cold hearted son-in-law

Prime Minister Qin and Chu Yunxi brought Qin Jue into the palace to meet the emperor.Along the way, Qin Jue was tied up like a rice dumpling and was still struggling manically, Chu Yunxi ignored him, and the two went to the palace together to face the saint.

Chu Yunxi relied on himself as a marquis, and led others to walk ahead on horseback.Prime Minister Qin was too old to be able to bump the carriage, so eight people carried it in a big sedan chair, and followed her horse. At the end was a carriage, and two strong servants firmly fixed Qin Jue, who was bound like a rice dumpling. .Chu Yunxi let go of the reins and walked slowly, surrounded by several soft-armored guards carefully guarding her, and several father-in-laws also followed carefully, not daring to urge her, and the bearers who carried the sedan chair did not dare to pass her, so they could only follow her. She walked forward like a walk.

Old Prime Minister Qin heard his son kicking the car wall behind him, yelling in a low voice with his mouth shut, he lifted the car curtain a few times to see Chu Yunxi who was walking slowly in front, blowing his beard and staring angrily, but there was nothing he could do.

Chu Yunxi in the front didn't know about this, but the emperor announced that the two of them would naturally want to be together. If she couldn't ride the horse and enter the palace first, she would be suspected of being a villain first, and she also ran around all morning. Naturally, she was a little tired, and she didn't know the speed of the sedan chair, but as soon as the prime minister got old, she could ride slowly, and the emperor would not blame her for it no matter how urgently she announced it, and the 'father-in-law' who saw her later would also be fine. Adjust your mentality, why don't you settle the account of her poisoning today?However, the emperor's news is very well-informed, but if the father-in-law is suddenly asked to go to the prime minister's mansion to announce to them, it is not just because she is afraid that she will do something to the prime minister's mansion, right?Or was it because of the fact that she scared the prince to tears a few hours ago?

With towering palace gates and nine palace gates, Chu Yunxi and Prime Minister Qin entered the imperial study together.After the imperial case, the emperor sat upright on the big golden nanmu chair, while the crown prince, eldest princess, and even the second prince were all in the room.

"My minister (veteran) sees Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty." Chu Yunxi and Prime Minister Qin knelt down together, but they seemed to be separated by the Chu River and the Han Dynasty, and the Wei Wei was clearly separated.

"Let's get back on your feet and give me your seat." The emperor said slowly, his tone flat.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Chu Yunxi slowly got up and glanced at the 'veteran' Prime Minister Qin.The eunuch placed a chair next to the eldest princess on the right, and placed a chair under the prince and the second prince on the left. Chu Yunxi glanced at the position, then raised his foot to the left, and Prime Minister Qin naturally turned to the left. The two people beside the chair Staring at each other, the second prince looked at Chu Yunxi with a forced smile on his cold face, showing a somewhat weird expression.

Chu Yunxi felt that several people behind her were staring at her, so she sat down first, put one hand on the small tea table next to her, and looked at Prime Minister Qin with her cheeks curled up, with a rascal look on her face.

Prime Minister Qin was born in a wealthy family and was the head of all officials. When was he bullied by a yellow-mouthed child so repeatedly?His face flushed with anger, he clutched his chest, panting heavily, as if he was going to be pissed off.

The prince was taken aback. The prime minister had served as the prince's tutor at the same time. He was his teacher and was a pillar of the prince's school. The prince hurriedly got up and came to help him. Looking at Chu Yunxi who was still sitting still, he swallowed his saliva and avoided With Chu Yunxi's gaze, he lowered his head and dared not say anything.

The emperor held a teacup and drank tea quietly, as if he hadn't noticed this.The eldest princess sat on the chair with a blank expression on her face.The second prince looked at the cowardly prince with disdain, and only looked at what Chu Yunxi would do next.

"Prime Minister Qin, what's wrong? Did you forget to take your medicine when you went out? Come on, come and sit with me and have a good rest." Chu Yunxi pretended to stand up, and continued to say, "Look at the symptoms of the Prime Minister." , Oops, it really looks like a 'qi disease', it's dying, but don't worry, Prime Minister, I have medicine!"

The prince had already silently supported Prime Minister Qin to sit down. Chu Yunxi took out a black pill the size of a finger from the snake leather wristband where the silver needle was placed, and continued to say solemnly: "This is a pill for stretching legs and staring at the eyes of the prime minister. For the disease of 'Qi disease', one pill is effective, usually priced at 250 taels, half price for the prime minister, only [-] taels! Here, I know that the prime minister needs it urgently, and I don't have any money, so I will be a good person, and the prime minister will take it first. You can pay back the money later, and you will never be charged interest!"

