Chapter 1415 The emperor's thick face was robbed by the reborn step-sister
Chapter 1415 Being robbed of luck by the reborn stepsister 169 The Emperor’s Shamelessness 1
Chapter 1409 Being robbed of luck by the reborn step-sister 169 The Emperor’s shamelessness 1
The Xiao family was later sealed off by the Duke, but in fact, only two mothers and children were left in the Xiao family. Mrs. Xiao's savings had been used to support the families of the deceased soldiers. Naturally, she had no family property. She usually relied on the salary from the Duke's government.
Mrs. Xiao was severely injured in the battlefield and her body was very worn out. She needed to take some tonics to maintain her health. Most of the salary from the Duke's Palace was spent on medicine, so the Duke's Palace naturally became more and more embarrassed.
Later, when Xiao Zhengshu grew up, he did not learn martial arts like his brothers. He followed the civil service route and was raised a bit weak. He also married a girl from a Qingliu family, so there was not much dowry.
Even if his wife can manage the family's property well, it's hard for a clever woman to make a living without rice. Without capital, she can't increase the family's assets. With that little salary, she still has to buy medicine for Mrs. Xiao, which is naturally a financial difficulty.
The emperor knew that it was difficult to control the government, but he did not expect that it would be so difficult that he had to sell his house to make a living! How could he not be ashamed to let Mrs. Xiao, who helped him expand his territory, live in poverty?
Of course, the emperor never expected that the person who bought their house was actually the daughter of the lady from the Duke's mansion.
Afterwards, Xiao Zhengshu also revealed the reason why the horses were wild horses caught by Wu Yun on the grassland on the other side of the Yunwu Mountains.
"My niece Xiao Yun is a disciple of Yaowang Valley. She has received a lot of money for saving people's lives. After she met her mother, she found that her life was frugal, even poor. She also saw that most of the utensils in the old house in Sanjiang were worn out.
, I was not satisfied with it for a while, so I bought a lot of clothes and jewelry for my mother, and replaced all the furnishings, bedding, utensils, etc. in my hometown in Sanjiang with new ones. When my mother returned to Beijing, she was reluctant to part with the newly replaced things.
, so he packed them all up and brought them back for use in the capital.
However, when my mother went there, she only brought a carriage with her. How could all those things be packed in? My mother originally planned to rent a carriage from a horse and carriage shop, but because she was short of money, she had no idea at the moment.
When my sister's son Wu Yun found out, he didn't say much at the time, but the next day he brought over thirty horses from next door. My mother also asked my niece where the horses came from, and the niece replied that she had gone to Yunwu before.
On the prairie behind the mountain range, we select the best wild horses and capture them. Since my niece has just recognized her, my mother is not sure about it, so she just brings the horse back."
The rumors of "ten carts of treasure" and "three hundred thousand-mile horses" were finally explained clearly. However, Xiao Guogong finally found out that the emperor was interested in his horses.
He rolled his eyes and said: "If Your Majesty does not think the wild horses are difficult to tame, I will definitely persuade my niece Xiao Yun to dedicate those horses to Your Majesty."
The emperor smiled, very satisfied with Xiao Guogong's knowledge, but he said: "How can I win Aiqing's favor? However, Xiao Aiqing's kindness is hard to refuse, and I can't refuse it. But I can't take everything, I only need twenty-four
Just match it."
Thirty-six horses, he actually asked for twenty-four!
Moreover, Xiao Guogong had already said that the wild horse was caught by his niece, but he said that it was Xiao Guogong's favorite. This clearly meant that the horse belonged to Xiao Guogong, not Xiao Yun.
After all, it was hard for him to ask for Xiao Yun's things, but he dared not refuse to give them to Xiao Guogong.
Duke Xiao secretly sighed in his heart. He never knew that the emperor could be so shameless, so he could only bite the bullet and agree: "I will sacrifice twenty-four wild horses tomorrow. However, the wild horses are untamed, and your Majesty cannot -"