At this point, Master Fang had completely sobered up. He immediately shook his head and said, "How can this be possible? What kind of person is my brother-in-law? He is so pedantic that he would take the money out even if it was put in his mouth."
Master Fang frowned.
Before, I could indeed talk to Censor Chen about many things, but when Empress Fang gave birth to the prince, the situation was no longer the same.
The King of Chu who set a trap for the Fang family is dead, and the root of the trouble, Fang Zhengrong, has also been sent away. At this point in time, what else is there to worry about
Who could possibly mess with the Fang family
Not to mention the many years of friendship between Empress Fang and His Majesty, just the fact that the Fang family has a prince means that everything else has to take a back seat.
How can you become fat if you are not brave enough
How much did the Rongchang Marquis' family earn over the years by relying on the third prince
Things change over time, and it is time for the Fang family to take their turn.
Mr. Fang refused to listen and took out all the banknotes and things from Miss Fang Liu's dowry box and placed them all in front of Mrs. Fang and asked her to look at them: "Look at these things!"
He looked at his mother with trembling fingertips. He didn't care about his face at this moment. There was nothing he couldn't say to his own mother: "The things that the queen gave us, besides offering them, can they be converted into silver? Our family has a family to support, so it's not unusual to have to pay a lot of silver... In the future, we will rely on the queen, and she will also have to rely on us, right?"
Old Madam Fang knew her son was determined. She looked at him, sighed, and softened her tone: "So you're going to take it?"
Seeing that Master Fang was silent and his eldest daughter-in-law was relieved, she thought for a moment and told her granddaughter to go to the kitchen to rest: "This is not what you should listen to."
Since it was going to be done, Old Lady Fang sternly warned: "Of course you will have a share, but you have to eat it first. If even a word of this leaks out, I will only hold you and your mother accountable!"
Mrs. Fang couldn't care less about these things now. She kept making promises and urged her daughter, "Go quickly! We adults are discussing something, it's none of your business."
With this huge sum of money, she could live ten more years!
After dividing up so much money, she will be able to get some private money, which can be used to subsidize her parents' family. As long as her parents' family can get on their own by then, she won't have to worry about her mother at home.
Mrs. Fang waited until her granddaughter left, and without even looking at her eldest daughter-in-law, she only asked Mr. Fang, "You are in such a hurry, have you thought about it? You also want to know what Prince Duan wants."
After hearing this, Master Fang was stunned. He had actually thought about this on the way here.
After thinking it over, he really couldn't figure out what Prince Duan meant.
With so many things, I'm afraid Prince Duan has taken out all the wealth he can, and his plan must be huge.
As soon as Mrs. Fang saw his appearance, she knew what was going on and laughed, "Why don't you go and ask him?"
As he was speaking, someone came in to report that Princess Duan had sent someone to inquire whether anyone in the house had picked up a Chaoyang Five-Phoenix Pearl Hairpin.
That is a large piece of jewelry commonly used by princesses.
This thing is so big, how could it fall easily? Old Madam Fang smiled, asked someone to invite the people from Prince Duan's Mansion in, and winked at Madam Fang.
Madam Fang was so excited that her fingers turned white. She put on a cloak when she went out and hurried to the flower hall to meet the people from Prince Duan's mansion.
The old aunt who came to Princess Duan was always following her around and was very respectable. Madam Fang recognized her at a glance and sent her servants to carefully find the Chaoyang Five Phoenix Pearl Hairpin for Princess Duan. She invited the aunt to have tea, glanced at her, and asked, "Thank you for the generous gift, Princess. I'm sorry for the expense."
There was no one else in the room except the two of them, and there was no servant either. They were all sent away, so the old aunt had nothing to hide. She smiled and said to Doctor Fang clearly, "It was supposed to be..."
The room became heated after a few words. Madam Fang rubbed her hands and asked someone to respectfully send the old aunt out. She immediately got up and went to the old lady's upper room.
There were many green-calyx plum blossoms on the windowsill, which were cut by the servants and kept for later use. Behind the screen, there were daffodils on the kang table in the east room. Mrs. Fang's voice was trembling with excitement. She glanced at Mrs. Fang, then at her husband, and said softly, "I have found out. It's about the salt administration deficit case!"
The salt administration deficit case caused such a sensation that people in the capital could not have a good New Year. Master Fang naturally knew about this. Because of this, the Salt Transport Department of the Ministry of Revenue caught several people, and batches of officials were dismissed. Even the salt administration of the previous emperor who was waiting to die was dug out and his property was searched.
Master Fang raised his eyebrows, and after a while he was shocked: "No wonder there is so much silver, it turns out that it is related to the salt administration! Isn't this a business that makes money!"
Old Madam Fang also reacted and frowned, saying, "This matter has become so serious that the Saint has not been able to live well for years because of it. How can we get involved in this matter?"
If it was something else, it would be fine. At least if we move around, maybe there is a way. But if it is this matter... Old Mrs. Fang shook her head hurriedly: "We still can't get involved!"
The vassal kings are also a source of worry for Emperor Longqing. If their family is involved and something goes wrong, no one will be able to take responsibility.
What's more, the Fang family is not the chief judge now, so can they still have any influence in this
The room was silent for a moment, and then Master Fang said calmly, "Why can't it be done? We can't do it, but can't the queen do it?"
Madam Fang had been shrinking her head, but now she couldn't bear it any longer and nodded quickly: "Master is right, the queen is at the top of her game right now, the emperor doesn't care about anyone's face, and he won't ignore the queen's face. As long as the queen is willing to ask for it, what is there that the emperor won't be willing to give to the queen? There are so many children at home..."
She looked at Old Madam Fang's expression while wiping the tears from her own face. "This one item is not enough to cover the expenses, and our family needs to have a big occasion to go out and come in. The Empress in the palace, not to mention other things, can't miss the gifts during the four festivals. Are we just doing this for ourselves? What's more, there will be something to say about Zhengrong in the future. His title was taken away by the emperor, but he still has a life to live... After all, he has remarried, so is it possible that he will never return to the capital?"