Consort Liu didn't know for a moment whether this was a compliment or a derogation.
Still Li Guojiu said with a smile: "Liu Prince Consort is seeking his own career. Next time I see your father, I have to say something to him. My son will compare him to this father."
Is this a compliment? No one has ever praised him before, and Prince Consort Liu doesn’t even know what to say.
"Okay, you go down first." The emperor said, pointing to the back, "Don't leave in a hurry. We will go back after dinner."
Li Guojiu saluted, and did not forget to pull Liu's son-in-law. Then Liu's son-in-law hurriedly saluted, and the two of them withdrew.
As soon as he came out, Consort Liu asked hurriedly: "Master Li, I didn't make His Majesty unhappy, did I?"
Uncle Li Guo looked at him and said, "You have made a great contribution."
Consort Liu was not happy, but confused: "What have I accomplished?"
Uncle Li Guo laughed: "What does Your Majesty lack the most and what does he like the most? Don't you still know that in the Ministry of Household Affairs?"
Prince Consort Liu seemed to understand: "Money."
The emperor is always short of money, and the emperor also likes the treasury to be full.
"So Momen is really rich?" Uncle Li Guo asked curiously, "How do you know?"
Consort Liu nodded repeatedly: "I am really rich. I didn't know it at first. Mr. Li, you also know that I have always been idle and like to hunt for novels."
When he said this, he looked around and saw that there was no eunuch following him, so he lowered his voice.
"After the King of Jin recruited the Momen to rebel, I went to Jin specifically out of curiosity, where I heard a lot of unofficial rumors."
"For example, when the artifact was first made, the money needed was not provided by the King of Jin. It was brought by a cartload of money from the Momen and spent like water. In a short time, a cast iron pond was built."
Hearing this, Uncle Li Guo smiled with shock on his face.
What shocked me was not the scene of Mo Tu.
"You kid." He glared and said, "You are so brave!"
The rebellion of the King of Jin was a forbidden matter for the royal family and was not allowed to be discussed. Liu Xiaolang actually went to the land of Jin to watch the excitement out of curiosity.
"You don't need to tell your majesty or anyone else about this." Li Guojiu took Liu's consort and told him, "Remember, you are working in the Ministry of Household Affairs, caring about the treasury and people's livelihood, and thinking about money and food, so you came up with this
idea."
Consort Liu said: "I know, I won't tell you."
He was just timid, not stupid, and immediately thanked Uncle Li Guo.
Li Guojiu smiled and picked up his arm. He wanted to make good friends with the two princesses to help the queen stabilize the palace. Although your majesty is not greedy for women, he does not mind that the harem is full. In just two years, there are already many concubines.
I still don’t know how many there will be.
"However." Consort Liu whispered, "Master Li, do you want to know what kind of cast iron pool Momen built?"
Uncle Li Guo rolled his sleeves angrily and left first, "I don't want to know."
The two of them walked to the back garden one after the other. The imperial city in winter was a bit solemn, and the laughter of women and children could be heard from time to time in the back garden, adding a bit of liveliness.
"How is it?"
"Hey, there are different levels. The furnace is like stars hanging in the sky above, and the pool is like rivers and lakes below."
"Have you seen it with your own eyes?"
"It has been flattened for a long time. I heard the description from local people who have seen it, but this cast iron pool not only looks gorgeous, but what is even more terrifying is that it can also move."
"What a lie!"
"Really, some people have seen with their own eyes that when the rebellion was fighting, the stars would fall, the rivers and lakes on the ground would move, and countless people would be swallowed up in them - it is said that the prince died in this way, and no matter how many personal guards there were,
Like a mud cow drowning in the sea, there is nothing you can do."
While the two royal relatives were whispering nonsense in private, the imperial study fell into silence, and the emperor looked at the chessboard and thought for a moment.
"Is it because of money that you want to go out to the capital to investigate Momen?" he asked.
Huo Lian shook his head: "I don't know about this. It's just that there have been reports from various places recently that hidden Mo disciples occasionally show up to cause trouble. I don't know what they want, so I want to take a look."
The emperor held the chess piece and nodded: "The King of Jin and those officials have ransacked their homes. These Mohists, I let them go as homeless and propertyless people. It seems that I was negligent. Their homes should also be ransacked."
Confiscating homes is a great way to fill the treasury.
When he first came to the throne, the household department came to him every day to cry about poverty, and he was not willing to make any big arrangements when marrying the queen. After three or four years of confiscation of the house in the name of tracing the remnants of the Jin Dynasty, not only did the court gradually become what he wanted, but the household department also changed to
He only cried once in half a year because he was poor, yet he, the emperor, could still choose a few concubines decently.
Next, we need to enjoy the flowers in the spring, escape the heat in the summer, and hunt in the fall.
After he becomes the emperor, he can't be as miserable as he was when he was the sixth prince who was ignored.
The emperor looked at Huo Lian.
"Since the Mo disciples are not dead yet and the Mo sect is still there, let's go and ransack their homes."
Huo Lian leaned over and responded: "I accept the decree."
Du Chasili was a little busy because of this decree.
Two personal guards brought Huo Lian's knife.
Huo Lian reached out to take it and called Zhu Chuan.
Without waiting for his instructions, Zhu Chuan had already responded and stepped forward with the six-foot sword.
"Captain, I took it," he said. "Since we are going to catch the thief, of course we must bring evidence."
Huo Lian smiled, the smile flashed past, and her face returned to calm.
"Let's go," he said, got on his horse, and walked forward.
Zhu Chuan responded loudly, following closely behind.
But unlike in the past, there were no horses stampeding outside the Ducha Division, and there were no imposing military guards like clouds. Instead, cloaks covered the body, hats covered the face, and light horses ran like lightning out of the city. The people on the street didn't even
See who it is.
The people don't know, Huo Lian's inner house must be known.
"The governor is out?"
In the inner house, Liang Siwan, who seemed to have just woken up and opened the door, looked at the maid who came to tell her, looking slightly surprised and asked.
"Did you say when you would be back?"
The maid shook her head: "I don't know."
Yes, how could a maid know the whereabouts of Governor Huo?
Liang Siwan nodded: "I understand, you can go down." Then she said, "Since the governor is not at home, I will rest. Don't disturb me."
The maid responded by bowing her head and retreating.
Liang Siwan closed the door and felt the silence around her.
This is Duchasi, and it is also Huo Lian's home. Without Huo Lian, it is as if no one exists in the house.
"He doesn't even say a word to you when he goes out?"
A soft voice suddenly sounded from behind, with suppressed anger in the voice.
Liang Siwan turned around and looked at the man who came out from behind the curtain.
It was Liang Liuzi who was almost hacked to death by Huo Lian on the street that day.
Liang Siwan looked at him and chuckled.
"Brother Six, what are you talking about? Why would he tell me when he went out?"
"When Captain Huo goes out, he only needs to tell the emperor."
Liang Liuzi looked at her. She smiled briskly and had a casual expression, just like she had been amused by the sworn brothers' play at home.
Nothing seems to have changed.
But the content of the words is no longer those delicious and fun trivial things in life.
Their identities are no longer that of brothers and sisters. If it had to be discussed, he would either call Huo Lian his brother-in-law or Liang Siwan his younger brother and sister.
But no matter which one it is, it's disgusting.
Liang Liuzi clenched his hand hanging by his side: "It's not that he treats you like a treasure. When he returns to the capital, he will not go to see His Majesty first but to see you."
How could such a cherished person go out without saying goodbye?
Even ordinary people's husbands have to say goodbye to their wives sincerely when they go away from home.