Two couples of men and women were sitting on the floor across from each other on a black table.
Lu Zhan was wearing a moon-white brocade robe today. The collar and sleeve corners of the robe were embroidered with orchid grass with gold thread. His black hair was tied up with a white jade hairpin. He looked as gentle as jade and looked like a handsome young man.
Look at this face, this temperament, this charm, it’s top-notch! It’s top-notch!
Princess Xiao kept sighing in her heart while her eyes were filled with stars.
Before that, she had always thought that her father was the most handsome man in the world, with sharp edges and corners, tall and mighty, but now it seemed that her father was still too rough, at least compared to the man in front of her!
"Ahem!" Seeing that his sister's eyes were about to stick to Lu Zhan, the prince of Zhennan, Xiao Mubei, finally couldn't hold back and coughed twice, covering his mouth.
He knew that his sister was a perfect beauty control, but he didn't expect that she would behave so embarrassingly!
Princess Xiao obviously realized that she had just been too eager. She cleared her throat, and immediately withdrew her eyes from Lu Zhan, and changed the subject, "Brother, you haven't introduced us yet.
Is this young master here?”
"Are you blind? He is Lu Er! You were the Lu Er who insisted on marrying him when you were a child, but he thought you were ugly and refused to agree. You went home and cried all day and night for the same Lu Er!" Xiao Mubei breathed out.
After finishing speaking, he did not forget to roll his eyes fiercely at his sister.
With a 'clang' sound, Princess Xiao felt as if her head had been hit hard by someone. The stars in her eyes were instantly extinguished. She gritted her teeth and took several deep breaths before she managed to stop herself from losing her hair.
The 'shame' of the whole place was picked up, "So you are Lu Er. I didn't expect that I haven't seen you for several years, but you have grown a bit like a human being!"
Lu Zhan smiled apologetically at Princess Xiao, then raised his hand and bowed to her, saying in a crisp voice, "Princess, it was Lu who ignorantly offended you back then, so I will forgive you here.
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Princess Xiao snorted twice, and then said with a look of disgust on her face, "Okay, stop pretending here, let's get down to business! Is there any way you can make those old foxes in the household department spit out their money?
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Lu Er better tell something, otherwise, she will let him taste what it feels like to be beaten out of Zhennan Palace by a woman today!
Lu Zhan smiled and looked at Xie Wu with his narrow eyes.
Xie Wu frowned slightly, and then she took the opportunity to pour tea for Xiao Muqing to avoid Lu Zhan's sight.
Lu Zhan smiled again, raised his hand, and then smiled and said to Xie Wu, "Cousin Wu, please give me a cup of tea."
Xie Wu paused slightly as she poured the tea.
Lu Zhan seemed not to notice the unnatural look in Xie Wu's eyes. In fact, seeing Xie Wu's hesitation, he simply put his tea cup in front of Xie Wu.
"Cousin Wu, I'm sorry."
"Excuse me, why bother? You don't have any hands and you can't do it! My wife is not your maid. Do you have a big face or a big face? Also, don't go from cousin to cousin, who is your cousin!
"Xiao Muqing glared at Lu Zhan and said with great displeasure.
Xie Wu, who was so angry at Lu Zhan that she felt tight in her chest, unconsciously curved her lips when she heard Xiao Muqing's words.
But after Princess Xiao said this, she still felt that she had not performed well. She thought for a while, then suddenly reached out and snatched the teapot from Xie Wu's hand, and then neatly stuffed the whole teapot into Lu Zhan's arms.
"You want some tea? No, here you go, drink whatever you want!"
"Hahahaha!" Prince Xiao in front of Lu Zhan burst into deafening laughter.
Xie Wu couldn't help but curl her lips.
Lu Zhan smiled and shook his head, reached out to pick up the teapot in his arms, and then skillfully poured himself a cup of tea. Then, he smiled and said, "Princess, Lu's young and ignorant mistake will not lead to serious consequences."
