After being reborn, I became a scumbag and his aunt

Chapter 98 Someone Can't Sit Still (One More)
After the dynasty was over, Emperor Qingming went to the imperial study.

He sat on the couch with his eyes closed and rested, but he was still imposing.

Wu Jian bowed and stood silently, waiting aside.

"Wu Jian, in your opinion, who is guiding today's court affairs?"

Wu Jian bowed and said, "Go back to the emperor, the slaves can't understand."

"A dowry list involves ten court officials and even two cabinet ministers." Emperor Qingming narrowed his eyes, "Someone just couldn't hold it back."

Wu Jian bowed his waist, "It's a good thing that Marquis Yongping formed a party for personal gain. It's a good thing to be found out. Your court has become clearer, Your Majesty, hasn't it?"

Emperor Qingming sneered, "Yongpinghou is not the only one who form cliques for personal gain. In the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, one counts as one, and whoever has nothing to do with whoever. The gifts given to each other are probably more than the silver in the treasury."

He got up from the collapse and paced back and forth, "Look at the many officials in the court, they all ask for money from me. The Ministry of Industry needs to build rivers, the Ministry of War needs to pay military salaries and build weapons, and the Ministry of Rites needs to hold celebrations...everywhere. Silver. The only one who can help me get silver is Yongping Hou. If this household secretary is replaced by someone else, no one has the ability to fill up my treasury."

Wu Jian followed behind, "What the emperor means... Marquis Yongping can't deal with it."

Emperor Qingming sat down in front of the dragon case, and pinched his brows, "This matter has come to court, if I don't deal with it, how will I explain it to all the officials?"

He squinted his eyes, "I know he is not as upright as he appears on the surface, but if the slave bullies the master...it's time to beat him."
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Marquis Yongping disembarked at Futai Town.

He was accompanied by Hu Wende, the magistrate of Xiangping Prefecture.

On the pier, there were aides from the Hou's mansion waiting, and they explained everything in the capital these days.

Hou Yongping's face was like a storm sweeping in, gloomy and terrifying.

He wanted to deal with the follow-up of the Chen family, but came back half a month late, and the matter developed to this point!
That little girl, Chen Youning, how can she be so capable!
A guard brought a horse over.

The staff asked, "Master Hou, do you want to ride back to Beijing? The dowry has a lot to do with it, and I'm afraid there has already been a commotion in the court."

Yongping Hou squeezed his eyes, thinking quickly in his heart, he quickly calmed down, "No, I'm going to take a carriage."

When Marquis Yongping entered the palace, the sun was still high.

When he left the palace, it was already dusk.

His clothes are still meticulous and his expression is calm.

He didn't go back to the Marquis Mansion, but went directly to Duke Dingguo's Mansion.

Old Mrs. Han's storeroom was mostly empty, her heart was hurting, when she saw Marquis Yongping coming, she didn't speak, she leaned on the couch and twirled the beads.

Marquis Yongping sat on the grand teacher's chair beside him, looked at the old lady, "Second sister looks like she is blaming me."

Mrs. Han said coldly, "Master Hou is so arrogant, how dare I blame you. But don't forget, you climbed up all the way, relying on a lot of money thrown out by someone. Now it's time to pay off the debt Madam Hou is really powerful, she clenched her hands tightly, and she refused to take out even a tael of silver!"

She and Xiao Wen's have been busy since yesterday, and the mansions have sent back a lot, but the dowry list is still not complete.

Except for some things that I really can't remember where to go, the biggest gap is [-] taels of silver bills and [-] taels of cash.

Back then, she had to rely on her natal family, and half of the money was quietly taken back to the Hou Mansion.

But the silver is no more than the calligraphy and painting on the face, and there is also a mark, if Mrs. Hou refuses to recognize it, she has nothing to do!

Marquis Yongping said calmly, "The silver that was taken out was all exchanged. The second sister's calculation method, I am afraid that she has forgotten how she became the wife of Lao Dingguo."

Mrs. Han paused while twisting the Buddha beads, her tone softened, "Brother, you also know how much dowry I brought with me when I married. Now the crown prince wants to make up for Chen Man's dowry, and even the income is not enough. If you want to pay it back, how can Yuzhen and I get together the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver?"

Marquis Yongping fiddled with the peanuts on the plate, "Second Sister, do you know how much money I will pay for this dowry list?"

"Brother just returned to Beijing today, and he didn't even return to the Hou's mansion, where can he pay for the money?"

Marquis Yongning sneered, "Don't forget, I just entered the palace."

Mrs. Han was taken aback, "Did you give the emperor money?"

"If I don't pay a price, I'm afraid I'll die." He laughed mockingly, "If anyone in this world is short of money, it must be the emperor. Because of this, the emperor is reluctant to touch me."

"How much did you give?"

Yongninghou picked out three peanuts from the plate, "This number."

"Three thousand taels?"

"Three million taels."

"Three million taels!" Mrs. Han stood up in shock, "Where did you get so much money?"

Marquis Yongning kept his secret, and started drinking tea.

"A father's life is worth three million taels, but a daughter's life is worth one tael?"

The fan was opened, and Little Wen walked in.

She looked haggard, but in just two days, she had seen all the changes in human relationships.

She walked up to Marquis Yongning, "If I can't make up for the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, the crown prince will kill me. It's fine if my aunt doesn't care about me, and my father doesn't care?"

Marquis Yongping frowned.

He actually didn't have much affection for this concubine, and it was inevitable that the one born by his aunt would be somewhat embarrassing.From childhood to adulthood, the number of times he has seen it is also very few.

If she hadn't given birth to a daughter named Fenghuangming, he really didn't have much thought of expressing his father-daughter relationship with her.

"When you saw me, you didn't even say hello, you just questioned me. Is this the rule for you as a child?"

Xiao Wen's face burst into tears, "Father has several daughters, and my daughters don't dare to expect you to love me too much. But Fenghuangming's granddaughter is only one, father really doesn't think about Wan'er?"

Speaking of Han Qingwan, Marquis Yongping still softened his heart.

If their Hou Mansion wants to keep the gold and silver in their hands and live forever, they still have to rely on this granddaughter.

And he didn't want the dowry matter to continue endlessly, as it would only wear him down.

"I didn't say no, it's all right, don't cry."

Xiao Wen smiled through tears, "Really?"

Marquis Yongping glanced at her, "Is this marquis still able to deceive you? But Wan'er is the phoenix... Did you feel curious after seeing Chen Youning?"

Xiao Wen sat next to Marquis Yongping, "Father means...Chen Youning is Chen Man's daughter?"

Yongping Hou nodded, "Back then, Chen Man gave birth to Chen Youning, and she was secretly carried to Xiangping Mansion by the maid beside her. It happened that the second wife of the Chen family was about to give birth, so she reported the twins to the outside world."

Mrs. Han sighed heavily, "It's true. Her life is really hard, hard from the womb."

Yongping Hou said coldly, "It's fate. I folded in so many people, but I couldn't kill her. After all, I let her go to Beijing."

He frowned, "Now that the emperor and the crown prince have noticed her, it's not a good sign."

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