Chapter 94 What do you like about her?◇
Hu Xiang's decision to donate half his wealth to save his son's life signifies that his faction of powerful individuals has temporarily lost the battle against Emperor Chengqian...
Although he still couldn't seriously injure Prime Minister Hu this time, Emperor Cheng Qian was still very happy to give him a warning!
To prevent Prime Minister Hu from having time to transfer his property, Emperor Chengqian decided to send someone from the Ministry of Revenue to Prime Minister Hu's residence the next day to hand over the property to his accountant.
But now, no one knows how many of the people in the Ministry of Revenue were planted by Prime Minister Hu. Emperor Cheng Qian felt that he was not particularly confident no matter who he sent, so he had to send someone he trusted to represent him and look after those people in the Ministry of Revenue.
But who to send became a problem...
In theory, it would be most appropriate to send his second grandson. Zhu Chi has been working in the Ministry of Revenue for more than half a year and is already an expert in accounting. The accountants in the Ministry of Revenue should not be able to fool him.
But... he was too gentle. This time he would have to argue with the accountants at Prime Minister Hu's mansion. If he went, he wouldn't be able to get back a single cent of the money hidden behind it...
No, Emperor Cheng Qian felt that he had to send a tough guy to fight against those people. His fifth grandson was suitable for this, and the twelfth one was also okay, but these two guys were only good for counting numbers, but for settling accounts?
I'm afraid that by then the accountants won't even have to argue with them, they can just team up with the people from the Ministry of Revenue to fool them...
Emperor Chengqian also considered not sending people from the Ministry of Revenue, but if he didn't send people from the Ministry of Revenue and sent people from the military, it would be like a house raid...
Oh! What a hassle!
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"Grandfather, are you worried about who to send to Prime Minister Hu's residence to collect the money?!"
Zhu Xi, who had just returned from the hot spring villa with Emperor Cheng Qian, saw his grandfather looking at him several times and couldn't help asking.
"How do you know?" Emperor Cheng Qian was delighted when he heard this. He thought that his grandson was quite smart.
"Hey! You are so short of money, it's a good thing that you can't bear to send someone over today. How can you wait until tomorrow!" Zhu Xi replied with a grin.
Emperor Cheng Qian... Well, it's quite smart of you to think of this!
"Then who do you think is suitable to collect the silver?" asked Emperor Cheng Qian.
"Me!" Zhu Xi immediately volunteered, "Grandfather, please send me! Haha, I really want to see Prime Minister Hu's ugly face!"
Emperor Chengqian...
He raised the document on the table and slapped it at him, glaring at him and saying:
"You better take a look at your grandfather's ugly face first, kid. It's already this late and you're still joking around?!"
Zhu Xi was not angry even after being beaten, and continued to smile and said:
"Haha, Grandfather, don't worry. Although I'm here just to watch the fun, I'll definitely do the job you assign me to do beautifully!"
Emperor Cheng Qian: "You? I'm afraid the account book recognizes you, but you don't recognize him?! The Ministry of Revenue has many accountants, but can you catch them all?"
"Why not the people from the User Department? Grandfather, are you stupid? We can find someone ourselves!" Zhu Xi immediately said after hearing this:
"Besides, after we get the silver back, we don't have to submit it to the Ministry of Revenue. Since Prime Minister Hu can't openly discuss buying his son's life, why return it to the Ministry? Why not put the silver in your own private vault? You can use it however you want!"
Emperor Cheng Qian... This is a good idea, but could his grandson have come up with this idea? He couldn't help but ask:
"You made up all this?!" Why is he so unconvinced?!
Zhu Xi said honestly, "No, it was Zhou Jin who gave me the idea. It was also his idea to find those women to tease Hu Xiang yesterday!"
Emperor Chengqian, as expected!
"Did he tell you yesterday to put Prime Minister Hu's money into my private treasury?" Emperor Cheng Qian asked again.
"Well, Brother Jin said, this is called giving someone a taste of their own medicine. Prime Minister Hu is shameless, so we can be even more shameless than him!"
