Chapter 26: The Day of the Good Day(1/2)
Most of the palace maids and eunuchs in the inner palace were secret lines between the Rong Party and the Hou Party, and most of the concubines were forcibly stuffed into the palace by both parties to improve their strength in the inner palace.
As he said that, Emperor Dagan calmed down again and smiled and said, "Gao Yue, don't you know that Ziyong has already seen my intention to hold on to a handle?"
"Ziyong is very active. He knew that he should let me take his concerns and make me feel at ease. Therefore, today he deliberately teased Xiao Shuya in front of me, and then followed the boat to Jinsu Palace with you."
"So that's it." Gao Yue smiled suddenly, and then asked with confusion: "Your Majesty, do you think that Lin Shangqing is really romantic and loving money, or do you pretend to show it to the world?"
Emperor Dagan was stunned by Gao Yue's words. After thinking for a while, he put down the memorial in his hand and said, "I'm afraid he pretended it on purpose. People always have shortcomings that people should grasp, right?"
Gao Yue nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, if a person cannot hold on to his shortcomings and is too perfect, it may be fearful and dare not use them!"
Just as Gao Yue and Emperor Dagan were talking in the East Nuan Pavilion, Ansheng Palace was also not quiet. At this moment, Empress Dowager Xuan Shu threw a precious teacup heavily to the ground, her face full of anger.
"That thief Lin Mo dared to tease the Ai family, causing the Ai family to lose 60,000 troops in vain. How can the Ai family bear this grudge? Brother, you immediately send our practitioners, except Lin Mo."
"The Empress Dowager is not allowed!" Xuan Yuan, who was very rich, hurriedly stopped him and said, "The Empress Dowager, there are three great sword masters in Lin Mo's mansion at this moment. We may not get any benefits when we confront him head-on!"
Upon hearing Xuan Yuan’s words, Empress Dowager Xuan Shu slowly calmed down and said unwillingly: “Then what do you think we should do? Could it be that we let him go?”
Empress Dowager Xuan Shu was very unwilling to accept it at this time. It was a land of a state with a 60,000 army. Because of Lin Mo's appearance, King Rong was given in vain and encouraged the prestige of others.
Xuan Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "I heard that Lin Mo now has a close relationship with Concubine Xiao De of Jinsu Palace. Empress Dowager, we might as well take Concubine Xiao De and threaten him with Concubine Xiao De."
Xuan Shu pondered for a moment and said, "Is this useful? Just a woman can threaten him Lin Mo? I'm afraid he won't care about Concubine Xiao De's life or death!"
"It's of course useful." Xuan Shu replied firmly: "Lin Mo has great shortcomings. He is kind, greedy, and lustful. Since Concubine Xiao De has that relationship with him now, he will naturally worry."
"Since that's the case, then my brother will quickly take someone to take Concubine Xiao De and help the Ai family get angry." Empress Dowager Xuan Shu said in a serious tone, and suddenly a palace maid came in and said that Concubine Xiao De was here.
Xuan Yuan and Empress Dowager Xuan Shu were stunned. Empress Dowager Xuan Shu asked in confusion: "Concubine Xiao De knew that we were going to get her, so she just came to her door by herself?"
"I'm afraid not. I must have other purposes here at this moment." Xuan Yuan thought for a while and said to the palace maid: "Let Concubine Xiao De come in."
The palace maid bowed and called Concubine Xiao De, and Xuan Yuan also stood up: "Empress Dowager, please avoid it."
"Okay." Empress Dowager Xuan Shu nodded, Xuan Yuan bowed and hid behind the screen. After Xuan Yuan hid in, Concubine Xiao De also walked in under the leadership of the palace maid.
Concubine Xiao De walked in and saw Empress Dowager Xuan Shu sitting upright, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "I, please see Empress Dowager, please pay tribute to Empress Dowager."
"No gift!" Empress Dowager Xuan Shu raised her hand, drank a sip of the tea poured by the uterus, put the tea cup back on the table, and then asked slowly: "I wonder why Concubine Xiao De was here?"
