On the wedding day, my wife was abnormal

The words are divided into two parts.

Gu Beichen's first step failed because Lin Zhenxian did not force Lin Zhen to hand over the money, but he was also successful because Lin Zhenxian really intended to let Lin Zhen marry Sima Zhong's daughter, Sima Chunlei...

It is said that when the girl was born, there was a sudden thunderclap in the sunny weather. It was spring at the time, so she got this name.

She was also the only daughter of the Sima family, so she was loved by her family since she was a child, especially Sima Zhong, who spoiled her almost like a treasure in his palm, which led to the girl's hot temper.

If Gu Beichen knew about this, he would wake up laughing in his dreams, and might even turn it into a joke and spread it among the people.

After the morning court session, Gu Beichen came to Murong Yan's council hall. He was much more obedient now, and he diligently served Murong Yan and gave her advice.

At this moment, Murong Yan was staring at the memorial on the dragon table with a frown on her face. Gu Beichen stood behind her and asked, "Your Majesty, why are you frowning?"

"Alas, the twelve counties of Liaodong have been devastated by rain, and the harvest has been completely destroyed. I'm afraid the people there will starve again this year."

"Your Majesty, this matter is not difficult to resolve. The Liaodong region is a plain surrounded by two mountain ranges to the east and west. A little heavy rain will cause flooding. As long as we dredge the river and connect it to the sea from the inland, this problem will not happen again when it rains next year."

Murong Yan's eyes lit up. "That's right! Judge Gu is still clear-headed. I will issue an order immediately to have the people of Liaodong widen the river and drain the water."

Gu Beichen smiled smugly, but Murong Yan was about to start writing when she remembered something: "Widening the river can prevent floods, but the problem is what to do this year. The people will starve to death without a harvest."

"Your Majesty, just send a trusted minister with food and cloth to Liaodong for disaster relief. As long as we can survive this winter, things will get better tomorrow."

"But the agricultural taxes haven't been collected yet, and the Ministry of Revenue can't afford disaster relief."

Gu Beichen's eyes changed, and he said maliciously: "I can call on the ministers to raise funds, and there will always be some emergency funds. In addition... I heard that Lin Zhen recently made a fortune..."

Sure enough, Murong Yan was instantly attracted by this sentence.

"Windfall? What does that mean?"

"I only heard that Lin Zhen received a large fortune the day before yesterday, the amount is no less than one million taels."

"What!!" Murong Yan immediately frowned.

Daqian only collected a few million in taxes a year, so how could Lin Zhen get so much money?!

"Someone come! Let Lin Zhen enter the palace!"

"Your Majesty, wait a minute!"

"Lin Zhen is good at sweet talk. He can turn right into wrong with just a few words. Why don't we..." Gu Beichen's voice became increasingly low, as if he was brewing a great conspiracy: "We can ask the Regent to come to the palace. Given his temperament, he will definitely disdain to lie."

Murong Yan suddenly understood and looked at Gu Beichen with admiration: "As expected of my think tank, your words make sense! Come, summon the Regent to the palace."

......

Wangfu.

Lin Zhenxian really invited Sima Zhong.

The two old foxes were sitting in the pavilion of the Jingxin Garden playing chess, with two maids standing behind them, fanning them, and taking advantage of the breeze, they looked quite comfortable.

"Zhongkang, you've lost this round again." Lin Zhenxian laughed triumphantly. Sima Zhong threw all the white pieces in his hand into the chess bowl and said with a helpless smile, "Your humble servant is no match for the prince. I admit defeat."

"Hahahaha, I see you're a bit restless today and have made several wrong moves in a row. But is there something bothering you?"

"To be honest, Your Majesty, your Majesty's birthday is in three days, but I am incorruptible and don't know what to give him."

Lin Zhenxian was also troubled by this matter in the past few days, but now that Lin Zhen had made a fortune, he didn't have to worry anymore. He smiled and said, "Haha, this is His Majesty's first birthday, so the gifts are optional. It's not appropriate to be extravagant."

"Oh? What do you mean, Your Highness?"

"This gift is so good. What should I give you next time? Your Majesty doesn't only celebrate his birthday this year."

"Well, Your Highness is right." Sima Zhong nodded in agreement. Then, something suddenly occurred to him and he said, "Your Highness suddenly summoned me into the palace today. Is there something going on?"

"Hahahaha." Talking about business, Lin Zhenxian laughed heartily. "I heard that you have a daughter who is waiting to be married off. Have you found a good family for her?"

"Well, even mentioning this gives me a headache. This girl of mine doesn't like anyone and doesn't want to marry anyone. Every time a matchmaker comes to the house, she kicks her out. Otherwise, she wouldn't still be at home at the age of twenty."

Lin Zhenxian rarely showed a lewd smile: "So what do you think of Zhen'er?"

"Prince? Your Majesty, please don't joke with the official. Didn't the prince just get married a few days ago?"

"You know what happened on the wedding day. A woman like Liu Shuyao is not worthy of being the mistress of the palace!"

"But will the prince agree to divorce his wife? After all, he used to..."

Sima Zhong left half of the sentence unsaid, meaning that Lin Zhen was willing to die for Liu Shuyao before, so would he agree to divorce his wife now?

Lin Zhenxian said with a smile: "Haha, Zhen'er is different from before. He is shrewd and resourceful. He won't care about Liu Shuyao. Zhongkang, you and I are straightforward people. Stop fussing and just tell us whether this matter is feasible or not."

Sima Zhong looked embarrassed.

"Your Majesty, please excuse me and let me go back and ask how my daughter is doing."

"Nonsense! Parents' orders and matchmakers' words. When did it become the younger generation's turn to make the decision?"

Sima Zhong curled his lips and thought to himself, isn't it Lin Zhen who decides your family's marriage?

Otherwise, with your temper as the Regent, would you spare no effort to support the Liu family?

Sima Zhong was just wondering how to refuse when the housekeeper came in to report.

"Master, someone is coming from the palace."

"Ok?"

After saying this, the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict walked in from outside the Moon Gate. It was Murong Wushe.

He showed his two rows of yellow teeth in a servile manner, squinted his eyes and said in an androgynous tone: "Your Majesty, His Majesty invites you to the palace."

"Did you tell me what it was about?"

Wushe shook his head and said, "No."

"Hmm..." Lin Zhenxian murmured and looked at Sima Zhong, who also said in confusion.

"Your Majesty has never summoned the prince so urgently... As the saying goes, those who are kind do not come, and those who come are not kind."

Lin Zhenxian thought about it and felt that there must be something going on, otherwise Murong Yan would not have been so anxious to send a eunuch to summon him.

But what could it be? Could it be that he knew about Lin Zhen's stolen money?

Impossible. The Gu family has no reason to slap themselves in the face.

Lin Zhenxian pondered for a moment and said, "Housekeeper, go call Zhen'er."

After that, he turned to Wushe and said, "Mr. Wushe, please wait for a moment in this palace."

"Old slave, I obey."