Zhu Xi said excitedly, but then he felt that what he had just said was a bit like Zhou Jin scolding his grandfather for being shameless, so he quickly explained:
"Uh...! Grandfather, the word 'shameless' wasn't said by Brother Jin, it was added by me! Uh... I didn't mean to say you were shameless. I meant to say that Prime Minister Hu was shameless... Uh... that doesn't seem right..."
To prevent his grandfather from blaming Zhou Jin, Zhu Xi hurriedly explained, but the more he explained, the more confusing it became...
"Alright, alright! Stop explaining!"
Emperor Cheng Qian interrupted him impatiently, thought for a moment, and then said to him seriously:
"Xi'er, haven't you noticed? Those kids in the Zhou family are so smart! Whether it's that Zhou Po from yesterday, or that girl Zhou Yu, or even Zhou Jin! If you're so close to them, aren't you afraid they'll take advantage of you?"
It might be okay now, but if his grandson becomes a prince one day, has his own fiefdom, and marries the girl from the Zhou family, will the Zhou family be able to control his grandson in the future?! After all, his grandson is so stupid!
Emperor Cheng Qian looked at his grandson and thought, if the Zhou family was just mediocre people who wanted to rely on his grandson to make some money, it would be fine, but it was obvious that these children were not mediocre people... If one day their ambitions grew, would they instigate his grandson to rebel?
Hadn't Zhou Ruian been plotting for years, wanting to secure his position for his grandson?! They're all members of the Zhou family too!
"Xi'er! You have to know that you must be on guard against others! Especially when you are in the royal family, one wrong step could lead to eternal damnation!"
Emperor Cheng Qian looked at his grandson and spoke earnestly.
Zhu Xi looked at his grandfather's face, which had become increasingly old due to his concern for state affairs, and recalled how his hair turned white overnight after his father's death. After thinking for a moment, he fell to his knees and took Emperor Chengqian's hand and said frankly:
"Grandfather, I know what you're worried about! But please believe me. I may not be as smart as some people, but I can still tell who's good to me and who's bad!
When I was a kid, I might not have understood how I could be spoiled by others, but the things I have experienced and the horizons I have gained in recent years have made me a different person than before!
"My grandson knows you're angry with Lord Zhou, so you're wary of the Zhou family. But from my perspective, Lord Zhou may be wrong, but he... has no selfish motives towards me. He tried every possible way to curry favor with my father, truly wanting to help me ascend to the throne! But he didn't do this for himself. He simply worried that given my background, if I couldn't take... your place, I would be doomed to a miserable end!"
But all of this ended with the death of my father, and Lord Zhou also died because of it...
When I was in Liaodong, I realized that Lord Zhou died because of me. I thought Uncle Zelin would blame me, but Uncle Zelin told me that my wish of living in a peaceful corner might finally come true! As long as I live a peaceful life and have many children and grandchildren in the future, the Zhou family will have repaid my grandfather for saving our lives!
So, grandfather, the Zhou family has only helped me from the beginning to the end because I am the only blood of my grandfather left in this world. If you really think about it, it is not the Zhou family that owes me, but I owe the Zhou family!
You said you were afraid the Zhou family would take advantage of me, but back in Liaodong, they had such a hard time! Uncle Zelin could have used my guilt towards the Zhou family to get me to help them plead with you so they could return to Beijing! But he didn't. Even after they planted the potatoes, they were so afraid you'd misunderstand me that they'd turn around and look for others instead of me! They've clearly been so kind to me time and time again, but in the years since I've been back in Beijing, they haven't even contacted me!
If you have any intentions towards me, how could you do this?"
Zhu Xi choked up and told Emperor Cheng Qian everything that was in his heart. For so many years, he had wanted to talk to his grandfather about the Zhou family. If he couldn't break his grandfather's defense against the Zhou family, he was afraid that one day, his grandfather would do something to the Zhou family in a fit of anger!
He owes the Zhou family too much! He can't let the Zhou family suffer any more losses!
Emperor Cheng Qian was indeed moved after hearing his grandson's words. Although he knew that Chang Sa had done a favor to the Zhou family, which made Lord Zhou willing to betray himself for him, he did not know that this favor saved the entire Zhou family.
Moreover, he didn't know that Zhou Zelin had already reached a consensus with his grandson and agreed with his grandson's idea of living in seclusion.
