The emperor hesitated a little, kept the account book, and drove Situ Yue out of the imperial city.As an emperor, he naturally knew that it would be better if he got the money back earlier. However, he was already in his twilight years, and such things like recalling the past became more and more frequent.Those people and things that passed away haunted his heart, which made him deliberately not to look or listen. He understood better than anyone else that once Situ Yue did something, the former heroes would live on the streets, even if they were infamy. Situ Yue couldn't stop trying to collect debts.The emperor stood up and walked to the entrance of the Chongzheng Hall, opened the lid of the censer, and was about to throw the account book in. After thinking about it, he took it back. Even if he burned the account book, it would not help. Sooner or later, King Rong will take the money He took it back, he could stop it once or twice, but he couldn't stop what happened after his death.That's all, I can't protect you forever if I protect you for a while.

The emperor got up and drove to Concubine Zhen's palace. In the evening, a eunuch in Concubine Zhen's palace went out to the residence of the three kings. The three kings immediately sent someone to Jiangnan.

In the evening, Cheng Yue came to invite Situ Yue, saying that the Six Princes' Mansion rehearsed a new play, and invited Situ Yue to enjoy it together.

The hobbies of the six kings affected Cheng Yue, and the two of them would go to the theater together as soon as they were free, but Situ Yue didn't want to go, couldn't bear Cheng Yue's repeated invitations, and finally went.It was already evening when they arrived at the Sixth Prince’s Mansion. The Sixth Princess asked them to have dinner before going to the theater. The Sixth King agreed. As usual, a screen was erected in the middle. Here is the Sixth King and his brothers, and there is the Sixth King’s Mansion female relatives.On the side of the women's family, only the princess dared to speak loudly, and everyone else was silent.

Situ Yue asked, "How is brother Chengyue's wedding preparations going? Do you need my help?"

"No, when the time comes, you can have a banquet with your uncle. Now that Chengyue is growing up, I am anxious to hold my grandson, and want to urge them to set the date early, but I happened to choose spring next year, March , I'm a little anxious, but I don't think I'm in a hurry anymore, thinking that I will be able to hold my grandson next winter."

Situ Yue got a headache from her anxious or not urgent talk, but he also answered the words with a smile, "Marriage is a big event, and Cheng Yue is also big, so it should be so. Cheng Yue, I'm going to be the bridegroom's official. Are you happy?"

Liu Wang smiled and drank a glass of wine. "Your elder brother is right. Marriage is a major event, and you will be a father in the future. You should plan early on how to raise your children." Turning to look at Situ Yue, "I seem to have heard that the emperor is going to set up a family for you , you refused?"

"Sixth Uncle, it's not beautiful to say this on such a beautiful day and night?" He raised his glass to respect the Six Kings.

The six kings also stopped talking, and turned to talking about small dramas.Now whoever talks about the marriage with King Rong, Situ Yue will put his face down on the spot. Everyone in the royal family knows about this. Dudu Liuwang has spent a lot of time on this. The three children left by his brother, he thinks he is right for the younger one. These two did not treat them badly, only Situ Yue made him feel a little guilty.

After the meal, everyone moved to a place called Linbi Pavilion. The inside and outside of the theater were the same. The female relatives went upstairs, and the three uncles and nephews sat in the lobby, and the servants stood behind. As soon as I went out to the garden, the dream started.

The Six Kings leaned comfortably on the chair, closed their eyes and listened. Situ Yue didn't find it interesting at first. Many people commented on the play's gorgeous words and melodious tunes. When it came to her, they really couldn't appreciate it. The costumes of these actors.This looks like something went wrong.

These actors are a bit unfamiliar, even though Situ Yue himself is not very familiar with drama, but after listening to it a lot, he can tell that the accent is not from the north, but more like that from the Suzhou and Hangzhou areas. It's all on Cheng Yue, singing to Cheng Yue is full of affection.Situ Yue was shocked, and looking at Cheng Yue again, he leaned forward and looked up at the actor with a youthful look on his face.

Situ Yue leaned on the back of the chair, watching the actor flick the sleeves at Cheng Yue, who would have thought that Cheng Yue actually made a movement to continue, the sleeves were only that long, and Cheng Yue was sitting next to the stage It was a foot away, and he would never have caught the sleeve that the actor threw out, but Cheng Yue did it stupidly.

This actor is so bold.

Situ Yue couldn't bear it any longer. She had a feeling that the child she raised was being seduced by the vixen. She watched Liu Wang, but Liu Wang was still listening to the play with his eyes closed, pointing at the handrail, and beating time to time with the sound of silk and bamboo. .

Situ Yue stood up and gestured to Zhu Jun, the head servant of the Six Kings, who followed him out of Linbi Hall.

"Do Uncle Six and Aunt Six know about that actor?" Situ Yue asked Zhu Jun, who had his head down.

"Hui Rong Lord, I know, the princess was about to drive that man out of the palace, but the prince stopped him."

Situ Yue couldn't understand, the Liu Wangs and his wife had always treated Cheng Yue as an eyeball, how could the husband and wife have different ways of dealing with it.Is it because Liu Wang, as a man, this kind of thing is a trivial matter, or is it that this kind of thing is too common.

