Yeli Yuqi snorted disdainfully, obviously not believing what Mr. Xia said.
Mr. Xia didn't explain much.
Mr. Xia carried the wine jar, wandered back to the room, wrote a very arrogant letter with a pen, and sent someone back to Xixia.
Cao Wei's behavior in the Liao State Posthouse attracted attention and shock from all parties.
The Kou Mansion Courtyard was also in a state of great shock.
Xiang Yan stared blankly at the people coming from the palace and took away Kou Ji's official uniform and official hat.
Then he looked blankly at the people coming from the palace, and scratched off the four words "Yongguo Gongfu" on the lintel of the Kou Mansion's courtyard.
It wasn't until the palace maid reached out to snatch Kou Tianci away from her hand that she slowly came back to her senses.
"Don't touch my son!"
Xiang Yan screamed in surprise, protected Kou Tianci in her arms, took a few steps back, and stared warily at the old Gong E who came from the palace.
Lao Gong'e did not fight, but looked at Xiang Yan with a bitter face and said: "Mrs. Kou, I am also acting under the emperor's order. Please don't embarrass me."
"The officials want to steal my son?!"
Xiang Yan's eyes widened in astonishment, and she immediately looked at Kou Ji, who was standing calmly on the side, "Ms. sir, what have you done? Why did the officials want to dismiss you from office and steal our son?"
Kou Ji sighed and said: "I will tell you about my affairs later. Give her my son first. She is just a slave. There is no need for her to be caught between me and the official family."
Xiang Yan surprisingly did not obey Kou Ji's instructions, but said very stubbornly: "No..."
Xiang Yan was eager to protect the calf, and regardless of what was going on between Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen, she was unwilling to hand over her son to Zhao Zhen.
Kou Ji didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he came forward and whispered into Xiang Yan's ear.
After hearing what Kou Ji said, Xiang Yan was stunned for a while. After hesitating for a long time, she reluctantly handed over her son to the old palace lady.
Old Gong'e hugged Kou Tianci as if she were holding some fragile rare treasure, carefully.
After Lao Gong'e hugged Kou Tianci, Kou Ji said calmly: "Okay, you can go back."
Old Gong'e quickly agreed and led dozens of Gong'e's to escort Kou Tianci out of the Kou Mansion.
After Lao Gong'e left, Xiang Yan hurriedly asked Kou Ji, "Ms. sir, why did you offend the official family? The official family dismissed you from office and didn't forgive you, and they still want to steal our son."
Kou Ji smiled bitterly and said, "We'll talk about this later. I'll ask someone to get our son back first."
After saying this, before Xiang Yan could continue to speak, Kou Ji turned around and told the servants of the Kou Mansion not far away: "Go to the academy and tell the old man that his great-grandson was snatched away by the officials.
I can't get it back, so I can only ask him to come forward.
If he can't get it back, he will have to wait for me to have another one."
After receiving Kou Ji's instructions, the servants of the Kou Mansion immediately left the Kou Mansion Courtyard and ran all the way to the Wenchang Academy.
Arriving at Kou Zhun's house in Wenchang Academy.
Kou Zhun was sitting in the house, reviewing the articles of the students of Wenchang Academy. When he heard that Kou Ji sent someone over to report something important, he put down the article in his hand and ordered Kou Zhong to bring the people into the house.
When the servant of the Kou Mansion saw Kou Zhun, he spoke very quickly: "Old Master, the government sent someone to the manor to kidnap the young master Tianci."
Kou Zhun's eyes suddenly widened, and he asked in disbelief: "What did you say?"
The servant of the Kou Mansion hurriedly said: "As for the old master, the officials sent people to the house to kidnap the young master Tianci."
"Bang!"
Kou Zhun slapped the table and stood up, his beard and hair standing out. He didn't even ask why, and rushed out of the house angrily.
Seeing this, the servants of the Kou Mansion stood there blankly.
He had never seen Kou Zhun so angry.
Kou Zhong picked up Kou Zhun's shoes from the soft couch, and while running out, he shouted, "Old Master, your shoes..."
Kou Zhun put on his leather boots without hesitation outside the house, walked very fast, and angrily walked down the mountain. He did not go back to Kou's mansion, but went straight to Bianjing City.
When they rushed to the imperial city, before they even got onto the Jinshui Bridge, they roared angrily at the Forbidden Army soldiers on the Jinshui Bridge.
"Open the door!"
When the soldiers of the Forbidden Army saw that it was Kou Zhun, they were startled. The general leading the army ordered people to open the door and sent someone to send a message to Zhao Zhen.
When Kou Zhunren stepped into the palace gate, the news that he was going to enter the palace was almost delivered to Zhao Zhen.
Inside Yanfu Palace.
Zhao Zhen held Kou Tianci in his arms, and when he saw Kou Tianci staring at him with a cute expression on his face, his heart melted.
The anger towards Kou Ji disappeared in an instant.
Zhao Zhen scratched Kou Tianci's nose and said dissatisfiedly: "I treat your father like a brother. Your father said he would leave me, so he left me without delay at all. It's really heartless.