Concubine Xiao De's face had a slight smile on her face and presented a letter to Empress Dowager Xuan Shu and said, "Report to the Empress Dowager, I am entrusted by someone to hand over a letter."
Empress Dowager Xuan Shu opened the letter and saw that the signature was Lin Mo. Without looking at the content, she said lightly: "What does Concubine Xiao De have to do with this noble minister Lin Ziyong? How can she submit a letter on his behalf?"
Concubine Xiao De replied: "I have nothing to do with Lin Shangqing. It's just that my husband and I have just rested in Jinsu Palace for an hour."
“Bold.”
"Ba——" Empress Dowager Xuan Shu slapped the table heavily: "Come here, Concubine Xiao De privately kept the foreign minister in the hall, and had a misfortune with her, causing trouble to the inner palace, and dragged her out to kill her. "
"Yes!" The two eunuchs rushed over and were about to carry Concubine Xiao De out to carry out the punishment of the stick. Concubine Xiao De said without any panic: "Empress Dowager, you should check the content of the letter first, and then decide whether to punish the concubine if the stick is a stick?"
Hearing this, Empress Dowager Xuan Shu raised her hand to signal the eunuch to stop, read the letter seriously, and after a moment, she said in confusion: "What does Lin Ziyong mean?"
Concubine Xiao De replied: "Report to the Empress Dowager, Ziyong said that the reason he helped King Rong defeat Li Tai was because the price offered by His Highness Rong this time was higher than you, not that he had already turned to or turned to King Rong."
"Ziyong? You don't hide your relationship with him."
After sneering Concubine Xiao De, Empress Dowager Xuan Shu slapped Concubine Xiao De and slapped the letter on the table and said, "The Ai family gave him 300,000 gold leaf flying money and twenty beautiful maids. Does he think it's too little?"
Concubine Xiao De smiled and said, "Empress Dowager, do you know what King Rong gave to Ziyong? King Rong first gave Ziyong a flying money worth 200,000 gold leaves, and also promised Ziyong that as long as Ziyong helps him to defeat Li Tai, 40% of the treasures in Li Tai's mansion will belong to Ziyong, which is comparable to 300,000 gold leaves."
"Besides, King Rong also gave Ziyong a beautiful maid. This morning, Ziyong had just opened a pavilion for the beautiful maid. You can send someone to inquire. Oh, by the way, the beautiful maid is called Liu Ruoshui, and Ziyong didn't like the rest."
Opening a pavilion means that the maid owns a room that belongs to her own in the mansion. Only the master in the mansion is qualified to enjoy this unique experience.
"Bastard!" Empress Dowager Xuan Shu slapped the table again and said angrily: "Then Liu Ruoshui was given to her by the Ai family. How can she be considered as King Rong?"
"No, Empress Dowager, Liu Ruoshui is the spy that King Rong has placed beside you." Concubine Xiao shook her head and said.
"However, Ziyong also told me that you gave you 300,000 yuan and 19 maids. I wish to use the contents of the letter as a gift to you, it depends on whether you are willing?"
After Concubine Xiao De finished speaking, the atmosphere became quiet. Empress Dowager Xuan Shu thought in her mind. After about a cup of tea, she said lightly: "Okay, tell Lin Ziyong that the return of Li Ai family in the letter will be taken."
"Then I will leave." Concubine Xiao De bowed and stood up and was about to go out. Suddenly, something happened again and said, "By the way, Empress Dowager, Zi Yong asked me to tell you that if the price is high, he is willing to help you."
After saying that, Concubine Xiao De slowly left.
Concubine Xiao De left, Xuan Yuan walked out from behind the screen, looked at Lin Mo's letter to Empress Dowager Xuan Shu, and said lightly: "This thing in the letter is worth it if you buy 300,000 yuan without gold."
"Lin Ziyong is really hateful. He is so profitable." Empress Dowager Xuan Shu said gritting her teeth, and even cursed Lin Mo's eighteen generations in her heart.
