"What's wrong with us being in the mansion? It's because the princess is running around hard outside, so she has less money." Aunt Dong looked at the princess with a smile.
"I didn't lose weight, I just grew taller." Mingruo really didn't feel that he had lost weight.
"Princess has indeed grown taller again, and her figure is better. The areas that should be plump are fuller, and the areas that should be thinned are slimmed down." Zisu often makes clothes for Mingruo and knows her body shape best. She covered her mouth and secretly
laugh.
"Um..." Mingruo felt that the topic was getting more and more off-topic, "It's getting late. Zisu and Jiyue went to prepare the bath soup. Zicao and Aunt Dong prepared the meals. They all moved quickly. The prince will enter the palace soon.
Woolen cloth."
"These slaves are ready. The prince and princess should go to the Tangchi Palace to take a bath first." Ji Yue replied with a smile.
"good."
Mingruo walked into the Tangchi Hall and went straight to the small spring pool where she usually bathed. As soon as she untied her belt, she was hugged from behind.
Mingruo turned to look at Si Haochen: "Why did you come in?"
"Husband, let's see if my concubine is fuller in the places that should be fuller and less in the places that should be slimmed down." Si Haochen blew into Mingruo's ear with evil intentions, "Well, it seems that she is not plumper than before.
few……"
"You prodigal son!" Mingruo stepped on Si Haochen's instep, "Hiss~"
"I hurt my beloved concubine's feet because of my husband. It's really a sin." Si Haochen directly picked up his wife and put her in the hot spring pool. He had wanted to do this for a long time, but it was always inconvenient to do it outside.
"Don't make trouble, don't you want to go to the palace?" Mingruo felt like a piece of silk floating in the water.
"My husband seems to have suffered from the heat. He fainted and couldn't get out of bed..." Si Haochen grabbed his own snack and planned to have a full meal.
Mingruo felt like a silkworm baby, being entangled and unable to move, so she could only say: "I'm dizzy... Doctor Ming will just give you two injections and it will be fine!"
"Haha... If you can still hold the needle in a while, my husband will prick it for you..."
When a certain prince carried his daughter-in-law back to the palace and went to the palace to report his duties in a refreshed manner, Mingruo gritted his teeth. He was really weak. Let alone holding a silver needle, it was difficult to even open his eyelids - he had better take a nap first.
Let’s talk again.
Zheng Shilang and Chu Shaoqing took the prisoner to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, verified the identity of the criminal, and went through the relevant procedures. The two people's business trip was more than half of it. Zheng Shilang told his confidants to keep an eye on the prisoner, and he was the person the emperor wanted to interrogate.
.
"Don't worry, sir. I will do my best in my humble position." The junior official responded quickly.
Chu Chenzhou was very satisfied with the prisoner being imprisoned in the Ministry of Punishment. He estimated that the third and fifth princes were thinking about it closely. If he was imprisoned in Dali Temple, he would have to be very alert before the emperor's people could interrogate him.
"Master Zheng, I'll go back to the Yamen first and see you at Chengtianmen later." Chu Chenzhou bowed his hands to Minister Zheng.
"Mr. Chu, please take care of yourself. I think His Highness Prince Yun will arrive after lunch. I will also go wash up and change into my official uniform. I must not lose my dignity before driving." Zheng Shilang is a serious civil servant, and the carriage will take most of the day.
It was bumpy and a little unbearable.
"Okay." Chu Chenzhou walked out of the Criminal Department Yamen, and the waiter rushed the carriage and waited at the door.
Seeing his lord get on the carriage, the attendant asked: "Should we go back to the Yamen or the mansion?"
"Let's go to Ziweiju for a hot pot meal first." Chu Chenzhou had eaten enough of Jiangnan's light diet for more than a month.
"Yes." The waiter drove the car to Xiweiju.
When the Minister of Justice and Chu Shaoqing arrived at Chengtian Gate, it was already an hour later. They confirmed with the guards guarding the palace gate that Prince Yun had not arrived yet, and both of them breathed a sigh of relief.
After waiting for a long time, they heard the clatter of horse hoofs. They looked for the sound and saw His Royal Highness Prince Yun wearing a black python robe and a purple gold crown, riding a white horse roaring towards them.
Prince Yun jumped off the horse and landed lightly on the ground. Although he came on horseback, his clothes and hair were not messy at all.
"Let's go." Si Haochen walked into the palace gate first, and Zheng Shilang and Chu Shaoqing quickly followed.
The three of them came to the outside of the imperial book, and took over the duties of Eunuch Zhang. The prince hurriedly went in to deliver the message.
Emperor Danxu put down the half-approved memorial, rubbed his brows and said, "Xuan."
"Prince Xuanyun, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and the Young Minister of Dali Temple have an audience." The prince's high-pitched voice was particularly ups and downs.
"My younger brother (Wei Chen) is here to greet Your Majesty." Si Haochen led the two of them into the royal study.
"Pingsheng." Emperor Danxu didn't know what he was thinking. He didn't want to see Si Haochen, but he really wasn't under his eyes, and he felt very uneasy. He always felt that he was doing something.
Thinking that his father was in the palace at this time, he said in a deep voice: "Give Prince Yun a seat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Si Haochen was very polite, but sitting on the chair as casually as if he were at home made Emperor Danxu very upset.
As the imperial envoy who was sent to Xunzhou for disaster relief, Si Haochen briefly explained the disaster relief matter. Zheng Shilang and Chu Shaoqing quickly reported the case of Governor Cheng colluding with merchants to embezzle huge sums of money.
"Is there any case of corruption among the governors of Xunzhou? How much money was involved?" Emperor Danxu asked.
"During the disaster, the governor of Xunzhou sold taxed grain and made a fortune of five million taels. The governor's house and the Xunzhou Chamber of Commerce were searched, and a total of 37,500,000 taels of silver were found." Zheng Shilang replied.
When Emperor Danxu heard that there was so much money, he thought about how he could still get 30 million taels left after deducting the expenses for disaster relief. He felt a little excited in his heart.
Emperor Danxu was about to ask about the expenses when he heard the prince and his father-in-law come to report: "To report to the emperor, the Supreme Emperor asked His Highness Prince Yun to pass a message, 'After doing business, go to Kuntai Hall.'"
Emperor Danxu now had thirty million taels as a base, and he was in a good mood. He waved his hand and said: "Brother Nine Emperors, you have nothing to do here. Go and pay your respects to your father."
"My brother obeys the order." Si Haochen bowed and saluted, then walked away.
Zheng Shilang's heart skipped a beat. He thought that Prince Yun was blocking the way. Why was he sent away by the emperor at this critical moment?
"Ahem." Emperor Danxu's face was very gentle, "Have you brought all the confiscated silver back to Beijing?"
"I brought it back. It's outside the imperial study room now." Chu Chenzhou said seriously.
"Bring it in." Emperor Danxu waved his hand.
The imperial guardsmen brought in a dozen large wooden boxes and arranged them in two rows in the outer room of the imperial study.
Emperor Danxu stood up and looked outside: "No more?"
The commander of the Royal Forest Army was a little confused when asked: "Your Majesty, there is no more..."
Emperor Danxu looked at the Minister of Justice and Chu Shaoqing: "Is this thirty million taels?" Although he didn't care about the money, he still knew the amount.
"Your Majesty." The Minister of Punishment said bravely, "This is thirty thousand taels."
"Where are the rest?" Emperor Danxu had a bad premonition in his heart.
