The monthly salaries and subsidies of court officials are only so small, and it seems stretched to catch up with the high family expenses during the New Year and holidays, especially when there are more contacts during the New Year.
At this time, some officials took their ideas to the court and began to borrow money from the treasury.
The bigger the official, the more he borrowed.
Borrowing money is not a problem, the problem is that they don't want to pay it back.
The days when the money is rich and the money is tight are over, but no one thinks about repaying the owed money voluntarily.
You look at me, I look at you, and they are in arrears compared to each other.
The small official thought that the high official hadn't paid back the money. If he took the initiative to pay back the money, wouldn't he poke people's lungs and want to be the first bird
Thinking about it this way, she simply raised her neck and looked up, and waited for the ones above to pay her back before she followed suit. After all, she owed so little, even if the emperor wanted to blame them, he couldn't blame them.
And most of the government colleges are related to the royal family, and feel that the emperor is embarrassed to ask for it, so they simply pay for the expenses of the mansion. Pay back the money.
Don't ask, just wait two more days and definitely return it.
Today delays tomorrow, and tomorrow delays the day after tomorrow. It has been three or four months since the end of the new year. Seeing that the summer flood disaster is just around the corner, the imperial court can't spend money to repair and strengthen the dam.
After a long time, the treasury will be empty. If the weather is good, there is nothing to spend a lot of money on.
But once there is some natural or man-made disaster that requires the imperial court to transfer money for disaster relief, the treasury cannot afford the money.
This happens every year, and the officials who go to ask for money every year have a headache.
The big officials can't afford to offend, and the small officials don't want much money.
Anyway, she had to come and go, she was blamed for not being able to complete the errands at the top, and she offended a group of people at the bottom, so she couldn't please the left and right.
So this errand is not a good one.
The emperor had already talked about this, and he was short of reporting Shi Qing's name directly, Shi Ju couldn't pretend to be stupid no matter how much he wanted.
But Shiqing is a seventh-rank inspector censor, Lun rank, which one of those people who borrowed money can she offend
Although it is said that Yushi is a job to offend people, but now, he has offended too many people.
Almost half of the imperial court, some of them are dignitaries and relatives.
The emperor wanted to completely turn Shi Qing into a lone minister, cutting off the possibility of her standing on the sidelines.
This is also a good thing, no matter who the new emperor ascends the throne in the future, it will not affect Shi Qing.
The Shi family can also be safe and sound in the invisible storm in the future.
"Your Majesty knows what your Majesty means," Shi Ju saluted, and said with lowered eyes, "But Shi Qing, who is only seventeen this year, is still serving as the inspector censor. Is it inappropriate for her to ask for money?"
"Besides her, there is no more suitable person in the court."
The emperor glanced at Lord Qian, "Ai Qing, what do you think?"
The emperor also observed Shi Qing for a long time.
First, they confronted Chang Shu in the imperial study room, then they confronted Sun Qiran in the tent, and finally they confronted the eldest prince and her own younger brother. They were not at all afraid of offending anyone.
With such courage and words, there is no one in the court who is more suitable to ask for official money than her.
But the emperor can't personally recommend this matter. After all, Shi Qing is a small official, and he only entered the court after the beginning of spring this year. She wanted Mr. Qian and Shi Ju to recommend Shi Qing, and then she followed suit to agree, so that it would not appear so obtrusive and conspicuous.
The reason Mr. Qian recommended Shi Qing is obvious. Qian Huanhuan's thorough investigation of the land enclosure case is due to Shi Qing's assistance.
Not to mention Shi Ju, Shi Qing's own mother, it's normal for her to promote her family.
With Shi Yonghou and Du Yushi as Shi Qing's visible backing, it would be better for Shi Qing to ask for some money.
If it's really difficult, isn't there an invisible reliance on her
Master Qian's face was straight, without any unnecessary emotion, and he said slowly, "I also think that Master Xiao is very suitable. Master Shi, the level of ability has nothing to do with age, the age of a hero."
Shi Ju is different from Mr. Qian. Mr. Qian is willing to put Qian Huanhuan in danger, but Shi Ju is a bit reluctant.
