In the warm pavilion of Chunming, the emperor quickly reviewed the memorial with a red pen in hand.
Below, Mu Yunyao knelt in the hall, bowed her head slightly, with a hint of doubt and fear on her face.
Xu Li stood by the emperor's side with his head lowered, trying to keep his breathing as low as possible, for fear of making a sound that would offend the emperor.
Half an hour ago, Miss Mu was summoned to the palace. When the news was communicated, the emperor didn't usually see the slightest displeasure, but after Miss Mu entered the palace to salute, the emperor seemed not to hear it. With her kneeling on the ground, more than half an hour had passed since she spoke.
The memorials on the table were reduced little by little, and it was not until the last book was closed that the emperor raised his head and looked at Mu Yunyao on the ground: "Get up."
Mu Yunyao raised her head, with a smile on her face: "Minnu thank the emperor." Just finished speaking, but did not move.
The emperor's eyebrows moved: "Why, I asked you to get up but you couldn't afford it, do you think I punished you wrongly?"
Mu Yunyao hurriedly shook her head, her face tangled into a ball: "Your Majesty, you misunderstood, it's the people's daughter who has been kneeling for a long time and her legs are so numb that she can't remember it."
A smile appeared in the emperor's eyes: "Xu Li, why don't you have someone help me up?"
"Yes." Xu Li hurriedly instructed someone to help Mu Yunyao get up.
Mu Yunyao stood up, her body swayed involuntarily, her legs were numb and unconscious, and after a while, the pain was like a needle stick, and she knelt for more than half an hour. A fleece blanket, otherwise I can't stand it.
The emperor looked at Mu Yunyao's expression: "Do you know why I asked you to enter the palace?"
Mu Yunyao shook her head honestly: "The women don't know."
"Someone played you."
Mu Yunyao's eyes widened, and her tone was full of surprise: "Participate in me? I'm just a plain-headed commoner. At most, I can do some small business. Can this be participated in?"
Her eyes were watery, and she seemed surprised at the same time with a hint of pride, as if it was a very face-to-face thing to be able to participate in the performance, which made the emperor's heart feel a little more amused: "Do you know what you are participating in?"
Seeing that the emperor's expression was still calm, Mu Yunyao couldn't help but tentatively say: "Emperor, the adults who participate in the performance of my Niyunfang are overpriced? Or is the price of the tea in Buxianlou fake?"
"neither."
"Neither? I only have two properties, Niyunfang and Buxianlou, which have just opened and haven't been doing business for a few days, so what else can there be?"
The emperor looked at Mu Yunyao's puzzled appearance with frowning and thinking, with a hint of deep research in his eyes: "Samsung, you win the hearts of the people, and you have bad intentions."
Mu Yunyao's eyes widened, as if she was frightened, her face paled slightly: "Your Majesty, you are the real dragon and you can see clearly, and you must know that I am wronged, right?"
"I don't know if I'm wronged or not, but I heard that there are many tea stalls set up in Buxian Building, and the tea they sell is very cheap, and they also provide some side dishes for free. With a small sum, they can buy people's hearts and encourage long-term workers to make trouble at the wharf?"
Mu Yunyao frowned, and her expression suddenly became angry: "Your Majesty, according to the laws of my Dali Dynasty, framing ordinary people is also a crime, right?"
"Huh? Listening to you, don't you admit that you have bought people's hearts?" "Yes, please the emperor to investigate, when Buxianlou set up tea stalls, they chose places where no one sells tea, such as the wharf, which originally had The booths of the tea stalls also let people communicate and discuss in advance. Buxianlou just wants to do good deeds, and does not want to forge hatred for it. As for buying people's hearts, if
If it is said that doing something for the poor people is to buy people's hearts in the eyes of the adults, then the emperor should remove those people from office as soon as possible, so that they only know how to play other people all day long and don't know how to buy people's hearts. "
"Bold!" The emperor was displeased, and the aura of the high-ranking person made people feel fear from the bottom of their hearts.
Mu Yunyao got up and knelt on the ground. Although she restrained her injustice, her eyes were full of stubbornness.
"So I've wronged you?" "Yes," Mu Yunyao raised her head, her tone extraordinarily firm and calm, "I know what the emperor said about the trouble at the pier, and I informed Shuntian Prefecture at the time. The matter is very clear, and he can testify for me that there are people who are not used to the stalls selling tea and deliberately let people go to make trouble.
He also knocked down the old man who sold tea, so he angered the long-term workers and beat them up. The shopkeeper of Buxian Lou knew about this and compensated those who were beaten with 12 taels each. At that time, they themselves also Acknowledging that I was wrong, isn't the adult who participated in my performance unclear? "
Xu Li was holding a cold sweat for Mu Yunyao on the side. Miss Mu was really too bold, and she didn't know how to restrain herself in front of the emperor. Such a straight talk would inevitably bring disaster to herself.
The emperor looked at Mu Yunyao and shook his head involuntarily: "Get up, you have the same temperament and personality as the emperor's sister back then. Don't continue to open the tea stall, and concentrate on managing Niyunfang and Buxianlou." Mu Yun Yao didn't get up, her eyes were puzzled: "Your Majesty, do you also think that I run a tea stall to buy people's hearts? A bowl of hot tea, I just want to do the next good deed, absolutely not buying people's hearts
the meaning of. "
"I know, there's nothing wrong with you setting up a tea stall."
"Since it's right, why don't you continue to do it?" Mu Yunyao's eyes became even more puzzled, "Could it be because a few adults played me, saying that if you don't want to run a tea stall in Xianlou, it's like buying people's hearts?"
The emperor frowned: "If someone will often play you in the future, or even implicate King Yue because of you, will you continue to insist on your actions?"
After King Yue showed his closeness to Mu Yunyao, he once talked to Princess Yide about this matter. Jun Yue has a bad temper, and once he has identified one thing, he can't change it easily. Although he thinks that Mu Yunyao's background is not high, he is also a rare smart person. , but it is good for him, so seeing Mu Yunyao's rare temperament
It is transparent, and the royal sister likes it, so there is no more objection.
She was not allowed to run a tea stall, and she also hoped that she could stay away from right and wrong, and not cause unnecessary trouble because of a little thing. Mu Yunyao thought for a moment, then nodded slowly: "Your Majesty, even if someone plays me, I am willing to insist on doing the right thing, I believe whether it is His Royal Highness Yue, or King Ling, King Yu, or King Jin. Your Royal Highness will always make such a choice. My father and mother taught me to tell right from wrong, don't do evil for small things, and don't do good things for small things. What I do is not wrong, and it will benefit others. Why should you stop because of a little suspicion from others?"