Started to get rich after exile

Chapter 36 The Perfect Ming Jiazhen
As the sun sets, the last ray of light in the sky fades away, the dusk gradually sinks, the bright moon flows with the clouds, the stars climb into the night, and the lights in the study are lit.

Ming Lanying just put down her pen and moved her sore and stiff body. Looking at the four pages of notes, she felt a little tired, "It's almost there. Why is there so much to do with an old account."

Ye Juelu lit two more lamps, the study room was brightly lit, and refilled a cup of tea for Ming Lanying, "Thank you for your hard work."

Ming Lanying's slender and well-proportioned fingertips flicked across the paper, "Will the treasury be full when the emperor is still the prince?"

Ye Juelu shook his head, "We fought for 17 years before the crown prince, and the national treasury has been empty. Every year, as soon as the collection comes up, it is used to distribute military salaries in various places. Some natural disasters and man-made disasters in various places are subsidized by the government. Afterwards, the crown prince managed the household department professionally, and the situation improved."

Ming Lanying sneered, "That's ridiculous, there is no money in the treasury, what can the prince be greedy for?"

"That's the problem." Ye Juelu pointed to a name on the paper, "It was your grandfather who convincingly produced ironclad evidence that the crown prince embezzled military pay and taxes, and after checking the account books, there are several 10 taels of silver every year." disappeared."

Ming Lanying looked down the row of names. At that time, there were one-third of the officials in the court who testified against the crown prince's corruption, and the Ming Family Party and the Xianhuang Party each mixed half.

According to Ye Juelu, one-third of the court at that time reported corruption under the crown prince’s subordinates. The late emperor didn’t believe it at first, and scolded the absurdity. Ming Lanying’s grandfather, Prime Minister Ming, produced evidence one after another. The late emperor sent people to investigate. It was because more and more money was embezzled. At that time, most of the prince's henchmen were involved.

The former emperor was furious, dismissed all the prince's positions, and removed all the rights of the prince. The prince's party members killed and demoted, and the loss was more than half. The prince was imprisoned in the East Palace and no one could see him. , was ordered to guard the East Palace, not allowed to enter or exit.

During this period, the prince's subordinates secretly asked someone to help find the loopholes in the account books many times, but they all failed.The fake account book was so perfect, if the prince hadn't done anything about embezzling grain and pay, the prince himself would have believed it, which shows how much effort the Ming family had wasted in order to bring down the prince.

It is a pity that the prince was not abolished because of this incident. The first emperor only had a useful son, the prince. After the abolition of the prince, the other princes were all muddy and could not support the wall. It was embarrassing. The previous emperor also knew about those ambitious princes They all stared at this position and salivated for a long time, just waiting for him to have no successor, so that he could usurp the throne logically.

The former emperor was a wise king, but he also valued love and righteousness. He couldn't bear it, and he had no reason to kill those ambitious siblings. He could only deprive the princes of their rights bit by bit, turning them into idle princes. .

Therefore, even though the crown prince embezzled food and salaries, he was only imprisoned and not abolished. This disappointed the Ming Cheng and others. He also played many times to ask the former emperor to re-establish the crown prince, but the former emperor thought it was too early to send him back.

Cheng Ming and the others still didn't give up, and wanted to do something big for the deposed prince, so that he would be completely deposed, but he didn't expect the sudden death of the former emperor, and killed them first by surprise.

The former emperor passed away suddenly, and there was a mess of ministers in the court, headed by the Prime Minister of Ming Dynasty, who threatened that the crown prince had already lost the trust of the former emperor before his death and was not worthy of being the new emperor, so he elected Prince Heng as the new emperor.

Headed by Deputy Prime Minister Zuo, this lineage will always be loyal to the emperor, insisting on following the last emperor's last edict, and the last emperor's last edict was to let the crown prince ascend the throne.

The two parties quarreled fiercely, and finally won the quarrel with a two-to-one advantage.Two-thirds of the people in the court insisted on enthroning the prince according to the will, and besides Prince Heng, who was neutral, the other princes were all on the side of the will.