Especially Shiqing has always had her own ideas, and Shiju will not directly make decisions for her.
The emperor sipped his teacup without urging him.
"If Shi Aiqing didn't think about it well, then go back and think about it carefully," the emperor looked at her, "Shi Qing has already set foot in the court, and she can't hide under your wings for a lifetime, she needs training and growth."
"Look at Qian Shinu," the emperor took Qian Huanhuan as an example, "when she was fifteen years old, she worked with Qian Aiqing on errands, and now she is able to take care of herself. Although this land enclosure case is dangerous, it has been handled extremely well. "
It is more than dangerous, almost killed here several times.
If she hadn't been lucky enough to meet Shi Qing and Yun Zhi, she might have disappeared the night she just returned to Beijing.
When Master Qian heard the emperor's praise, he lowered his eyes modestly and said, "The emperor's praise is indeed a compliment to his beloved daughter. She is just doing errands for the court and sharing the emperor's worries. This is what she should do, and there is nothing worthy of praise."
That being said, the face is turned up.
When the emperor praised Qian Huanhuan for being promising, it was to praise her mother for teaching well, and to praise her was to praise the entire Qian family.
The Sun family is now in decline, and those under her command would be a mess without Prime Minister Sun.
The current courtroom belongs to her Qian family.
This kind of power is almost above the tens of thousands of people under one person.
The entire Qian family will definitely reach its peak in her hands, push it to the top!
Mother Qian looked down at the car board in front of her, her eyes were full of ambition and desire.
But Shi Ju said: "Can Rong Chen go back and think about it carefully, and also ask Shi Qing for his opinion."
The emperor nodded, "Then Aiqing has to think about it quickly, don't delay until the beginning of Xia."
"yes."
Shi Qing didn't know anything about the matter here, and before getting into the car, she walked towards the Qian family's carriage.
Qian Cancan saw her from a long distance away, took Qian Huanhuan's arm with her arm, raised her eyebrows and said, "The one who wants money is here."
Shi Qing went to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, so he must have come here for the six hundred taels of silver.
Qian Huanhuan's eyelids twitched, and he looked up at Shi Qing.
Shi Qing walked over with crooked eyebrows, in a great mood, facing the eyes of the two sisters of the Qian family, and cut straight to the point, "The enclosure case is over, do you have to give the remaining six hundred taels?"
The flesh on Qian Huanhuan's thigh was aching.
"Are you a censor or a debt collector?" Qian Cancan clicked his tongue, "The banks below are not as urgent as you for usury."
"Isn't the reason why I urged you because you didn't take the initiative?" Shi Qing pointed at the two of them with a condemning tone, "Unconsciously, I still need to bring this up in person, and I feel ashamed for you."
The wound on the corner of Qian Cancan's mouth from being smashed by teeth has scabbed over, and the swelling on his face from the slap by Qian's mother yesterday has also subsided, and the marks of five fingers are still clearly left on it, which shows how much strength the other party has used.
She had an indifferent attitude, Shi Qing pointed at her finger when she stretched out her hand to pat her, but Shi Qing quickly avoided her.
"Stupid." Shi Qing was proud.
Qian Cancan rolled her eyes blankly.
"Don't worry, you won't lose a penny." Qian Huanhuan saw that the two of them didn't have any grievances because of yesterday's incident, and there was a relaxed look on their usually upright faces, with a smile in their eyes.
It's not that Qian Huanhuan doesn't count his words and pretends to be an untrustworthy person, not to mention that she also wants to make friends with Shiqing.
"The silver is not with me. After I return to Beijing, I will personally deliver it to your mansion. If you miss a penny, you can ask your husband to come to Qian's mansion with a sword to ask for it."
With Mr. Qian's face-saving personality, if someone comes to collect debts, he will definitely get angry.
Since Qian Huanhuan dared to bet on this, it meant that she would not cheat.
Shi Qing felt relieved, "That's fine, we will meet in the capital by fate."
Shi Qing walked in the direction of his carriage, Qian Huanhuan looked at her back and said to Qian Cancan, "Shi Qing is not like the rumors in the middle of Beijing, it would be very beneficial to get along after real contact."
