Chapter 198
The emperor glanced at the left servant who was kneeling below, then turned to the right servant who stood silently beside him, "Xiao Aiqing, do you have anything to say?"

Xiao Pingyuan took a step forward, "I want to join Mr. Zou's work to catch rumors, and wrongly wrong the minister without careful investigation. There are such officials in the household department, which will only do harm to the court but not benefit."

Zou Changyuan sneered, unfolded the paper in his hand, and showed it to everyone, "Lord Xiao, I have not wronged you. Look, this paper cannot write at all. As soon as I wrote, the ink smudged into a ball. I can’t write it. If you don’t believe me, you can take a pen in front of the emperor, and I will write it for everyone.”

Ning Guogong glanced at an official next to him calmly.

The official stood up immediately, "I have the courage to borrow a pen and ink from the emperor, and try to see if the paper is the same as Mr. Zou said."

The emperor glanced at the official indifferently, did not say anything, but signaled to the chief eunuch beside him to bring down the pen and ink on the dragon case to them.

The official took the pen and ink from the chief steward, thanked the emperor, dipped the brush on the inkstone, and turned around to write on the paper in Zou Changyuan's hand.

Many officials watched the official's movements silently. As soon as the pen fell on the paper, the ink was smudged into a ball as Mr. Zou said.

Zou Changyuan said proudly, "My lords have seen it, and I have not wronged Lord Xiao."

The official who wrote it just now also said, "Master Xiao, the princess of Zhen Guogong is your daughter, she sold this kind of inferior paper to cheat money, it is too much."

Another official said to the second and third masters of the Zhen Guo Mansion, "The concubine is now a member of the Zhen Guo Mansion. If she does not do things properly, she should be disciplined by the Zhen Guo Mansion. Master Lu, the shop of your nephew and daughter-in-law, You should let her go."

The second master Lu said with a face of shame, "Xiaoji Paper Shop is the dowry shop of the concubine, and it is not easy for us to intervene in the operation of the shop. I didn't expect that the paper she sold turned out to be inferior. When I return home, I will let her take The paper shop is closed, and I will ask her to compensate everyone for the amount of paper sold.”

Facing those officials who condemned, Xiao Pingyuan didn't change his expression. After they finished speaking, he said to the emperor sitting on the dragon chair, "I beg the emperor to give justice to my humble minister's daughter."

The officials who condemned it just now frowned. This paper has already been proven to be of inferior quality. What does Master Xiao mean by this?
On the contrary, Ning Guogong glanced at Xiao Pingyuan who was calm and composed, and then gave Zou Changyuan a dark glare.

The emperor glanced over the officials who had just condemned indifferently, with an indescribable disappointment in his heart.

It is really a misfortune for the court to have these officials who are catching wind and shadows.

Just when all the officials were uneasy, the emperor finally said, "Zou Aiqing, the paper sold by Zhen Guogong's concubine is not for writing and drawing. It's called toilet paper. You'd better figure out the purpose first, and then come to see it." Master Xiao."

Zou Changyuan was stunned. Isn't this paper used for writing and drawing?
The emperor ignored him, but said to Xiao Pingyuan, "Xiao Aiqing, the princess concubine of Duke Zhen Guo made good toilet paper, and the concubine will provide the paper for the palace in the future.

I am very satisfied with this piece of paper, and I bestow upon the Duke and Concubine of Zhen Guo a Nanzhu, twenty bolts of silk and satin of various colors, and two farms.Also, I feel that the name Xiaoji Zhizhuang is not worthy of the paper it makes, so I bestowed a plaque on it to Duke Zhenguo and his concubine, calling it the No. [-] Zhizhuang in the World. "

"The minister on behalf of the Duke of Zhen and the concubine thanked the emperor for his gift."

Xiao Pingyuan was quite satisfied with the result, and it was worth the two big boxes of toilet paper he sent to the palace yesterday.

