Liu Lang and Jimoshu dismissed all the servants and walked in the garden.
As he was walking, Liu Lang suddenly stopped. After looking back at the servants waiting in the distance, he said: "Ai Qing, since you have asked Jimo Qiao to go to Jiezhou, you must not let her go to Jiezhou in the near future.
Remember this when you return to Beijing!"
Jimoshu was a little surprised and couldn't help asking: "The emperor came here specially to remind me of this?"
Liu Lang sighed softly and said, "Do you know what the Queen Mother said to me just now?"
"Queen Mother?" Jimoshu was surprised, and then he thought: "Your Majesty, did my Qiaoer's matter alarm the Queen Mother?"
"That's right." Liu Lang said: "A few days ago, Sui Zhan asked Sui Shangshu to lobby me, but as you know, I didn't agree. Now he found the Queen Mother in a roundabout way, and even persuaded the Queen Mother to put pressure on me. The Queen Mother's
The meaning is very clear, she hopes Aiqing can marry her daughter to Sui Zhan."
Jimo Shu couldn't help but sneered, frowned and shook his head: "The ancients often said that money can make ghosts grind, and it seems that is true..."
Liu Lang was slightly startled by these words, and he immediately understood. It seemed that Jimoshu already knew about the one million taels of silver.
"It turns out that Aiqing already knew about Sui Zhan's promise to donate money," Liu Lang said.
Jimoshu nodded: "Back to the emperor, after leaving the imperial study that day, I chatted with Eunuch Pei for a few words, so I knew everything."
Liu Lang said apologetically: "My dear, I didn't tell you the truth that day because I didn't want you to misunderstand me. Don't blame me."
"The emperor's words are serious!" Jimoshu cupped his hands and said, "About this matter, Jimoshu is extremely grateful to the emperor!"
Liu Lang nodded happily, and then said: "Ai Qing, does he know how much Sui Zhan has raised the price of the silver donation?"
"How much?" Jimoshu asked hurriedly.
"One and a half million taels!" Liu Lang replied in a deep voice.
Jimoshu looked shocked, then shook his head and smiled: "Our Zhongyong Marquis is really rich and powerful!"
Liu Lang nodded in agreement, and then said: "To be honest with you, when the Queen Mother told me about this amount earlier, I was really shaken. After all, it is 1.5 million taels of silver. If I can really get it,
, you can solve many of my problems..."
Jimoshu was immediately grateful, bowed his head and said, "The emperor treats my daughter so well, Jimoshu doesn't even know how to thank the emperor..."
Liu Lang raised his hand to stop Jimoshu's words and said softly: "Aiqing, don't say that. In fact, I was not sure on the way here just now. I wanted to hear what Aiqing said before making a decision, but when Aiqing said
Jimo Qiao went to Jiezhou
, I suddenly felt relaxed and enlightened, and I no longer had those dilemmas. Only then did I understand that I just didn’t want to use this method in exchange for money, otherwise my heart would be uneasy!
"
"Your Majesty, the Jimo family... are so grateful!"
After saying that, Jimoshu took a big step back and bowed deeply and formally to express his gratitude.
Liu Lang hurriedly lifted him up and reminded: "There is no need to do this. If those eunuchs see it, it will be difficult for me to explain to the Queen Mother..."
"I understand, I understand." Jimoshu straightened up quickly and resumed his previous standing posture.
The two of them continued to walk forward, and Liu Lang said: "Remember, my dear, as long as Jimo Qiao doesn't come back, I will have an excuse to deal with the Queen Mother. Otherwise... I won't be able to disobey the Queen Mother again and again. After all,
The Queen Mother is my biological mother... I say this, can Aiqing understand my difficulties?"
"Your Majesty, you understand!" Jimosu responded with an extremely serious expression.
Liu Lang took two more steps forward, stopped and said, "I have said everything that needs to be said. I will go back to see the Queen Mother and try my best to persuade her."
After saying that, Liu Lang turned around and walked back along the way he came.
Jimoshu followed beside him and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, how can we fill the gap in military expenditure in the north?"
Liu Lang pretended that nothing was wrong and said, "Don't worry, dear, I will find a way to raise the funds."
After a while, Liu Lang and Jimoshu walked back to where the servants were waiting.