You have to be good to me in the future, I will never treat you badly.
If you are as heartless as your father, I will... I will..."
Zhao Zhen muttered for a long time, but could not say a single harsh word. In the end, he could only pretend to be ferocious and threaten: "I will hit you every day to see if you are afraid."
Empress Cao, who had just entered Yanfu Palace, sighed in her heart when she heard Zhao Zhen's words.
But the smile on her face did not diminish. She walked up to Zhao Zhen with a smile, looked at Kou Tianci in Zhao Zhen's arms fondly, and then said to Zhao Zhen: "I heard that the officials were very domineering in taking Tianci'er back.
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Zhao Zhen snorted coldly and said: "If Kou Ji doesn't let me be happy, I won't let him be happy either. The day he doesn't admit his mistake to me, the day he doesn't want to get his son back."
Empress Cao said in a dumbfounded voice: "When the officials were fighting for the God-given son, did they ever think about what would happen if Duke Kou knew about it?"
The expression on Zhao Zhen's face froze, and he said with a slight embarrassment: "I only focused on punishing Kou Ji, but I forgot about Kou Gong."
Queen Cao sighed and said with a wry smile: "Kou Gong has entered the palace."
Zhao Zhen said in shock: "So fast?!"
Zhao Zhen lowered his head blankly and glanced at Kou Tianci, who was blinking in his arms with a cute expression on his face, and whispered: "I just hugged him..."
After saying this, before Empress Cao could speak, Zhao Zhen decisively handed Kou Tianci in his arms to Empress Cao.
"You help me deal with the pirates, and I'll hide for a while."
Queen Cao looked at Zhao Zhen in astonishment.
Zhao Zhen explained, "You are a female and a junior. Mr. Kou will not make things difficult for you."
After saying this, Zhao Zhen hurriedly left Yanfu Palace in the eyes of Empress Cao with astonishment.
The reason why Zhao Zhen was in a hurry to escape Yanfu Palace was because he could not afford to offend Kou Zhun.
With Kou Zhun's status, qualifications, and age, he couldn't even beat him or scold him.
But Kou was able to scold him.
Zhao Zhen knew how strong Kou Zhun's fighting ability was as blood rushed to his head.
It was written in his grandfather's daily notes.
…
In the second year of Duangong, summer, the third day of June.
The emperor did not obey the correct advice.
If you remonstrate again, the emperor will scold you.
After three accurate admonitions, the emperor was angry and walked away.
I must obey, pull a corner of my uniform, and the emperor returns to his seat.
…
His grandfather could not even run away when Kou Zhun was admonishing him.
Not to mention him.
If Kou Zhun catches him, he will definitely drag him and scold him bloody.
If you can't afford to offend, you can only hide.
After Zhao Zhen left, Queen Cao stood alone in Yanfu Palace holding Kou Tianci.
Not long after, Kou Zhun appeared in Yanfu Palace.
Seeing that there was only Queen Cao in the Yanfu Palace and no Zhao Zhen, Kou Zhun was slightly stunned.
After seeing Kou Tianci in Queen Cao's arms, her eyes became a little gentle.
Kou Zhun bowed his hands to Queen Cao and said in a neither humble nor overbearing tone: "I have seen the Queen..."
Empress Cao smiled and returned the courtesy to Kou Zhun: "Kou Zhun is polite."
Kou Zhun retracted his hand, stepped forward, and hugged Kou Tianci from Queen Cao's hand. Queen Cao was stunned and did not dare to stop him.
Kou Zhun hugged Kou Tianci, and after teasing him for a few times, he looked at Empress Cao and said, "The official..."
Empress Cao didn't wait for Kou Zhun to say a complete sentence, and hurriedly said: "The official family has not seen Tianci'er for a long time and misses her a little, so she sent someone to take Tianci'er into the palace to have a look."
Kou Zhun curled his lips and said: "The official family likes my great-grandson, so I am naturally happy. But now that I am old, I will live my life with this little guy. If I open my eyes one day and find that this little guy is gone, then I might
I was so scared that I died on the spot.”
Empress Cao smiled bitterly and said: "Kou Gong is joking, I believe that Kou Gong will live a long life."
Kou Zhun did not pay attention to Empress Cao's words and continued: "When people get old, they will inevitably think of some old things. I have often dreamed of Emperor Taizong in recent days. It must be that Emperor Taizong misses me.
Emperor Taizong's mausoleum is too far away, and I am afraid that I will not be able to go there because my legs and feet are not flexible.
I am going to go to the Imperial Ancestral Temple to talk to Emperor Taizong about his tomb.
As a human minister, it’s not appropriate for me to stand, so I can only kneel.”
When Queen Cao heard this, she looked bitter.
If Kou Zhun went to the Ancestral Temple to kneel, then Zhao Zhen would have to go to the Ancestral Temple with all the civil and military officials to apologize.
Queen Cao whispered: "Kou Gong's words are serious..."
Kou Zhun curled his lips and said, "I am old..."
