Celebrating the Year of the Fish: A Princess is Not a Concubine[GL]

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The night is thick, but the time seems to be speeding up, passing by in a flash.

The next day Zhou Jinyu got up and put on her clothes, but Wei Huanian hadn't woken up yet. She put on her official uniform, calmed down and went out.

Wan Qiu followed, glanced at the closed door, hesitated to speak.

Zhou Jinyu didn't doubt that he was there, so she got up and went to the front hall for dinner. Today, Long Live Lord called a court meeting, and yesterday Shangshu Liu Gudao asked her to go there earlier.She woke up before, either because she saw that Wei Huanian woke up earlier than her, or because she could see Wei Huanian woke up as soon as she opened her eyes, but today the girl slept very deeply.

Wan Qiu suddenly said: "Master Consort, is Master awake?"

Zhou Jinyu stopped and said, "Your princess hasn't woken up yet, don't disturb her, let her sleep for a while."

Wan Qiu nodded in agreement, and as soon as Zhou Jinyu walked away, she immediately opened the door and went into the house.

Wei Huanian had already opened his eyes at this time, she had already woken up.

Seeing that she was awake, Wan Qiu immediately stepped forward and said worriedly: "Master, are you sick again?"

Wei Huanian nodded slightly, frowned slightly, and snorted in a muffled voice, as if trying to suppress it.

Wan Qiu panicked: "This...Master, then I will invite Master Kongzhi here."

Wei Huanian shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "No need, I will hold on for a few more days, and if things get worse, it's not too late to go to Qianlong Temple to see him."

Wan Qiu said anxiously: "Master, how can this be possible? Your body is like this, if you don't get the treatment in time, something will go wrong if you procrastinate."

Wei Huanian lifted the brocade quilt, sat on the bed, frowned, and asked in a low voice: "The son-in-law is gone?"

Wan Qiu nodded: "My son-in-law is going to the morning court today, and he has already gone to the front hall for dinner."

Wei Huanian remained silent.

Wan Qiu was anxious: "Master, you can't delay any longer!"

Wei Huanian glanced at her and said with a smile, "Silly girl, I know my own body well."

Wan Qiu wanted to say more, but seeing that Wei Huanian had made up his mind, he stopped talking.

After Zhou Jinyu had her breakfast, she was going to the morning court. When she walked to the gate of the palace, she saw Prime Minister Meng Changru. Remembering what Mrs. Liu said to her yesterday, she immediately walked forward and saluted Meng Changru with a smile.

Meng Changru looked at her with a smile, and asked, "My son-in-law, I think you already know about Long Live Lord borrowing money from the Zhou family."

Zhou Jinyu bowed and said, "Yes, Mr. Xiang, my mother told me all about it."

Meng Changru asked, "I don't know what Lingtang said?"

Zhou Jinyu thought for a while, and then got straight to the point: "Old Prime Minister, there is a flood in Yong'an County, and the victims are living in dire straits. My Zhou family is naturally duty-bound. Even if you don't tell me, I will take the initiative to report to the court." The silver came to relieve the disaster."

Meng Changru nodded in satisfaction, and said with a smile, "That would be the best. The truth will replace the victims of the disaster. Thank you for now."

Zhou Jinyu said: "It's just that it's okay to lend this money, but this week's money, my mother and I are not from the Zhou family, so naturally we have no control over it."

Meng Changru was taken aback, and anger was already on his face: "What do you mean?"

Zhou Jinyu hurriedly said: "Master, don't worry, what I mean is, since the imperial court wants to borrow money from merchants, it is natural that the more the better, the more the better, am I right?"

Meng Changru looked at her suspiciously, and said, "That's right."

Zhou Jinyu said: "But if the imperial court wants to borrow more money, my Zhou family will naturally have nothing to say, but if I want to make the merchants willing, I'm afraid it will not be so easy."

Meng Changru asked, "According to what you said, how can we make them willing?"

Zhou Jinyu smiled and said, "Of course there is a way. It depends on whether you are willing to listen to me."

Meng Changru said with a half-smile, "My lord, don't be sloppy with me. If you have anything to pay attention to, just tell me and let me hear if it's feasible."

Seeing what he said, Zhou Jinyu immediately said: "In business, business is mostly for profit. If the imperial court is willing to pay some interest, my Zhou family will take the lead and help you lobby the merchants' houses, saying that the imperial court is willing to pay some interest. To encourage these merchants with higher interest rates, they will naturally be willing."

Meng Changru thought for a while, and suddenly burst into laughter. He laughed and said, "What you said is not unreasonable, let's think about it."

Zhou Jinyu smiled and bowed, saying, "But according to the Prime Minister's orders."

Meng Changru looked at her with a look of admiration, raised his hand, patted Zhou Jinyu's shoulder, turned and left.

Zhou Jinyu finally breathed a sigh of relief, the matter is probably settled.

In fact, it was not only because the Liu family had told her that she came to tell Meng Changru about it. If the court really wanted to borrow less and pay back more, those merchants would naturally be willing to hand over more of their money to the court. For the disaster victims, it might not be a good thing.

At the court meeting in the Golden Luan Hall, Emperor Tianshun was still troubled by the Khitan matter.

The Khitan's attack this time was well prepared. Although the Jin Dynasty was rich and powerful, the Khitan's war horses and weapons still made Emperor Tianshun a big headache.

The Turks were good at making weapons, and the Khitan borrowed weapons from the Turks, and most of the Khitan tribes were grassland tribes who were good at raising horses. Although the war horses of the Jin Dynasty had also undergone strict training, they were inferior to the Khitan war horses. It's no wonder that Emperor Tianshun was furious because of the imminent battle.

