Chapter 47: Concubine Liu Was Rewarded to Leave the Palace at Any Time

In the bamboo garden, Master Liu and Madam Liu turned around and saw Emperor Xiao Yunzhou and the cabinet ministers, and were also surprised.

When they followed the emperor's gaze and saw the little princess Chuchu in his arms who seemed to have been awakened and had just opened her eyes, they felt even more distressed.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

"Why did your Majesty take the little princess out of the palace?"

Xiao Yunzhou waved his hand, "Originally, I came to congratulate Xu Jijiu on having a great-grandson, but who would have thought that I would hear about such a heinous thing!"

Xu Jijiu, who was lying on the ground, was stunned.

Then the guards found shovels and dug out the sandalwood boxes one by one.

Thirty boxes... Fifty boxes... Sixty-three boxes!

Even though Xiao Yunzhou had known what was going on, he was still angered by the 63 boxes of official silver and precious calligraphy and paintings.

"Put Xu Shao in jail immediately! Find out where the silver came from!"

He is an emperor, but the money in his private treasury is only this small fraction...

It's outrageous!

"Old Liu, you have done a great deed again this time." Xiao Yunzhou sincerely praised Old Liu in front of the cabinet ministers.

The cabinet and the six ministers were silent.

They looked at Xu Jijiu who was dragged away by the Jinyiwei, and they were puzzled.

What kind of incense has the Liu family been burning recently?

How come Liu Wenchang found out about one thing and two things first!

He caught his boss cheating, found out about treason, and now he got a million taels of stolen silver.

Why?

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice was the first one who couldn't help but curiously asked Old Liu, "How did Lord Liu find out?"

"Well, there's nothing worth talking about. I just wanted to visit my old superior, Xu Jijiu." Old Liu was very modest.

"As a result, I found something wrong when I was just walking around the yard and reciting poems."

Not only the Minister of Justice, but even the four cabinet elders, their mouths twitched when they heard it.

You are so casual!

Can you share some of this good luck with them?

"What did Lord Liu find out when reciting poems?" Emperor Xiao Yunzhou was also very interested.

If it weren't for his daughter's voice, he, the emperor, wouldn't have come to watch the fun.

Mr. Liu was modest, but Mrs. Liu was thick-skinned.

Mrs. Liu stood up at the moment, "To answer the emperor, my head of the family played in the fields when he was a child. As soon as he walked in this muddy ground, he knew that the soil below was not right."

"He gave me a look, and I pretended to eat bamboo shoots and pulled one out for inspection."

The cabinet ministers were silent.

Who could have thought, who could have thought!

They are a group of scholars, and their families have been officials for generations, and they are from a scholarly family.

Even if their families are not very wealthy, their parents usually keep them from working in the fields because they are taking the imperial examinations.

Who is so unrefined as the Liu family, letting the scholars work in the fields!

As a result, this unrefinedness made the Liu family meritorious!

"Good, good, good!"

Xiao Yunzhou clapped his hands and praised, his eyes shining.

"When the late emperor was alive, he led the ministers to help farmers with autumn harvest and spring sowing. Through this move, the royal descendants, ministers and people will not forget the importance of farming food."

"I was young before, and I didn't quite understand the late emperor's deep meaning. Today, this incident, Old Liu really opened my eyes, and I realized that the late emperor was right!"

Xiao Yunzhou sighed, "I was wrong in the past. From tomorrow on, every day off, the ministers will go with me to help the people in the suburbs of Beijing."

"???"

The cabinet and the six ministries were all dumbfounded.

What the hell?

Emperor Xiao Yunzhou, looking at the Liu family master and old lady now, really thinks that they are rare characters, one is wise, the other is fierce and loyal to the court.

Turning his head to look at the officials beside him who were so angry at the thought of farming, Xiao Yunzhou was really disgusted. "I asked you to come with me to visit Xu Jijiu, but you all said you were busy with work and couldn't leave."

"What did you do?"

"Nothing!"

"Not as good as Old Liu in Mu Xiu!"

"Ah, I, the emperor, am too embarrassed to continue talking."

