Possessed by Luffy's fruit, I went crazy in ancient times

Chapter 125 Adding insult to injury

When the queen heard this, she was almost scared out of her brain.

The chamberlain helped her sit down on the couch, and it took her a while to feel better.

The three princes knew that they had gotten into trouble, and they were standing aside with guilty expressions on their faces, not daring to say a word.

After the queen finally calmed down, she came to her senses and asked, "What's going on? How dare you three bet so big?"

The three of them held the backs of their hands and lowered their heads in unison, glancing slightly at the queen sitting above them.

When the queen saw the three of them acting like this, she became even more angry and said, "Say it quickly."

The three of them froze in fright. King Pingzhang took the lead and said: "This matter is all about my cousin. My cousin invited us to play in the arena and encouraged us to place bets."

"Yeah"

"Yes, that's my cousin."

The three people's faces turned pale, and their eyes fell on the queen. The queen frowned when she heard this and said: "Your uncle is really short-sighted and allows his son to eat everything inside and outside."

After saying that, my heart felt painful again.

The direct descendant of the Xie family is Xie Ling, the queen's biological brother, and the empress is the direct daughter of the Xie family. The two brothers and sisters have been strong since they were young, and neither of them obeyed the other. Even if the two of them had great disagreements in the past, for the sake of the Xie family, the two of them would do the same. Stay safe and sound.

It's just that all the Xie Ling sects have boys. The Xie family's wish to go further was in vain. They could not marry the queen's three sons. The Xie family wanted to use a side branch to marry the queen, but the queen did not agree. Therefore, in recent years, the relationship between the two has deteriorated. stiff.

The queen did not expect that things had developed to this point.

King Pingzhang looked aggrieved: "Queen Mother, Queen Mother, please save me, save me."

The queen looked sad, and after pondering for a moment, she said: "At the beginning, did you make a bet with your cousin? Who did you lose to later?"

King Pingzhang was overjoyed when he heard this. He knew his mother best. After saying this, he was ready to find an opportunity to snatch four million taels from her.

"My cousin took one million taels and three million taels, and lost to the son of the Minister of Hubu, the Minister of Industry, and the Ministry of Rites respectively." The fifth prince counted on his fingers.

When the queen heard this, her face turned green. These people were from wealthy scholar families. If one or two of them were fine, why were there so many people?

She can't kill all the ministers in the court.

Thinking of this, her head hurt even more.

When the fifth prince finished making the list, the queen's face was already a mass of black lines, but the fifth prince looked at the queen expectantly like a fool, expecting her to solve the problem for them.

The older King Pingzhang saw the Queen's difficulty and carefully tugged on the sleeves of the fifth prince. The sixth prince was timid, but he knew that there were many people and it would be difficult to handle, so he didn't say anything more.

After a long time, the Queen sighed deeply and said: "Here, I can only get back the one million from your uncle. For other places, you have to find your own way."

She decided that she had to teach her three sons a lesson. She usually wiped their butts for her three sons, but now she was becoming more and more ignorant. If this continued, not to mention themselves, she, the mother, might also suffer. .

When King Pingzhang heard this, he was surprised and happy and said, "Thank you so much, Queen Mother."

He is a sensible person. His uncle and the queen have been at odds for several years. To be able to get one million taels from his uncle, the queen must have put in a lot of effort. However, the fifth prince seemed unable to understand the Queen's difficulties and said with a sullen face: "Mother, there are still three million taels left. You just saw that the courtiers have asked us to fight. How can we fight without money?" During the days when Xiao Cheng suffered, King Pingzhang felt extremely uncomfortable.

The Sixth Prince was startled for a moment, then hesitantly asked: "How do you plan to divide this one million taels?" Among the three people, he owed the least land. King Pingzhang and the Fifth Prince each owed one million and a half million, so he owed it. One million taels.

He didn't want to go to war, let alone owe money.

The queen was stunned for a moment before she remembered that she had three sons. They borrowed money from the Ministry of Household Affairs in different amounts. Each of them must have been burdened with a different amount, and asked, "How much do you each owe?"

King Pingzhang and the fifth prince answered first: "We each have one and a half million taels."

The sixth prince was one step behind: "I owe one million taels."

After listening to the sixth prince's words, the queen cast her eyes on him for a moment and said, "Why does the sixth prince owe me less land?"

King Pingzhang and the fifth prince both looked at him, and the sixth prince said: "Because I didn't dare to place a bet in the last game, so I bet once less than my two brothers."

When the queen heard this, she smiled knowingly. Being timid has its advantages. At least it won't cause trouble for her. She said with a look of relief: "Lao Liu is sensible and knows how to advance and retreat. One million taels, you will get 40." two"

After saying that, King Pingzhang and the fifth prince were unhappy. They both said in unison: "Mother, you are partial."

The queen looked indifferent, picked up the tea cup and took a sip, then smiled and said: "It takes fifty steps to laugh a hundred steps. I didn't know that you three brothers still care about the queen's favoritism."

The three people's faces paused and they all lowered their heads.

For so many years, the queen has always treated her three sons equally, and there has never been any competition or favoritism between the brothers.

Therefore, the relationship between the three brothers has never had any problems, but looking at the reactions of Lao Liu, Lao Wu, and Lao Si just now, Lao Liu has no objection to this decision. Presumably Lao Liu, Lao Four, and Lao Wu are already different.

But she didn't intend to say it. She said: "You three brothers, I have never lacked you for eating, drinking and having fun on weekdays. But this time the matter has become so big because of your gambling addiction. Mother only recognizes one, who Quit gambling. Who is my good son? Starting from the sixth child. If you can quit gambling, my mother will treat you three as always in the future. If not, don’t blame my mother for being partial."

The three of them responded sincerely, feeling terrified in their hearts.

The Queen Mother had never spoken so harshly to the three of them. This time she really touched her bottom line. The three of them were in good health. The Queen did not want to cause more trouble, so she immediately sent them to rest, and ordered the servants to go to Uncle Xuan Guo. Enter the palace.

Xie Ling was originally the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. He had guessed this possibility when someone from the Ministry of Hubu suggested going to Deqing Palace to visit the three princes, so His Majesty led his people back to the Imperial Study Room, and he thought of a way to sneak out of the palace. .

On the way, he was stopped by the chamberlain.

Xie Ling smiled in embarrassment and said, "Where is the chamberlain going? I have something to do at home, so I have to leave first."

The chamberlain knew that this uncle's face was thicker than the city wall. Not to mention His Majesty, even the queen's biological sister would be defeated by him, but he also had a strong personality.

Therefore, as soon as the chamberlain saw him, he knew that he could only use force. Anyway, the relationship between the queen and the uncle was not good. When the chamberlain arrested the man, he did not take it into consideration and directly called several Jin soldiers in the palace to carry him there. Deqing Hall.

Xie Ling's body was crushed by the Jin army. He knew that he could not escape today, so he simply asked others to pick him up with a slumped face.

As soon as he arrived at the Deqing Hall, he acted like a rogue and said, "This is how the queen treats her own family. I don't know why I thought the Xie family had done something to apologize to you."

(End of this chapter)