The emperor is embarrassed

The matter of Queen Mother Wei settled down, and Ming Zhan finally got his wish.

Feng Jingqian turned around and summoned three grandchildren and one granddaughter into the palace. The oldest was Feng Minglan's eldest son, Feng Xuanheng, who was four years old this year; the second was Feng Minglan's son, Feng Xuanke, Three years old; the youngest is Feng Mingrui's eldest son, Feng Xuanjie, who is only two years old.

The only emperor's granddaughter is Feng Mingxiang's direct daughter Nannan, who is two years old and has not yet been named.

Sending the daughters-in-law back to the palace to remain widowed, Feng Jingqian sent his grandson to the Shouan Palace of the Empress Dowager Wei, and asked the Empress Dowager Wei to help him raise him.The granddaughter was sent to her mother to raise and relieve her boredom.

Empress Dowager Wei naturally responded with a smile, and chatted happily with Feng Jingqian. They arranged a family banquet for Ming Zhan to recognize the emperor's nephew and niece.

Ming Zhan finally saw Anding Hou's bruised and purple-red pig-headed face, and he secretly clicked his tongue twice, saying that a woman's marriage is a second reincarnation, and that the importance of a man's marriage to a wife is not at all inferior to the second reincarnation.

Marquis An Ding's birth was a bit out of balance, so Ming Zhan could only sympathize with him a little, and rewarded Hou An Ding with some wound medicine, and when Hou An Ding thanked him with a blushing face, Ming Zhan asked him about the salt administration .

Marquis An Ding had already made preparations, and he took out a small account book from his pocket and offered it, "All the accounts for three years are here."

"The account is not the point." Ming Zhan didn't look at the account at all, and said in a rambling voice, "The account can be checked at any time, and you can turn it over. The salt class in Yunnan and Guizhou has been gradually restructured. I heard that the results are not bad, and the price of salt has dropped to [-]." Wen, it will definitely be lowered next year or two years later. The imperial capital needs [-] Wen. If I hadn’t negotiated with Yunnan that Yunnan’s salt is not allowed to be sold outside, I’m afraid that the salt department’s office will be closed. What do the salt merchants say?”

Hou An Ding respectfully replied, "A lot of people have inquired about the sea ban with my minister?"

"They have a lot of appetite. They gave up Su Xing the year before last, and now they want to go to sea again?" Ming Zhan sneered, "I don't know when they might grow two wings and fly up to the sky!"

Marquis An Ding didn't dare to answer, so he heard Ming Zhan ask, "In the past two years in Yangzhou, apart from your daily filial piety to the officialdom, have you mixed with them in any kind of bribery, private sale of official salt, or share in secret shares?"

Every time Ming Zhan said the same thing, Marquis Anding trembled, of course he dared not admit it to death.

"This is the best." Ming Zhan thought that since An Dinghou had the courage to bring the account book, it should be clean on the outside, smiled, and said in a gentle voice, "I heard that you are honest and upright, and you are just a dredger. , I also think he is very good."

This was the first time that Marquis Anding saw him after Ming Zhan ascended the throne, thinking that the emperor was sometimes sarcastic and soft-spoken, so he was really not a good tempered person.Seeing Ming Zhan mentioning his son, An Dinghou hurriedly said modestly, "The boy just read a few more books, and he was very dull."

Ming Zhan said, "Don't be afraid to stay a little longer, but I'm afraid that the clever ones are too much. You just have to feel at ease and do your job, don't make any mistakes. Aunt An Yue and I are married, and with the face of Aunt Xiangyi, I As soon as you ascended the throne, you brought back a pregnant girl and concubine, these things have nothing to do with me, but now that you look like this, you know that the whole family is in trouble!"

Ming Zhan originally wanted to have fun with these gossips, but now that he wants to suppress Anding Hou, he has to take them out and go through them again.

"I'll let you know about the salt administration first, and it will definitely be restructured this year. You go and tell the salt merchants to be honest." Ming Zhan said coldly, "I know, now that I have just ascended the throne, It’s hard to guarantee that there will be someone who sees me as young and is unconvinced and wants to try my methods. This is also good, Ma Wei’s 1 people are still staying in Haining, and when Xu Tu is transferred back to Haining, let Ma Wei stay in Yangzhou Mansion for a while Day. You have been in Yangzhou for a long time, and you understand the tricks in the Yanzheng better than I do. Let you come back, one is to remind you that the unclean place has been cleaned up, so don’t be a rafter. I would like to remind you out of face, otherwise, if someone finds out something and brings it to the Zhaode Hall to talk about it, I will not care about you!"

