Rebirth: Remarrying the Emperor's Uncle

Chapter 132 The Best of Both Worlds (Part )
Emperor Qingming gave him a sidelong glance, "Enjoy it when you enjoy it, and you made me unhappy by telling me about it again."

Compared with the truth, the emperor himself is not as happy as the prince himself.

King Jin's arrogance and wantonness at the gate of the South City, if it were him, he might not be so unscrupulous.

Zhao Chengyuan sat idly with a calm mind, sipping tea, and then picked on whether the tea was not good enough, and the water was not clear enough.

Emperor Qingming smiled wryly and shook his head.

Wu Jian had already tested the buns for poison, and broke open another bun and took a bite.

After confirming that there is nothing wrong, let Emperor Qingming eat it.

Emperor Qingming took a bite of the leftover half of the bun, he paused, and ate half of the bun.

"This bun is so delicious?"

Zhao Chengyuan smiled, "Whether you can eat the eight-treasure steamed stuffed bun in Qingchun Building depends on chance, not just by spending money. Brother Huang, have you tasted which eight treasures it is?"

Emperor Qingming thought about it, and couldn't help picking up another one.

After taking a few mouthfuls, Fang said, "Deer tendon, abalone, shark's fin, bamboo fungus, I tasted these, what else is there?"

He can taste the smell of birds and beasts, but he can't taste what it is.I just think it tastes great together.

Zhao Chengyuan said with a smile, "Let the younger brother say yes, the emperor has to promise the younger brother a condition."

Emperor Qingming sighed, "If you talk about being close, you are closer to me than the prince and the others. A few of them, seeing me tremblingly one by one, how could they still be like you? .You say it!"

Zhao Chengyuan smiled, "I don't want to grab the baby this time, as long as the emperor doesn't punish my younger brother, it will be fine."

Emperor Qingming immediately guessed what he was going to say.

Zhao Chengyuan sighed wistfully, "Your brother just closed a city gate and caused so many troubles. Instead of helping Cheng Zhaoping, he ruined his own reputation. Those students are young and vigorous, and the old officials are also Follow along to join in the fun, I can't, I really have to force the emperor to confer title on my younger brother before I give up..."

Zhao Chengyuan got up and walked to Emperor Qingming, and poured him a cup of tea with his own hands, "Brother Emperor, you can save money for your younger brother, and you can be fined, but you don't need to be demoted?"

This was the first time Emperor Qingming had Zhao Chengyuan pour tea.

The dignity of his imperial brother is deep in his bones, to be able to pour tea for him is already an extremely humble gesture.

It's just that it's hard to say whether this low profile is for himself or to bring down Yongping Hou.

Emperor Qingming took a sip of tea slowly, his eyes were firm, "I know who you caught, but Marquis Yongping can't fall, no one can take his place, and keep all the ministries of the Great Zhou running. Even if he really kills people If it is set on fire, I have to protect him."

He looked at Zhao Chengyuan, "It's just that if you want to protect him, there's no way to protect you. Those old officials are pressing hard. If you don't tell the truth about your closing the city gate, I'm afraid even being lowered may not satisfy them."

Zhao Chengyuan leaned over to approach Emperor Qingming, "That is to say, the emperor knows that Marquis Yongping killed someone."

"Yes. He killed it."

Yongpinghou has already told him everything.

Zhao Chengyuan probably knew everything, and there was no need to hide it from him.

Zhao Chengyuan asked, "Then Yongping Hou gave the more than ten million taels of silver to the emperor brother to save his life, right?"

Emperor Qingming sighed secretly, his imperial brother is really a smart person, but fortunately his intelligence is only used to save his life and enjoy himself, and he is quite honest with his imperial brother.

He said frankly, "Yes. Even if he had selfish intentions, he probably didn't dare to keep much."

Thinking about the unprecedentedly rich private treasury, he felt extremely at ease in his heart.In order to transport the money to his private treasury, the hidden guards worked all night.