Xuan Yuan didn't know how to reply, so he had to change the topic: "Empress Dowager, tonight is the day when Lin Ziyong takes Changsun Youyin as his concubine. Should we also prepare a generous gift?"
Although Empress Dowager Xuan Shu hated Lin Mo, she had to admire the method of being the name of the God of War, so she had to suppress her anger and said, "It should be like this. You can do the gift-giving matter!"
"Yes, I'll do it now!"
Sima Yinsi slowly stopped in front of the Lin Mansion gate. Lin Mo sneezed as soon as he was about to get off the car and muttered: "Who is scolding me behind my back? I am a three-good young man!"
As he said that, Lin Mo got off the carriage. After standing still, he saw that the entire Lin Mansion was full of joy and the atmosphere was quite warm, as if it completely covered the cold that should be in winter.
I remembered that tonight was the day when I and Changsun Youyin’s wedding night. Although Lin Mo was the first time he was a groom, he was still very excited.
"I don't know what this Yuyin feels like, and what kind of charm will be at that time." Lin Mo murmured in his heart, and walked towards Changsun Yuyin's room, wanting to see her.
But as soon as she walked to the inner courtyard, she stopped again. Lin Mo suddenly remembered that the day before her marriage, she could not see her, so she had to give up and turned to the main house where she was.
When he entered the house, a warm wave of heat came to his face. He saw Baili Qingcheng sitting in the house wiping the blood rain sword, untied the snow quilt and placed the cloak on the wooden squad. He walked up to sit beside him and said, "Just finished practicing?"
Baili Qingcheng nodded, returned the wiped Blood Rain Sword to sheath, drilled into Lin Mo's arms, and said sweetly: "Congratulations, husband, tonight is a great day for your sister Wuyin."
Lin Mo pinched Baili Baili Qingcheng's delicate face and said dotingly: "What's wrong? Husband is so beautiful, are you jealous of Sister Jingyin?"
"Jealous? I don't!" Baili Qingcheng wrapped around Lin Mo's neck and kissed him on the side, saying, "You are so lustful, and you will definitely take a concubine in the future. If I am jealous, I will not be so sorry to myself."
"I'm lustful?" Lin Mo smiled and tightened Baili Qingcheng's waist and argued: "Husband is called fraternity. You know how to take care of women. How can you call me lustful? Be careful that you punish you!"
"Husband punish me?" Baili Qingcheng exhaled in Lin Mo'er, saying, "Husband is sure? Tonight is the day for you to marry Sister Yuyin."
Feeling Baili Qingcheng's twisting body in his arms and the charming sound in his ears, Lin Mo begs for mercy repeatedly: "Okay, Qingcheng, your husband surrenders!"
Looking at Lin Mo's interesting look of begging for mercy, Baili Qingcheng covered his mouth and smiled, and suddenly said with a sad expression: "Husband, we have been married for more than a year, and we are so loving, why can't I conceive your child?"
"Maybe it's because the physique of practitioners is different from ordinary people!" Lin Mo pinched Baili Qingcheng's Yao's nose and smiled gently, "Silly, you are only twenty-one years old. We will have such a long life in the future, why are you anxious!"
As he said that, Lin Mo looked around the room and changed the topic: "Where are your sister Zhilan? Why don't you see her?"
"Sister Zhilan is helping Sister Yuyin!" Baili Qingcheng knew that Lin Mo was changing the topic, but thinking that he was indeed the youngest among the sisters, he relieved his mood and Zhan Yan smiled.
After having a simple lunch with Bai Zhilan Bai Li Qingcheng, Bai Zhilan continued to get busy, while Lin Mo and Bai Li Qingcheng returned to the house and became frustrated.
Liu Ruoshui was serving the two of them, looking at the way they looked so hard that their faces were red.
This morning, Liu Ruoshui moved into his own separate room under the arrangement of Ding Bo. Although the decoration of the room was more beautiful than that of the three girls of hundreds of miles, it was also very exquisite, and it was a little better than that of ordinary concubines.
After moving into his room, Liu Ruoshui was feeling uneasy. Everyone in the mansion was rumored that Lin Mo wanted to take her into a concubine, but Liu Ruoshui knew that this was impossible.