Xiao Pingyuan was all smiles, but Zou Changyuan was pale.

After retiring from the court, he asked others, only to find out that the emperor was right, the paper was really not used for writing and drawing, but was used to replace toilet chips.

Zou Changyuan couldn't help complaining about his wife, who handed it to him before the matter was clarified, and even stabbed the emperor in front of him.

The image he worked so hard to maintain in front of the emperor might be ruined.

Xiao Jinyue didn't know what happened in the court hall until the emperor sent someone to deliver the reward and the plaque to the Zhen Guo Gongfu. Out of curiosity, she asked the father-in-law who came to deliver the reward to find out what happened.

It turned out that his father actually sent the toilet paper she sent to the Xiao Mansion to the emperor, and even helped her get such a plaque.

Xiao Jinyue was so moved that she immediately asked someone to hang a plaque in the shop, and asked the servant to send a cart of toilet paper back to her mother's house, and then arranged for the shopkeeper to send five carts of toilet paper to the palace.

Mrs. Zuo Shilang was full of anticipation, waiting to see the closure of the paper shop of Duke Zhen Guo and his concubine.

I didn't expect to wait and wait, but what I waited for was the news that Xiaoji Zhizhuang had received a plaque from the emperor.

Mrs. Zuo Shilang, full of puzzlement, sent someone to inquire, and when she heard that her husband had visited Lord Xiao in front of all the officials in the court, but was reprimanded by the emperor, her face was as pale as paper.

I heard that the emperor praised Zhen Guogong's concubine greatly in the court hall, and also pointed out that the paper used in the palace will be provided by the concubine.Mrs. Zuo Shilang was so angry that she smashed the most beloved set of teacups to pieces.

Unexpectedly, after returning home, Zou Changyuan would still be furious with her.

The business of Xuntangji and Zhizhuang is getting better day by day. Xiao Jinyue now not only helps Lu Chengting detoxify every day, but also goes to the store to look at the books when he has time.

The two workshops are running well. Xiao Jinyue plans to go back to her mother's house and ask her father for a group of people. She plans to open the sugar shop and paper shop to other state capitals.

Bai Guo suddenly opened the bead curtain and came in to report, "Girl, I just heard from the woman in charge of shopping in the big kitchen that last night, a group of assassins assassinated our general. I don't know if the general and others are okay now."

When Xiao Jinyue heard this, her expression changed immediately, she immediately packed up a medicine box, and hurried back to her mother's house with Ginkgo.

Looking back, there was nothing unusual at the door, Xiao Jinyue hurried to the main courtyard, where her mother was drinking tea with her elder sister.

"Mom, are you all right, where's dad?"

Seeing her daughter come back, Xue was both surprised and happy, "Yue'er, why are you back? Don't worry, we are all fine."

Xiao Jinyue pulled her mother and kept asking, and learned that her father took Xiao Haoqing and a group of guards to kill the assassins last night, and sent the corpses to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Her father went to the palace early in the morning to complain to the emperor.

What's more, Xue was afraid that she was worried and didn't tell her, and Xiao Jinlan just reassured her.

Xiao Jinyue had no choice but to avoid everyone and ask Chi Yan, who ran back to Xiao's residence a few days ago, for questioning.

Chi Yan chirped, "Girl, I eavesdropped on the general and his wife, and Zuo Shilang was also involved in the matter back then. Yesterday's assassin was related to him. The general also said that he must find a way to speed up and kill Zou Changyuan. Get off your horse."

It's a pity that her mother didn't say a few words, Chi Yan didn't know what happened back then, but Xiao Jinyue guessed that things must not be simple.

Jin Yuanzheng's business name was sealed, the sugar formula and the paper factory, Zuo Shilang's house had already regarded her as a thorn in their side and wanted to get rid of it quickly.Now that the two parties have become mortal enemies, Xiao Jinyue decided to help her father in order to avoid being the first to attack and then suffer disaster.

Pull down the left servant of the household department as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)

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