"Jun Ming." Just as Situ Yue was thinking about something, Liu Wang came over wearing a black long-fur fox fur with his hands behind his back. He is now in his 30s, tall and broad-shouldered, with a beautifully trimmed beard and a calm demeanor.Walking out from under the palace lantern in the corridor, he was a little careless.

"Junming is asking if that opera singer is it? Cheng Yue and I brought it back from Jiangnan. She had a good voice at first. When she bought it, she thought we were wealthy businessmen, so she followed her back to Beijing. When we arrived at the palace, she attracted a lot of attention. Cheng Yue thinks highly of her three points."

The six kings waved their hands, and Zhu Jun took Cheng Ju to the direction of Linbi Hall. The six kings watched them walk away, and then said in a low voice, "It's better to let Cheng Yue go through it Once, we all know that the woman wants to climb the dragon and become the phoenix, but in Cheng Yue's heart, she just has a bad fate, and she has fallen to this point. If you follow your sixth aunt's statement, she will be expelled from the house, and she will fall into the hands of someone who wants to hold her What should Cheng Yue do if he makes a mistake? Cheng Yue is still young, and only feels good if he can’t get it. This actor can’t die. If she dies, she will hurt Cheng Yue more than if she is alive. In the future, if someone finds out about this, it’s up to her It would be troublesome to raise a few models of this actor and send them to Cheng Yue."

Situ Yue looked at the Six Kings, "You think you want Cheng Yue to get it, and then raise the girl's greedy heart, and finally let Cheng Yue deal with her."

"An emperor should not be fooled by beauty. When he raises a son, he will understand."

Situ Yue admitted that his method was right, but it was a painful experience for Cheng Yue.The two of them went back to the Linbi Pavilion together, and there was a play on the stage, which was the lively Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea.Cheng Yue looked very bored, propped his head with his hands, the gold ring in his hair was inlaid with rubies, refracting red optical fibers under the candlelight, when he saw Liu Wang and Situ Yue coming in, he immediately stood up and complained " Where did my father and eldest brother go? Once I return to my senses, I will be left alone."

The Six Kings asked Zhu Jun to put away the fox fur on his body, and sat down with a smile to continue watching the play. Situ Yue also sat down, watching Cheng Yue wearing a brocade suit with arrow sleeves, and wearing a jeweled flower, bird, fish and insect hat on his head. Wipe the forehead, the whole dress of a rich man.

Situ Yue smiled at him, held his mind and concentrated on watching the play.

In the twelfth lunar month, the household department was busier than other yamen. Except for the routine year-end accounting, imperial merchants from all over the country gathered in the household department.

In the common people's opinion, many imperial merchants are merchants who deliver goods to the emperor's family, such as silk, satin, palace flowers, and cosmetics that are consumed by the palace maids every year.But the biggest role is to adjust the commercial layout and price level of the entire empire. When necessary, it will run errands for the court, such as transporting grain in autumn and reselling cotton for military use.

Every imperial merchant is a leader in the industry. Situ Yue's review of the qualifications of the imperial merchants started a month earlier. Willing to work hard.The news was also released early, and in the past few days, many merchants who wanted to become imperial merchants had gathered outside the yamen of the household department.

Merchants who want to become imperial merchants have to reveal their family background. There are some things about hereditary imperial merchants. These people have no pressure. Unless the emperor withdraws this qualification, the general household department will not take the initiative to apply to erase the qualifications of these people. The merchants are competing for the imperial merchants directly appointed by the Ministry of Accounts. This type of imperial merchants is the one who can make money. The Ministry of Accounts needs these people for any major moves, and the hereditary ones rarely get a chance.

To Situ Yue's surprise, Qiu Shi, the new head of the Jiangbei Cao Gang, also came.Situ Yue has been working in the lobby of the household department all this time. A group of businessmen stood on the ground. A woman from the Qiu family was very obvious. Situ Yue sat crookedly on the chair and squinted at her, as if a prodigal son was about to molest a good family. look.The old men below who were waiting for approval looked at each other a few times, with a bit of contempt for Qiu.

"Cao Gang, speaking of this, the Cao Gang has transported food to the imperial court four times, and there is nothing wrong with it, but I have heard of it. Your Cao Gang has been rumored several times to disband, right?"

The Qiu family didn't argue either, "With the Nu Family here, the Cao Gang will not disband. If it disbands, the Nu Family must be dead."

Situ Yue nodded, this girl also had a bit of ruthlessness.He grabbed the big seal, stamped it, and gave it to the little official beside him, still with a little teasing in his mouth, "Miss Qiu must thank me very much. I have contributed a lot to Miss Qiu... a lot."

Qiu pretended not to understand, took the document from the little official, and said respectfully, "If the prince sends, I will obey."

Seeing the Qiu family leaving the lobby, Situ Yue asked, "Who is the next family?"

"After the villain Ziwei gave up, the Xue family in Jinling." A middle-aged man handed over the document, and Situ looked down. If you don't make mistakes, the Ministry of Households will not apply to strip them of their qualifications as imperial merchants.It's just that the Xue family is a little familiar, "What's the relationship between you and Wang Ziteng?"

"The villain's brother-in-law is Lord Wang."

Situ Yue remembered, this is Xue Baochai's father, the Xue family did not owe the treasury, Situ Yue felt a little pity.

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