"Cough cough..." The emperor put down his teacup, looked at Chu Yunxi, who looked like a philistine, and then at Prime Minister Qin, who was so angry that he couldn't speak. He didn't know what to say. Yunxi is in charge of such a huge Huzhou, and he still lacks this little money?Why do you want to learn from that profiteer who sells dog skin plaster?Or did Chu Yunxi know that she was recruited this time to discuss raising military funds?

Chu Yunxi glanced at the emperor, then at the expressionless eldest princess, touched his nose, walked over slowly and sat down.

"The rebel Bai Lie led the rebel army to conquer Cangzhou, and is waiting to gather another rebel army. They will attack the capital today, and the treasury is empty. Now there are few major generals and the country is powerless. Now the prime minister and the eldest son-in-law are here. Discuss this matter, do you two have any good ideas?" The emperor opened his mouth to break the dull atmosphere in the room.

After hearing this, Chu Yunxi turned her head to look at the eldest princess, but the eldest princess remained expressionless and didn't even give her a look.Instead, the prince and the second prince were looking at her. Chu Yunxi covered his face with his right hand, and secretly made a face at the second prince with his left hand.

"Cough cough...cough cough..." The second prince lowered his head and covered his mouth and coughed wildly, his body was shaking non-stop. The prince's face was stiff and he looked away.

Seeing Chu Yunxi covering his face, the emperor turned his gaze to Prime Minister Qin.Prime Minister Qin straightened his clothes and was about to get up to report, but the emperor stopped him by raising his hand, indicating that there is no need to be too polite. Prime Minister Qin glanced at Chu Yunxi deeply, and then said: "The old minister is willing to do his best with all the officials to donate 20 taels of silver to relieve the country's crisis."

Chu Yunxi glanced at the prime minister with contempt. Thousands of officials from all over the court jointly donated 20 taels of silver?To be honest, every inch of land in the capital is expensive, and usually some well-known merchants have tens of thousands of properties, let alone a wealthy family accumulated over several generations?Just talking about the Furong Courtyard that was destroyed by fire, even the eldest princess’s natural residence has more than this amount of profit in a year, and the six border states pay more than 50 taels of tax to the court every year. What can he do with 20 taels ?The country's repeated campaigns, the replacement of soldiers, palace expenses, natural disasters, border guards, etc. are all very large expenses.It is not uncommon for officials to fill their pockets, and it is not uncommon for them to be "three feet high". As a result, officials are richer than the people, the local area is richer than the country, and there are many examples where the country has to borrow from the local area or wealthy businessmen for urgent matters.

Chu Yunxi heaved a sigh of relief. If the emperor didn't ask the gods to rectify the affairs of the government, why would they be here today?Chu Yunxi spoke slowly: "The ancestor of the prime minister was one of the four founders of the country. It has been passed down for several generations, and now the prime minister ranks first among the hundred officials. He has worked hard for the country and the people. I, Chu Yunxi, cannot compare with him. Now that the country is in crisis and the emperor appreciates you and me, how about this? The prime minister will pay 20 taels alone, and recruit hundreds of officials to raise 100 million taels. The court can also raise funds in the form of selling war bonds, which are issued to buyers in the name of the court. Promise to pay the interest and repay the principal when due in a certain period of time. The fastest way is to issue an appropriate amount of national debt to raise money for emergencies. As for myself, I am alone , promise to turn over half of Huzhou’s tax revenue in the next five years to the state treasury.”

"The son-in-law has great righteousness, I am very relieved, and this national debt?" After finishing speaking, the emperor looked at Chu Yunxi in silence, then turned to ask the prime minister: "Does the prime minister think this method is feasible? If not, can there be other advantages?" Policy?"

"Your Majesty, this method is unheard of, and I'm sorry for my lack of knowledge. It may be difficult to implement this method, and the people may not buy it. And His Majesty's reputation. But now that the war is urgent, it's okay to try it with a small amount first..." Qin Prime Minister wiped his sweat and said carefully.

"Well, the prime minister is right. What should the eldest son-in-law think that the treasury will not be able to afford it when it expires? How much of the bonds you mentioned can be issued first? How will they be issued?"

