Emperor's Red Makeup: The Duke is too black

Chapter 20 What a greedy fox

"I don't know why the empress dowager descended to the government of our country?" Huangfu Yao bowed, his movements were perfunctory.

Empress Dowager Shengde paused, suppressed her displeasure, and said, "I wonder when you will be able to finish what I said last time?"

She exchanged a precious blood jade passed down from her family in exchange for a promise from Huangfu Yao, but after so long, Huangfu Yao did not move at all.

A meaningful smile appeared on the corner of Huangfu Yao's mouth, and he said lightly: "The Queen Mother is too impatient, now is not the time, if King Ning does not fall, the Fourth King will never even think about taking power, and if the Fourth King cannot take the stage, how can I support him?"

The Empress Dowager Shengde looked at Huangfu Yao with a smile, as if she didn't feel his subtle perfunctory, but said with a little deep meaning: "I hope you don't forget your promise."

"Of course." Huangfu Yao raised his eyebrows, "I, Huangfu Yao, am not a perfidy."

"Actually, I came to Dingguo's mansion today, and Aijia is very rewarding." The Empress Dowager Shengde gently took off her cloak and put it on the railing, revealing her exquisite curves.

"Oh?" Huangfu Yao drifted his gaze to the distance.

"For example, someone knows my identity, but I am still so negligent." The Empress Dowager Shengde's eyes fluttered, and she continued: "For another example, from the time I entered Ai's house to now, although no one has stopped Ai's actions, but Someone has been watching Aijia."

Huangfu Yao's pretty eyebrows were raised, and he casually said, "So?"

The Empress Dowager Shengde lifted a strand of hair lightly, and said in a more casual tone: "It's nothing, it's just that the world's rumors say that the Huangfu family is guarded in the world, so it must be true."

"The Empress Dowager is really observant."

Empress Dowager Shengde raised her eyebrows, is this the end?
But Huangfu Yao told her with the facts, this is the end!
"You, don't you have something to ask Aijia?" After being silent for a long time, the Empress Dowager Shengde finally couldn't help asking.

Huangfu Yao acted seriously, thought for a while, and said, "No."

The Empress Dowager Shengde was furious and was about to walk away when she heard Huangfu Yao's faint voice, "I really have something to ask the Empress Dowager."

"What?" She turned her head, her eyes were full, as if she was looking at another person through Huangfu Yao's extremely handsome face.

Huangfu Yao stroked his perfect chin, and asked with a smile: "The Queen Mother is here to see me as an official, right?"

"Yes." Empress Dowager Shengde nodded naively.

"That's good." Satisfied with her answer, Huangfu Yao turned his head away, "Su Xiao, come here."

When Su Xiao, Eunuch Xiao Ling and others who were waiting not far away heard this, they all knew that the two of them had finished their conversation, so they boldly went over.

"Duke." Su Xiaogong bowed down.

"You can tell the female officer what you wanted to say before." Huangfu Yao turned around, leaned on the railing, and admired the pool of jade lotus.

Su Xiao solemnly took out a small golden abacus from the wide sleeve robe, uh, it was made of gold, but the abacus was made of condensed jade from the Tianshan Mountains, it was luxurious, and it was an upstart!

The Empress Dowager Shengde was puzzled, but the little father-in-law behind her understood, but now that Huangfu Yao was present, he dared not do anything.

"Hello, ma'am, I'm the steward of Dingguo's mansion. In view of the financial strain of our mansion, so—" He took a deep breath, and then the abacus in his hand crackled.

"A set of Jinguo jasper tea set is converted to 9000 taels of silver; a set of longevity tea set donated by the Buddha monk is converted to 800 taels of silver; a set of Jin'an flower porcelain tea set is converted to, uh, 130 nine taels of silver, three The precious vase is converted into nine thousand 860 three taels; the glazed bottle given by the late emperor is converted into..." Su Xiao looked at Huangfu Yao at the side with some embarrassment, and asked: "Duke, what is the value of this glazed bottle?" How much?"

Huangfu Yao frowned, thought for a moment, and struggled: "The gift from the late emperor is a priceless treasure, but I know this female official, so it will be converted into—well, 5 taels."

