Chapter 49 The Black and White of Officialdom
Hearing what she said, a fat and healthy man took a step forward. "The subordinates were shocked to hear about the resignation of the old prime minister, and they were very frightened. After thinking about it, they still felt that there was something that needed to be discussed with the princess."
Yunshang frowned slightly. She was a little worried about what happened in the court, but what the big fat man suddenly said made Yunshang shocked.
What's the big deal that needs to be discussed with her?
"Xiangxiang, why don't you bring tea to this adult?"
Xiangxiang has never seen such a big battle. With her hands tied, she can't enter or retreat from the yard. It's so embarrassing. After being drunk like this, he quickly ran out to make tea. The adult also understood the meaning of Yunshang's words and hurriedly nodded, "The lower official is the Taoist platform of Xunyang Mansion, He Youyuan."
"How far is it?" Yunshang was slightly surprised and looked at him from head to toe for a moment. He was also a little embarrassed. "Does the little princess also know my name?"
Yunshang shook his head honestly, "I don't know."
He Youyuan's fat face suddenly turned a little greener, "Yes, yes, how can such a villain enter the princess's ear?"
"I didn't know you before, but don't I know now? What's the matter with you coming here today? She stretched out and asked casually.
"It's about this." He Youyuan took out a veil and wiped his forehead. The sweaty Yunshang also felt a little inappropriate.
"We are all under Lord Feng Pingzhang." As soon as he opened his head, Yunshang looked up in surprise and asked him, "Are you turbid?"
He Youyuan turned around shyly and glanced at the corner of the wall intentionally or unintentionally. Yunshang understood what he meant. This was telling her that if it hadn't been turbid, how could she take so many gifts?
Yunshang said, and Xiangxiang brought the tea into it. She was tripped by the threshold and put the tea away tremblingly. She stood behind her without saying anything.
"It turns out that Feng Pingzhang's old department, so did you come to me to settle accounts today?" She picked up the teacup, gently brushed off the floating tea on the water, and smiled.
He Youyuan's head shook like a rattle, "How dare you? How dare you? The subordinates are under Feng Pingzhang. They need to pay three hundred taels of gold and one thousand taels of silver every quarter. There are also some silk cloth and silk embroidery. Usually, some rare treasures have to be filial to him. Even so, this year's officials in Beijing are dispatched, but there is no interest of half of us, and there is no difference schedule for us. The officials are worried about how it will go on like this. This year's income is very small. It's really... they can't pay this year's gold and silver.
"Ha ha." Yunshang laughed and took a sip of tea. "At this time, Feng Pingzhang died."
"Yes, yes, thank you, princess, for saving me is equal to water and fire." He Youyuan immediately put on a flattering smile, and someone behind him handed over a brocade box that had been holding in his hand. He Youyuan's face was full of smile, "I heard about the little princess's move a few days ago. I deeply feel that you will become a big weapon sooner or later." As he spoke, he opened the brocade box in his hand and handed it to her.
"So, are you here to slap me? You want to please me with these things, don't you?" Yunshang looked down. What was in the box was actually a real pearl in the South China Sea, but it was the size of a baby fist, which was indeed a rare treasure.
When the box is opened, a light leaps into your eyes. The soft light is a little dazzling. Yun Shang took out the pearl and put it in his hand and played for a while. He Youyuan and several ministers around him winked at each other. Another person came forward, with a brocade box in his hand, silently put it on the table, and then stepped back.
The bracelet of the South China Sea black pearl.
The third person also came forward, but it was a scroll.
The picture of Chang'e running to the moon painted by the Empress Dowager Fengyi in the previous dynasty.
The fourth, the fifth...
In a short time, her table was full of all kinds of treasures.
There was always a smile on the corners of Yunshang's mouth. Seeing that no one else came forward, he put down the lid of the box in his hand. His eyes swept around their bodies faintly. Seeing that they were looking at him with different looks, he smiled and said, "Lord He, such a heavy gift must not be because of Feng Pingzhang. It's simple, isn't it?"
The cold sweat on He Youyuan's forehead flowed down again, "How dare you deceive me? It's true."
"Oh. That's true." She lengthen the ending, but gave others a deterrent. The one standing beside He Youyuan couldn't hold it and gently pulled his sleeve. He Youyuan only doesn't know what to do.
Yunshang stroked the edge of her clothes and said, "He Youyuan, you lied to me so much and expect me to save you?"
He Youyuan was completely stunned. He looked sideways at the people around him and said, "How dare you deceive the princess?"
"I, although Lou Yunshang is a little smart, he has not yet held any official position in the court. Even my brother is just an iron necklace with only a false reputation." Yunshang rubbed the sleeves of the robe in his hand and said, "Second, if Feng Pingzhang really squeezes you like this, you only need to play the crown to celebrate his death. Why do you have to spend so much money and come to me? Third, Feng Pingzhang did an erious job for a person at the beginning of the year and killed a family of 18 people, but one of them failed to die and escaped from death. It is said that the man also has some identity. I don't know which of you did this headache case for him.
