Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 446 The business is finally done
Beijing,

Ouchi, at the gate of the palace.

The group of people returned here and saw that the side door of the palace was open. Zhang Jinyu and Dai Quan were relieved in their hearts. They glanced at the emperor who still had unfinished thoughts. Zhang Jinyu couldn't help but think to himself, I don't know what evil wind blew today. Why did the emperor think of this? As soon as he came out, he took such a few people on a patrol incognito. Seeing the emperor like this, I am afraid he is a little addicted, and he may be busy in the future.

Looking up to the palace gate, he saw a man waiting there with a large number of imperial guards. Looking carefully, he saw that the person who came was Eunuch Yang. He had brought people here to meet him early, and the emperor also left a message. I feel relieved now that I have a backup plan.

"Your Majesty, you'd better go back and rest early. You must never do this again in the future. Although it's calm outside, there's no guarantee that there will be any monsters or monsters down there."

These words were Zhang Jinyu's true words. No matter what, Emperor Wu Zhou Shihong still treated him well. If something went wrong and the court was in turmoil, he would be afraid of unintended consequences.

Dai Quan also knew the danger, and he also tried to comfort him.
"Your Majesty, what the Marquis said is right. This servant is worried to death today."

Martial Emperor Zhou Shihong looked at the performance of the two and was also filled with emotion. He knew that he was indeed reckless today, but he still gained a lot. If there is another time, he must be prepared. Seeing that the corners of Luo Yunhou's mouth were still oily, he didn't think so. After eating, he said,
"Marquis Luo Yun, Aiqing has worked hard today. You have walked around with me, which can be regarded as a solution to my worries. I have remembered Aiqing's words. Dai Quan, just tonight, you go to Rongguo Mansion and give me to The favor of the Lin family has been announced, and some words have been explained."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I understand."

Dai Quan lowered his head and responded.

Zhang Jinyu also bowed his hands and said thanks,
"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty. I am willing to accompany the emperor today. I wanted to accompany the emperor to visit the capital, but I never thought that because of the discussion in the restaurant, I would encounter such a big case and add trouble to the emperor."

"Ai Qing said something serious. If love hadn't been with me today, I would still have been kept in the dark about this matter. Enke is about to come, and I'm afraid there will be a big mess. Okay, Ai Qing is also tired today. Go back and rest early. , Dai Quan arranged for people to keep an eye on those people."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Before leaving, he also ordered Dai Quan to immediately arrange for personnel to check the clues in his hand. Dai Quan had to go back to the Imperial City Si Yamen after receiving the order.

Emperor Wu didn't stay long after he finished speaking, and took Eunuch Yang into the palace under the escort of the royal guards. Zhang Jinyu shouted behind him,
"Congratulations to the emperor."

It wasn't until the emperor walked away and closed the palace door that Dai Quan and Zhang Jinyu raised their heads. They looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

Manager Dai shook his head and prepared to take Li Qianhu and others back to the Imperial City Si Yamen. Just as he was about to leave, Zhang Jinyu, who was waiting at the gate of the palace, grabbed his sleeve.
Instead, Dai Quan was frightened, and when he saw it was the Marquis, he lowered his voice and said,

"My Lord Marquis, if you don't go back and rest, what are you doing here?"

Zhang Jinyu smiled, felt quite embarrassed, and came over and whispered,
"Interior Minister, I just forgot something in a hurry. Didn't I remember it again during this moment of being stunned?"

Dai Quan was quite helpless. Seeing the Marquis grabbing his sleeve and not letting go, he had no choice but to reply,

"Sure, Lord Marquis, please tell me, the Za family is listening. We can't wait too long. The Za family has to go to Rongguo Mansion to announce the decree to your wife. If you have anything important to say, please tell me."

When Zhang Jinyu heard that the old eunuch was reading the imperial edict to Lin Daiyu, she felt embarrassed to hold the old eunuch again, loosened her sleeves and said,
"I would like to thank the Emperor on behalf of Yu'er and the Minister of Internal Affairs."

