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Chapter 376 You don’t pay back the money you owe me, and you still want to prostitute me for free? !

Guo Xianqing stood under the inner east gate with his head lowered. It was difficult for outsiders to see clearly his face under the futon.

At this moment, he was thinking about Wang Shiyue, whom he had just met on the road.

Thinking of Wang Shiyue, Guo Xianqing couldn't help but cursed in his heart: "Wang Jun awarded this rotten sheep's head. My family knew the meaning of the palace long ago, but they didn't even send someone to remind my family about it!"

Today, the Wang family is riding the wind.

Because the Wang family holds in their hands a ticket to the 'Palace Secret Technique'.

The Wang family has never been involved in the wine industry. For generations, their family has lived in the fruit shop and a few knitting and knitting workshops.

So, now, all the main stores in Bianjing City are frantically thinking of ways and means to be effective, just to get the ticket from the Wang family.

It's been a few days now.

Guo Xianqing is not stupid - even if he is stupid, his people are not stupid either.

So, he almost figured out, what is the so-called 'Palace Secret Technique'?
Perhaps there is such a secret.

But this secret method is not unbreakable.

As long as you have money, people, and time, you can reproduce it sooner or later.

Even, this time does not take long.

However, it is Guanquyuan's side that is killing people - Guanquyuan does not sell the so-called 'special jiuqu' to other than designated stores.

Everyone must be dumbfounded!

why?
Because this so-called 'special distiller's yeast' is just like the quetzal yeast.

Rather than saying a transaction, it is a threshold.

Only those with government permission are eligible to buy music.

But now, only those who have received the secret method from the officials can sell that kind of 'Yu Ye Liquor' in Bianjing.

Guo Xianqing figured this out.

That's the qualification!
Therefore, many people in Bianjing City are now staring eagerly at the qualifications of Wang Shiyue's family.

However, the Guo family also has this qualification.

As long as the Wang family, Cao family, Yang family, Liu family, Li family, any one of them can give him a shout.

But no one came to order.

Especially that guy Wang Shiyue is really cruel.

It’s a shame that he still considers Master Wang as his friend!
What a rotten sheep head!
"Consort Guo!"

While Guo Xianqing was scolding Wang Shiyue in his heart, a voice came from in front of Wang Shiyue.

He raised his head and saw Guo Zhongxiao's figure.

"The two palaces, the merciful saints and officials, please invite your consort to meet at the Qingshou Palace."

Guo Xianqing hurriedly thanked him, and then followed Guo Zhongxiao's footsteps.

On the way, he also tried to talk to Guo Zhongxiao.

But Guo Zhongxiao pretended to be deaf and mute and did not answer. He led Guo Xianqing to the gate of Qingshou Palace. Guo Zhongxiao then said: "Please, Prince Consort..."

Guo Xianqing opened his mouth, and when he saw Guo Zhongxiao lowering his head, he had no choice but to return the favor, and then respectfully stepped onto the steps to close the door.

Guo Zhongxiao watched Guo Xianqing climbing up the stairs, and he sighed in his heart.

"This Guo Xianqing was the husband chosen by the late emperor himself for the eldest princess of Wei!"

"But so ignorant..."

"You're still too young after all!"

Guo Xianqing knew what Guo Zhongxiao was thinking, so he was led to the Qingshou Palace by his respectful ministers.

Then he saw a child sitting between the two palaces behind the curtain.

He immediately paid his respects and said, "Kaizhou regiment training envoy, Prince Consort Du Weichen Xianqing, I respectfully wish the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and the Emperor to send you my best wishes."

"Bless me!"

"Bless me!"

"I am blessed!"

Three voices sounded one after another, and then he heard the young man's voice coming from the curtain: "The prince-in-law is exempt from the ceremony, and I will give you a seat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Guo Xianqing stood up respectfully, and then sat on a chair that was moved.

Not sure if it was an illusion, but after sitting down, Guo Xianqing felt that the chair seemed a bit narrow and uncomfortable.

But in front of the emperor, he didn't have any good idea, he could only put half of his butt on it.

"The prince-in-law came to see me today and apologized. I am a little confused. What is the prince-in-law's crime?" The young official in the curtain asked with a smile.

