He just asked a casual question, but saw Nan Yan immediately pursed her lips and suppressed her smile.
The hand holding the purse also tightened.
Then came over: "Huh? What is so happy?"
"..."
Nan Yan looked anxiously at the purse in his hand, then raised his head to look at him again, and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to tell you, but you—"
Don't plunder my money again, will you
She hesitated for the latter sentence, but didn't speak.
On the contrary, Zhu Feng slightly raised his eyebrows, saw two cups of tea on the table, and said, "Who is here?"
Nan Yan said softly: "The servant's uncle."
"..."
Zhu Feng hesitated for a moment before thinking: "Henan celebrity, Gu Tingqiu?"
Nan Yan said: "The emperor also knows about him?"
"This person has a high reputation in Henan Province, and I heard that even Cheng Guogong wanted to hire him as an aide, but he couldn't invite him."
"oh… "
"He actually came to see you." Zhu Feng looked at her, and said with a half-smile, "Your face is bigger than Cheng Guogong."
Nan Yan thought for a while, and said: "Although he came to see the servant girl, it can be seen that he is not Si Nanyan."
"Oh? Who did he see?"
"He saw the female official Shang Bao who is beside His Majesty the Emperor."
Zhu Feng looked back at her, blinked at himself, and couldn't help pursing his lips.
Then he said: "Then, what is he doing when he comes to see my female officer Shang Bao?"
Nan Yan walked in front of him, and carefully handed him the things in his hand: "Uncle, he gave this to the servant."
Zhu Feng glanced at it, then raised his eyebrows again.
Five thousand taels.
What a big deal.
It felt like he had "meet the world" after leaving the palace.
From Xie Shi, who runs a mine, to Gu Tingqiu, a famous scholar in Henan, each one is richer than the other.
He said with a half-smile: "Why, did he ask you to help him with something?"
He had known for a long time that the connection between the harem and the former dynasty, once the concubine was favored, could give the emperor a pillow, and it would have an impact on the appointment and dismissal of officials from the former dynasty, and even some important promotions.
The same is true for concubines who ask for officials and rewards for their families.
This is how the family of relatives grew up.
Although he wanted to promote members of the Si family, it didn't mean that he wanted to allow them to develop their power.
Nan Yan said: "He didn't entrust his servants to do things."
"..."
"He said that this is a subsidy from the family to the servants."
"... subsidy?"
"Well, my uncle said that my servant is on duty with the emperor, and sometimes I need help, and I also need to buy some things, so I gave this to my servant."
As she spoke, she said cautiously: "Your Majesty, is this—is it bribing slaves?"
Zhu Feng glanced at her: "What do you think?"
"..."
Nan Yan thought for a while, then said: "This servant thinks, to the emperor, it should be regarded as a bribe."
"oh?"
"Because the officials of the imperial court don't know how many relatives they have. If everyone gives money as a 'subsidy' like this, it will inevitably be soft-spoken and short-handed. When the time comes, relatives need help with something, so they just obediently bow their heads and obey their ears?"
Zhu Feng nodded.
Then she glared at her: "You know it's a bribe, but you still dare to accept it?"
Nan Yan said seriously: "To the emperor, it's bribery, but to slaves - it's extortion."
"blackmail?"
"That's right," Nan Yan said with a smile: "They used to treat the slaves badly, but now the slaves are 'prosperous', they take advantage of the reputation of the slaves, and are afraid of the slaves' retaliation, so they send money to please the slaves and ease the relationship."
Zhu Feng laughed and said, "You? Prestige? Where did you get your prestige?"
Nan Yan said seriously: "The fox is pretending to be the tiger, I borrowed it."
"..."
"The servant is a fox, and the emperor is a tiger."
Zhu Feng was so teased by her that he almost laughed, stretched out his hand and twisted her face: "I found that you have a lot of fallacies."
Nan Yan laughed too.
Zhu Feng crossed his arms and said, "Then you plan to take this bribe now, and it's the silver taels you blackmailed, what should you do?"
"..."
Nan Yan thought for a while, then looked at him again, then tightly held the purse in her hand, and handed it to him.
"Your Majesty, do you want to take it away?"
"..."
Seeing her expression of reluctance, Zhu Feng coughed lightly, reached out and took the purse by force.
"well-"
Nan Yan was taken aback for a moment, her hands were already empty.
Immediately, a small face drooped in sadness.
I thought to myself: Is it really accepted
I honestly reported it to him, didn't I just want him to confiscate the money for the sake of my honesty
Although in the past, I didn't need any expenses when I was a female official, but this time when I return to Jinling, I will be canonized as a concubine, inside and out, up and down, how can I not need a little money to manage it
She can't be the poorest concubine, can she
Thinking of this, with a mournful face, he looked at the purse in Zhu Feng's hand anxiously.
And when Zhu Feng received the wallet containing so many banknotes, and saw Nanyan's teeth itch with distress, he immediately felt better.
He laughed and said, "I have to think carefully about what to use for such a sum of money."
"..."
"How do you say it works well?"
Nan Yan held her mouth shut and did not speak.
Who has seen meat cut from a pig, and asked the pig how to make it delicious
Too cruel!
Zhu Feng took another look at her dejected look, then suppressed a smile, and said, "Why don't you just give it to the concubine I'm going to be canonize soon, and let her go and buy some things properly."
"..."
Nan Yan was taken aback for a moment, then raised her head, and the purse was delivered to her eyes again.
Nan Yan's eyes widened in surprise: "Your Majesty, did you really give it to me?"
"..."
"Really?"
"..."
"It won't be taken back, will it?"
The most important thing is, you won't let yourself lose money when you see what mistakes you made again
Seeing her excited yet cautious look, the corners of Zhu Feng's mouth could not help but curl up.
But immediately, he straightened his face and said in a deep voice: "You are not joking, you dare to doubt me?"
"Don't dare, dare not!"
Nan Yan said while putting her purse in her arms.
Zhu Feng turned his face to one side, and the corners of his mouth finally curled up uncontrollably.
If he had collected the money before, he would definitely not have returned it to her.
He really hoped that there would be nothing in her world, no money, no support, and no one else. It would be best if her world was so small that it could only accommodate herself.
but…
Of course it is impossible.
It is also impossible for him to really imprison her by his side for the rest of his life, so that no one else can see her.
Although, he really hoped that in her world, he was the only one.
However, she was already going to become her concubine, and she was about to belong to him, and he shouldn't be so narrow-minded and exploit the only things left in her little world.