The queen mother is charming

Chapter 71

Mu Qingchao, who was far away in Jinling, naturally didn't know about these things about Gusu.

Shen Muchi and Zhong Ming have been torn apart for a long time, and it seems that they will continue to do so.

Mu Qingchao had no choice but to wait.

Anyway, no matter how tense the situation is, life is not going on as usual.

Especially those places far away from Beijing are not affected at all.

No, seeing that it was almost autumn, a few baskets of dates were tributed from Jin to Shen Muchi.

The Tanzao in Jindi is especially famous, sweet and crispy, but it is really difficult to transport because of the long distance, so only three baskets were obtained.

Shen Muchi looked at the three baskets of Tan dates and thought about it: "These dates are rare, send a box to Princess Zhen Guo's mansion, and the rest... send them to Chaoyun Hall."

When Eunuch Lu delivered the jujube, Chunya happened to be on duty, so he called two little maids to carry the box into the house.

Chunya's face was full of joy, she was greedy, and her saliva dripped out when she saw the dates.

"I heard that the jujubes in Jinzhong are very different from those in other places. The fruit is large and the core is small, the skin is thin and the flesh is thick, and the taste is also very good."

Mu Qingchao looked at her greedy face and thought it was funny, and said: "If you want to eat, you can pick some and wash them, and let everyone in the palace taste them."

"Eh!"

Chunya was overjoyed, and picked several catties of jujubes and fetched water to wash them.

Unable to bear it, he picked one up and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Ah, bah bah bah..."

But as soon as he entered it, Chun Ya hurriedly spat it out.

"Queen Mother, why are these dates so salty?"

Mu Qingchao was reading a book, didn't have time to talk to her, didn't raise his head, and lazily said while turning the pages of the book: "Nonsense, these dates are sour and astringent. The Ai family has never heard of salty ones."

"It's true." Chunya took one and put it near Mu Qingchao's mouth: "If you don't believe me, try it."

Mu Qingchao half-believingly opened his mouth to pick it up, but the next moment he spat it out with a "Bah".

"Is it really salty?" She looked up at Chun Ya.

"wrong!"

Suddenly her thoughts changed, and her expression became serious.

"You just said, where did the jujube come from?" She asked Chunya.

"Jin...Jinzhong...what's the matter?"

When Mu Qingchao heard this, he sat up from his seat with a "chuckle": "Hurry up, follow Ai's family to Fulin Palace, Ai's family wants to see His Majesty."

"Now?" Chun Ya looked bewildered.

"I'm afraid it's not worth it to go to His Majesty for two boxes of dates?"

But at this time, Mu Qingchao got up from the couch in a panic, probably because he was too anxious, he didn't even put on his shoes.

Seeing this, Chunya hurriedly followed.

"The slaves will tell them to get the sedan chair ready."

"No more sedan chairs."

Mu Qingchao was really in a hurry and didn't have time to dress up, so he trotted all the way to Fulin Hall.

At this time Shen Muchi was discussing matters with the ministers, when he heard a "dong" sound, Mu Qingchao came in from outside.

Eunuch Lu followed behind her, looking at Shen Muchi with a terrified expression: "Your Majesty, forgive me, the Empress Dowager is walking too fast, slave... I can't stop you."

He came in such a hurry that Mu Qingchao didn't even have time to change his clothes.

In the past, she was dignified and majestic in front of others, but now that the summer is hot, she doesn't have to be restrained in her bedroom, and she only wears a light shirt.

All the ministers stared straight at him.

The Empress Dowager is already very beautiful, but she has lost a lot of charm since she was a widow. Now this dress is naturally a different scene.

At this time, Mu Qingchao was in no mood to pay attention to these people at all, he just looked at Shen Muchi who was in the high position and said: "Your Majesty, the Ai family has something urgent to say."

Mu Qingchao called herself a "minister of the people" in private, but she still carried it in front of everyone.

When Shen Muchi heard this, she waved her hands at the ministers without asking any more questions, "Go down first."

"Yes."

After the ministers retreated, only Mu Qingchao and Shen Muchi were left in the entire Fulin Hall.

"You are looking for me..."

Just as Shen Muchi opened his mouth, he heard Mu Qingchao say with joy on his face: "Your Majesty, that's a good thing."

"Ah?" Shen Muchi was taken aback.

"What good thing?"

"Didn't you always want to find Zhong Ming's criminal evidence, and now the criminal evidence has come."

While she was talking, she showed Shen Muchi the date in her hand, on the date was the mark of her teeth biting a bite.

"This jujube, if not washed, will be salty." Mu Qingchao said.

"Salty?"

"That's right, it was a coincidence that the maidservant of the Minnv took a bite of the dates before washing them and found that the dates were salty.

This jujube came from Jinzhong, which is also very famous besides Tanzao. "

"What is it?" Shen Muchi asked.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, are these dates transported from water?"

Shen Muchi's mind followed Mu Qingchao's, and when she heard this, she couldn't help becoming nervous.

"That's right, it's indeed a waterway."

"Then everything can be explained. It is possible that the ship carrying the goods not only contained dates, but also private salt, which was soaked into the dates by accident due to the wet water.

So even the dates are salty. "

How precious is salt these days?Ordinary people are reluctant to put too much in cooking, and it is absolutely impossible to use it for such a useless purpose.

There is a specific channel for the transportation of official salt, so the salt on that ship can only be private salt.

Mu Qingchao knew that Zhong Ming was selling private salt. Since he controlled this gray industrial chain, no other officials in Beijing would dare to get involved.

It's just that he didn't expect that Yunzaozi was also a cover.

Zhong Ming's hands and eyes are really open to the sky, and that hand has already reached the place in Jinzhong where the sky is as high as the emperor is far away.

It can be considered a coincidence, if Shen Muchi didn't want to send two baskets of dates to Mu Qingchao, someone else would never be so vigilant.

"Then I will let people control that boat now." Shen Muchi said immediately.

Follow this clue, are you afraid that you won't catch Zhong Ming's feet?

Now Shen Muchi and Zhong Ming are stuck in a stalemate, neither up nor down, Zhong Ming is obedient and contradictory, making him constrained everywhere, but there has been no obvious action, so he can't find a chance to make a move.

Now, this private salt is a good opportunity, and its importance is self-evident.

"Your Majesty must move quickly." Mu Qingchao said.

"Minnv understands Zhong Ming. He handles things safely and is not a rash person. Such a big mistake in this matter must be because he can't wait."

This smuggling route was definitely not established on the first day. Why was it not discovered before?
Obviously, Zhong Ming must be in a hurry now, so anxious that he can't take care of safety, and even took the risk with a chance.

He was impatient.

Things have developed to this point, both sides are trying to see each other, and whoever can take one step faster will win.

A protracted battle is finally about to see the result.

(End of this chapter)