"Secondly, Ma Wei went to Yangzhou, and if something happened, I will take it upon you!"

Marquis An Ding was startled, and hurriedly said, "I dare not, Mr. Ma is also an important minister, how dare I have the heart to despise you."

Ming Zhan's face was frosty, unmoved, "Ma Wei is a foreigner, he has no roots in the south of the Yangtze River. I know that those salt merchants have been rich for generations, and some of them are rich in silver. It's no problem to buy a few powerful assassins. The sky is high The emperor is far away, and there are many ways to smooth it out casually, just saying that he had an accident, injury, accidental untimely death, etc..."

"I just want to remind you first." Ming Zhan said, "If you save him, you will also save you. Otherwise, tell me to trust a salt department transfer envoy and earn 60 in less than three years." Wan's private house silver, not to mention the gold and silver antiques in the treasury. Even the pair of suet jade beauty bottles presented by the governor of Huaiyang when I ascended the throne, I am afraid that they are not as good as the ones given by the Yang family, a salt merchant in the Marquis of Anding's mansion. Isn’t the purple jade bottle inlaid with treasures from the previous dynasty beautiful?”

An Dinghou's face turned pale immediately, sweat profusely, trembling and dare not speak.

Ming Zhan's eyes were clear, "I know everything I need to know, but I have always been kind to the clan. If I'm not sure, I won't be the emperor! That's fine, just step down."

Hou An Ding walked away tremblingly, and after walking a long distance, he still felt that two sword-like eyes were following him closely, and a small cool wind blew, and Hou An Ding shivered.

A white jade-like hand brushed aside the bead curtain, Ruan Hongfei stood at the door of the inner room, looked at Ming Zhan with a smile, "It's kind of like that."

Ming Zhan stretched out a hand, and when Ruan Hongfei came over and sat down, he said with a smile, "If you go to the morning court, you will know how majestic the Lord is."

"When did you arrange someone next to Marquis Anding?"

"Originally belonged to my father." Ming Zhan didn't hide anything from him, "Now I'm just taking over."

"Hey, he gave you Huaiyang's manpower too? It's rare and generous." Dajian is indeed beautiful in his work.

Ming Zhan was a little proud, "I want it." Otherwise, how can I suppress these old guys.Of course, Feng Jinggan was wiser than Feng Jingnan, Ming Zhan mentioned it, and immediately gave him the person in the dark.

Ming Zhan said happily to Ruan Hongfei again, "This time I can make a small fortune."

"Does anyone have a share?"

"If you let me tonight, I'll share the split with you." Ming Zhan has always been a bit of a petty man who loves money, and he is reluctant to speak harshly even for a small amount of money. He only said that the split is equal, which made Ruan Hongfei laugh angrily, and pointed at Ming Zhan's nose. , "Don't talk nonsense with me, you agreed earlier, you only started a business in three years, and you want to rebel! Besides money, you took my money, and you never saw you take the initiative to serve me once."

"I, I borrowed it." Ming Zhan retorted with pride, and added, "It's not that I didn't pay it back."

"I'm kidding you, I'm taking it seriously." Ruan Hongfei touched his face and said to himself, "Why does he seem to be getting fat again?"

"Where is the fat? My mother said that I was so tired and thin." Ming Zhan turned to look at Ruan Hongfei, and said jealously, "Some people don't get fat no matter how much they eat, and some people gain weight even after drinking cold water."

Ruan Hongfei smiled, "It looks better even if it's fatter."

"That's right." Ming Zhan said to himself, "It's called, so, so..." Suddenly he couldn't remember the word, and asked Ruan Hongfei anxiously, "Fat is also good-looking, and thin is also good-looking. You are born to be good-looking, and you can look good no matter what, how do you say it?"

"What a fool." Annoyed, Ruan Hongfei lowered his head and pecked Ming Zhan's pale pink lips, and said softly, "Naturally beautiful."

"Oh! Yes! That's the sentence, natural beauty!" Ming Zhan slapped his thigh, stood up, still bent his knees and put it on the couch, and said seriously, "Although I am not as tall as Mingli and others, but I am not as good as ordinary people. Not bad. The other day we went to the shop where we had breakfast, and the proprietress there praised me several times for being pretty."