Queen Cao didn't wait for Kou Zhun to continue speaking, and said decisively: "Kou Gong can speak frankly, and there are no outsiders here."
When Kou Zhun heard this, he stopped sighing and said calmly: "Wenchang Academy lacks a collection."
Empress Cao nodded hurriedly and said: "Wenchang Academy cultivated talented people in the Song Dynasty, so the royal family naturally has to help Wenchang Academy build a collection."
Kou Zhun nodded and said: "North of Ruisheng Garden and south of Wuzhang River, that area is pretty good."
Empress Cao said with a bitter face: "I will send someone to deliver the deed to you when I get back."
There are thousands of acres of land, all of which are first-class fertile farmland. It is one of the few fertile farmlands owned by the royal family outside Bianjing City.
Kou Zhun continued: "It costs a lot of money to build a Tibetan library. I don't dare to spend money from the treasury, otherwise I will be criticized."
Empress Cao's expression became even more bitter, "Kou Gong just summons the craftsmen and orders the materials. Once it is spent, it will come from the inner treasury."
Kou Zhun nodded with satisfaction, hugged Kou Tianci, and left Yanfu Palace.
After Kou Zhun left, Queen Cao let out a sigh of relief.
Kou Zhun just asked for a Tibetan treasure and did not take the opportunity to show off his power. Otherwise, Queen Cao would not know how to deal with it.
After Kou Zhun left, Queen Cao found Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen saw Empress Cao and said with lingering fear: "Kou Zhun left?"
Queen Cao nodded.
Zhao Zhen said slightly surprised: "So easy?"
Empress Cao smiled bitterly and said: "My interest is to see that I am a female prostitute, so I don't want to embarrass my concubine. If the official family is here, it won't necessarily be the case."
Zhao Zhen nodded solemnly.
Empress Cao advised: "If the officials want to fight against Kou Ji in the future, it is better to think of other ways. Don't use force to rob the God-given child again. If I hadn't stopped me just now, Kou Gong would have gone to the Ancestral Temple to return home." Taizong."
Zhao Zhen's heart skipped a beat and the corners of his mouth twitched.
Lao Kou Zhun was really ruthless. If he couldn't find him, he would go to the Ancestral Temple to find his ancestors...
Zhao Zhen waved his hands with an ugly expression, "I know that Kou Tianci is Kou Zhun's favorite, and I won't touch him again."
Empress Cao breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I agreed to Duke Kou to help Wenchang Academy build a palace. It occupied the imperial village outside Ruisheng Garden and used the money from the inner treasury."
Zhao Zhen didn't ask in detail, and waved his hand grandly: "As long as he doesn't cause trouble for me, give it to him."
The reason why Zhao Zhen is so majestic.
Nothing else.
rich.
Zhao Zhen has not calculated how much money the inner treasury has now.
But Zhao Zhen knew that the inner treasury had been expanded four times.
The dividends from Yizijiaozi Shop, the Gang Forging Workshop, the imperial court's annual tax dividends, and the generous gifts from a subordinate were enough to burst the inner treasury.
The imperial court dismissed some false titles and issued countless rewards every year.
Saved Zhao Zhen a lot of money.
The return gifts given to each clan were sharply reduced by him again and again.
A little bit of money from the national treasury is enough, and there is no need for help from the internal treasury.
This does not include the Hexi gold and silver mines presented by Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang, and the gold and silver jewelry that Chen Lin, the old man, secretly sent people to unearth in the mountains and forests of Yongzhou and other places.
Zhao Zhen took everything Kou Ji said to heart.
The same is true for Chen Lin.
Kou Ji once told Chen Lin that there are countless gold, silver and jewelry in the mountains and forests of Yongzhou and other places.
Chen Lin secretly sent someone to investigate.
After the investigation proved to be true, dead soldiers were sent to secretly escort the prisoners to mine.
Nowadays, Zhao Zhen no longer keeps the ivory and other treasures presented by Dali and Jiaozhi as treasures.
Instead, he used it very generously to reward meritorious ministers.
It can be said that Zhao Zhen is very rich now.
What Kou Zhun extorted was just a drop in the bucket.
Zhao Zhen didn't care at all.
…
Kou Zhun left the palace and returned to Kou Mansion with Kou Tianci in his arms.
He handed Kou Tianci to Xiang Yan, and then called Kou Ji to the study.
In the study room.
Kou Zhun sat with a dark face, while Kou Ji stood aside.
"Are you here? You are a great duke. You can't even protect your son. You are a piece of shit."
Kou Ji said with a smile: "So my prince was killed."
Kou Zhun was stunned for a moment and then said in deep thought: "The prince you got with great difficulty is cut off by the officials so easily. Don't you have any resentment in your heart?"
Koji smiled and shook his head.
Seeing this, Kou Zhun grinned and said, "It's good that you think so. We civil servants are better than military ministers in one thing. That is, when we fall, we can easily stand up again.
But Wu Chen fell, and if he didn't have a great opportunity, he might never be able to stand up in his lifetime.
I have also heard a little bit about what you did in the court.
Chapter completed!