The four cabinet elders and the six ministers were all blushing.

Five days after Mu Xiu, the 1.2 million taels seized by Xu Jijiu were put into the national treasury.

In addition to the silver allocated for the management of the Yellow River, Xiao Yunzhou also gave a portion to Concubine Liu.

"My queen, the emperor took the cabinet and the six ministers to farm today."

Wei Zheng smiled and asked someone to carry the official silver box into Concubine Liu's bedroom.

"The emperor originally wanted to take the little princess with him, but he thought that the sun was very strong in the farmland, and he was afraid that the little princess would get sunburned, so he had to give up."

[嘤But I want to go out of the palace to play~]

When Xiao Chuchu heard that she couldn't go, she pouted in the rocking bed.

[That day when we went to check the silver, I fell asleep halfway and was unhappy. ]

Liu Pin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, she picked up her daughter and patted her little back, coaxing her softly.

"Thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty."

The emperor wanted to take the child away, and she couldn't agree.

Men don't know how to take care of children!

A few days ago, the emperor took Chuchu out of the palace, and when he came back, Chuchu's butt was red.

It was all because he kept holding her and refused to let go, and refused to give her to the wet nurse.

Liupin now has a headache when she sees the emperor taking his daughter away.

"Eunuch Wei, what is this box that was carried in?"

"Oh, these silvers, the emperor knew that the queen was looking for the ladies to make winter clothes for the refugees together, and he allocated them to you from the private treasury."

[Hehe, this is what Xu Jijiu dug out from the ground. 】

Xiao Chuchu stretched her little neck and looked into the treasure box.

"Here is one thousand taels, which is the emperor's support for the queen."

Wei Zheng smiled and said.

"The emperor said that the queen is thinking about the people and is righteous. If there is still a shortage of silver, talk to him."

Liupin nodded and asked the eunuch to carry it to the warehouse.

But Wei Zheng saw that she had accepted the silver and had no intention of leaving, so he took a step forward mysteriously.

He took out an imperial edict from his sleeve.

He recited it immediately.

"By the will of Heaven, the Emperor decrees."

"I heard that the Queen Mother ordered Concubine Liu to start providing winter clothing for refugees."

"I have specially granted Concubine Liu a badge to enter and leave the palace at any time."

"And order Old Madam Liu to be the clothing supervisor and cooperate with Concubine Liu in her work outside the palace."

"In addition, I heard that Min Rou, the daughter of the prefect of Hangzhou, is good at clothing and embroidery, so I order her to assist Concubine Liu."

Concubine Liu raised her head suddenly.

Even Xiao Chuchu, who was almost asleep in her cradle, brightened her eyes.

Min Rou, the granddaughter-in-law who was bullied and hanged herself a while ago!

[Wow, my mother can leave the palace and meet her~]

Concubine Liu's eyes were filled with tears.

Min Rou was her best friend before she married into the palace.

Once you enter the palace, it's like entering a deep sea. They haven't seen each other for many years.

Also, she can leave the palace at any time to see her mother?

Without the consent of the queen and the queen mother!

Concubine Liu lowered her head and couldn't help sniffing.

Wei Zheng smiled and continued to read, "I reward Concubine Liu with a small courtyard in the capital, which is specially used by women who make winter clothes this time."

"I decree it."

[Aww, my mother has a house~]

Xiao Chuchu was excited, [I want to go and see~]

After Wei Zheng finished speaking, he smiled and looked at Concubine Liu with tears in her eyes, "Your Majesty, please accept the order."

"In addition, the carriage is waiting outside the palace."

"The emperor said that you can take Xiao Gege and Concubine Min to the outside of the palace today to start working on winter clothes."

Concubine Liu's eyes lit up.

[Great, mother and Aunt Min can finally walk out of the palace. ]

Xiao Chuchu was really happy for Concubine Liu, grinning and laughing.

[Don't be a caged bird, don't be a canary, do your own business! ]

"By the way, Madam, the Ministry of Industry has developed five improved silk reeling machines and looms according to your suggestion."

"They have been delivered."