Just a little expensive.
First it was fifty taels, and then it was six hundred and sixty taels. She didn't dare to think about the next time.
Qian Huanhuan's private money has been squeezed out by Shi Qing, and in the future, he may have to secretly borrow a little from Qian Cancan even for rewarding servants.
Qian Cancan smiled and clicked his tongue, "What's easy to get along with, she's just a stingy who fell into Qian's eyes."
"..."
Qian Huanhuan remained silent, looking up at the sky, feeling that his sister's shot not only hit Shi Qing, but also her knee.
Although the enclosure case was over and the emperor said he would return to Beijing to reward his merits, Qian Huanhuan had no expectations at all.
None of the left and right money and rewards will fall into her hands, and some are just a false name that sounds nice.
She looked at Qian Cancan, her eyes fell on her face, she frowned slightly and asked her, "Does it still hurt?"
My mother was also willing to do it yesterday, but she just hit her directly in the face without giving any face.
"It hurts," Qian Cancan pointed the tip of her tongue at the wound on the corner of her mouth, the smile faded away, and she said sarcastically, "It takes pain to last a long memory."
It's not just pain, it's almost unconscious, and even the ear on the other side is humming and slowing down for a long time before I can hear the sound.
Why didn't the mother slap her to death
Qian Cancan rubbed the wrench on his thumb, with a sloppy expression on his face.
Qian Huanhuan sighed and reached out to pat her arm, feeling powerless in his heart.
It is said that she is the eldest daughter of Shiyonghou's mansion, but in fact she can't even protect her own sister, let alone think about other things.
Qian Huanhuan has not yet married a husband. One is that her mother has not spoken yet, and the other is that she herself has no such intentions.
The husbands who married from left to right were also bound together because of their interests, and marrying into Qian's mansion meant being bound like her.
The two sisters tacitly did not continue to talk about this topic.
Qian Cancan turned her head and asked the servants beside her, "Have you prepared what I want?"
The servant nodded in response, "It's ready, the best bird's nest supplements are all sent from Beijing overnight."
Qian Huanhuan looked at Qian Cancan suspiciously when he heard this, "What do you want these for? You're going back to Beijing soon, why are you sending them here?"
Qian Cancan smiled, "Of course it's for Depression."
She squeezed her emerald green fingers and said, "I fell in love with Mr. Su Yu at first sight yesterday, so I must not please one or two."
Qian Huanhuan's face became serious, and his tone was serious, "No."
She stopped the servants, and said to Qian Cancan, "It's hard to get over yesterday's incident, and this mother is not sure whether the eldest prince will take his anger on the Qian family because of his depression."
"You are rushing to give gifts in full view right now, isn't it adding fuel to the flames? If mother finds out, she will definitely be angry."
"Isn't she getting angry less often?" Qian Cancan sneered, "I found her a son-in-law at the level of a county king, shouldn't she be happy? It would be great to get on the line of the eldest prince."
Still hooking up with the eldest prince? If Qian Cancan really has something to do with Shen Yu, the eldest prince would like to kill the Qian family.
"Sister," Qian Cancan smiled, "Just let me do whatever I want for once."
As a dandy, she seems to be very free and willful, but in fact it is not her choice.
Qian Huanhuan's jaw tightened, and finally he let go of the fingers holding Qian Cancan's arm.
Qian Cancan asked the servants to send the things to Shen Yu, saying that it was Qian Cancan who sent them.
She just wanted to let everyone know that she looked depressed.
"You bastard." The eldest prince asked someone to throw the thing out, with a cold expression on his face.
How dare a concubine from the Qian family dare to have a relationship with him? She thinks that depression is purely a toad wanting to eat swan meat, wishful thinking!
It's just that the eldest prince is not sure whether this matter is Qian Cancan's own idea, or Shiyong Hou Lord Qian's intention.
Now that the Qian family is the dominant one, doesn't he take him as the eldest prince seriously
The eldest prince's eyes flickered, and he lifted the curtain beside the carriage with his fingers and looked out sideways.
Qian Cancan made a big noise, attracting everyone to watch.