Because they were all deliberately raised by the previous emperor to become idle princes, lazy and lazy princes, with no real power in their hands, they were afraid of Prince Heng, who seemed harmless on the surface, but actually secretly avoided the emperor's eyeliner and had real power and subordinates, and became the new emperor. Go back and kill them.They are more willing to believe that the son of a brother who values ​​love and righteousness will also be a wise king who values ​​love and righteousness, and can keep them alive and continue to be idle princes.

With the identities of several princes suppressing, Ming Cheng and others, no matter how ambitious they are, can't do it justifiably.The minority obeys the majority, they can only grit their teeth and welcome the new emperor, only regretting that it was a little late to splash the dirty water.

The prince was imprisoned for half of the confinement and came out to ascend the throne directly, and the corruption case was over. After becoming the emperor, he also wanted to investigate thoroughly, but many efforts, both overt and secret, were fruitless.

Ming Lanying tutted her head and shook her head, "As long as they splashed dirty water earlier, and caused the late emperor to lose his trust in the prince earlier before he passed away, and abolished the prince, we have nothing to do now."

Ye Juelu was a little helpless for her outspokenness, "You can say these things in private and let me alone, and never say them in front of outsiders."

"I know."

Ye Juelu sighed, "Those account books were made after a long time of wasted efforts. I guess they have been planning for three to five years. They are meticulous and without mistakes, and they are sure to bring down His Highness the Crown Prince at that time."

Ming Lanying smiled confidently, the candlelight was not as shining as the stars in her eyes, "There is no impenetrable wall in the world, even if it is an account that cannot be cleared up, if you put a little effort into it, you can always find clues. Although you can't see the account book now, but I believe that no matter how perfect the bookkeeping is, there will always be a clue loophole hidden.”

Ye Juelv's stifled heart jumped for her again, "I believe in you."

Ye Juelu felt that the atmosphere was just right, and wanted to say some irrelevant love words, but was interrupted by shouts from outside the room, and the study room was knocked loudly.

"Brother, sister-in-law, don't you have dinner yet?"

He Bai didn't let go of his strength at all, as if he was still knocking on the door at the frontier, he wasn't at all worried that the thin door panel here would be damaged by her knocking.

Ming Lanying put away the record paper, pushed Ye Juelu to open the door, "Come on, come on, knock on the door again and it will break for you, you will pay for repairing the door!"

Ye Juelu frowned and went to open the door, He Bai had his hands crossed and wanted to shout something, when the study door was suddenly pulled, and she was startled by Ye Juelu's gloomy face.

"I'm going—brother? What's wrong with you?"

"Have a meal."

Ye Juelu left sullenly, Ming Lanying blew out the lamp and came out, and heard He Bai muttering at the door with his hands on his hips.

"I came to ask for dinner with good intentions. Why do you look unhappy, as if something good has been interrupted?"

Ming Lanying raised her eyebrows, "Are you messing with your brother again?"

"A lesson from heaven and earth, I don't have one!"

Ming Lanying patted her on the shoulder, "Okay, man, there are always a few days in a month."

He Bai: "?"

"By the way, what did you inquire about?"

He Bai clapped his hands, and excitedly said to Ming Lanying: "Sister-in-law, let me tell you it's terrible! That Ming Jiazhen is just like a fairy in the sky!"

"What kind of fairy method?"

"There are various deeds about her in the capital, boasting like a fairy from the sky! For example, her title of the most talented woman in the capital is obvious to all. Those literati, poets and ladies in the capital hold a poetry and tea party from time to time. And so on, every time Ming Jiazhen attends this kind of banquet, she can come out on top every time she competes in poetry, poetry, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting! There are so many times that everyone willingly calls her the number one talented woman."

Ming Lanying was amazed, "So powerful?"

"That's not all. There was a drought in the northwest region the year before last, and food was in short supply. The imperial court couldn't provide so much money to relieve the disaster. Ming Jiazhen donated a sum of money herself. Guess how much?"

A look of confusion flashed across Ming Lanying's eyes, "A few years ago, the national treasury was empty, how much money can she come up with, 1 taels?"

Hebai shook his head profoundly, and made a cross with his fingers, "A total of 10 taels, which is one-fifth of the imperial court's relief money."

