However, she also knew Xie Boting's dilemma. He had no imperial edict, and the Minister of Household Affairs did not believe him. He wanted to continue to search the Zhongyong Hou Mansion and put the old lady of the Zhongyong Hou Mansion in jail. Again, it was a great good thing, and this could never happen.
Tragedy comes.
Su Tang endured the discomfort and turned around to leave, but every step he took he felt his life passing by. Su Tang put his hands on his hips angrily, and his hand touched a hard object, and Su Tang's eyes lit up.
She turned back and said to Banxia, "Help me find the Minister of the Ministry of Finance."
Outside the study, Xie Boting and the Minister of Household Affairs stood there stiffly, one wanted to continue searching, and the other refused.
Hearing familiar footsteps, Xie Boting turned around and saw Su Tang coming. He asked, "Why are you here?"
Su Tang glared at him, "Let me just say that the emperor didn't reward me with this jade pendant. You have to think so."
Xie Boting, "......???"
What kind of reward is the jade pendant?
Why didn't he understand?
However, Su Tang had already bypassed him and went to see the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance.
Su Tang took out the jade pendant and handed it to the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue to read, "My husband did not bring the emperor's imperial edict, but after the emperor knew the inside story of the collapse of the salt negotiation, he gave this jade pendant to us. How much does the emperor value it?"
I don’t need to say more about this jade pendant, right?”
The jade pendant Su Tang held in her hand was exactly the one she picked up at a noodle stall at the junction of Suizhou and Wangzhou.
At first glance, she mistakenly thought this jade pendant belonged to the emperor. She did not believe that the Minister of the Ministry of Finance had seen it before.
I only saw it from a distance a few times, and I couldn't tell the difference between the two jade pendants.
The Minister of the Ministry of Finance wanted to take a closer look at the jade pendant, but Su Tang had already taken it back and said, "My husband has already conveyed the message, and the Lord Shangshu also saw the Emperor's token of the jade pendant. The Lord Shangshu insisted that he must see the imperial edict before he would send the officers and soldiers to the palace."
Withdraw and release everyone in the Zhongyong Hou family, we can't stop them."
"The affairs of Marquis Zhongyong's Mansion are related to our husband and wife, so I have a few words with Master Shangshu. Not only did Marquis Zhongyong not do anything bad this time, but he also made great achievements. The officers and soldiers were careless and damaged things in Marquis Zhongyong's Mansion.
Or if someone steals the sheep with unclean hands, or if Mrs. Zhongyong Hou is imprisoned, cannot bear the humiliation, and commits suicide, the Emperor will not only pick off a few heads, but at least a few black gauze hats to appease Zhongyong Hou."
"That's all I have to say. The rest is up to you, Lord Minister."
After saying that, Su Tang turned to Xie Boting and said, "I've said what needs to be said, let's go."
Xie Boting and Su Tang left together.
Behind him, the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance was really panicked. The jade pendant really looked like the emperor's. In such a hurry, it was impossible for the Princess of Jingnan to get a fake one.
The collapse of the negotiations between Marquis Zhongyong and the Northern Xinjiang Salt Treaty is indeed strange. Preserving Marquis Zhongyong’s mansion would be of no benefit to the prince and concubine of Prince Jingnan. They could not commit the crime of risking beheading to falsely pass on the imperial edict.
What if, as Princess Jingnan said, Marquis Zhongyong had made a great contribution, but the people in Marquis Zhongyong’s mansion committed suicide because he didn’t believe the emperor’s decree to withdraw the seizure? In order to appease the meritorious officials, the emperor might really kill him
Dismissal, demotion, or even worse punishment.
Thinking of this possibility, Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance felt a chill in his back and said quickly, "I will let you take away the emperor's imperial edict."
Su Tang looked at Xie Boting and raised his brows proudly.
Xie Baiting felt weak all over.
He tried his best to persuade her, but the Minister of Household Affairs did not listen. His wife used chicken feathers as arrows, no, duck feathers as arrows, and it actually worked.