Guo Xianqing bowed carefully and replied: "I am guilty of death. The late emperor once sent me a favor. Xu Chen borrowed money from the market to trade glutinous rice, which was worth [-] guan. I should have repaid Yousi long ago. However, my family is in a tight situation and has been delaying the repayment..."

"Unexpectedly, I will be punished by the official family for this, and I will die. I come here to apologize and beg for your Majesty's forgiveness!"

After saying this, Guo Xianqing stood up from his chair and bowed again.

……

Zhao Xu sat in the middle of the two palaces, looking quietly outside the curtain at the bent-over consort with a submissive and obedient appearance.

He sighed inwardly.

This Guo Xianqing is ignorant!
You said that if you owe money, don't you just have to pay it back honestly?
If you have to go to the palace for a visit, just go to the palace.

Why did you pierce the window paper?
Threatening me?
Do I look like the kind of person who would be threatened?

Zhao Xu chuckled and said, "Is this happening?"

"Shi Deyi!"

He waved, and Shi Deyi immediately came to his side, bowed and said, "I'm here."

"Is there such a thing?"

Shi Deyi replied: "I'll let you know, but I don't know about this matter. Maybe you can send an edict and ask someone to inquire about it."

"Oh!" Zhao Xu nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Guo Xianqing outside the curtain: "Your Majesty, please wait a moment. I will order someone to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to check, and then I will talk to your Majesty about this!"

Shi Deyi immediately stood up and said: "Everyone, today the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Capital Office are still in charge of the office, and only a few people are left behind. I'm afraid it will be difficult to find out for a while!"

Zhao Xu clapped his hands and laughed: "Hey! But I forgot that I am still in office today!"

"Why don't you, Prince Consort, go back and wait for a few days? After the Ministry of Finance and the Dutang go to the Yamen, I can find out clearly and then write back to the Prince Consort?"

He smiled and said: "Prince-in-law, please don't worry. After I find out everything, I will give you an explanation!"

"The prince-in-law said that the family is facing financial difficulties?"

"If this is the case, I will order you to forgive all the money owed by the consort!"

Still want to threaten me?
Ha ha!

If Zhao Xu had the same temper in his previous life, Guo Xianqing would have to give him a scolding in front of the palace.

Then he was demoted, even stripped of his title of Prince Consort, and ordered to reconcile with the eldest princess of Wei.

But there is a price for doing so.

Because in the Song Dynasty, every prince-in-law except Li Wei was selected by the royal family to set an example for the military ministers in the world - work hard, and I and my descendants will never forget you.

Therefore, if it is not necessary, be careful when dealing with the consort.

Generally speaking, there is really no good way to deal with hob meat like Guo Xianqing.

There must be a convincing reason for beating him, scolding him, and punishing him.

Corruption and failure to pay back money are certainly not convincing!

why?
Because the Song Dynasty’s national policy towards senior military ministers was that corruption, corruption, promiscuity and even moral corruption were not wrong.

Only disloyalty and disobeying orders are wrong and are the crimes that can be punished against them.

This is Da Song.

A feudal dynasty!
A dynasty based on the rule of man and the foundation of family and world.

Fortunately, when Zhao Xu studied abroad in modern times, he had learned how to deal with such people within the rules.

There is no need to touch him at all.

Just put it in another volume.

From now on, you can sit at the children’s table for me!

However, Guo Xianqing was still proud of himself. He bowed happily and said, "Your Majesty, I am so kind to you. I am deeply grateful..."

"If your majesty can forgive me and give me a secret recipe, it would be great if I could buy some distilled koji from Guanquyuan!"

He thought happily in his heart.

He didn't spend a penny, just said a few words, and asked the officials to reduce the money he owed, and he also got the secret recipe and distiller's yeast for free, becoming the seventh official "Yuye Liquor" store in Bianjing City.

awesome!
He was proud of his wit.

Zhao Xu smiled, and his smile was extremely bright.

"What is the prince consort talking about?" he asked, "I don't quite understand!"

"But when the prince-in-law mentioned Guanquyuan, I had to give him a few words of advice!"