It is impossible until he cooperates with Tang Yunu to finish the matter.
Just when Lin Mo and Baili Qingcheng were so heartbroken that they were in love, the coming of Xifeng interrupted the atmosphere: "Report to the Sect Master, Yezhe has sent a letter."
Baili Qingcheng, who was loosening his arms, did not wipe the red lips marks left by his face and ears, and went directly outside the house. After receiving the letter from Xi Feng, he walked into the house.
After reading the letter, he threw it into a charcoal brazier and burned it into ashes. Lin Mo sat back on his original position, while Baili Qingcheng got into Lin Mo's arms again. While wiping the lip marks on Lin Mo's face, he asked, "Husband, what is the letter saying?"
Lin Mo said: "Li Tai and his men have been beheaded. Men and women under the age of eight will be spread to northern Xinjiang tomorrow. In addition, Duke Shan has been confiscated. King Rong is packing 40% of the treasures and sending them to me in the name of wishing me a new marriage."
"Wow, wouldn't that cost a lot of money?" Baili Qingcheng's eyes suddenly appeared, and there seemed to be a golden leaf flashing in his beautiful eyes.
Looking at Baili Qingcheng's funny appearance, Lin Mo was very helpless. This girl has never lacked money since she was a child, but she prefers money and has hidden a lot of private money.
Baili Qingcheng's little face was excited, but there was a doubt on Liu Ruoshui's jade cheeks. He wanted to ask something, but he swallowed it again, which was really entangled.
Looking at Liu Ruoshui's entangled look, Lin Mo smiled slightly and said, "Ruoshui, just ask if you have anything. If you can ask questions and answers, I will definitely answer you."
A strange look flashed in Liu Ruoshui's eyes, and he asked, "Sir, this is a copy of the minister's mansion, shouldn't the things in the mansion be included in the national treasury? Why do you honor the king and general..."
Even before, King Rong confiscated the mansion of a certain minister and returned all the things in the mansion to the national treasury. How did you send the things to Lin’s mansion? Could it be that King Rong is the key to Lin Mo?
Liu Ruoshui was very worried.
Although Liu Ruoshui had not finished speaking, Lin Mo already knew what she meant and smiled: "Ruoshui, the things you saw before that belonged to the treasury were just the few things in the confiscation of the mansion."
"For example, this time, King Rong led people to search the Duke Shan's mansion, and 40% of them belonged to me, and 30% of them belonged to King Rong. As for the treasury, only 30% of them belonged to the treasury."
"How is that possible?" Liu Ruoshu blurted out his words, full of disbelief. She had never expected that only 30% of the treasury would be born.
"Nothing is impossible." Baili Qingcheng said disdainfully: "Now Emperor Dagan is a puppet emperor. It would be good that King Rong could give him 30% of his money. If it were my wife, I would only give him 10%."
Lin Mo glanced at Baili Qingcheng because this girl had indeed done this. When she was in a certain vassal state, Baili Qingcheng led people to confiscate the mansion, which really only gave 10% of the king.
Lin Mo continued Baili Qingcheng's words and said, "According to the previous practice, those who have confiscated the mansion can get 30% of them, and the remaining 70% will be returned to the national treasury. But now the emperor is being harassed by King Rong, and it is indeed good to give him 30%."
Therefore, in ancient times, it was a big fat man who copied the mansion.
Listening to Lin Mo's explanation, Liu Ruoshui also relieved the doubts in his heart.
Liu Ruoshui also knew that the convention was not copied. She used to think that King Rong would take at most 50%, but after hearing Lin Mo's words, she didn't expect that King Rong would take so much, which really made the imperial power decline.
After saying that, Lin Mo and others didn't say anything. Lin Mo continued to get sucked in the house with Baili Qingcheng. Of course, Lin Mo would sometimes secretly tease Liu Ruoshui.
Liu Ruoshui didn't dare to say anything, but just lowered his head. Although Baili Qingcheng saw his husband's restless hands, he did not stop him.
To be continued...