Hiss! How can someone stuff so many things

in there! What the hell!

Asshole? !

Someone from the Ministry of Personnel subconsciously touched his butt and widened his eyes in confusion.

How can you stuff things in this thing!

"And..." an official from the Ministry of Personnel swallowed his saliva, "If you put jewelry in there, it will...will...get...stained...something, right?"

Help!!!

Prime Minister Dou's hands were shaking.

It's dirty, his son's betrothal gift is dirty!!!

[What the hell! What the hell! What the hell!]

Hmmmm???

The others were instantly excited.

What did Xu Yanmiao see?

Is there anything more ridiculous than hiding gold in an asshole? No way? This is gold hidden in an asshole!

[How did he do this! 】Xu Yanmiao was shocked by the rare voice of her heart: [The most stuffed was two jade combs, two gold-inlaid white jade bracelets, and four South Sea pearls! Is this an asshole? Is this a black hole! 】

"Hiss——"

The pupils of the men present were shaking.

How could someone stuff so many things! Wouldn't he pass out from the pain?

"I know, this thief must be a woman, and women can give birth to children and stuff those things! Maybe the woman sneaked in disguised as a man."

Someone swore.

——Of course, children are not born from there, but this person doesn't know.

[No wonder Prime Minister Dou's son walked with a limp some time ago. I thought he was punished by Prime Minister Dou for competing with the prince of Jibei for the most beautiful woman. 】

The man looked as if someone had grabbed his neck.

A man? How could it be a man!

Could a man really be gifted... Stop, don't think about it anymore!

- However, several people present were secretly glancing at their colleague's buttocks. If it wasn't in public, someone might have pushed him down and stripped his pants just to verify it. The one

who looked more like someone was being grabbed by the neck than this man was Prime Minister Dou.

- After all, after so many attempts, the culprit actually fell on his youngest son.

It was simply a filial piety! The

relative-in-law, the Minister of the Honglu Temple, turned around and looked at him with a look of shock in his eyes.

After Prime Minister Dou noticed this, he was afraid that his in-laws would misunderstand him, so he immediately explained: "It was all my rebellious son who acted on his own..."

At the same moment, the Minister of Honglu Temple spoke in a low voice, still a little embarrassed in his excitement: "Prime Minister, your youngest son's place - can it really take out so much treasure?"

Prime Minister Dou: "..."

The Minister of Honglu Temple coughed.

He was just... curious.

As if the seasoning jar had been overturned on his face, Prime Minister Dou's expression revealed a mixed sense of humor.

However, if we ignore the fact that it was his own house that was burned down...

Prime Minister Dou also cleared his cough and said in a low voice: "This... I don't know either. If it weren't for what happened today, I really didn't know that the evil beast had such a... cough, he is gifted."

The two looked at each other, and both saw regret in their eyes.

Prime Minister Dou: You can't use your own son to test the strength of his asshole.

Honglu Temple Minister: That's the Prime Minister's son, the Prime Minister's son, the Prime Minister's son... (repeating silently to remind himself)

On the other side, Xu Yanmiao was so focused on eating the melon that he couldn't pay attention to the outside world . [Fuck, he used his asshole to

pick out the jewelry, washed it, and gave it directly to the courtesan? ] [ How could there be such an idiot, fortunately the courtesan didn't know about this

