"Back to Your Majesty, Duke Zhuangyuan and Concubine Xiande only talked about their family backgrounds, their past study experiences, and their gratitude to the saints."

The emperor frowned immediately, but he reacted within a few seconds.

To say that Shi Zhongkui was grateful to the Supreme Emperor may be because he was truly grateful.

After all, it is indeed a great blessing for two women to marry the same husband.

But to say that Shi Zhongkui's heart was towards the Supreme Emperor, the Emperor no longer believed this at this time.

Not only Shi Zhongkui's behavior during the palace examination, but also Jia Zheng's words that day all showed that he was a smart man.

In addition, this time about the land reclamation of 30,000 acres, I came to report to myself as soon as possible instead of going to Longshou Palace.

His position has been explained

Even during a secret discussion in the Imperial Study Room, Shi Zhongkui suggested that the Imperial Manor not own an acre of land.

In order not to cause trouble by the censor because of the greed of the eunuchs.

You can also take the opportunity to win over the courtiers, and you don't even have to do it openly. You only need to favor certain people to quietly divide the power of the Supreme Emperor.

It can be said that the more Xia Shouzhong spoke ill of Shi Zhongkui at this time, the less the emperor believed him.

In fact, I even believed in him more.

"That's all you said?"

When Xia Shouzhong heard this, he started to sweat on his back.

He no longer dared to think bad words about Shi Zhongkui, so he hurriedly answered, "I also said some words of gratitude for the emperor's favor and the Jia family for building a separate courtyard, and the champion took the initiative to resign."

The emperor immediately frowned, "Is there really nothing else?"

Xia Shouzhong thought for a moment and suddenly understood, "Before leaving the harem, Concubine Xiande's eunuch, Eunuch Liu, hinted that Concubine Xiande was being oppressed by Concubine Wu.

But the Zhuangyuan Gong's attitude was a bit strange.

In front of Eunuch Liu, he had an expression filled with indignation.

After leaving the harem, not only did he frown, but he also said the same words to his slave as before."

The emperor then let Xia Shouzhong go, sighing and saying, "It seems like what my champion said, there are too many idiots in this world.

And not only are they stupid, but everyone thinks that others are just as stupid as them."

Xia Shouzhong understood what the emperor meant.

Even if Jia Yuanchun's situation in the palace was not good, he should not ask Shi Zhongkui for help at this time.

Not only will Shi Zhongkui see that she is not favored, he will have to alienate her.

It is tantamount to using Shi Zhongkui's future for his own benefit.

Thinking of this, the emperor felt that it was no wonder that Shi Zhongkui wanted to stay away from Jia Yuanchun as soon as he came out.

Really, there is no future or benefit in cooperating with such a self-righteous and stupid person.

And if you use your brother-in-law as a pawn, why would Shi Boqian fight for you?

Not to mention that any courtier who is smart and has read history books will understand that getting too involved with the harem is definitely a recipe for disaster.

There are too many examples of this kind in history. There is no reason that someone as smart as Shi Boqian would not understand this.

The emperor thought for a while, looked at Xia Shouzhong who was already sweating profusely and said, "Go and tell the queen to reward Concubine Yuan with ten pieces of brocade. You go to the Jia family and the Xue family again, and reward the Jia family according to the specifications of the fifth grade imperial edict."

The second girl and the eldest girl of the Xue family want some gifts from the palace."

Xia Shouzhong hurriedly knelt down to receive the order. While he was cursing Shi Zhongkui again in his heart, he also understood that he had probably fallen into Shi Zhongkui's scheme again.

The facts are before us.

The more he spoke ill of Shi Boqian, the more the emperor trusted him and put him in a more important position.

Not only did he reward Jia Yuanchun, he also rewarded his two fiancées who had not yet married.

While he was even more afraid of Shi Zhongkui, his mind suddenly moved.

How to speak is an extremely profound knowledge.

The fact now is that Shi Boqian has received huge benefits. If you change your perspective and say that you were helping him by saying bad things about him just now, can you get a sum of money from Shi Boqian?

Yuan Chun hurried to the queen's side, and Yuanchun soon discovered to his surprise that Shi Zhongkui's status in the emperor's heart was actually comparable to that of an important minister.

