Li Sujie and Li Shangjin were still staying in the Liangshan courtyard at this time, so compared to the few people who returned to Chang'an, they, Yiyang and Gao'an, were the first to receive the imperial edict.
Shangguan Wan'er, who looked confused, compiled and polished Li Hong's imperial edict based on the oral instructions brought by Hua Meng, and immediately handed the imperial edict to Hua Meng to issue the edict.
As a result, a scene that made people dumbfounded and dumbfounded appeared at the door of the small courtyard where Yiyang and Gao An lived in Liangshan Courtyard. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was sitting on a wicker chair, holding the nail clipper brought by Shangguan Wan'er, and was speaking. Concentrate on trimming your nails.
Holding the imperial edict in hand, Hua Meng stood beside Li Hong and followed Hua Meng's sharp words: "The imperial edict has arrived. Princess Yiyang and Princess Gao'an will receive it."
Then the two unlucky guys, Yiyang and Gao An, reluctantly opened the door, gnashing their teeth and wanting to eat Li Hong alive who was sitting on the wicker chair. But looking at the leisurely and serious emperor, who was trimming his nails, the two of them No matter how bold a person is, they would not dare to act recklessly in front of the imperial edict.
So they had no choice but to be honest, with a grimace on their faces, and when no one knew the mental activities of the two of them, after Hua Meng finished reciting the imperial edict, he stood up and saluted the imperial edict again, and then took it in his hand.
"Have you finished reading?" After the two women received the order, someone handed the nail clipper in his hand to Shangguan Wan'er who looked confused next to him.
Until now, Shangguan Wan'er has not figured out why Li Hong went to such trouble to issue an imperial edict to cheat money.
"Back to Your Majesty, I've finished reading." Hua Meng bowed quickly and said.
"Okay, let's go to the next house to announce the decree and bring up the chairs." Li Hong put his hands behind his hands, and without even looking at Yiyang and Gao An who had sparkling eyes at the door, he turned around and left with Shangguan Wan'er.
"Bandit! Robber! I... I'm so angry! For money, he actually dares to act like this and issue an imperial edict to steal money! Is this what an emperor should do!!!" Yiyang sat dejectedly on the steps at the door. , looking at the backs of the three people, gritted his teeth.
"I don't care. It's not the first time I've been tricked by him anyway. It's just that this time, I really didn't expect that he would be so despicable as to issue an imperial edict to stop our protest. Now, I'm afraid Li Sujie and Li Shangjin's faces are... Is it going to be green?" Gao An looked at Hua Meng, who was carrying a wicker chair and walking silently behind the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and his concubine. He was obviously going to the next house to issue an imperial edict.
So, at the door of the small courtyard where Li Sujie and Li Shangjin lived, the two people who were sitting at the door drinking tea and chatting watched helplessly as Hua Meng walked over carrying a wicker chair, followed by Li Hong and Shangguan Wan'er.
Just as Li Sujie was about to say hello, he saw Hua Meng put down the wicker chair and put it in place, then took out an imperial edict from his arms.
"Good morning, you two." Li Hong said with a smile on his face.
But for some reason, Li Sujie and Li Shangjin felt a creepy feeling when they looked at Li Hong's smile.
Shangguan Wan'er was speechless. She didn't want to accompany Li Hong to mess around several times. She wanted to go back to her courtyard, but was pulled back by Li Hong. So she had to sit down and look at Li Hong with some sympathy. Li Sujie and Li Shangjin were in the dark.
"Read it." Ye Qing sat down comfortably on the wicker chair, and then said to Hua Meng who was holding the imperial edict next to him.
"King Ze Li Shangjin and King Xu Li Sujie received the decree." Hua Meng looked solemn, just like occasionally delivering decrees on weekdays, and solemnly said to Li Shangjin and Li Sujie opposite.