In the future, there is no need to reward ministers with silver, only one hundred and eighty taels of silver.Although the amount of money is a gift, but as the emperor, he is always so tight, and he is not happy.

If Marquis Yongping is convicted, then the tens of millions of taels of silver belong to the Chen family, and there is still Chen Youning in the Chen family, who wants to return the silver.

Zhao Chengyuan smiled and said, "Since this is the case, what are you afraid of, Brother Huang? Just let Dali Temple take Yongpinghou into custody and let them investigate. Convictions are all about getting personal stolen goods. If Dali Temple can't find the tens of millions of taels of silver , how to convict Yongping Hou?"

Emperor Qingming frowned.

How did he not think of this?
Since there are more than ten million taels of silver in Hu Zhifu's testimony, and most of them are cash, then this evidence must be searched out.If there is no money, it means that the prefect Hu made a false certificate, and then he will release Yongping Hou.

In this way, not only solved the old minister's attack, but also saved Yongpinghou once and for all.

"It's a good idea to have the best of both worlds."

Emperor Qingming looked at Zhao Chengyuan, "It's a waste of your brain if you don't get an errand to do it."

Zhao Chengyuan smiled and sat back, "Brother Huang, don't embarrass the younger brother. The younger brother is willing to bother with these trivial matters for the sake of protecting the title, but he can't really fill in himself."

Emperor Qingming laughed loudly, pointed at him and said, "Just be lazy!"

Wu Jian also laughed along with him.

The atmosphere in the imperial study room was unprecedentedly good.

Emperor Qingming turned his gaze to him, "Why are you laughing here?"

Wu Jian bowed and replied with a smile, "The servant sees the emperor is happy, so he is happy. The emperor hasn't smiled like this for several days."

"Well, I should be happy!"

Emperor Qingming picked up a steamed stuffed bun, held it up and asked Zhao Chengyuan, "Your prince has also been saved, can you tell me which eight treasures it is?"

Zhao Chengyuan smiled and said, "It seems that this Bazhen steamed stuffed bun is indeed a treasure, it can help my younger brother keep his title. My younger brother will have to send more rewards to Qingchun Tower later.

These eight treasures are the bear's paw and deer tendon from the eight treasures of mountains, the shark's fin and abalone from the eight treasures of the sea, the flying dragon and colorful bird from the eight treasures of birds, and the bamboo fungus of Hericium erinaceus from the eight treasures of grass.They were all delivered fresh and alive in a hurry, and it was not easy to collect them all.The handling of the ingredients is even more elegant, whether it is simmered or boiled, the ingredients in it are not necessarily easier to get than these ingredients.So being able to eat it last time depends entirely on fate. "

Emperor Qingming heaved a long sigh, "Sure enough, all the good things are in the folks. The emperor, I, is like a bird in a cage. My knowledge is short."

The things in the imperial dining room are all expensive and good things, but they are not so exquisite.

There were still three buns left in the paper bag, and he told Wu Jian, "Give these buns to the Queen Mother, Empress, and Royal Concubine, and send one to each of them, so that they can taste it too."

Zhao Chengyuan said, "There is no need to give it to the queen mother, the younger brother has already sent a copy. The queen mother was happy to eat, and even rewarded the younger brother with a black fox cloak."

He stood up and opened his arms to show off the cloak on his body. The noble black color made him even more precious like jade, which cannot be desecrated.

Emperor Qingming even felt that the color of ink was more suitable for him, making his temperament much colder and more precious, with a faint sense of oppression.

"Then there is no need to send it to the queen mother. I will send two to the queen and one to the royal concubine."

Wu Jian promised, wrapped the buns, and walked out with them.

"Hold on."

Emperor Qingming stopped him.

"There's no need to give it to the queen, just give it to Wang Guifei."

Wu Jian was slightly startled, and once again promised to back out.

(End of this chapter)