The eldest prince's eyes turned cold, and he clenched his fingertips tightly.
Speaking of this spring hunting trip, he was the one who was most angry. A good plan was ruined by Prime Minister Sun.
This old bastard, Sun Qiran, is courting death!
The servant came over and stood outside the carriage, Fuli lowered his head and asked softly, "Your Highness, we are about to leave for Beijing soon, do you want the young master to come over?"
The eldest prince withdrew his hand, and the curtain fell.
He closed his eyes tiredly, and propped his forehead with his fingers, "No, let him sit with his mother for a while, I want to rest quietly."
The husband and wife took two cars because of the high status of the eldest prince.
"Leaving for Beijing—"
A palace servant shouted loudly outside.
The carriages move forward slowly.
Shi Qing asked Mi He suspiciously, "Where is Yun Zhi?"
She didn't see him when she went to ask for money just now.
Shi Qing lifted the curtain of the car to look out, but he didn't see Yun Zhi outside, "You won't be sneaking away, will you?"
Yun Zhi left before the money was in hand
The end of Mishu's eyes twitched, "What did you say, little master, the master just said that he has something to do, and he will catch up with us later."
It's fine if you don't run.
Shi Qing heaved a sigh of relief, otherwise Yun Zhi would have no money on him, and he would have no scheming, and if he went out and was sold by someone, he might help count the money.
"Then let's go slowly and wait for him."
Shi Qing lowered the curtain, pulled the melon seed tray and started cracking melon seeds.
The melon seeds taste really fragrant.
Shiqing fell in love with it after eating at Babao Court last time, and often asked people to buy some to eat.
She went to the jewelry store to buy melon seeds instead of jewelry.
Xu Zhang was so tired that he didn't want to say a word, and when he saw Shifu's servants coming over, he knew what the other party was going to do.
In the end, in order to save Shi's family from coming here a few times, they simply asked someone to sell the prescription to Shi Qing, so that everyone would be more convenient.
Shi Qing didn't feel thirsty in the past two days, she thought that she probably ate more melon seeds before.
Shi Qing was eating melon seeds and looking at the transparent panel. This time, Qian Cancan did her cannon fodder. Shi Qing thought that the task of "raping the male protagonist" should have been completed, but it turned out that the progress was only 15% .
Something is wrong.
Even if this task cannot be completed, it should be invalidated.
After all, Qian Cancan directly disrupted the plot, even if she rescued Shen Yu from her own hands, the eldest prince would not treat her differently.
This task is doomed to fail.
Shiqing crackled melon seeds.
If the task cannot be completed, the color of the blood bar on the life bar will not change, and she is still in a state of "living".
Heart tired, destroy it.
The carriage moved forward leisurely, and it took about half a cup of tea before Mihe shouted into the carriage in surprise, "Little master, the master is back!"
Shi Qing raised his eyes and looked forward, Yunzhi tapped his toes on the horizontal board of the carriage, bent down and opened the curtain to come in.
"Why did you go?" Shi Qing glanced at him and said quietly, "You still know how to come back."
"There's something wrong." Yun Zhi's eyes flickered, and he didn't look at her, sitting next to Shi Qing with his shoulders and chest in his hands.
Shi Qing stared at Yun Zhi's reddish pinnae, alarm bells ringing in his heart.
No way no way.
She straightened her back and pointed at Yunzhi's nose, "You don't know who you have taken a fancy to these two days, right? Then you secretly talked to someone behind my back just now?"
For example, the fifth emperor, under her persistent plea, Yun Zhi couldn't resist in the end.
Shi Qing suddenly felt that the red robe on his body had a hint of green in it.
The already unhappy mood became even more stuffy.
They agreed to be on the same camp, but he turned around and betrayed because of his beauty.
"Aren't I prettier than others?" Shi Qing was full of confidence, "Which one in the whole capital is more beautiful than me? You are a blind man who doesn't understand beauty."
Yun Zhi was taken aback by her question, and stretched out his hand to push her fingers away, "What are you thinking? Is it beautiful or not?"
"Then why did you go?" Shi Qing stared at him.
