Don't panic, my mother and I are dressed as Houfu mother-in-law and daughter-in-law!

Chapter 88 Creditors come to the door
Facing Song Chengye's instigation, Xue Lan sneered: "You don't need to enter the palace. The imperial decree only said to let Hengye stay in Beijing, but nothing else was mentioned. If the emperor didn't mean that at all, wouldn't it be okay for me to enter the palace?" ask for contempt?"

Song Chengye was in a hurry: "But it will be too late when the emperor really makes an order!"

Gu Qingyou was petting the dog at the side, but he hadn't seen her for a few days, but the dog still remembered her, obediently stretched his body in her arms, and kept wagging his little tail to show his affection.

Hearing Song Chengye's words, he was almost laughed angrily, and couldn't help but yell at him: "Then why don't you ask yourself? Aren't you still the crown prince now? It's not difficult to hand over a booklet to enter the palace, right?"

She didn't dare to go, but came here to embarrass her mother, it's just ridiculous.

Song Chengye blushed from her naked ridicule, and said in embarrassment: "How can you talk? Why don't you get out?!"

Gu Qingyou didn't leave, not only didn't leave, but poured Xue Lan a cup of tea slowly, and then sat down next to his mother.

The angle is impartial, just opposite Song Chengye.

Song Chengye was still kneeling, seeing that she was obviously taking advantage of him deliberately, he had to get up angrily, and continued to beg Xue Lan: "Mother, what should my son do?"

Xue Lan was dizzy from his shaking, and pushed the person away impatiently: "What else can I do? You are like a soldier here, maybe Hengye doesn't care about this title at all!"

In the past, Xue Shi asked him to guard against Song Hengye every day, but today he suddenly changed his tone, and Song Chengye was at a loss.

It would be nothing more than a change of attitude towards Gu Qingyou for the sake of public opinion, but as an orphan, even if she is allowed to secure her position as the main wife, except for Lin'er who needs to be comforted by some words, it will not affect the overall situation at all.

But Hengye is different!

Even if it is recorded in the mother's name, it is still not from the blood of the Song family. He was already valued by the emperor. Once he is accepted as a noble, the entire Duke's mansion will become an outsider's!
Taking a step back, even if Song Hengye did not covet the position of the son as his mother said, but if the emperor insisted on asking him to accept the title, he would not be so stupid as to refuse, would he?

Xue Lan said: "Whether there will be a change depends on the emperor's will. Whether Hengye is willing or not is not important at all. You don't need to worry about it. You must know that sometimes fate must be there. If there is no fate, it is useless to force."

In a word, Song Chengye was immediately disheartened.

She straightened her sleeves and prepared to chase him away again: "Besides, you need to be strong to forge an iron. If you don't want to be abolished, then do something to make the emperor treat you differently, instead of crying endlessly here!"

Song Chengye choked and stuck in his throat. In the past, as long as he acted coquettishly and showed weakness, his mother would love him everything, but today he actually said that he was like a bitch? !

Gu Qingyou watched him leave in a state of embarrassment, looking quite pitiful, and said: "If you don't look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face, Song Lian is considered a sacrifice for the country. The emperor shouldn't embarrass his only son, right?"

But Xue Lan shook her head: "A companion is like a tiger. I guess only the emperor knows what he thinks."

Gu Qingyou said thoughtfully: "Then should we do something? After all, without Song Lian, it may not be easy for the Duke's Mansion to restore its former glory. If Song Hengye really succeeded in winning the title, it would be great. I'm afraid the last good card will be played. It's all rotten in Song Chengye's hands."

Although they didn't know much about them, Song Hengye was cultivated by Song Lian, but Song Chengye was a well-known playboy, and he was judged by superiors.

Xue Lan had already calculated several ways for them to retreat before, and the only way to rely on herself was always the best choice.

Anyway, being disturbed by Song Chengye, they couldn't sleep anymore, so they simply thought about some good ways to make a fortune. After all, the big tree in the Duke's Mansion is thick and strong, and it doesn't matter whether it's funds or contacts, it's smoother than ordinary people. many.

However, the fact is that face slaps will always come faster than showing off your ambitions.

After breakfast, another uninvited guest came to the mansion.

And this person came to collect debts? ? ?

Gu Qingyou directly questioned the black man, let's just say, isn't this person's sophistication generally bad?The soil on Song Lian's grave hadn't been dried yet, so this man chased him to his house to ask for the debt. Was he afraid that the Duke's mansion would collapse tomorrow?

Another one, I thought that as a first-rank state government, not to mention Song Lian's salary, he usually suppressed bandits, suppressed rebels, and so on. How can you owe several 10 taels of silver for the income of the store?
That's right, Miss Li.

And the most outrageous thing is that Xue Lan didn't find this old debt in Xue's memory. No one even knew the name of the person who came to collect the debt. It was Zhang Yong who hesitated and whispered to her ear. , and whispered to her that the person in front of her was the chief manager of Jingzhongxuan Ninghou Mansion.

It was clearly written in black and white that Song Lian, the Duke of Ning, owed 30 taels on a certain day of a certain year, and he should repay it within two years, otherwise he would pay three times the interest.

Well, the reason for the loan was not stated, but the seal was very clear.

30 is not a small sum, Xue Lan wanted to ask clearly, and it was Zhang Yong who explained it.

It turned out that these years the Great Jin Dynasty looked beautiful on the surface, but in fact the treasury was empty. Song Lian was stationed in the northwest, and there were millions of troops under his command. That is to say, every day when he opened his eyes, there were millions of mouths waiting to eat.

Although the imperial court also paid military salaries, in recent years, bandits have become a problem in the northeast, and several countries in the south are eyeing each other. There are almost daily disputes on the border. Although the scale is small, there are many times of harassment.

Don't worry about these things, the people on the frontier don't have a living, just worry about it, it's not worth sending troops, so they often choose to settle things with money, which is simple and effective.

However, the emperor's pockets are limited, and if he uses too much here, the money allocated to the northwest will be less and less. In the most difficult time, it was Song Lian who secretly took the treasury property of the Duke's mansion to replace the army's rations.

Relying on Xue's being a fool, he didn't notice that he was taken away by family thieves every year, up to 10 taels, but for millions of soldiers, these silvers were really a drop in the bucket. Countless foreign debts.

Because it is related to the face of the superiors, in order to maintain the prestige of the country, Song Lian only writes the time and amount when borrowing money, and does not mention anything else.

The butler was also polite, said a few words of condolence, then pointed to the date on the note and said: "Our Marquis said that we shouldn't have come here at this time, but seeing that the IOU will expire in a few days, Song Gong has made a promise all his life, and your government will have to repay 120 million taels of silver with principal and interest at that time, and this money is too hot for us to hold, so we came here to ask."

"Steward Zhang, take a look again, is this really the Duke's private seal?"

It's no wonder that Gu Qingyou is overhearted, now that Song Lian's death has no proof, if someone is just pretending to be a fake and comes with a fake note, they will naturally not be able to accept it all.

(End of this chapter)