Ming Lanying suddenly smiled, "She is very brave, she is willing to give out 10 taels."

He Bai also clicked his tongue, "I heard that she took out all the private money she had saved for more than ten years and donated it all! It was a secret donation, and the maid next to her said it was a slip of the tongue, and outsiders knew about it. I'm praising her for being so tolerant at such a young age."

"Not only is she beautiful but also kind-hearted. The servant girl in her yard had unclean hands and feet, and she tried to climb her brother's bed. She found out that she didn't make trouble, and she didn't beat the servant girl to death. Instead, she kindly told the servant girl Reasonable, I persuaded the maid to turn her back, and then gave the maid a sum of money, repaid the deed of sale and let her go. After the maid left, she kowtowed in front of the Ming mansion gratefully, saying, "The seventeenth girl of the Ming family is kind-hearted like a bodhisattva. There will definitely be good rewards'."

"Also, she is very popular. All the ladies of the high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital have more or less contacts with her, especially the ladies of the big family, no matter whether they are descendants or concubines, they all play well with her and like to play with her. , the kind that can't handle all kinds of invitations every day!"

"And she..." He Bai counted each one of Ming Jiazhen's outstanding deeds with his fingers, and they were all perfect and flawless like a fairy in the sky, "Sister-in-law Did you know? She's only 13 years old this year! She hasn't reached her age yet!"

Ming Lanying was taken aback. After listening to it, her impression of Ming Jiazhen was that she was a little heartthrob, kind, beautiful, versatile, and pure-minded...Ming Jiazhen was like an ordinary, kind and lovely little girl, pure and innocent, but The overly normal appearance seemed very abnormal to her, and her intuition told her that something was wrong.

There is no such thing as kindness in the Ming family. Even a dog in the Ming family is bad to the bone, let alone a person.If it is true according to what Hebai inquired, either Ming Jiazhen is a white-cut black heartthrob specially raised by the old thief Ming with unknown purpose, or it is Ming Jiazhen's blindfold to cover up her shadowy side, then she The scheming and city government are worth guarding against.

People who Ming Langtao always emphasized to be careful must not be as simple as it seems on the surface.Ming Lanying has one advantage, that is, she listens to people's advice, so she decided to stay away from Ming Jiazhen.

"Hebai, good inquiry, pay more attention to Ming Jiazhen's movements, this kind of person can still do well in the Ming family, she is definitely not easy, we have to be careful."

"Good sister-in-law!"

In terms of obedience, He Bai obeys Ming Lanying and Ye Juelv absolutely and unconditionally.

The night sky was clear, and the family finished dinner in peace. Ming Lanying went to the kitchen to pack the ingredients for Tang Ning's cooking tomorrow.

Ye Juelu followed her and pretended to help, "Tomorrow, I will go to the palace every day to get my hair done, and I will be back before sunset."

"Oh."

Ye Juelu glanced at her, Ming Lanying concentrated on processing the ingredients, and said casually: "I'm going to play with Ah Ning these two days, and I'll go to the East Palace to look at the account books in two days, anyway, the account books are there, and I won't run."

Ye Juelu's men lost control of their strength, and the meat paste in the basin was smashed and flew out of the boundary. When Ming Lanying didn't notice, he secretly cleaned it up.

"Don't you want to go back to the frontier early? Why are you still hanging out with her?"

"It's not bad for these two days. After going to the East Palace to look at the account books, I don't have time to meet Ah Ning. Of course, I have to take advantage of these two days to deepen our relationship."

Ye Juelu felt that Tang Ning weighed more in Ming Lanying's heart than him, and his heart was a little unbalanced, but he couldn't say it, so angry!
After working for half an hour, she was finally ready. Ming Lanying wiped her hands, "Okay, you've worked hard, go back and rest."

"it is good."

Ye Juelu followed Ming Lanying back to Ming Lanying's courtyard, and closed the courtyard door, Ming Lanying looked at him suspiciously.

"Isn't your main courtyard in the east courtyard?"

Ye Juelu said seriously: "Where is the lady, that is the main courtyard."