"This Guanquyuan is an official government office. The official government office has its own ancestral laws and national laws. Even I cannot, let alone do not want to, go beyond the ancestral laws and national laws!" We should abide by it even more!”

"Besides, the consort is already extremely wealthy!"

"I remember that since I came to the throne, I have given many rewards to the consort and the eldest princess of Wei!"

"Consort, why do you still want to do business?"

"This is to compete with the people for profit!"

"A saint will not compete with the people for profit!"

A big hat greeted him directly.

Guo Xianqing was dumbfounded.

no!Doesn’t everyone say that this official is a benevolent and generous person, and he is quite worthy of the temple of benevolence?

What's the situation now?
Where am I?

what happened?
He suddenly broke into cold sweat and quickly lowered his head.

Zhao Xu refused to let him go.

After all, if this matter spreads, all the military officials in the world will know that the fault is not with him as the emperor, but with Guo Xianqing's extravagance.

I have forgiven his debts and will not hold him accountable for his crimes.

But he got carried away and became so domineering that he even threatened you!

Zhao Xu looked at the Empress Dowager beside him and asked calmly: "Mother, did I give the consort too little as a reward?"

The Empress Dowager looked at Zhao Xu's appearance and recalled the official's attitude towards Wang Shiyue when he was here just now.

He was an uncle at every turn, and even supported him personally, treating him with the same respect and courtesy as a junior.

By the time Guo Xianqing arrived, it was obvious that he was distant and distant.

Not only did he call him a 'consort', but he also directly blamed him.

This made the Empress Dowager very satisfied - although she and Concubine Zhou Shu were sisters when they were children, they have been in close contact with each other in recent years.

However, no matter how good the sisters are, they are not close relatives.

Guo Xianqing is just Concubine Zhou Shu’s son-in-law, not her son-in-law!

It's okay to take care of her, but it's impossible to make her show obvious favoritism in front of her grandson.

In addition, what Guo Xianqing said just now sounded a bit ignorant to the Empress Dowager.

The officials all forgiven the money you owed the merchant.

Are you still reluctant and want benefits?
Who are you?Why?
Not to mention, everything the officials said made sense to her.

The laws of the ancestors and the laws of the country are all there.

How can you, a prince-in-law, have the courage to let officials destroy the laws of your ancestors and the laws of the country for you?
Are the rewards given to you by the court and the country less?
So, the Empress Dowager said: "The officials are right!"

She said to Guo Xianqing: "Guo's consort, you are extremely rich!"

"Why compete with the people for profit?"

Guo Xianqing opened his mouth. He really wanted to say: The Empress Dowager and Mrs. Gao's family now have a good stacking yard in Bianjing City and earn tens of thousands of dollars a year. Isn't this competing with the people for profit?
But he dared not.

He could only kneel down obediently and say: "I am guilty of death, guilty of death... The emperor spoke nonsense, the officials reprimanded me, but the empress taught me a lesson!"

With that said, he planned to apply oil on the soles of his feet and go back to find a way to ask his wife to write a letter to Concubine Zhou Shu and ask Concubine Shu to resolve the crisis.

But how could Zhao Xu let him have his wish?

Then he said to the Empress Dowager: "Mother, Sun Chen thinks that the Prince Consort may be a little greedy for profit because he has been away from home and interacted too much with people in the market. He has been tainted with the atmosphere of the market!"

"However, Sun Chen believes that the consort's nature and intentions are excellent!"

"Otherwise, my father would not have chosen such a good son-in-law for the eldest princess of Wei!"

When the Empress Dowager saw Zhao Xu saying this, she also said: "What the officials said is absolutely true. Guo Prince Consort is a good person, but he was led bad by those people in the market."

With this conclusion, Concubine Zhou Shu came, and she also had an explanation - empress, I also spoke for the prince-in-law.

At the same time, even if this matter spreads out in the future, Guo Xianqing will not be embarrassed.

The emperor said - Prince Consort Duwei is a good person and has a good heart.

He was just led astray.

No one is wrong, as long as he can change it!
Equivalent to lifting the board high and falling gently.

This also belongs to the tradition of the Renmiao era.

Therefore, the Queen Mother looked at her grandson with admiration in her eyes.

This child is really kind to his relatives and clan members.