- wait, haha ​​... [Dou Shifei (Prime Minister Dou's youngest son) gave the courtesan seven South Sea pearls some time ago, each the size of a fist... haha...] Seeing this, Xu Yanmiao really couldn't help laughing. —— Mainly because she thought that these things were picked out one by one by Prime Minister Dou's youngest son, and it took him seven days. After laughing, she looked around in panic and found that others seemed to be still investigating the scene. She breathed a sigh of relief and continued to gossip secretly. [These seven South Sea pearls are collectively called the Seven Stars of the North Fighter. Each one is a different color, white pearls, pink pearls, black pearls, peacock green pearls... Dou Shifei gave them to the courtesan, and it was simply enviable to others in the building. 】 【Then... puff...then, the courtesan gave all the "Seven Stars of the North Fight" to the prince of Jibei. The prince of Jibei made them into a belt and wore it out to show off every day. Hahahaha! 】 The official of the Ministry of Personnel pinched his thigh hard. Can't laugh! Absolutely can't laugh! One by one, their faces turned red from holding back their laughter. The prince of Jibei originally lived in Jibei. The king of Jibei has been bedridden for more than half a year. The prince came to the capital on behalf of his father. Some time ago, this man wore that precious belt to court every day, and he would put his hands on his hips and straighten his waist from time to time, for fear that he would not be visible. The belt was indeed a treasure, which attracted many low-ranking officials to gather around him, just wanting to take a look - if only they could touch it. The head of the Ministry of Personnel (rank seven) breathed a sigh of relief. There were two officials. The other one noticed that his colleague had a strange expression and widened his eyes: "You wouldn't..." The official from the Ministry of Personnel closed his eyes, as if the daylight was blinding him. After a while, he opened his eyes and said with a lingering fear: "I almost touched it at that time, but fortunately the prince of Jibei slapped my hand away." What a great favor! I have no way to repay it! [Strange.] Xu Yanmiao's attention went elsewhere. [Such a big pair of pearls is missing, how come no one noticed it when we counted it before?] [Wuhu! Found it - shit!] Xu Yanmiao almost died of laughter.

[This Dou Shifei is really a talent. He picked out seven pearls from seven sets of jewelry, and took the biggest one from each set. Hahahaha!]

[Prime Minister Dou didn't allow him to spend money recklessly. He only gave him fifty taels of silver every month for expenses. He couldn't win over the Oiran at all. No wonder he had to take such a risk. Hahaha.]

Tsk tsk tsk,

tsk tsk tsk.

Prime Minister Dou's face went from livid at first to expressionless.

His eyes fell on the mace in the corner, and he slowly revealed a sly smile.

*

The things are dirty. Even if they are recovered, they can't be used. But the payment has to continue.

Prime Minister Dou was quick-witted and whispered a few words to the Minister of Honglu Temple. The Minister of Honglu Temple's eyes became brighter and brighter.

"Okay! That's it!"

A loud shout awakened Xu Yanmiao. He tiptoed and carefully blended in with other officials of the Ministry of Personnel. To his surprise, whoever he saw in the Ministry of Personnel would give him a smile.

Xu Yanmiao also smiled back.

[Fortunately, no one found out that I was slacking off.]

[The Minister of Honglu suddenly yelled, what are you doing?]

Soon, not only they knew, but also the family members of the man and the woman and the invited guests knew it -

the daughter of the Minister of Honglu was virtuous. Knowing that the world was now poisoned by the aftermath of the extravagant winds of the last dynasty, she pleaded with her father to send her off with a small gift. As for themselves, they embody that extravagant spirit.

And when the Dou family learned that this woman was righteous, they also responded by offering a small gift to marry her.

——Of course, the small gift is relative to their family background. In the eyes of wealthy families, a reduction of one million to three hundred thousand is already the extreme of injustice, while the common people see three hundred thousand as a sky-high betrothal gift/dowry.

In short, the reputation of the daughter of the Honglu Temple Minister has skyrocketed in the outside world, and she can be regarded as having a good reputation. As for whether the dowry is really small in private, and whether the family gives subsidies, that is a matter of opinion.

The screams from Prime Minister Dou's family, and the fact that the youngest son was beaten so hard that he couldn't get out of bed for half a month, are insignificant matters.

*

The old emperor did not go to the Dou Mansion.

He wanted to give his brother-in-law this face, but Empress Dou asked him not to give her brother too much honor. Prime Minister Dou is a cautious person, but his family might be overwhelmed by this. The

old emperor naturally obeyed the queen's wishes, but although the person did not come, he ordered the eunuch to bring gifts.

After the eunuch came back, he couldn't help but tell the old emperor about the strange things in the Dou Mansion -

"Today's gift-giving ceremony, Prime Minister Dou actually only prepared a small betrothal gift. The Minister of Honglu Temple was not annoyed, but sang the same tune with Prime Minister Dou, and talked about how the secular world is now influenced by the last years of the previous dynasty, and is obsessed with splendor, luxury is prevalent, and extravagance is extreme. From high officials to ordinary people, marrying off their daughters and marrying their wives almost requires spending all their family property."

"So the two decided to start with themselves, with a small betrothal gift and a small marriage, and try to rectify this extravagant style."

"I heard from the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites that this was proposed by the daughter of the Minister of the Ministry of Rites. For a while, people on the streets and alleys were praising this woman, saying that she was in the palace but was worried about the country and the people."