"You are not an outsider. If you have any thanks, Lord Marquis, please tell me if you have anything to do. It's getting late."

Dai Quan comforted Mr. Hou instead.

"The Interior Minister has something to ask for. During the draft, Xue Baochai, the legitimate daughter of the Xue family in Jinling, was on the roster and entered the poetry anthology. But now this woman has also entered the Marquis Mansion, so I ask the Interior Minister to mark this woman's name out. Oh, and I also have a business in the capital. I think the internal minister is so busy, so I might as well invest in shares to earn some money and take care of myself, so..."

Looking at the appearance of the Marquis, Dai Quan's eyes widened, he swallowed what he wanted to say, and shook his head. The ancients said it is true, a hero has a hard time being a beauty. Marquis Luo Yun is good at everything, but he is greedy for money and sex, but the emperor That is to say, I admire him for both of them. As for the Xue family in Jinling, I seem to have some impressions. When reviewing the roster, the prince and his father-in-law also said how the Xue family also sent their legitimate daughter in. The female attendant seemed to have trouble getting through. Just because his brother committed a crime at that time, that's fine.

"The Marquis is indeed a person who cherishes beauty and beauty. The Za family has remembered this, and it seems that his name is Xue Baochai, and will be crossed out tomorrow. As for the business that the Marquis mentioned, the Za family is also interested, and dare to ask what the Marquis wants to do in the capital. Business."

Dai Quan saw that Marquis Luo Yun was mysterious and couldn't help but be curious. The business the Marquis was doing was quite interesting.

"Returning to the Interior Minister, I want to open a bank in the capital to facilitate the caravans traveling outside the merchant customs. The bank in the capital plans to get it all at once, which is considered to be 100 million taels per share."

Zhang Jinyu saw that Dai Quan was moved, so she told the matter, not afraid that he would not agree. Sure enough, Dai Quan was also moved when he heard that it was the bank's business. After thinking for a while, he asked,

"The Marquis is very capable, and the Za family admires it. In this way, if we buy [-]% of the shares in the name of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the money will be sent to the Marquis' Mansion. Thank you very much, Master Marquis, for such a business."

"How can I ask for money from the inner minister? This is just my wish."

How could Zhang Jinyu want the old eunuch's money? Wouldn't it cost him his life to have so much money? He didn't want anything, so the two of them repeatedly gave in.

Dai Quan knew his intention and had no choice but to say;
"Mr. Marquis, you see you are so polite. In this case, the Za family can't be greedy. The profits from half of the shares will be enough, and don't let the Ministry of Internal Affairs buy shares. In the capital, Mister Hou can rest assured that the bank's business will be booming."

Zhang Jinyu knew that the old eunuch had agreed, and she had a look of relief on her face. The business of the capital bank had stabilized, and the Sihai bank had no choice but to make any move.

"I'm sorry for bothering the Prime Minister. It's such a happy day that I can't have a drink with the Prime Minister. It's really disappointing."

"Haha, the Lord Hou's wishes are shared by all the Zajia family. It's getting late, so the Lord Hou will go back and rest. As for what happened just now, Lord Hou, don't worry." "Thank you, Prime Minister."

Ouchi Palace,

Harem Kunning Palace.

Seeing that it was already getting late, the female Shi Chunhe took her chamberlain and maids and left the palace of Prince Wei and returned to the palace. She had just arrived in Da Nei and did not stop after entering the palace gate. She took the people to the harem.

Inside Kunning Palace,

The fire was bright, and the palace maids and the eunuchs stood around with their hands down, not daring to make any movement.

Queen Jiang was sitting on the soft cushions of the bed, with a new quilt placed behind her as a backrest. She was still flipping through the roster of the Chuxiu Palace in her hand, thinking about the maids who had entered the palace this year, and preparing to recruit some innocent women to Kun. Ning Gong is waiting by his side.

I still wanted to train some loyal people to add people to the three princes' houses in the future, but after reading and looking at it, I always felt unsatisfactory. I put down the roster and rubbed my forehead. In the past few days, I had been thinking about the three princes outside the palace. Life is a moment of reluctance.