He always thought that the Zhou family would repay his grandson with a favor, but now thinking about it, it is indeed as his grandson said. Over the years, the Zhou family has risen again thanks to their outstanding children and grandchildren, and has never relied on his grandson!
His grandson has been by his side for the past few years, and apart from mentioning A Yu from time to time, he has never mentioned any other members of the Zhou family.
Emperor Cheng Qian thought he understood his grandson well enough to tell whether he was telling the truth or a lie, or whether he was being taught by someone else. As a result, he fell into a rare state of self-doubt...
Could it be that the Zhou family was really just trying to repay a favor? Was it really just trying to protect his grandson's safety...
If that were true, then their thoughts were consistent with his! Although he was an emperor, he knew that there was no blood relationship in the imperial family. He also knew that since his eldest son's death, many people had their eyes on his eldest son's position as crown prince and wanted to fight for it. But he still hoped that even if his children and grandchildren fought and quarreled, they would not fight to the death. At least they would spare each other's lives!
After all, they are all his children and grandchildren. As their grandfather and father, he would feel distressed if any of them were to suffer loss...
Therefore, he had been observing for the past few years, hoping to choose one from among his children and grandchildren who could not only shoulder the responsibility of being the ruler of Great Yan, but also be kind and tolerant of his brothers and nephews...
But, up to now, he has not found any one that can take both of these into account...
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Emperor Cheng Qian was indeed somewhat moved after hearing what his grandson said, but he also felt that the Zhou family might be looking for another way, such as using Zhou Yu to control his grandson! ?
"Hmph! If they don't want anything from you, then why is that little girl from the Zhou family flirting with you all day long?! Why is she so obsessed with you, ignoring all the famous ladies in Kyoto?!"
Zhu Xi...what does this have to do with anything?!
His grandfather must have thought too highly of him, so he even allowed A-Yu to seduce him?
"Grandfather, do you have any misunderstandings? I admit that I do like Ayu.
But you said Ayu is flirting with her grandson? My grandson wants to do that! What is Ayu doing?! Oh! "
Zhu Xi couldn't help but sigh.
"Are you the one who's throwing herself at me?" Emperor Cheng Qian was surprised, and once again asked the question that had puzzled him for a long time, "Why are you so eager to pay her back? What do you like about that girl?!"
Seeing the girl again this time, Emperor Cheng Qian also admitted that compared to when they were in Fuzhou City, the girl was indeed much prettier, but not to the point of being breathtakingly beautiful, right?!
"What do you like about her?" Zhu Xi murmured:
"I can't really explain it, but I like everything she does! I think she's beautiful wherever I look!
When we were in Liaodong, we got along really well. I liked everything she liked, and she liked everything I liked! My grandson was always happy when he was with her!
I'm afraid that even then, my grandson already fell in love with her! He liked her liveliness and her ever-present smile...
At that time, she didn't know my identity, but just because she regarded me as her friend, she repeatedly risked her life to protect and save me! If it weren't for her, my grandson would have died several times!
But later, she found out my identity, and because I lied to her and wanted her to be my concubine, she ignored me and broke up with me completely!
Grandfather, I, the grandson of the emperor, may be a treasure in the eyes of others, but to Ayu, she doesn’t care at all, and even despises me!
So, you've got it all wrong. In fact, it's your grandson who's been chasing after them all along. Their whole family, whether it's his mother or his brother, looks down on your grandson!"
Zhu Xi spoke to his grandfather, trying to make him understand that he was the one who had always been clinging to Ayu, and Ayu had no intention of seducing her at all!
But what Emperor Cheng Qian heard was that the Zhou family looked down on his grandson. Even if his grandson agreed to let that girl be his concubine, no one in that family would do it!
So he suddenly became furious and said:
"How dare they!? How is my grandson unworthy of them? How dare they do this to you!
Do they still dare to dream of becoming the queen?!"
Zhu Xi... So all his talk was in vain?!
Seeing his grandfather's expression, he knew that he was angry with Ayu's family again, and he immediately said angrily:
"Grandfather, let's make this clear first! If you take action against Ayu's family because of this, don't blame your grandson for turning against you!"
Emperor Chengqian...
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