Seeing her focused and angry eyes, Yun Zhi's face was slightly hot, his throat was tight, and his expression was unnatural, but there was an indescribable itch in his heart.
"Guess?" Yun Zhi smiled, looking at Shi Qing with clear eyes, "Close your eyes, and I'll show you something."
Shi Qing will not!
"Close it first." Yun Zhi simply did it himself, covering Shi Qing's eyes with a guilty palm.
His vision was suddenly blocked, Shi Qing's eyelashes twitched, and he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, but he was not so angry anymore.
She twirled the melon seeds, not intending to eat them at all, although she said "no", when Yun Zhi covered her with her hands, she remained motionless.
"Mysterious and mysterious." Shi Qing said to him.
Yun Zhi didn't refute, and with red earlobes, he took out a warm little thing from his bosom, and handed it to Shi Qing.
Yun Zhi let go of his hand, motioning for Shi Qing to look, "Here you are."
A clean and white little white rabbit, just a little bigger than Yunzhi's palm, looks like the same one that Shiqing caught and ran away yesterday.
Shi Qing looked at Yun Zhi in surprise, "Rabbit!"
She held the rabbit in both hands and held it in her palm, her mood turned cloudy in a second, "Did you go catch a rabbit for me just now?"
"Yeah." Yunzhi responded with a nasal voice.
He sat with a big knife and a golden horse, unconsciously touching the tip of his nose with his hand, his eyelashes drooping, "Didn't yours run away, this one will pay you."
When he looked at it from the corner of his eye, his face was clear, "You're not angry now, are you?"
Shi Qing Taohua had a smile in his eyes, and reached out to touch the long ears of the little white rabbit, "I've never been angry at all."
Hard-spoken. Yun Zhi smiled.
Shi Qing held the rabbit and looked around, Yunzhi thought she was confirming whether it was the one from yesterday.
The white rabbits all look the same, how could Yun Zhi tell which one Shi Qing ran away yesterday, and he could only try to catch one that looked similar in size to yesterday's one.
He was a little nervous, afraid that Shi Qing would be dissatisfied, but he heard her say with regret, "It's pretty good, but it's a little small."
"?"
Yun Zhi was at a loss, the one yesterday was not that big.
Shi Qing sighed, weighed the shivering little white rabbit and said, "That's not enough, half steamed and half braised."
"..."
Yun Zhi pursed his thin lips lightly, and stretched out his hand to grab the rabbit.
She shouldn't have been caught!
Shi Qing smiled and hugged the rabbit in his arms to avoid Yun Zhi's hand, "Just kidding, it's still so small, I'm not willing to eat it."
At least wait until it grows up.
"I'll give it a name." Shi Qing looked sideways at Yunzhi, then at the rabbit, "let's call it Little Baiyun."
After all, it was Yun Zhi who caught him with the word Yun.
Yun Zhi's face turned red, and he couldn't help but look away from the window. Out of the corner of his eye, Shi Qing saw that although Shi Qing was about to eat the rabbits one by one, he still ate melon seeds and fed them to the rabbits, with a slight smile in his eyes.
It's like seeing a bird gliding in the clear sky, and it's like a move that breaks through the bottleneck. There is an indescribable sense of joy and satisfaction.
Returning from the royal hunting ground is the same as when going there, starting in the morning and arriving in the capital near the evening.
Mrs. Li had already prepared meals and hot water in the mansion.
Shi Ju walked towards him, Li Shi took the outer shirt from her and put it on her forearm and hugged it in her arms. However, a simple and casual movement made both of them smile.
"Did you have fun?" Li Shi asked Shi Qing and Yun Zhi who came in behind.
"It's quite... happy." Shi Qing thought for a while, except for the thrills, he was still happy, after all, he got the money.
She took the rabbit from Mihe's hand, and showed it to Mrs. Li like a treasure, "Dad, look at it."
"Did you catch this and give it to Yunzhi?" Li Shi looked surprised, and teased Shi Qing with a smile, "Going out for a while, I learned how to love Fulang."
"..."
Shi Qing pondered, "Actually, Yun Zhizhuo gave it to me."
To be precise, it was paid to her.