Although he was only rewarded with ten pieces of brocade, because of this reward, his life in the palace will definitely be much easier in the future.

Sure enough, the attitude of the eunuchs and female officials in the palace towards Yuanchun made a 180-degree turn.

Even Concubine Wu has restrained herself a lot.

Moreover, except for Xia Shouzhong, other eunuchs did not dare to go to Jia's house to catch the autumn wind.

But what Jia Yuanchun didn't expect was that his situation was actually even more difficult.

What is the harem fighting for?

Just a pet.

Some people are favored because of their beauty.

As long as her beauty remains unchanged, she has the capital to be pampered.

Some people were favored because they were considerate and made the emperor feel stress-free and comfortable staying with her.

You also have your own capital.

But Yuanchun didn't occupy anything, but he had a lot of thoughts. You can imagine the situation in the future.

Of course, if Wang Ziteng and Shi Zhongkui fully support her, they can also support her.

It's a pity that Wang Ziteng will never harm his own interests for her.

Even Yuanchun, in Wang Ziteng's view, was a tool to gain profits for the Wang family.

As for Shi Zhongkui, his previous attitude already explained his thoughts.

After Xia Shouzhong left the palace with two carts of rewards, he went straight to Xue's house.

Since Shi Zhongkui can't outsmart him, he might as well just show his kindness.

Of course, in front of the emperor and the court, Xia Shouzhong had decided to at least maintain that he did not like Shi Zhongkui's appearance.

But in private, and this time under the emperor's order, not only would he gain benefits by taking the opportunity to show his kindness, but Shi Zhongkui might be able to save himself one day in the future.

But Xia Shouzhong never thought that his previous relationship with Shi Zhongkui was actually this kind of relationship.

After thinking so much, I just want to maintain the same situation.

On the contrary, Shi Zhongkui got more benefits.

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After Xue Pan received the order, he was very excited.

He casually gave Xia Shouzhong a thousand taels of silver notes. If Shi Zhongkui saw it, he would definitely slap him to death.

I usually only give 100 taels or 2 hundred taels.

Converted based on the price of rice, one tael of silver is about 500 yuan.

Offers of 50,000 and 100,000 are already quite a lot.

But Xue Pan gave him 500,000 yuan, what else is this if he is not a fool?

From now on, whenever Xia Shouzhong comes to Xue's house and the price is less than 1,000 taels, the eunuch will definitely hold a grudge.

Not to mention Aunt Xue, how happy are Xue Baochai and Xue Baoqin.

Xia Shouzhong, who received one thousand taels of silver, also went to Jia's house in a good mood.

As usual, the family members with official status and titles came out to receive the order, and then the female family members avoided. Jia Zheng, Jia She, Jia Zhen, Jia Lian and others took Xia Shouzhong to Rongxi Hall.

"Congratulations to the government for your pardon. Your virtuous son-in-law has made a great contribution this time. Your Majesty is so gracious that he not only rewarded Concubine Yuan, but also allowed our family to come to your house with the rewards that only fifth-grade imperial concubines are entitled to enjoy."

Second Miss."

The four members of the Jia family looked ecstatic when they heard this.

It was because of the Spring Festival that the family decided to build the Grand View Garden.

But this can only maintain Yuanchun's face, but cannot improve her situation.

Unexpectedly, my uncle could make a great contribution in less than a month and immediately resolve the Jia family's crisis.

I quickly asked what the credit was.

When I heard that Shi Zhongkui was in charge of land reclamation, 30,000 acres of farmland had actually been developed, and it seemed that if there was enough water, even if it couldn't all be converted into paddy fields, it would definitely be good wheat fields.

After seeing off Xia Shouzhong who had received one thousand taels of silver, Jia She hurriedly ordered Jia Lian to find Shi Zhongkui.

Jia Zhen was definitely not willing to let it go, and Jia Zheng didn't refuse even after thinking about it.

Even Jia Zheng, who has been in the Ministry of Industry for many years, knows very well that if you go late, you will definitely be divided up.

It's a pity that since Shi Zhongkui made up his mind to ignore Jia Yuanchun, he certainly wouldn't stay in the capital for much longer.
To be continued...