Do you still feel aggrieved after all these years?"
Xiao Muqing rolled his eyes vigorously, then snatched the tea cup from Lu Zhan's hand, "Okay, don't drink this tea, please shut your mouth and get out of here right away!"
Otherwise..." Having said this, Xiao Muqing smiled sadly, then stood up and lifted up the corners of his sleeves.
"If you want the Ministry of Household Affairs to pay for it, then naturally you have to find a way to start with the Ministry of Household Affairs!"
"You don't have to say this! Xiao Mubei, who are the people you know! Is he worth it for you to secretly give him my iron ball without my consent?" Xiao Muqing glared at Xiao Muqing.
Bei delivered another meal.
When the iron ball was mentioned, Xiao Mubei shrank his neck and did not dare to hum.
Drinking makes things worse!
If he hadn't been drunk, how could he have overestimated his ability and made a bet with Lu Zhan, a thousand-year-old fox? It didn't matter if he lost to save face, now he had even offended his own sister.
Princess Xiao's words were so straightforward that Xie Wu, who had been watching the battle, couldn't help but cover her mouth with her hands and started laughing.
Seeing Xie Wu's movements, Lu Zhan unconsciously curled up his lips. At the same time, he also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Princess Xiao's mouth never disappoints people. He only hopes that Princess Xiao's slap in the face can make Ah Wu calm down a little bit about him. In this way, he will be worthy of his meal in front of the Xiao brothers and sisters today.
Fu Xiaomai is good.
"The Minister of Hubu is a slippery old fox. Moreover, Anqing Prefecture was hit by another disaster this year. The Hubu allocated 200,000 taels of silver in real money. Therefore, they have more reason to argue that the Hubu can't get it.
Give me money." Lu Zhan said again unhurriedly.
"What a joke! Our mighty Wei Kingdom only has these two hundred thousand taels of silver!" Xiao Muqing said angrily.
"Of course there are more, but in addition to the money allocated for disaster relief, the Ministry of Revenue can also find a lot of places to use the money, such as repairing palaces and imperial tombs, and transporting silt from rivers, etc..."
"Ha! We have money to repair palaces and mausoleums, but no money to pay military salaries! Are all the officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs eating shit!" After hearing what Lu Zhan said, Xiao Muqing was so angry that he even said the words "eat shit" in the end.
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"Sister, please speak more politely! How can a girl eat shit but not eat shit!"
Xiao Muqing raised his eyebrows and was about to get angry when he heard Xiao Mubei's voice rang again.
"Although I also think they ate shit, you should let me, a man, say this!"
Xiao Muqing gave Xiao Mubei a hard look, and then sat back in her seat bitterly. She looked at Lu Zhan with a livid face and said, "I don't believe that the Ministry of Finance really can't get the money. At worst, I will go to the palace."
See the Holy One!"
Lu Zhan glanced at Xiao Muqing as if he were a fool.
Even Xie Wu frowned and lowered her eyes.
Emperor Zhengxuan could not have known about such a big thing as arrears in military pay. The Jin Yiwei were not vegetarians, and the officials in the Ministry of Revenue were not fools either. If you gave them a hundred courage to report such a big thing, they would not be able to conceal it and deceive the emperor.
Therefore, the only possibility is that the Hubu must have brought this matter to light and got the approval of Emperor Zhengxuan.
Princess Xiao, who had calmed down, also realized how stupid what she had just said was. She picked up the tea that Xie Wu had just poured for her, raised her head and poured it in. After drinking, she put the teacup down heavily.
On the ground, he said again, "His grandma's, is this your majesty..."
"Ahem!" Xie Wu reluctantly covered her mouth and coughed heavily.
"Sister!" Xiao Mubei also shouted vigorously.
Xiao Muqing looked at his brother's furious face and retracted his neck with guilt for the first time.
"What the princess means is that your majesty is not clear about the situation in Yunnan? If someone can talk to your majesty in person, your majesty might understand the hardships of the soldiers." Xie Wu looked at Xiao Mubei and said softly.
