Chapter 486: Encountering an evil
spirit Jiang Jintao, the head of the Ministry of Justice, took off his coat, and a maid immediately came forward to take it and hung it on the screen at the door.
"Ah..."
Zou Shi had no idea how many times she had sighed.
Jiang Jintao was so scared that his hands trembled, and he turned to look at his wife.
"Ah..."
No... Impossible?
Jiang Jintao tentatively took out a purse from his arms: "Madam, how did you know that your husband hid some private money this time? Here... It's all here, there's really not a penny left."
"Ah..."
Zou Shi changed her hand to support her chin, still sighing.
Jiang Jintao had a tearful face. This time it was his turn to sigh. He rummaged in his sleeves again and took out a small wallet: "Madam, you are getting smarter and smarter now. I can't hide anything from you. I'm not saying that I'm the head of the Ministry of Justice, and you only give me thirty coins a month. It's really not enough. Today, our Shangshu Ma invited me to a banquet. I always take advantage of him. He is much younger than me!"
This time, there is really no money left. It's
really strange. Does the Ministry of Justice have a spy for Madam?
How did she know that their Ministry of Justice gave out bonuses this time?
It's not enough to give her the monthly allowance, but now she can't even keep the extra bonus.
Who is more miserable than him?
At the end of each month, he has to borrow money from his son.
Zou didn't react at first, but Jiang Jintao kept whispering in her ear, and it was hard for her not to hear him.
She calmly stuffed the purse into her belt, put one hand on her waist, and grabbed his ear: "You are so brave! You are getting bolder and bolder, and you dare to hide your private money. Are you going to take this money to go boating with your friends?"
"Ah, no, no, no..."
Jiang Jintao begged for mercy: "This is the first time I have hidden money. I don't have much experience. Really, madam, I was wrong, I was wrong..." Zou
knew that her husband was a very good man, and it wouldn't make her angry if he occasionally hid some private money, but she had to show her attitude to prevent such things from happening again in the future.
She snorted coldly and threw away Jiang Jintao's ears that were pulled red: "I sigh not only because of you, but also because of Shu'er. I don't know what kind of devil this child is. She insists on entering the palace to be a queen. She cries and makes a fuss at home. I am helpless."
"Hiss--"
Jiang Jintao rubbed his ears: "She is just too vain. When she first came out of the old house, everyone thought she was the helper prepared by our Jiang family for the Queen Mother. Now let her get married, she will definitely not be able to accept it for a while."
"Do you mean you support her?"
Zou's voice became sharp: "Back then, Zhou was the legal wife of the child's second uncle. Have you forgotten how Shu'er followed Tong Jie'er and Lin Jie'er to bully the Queen Mother? She doesn't bother to care about these things now because we are not under her nose. If you let her see Shu'er every day, you will see if she will retaliate!" She
doesn't even need to do it herself now. As long as she says a word, Shu'er will not be able to survive in the palace.
"I certainly can't watch her jump into the fire pit!"
Jiang Jintao laughed and said, "You know the great scholar Xie, right? He has a son named Xie Chenghui, who is already the chief of the painting academy at a young age. He is highly regarded by the emperor and is from a noble family. I have asked a matchmaker to connect with the wife of the Xie family. I will let the two children meet one day and settle the marriage."
"Really?"
Xie Chenghui, the legitimate son of the Xie family, is known to Zou!
He is the son-in-law in the hearts of countless mothers-in-law in the capital!
If Shu'er can marry into the Xie family, she will have endless blessings in the future.
The dark clouds dispersed, and the sun finally revealed golden light from the clouds.
The heavy snow of the past few days has stopped, and the capital has entered a new round of cold air. Little Tuanzi wrapped herself up tightly and did not forget to remind the palace servants around her: "Have you delivered all the quilts that His Highness asked you to send to Fengxian Hall?"
"In reply to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, all have been delivered. According to your instructions, two carts of high-quality silver-thread charcoal have also been sent. The Third Prince will surely not catch a cold." The
three-year-old little dumpling was soft and sticky, but in this softness, there was already a bit of the aura of a superior: "My Royal Highness, keep an eye on them. They are not allowed to withhold my Third Brother's things. If you find anyone doing so, I will punish them. Do you understand?"
Last year, the Third Brother refused to use the things sent by the Queen Mother, and froze himself to a high fever. The Fourth Brother was so distressed that he ran to Fengxian Hall to ask the Third Brother to take care of himself, but was turned away.
Little Tuanzi has no memory of his third brother, but the fourth brother said that when he was young, the two royal brothers liked him very much and played with him...
Even if it is to let the fourth brother worry less every winter, Little Tuanzi must let the third brother take good care of himself.
"Tell the third prince that if he treats himself like last year again in winter and early spring, I will chop off those palace maids who serve him. Who made them so useless? They can't even take care of a child."
The third brother is only about nine or ten years old this year. The queen mother said that before the age of eighteen, they are all children.
Fengxian Hall -
"Dududu..."
The rhythmic sound of wooden fish came from the small Buddhist hall in the side hall. The curling incense mixed with the rich fragrance of sandalwood slowly rose into the air. The little boy, with thin clothes and a thin figure, knelt in front of several tablets and recited the scriptures devoutly.
"Third Prince..."
There was a knock on the door outside the house: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent someone to deliver clothes and quilts to keep you warm. I put them in your room."
"I won't wear them. Please thank my brother the Crown Prince for his kindness, but... I am a criminal. I came to Fengxian Palace to atone for my sins. If I were to be given fine clothes and delicious food, it would go against my original intention."
The eunuch outside the door said in embarrassment: "But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's people said that if you catch a cold like last year, all the servants in Fengxian Palace will be beheaded."
He came to atone for his sins, not to commit murder.
The third prince chuckled: "Little Dumpling, you really have the style of Empress Zhen."
One sentence could catch his sore spot.
"Okay, you put the things in my room and I will wear them myself."
Although he knew that his younger brother, the Crown Prince, would never do such a cruel thing, but now that things have come to this, he doesn't want his younger brother to think that his third brother is no longer close to him.
According to Jiang Xinyue's experience, it is not cold when it snows, but it is the coldest when the snow melts.
It was at this time that the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin proposed to return to the Kingdom of Jin.
The emperor prepared a feast for the Queen of the Kingdom of Jin and held a banquet in the palace.
But this time, the Queen Mother was absent due to illness.
Everyone wanted to go to the palace to find out what happened to the Queen Mother.
Some people said that she had done many evil things and harmed too many concubines. On a dark and windy night, she encountered evil spirits and something unclean and was entangled.
Every night, there were mournful cries from Kunning Palace. The palace people kept silent and did not say a word about it. There must be something wrong.