The Dark Prince's Special Forces Concubine

The two officials looked at each other with unswerving expressions, and both knelt before Emperor Tai'an to clarify themselves: "Your Majesty, we two humble officials are willing to swear on our official hats that we have never been biased towards Miss Mu and falsified the account books! If there is any problem found, we are willing to take off our official hats and be demoted to commoners!"

What these two officials said is quite harsh!

Both of them put their entire fortunes on the line, and it was clear that they were angry at Lord Yao for doubting their professional ethics.

At this moment, Lord Yao was in a panic: It seemed that Mu Qingqing's account book should be fine! Then what should he do? Should he really sell everything he had to scrape together a million taels of silver? If so, the Shangshu Mansion would have to live a dull life in the future...

Mu Qingqing, who was standing on the side, looked at Lord Yao's hesitation. What else did she not understand? But it didn't seem to be fun to knock down the enemy in one go!

The corners of her mouth curled up into a cruel and cold smile, and the beautiful girl instantly became arrogant and dangerous: "Master Yao, it seems that you are very dissatisfied with the result of the comparison test? How about we try a bigger one?"

Clenching his fists, Lord Yao never thought that he would be forced into such a desperate situation! He could only stare at Mu Qingqing with angry eyes: It has come to this, and you are still talking nonsense! What on earth do you want to do?

Emperor Tai'an walked to Mu Qingqing's side and asked kindly, "Miss Mu, do you have any good suggestions? Tell me so I can hear them."

As long as it is good for the national treasury, I will support it to the end!

Mu Qingqing bowed to Emperor Tai'an and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, I heard that Donglin Kingdom is the organizer of the Four Kingdoms Tournament next year. I will pay the prize money of 5 million taels of silver provided by Donglin Kingdom next year, and I will buy out the place for the competition. Of course, if I am lucky enough to win the first place, I will only get back the principal of 5 million taels, and the remaining 7 million taels will be used to fill the national treasury!"

After Mu Qingqing finished speaking, she glanced at Master Yao with an evil look and asked faintly, "Master Yao, do you want to make a bet with me? What will be the result of the game?"

Emperor Tai'an was extremely happy about Mu Qingqing's suggestion: Every year in the Four Kingdoms Tournament, Donglin Kingdom took out five million taels of silver from the treasury just to accompany the other three kingdoms! The fourth place for a thousand years! Now there is a sucker (although it seems a bit inappropriate to compare it to the sixth brother's wife) willing to pay this money, of course he is more than happy!

But I must not show it on my face, otherwise if my sixth brother finds out, I will definitely have a hard time!

As for Mu Qingqing's suggestion that if he won, he would deposit the 7 million taels of silver into the national treasury, Emperor Tai'an didn't even dare to think about it - he could forget about dreaming about it!

The officials present all looked at Mu Qingqing as if she was a fool: Is the daughter of Prime Minister Mu's family crazy? Why is she still such a spendthrift? This is five million taels of silver! Not five hundred taels! Even if her mother is the richest woman, she can't make it up like this! It seems that the rumors are not all false - at least the rumor that she is a gambler is true!

However, the other officials in the Ministry of Revenue were all overjoyed: Miss Mu is such a good person! She knows that the treasury is tight, so she is saving money for the treasury! This way, next year's hot summer, we don't have to be stingy to allocate disaster relief funds to the victims! Can we also put the repair of the river embankment on the agenda?

As for what Mu Qingqing said about winning 7 million taels and depositing it into the national treasury, none of the officials present took it seriously - because it was impossible to happen at that time!

Prime Minister Mu, who was very sharp-eyed and sharp-eared, walked quickly to Mu Qingqing and whispered in her ear in front of the emperor: "Qingqing, you seem to be playing a little too big? Are you sure?"

As he spoke, his bright eyes swept over the officials around him: most of them were looking at him with mockery and ridicule!

He looked back at them angrily: I love my daughter, even if I have to waste five million taels of silver on her, as long as she is happy, it is no big deal!