It's just that today's announcement of the edict was accompanied by His Majesty and the Imperial Concubine, which made Mr. Hua Meng feel strange in his heart. Why is this edict so... unimportant
The stunned Li Shangjin and Li Sujie stared blankly at Li Hong and Shangguan Wan'er who stood up. When they accepted the imperial edict indifferently, the first reaction in their minds was, I'm afraid they are not the only ones who will suffer, right
Yiyang and Gaoan, who are also in the courtyard, are... okay? What would the expressions of Li Lingyue, Li Xian, Li Zhe, and Li Dan of Chang'an City be like when they received this imperial edict
The moment Li Xian got the imperial edict, it was as if something was pinching his heart. He felt like he was about to suffocate. He opened the edict with one arm trembling. When he saw the amount of five hundred thousand taels of silver, countless small things appeared in front of his eyes. Star!
Where did you get so much money? What on earth is Li Hong going to do? Not long after he returned to Luoyang from Anxi, he had been observing filial piety in Qianling for three years. Now he had just returned to Chang'an. How could he have 500,000 taels of silver to fulfill his filial piety
"What's wrong?" Fang Muqing walked in from the outside, looking at his face slumped, putting one hand on his thigh, holding the trembling imperial edict tightly, and asked with some confusion.
"No... it's nothing, um..." Li Xian was a little embarrassed when he spoke. He cleared his throat and said, "Maybe we have to sell the house."
"Why?" Fang Muqing asked with a frown.
After the Prince Pei's mansion came back from Qianling, after a period of repairs and maintenance, it finally looked a little like what he had dreamed of. Why did it suddenly have to be sold
"Your Majesty's imperial edict, Lao Wu decreed that we, brothers and sisters, each contribute five hundred thousand taels of silver to repair the Qianling Mausoleum and the Liangshan courtyard to fulfill the filial piety of the Son of Man." Li Xian smiled bitterly and handed over the imperial edict in his hand. Fang Muqing, who wiped his hands several times before daring to receive the imperial edict, continued: "How can we have so much money? We are not in charge of the Tang Dynasty's waterways, land routes or other industries like others."
"Then there's no need to sell the house, right?" Fang Muqing continued to frown, and the imperial edict was returned to Li Xian.
"If you don't sell the house? Then what should we give to Lao Wu? This is an imperial edict. If Lao Wu had spoken, it would be easier to handle, but we cannot disobey the imperial edict..."
"Is the emperor's sister-in-law here?" Before Li Xian finished speaking, Li Zhe's voice sounded outside. From that tone, it seemed that he was worried about something.
Fang Muqing turned around and looked at Li Zhe, who was hurriedly walking towards the main hall. Just as he was about to answer, he saw Li Zhe running two steps quickly and jumping up the steps at the door.
As if there was something urgent, Li Zhe nodded hurriedly to Li Xian, and then said to Fang Muqing: "Sister-in-law, are you going to give it to me this time? Lao Wu is going too far! He is extorting money and extorting money. I’m addicted and I’m really trying my best to do anything. This time I even issued an edict to extort money!”
"Your imperial brother just said that this is an imperial edict. You can't disobey it, you have to give it." Fang Muqing looked at Li Zhe's indignant look, suppressed the smile at the corner of his mouth, and said firmly.
"I know it's an imperial edict, and I know I can't disobey it. He obviously didn't give us a chance to speak this time, so I ran over and asked the Queen's Wife what you meant. After all, Lao Wu always takes special care of this kind of thing. You." Li Zhe seemed to have forgotten the one-armed King Pei who was still sitting on the main seat, and looked at Fang Muqing and continued.
Fang Muqing smiled, then motioned for Li Zhe to sit down first, and then she sat down next to Li Xian who looked questioning, and said with a smile: "I didn't have much money at that time, so Lao Wu naturally took care of me, but now, I If I don’t need the money, I’ll be embarrassed if I try to shirk it anymore.”