Liu Lang stood still in front of the eunuchs, turned to look at Jimoshu, deliberately raised his eyebrows and raised his voice, saying: "Before I came here, I thought those colorful camellias were so beautiful, but I didn't know until I saw them with my own eyes.
, they are not as eye-catching as those pure camellias in the palace, that’s all, I have something else to do, so I will go back to the palace first."
"Congratulations, Your Majesty!" Jimoshu quickly saluted with his hands in hand.
After Liu Lang finished describing the scene, he led a group of eunuchs to the door.
As soon as he left the garden, Liu Lang saw Mrs. Jimo and Yuan.
Seeing this, Yuan Yuan asked: "Is the emperor going back?"
"Yes, foster sister..." Liu Lang smiled and said, "I didn't like those camellias very much, so I didn't take them."
Mrs. Jimo then said: "If the emperor agrees, I will send people to the market to collect more, and then send them all to the palace for the emperor to have a look at."
"Mrs. Jimo is interested," Liu Lang said politely.
Then, as soon as Liu Lang took a step, he suddenly remembered something and stopped again: "By the way, there is something I forgot to tell you..."
After hearing this, Jimoshu, his wife and Yuan Yuan all looked at Liu Lang seriously.
Liu Lang smiled and said: "Most of the potatoes Chai Yan brought back have sprouted! Hahaha..."
Jimoshu immediately raised his hands and said: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor!"
"Congratulations, Your Majesty." Mrs. Jimo and Yuan followed suit.
Liu Lang was very happy when he thought of this and said: "When the day of harvest comes, I will take you there together and count the yield of potatoes in front of everyone. If it is true what Chai Yan said,
Just like him, I will reward him even more!"
Yuan Yuan was very happy and said with a slight blessing: "The sworn sister will thank the emperor for Chai Yan first."
Jimoshu and his wife also smiled happily.
After Liu Lang left, Mrs. Jimo couldn't wait to pull her husband aside and asked in a low voice: "Husband, what did the emperor say to you alone?"
Jimo Shu whispered a few words in her ear, and Mrs. Jimo's expression immediately became surprised.
"Don't worry, I will write to Jiezhou soon and tell Qiaoer not to come back," Jimoshu said.
Mrs. Jimo nodded and said: "Okay, then go write it quickly and ask someone to send it out as soon as possible."
Jimoshu nodded in agreement, but didn't move. Mrs. Jimo asked, "What's wrong? What else are you thinking about?"
Jimoshu asked seriously: "Madam, how much money can we use?"
"Do you want silver?" said Mrs. Jimo.
Jimoshu said: "The emperor wants to strengthen the military power in the north, but he is very short of money, so I want to... come up with a contribution, otherwise how can I live up to the emperor's wishes?"
Mrs. Jimo thought about it, secretly made a calculation, and said: "But husband, we are not well-off either. If we scrape together here and there, we can only get seven or eighty thousand taels of living silver, which is far from enough."
Jimo Shu couldn't help but touch his chin and became worried. He thought about it for a long time before saying: "Yes, we are still far away. We need to think of a way..."
"Father, mother, what are you discussing?" Yuan's voice suddenly appeared behind the two of them.
............
An hour later, the Queen Mother was in the palace.
"How unreasonable! How unreasonable!"
As soon as the emperor was sent away, the queen mother returned to the room and became furious: "You Jimoshu, you secretly sent your daughter to Jiezhou. Do you still have the emperor in your eyes, and do you still have the Aijia?"
The Queen Mother was so angry that she walked back and forth in the room. No one among the eunuchs and maids who were serving her dared to make a sound.
After a while, the Queen Mother slowly stopped walking, turned around and called out: "Here comes someone, go and call Pei Yang over. The Ai family wants to see him."
"Yes, Queen Mother." The little eunuch responded and got ready to go.
The Queen Mother immediately reminded: "Remember, don't let the Emperor know, otherwise the Aijia will want your heads!"
The little eunuch was startled and nodded vigorously to show that he remembered.
After the young eunuch left, the Queen Mother returned to the couch and sat down. She sneered and said to herself: "Huh, you thought running to Jiezhou would be fine? Let me tell you, even if you run to the ends of the earth, the Ai family can still give her to her.