The scumbag ran away from marriage, I remarried on the spot

Royal study room.

Emperor Jingwen's face was as gloomy as ink. Zhejiang was one of the richest regions in our dynasty due to its superior geographical location, rich products, convenient transportation, and developed commerce and trade.

In such a prosperous place, it is normal for corrupt officials to appear. How many of the officials in power are truly innocent? As long as it was a small problem, Emperor Jingwen could turn a blind eye and pretend he didn't know about it, but if the corruption was serious, he would never tolerate it.

Emperor Jingwen originally had confidence in the Zhenguo Duke's government. Han Jin was the uncle of the current Zhenguo Duke. He had good talents and abilities, so he appointed him as the governor of Zhejiang. Unexpectedly, he put a moth in this position.

Han Jin was corrupt, accepted bribes, used power for personal gain, made false accounts to deceive the emperor, took part of the annual tax revenue, and also fabricated expenses to make money for himself. The amount of corruption was huge. In addition, he also accepted bribes from subordinate officials and merchants to facilitate others, and accepted bribes. The amount is huge.

During his years as governor of Zhejiang, Han Jin was extremely wealthy.

Han Jin was like this, and there were a lot of bad officials among his subordinates. The case was deeply implicated, and even the Zhenguo government behind Han Jin was not clean.

As a result, not only did the state treasury lose a lot of money, but bribes were also accepted to perform official duties, innocent people were wronged, and the victims had no way to redress their grievances, which was extremely corrupt.

It is said that corrupt officials emerge in prosperous times and heroes emerge in troubled times, and this is indeed true.

If it weren't for Han Jin's brother-in-law Wei Heng, Han Jin and other corrupt officials would not have been traced.

Gu Jingxi saw Emperor Jingwen's angry face and his expression turned ugly, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please calm down and don't let your anger break the dragon's body. This is actually a good thing."

Emperor Jingwen looked at him: "What's a good idea?"

Gu Jingxi replied: "Your Majesty, look at the accounts above. It can add some money to the national treasury. In addition, it can also get rid of a bunch of moths and reverse the cases of people who were wronged before. There are also some victims. , but because officials accepted bribes, they acquitted the prisoners, and now they can be retried.”

As soon as he said this, Emperor Jingwen's expression softened, and he began to look through the account book that Gu Jingxi had previously presented. When he saw the amount on it, his expression slowly softened. The treasury would indeed be full this time. After closing the account book, Question: "Have Han Jin and Wei Heng been escorted back?"

Gu Jingxi replied: "Back to the emperor, not only them, but also other relevant officials have been escorted back to Beijing and are being held in the prison of Dali Temple."

After hearing this, Emperor Jingwen was very satisfied. He looked at Gu Jingxi again. He had made great achievements. Even if he were to be promoted, there was no official position suitable for him now. He asked kindly: "My beloved, you have made great achievements this time." , what reward do you want?"

As soon as these words came out, Gu Jingxi immediately knelt down and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I would like to ask for a royal title for my wife. I hope your Majesty will grant it."

Originally, he wanted to use this merit to ask for the reward from the emperor, but now that the emperor asked him, he just mentioned it directly.

He and A-Yao did not have a normal wedding. A-Yao is still being criticized by others. He cannot compensate A-Yao for a wedding. He can only try to win honor for A-Yao and make up for A-Yao's past grievances.

Emperor Jingwen was a little surprised, but he thought that Meng was now pregnant with Gu Aiqing's child, and that she was a great contributor to the Gu family. Everyone in the Gu family attached great importance to it. It was normal for Gu Aiqing to use his merits to ask for this reward for Meng. He nodded and said: "Okay, now I agree, my dear, please get up quickly."

Gu Jingxi kowtowed and thanked him: "I thank the emperor for your kindness. Long live my emperor." After saying this, he stood up.

Emperor Jingwen saw the tired look on his face. He had worked hard on his trip to Hangzhou this time. He was considerate of his minister's health. As usual, he said considerately: "My dear, you have worked hard this time. There is no need to rush to Dali Temple. Go back and rest first." A few days to recuperate and get better."

When he was dozing off, someone handed him a pillow, and Gu Jingxi climbed up the pole again: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your consideration. I was about to ask for five days' leave from Your Majesty. Now that Your Majesty is showing sympathy, I won't hand you a note to ask for leave."

Emperor Jingwen was a little surprised after hearing this. In the past, when Gu Aiqing was away on business for two or three months, he asked Gu Aiqing to rest for a few days, but Gu Aiqing said to him: "I thank you for your consideration, but I don't feel tired and there is no need to take a vacation."

Now, as usual, he mentioned to Gu Aiqing that Gu Aiqing was about to take a vacation. Could it be that she didn't feel tired when she was young, but now that she is older, her energy is not as good as before?

But he is only thirty years old, so what?

However, Emperor Jingwen did not hesitate and said generously: "I will give you a ten-day holiday to go back and have a good rest. After you have rested, you will return to Dali Temple for duty."

Gu Jingxi said respectfully: "I thank the emperor for your kindness."

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After leaving the palace, Gu Jingxi went to Dali Temple and handed over the matters to his subordinate officials.

Qi Yunwen hadn't seen him for nearly three months. Now that he saw him coming, he immediately greeted him with a smile: "Yao Ling, I didn't have time to say hello to you before, so you already left for Hangzhou. Now that you're back, I'll make up for it." .Congratulations, you are about to be a father."

Gu Jingxi thought of his unborn child, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face: "Thank you very much."

Qi Yunwen said with a smile: "Now that you and I have children, maybe we can even get married."

Hearing this, Gu Jingxi was surprised: "Sister-in-law is pregnant again?"

Qi Yunwen shook his head: "No, but your sister-in-law gave birth to a son and a daughter for me. You have met my two children. They are both good children."

Gu Jingxi looked at him with a strange look: "Mo Bai, have you become a father too early and now you have forgotten how old your children are this year?"

Qi Yunwen replied: "My daughter is thirteen years old and my son is nine years old. What's wrong?"

Gu Jingxi said calmly: "Your daughter will be discussing marriage in two years. Even if my wife is pregnant with a son, your daughter will not be able to wait for him to grow up. Your son will also be discussing marriage in six or seven years. Well, even if my wife’s baby is a daughter, it will still be a child six or seven years later. Just give up, we have no chance to be in-laws."

Qi Yunwen: "..."

I don’t know why, he is obviously only one year older than Yao Ling, but when it comes to children, why does this comparison make him feel much older than Yao Ling? In three or four years, he will probably be a grandfather, and he will soon move up this generation, while Yao Ling is still the father of an unenlightened child.

Gu Jingxi glanced at him lightly, and then said: "By the way, the emperor sympathized with my tiredness and gave me a ten-day holiday to go home and have a good rest. If there is nothing important in the next ten days, you don't have to look for me."

Qi Yunwen: "...I have something I want to tell you."

"It's not an important matter, you can handle it yourself."

After Gu Jingxi finished speaking, he explained some things, left Dali Temple, and headed back home.

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(Note: Mrs. Gu is already married. The male protagonist does not ignore his mother just because he has a wife.)