Hearing the eunuch say this, the old emperor couldn't help but recall the last years of the previous dynasty.

At that time, it was really a time of luxury. From the emperor and ministers to the common people, people competed for luxury in food, clothing, housing and transportation. Even the tavern girl he saw in the streets, in her twenties, had glass on her hair and pearls on her ears.

The glass was a jade from the Huangzhi Kingdom on the sea, and the pearl was a Daqin pearl from the Daqin Kingdom in the Western Regions.

The whole dynasty exuded an unhealthy and decadent atmosphere, and the fire was boiling oil.

At that time, no one thought that the glorious Great Zhou, where all nations came to pay tribute, would collapse so suddenly. Many people think that it just rotted a little.

At that time, every family advocated marriage with wealth and pomp, and they competed with each other. The emperor spent 20,000 kilograms of gold to marry the empress, which was equivalent to the wealth of 2,000 small peasant families. The princes and kings had to marry at least 200 kilograms of gold, and even the small peasants had to pay a dowry of more than 10,000 yuan.

But don't think that only the betrothal gifts were like this.

When the emperor married his daughter, the dowry he prepared would basically not be less than 200,000 yuan. When the royal family married their daughters,

the dowry ranged from hundreds of thousands to more than one million or even tens of millions.

Small peasants also had to pay thousands of dollars.

With such competition, the rich were fine, but the poor simply could not afford the extravagant wedding consumption. In most cases, the common people got married in debt.

Later, people began to abandon and kill babies. Regardless of whether they were boys or girls, they would abandon or drown them at birth. The court repeatedly banned it.

The old emperor sighed: "I pity how hard life is for the people... When I was young, my family only had a few acres of thin land, but they could still send me to a private school. Later, my elder brother got married, and my elder sister got married. Our family fell into poverty all of a sudden, and I sold myself as a slave just to get a bite to eat."

The old emperor never hesitated to talk about his origins. Instead, he was very proud of it and would talk about it from time to time.

Who else can go from being a slave to becoming an emperor!

Who else!

But the emperor dared to say it, but the eunuch didn't dare to accept it, and just kept silent.

After sighing, the old emperor said: "Order the Hanlin Academy to draft a marriage ban on extravagance, and issue an imperial edict to the whole country."

- Previously, the reward for Xu Yanmiao was "decree", but now it is "edict", which has a completely different meaning.

Once the emperor uses "edict", it is an official document, announced to the whole country.

"Pass on my oral order, Honglu Temple Minister Li Qingrong has taught his daughter well, and he is rewarded... Li is rewarded for his clear words and virtuous people..."

After giving the order, the emperor felt much more relaxed. Just at this time, a palace maid came to report: "Concubine Zhang said that she had received your majesty's oral order before, and she will see you in a quarter of an hour. She also heard that your majesty has been sitting in the palace for a long time today. She is worried that your majesty has not eaten yet, so she specially sent garlic noodles..."

The eunuch glanced at her and couldn't help but applaud Concubine Zhang in his heart.

Because of his background, His Majesty's favorite food is the common food in the folk. If this beauty Zhang sent any cakes or soup, His Majesty would have to give her an oral order to reprimand her. But it's no wonder, because beauty Zhang was His Majesty's first concubine when he was still a military officer, and she has always known His Majesty's temperament.

The old emperor nodded slightly, and the garlic noodles were presented to him. He ate a few big mouthfuls and asked the eunuch while eating: "Besides this, is there any interesting story?"

The eunuch smiled and said: "There is a strange story."

The old emperor chewed a clove of garlic: "Huh?"

The eunuch said: "After the ceremony of paying the money, there was a scream from the Prime Minister's Mansion. I heard that Prime Minister Dou was chasing his young son with a mace."

The old emperor was very excited, and reached for the melon seed plate on the corner of the table: "What happened?"

The eldest eunuch told the emperor what he had found out: "It seems that Prime Minister Dou discovered that the son of the Dou family and the prince of Jibei were competing for the flower girl."

The old emperor thought subconsciously: "That's it?"

He thought it was such a fierce commotion, it was some kind of drama of father and son turning against each other. Just snatching a flower girl? It's not a father and son competing for a flower girl, it's the prince of Jibei who has nothing to do with him.

He even prepared the melon seeds, and he showed him this!