Seeing Xie Wu come over to help his sister, Xiao Mubei finally looked a little better.
However, looking at Xie Wu, Xiao Mubei's eyes suddenly moved. He pondered for a while, and finally decided to speak to Xie Wu, "Miss Xie, I would like to ask if there is any military pay in Ningxia this year."
Delinquent?"
Xie Wu looked at Xiao Mubei and smiled softly, "This prince should know better than me, after all..." Xie Wu did not say any more, but she looked at Lu Zhan out of the corner of her eye.
Lu Zhan smiled lightly at Xie Wu, and then followed her words, "Maybe Prince Xiao thinks that I am not trustworthy, so I want to ask my cousin you again." After that, he paused slightly, and then said
The smile on his face faded, and he said seriously, "Of course the Ministry of Revenue owes only the military pay of the Southern Yunnan Army. The military pay from everywhere has not been paid... In fact, Xiao Shizi asked his cousin this just because he wanted to
I know the reaction of the old Marquis."
Xie Wu frowned.
It was really hard for her to answer this.
Fortunately, Lu Zhan also knew that Xie Wu was not easy to answer, so he continued, "Actually, although other departments also have some opinions, it is because they do not owe much military pay, and the Ministry of Revenue also promised them that next year
They will make up for it, so naturally they have nothing to say."
After all, the thorn in the side of the King of Zhennan, who showed his dissatisfaction, won't be fought over by the old foxes from the Ministry of Household Affairs. If they don't accept it, they might be like the King of Zhennan and reduce the original amount by three levels.
That's when I really felt like crying without tears!
"I don't understand why those old foxes in the Ministry of Finance are fighting against our Zhennan Palace? How did we offend them?" Xiao Muqing frowned, angry and puzzled at the same time.
Lu Zhan smiled and said, "You didn't offend the Ministry of Household Affairs, you offended the prince."
"Prince?" Xiao Muqing frowned even more tightly.
She thought about it again and again, but she still didn't understand how Zhennan Palace offended the prince! After all, Zhennan Palace and the prince, one is in Yunnan and the other is in the capital! These two have nothing to do with each other!
Lu Zhan didn't say anything, but Xiao Mubei opened his mouth to clear up his sister's confusion, "Last year, the prince wanted to have you as a concubine, and he also sent people to find out what his father had said, but he beat him up."
pause."
"What the fuck!" Princess Xiao cursed the harshest curse of the day, and her voice was extremely loud.
Xiao Mubei wanted to cough twice more to remind his sister, but when he thought of the damn things the prince had done, he simply closed his eyes.
"I said this time my mother-in-law wanted to take me back to my mother's house, but my father refused no matter what. It turns out that there is another reason for this!" Princess Xiao said angrily through gritted teeth.
Xiao Mubei snorted twice and said, "Do you think dad is afraid that you will be kidnapped by the prince before letting you come to Beijing? Dad is afraid that you will beat the prince!"
"Shouldn't he be beaten?" Princess Xiao retorted unconvinced.
"He deserves a beating! But if you beat him up, it doesn't matter if you are unlucky. I, father, mother, and the entire Yunnan Palace will also be unlucky with you!" Prince Xiao continued unyieldingly.
"Then why are you telling me this!" Princess Xiao became even more angry when she heard this.
"I have to give you a warning in advance, who knows you might meet the prince one day!" Prince Xiao said again.
Seeing the two brothers and sisters arguing so hard that the veins in their necks were thick, even Xie Wu couldn't help lowering her eyes and laughing. At this moment, a hand holding the teapot stretched out towards her, Xie Wu
Wu hurriedly raised her eyes and saw Lu Zhan smiling peacefully and comfortably across from her.
The sound of trickling tea filled my ears.
But Xie Wu's eyes were filled with Lu Zhan's narrow, smiling peach blossom eyes.
It turns out that Lu Zhan’s eyes are so beautiful.