No, I was just a concubine, how did I become the queen?

Coax them into returning the money first and promise to lend it out again later.

If this isn’t a compromise, what is?

Before, if anyone dared to mention this bad idea in front of the Fourth Master, he would scold that person so much that he would not want to be a human being.

But now is an emergency. On one side there is compromise and on the other side there are the vast number of disaster victims. It goes without saying which is more important.

So the Fourth Master carried out this method without any burden, and he even went out to play the victim in the middle of the night without any instruction.

The official who owed money was woken up in the middle of the night. He looked at the Four Kings of Hell with sleepy eyes and felt so sad that he could not even cry.

When he found out that the debt collector had come to his house in the middle of the night, he wanted to tell him that he was dead.

But this time the Fourth Master did not use harsh words, but was compassionate and acted pitifully!

Did you know that the Yellow River is flooding?

You know there's no money in the treasury, right?

You should pay back the money soon.

I will record your merit in front of the Emperor.

When the task is completed, you will definitely receive a commendation from the Emperor.

As for money?

You can borrow the money when the time comes.

You have both face and money!

When the officials heard this, they thought this business was possible!

In one night, most of the debt was collected by the Fourth Master.

When he was ready to set out to control the flood, his carriage was piled high with real gold and silver.

This was the first time the Fourth Master tried this tactic and he felt that these officials were nothing special. They would be fooled as soon as a carrot was dangled in front of them.

Why don't they think about this: if the national treasury has no money from now on, where can they borrow money from?!

He felt very happy because he felt that he had fooled a number of court officials with his intelligence and talent.

He even drew inferences from the incident and thought: raiding houses on the road is too despicable a method.

When the time comes, they will do the same thing again, playing the victim and cheating people.

The word "playing the victim" was told to him by Cha Cha, and it is indeed very useful.

Well, give her credit.

Lin Mingyan had no idea that she had been credited with a great deed by the future Emperor Yongzheng, and she had no idea that she had led someone several miles off the beaten path.

At this moment, she was sitting in front of the table eating breakfast with sleepy eyes. Because the big boss of the mansion was about to leave, she had to get up early.

"Princess, eat more quickly. It's almost time to send the Fourth Master off," Dujuan fed her the crystal shrimp dumplings mouthful by mouthful.

Lin Mingyan ate the food mechanically, grumbling, "Why do we have to send it to you?"

It's not that she didn't want to see the Fourth Master off, but it would be too inconsiderate for so many wives and concubines to stand together and kneel down to watch the Fourth Master's carriage leave.

She had already said goodbye to the Fourth Master privately yesterday, crying her eyes out.

The Fourth Master felt sorry for her and was impatient with others having to say goodbye to him, so he said there was no need to send her off.

As a result, we received a message from the main courtyard today, asking everyone to kneel at the gate of the mansion.

If she hadn't been punished by being beaten to death for insubordination, she really wanted to give Fu Jin a big bag so that she could shake out some of the water in her head.

"Okay, I won't eat anymore. Let's go first." Lin Mingyan touched her stomach and said uncomfortably, "I'll eat when I get back."

She usually gets up late, and it's not time for breakfast yet, so she can't eat anything.

He quickly ate a few mouthfuls of food, then got dressed and headed for the mansion gate.

Normally they are not allowed to pass through the second gate, but today the second gate leading to the front yard road was open.

All the wives and concubines, along with their maids, could go to the front yard.

When you reach the screen wall at the gate, you can vaguely see the busy crowd.

Those who load the trucks load the trucks, those who lead the horses lead the horses, and everyone comes and goes, each doing his own job.

The Fourth Master was also ready. Su Peisheng reported that the wife would bring all the princesses to see him off.

His expression was surprised: "Didn't I tell her yesterday that it's not necessary?!"

Fu Jin had a very strong will. After she gave up using Hibiscus Cream, she looked even colder and harder.

He agreed on the surface, but when it came to the final decision, he just gave his own orders.

She has her own set of opinions. Regardless of whether the Fourth Master needs his wives and concubines to see him off, it is her duty.

The Fourth Master himself wouldn't be in any trouble, but if this were to get to the Empress's ears in the palace, wouldn't that be her fault?

Oh.

Her eldest son was traveling on business, and there wasn't even anyone from the mansion to see him off. What kind of thing was that?!

It shows that sometimes, you just can't listen to men.

How could Su Peisheng dare to make the decision for Fu Jin? He could only say: "Since I'm here..."

Of course, now that I’m here.

The Fourth Master had no choice.

We've already made everyone busy, we can't just send them back now.

He turned his head and saw Cha Cha yawning, looking extremely sleepy.

I'm sure tears are coming out.

Thinking of Cha Cha's tearful eyes, his hand moved.

I wanted to pat her out of habit so that she would continue sleeping.

But thinking that we were already standing in the yard, we had no choice but to give up.

But he still looked at her deeply, and now he felt that Fu Jin's decision might be okay. At least he could see Cha Cha before leaving.

The Fourth Master looked at the gloomy sky and felt that it was the foreshadowing of a storm, so he said, "Let everyone get ready quickly and set off early."

It would be best to leave before it rains so that they can all go back.

After all, some people are afraid of rain, and if they get wet, they may feel uncomfortable for a long time.

Su Peisheng thought that the Fourth Master didn't want to get wet in the rain, so he went to give some instructions and asked everyone to hurry up.

The Fourth Master breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his servant's movements had become noticeably more agile.

The six princesses and even Mrs. Song arrived today, and the wife arrived late.

She lost a lot of weight when she stopped taking Hibiscus Cream, but her belly became bigger, like a ball with a few chopsticks stuck in it.

Lin Mingyan took a look and felt terrified.

No one said what kind of poison Fu Jin was given. In fact, because it was a secret medicine, no one outside the mansion knew about the poisoning. They just thought she was sick.

But looking at Fu Jin's appearance, Lin Mingyan even wondered if she was taking drugs. She looked too scary.

The concubine was so weak that she had to take a breath after walking two steps.

Because of this, Nanny Gui asked a young eunuch to bring a chair with her, and when they arrived, she let her sit down in the corridor.

But the others did not receive this treatment. Aunt Gui did not even intend to ask them to stand, but asked everyone to kneel down directly.

This is kneeling down to say goodbye to the master.

The Fourth Master frowned as he looked at Cha Cha, who had a not-so-small belly and knelt down with everyone else.

But since I was leaving soon, I didn't specifically ask her to get up.

After all, he will probably be away for quite some time this time, and he is afraid that Fu Jin will make things difficult for Cha Cha while he is away.

However, the Fourth Master still glanced at Nanny Gui, and the depth in his eyes made her feel uneasy.

"Madam, you are so thoughtful. I have prepared everything here. You can go back now." The Fourth Master didn't want to delay and wanted to send people back.

However, Fu Jin seemed to have taken the wrong medicine. She kept saying one sentence after another, and gave some meaningless instructions, which took her nearly a quarter of an hour.

Then she started talking about the Empress in the palace, her fourteenth brother, and so on, as if she wanted to tell him everything she had said in the past year.

The Fourth Master was almost getting impatient, but before he could lose his temper, there was a loud bang and heavy rain poured down.

His heart skipped a beat and he immediately turned to look at Cha Cha, and sure enough, he saw her pale face.