Empress Dowager Shengde took a deep breath, her footsteps moved slightly, Xiao Lingzi quickly supported her.

Su Xiao continued to move his abacus, and said in his mouth: "Since the glass bottle is converted into 5 taels, the total of the things destroyed by the lady official today is 800 taels, minus the fraction, the lady official A compensation of [-] taels should be paid to Duke Ding's mansion."

Huangfu Yao raised the corners of his lips in satisfaction.

Empress Dowager Shengde took another deep breath.

And Mu Qi who was guarding not far away and the other guards of Huangfu's house were stunned.

Butler Su's move is really powerful.

The Duke's move caught the enemy by surprise.

"Huangfu Yao." The Empress Dowager Shengde almost gritted her silver teeth. At this moment, her mood was even worse than when Huangfu Yao left her there.

"Miss, what's the matter?" Huangfu Yao smiled happily, then frowned suddenly, and said, "Ah, could it be that the lady didn't bring any silver when she went out this time? It's okay, I can still trust the lady, you leave An IOU is just that, you can pay it back anytime.”

Empress Dowager Shengde had a mouthful of old blood stuck in her throat and was speechless.

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"What did you say?" Tarba Rui finally raised his eyelids, put down the secret report in his hand, and looked at Zi Yi with interest.

"Your Majesty, you heard me right. Someone came to report just now that the Empress Dowager Shengde disguised herself as a female official and went out of the palace. She arrived at Duke Dingguo's mansion and was left hanging in the living room by Duke Dingguo for a long time." Zi Yi said happily As he spoke, there was a mischievous gleam in his eyes.

"He's quite courageous." Taba Rui sneered.

It is impossible to say that Huangfu Yao is afraid of the Empress Dowager Shengde, but the Empress Dowager Shengde went to Dingguo Duke's mansion in person, could it be that there is some agreement between them?
"There are more courageous things. Your majesty, guess what else the Duke has done?" Zi Yi blinked and smiled.

Tarba Rui leaned lazily on the back of the chair, closed his eyes and thought for a while, and said, "Could it be that you have allowed others to bully the Queen Mother?"

According to that fox's courage, well, it's very possible!

Lu Yi came in with a bowl of ginseng soup, couldn't understand Zi Yi's complacent appearance, shook her head slightly, and said: "There is an expert in financial management in the Duke's Mansion, named Su Xiao, and the Empress Dowager Shengde has a bit of a temper. So he smashed something worth 800 taels in the living room of the Duke's mansion."

"Sister Lu Yi, you are really, the emperor is so smart, you let her guess what, why did you say it." Zi Yi pouted, dissatisfied.

"Your Majesty, drink some ginseng soup. Drinking too much phantom water is not good for your health. I put pure orchid water in this ginseng soup, which can refresh your mind." Lu Yi didn't care whether Zi Yi was angry or not, and cautiously Pass the soup bowl to Tatba Rui.

As soon as the magic water was mentioned, Taba Rui felt as disgusted as if he had eaten a fly. He wanted to clean him up, but unexpectedly he was defeated by him. This feeling is really disgusting.

"Zi Yi, let's talk about what happened afterwards, did our empress dowager take out the money?" Tarba Rui finished speaking, took the ginseng soup and drank it in one gulp, then looked at Zi Yi.

Lu Yi knew that the Palace Master was in a bad mood, so she took the bowl and went down lightly, and gave Zi Yi a look. Zi Yi understood, and she only talked about happy things, and then said: "Go back to the emperor, I heard that Su Xiao , that is, the housekeeper of the Duke's Mansion, took his abacus and crackled it in front of the Empress Dowager Shengde. Everyone was stunned."

"Schadenfreude." Tabarui nodded her nose, and said happily, "This fox is really greedy for money. It's just over 6 taels, and he's really embarrassed to speak. But after this, Thinking about it, the Empress Dowager Shengde didn't dare to really rely on Huangfu Yao, in this case, she would definitely let people from her Lu family come out, and then—" Tarba Rui narrowed her crescent moon eyes, and her tone suddenly changed It was extremely cold, "Catch them all!"

(End of this chapter)