These words are methodical, organized and clear. Yunshang's voice belongs to the low, slightly magnetic female voice. These words are simply thrilling.
"Princess!" He Youyuan couldn't stand any longer. He immediately knelt on the ground, and his fat kept shaking, like a puddle of mud, "Little princess! You have a large number of officials, and the subordinates were stunned by the lard for a moment. They wanted to climb your tall tree so that they could escape this disaster. Who would have thought that it was my fault for you to pierce them at a glance.
Yun Shang sneered and pushed the box forward. "You have a good idea. If I have a little greed, I will accept your precious gold and silver. In the future, the emperor will interrogate the injustice. You can push the princess in the front and ask questions, right?" The pair of beautiful eyes turned slightly, and there was a smell of conspiracy. "You made a good idea. Don't you know that I can take you all with just one sentence now?"
The officials behind him were all like earthy faces, and they were secretly scolding He Youyuan so fraudulently. The little girl only said a few words and said them all.
Yunshang looked at their different faces, and the expression on his face softened a little. "Although I don't want to accept this money, I don't want to see you being implicated by a dead person." She took out the pearl in the box and put it on her hand. The crystal clear beads were very eye-catching. She stared at it for a while, and suddenly picked up her sleeve to wipe the dust on it. In fact, there was no dust on it.
"This bead is a good thing that comes out of the deep water of the South China Sea. It is said to be snatched from the mouth of the Dragon Lord. I believe it. Unfortunately, this thing is dusty and blind, so it is worthless." As she spoke, she let go without warning, and the bead fell from her hand and fell to the ground.
He Youyuan took a breath of cold air. "The little princess taught me a lesson that the little ones have no eyes and throw the wrong way. They shouldn't, and shouldn't hit this calculation on you."
His appearance of two wars is really interesting. Yun Shang smiled and stretched out a hand to pull him up from the ground. "Lord He, now you can say such a thorough words, and you are also a smart person. Since all the adults come sincerely and come to seek a way to survive, I, Lou Yunshang, can't help but praise you. Xiangxiang, go to Longjing before the Ming Dynasty.
Xiangxiang was dumbfounded and agreed after a long time. When I went out, I was tripped by the threshold again.
Yunshang smiled, and everyone saw that she looked a little slower. Then he was quietly relieved. Yunshang seemed to see them for the first time and said in surprise, "Why are all the adults kneeling? Get up and talk quickly."
After these people stood up, they made a move and wiped their sweat.
Yunshang looked at it interesting. She picked up the tea and planned to take a sip, only to find that the tea had cooled down.
He Youyuan quickly came forward, picked up the broken beads on the ground and put them on the table. "Even if the pearl is broken, it is also a pearl. If the princess can help the officials get through this disaster, the door was originally the princess's saddle in front of the horse, and the head of the horse is the future.
Yunshang smiled and said, "Yunshang is just a yellow-haired girl, and she doesn't plan to be an official. Today, I promised you about this because I think it's really not easy for you. I think that you committed this at the beginning, you were also taken advantage of by traitors. The turbid party has always been discord with my father. It's true that adults can come here today. There is really no way out."
He Youyuan's eyes filled with tears and touched his eyes with his sleeves. "Little princess, you are really a living Bodhisattva who saves the hardships. If you still have a way to live, you don't want to bother your beloved daughter. Just those people..."
Perhaps because Yun Shang told the truth, these people were also infected and said one after another, "To be honest, little princess, if it hadn't been for the little princess who was willing to help, I'm afraid that we would soon be bitten by Cao Ruyan and handed over as his substitute."
Xiangxiang came in with tea, followed by two little maids of honor, "Princess, tea is coming." She is very eye-catching today. Looking at the battle of this group of people, she can't help raising her identity to Yunshang.
"Dear adults, please use tea. After saying so much, I think I'm thirsty." She finally smiled.
He Youyuan took a sip first, was stunned, then put down the cup and exchanged glances with other adults.
"Then the officials have to rely on the princess to save their lives in this matter."
Yunshang nodded, "I should try my best. God still has the virtue of a good life, and so do I. But please don't forget, everyone, if this Yunshang can really come back to life..."
"If the princess can really come back to life and save us, we will be sent by the princess." Several people opened their mouths together and stood with their hands.
Yunshang nodded, and everything was tacit.
After going out, a person suddenly stopped He Youyuan's sedan chair, "Lord He! Can that little girl really save us?
He Youyuan's fat face has regained his blood color, and he poked his head out of the curtain with confidence. "A person who can casually take out the guests of Longjing in front of the Ming Dynasty who can casually take out the tribute of Hanhai Kingdom, do you think she can't save us?"
The man's face was happy, "Yes, it was given by your majesty before tomorrow!" It seems that this little princess is really spoiled!"