and Huai'an, the emperor's face was pale, and he was inconvenient because of the Queen Mother's birthday, so he just gritted his teeth and said, "Well backed, well remembered." ”

The two children looked at each other, happy, pretending to be innocent.

The Queen Mother was old and tired, but Feng Chun persuaded in the emperor's ear: "Master, it's windy upstairs, please go back to the palace." ”

Only then did the emperor retract his burning gaze and soften his face: "Queen Mother, the wives who entered the palace to celebrate their birthday have been waiting in line at Jinshui Bridge, let's go back." ”

The Queen Mother nodded in goodness.

After ascending to the throne, the emperor usually returned to the Qianqing Palace on the grounds of "handling government affairs", and of course, he does have to deal with government affairs today. First ordered the factory guard to verify, and it was indeed Zhao You who built a house beyond the system, and then ordered the Metropolitan Procuratorate to intervene in the investigation and thoroughly investigate Zhao You's embezzlement over the years.

Zhao You was taken away by the tolerance of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the duty room of the household department, no matter how he was interrogated, he kept silent, looking like he did not enter the oil and salt, because he had not yet been dismissed, the Metropolitan Procuratorate was inconvenient to use torture, and the imperial history of the interrogation was changed three times, coercion and temptation, and he refused to say a word.

He knew very well in his heart that if he confessed to Wu Qi, he would definitely die, and there would be a trace of life if he carried everything.

Sure enough, he only stayed in the prison department of the Metropolitan Procuratorate for three days before he was released. Wu Qi personally waited for him outside the gate of the Imperial Courtyard, set up a banquet to suppress his shock, and during the banquet, four or five beautiful young women surrounded him, Yingying Yanyan, and kept pouring him to drink.

Wu Qi called him brother and brother, and his attitude was close: "Brother Renze, let you be wronged, come on, brother toast you." ”

Zhao You hurriedly said: "Don't dare, I respect the elder of Xiaoge." ”

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhao You asked worriedly: "I don't know about me...... Can it be properly resolved? ”

"Put your heart in your belly." Wu Qi said with a smile: "That's just a moment of anger, the two capitals and thirteen provinces are carried on the shoulders of our father and son, the southeast must rely on Xie Yu to fight against the Japanese invaders, and the northwest must rely on Feng Shun to suppress the Tusi, Your Majesty will move our father and son easily, but he will not watch the court shake." The big deal will make you dismiss and go home to avoid the limelight, and when we solve these villains like Zheng Qian and assist King Yong to ascend the throne, we will never treat you badly. ”

Zhao You was completely relieved at this time, and enjoyed the wine and food with peace of mind.

Three days later, the cabinet drafted a vote, and the celebrant approved the red, and Zhao You was reduced to the people, and he was sent to Dali Temple Prison to be investigated.

Dali Temple was afraid that the prisoners would escape, so they came to the door overnight, and saw that the Zhao family refused to open the door, and directly broke into the inner courtyard to get people, but found that people rolled from the bed to the ground, holding their lower abdomen and rolling desperately, letting out a painful howl, and Lang Zhong was helpless on the side.

"Directly carry it back to the yamen!" Tolerance A Road.

Tolerance B retorted, "What if you die on the road?" I think you're really not afraid of being involved. ”

So the two watched Zhao You cry on the ground for half an hour, from dumbfounded, to puzzled, to yawning.

Tolerance A said: "It must be some kind of trick, I think it's better to carry him away." ”