Qu Tingzhou's performance made Liang Xi want to vomit.
Pretentious!
Pretentious!
Liang Xi felt disgusted in his heart. From the corner of his eye, he saw that Qiao Jinhuan seemed to want to ask questions. He quickly stretched out his hand and gently tugged on her sleeves, and asked proactively, "Why did you get caught in the rain? Is it because the servants are not serving you well?"
Wife!
Didn't you see that Qu Tingzhou was waiting for you to ask questions?
You'd better not open your mouth and leave the rest to me!
Qu Tingzhou lowered his eyes slightly and hesitated to say: "It's nothing, I don't blame them, they didn't mean it."
"It's their fault for not taking good care of you. I will send you out of the house tomorrow." Liang Xi said directly.
You are trying to break my nest!
Qu Tingzhou's eyes were sharp for a moment, and then he lowered his eyes, "No, don't. Come to think of it... Jin Huan reminded me before, they won't treat me badly."
How dare you mention Jin Huan in front of him!
You don’t really think that your wife is so special to you, do you?
"Then what do you mean? You mean someone instigated them to neglect you."
Liang Xi sneered, "Who do you think you are? My husband?"
"I didn't mean that."
Qu Tingzhou shook his head repeatedly, and his pleading eyes fell on Qiao Jinhuan, "Jinhuan, I know Mr. Qiao Zhengfu is a good person and will not do anything to bully me."
"Tonight I just... just felt upset. I wanted to walk in the courtyard. Suddenly I heard the sound of a piano and wanted to join in the music. Unexpectedly, I encountered a heavy rain on the way back and I didn't avoid it for a while, so I caught a cold."
ensemble?
When does it feel bad to want to play the piano and you have to play tonight?
This is not playing the piano at all, it is just applying eye drops, implying that Liang Xi is not good to him.
By the way, she alluded to the fact that she accompanied Liang Xi to admire the moon and listen to the piano in the middle of the night, but left him alone in the Guangming Courtyard. He felt uncomfortable and wanted her to accompany him.
Qiao Jinhuan understood the meaning of his words clearly.
But she just smiled and said: "My husband is indeed very good."
Qu Tingzhou choked, did he mean this?
"Pfft~"
Liang Xi couldn't help laughing.
As a wife, he always only takes what he says at face value. What Qu Tingzhou said was just a wink to a blind man.
Qiao Jinhuan tilted her head to look at him, pretending to be confused.
Naturally, Liang Xi would not explain this to Qiao Jinhuan. He cleared his throat and said, "Since Qu Qing is sick, I will ask the kitchen to bring lighter dishes to Qu Qing every day so that you can recover from your illness.
"
"By the way, the people here are not serving you well. I will replace you with a new group of people later."
I want to use my illness to sell my misery.
See how I punish you!
Liang Xi said, holding Qiao Jinhuan's hand again, "My wife, leave this to me. Go back and rest for a while. We will go to court soon."
Of course Qiao Jinhuan agreed and turned around to leave.
Her indulgent attitude made Qu Tingzhou feel anxious, "Jin Huan!"
Did you agree that you would treat him well after bringing him into the house?
Why is it that now that Liang Xi is making trouble, Qiao Jinhuan's heart has turned to him!
They didn’t even give him a title!
"Quqingren, you don't want to disturb your wife's going to court, do you?"
Liang Xi said this lightly, and Qu Tingzhou didn't dare to try to keep him, otherwise it would destroy the "sensible and considerate" image he had maintained for so many years!
After Qiao Jinhuan left, the expression on Qu Tingzhou's face also turned cold, and he said in a nonchalant manner, "Mr. Qiao Zhengfu is very clever."
"Each other."
There was a hint of mockery in Liang Xi's eyes, "Don't worry, Qu Qing, I will carefully select a good wife for you."
What a good wife?
With his current conditions, can he find a better wife than Qiao Jinhuan?
Oh~
Liang Xi wants to find him a wife and drive him away!
"Oh."
Qu Tingzhou curled his lips disdainfully, "Then it depends on Mr. Qiao Zhengfu's ability."
When Qiao Jinhuan learned that he had lost his wife, he went all the way to pick him up and promised that he would treat him well all his life. With such love, how could Liang Xi drive him away by just using some tricks?
Just wait and see.
After Qiao Jinhuan sees through Liang Xi's tricks, he will come back to settle the score!
"Then we'll see."
Liang Xi left the Guangmingyuan in a hurry after saying a few words.
Then he asked people to deliver white porridge and vegetables to Qutingzhou every day, euphemistically saying that it was to recuperate his illness. The people of Qutingzhou became thinner and their faces lost some color.
But Qu Tingzhou was so angry.
But this is all for later.
Now Liang Xi is still putting on Qiao Jinhuan's robe and sending her to court.
"If there is something going on, go ahead, if there is nothing going on, leave the court!"
The old emperor sat on a large chair with a tired look, and the male attendant standing at her lower left shouted loudly.
Just when everyone thought they could get through this morning, Qiao Jinhuan stepped forward.
Seeing that it was her, the old emperor's impatient expression calmed down a little, "What does Qiao Aiqing want to report?"
"I am reporting to your Majesty. I apologize. As the head of a hundred officials, I failed to supervise the situation well. I actually allowed the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, Su Zijin, to abuse his power for personal gain, accept bribes, and shake the foundation of the national treasury under my nose!"
Qiao Jinhuan took out a booklet from his sleeve and handed it over with an upright expression, "Four years ago, Su Zijin tampered with the account books and swallowed nearly four million taels of silver. As far as I know, so far, the treasury has
About fifty million taels of silver disappeared!"
"Your Majesty, fifty million taels of silver, the national tax for the whole of last year was not even fifty million taels!"
Hearing this, the old emperor's face turned completely gloomy.
When the princess standing on the other side saw this, she raised her eyebrows slightly, tugged her sleeves slightly, and there was a hint of amusement in her eyes - she was the first one to pick Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance to attack.
Is she serious?
And Su Zijin, who was standing calmly, preparing to see which courtier Qiao Jinhuan was going to torment today:...
Su Zijin:!!!
The wrongdoer is myself!
Her knees weakened and she fell to her knees in an instant, "Your Majesty, I am wronged, I am wronged!"
Compared to Su Zijin, the old emperor naturally trusted Qiao Jinhuan more.
She glanced at Su Zijin coldly, reached out and opened the booklet Qiao Jinhuan gave her.
The courtiers watched helplessly as the old emperor's face gradually turned red with anger, and his eyes were all red with anger.
"It's unfair! How can you have the face to cry out in front of me!"
The emperor angrily threw the paper in front of Su Zijin, "Look at it carefully, look at it carefully! Su Zijin, I trust you so much in vain, this is how you repay me."
Fifty million taels of silver!
Su Zijin, does she want to go to heaven?
"I am wronged!"
How dare Su Zijin admit this? If he confesses, he will only die.
"Your Majesty, you know my situation. I am so poor that even the money I spent to buy a painting came from my husband's dowry. I don't even know what happened to the money in the book."
Damn Qiao Jinhuan.
Didn’t I just not take refuge in you?
You actually want to torture me to death!
The old emperor had a dark face and asked in a deep voice with dark eyes, "So what do you mean, Qiao Aiqing framed you?"