Ruan Hongfei interjected, "The one who baked the pancake?"

"Well, the scallion pancakes she baked are very delicious." Ming Zhan didn't realize that he had strayed from the topic at all, and said, "There are several kinds of scallions, one kind of wild onion, one kind of domestic onion and one kind of water onion. The fat inside is goat oil, and egg white and goat's milk were added when kneading the dough, but it doesn't taste like any smell." Smacking his lips, "It's really good craftsmanship."

Ruan Hongfei heard Ming Zhan express his views on scallion pancakes, and said with a smile, "The proprietress herself looks like a big pancake, and she looks at the pancake every day, and everyone is pretty. You can't help boasting." , if someone says a few polite words, you should take it seriously."

"That's the same." Ming Zhan retorted, "If those people in the court say those good things, I won't believe a single word. You said, I went to her house to buy cakes a few times, and He Yuyaoguang Ali and the others together, The proprietress didn't praise anyone, she only praised me, which shows that I am indeed not bad."

Ruan Hongfei asked puzzled, "Well, is it worth being happy to praise a big pancake girl?"

"Someone sincerely compliments me, of course I'm happy." Ming Zhan said, his smiling eyes crooked.

"Maybe it's the silver in your pocket."

Ming Zhan boasted that he hadn't seen Ruan Hongfei agreeing to it for so long, instead he kept tearing things down, causing him to lose face, and he was furious, "Fart! There are so many people going to buy pancakes, and Aunt Pancake only praises me!"

Angrily, he ignored Ruan Hongfei for two hours.

When An Dinghou returned home, his legs were weak, and he had to rely on someone to help him get out of the car.

"Go to Madam's room." These days, because of his concubine, An Ding Hou was beaten into a pig's face by Princess An Yue. He was ashamed and angry, and he has been sleeping in the study to recuperate. Now that something happened, he didn't care about face. , went directly to the main courtyard to talk.

Princess An Yue got angry when she saw Marquis An Ding, and sneered, "Master Hou is on a business trip, right? Go, send Master Hou to the Pavilion of Lianxiang and Xiyu." There are two little goblins, one named Lianxiang and the other named Xiyu.The watery beauty, with her brows, eyes, style, and figure, is more than a mountain taller than the straight-browed Princess An Yue.

Hou An Ding smiled apologetically, "My wife, don't talk about the girls. Since I brought them back, I will do as you please." After dismissing the servants, Hou An Ding sat on the couch spontaneously and sighed, "A catastrophe is imminent, do you know?"

"You come to your misfortune, what has nothing to do with me!" Serving men better than beauty, Princess An Yue is naturally not an opponent of Lianxiangxiyu, but her background is iron, she sneered, "I am the princess conferred by the emperor after all, As long as you don’t rebel, there’s nothing wrong with it!”

Hou An Ding knew Princess An Yue's temper, but he had no choice but to eat this soft meal, how could his back be straight?However, they are still old couples, and Marquis Anding's face has been tempered a long time ago. This time, he was the one who made a mistake first, and sighed, "Don't talk about it, hurry up and take out 60 silver?"

Princess An Yue raised her eyebrows and asked vigilantly, "What are you doing?"

"What are you doing?" Hou An Ding said in a low voice, feeling uncomfortable with cold sweat sticking to his body, "Your Majesty knows everything about Yangzhou, even the pair of purple jade bottles inlaid with treasures that the Yang family gave me when I celebrated my birthday. In front of you, There is nothing wrong with it. Now the emperor does not send me, because he is looking at the face of his mother-in-law, and allows me to go back and make amends. It is just that the previous collection is not good and I will keep it. Letting go of these foreign money, let's live in peace, and we will be in the emperor's place. By my side, I am not afraid of not having a future in the future."

Princess An Yue was taken aback, she didn't care about getting angry for the time being, and asked in surprise, "How did the emperor know? The bottle is still an old item in the previous court. It's been a few years ago. The Yang family didn't give it away in a fair manner, your majesty?"

"That's enough." An Dinghou sighed, "Now it's said that this is a taboo, and the emperor's holy candle shines, so why don't you know what's going on? I'm satisfied if I'm safe."

Princess An Yue felt like cutting flesh, and couldn't help but said, "The past two years have been hard work in vain."

Hou An Ding sighed softly, but did not speak.