A happy event in a fertile field: the black-bellied husband is as beautiful as a flower

Chapter 798 A Missing Corner

Speaking of Tang Lei, son of Duke Qing and brother of the Tang family, it has been a year or two since he lost his official position last year.

He stayed at home all the time, his career was ruined, and his life was extremely unsatisfactory. Later, he spent most of his time drinking and gambling.

Tang Lei is obsessed with gambling, and often gambles in the casino. If he loses a bet, he tries to make money. If he wins, he wants to win more. So he can continue to gamble with red eyes until he loses all his money. He had no return and was thrown out by the people in the gambling house.

There were also times when he owed too much money due to betting losses, and the people in the gambling shop would escort him to Duke Qing's mansion to ask for money.

Duke Qing felt exhausted physically and mentally for this son, and ordered the whole family not to give him any more money.

Tang Lei then thought of Tang Corporation, and thought that the reason why he was reduced to this day was all thanks to her.If he hadn't offended King Yin Wu for helping her, he wouldn't have lost his official position and had no hope of official career.

So Tang Lei went back to ask Tang for money to gamble.

If Tang Corps didn't pay, he clamored to disclose all the things she did in the past, and for this, he successfully extorted a lot of money from Tang Corps.

The business of the casino is booming, and it does not close even during the Chinese New Year.

So Tang Lei has been going in and out of the casino these days, not even going home.

Right now, in the noisy casino, he lost all his money again.The money I asked for from Tang Corporation two days ago is gone.

Tang Lei cursed, refused to leave, and wanted to ask the dealer of the casino to borrow money. The dealer knew that even if he lent him he would not pay, so he ordered the thugs to beat him up and throw him out.

At this moment, a well-dressed young man came in from the casino. Seeing that Tang Lei had been beaten severely, he immediately told him to stop.Tang Lei had no power to fight back, and those thugs punched and kicked him before giving up.

Knowing that Tang Lei lost badly and urgently needed money to make money, the young master felt sympathetic and lent him the money.

This time and again, Tang Lei got acquainted with him, and learned that the son's surname was Nie, and his family came to Beijing for business from out of town.

Mr. Nie entered the casino because he wanted to see and see, but he later made friends with Tang Lei.Tang Lei saw his generosity, so he treated him like a money jar, and borrowed a lot of money from him back and forth.

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The envoys of the Lang Kingdom spent a long time on the road, and in addition to the heavy snow, when they arrived in Beijing, it was already the end of the new year.

However, the emperor was still very happy, and hosted a banquet to entertain the envoys of the Lang Kingdom in a grand manner.

At the banquet hall, the envoys of the Lang Kingdom reported to the emperor how much gold was mined in the gold mines this year, and how much gold was [-]% of the amount, and they paid tribute to the Yin Kingdom exactly.

In addition, the country of Lang also sent the annual tribute that was required to be paid in the previous truce treaty.

And among these annual tributes, there is one treasure, which is especially presented in front of the emperor's eyes, and it also opened the eyes of the officials.

At that time, the envoys of the Kingdom of Lang clapped their hands twice, and two people carried something up to the hall, and covered it with brocade cloth, but the true face of Lushan Mountain could not be seen.

When he got to the front, the envoy took off the brocade cloth, and saw a bottle of golden lotus half-opened and half-closed. "Lotus seeds".

Although this lotus is not a rare thing, the appearance of a golden lotus still inevitably makes everyone sigh.

Because it is indeed made of pure gold inside and out, and the lotus heart in the layers of petals is still solid.It's as big as a grown man can hold with his arms around him.

According to the envoy of Lang Guo, this bottle of lotus itself was dug in a gold mine.The shape when it was just dug out has basically formed the current lotus shape, and it is lifelike and has a natural temperament.Langhuang was delighted to see it, and thought it was an auspicious omen, so he modified it slightly, put lotus seeds on emeralds, and sent them as a tribute, and named it "Lianlian Shengjin".

The implication of the name is obvious, that is, it is hoped that the gold mine can produce gold every year.

When the emperor heard that the lotus was naturally formed in the gold mine, he couldn't help being overjoyed, and went down the steps to watch it himself.

Qin Tianjian can't be left behind, and he made a lot of boasting. The Tao is that this golden lotus is formed naturally. It must have condensed Fengshui, luck, and the essence of heaven and earth. The national treasury is full and the national fortune is at its peak.

The courtiers were also discerning, and when they saw this, they repeatedly saluted, congratulating Yin on the prosperity of the country and the prosperity of the people.

The emperor laughed heartily and asked people to place the golden lotus in the most conspicuous place in the hall for all officials to watch.

That night, the emperor and his ministers had a good time with the banquet until the end of time.

On the second day of the court break, after the emperor sobered up, Eunuch Huang ordered the eunuchs to serve the emperor to get up, and said softly from the side: "Your Majesty, the annual tribute sent to the palace by the envoys of Lang Kingdom last night has been fully counted and collected. Put it into the national treasury. But the golden lotus is still in the palace, and the old Nut asked the emperor, should he also put the golden lotus into the treasury or...?"

The emperor rinsed his mouth with water, and the eunuch brought him hangover soup. He drank a couple of sips and didn't comment for now.

After all, Eunuch Huang is an old slave by his side for many years, and when he saw this, he said gently: "I saw that the golden lotus is really exquisite and luxurious. It would be a pity if it was brought back to the treasury and dusted. In my humble opinion, I can place it on the golden hall, beside the dragon chair , it can be used for decoration, and according to Qin Tianjian's words, it can also be used for luck."

After drinking the hangover soup, the emperor said, "Let's do it like this."

Eunuch Huang agreed, then withdrew, took the eunuch to the hall where the banquet was held last night, and carefully transferred the golden lotus to the golden hall of the previous court.

However, not long after, the emperor was still having breakfast when he saw Eunuch Huang rushing over with a different look on his face.

The emperor said: "What happened?"

Eunuch Huang reported: "The golden lotus... the old slave was fine when I saw it yesterday, but this morning the old slave took people there, and when I moved it, I found that one of the lotus petals was missing a corner."

The petals of the golden lotus have a certain thickness, and only one corner is missing. For others, that is also worth a lot of money.

The emperor casually drank two mouthfuls of porridge, got up after brushing off his clothes, and strode towards the banquet hall.

As soon as he stepped into the gate of the hall, he looked up and saw the golden lotus placed in the center of the hall, which was still shining golden under the bright sky outside the hall.

The emperor took a closer look and saw that the tip of the lotus petal in the middle was indeed lame.Because of the missing horn, the whole nasturtium suddenly looks imperfect.

The emperor suddenly said with a sullen face: "Who did it, what a guts!"

The guard servants inside and outside immediately knelt on the ground.

The eunuchs came here with Eunuch Huang this morning, and they haven't had a chance to do anything.And according to the guards, they guarded the outside of the hall tightly all night, not even letting a fly in.

(End of this chapter)