"If you can't repay when it's due, you can reissue national debts to repay the old debts that are due. This can also reduce and disperse the country's debt repayment burden. As for the amount of national debt issuance, it can only be determined after statistics on the actual national fiscal expenditures. , the method can be distributed through public offering or compulsory apportionment." Chu Yunxi answered freely, but his brows kept frowning.

"The prime minister will be responsible for raising funds from all the officials, as much as can be raised. As for the issuance of national debt, it will be handed over to the eldest son-in-law and the crown prince to discuss and deal with it. King Wu will assist, and I will see the effect at the end of this month. This matter is related to the country. Life and death, you must do your best, hurry up and do it well, and leave if you have nothing else to do." The emperor waved his hand again, with an impatient and exhausted look on his face.

Prime Minister Qin opened his mouth to say something, but swallowed it again. He glanced at Chu Yunxi bitterly, then saluted and everyone left the hall.

The crown prince and King Wu were in front, like the Chu River Han border between Chu Yunxi and Prime Minister Qin, ignoring each other.Prime Minister Qin was also frowning behind him.Chu Yunxi and the eldest princess walked far behind, the eldest princess did not say a word to Chu Yunxi, she looked straight ahead, Chu Yunxi was beside her, and the two walked side by side, but Chu Yunxi felt that there was a gap between them. The time seems to be separated by something.

"Return the things to you." Chu Yunxi took out Yu Ruyi from his arms, stretched it out in front of the eldest princess to stop her, and spread his palms.

The eldest princess stopped, did not look at Yu, but fixedly looked into Chu Yunxi's eyes and said, "Do you have anything else to say to me?"

When the four eyes met, Chu Yunxi looked away first, turned her head to look at the distant sky, a bird flew across the sky, she watched the bird fly far away, and she could not even see the shadow, then slowly shook her head and said: "No. "

"Okay, then just listen. The Qin family is not an ordinary family. If you couldn't come up with a plan and give up five years of tax just now, would you be able to get out so easily? You openly offended the prime minister, but think about it later? He is obstructing in the dark. Do you think It's hard to do anything! I don't know why you're messing around like this, and I don't want to know, but if you want to expose your identity, I won't stop you if you want to die. If you don't want to die, then you should be quiet!" The eldest princess had a serious expression and a serious tone, and her tightly clenched fists showed that she was really in a bad mood right now.

"Has the eldest princess ever heard the saying 'He who is barefoot is not afraid to wear shoes'? I don't want to cause trouble, but if someone provokes me, even if he is the king of heaven, I will return it!" Chu Yunxi didn't care In my heart, I didn't think there was anything great about the Qin family. As the saying goes, those who are arrogant are afraid of being stunned, and those who are stupefied are afraid of dying!She, Chu Yunxi, is taking her life now, and she may die violently at any time, so what are you afraid of?

"You... who taught you to be so...so... naive!" The eldest princess didn't know how to describe Chu Yunxi, bold and scheming?So try to provoke those who can't be provoked, more like the ignorant and fearless!

"You're still naive? Does the eldest princess know why I went to Qin Jue? Why don't you ask your good brother!" Chu Yunxi looked at the eldest princess, and was called naive by the little girl?If you know her previous life plus her current age, she will be laughed out of her teeth!

"What's wrong with Chengqian?" The eldest princess asked Chu Yunxi with a frown.

Chu Yunxi looked at her and sneered: "Don't say you don't know, I was assassinated in the son-in-law's mansion!"

The eldest princess was stunned for a while, and then said after thinking for a while: "He was also deceived, otherwise he would never have done such a thing!"

Chu Yunxi glanced at her coldly, smiled disdainfully, and was lazy to argue with her. The crown prince assassinated his "brother-in-law" for no reason. This prince has done it too.

"Now that you and Chengqian are handling government affairs together, you must get along well and don't create a gap. As for the assassination, I will give you an explanation."

"Will the eldest princess be willing? One brother and one lover, the eldest princess is willing?" Chu Yunxi smiled, playing with Yu Ruyi in his hand, with a sarcastic tone.

"Stop talking nonsense!" the eldest princess shouted angrily in a low voice, with anger in her eyes.

"Am I wrong? At this point, the eldest princess regrets not marrying your childhood sweetheart back then? What a wonderful marriage..."

"Pa" a slap interrupted Chu Yunxi's unspoken word 'Fate'.

Chu Yunxi froze in place, with burning pain coming from her face, she looked at the eldest princess in disbelief.

The princess's eyes were red, and she also looked straight at Chu Yunxi, and said in a word: "Chu, you bastard!"