Mrs. Li was silent and didn't know how to answer for a while.
He looked at Yun Zhi, Yun Zhi lowered his head and pulled his sleeve, pretending to wipe the gemstone on the sword.
"It's all the same." Li Shi smiled dryly, "Just keep it."
Shiqing handed the rabbit to Mihe and asked her to make a cage to raise it.
After a tiring journey, Shi Qing went to take a shower first, and after she finished, she heard from Mihe that Qian Huanhuan had sent six hundred taels of silver with the guards around her.
It was accompanied by a thumb-sized gemstone.
Said it was sent by Qian Cancan.
Shi Qing pinched her eyes and smiled, "She is sensible."
The gem was about the same size and color as the one that had been split in Yunzhi's scabbard.
When Yun Zhi came in, Shi Qing was counting the money.
Immediately, Yun Zhi's eyes lit up and he leaned over, put his hands on the table, sat on the opposite side with his butt next to the round stool, looked at Shi Qing with bright eyes, "Is the number right?"
It's finally time to split the money!
"Yes." Shi Qing took out fifty taels of silver, put it in front of Yunzhi, and said in an encouraging tone, "This time it is mainly you who have worked hard, and you will work harder next time."
Yun Zhi looked at Shi Qing silently.
"All right, all right," Shi Qing helplessly added fifty taels to him, and at the same time covered the box and held it in his arms, saying earnestly, "Young Xia Yun, you must be content, and you can't be too greedy."
Yun Zhi glared at her.
There are six hundred taels in total, and she will give him one hundred taels just by digging around? !
What should you say:
Is it you? Time to pick!
With a flash in Yun Zhi's eyes, he stretched out his hand and began to pull the box, "Half for each person!"
Yun Zhi practiced martial arts, while Shi Qing practiced arrows. Compared with each other, their strength was about the same.
It wasn't until Yun Zhi started to get serious, and with all his strength he yanked the box towards him.
He pulled too suddenly, and Shi Qing hugged the box tightly, so he was pulled along with the box.
Shi Qing leaned forward uncontrollably—
The table in the room for the two of them was not big, and when they were fighting just now, they were half standing up very close to each other, so Shi Qing's lips hit Yun Zhi's chin by such a coincidence.
Shi Qing let out a painful "Hmm".
Yun Zhi's eyes straightened, he held his breath for an instant, and lowered his head almost instinctively, and the two of them just rubbed their lips together.
"..."
The air in the room seemed to be sucked dry all of a sudden, Yun Zhi even forgot how to breathe, looked at Shi Qing with eyelashes down, and stood there in a daze.
Shi Qing was also taken aback.
Because the panel she used to hide suddenly jumped out and blocked her eyes.
Shi Qing clearly saw that the progress of the task had jumped from the previous 15% to 25%!
Time seems to have passed for a long time, and it seems that there is only such a short time.
Yun Zhi reacted first, let go of the box and pulled it back.
- don't move!
At the moment when he was about to step back, Shi Qing quickly put his hand on his neck and moved him forward.
The four lips just stuck together again.
"!"
Mission progress: thirty percent!
There was a buzzing in Yun Zhi's ears, and he couldn't hear anything else, he could only hear the beating sound of the heart in his chest, like a drum beating, and his face was even redder to the neck.
He stared at Shi Qing.
Shi Qing realized what he had just done belatedly, and let go of him embarrassingly, "You, you listen to me arguing with you."
You can't blame her, after all, who can resist the temptation of life.
Shi Qing kissed the man for the first time, even though it was just a post, his expression was a bit unnatural.
Her eyelashes fluttered down, and she sat back on the stool slowly, just not forgetting to pull the money box in front of her and hug her.
Yun Zhi almost laughed angrily.
Shi Qing looked up at him and whispered, "I'm sorry."
Yun Zhi raised his hand to touch his lips and chin, but he raised it halfway, and then put his hand down with his eyes flashing and his face blushing.
He originally wanted to tell Shi Qing "it's okay", he is a man, even if he apologizes, he should be the one to apologize.
Until Shi Qing finished what he said just now—
"I kissed you forcefully just now."
"..."