Behind the curtain, Guo Xianqing kowtowed repeatedly to express his gratitude.

Just when he thought that everything would be over and he would treat this matter as if it had not happened when he went back.

Zhao Xu then spoke: "Since my mother-in-law feels the same way, then Sun Chen has a solution!"

"The ancients said: Those who are close to vermillion are red and those who are close to ink are black!"

"Sun Chen also heard the gentlemen tell the story of Meng's mother's three moves during the Sutra banquet."

"The prince-in-law is a minister of the country and the husband of the eldest princess of Wei State. Sun Chen must not stand idly by and watch the prince-in-law be influenced by the rogue fox rabbit in the market!"

The Queen Mother suddenly became curious and asked, "What about the official plan?"

"In my opinion, I will appoint the Imperial College to be my consort, and set up a special room, and invite great scholars and scholars to teach my consort the meaning of the sage's scriptures, cultivate my body and mind with the meaning of the sage's scriptures, and advise my consort's words and deeds with the sage's principles!"

As soon as Zhao Xu's words came out, not to mention Guo Xianqing, even the two palaces were stunned.

Then both palaces started laughing, especially the Queen Mother: "Brother Six, this is a good idea! This is a good idea!"

The Empress Dowager also said: "The official idea is very good!"

The teachings of saints are considered to have all magical effects in the contemporary era, including but not limited to educating, governing the people, and stabilizing the country.

However, Zhao Xu refused to let Guo Xianqing go so simply. He smiled and said, "Mother, Sun Chen thought that in addition to sending great scholars and great scholars to teach, we must also make our consort willing to study!"

"So, while the consort is studying at Taixue, he is not allowed to see anyone else except the princess, and every time the princess meets, they cannot exceed a certain time!"

"In addition, the prince-in-law also needs to pass the Confucian examination to confirm that he has thoroughly read the scriptures of the saints!"

"In this way, we will ensure that the prince-in-law is educated by the saints and that the influence of the fox-rabbi villain on the prince-son-in-law is eliminated!"

Guo Xianqing was completely dumbfounded when he heard this.

Isn't this house arrest in disguise?

He couldn't find anything wrong with it, and he couldn't even refuse it!

Because the meaning of the sages' scriptures is the only truth recognized by the Song Dynasty.

It can make the prodigal son turn back, it can clear the haze in the court, it can bring peace to the world, and it can also cultivate the moral integrity of the family.

Nowadays, the emperor is thinking about his consort, and wants to ask the great Confucian to teach him, to guide his consort to be good, and to educate him with the teachings of sages.

what is this?
This is a great grace, a blessing he has cultivated over several lifetimes.

No matter how stupid and stupid Guo Xianqing is, he knows that he can neither refuse nor refuse.

Even, you have to be grateful - this is the great grace of God.

So, he could only show a smile that was uglier than crying, and said, "My lord, thank you for your grace!"

In his heart, he was full of frustration.

Because the official said - he needs to pass the assessment of the great scholar to ensure that the influence of the fox, rabbit and villain in the market has been eliminated before he can regain his freedom.

But he has been a scumbag since he was a child.

He couldn't read even one of those big Confucian books.

So, this is going to cost him his life!
……

After sending Guo Xianqing away, Zhao Xu snorted in his heart.

These relatives and nobles of the Song Dynasty have long been spoiled by officials of all generations.

People like Guo Xianqing are actually quite good among them.

From this you can know that the rest is a mess.

Fortunately, Zhao Xu has undergone modern special training.

Know how to clean up this bunch of bastards within the rules.

Just in time, Guo Xianqing didn't open his eyes and took the initiative to bump into his hand.

Then let him be a role model.

Straight girl thief!
If you don't pay back the money you owe me, you still want to prostitute me for free? !

Now, double the compensation!

　Note: The ancient curse word "rotten sheep head" is probably similar to the "rotten bastard" today.

　　Note 2: Fox rabbit is a word used to describe bad people in the Song Dynasty.Needless to say, fox, rabbit, because people in the Song Dynasty believed that rabbits get pregnant by looking at the moon, and they are animals without a father.

　　Although I had physical therapy today, my shoulder still hurts and it may take time to recover.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)