Ming Lanying looked at him speechlessly. At the beginning, the yard Ye Juelu arranged for her was the master bedroom in his main yard. She was unwilling, and she brought wolf cubs with her, so she found a remote and spacious yard. Thinking that he still had the cheek to follow.

"There aren't that many rooms for you in the yard."

Ye Juelu pointed to the four rooms in a row, "All of these can be lived in."

"No." Ming Lanying pointed at them one by one, "This is my dormitory, this is Ning'er's, this is Zaizai's, this is the small study room arranged for Ning'er, there is no place for you."

The arrangement of the four rooms in the courtyard is clear, there are many courtyards and rooms in the mansion, He Bai chose the one he likes, and lived next to the central garden.

Ye Juelu looked at her dormitory silently, "We are husband and wife, there is no reason to sleep in separate rooms."

“The bed is too small for two people.”

"The beds in the house are all made according to the stature of two tall and strong adults, and the quilts and pillows are also for two people."

Ming Lanying frowned and wanted to quibble, but Ye Juelu answered directly, "When we were in the frontier, our family slept together. There is no reason for us to sleep in separate rooms in the capital. It is not good to let the servants know about it." .”

When Ye Juelu said this, Ming Lanying rolled her eyes, "Ye Juelu, are you bluffing me? Why did you sleep together in the frontier? It's because of Ning'er and Hebai. Now that there are so many rooms in the house, you insist on squeezing in with me." , what are your intentions!"

"We are husband and wife, and we should sleep in the same bed. My intention is very clear. I am pursuing you. I want you to fall in love with me too. Can't I get close to you?"

Ye Juelu stared at her with deep eyes, Ming Lanying's heart skipped a beat, she was a little flustered and at a loss, "You, you are talking more and more, and you are irrational! I haven't agreed to accept you yet, you are not allowed to go too far close!"

Ming Lanying resisted getting close to him, Ye Juelu couldn't help thinking too much, many possibilities flashed through his mind, and finally he only felt one of the most likely possibilities, and said in a deep voice: "But if you don't sleep together, how can you let me sleep together? Like me a little? Do you want to find a new father for Ning'er?"

Ming Lanying choked up, and she had nothing to say to his brain circuit, but she was a little bit rebellious at this time, and she responded stiffly, "If you meet someone who is better and still loves Ning'er, I don't mind giving it to him." Ning'er has another father!"

"Is it because I'm not good enough?"

Ye Juelu lowered his eyebrows and eyes because of his injury, and the bright moonlight cast a layer of silver on him, allowing Ming Lanying to see his injury, humbleness and fragility in an instant.

The crow-feather eyelashes covered the wildly growing desire in the eyes, and the heart was crazily screaming no, no.Years of being upright, upright and fearless, he has turned into a dark, greedy possessive in front of Ming Lanying. He doesn't know why he has become like this, but he doesn't want to think it is a bad thing. He believes that Ming Lanying, this life She is alone.

Ming Lanying looked at him inexplicably, "I just let you sleep separately, why do you think so much? You can also want me to like you, but you have to use correct and aboveboard methods, who told you Sleeping on a bed can make me like you a little more?"

Ye Juelu hesitated a bit, Ming Lanying focused her eyes, "Be honest!"

"It's the emperor..." Ye Juelu pulled the emperor out without even thinking about it, no matter whether the emperor said this to him or not, anyway, the emperor said it to him.

"Husbands and wives sleep in separate rooms. They seem to be inseparable and have no feelings. Only sleeping together can deepen the relationship. As long as you like me a little every day, it will accumulate over time..."

"Enough!" Ming Lanying glared angrily, "You have a good relationship with the emperor, don't you? He also advises you! Since you don't want to leave, you can sleep in the small study tonight!"

Ming Lanying closed the door of the dormitory aggressively, and the drowsy Snow Wolf in the room was awakened by her. She tilted his head and glanced at her, and fell asleep with his head tilted again when he saw nothing unusual.

Ye Juelu: "..."

It was he who was impatient, but he was not used to the sound of her light breathing not being around him at night for several months.

　Working hard……………………………

　　
　
(End of this chapter)