After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

Qin Junyu added: "Celebrating the good news with the people cannot be just talk, but must be backed by concrete actions. My son's betrothal gift plus Miss Nian's dowry is about 10 million taels of silver, 30% of which is 3 million taels."

General Xiao was also shocked. Three million taels... What does three million taels mean? When the imperial palace was built, it only cost six million taels. Their investment was half of the imperial city.

"The annual disaster relief funds allocated by the imperial court are no more than 100,000 taels. If all 3 million taels were used for disaster relief, it would last about 30 years." He pointed out a specific number.

Three million taels is not a small amount. If the court can save thirty years of disaster relief funds, it will be a huge aid to the national treasury.

The more the emperor listened, the more shocked he was that his son and daughter-in-law actually had such awareness, and they were not just doing it for show, they had even calculated the numbers.

The emperor was very pleased, "Yu'er, you and Miss Nian care about the people, I am very pleased." He patted his knees, "Just do as you say, after all, it is your treasury, spend it however you want."

The two of them thanked him joyfully.

Wang Yuejiao stared at it in a daze, her mind still unable to figure out how huge sums three million taels and ten million taels were.

Qin Junyu asked casually, "What family matters are your father and the two adults discussing? Is there anything I can do to help?"

The emperor was in a much better mood and had a smile on his face, but he did not answer Qin Junyu's question. Instead, he changed the subject and asked about Jiangnan.

"Yu'er, have you met Jian Ting during the half month you and Miss Nian were in Yuhang?"

Wang Jizhong and Wang Yuejiao became nervous and clenched their sleeves unconsciously.

What they said just now were all their subjective speculations. After all, Xiao Jianting was not there, and no one could confirm whether it was true or not. But now it is different. Qin Junyu and Nian Susu really went to Jiangnan, and the emperor will definitely believe what they say.

Nian Susu nodded, "Of course, we were entrusted by General Xiao to send Miss Xiao to Wujun, and let the brother and sister meet at Mr. Xiao's mansion."

“And…” Her eyes darkened, as if she was thinking of something bad and was worried. “At that time, Your Highness and I fell off Jiuyun Mountain. It was because Young Master Xiao went into the mountain to search day and night that Your Highness and I were found so quickly. Otherwise, we would have been frozen to death at the bottom of the mountain.”

Qin Junyu also had a gloomy expression. "On the third day after my son and Miss Nian disappeared, everyone said there was no hope. Even the county governor had written a letter of apology and was ready to send it to Shengjing. It was Jian Ting who stopped him."

"If it weren't for Jian Ting's persistence and perseverance, I and Miss Nian might not have survived."

The two looked at each other, and the emotions conveyed in their eyes were very heavy.

The two of them really have a life-long friendship.

Nian Susu was pushed down the mountain, and Qin Junyu jumped down without hesitation to save her.

Qin Junyu was seriously injured and blinded, but Nian Susu did not abandon him and run away. Instead, he took on everything silently, picking wood to make a fire, fishing and picking wild fruits to fill his stomach, and picking herbs to treat his illness...

When I think about it now, I still feel that those five days were very important.

The emperor was touched. Since Xiao Jianting was so loyal and righteous, how could he ignore his family? Even if he didn't have Wang Yuejiao in his heart, out of responsibility and upbringing, he would not abandon Wang Yuejiao and settle down in Jiangnan from then on.

Maybe there was a misunderstanding?

The emperor's gaze slowly fell on Wang Jizhong and Wang Yuejiao, and the two shuddered.

"emperor……"

The emperor just looked at them meaningfully and said nothing. He then asked Qin Junyu and Nian Susu, "I heard that Jian Ting bought a house in Wujun?"

"Speaking of this house, there is an interesting story inside." Nian Susu couldn't help laughing.

Qin Junyu also seemed to be smiling, the two of them were in sync and were laughing at the same thing, but others didn't know why and could only stare at them in confusion and curiosity.

Nian Susu cleared his throat and explained, "The house that Master Xiao lives in now is actually a haunted house. A murder happened there, so the original owner didn't dare to live there and couldn't sell it. So Master Xiao acted like a good guy and bought the house back at a low price."

"This..." The emperor twitched his lips awkwardly, "What's so interesting about this?"

"What's interesting is... at that time there was a local girl who also wanted to buy the house. When she saw that it was sold at a low price, she was tempted and argued with Master Xiao for several days about it."

"Today you came and offered to raise the price, and tomorrow I will go to the owner to lower the price. As a result, the price of the house was raised by one hundred taels!" Nian Susu said with great excitement, quite like a storyteller in a teahouse.

The emperor was intrigued and couldn't wait to ask, "What happened next? Did Jian Ting spend an extra hundred taels to buy the house?"

"No." Nian Susu smiled mysteriously, deliberately keeping the answer in suspense.

General Xiao: "The girl felt that she couldn't raise the price any further, so she took the initiative to withdraw?"

"Not really." Nian Susu laughed, "In fact, Master Xiao talked to the girl privately. If they keep raising the price, the house will probably be sold at a sky-high price. So both parties decided to let the original owner decide who to sell it to, and sell it at the original price. The one hundred taels that were raised by the price will not count."

Emperor: "Then can the master agree?"

"I don't agree." Nian Susu shrugged, "But Master Xiao said that if it is not sold at the original price, he and the girl will not buy it. Apart from the two of them, no one in Wu County dares to approach the house. The owner is afraid that he can't sell it, so he has to agree."

The emperor laughed, "This kid is quite clever."

General Xiao was also amused. Just by listening to Nian Susu's description, he could imagine how funny the scene was.

The old-fashioned and dull Xiao Jianting bargained with people and dealt with girls. As a father, he had never seen such a lively side of his son.

Thinking of this, General Xiao felt a little disappointed.

Nian Su Su gave the story a perfect ending: "In the end, the owner felt that it was not good for the girl to live in a haunted house, so he sold the house to Mr. Xiao, and the matter of buying the house ended there."

In fact, she made up the rest of the story. When the girl found out that the person competing with her for the house was named Xiao Jianting, she gave up the competition without saying a word.

Nian Susu did not hide this matter from the emperor because the sale of the haunted house had caused quite a stir in Wujun, and it could be found out by asking anyone. If she deliberately concealed it, it would seem deliberate.

By adding some small details, no one would check so carefully, which would help protect Li Yaoyuan.

Because in the eyes of the emperor, she was just a girl from Wu County who wanted to buy a house but failed.

"It's really interesting." The emperor couldn't suppress his smile.

Qin Junyu: "In fact, the incident was very common. It was Miss Nian who was talented and told it so vividly."

Nian Susu: "It's a poor talker."