I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

late at night.

Chen Qingyun's room was brightly lit with candlelight.

It was late, but the empress still hadn't rested.

Looking at the secret letter on the table, she fell into deep thought.

Fortunately, she has been in Anding County these days, otherwise Jiang Zuo would definitely be in trouble.

If you think about it carefully, Yan Kang has no grudges against Jiang Zuo, so it is impossible for him to report Jiang Zuo in this way. There must be someone behind it.

Chen Qingyun also had a rough idea of ​​who was behind these plots.

The empress is now becoming more and more patient. She is waiting for the consequences of the major forces behind these ministers.

Although she had been on the throne for several years, her power was not yet firmly established. She had already investigated some inside information and found that some people in the court wanted her, a woman, to abdicate and hand the throne back to a man from the royal family of Chen.

Since ascending the throne, she has been facing a flood of doubts, and countless court officials have been pretending to obey her.

Chen Qingyun urgently needs to build his own team and needs more great achievements in both civil and military affairs.

Now the time has come, it's time to let Jiang Zuo come to Beijing and then confess his true identity to him...

Just as I was thinking about that, there was a knock on the door.

Chen Qingyun was startled and quickly put the secret letter away.

Who on earth came here in the middle of the night?

"Siyue, haven't you rested yet?"

Jiang Zuo's voice was heard outside the door.

Chen Qingyun said with some doubt, "I'm ready. What do you want?"

"Can you open the door?"

Jiang Zuo asked outside.

Chen Qingyun slowly stood up and opened the door.

She looked at Jiang Zuo's anxious face and asked in confusion, "What are you doing in my room in the middle of the night? Close the door."

"Ok."

Jiang Zuo walked into the room and then closed the door tightly.

"I mean, you go out and close the door behind you."

"It's okay. I just want to talk to you, Siyue, about something."

Jiang Zuo sat down naturally.

"It's so late, is there anything that can't be discussed tomorrow?"

Chen Qingyun was puzzled.

Jiang Zuo's eyes lingered on the locked box again, and he said, "I heard that His Majesty's reward should be coming soon. By then, I should be promoted to a higher position. After this period of time, I can marry Siyue."

"Then do you want to go back to the capital with me?"

Chen Qingyun's eyes lit up.

"That's fine, but I'm still a little worried."

Jiang Zuo's expression was quite conflicted at this moment.

"worry about what?"

Chen Qingyun didn't understand.

"She was worried that after I arrived in the capital, that woman would take the opportunity to arrest me and bring me to the palace, and then make me an official and give me a bunch of hard jobs..."

This is what Jiang Zuo is most worried about.

Logically speaking, he had already handled the disaster relief in Jizhou Prefecture and stabilized the situation in Mobei for the emperor.

After these two great achievements, the emperor should let Jiang Zuo take a break, right?

It's obviously impossible.

Chen Qingyun frowned slightly, thinking, "Jiang Zuo, are you so afraid of me?"

No matter what, Jiang Zuo, you must come to Beijing and serve as my Prime Minister!

"You came here in the middle of the night just to talk about this."

Chen Qingyun stared into Jiang Zuo's worried eyes.

"of course not."

Jiang Zuo stood up again and slowly walked to Chen Qingyun's side.

"Wait, move away from me."

Chen Qingyun had some concerns.

"Am I that scary?"

Jiang Zuo was unhappy.

"No, but you are a lecher. Who knows if you want to..."

Chen Qingyun maintained the coldness and arrogance of an empress, but she no longer had any dignity.

"Go, go, go."

Jiang Zuo smiled helplessly.

"If you have something to say, please tell me now. It's getting late and I need to rest too."

Chen Qingyun said calmly.

Jiang Zuo turned his head to look at the window, then lowered his voice and said something in Chen Qingyun's ear.

……

The next day.

Noon.

Chen Qingyun and Qiuyue had just returned to the mansion from outside, but they heard bursts of lively noises coming from inside.

When I entered the room, I saw a banquet set up in the living room.

The host of the banquet was naturally Jiang Zuo, the magistrate of Anding County.

At this moment, there were at least thirty people in the county magistrate's mansion, drinking and having fun together.

All I heard was Jiang Zuo drunkenly saying, "Come on, everyone, let's celebrate our pacification of Mobei. Let's do it."

After that, raise your glass.

Chen Qingyun frowned.

The so-called pacification of Mobei was just a temporary civil unrest among the northern barbarians, who stopped moving south. It did not mean that the border was completely pacified.

Jiang Zuo started celebrating so soon?

Thinking of what Jiang Zuo said to her last night, Chen Qingyun felt even more puzzled.

Jiang Zuo spoke ambiguously last night and Chen Qingyun had no idea what Jiang Zuo was doing.

What made Chen Qingyun even more displeased was that next to Jiang Zuo, there was a beautiful woman named Zhao Ruodong.

"Ruodong, pour the wine."

Jiang Zuo's face was ruddy and he was a little drunk, holding a wine glass in his hand.

Zhao Ruodong stood beside Jiang Zuo with a faint smile on his face and poured wine for Jiang Zuo.

"Jiang Zuo, why are you so drunk?"

Chen Qingyun stepped forward and asked, with obvious dissatisfaction in his tone.

In her opinion, Jiang Zuo had no other bad habits except greed for money, and the person in front of her was too unfamiliar.

"Siyue, you're here? Let's drink together. I'm not drunk yet."

Jiang Zuo raised his wine glass and drank it in one gulp.

"Don't drink if you're drunk."

Chen Qingyun looked displeased.

She really dislikes men who drink.

"Everyone is happy, what's wrong with drinking a little?"

Jiang Zuo didn't know if he was drunk, but his words were a little harsh.

As he said this, he began to urge everyone in the yamen to drink.

The others looked at each other. They all seemed to think that Chen Qingyun was the future wife of the county magistrate. At this moment, they didn't know whether they should drink or stop.

"Hush, sir, you've had too much to drink."

Master Guo quickly spoke out to stop him to prevent Jiang Zuo from losing his composure.

"Didn't you say a few days ago that you had a lot of things to deal with? Why are you spending your days drinking and partying here today?"

Chen Qingyun questioned.

Jiang Zuo's ears were red, and he was very drunk, but he still raised his glass and said, "Why should a woman care so much?"

Qiuyue, who was behind Chen Qingyun, was quite dissatisfied at the moment and stepped forward and said, "Master Jiang, what do you mean by this?"

She looked at Zhao Ruodong beside Jiang Zuo and thought, "Could it be that Jiang Zuo's true face has been revealed?"

Dare to offend the empress like this, it seems that Jiang Zuo is tired of living.

Chen Qingyun just said calmly: "You can't drink anymore."

"Leave me alone and keep pouring the wine."

Jiang Zuo waved his hand.

"Who has time to care about you?"

Chen Qingyun looked indifferent and turned away.

Jiang Zuo was still drunk and ignored Chen Qingyun.

"Sir, don't drink yet."

Master Guo pushed Jiang Zuo, reminding him to stop quickly.

After all, Master Guo knows the relationship between Jiang Zuo and Chen Qingyun best. If they continue to live a life of debauchery, wouldn't all their previous efforts be in vain?

But Jiang Zuo was already confused, and his hand unconsciously rested on Zhao Ruodong beside him. He just said, "It's okay, it's okay. Let's continue playing the music and dancing. Has the girl from Yinghua Tower arrived?"