"But... do you just admit it like this? Lao Wu's shameless behavior..."
"So he didn't give us a chance to speak, cut the knot with a sharp knife, and directly issued an imperial edict, leaving us dumb people unable to tell the pain of eating coptis. Having said that, you don't need the five hundred thousand taels of silver, right?" Fang Muqing thought for a moment. , asked sideways.
"No, no, no... you two, wait a moment, you two confused me with your talk." Li Xian pulled Mu Qing's arm and asked: "You just said... that you don't need the money now? Where did you come from? Five hundred thousand taels of silver?”
Li Zhe was stunned, and before Fang Muqing could explain to Li Xian, he pointed at Li Xian in surprise and asked, "You... you don't know that your sister-in-law is rich by now, right?"
"You know?" Li Xian was even more confused. He didn't know that his family was rich. Li Zhe knew that, and Lao Wu knew? Does everyone in the world know it, but I don’t know it
After returning from Qianling, I was still wondering where Fang Muqing got so much money to repair and take care of Prince Pei's palace. Just looking at the daily expenses, it was quite a lot of money.
Before he could ask Fang Muqing about the doubts in his mind, Li Hong arranged for Dashi to negotiate with the Japanese state. In addition, he went to Qianling two days ago, so when he came back, he didn't have time to ask Fang Muqing. .
Now that he heard that Li Zhe actually thought that Fang Muqing and he were rich, Li Xian was a little puzzled.
Fang Muqing looked at Li Xian's confused and questioning look, sighed and said, "When you were still in Anxi, Bai Chun came to me and gave me some other deals, but they were all in Taiyi City. , I don’t need to take care of it on weekdays, and I will be given a sum of money on time every month, and this money is also placed in the Royal Bank.”
Li Xian's expression became a little solemn, but he still nodded to Fang Muqing. There must be other reasons why Fang Muqing never told him.
He didn't care about it at the moment, smiled and said: "Since there is still money in the house, then take out the appropriate amount of silver and give it to Lao Wu."
"No..." Li Zhe looked at Li Xian and agreed, and immediately looked a little anxious and said: "No... you really give it. Also, sister-in-law, you just said five hundred thousand taels of silver? Isn't it one million?" "Li Zhe grabbed the imperial edict that Li Xian picked up again, and his face turned green after looking at it: "Why? Why are Li Dan, Li and Li each worth one million taels? This is so bullying!"
Li Zhe was about to cry but had no tears. Not only was he accidentally tricked, but he was also tricked more than others.
"Li Dan, you and Ling Yue all have one million taels?" Li Xianqiang asked calmly, but he believed that with Li Hong's temperament, he should be able to do such a thing.
"Why isn't it one million taels? If it were five hundred thousand taels, I wouldn't come to you to discuss it." Li Zhe wanted to cry, but he didn't cry out. Instead, he worked hard for a long time and squeezed out the snot from his nose.
I was afraid of being rude in front of Fang Muqing, so I grabbed Li Xian's empty sleeve without thinking and wiped it on my nose. While wiping it, I complained: "I found Li Dan first in the beginning. , but Li Dan had fainted in the toilet from crying. As for Li Lingyue, I heard that she was settling accounts with the queen in the palace, and Li Mei was kidnapped and taken away from the palace by Li Lingyue, saying that she was taking advantage of Lao Wu's daughter to vent her anger! "
"I advise you and Lao Ba not to imitate Li Lingyue. Li Lingyue has been fighting with Lao Wu since the last incident. This time, he is using money to show his filial piety. Maybe Lao Wu is taking revenge on Li Lingyue. How can we It's just a fish in the pond, it's just a disaster." Li Xian thought for a moment and persuaded with a smile.
"It's hard to disobey the imperial edict. I just came here to complain. Forget it, I'll go back and prepare the money." Li Zhe stood up with so much sadness that he couldn't help it, waved his hand and walked out of the house.
(End of chapter)