Mu Qingqing nudged Prime Minister Mu's waist with her elbow and whispered, "Father, don't worry! The person who made my daughter suffer is still in her mother's belly! Just watch and relax!"

Only by casting a long line can you catch a big fish! The fat piece of meat of the Minister of Revenue is not worth one million taels of silver no matter how you look at it!

Lord Yao didn't know that he was already on Mu Qingqing's blacklist. But according to what Mu Qingqing said, this time the one million taels of gambling money might be lost.

With a happy look on his face, he asked, "I wonder what the result of the competition that Miss Mu mentioned is...?"

Mu Qingqing deliberately said in a wicked and arrogant voice: "Since Lord Yao has doubts about today's account book competition, then the arithmetic questions asked by my Donglin Kingdom in this four-nation competition will be solved! Moreover, I will use the Arabic numerals and multiplication tables used today to defeat the other three countries! And I bet that in this competition, Donglin Kingdom will be the first!"

Lord Yao thought to himself with joy: This Miss Mu is really crazy! She is also stupid----she obviously won the game today, but she is so crazy that she wants to make a bigger one! The result of the Four Kingdoms Tournament, Donglin Kingdom ranked third! Not to mention first place? ! Isn't it obvious that she lost to me! Hahaha! A fool is a fool, and she really thinks she is a saint after being smart for a while!

Lord Yao looked serious and tensed his face. He asked Mu Qingqing sternly, "The bet that Miss Mu mentioned refers to the result of the Four Nations Tournament? If Donglin Kingdom wins first place, then Miss Mu wins. If Donglin Kingdom ranks second, third, or fourth, then I win. I wonder if my understanding is correct?"

This involves one million taels of silver in front of him and even more chips for the bet later. Lord Yao must of course ask carefully and clearly.

"Yes, that's right!" Mu Qingqing nodded arrogantly, "The stakes of this bet will be doubled. If Donglin Kingdom is lucky enough to get first place among the four countries, then Lord Yao must pay two million taels of silver into the national treasury. If Donglin Kingdom does not get first place, then I will pay the five million taels that Donglin Kingdom paid this time. How do you think?"

Betting two million taels of silver for five million taels of silver, even a fool would know that it is a profit!

It’s just that neither side got a share of the winnings, it all went into the national treasury.

Lord Yao's eyes flickered as he lowered his head, and he asked again, "Miss Mu, what about today's game..."

Can the loss of one million taels of silver be voided?

"Oh, you mean the one million taels you lost today~~" Mu Qingqing deliberately left out the long tones of the four words "one million taels", and then said generously in front of Lord Yao's gloomy face: "Forget it then! Don't forget to pay next time you lose..."

The domineering and shabby temperament of the turtle is perfectly captured!

As she was talking, Mu Qingqing suddenly frowned and said quietly, "Master Yao, in order to ensure that the gambling money can be smoothly deposited into the treasury next time, I think it is better to sign a contract. What do you think?"

Yes! What if you lose next time and want to default on your debt? The officials nearby understood and made up their minds.

Lord Yao's originally gloomy face seemed to be dripping with thick ink after hearing these words: How much do they think of my character!

However, signing a contract is exactly what I want. If I am afraid that she will default on her debt, who can I complain to? With a contract, I won't be afraid of her defaulting on her debt...

So, Lord Yao readily agreed: "I think what Miss Mu said is absolutely right! Then let's sign a contract! The civil and military officials will bear witness, and the emperor will supervise."

Emperor Tai'an looked at them with an unclear expression: You just decided on the match? Have you asked me if I agree? Do you still have me in your eyes? Even though it was impossible for him to disagree with this bet!

Glancing at Prime Minister Mu, he saw him standing next to Mu Qingqing so casually, without any awareness of being a parent of a little girl, and didn't know how to keep an eye on her.

Looking at Mu Qingqing again, she looked arrogant and domineering, which was completely different from the calm and composed appearance when she just entered the palace.

Emperor Tai'an was really curious, which one was Miss Mu's true face?