Suddenly, the memory of Jia Yuanchun, the female historian who served beside me before, came to mind. Ever since she left Kunning Palace and lived in Chunyun Palace, she had not seen anyone. I thought of His Majesty’s intention not long ago to seal a group of people. Could it be that Jia Yunchun was also included in this list, but it was not always rumored that Zhou Guiren was going to become a concubine. I wanted to ask about this, but the emperor remained silent and didn't know what he meant.

Thinking of these troublesome things in the harem, the queen felt unhappy.

suddenly,

The sound of footsteps came from the hall,
"Empress Qi, Chunhe is back."

As the words fell, Chun He, who was dusty from all the travel, entered the palace to kneel down and worship.

"Your Majesty, the maidservant is back."

"Get up, thank you for your hard work. How did your errand go?"

Queen Jiang cheered up and sat up. Looking at the tired Chun He, she felt warm in her heart knowing that the girl had done her best.
"Come here and sit down and talk."

"Yes, ma'am."

Chunhe bowed and saluted again, walked over in small steps, sat on a stool beside the table, and replied,

"Go back to your Majesty, today the three princes' palaces were inspected by the servants. At that time, they thought there was nothing wrong. They were worried and called the Marquis over. Fortunately, the Marquis came. There was indeed something wrong."

"Oh, what happened?"

Queen Jiang's face straightened up, her eyes were bright, and she looked over. Chunhe did not dare to hide anything, and told the story about Luo Yunhou going to the Jin Palace today to flog Jiang Zongyue, the commander of the Imperial Army, and his lieutenants, as well as the secret room in the Chu Palace.

The queen's eyes narrowed and she asked,

"Have you seen clearly the armor and weapons in the secret room?"

"Go back to your Majesty, I saw them. They are all high-quality heavy armor, and they even have bows and crossbows. The Marquis arranged for people from the Imperial City Department to bring them back to the Yamen."

Chunhe nodded and answered in the affirmative.

Empress Jiang couldn't help but think of the former crown prince, Prince Zhongyi. It seemed that the princes who were in the capital at that time were not as honest as they appeared, but they just didn't have the courage. Even if they come back now, they will probably remain the same and there is nothing to worry about.
"I know about this matter. As long as the palace has nothing else to do, then the Marquis of the Palace of Wei has gone to see it. What's going on?"

"Go back to your Majesty, the Marquis of the Palace of Wei didn't make it. He jumped off his horse and left halfway. He was very anxious. My servant came to see it. He checked it carefully and came back if there was nothing unusual."

"Huh? You got off your horse halfway, do you know what to do?"

"The slave does not know."

Seeing Chun He shaking his head, Queen Jiang thought for a while and stopped worrying. Instead, she explained,
"Okay, go down and have a good rest. Remember to remind me in two days to accompany the Queen Mother to Jing'an Temple in Yunshan to pray for blessings."

"Yes, my dear, I'm going down."

Queen Jiang watched Chun He retreat with a look of confusion in her eyes. During this time, she always felt that her mother's thoughts seemed to have changed, but she couldn't tell where it had changed. There was also the fight between Noble Concubine Zhou and Concubine Wu in the harem. She was so upset that she needed to find time to give Concubine Wu a beating. If her three sons were not about to leave the palace and couldn't spare her attention, I would feel irritated and frown at the thought of this.

However, according to reports from insiders, although the concubines in the harem were fighting secretly, it was still under their noses. Even Concubine Wu was arrogant and domineering, and she was showing off to Guizhou Zhou and other concubines. But it is said that the old concubine during this period I am not idle either, I don't know what I am thinking about, and I often write letters to the Zhen family in Jinling.

I think it's not about the affairs of the North Palace, it's all about those things to worry about, but having said that, there are indeed too many princes in Dawu. Although for the sake of the country and the country, there are more heirs, there can only be one throne, and the palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh. It is difficult to A choice.

(End of this chapter)