But fortunately, there is some discrepancy in what was said before that the Turkic and Khitan joined forces. In order to show favor with the Jin Dynasty, the Turkic king separated the relationship with the Khitan and sent the Turkic Princess Amin to Dajin. Jin, as a hostage.

This is undoubtedly good news for Emperor Tianshun.

If the Khitan united with the Turks to fight against the Jin Dynasty, and the two fierce ethnic groups fought together, the Jin Dynasty might still have some taboos, but if the Turks did not enter the army and only the Khitans, the chances of winning would be greatly increased.

Therefore, after Emperor Tianshun lost his temper in the court hall, his expression eased a lot.

When the court was about to leave, Emperor Tianshun said: "Pass down the decree, announce her to the palace, and give her a husband-in-law among the princes and children."

Turkic Princess Amin arrived in the capital yesterday, and now Princess Amin is in the inn, Emperor Tianshun summoned her to live in the palace, his intention is self-evident.

After the court was over, Zhou Jinyu returned to the Ministry of Officials. This time Zuo Lang Zhong Han Xu went out to do some errands, so she finally didn't have to do some work of serving tea and sweeping the floor, and she was happy to be free.

However, Shangshu Liu Gudao was unwell and asked for leave again.

But before he had been idle for a while, a small official came and asked Zhou Jinyu to clean up and down Zuo Shilang's courtyard, and said that this was the intention of Zuo Langzhong, Han Xu, and that everything except his house would use water. Wipe it again.

Zhou Jinyu's expression remained the same, and she only said that she would do it right away.

This cleaning took a whole morning, and most of the courtyard was Han Xu's confidants, all of them were laughing and watching her jokes, probably thinking in their hearts, what about the son-in-law, is he just a low-level servant? live?

When it was time for lunch, the number of people in the courtyard gradually decreased, and finally only she was left who was still cleaning, and those people didn't call her for dinner.

Seeing that there was no one around, Zhou Jinyu's expression turned cold. He threw the dirty cloth into the basin, pushed the door into Han Xu's study room, and immediately closed the door with his backhand.

The layout of Han Xu's study room is the same as when she came back last time, all of which are flashy things, except for the exquisite ceramic vases, there are some ancient books.

She walked over and flipped through it casually.

The books were all neatly arranged. Although they were old, they never looked like they had been turned over. It was obviously Han Xu's appearance.

But there is one book that is different, that book has some creases, maybe Han Xu often reads it.

Zhou Jinyu opened it and flipped through a few pages at random. It was just an ordinary "On Ancient Policies".

Only a few pages of the book were marked, and a few words were circled separately. Zhou Jinyu wrote down these words and put the book back in its original place.

At this time, someone outside suddenly asked, "Who is inside?"

Zhou Jinyu heard the sound, she was a maidservant, she quickly looked around and saw that there was nowhere to hide, so she jumped on the beam of the house.

The maid had already opened the door and came in, seeing that no one was inside, she was slightly relieved, went out again, and closed the door again.

Zhou Jinyu listened to the footsteps and saw people walking away, so he got down from the beam, put his ear on the door and listened for a while, when there was no movement outside, he opened the door and walked out to the yard again , continue to clean.

When she finished her work and went out to look for food, an official told her with a smile that because she came too late, her share had already been eaten by others.

So she was hungry until the sun went down, and she left the official department, her stomach was still empty.

She could almost get a glimpse of Han Xu's hostility towards her from the attitude of those people in Zuo Shilang's courtyard towards her.

After returning home, she was really hungry and ate two bowls of rice in a row.

Wei Huanian smiled and looked at her, and Xiao Baozi was also staring at her.

Zhou Jinyu burped after eating the last mouthful of rice in the bowl, only then did he see the two of them staring at him.

Zhou Jinyu took the brocade handkerchief Wan Qiu handed over, wiped his mouth, and then smiled, "What's the matter, why are you all looking at me?"

Wei Huanian said thoughtfully: "My son-in-law, are you hungry in the Ministry of Officials?"

Afraid that she might be worried, Zhou Jinyu quickly shook his head and said with a smile, "No, the food served by the officials is very good."

Wei Hua nodded his head young and didn't ask any more questions.

After dinner, Zhou Jinyu accompanied Wei Huanian back to the room. After washing, Zhou Jinyu loosened the golden hook, put down the curtain, and lay flat on the bed, very tired.

Wei Huanian fell on her side, tilted his head to look at her and said, "My son-in-law, are you uncomfortable in the official department?"

Zhou Jinyu immediately turned to look at her, and shook his head: "No."

Seeing that she didn't want to talk about it, Wei Huanian stopped asking, and just said: "If you have any grievances, tell me about it."

Zhou Jinyu only smiled and said, "Princess, I am your son-in-law, who dares to wrong me?"

Wei Huanian also laughed, and said: "Tomorrow night, my father will host a banquet for the Turkic Princess Amin. If you come back early, you can go with me, okay?"

Zhou Jinyu thought for a while, and remembered that Emperor Shun said that he wanted to choose a husband-in-law for the Turkic princess from among the princes and nobles, so he immediately agreed: "Okay, but, the princess, I have heard , Your Majesty is going to choose a horse for Princess Amin this time, so what am I going to do? What if Princess Amin falls in love with me at a glance, what should I do?"

Wei Huanian paused, shot her a look, and suddenly said domineeringly: "If she knows you are my consort and still chooses you, I will ask someone to put a sack over her head and beat her up. "

Zhou Jinyu: "..."

Such a domineering girl.