Chapter 158 The Seventh Rank Official in Front of the Prime Minister
"What's impossible? If you don't believe it, you might as well ask your father to see if what I said is true." Qingyang sneered, "Eunuch Chen, Mr. Nan Xiang, if there are no problems, I will take these things back. If anyone dares to stop it, it will be a disobedience."
Chen Fu nodded repeatedly: "I promise not to leave anything behind."
As he spoke, he raised his hand and patted it: "These gold and silver jewelry, silk and satin are all wedding gifts given by the Emperor to the Princess Regent. Please take stock of them. If there is nothing left behind, you can take these gifts with the Za family and the Qingyang guards now. Send it to the Regent's Palace."
Mother Li and her daughter seemed to have fallen from heaven to hell in an instant. Their faces were pale and livid, and their eyes were dim. They watched the palace man turn around and walk out of the Prime Minister's Mansion carrying the jade plate.
"Eunuch Chen." Nan Xingzhi already knew what was going on, so he had no special emotional reaction at this time. He just reminded Chen Fu, "The five hundred taels of gold and five hundred taels of silver here were given by the emperor to the prime minister. The rewards from the government are not among the gifts."
Five hundred taels of gold, five hundred taels of silver?
After hearing this, mother and daughter Li's spirits perked up, and they immediately retreated to the next best thing and felt a little comforted. Well, without silks and satins, without jewelry, they could barely get through the difficulties for the time being with gold and silver subsidies.
Five hundred taels of gold is a lot of money.
"Prime Minister, this is not possible." Qingyang's tone was lukewarm. "When Eunuch Chen and I left the palace just now, the emperor did not say that gold and silver were rewards for the Prime Minister's Mansion."
Nan Xingzhi frowned: "I am not so poor that I would argue with you over this little gold and silver. Is this something that the emperor gave me as a reward? Do I still need to explain it to you?"
Not poor?
Maybe he is not really poor, but he is just being chased by debt collectors from outside restaurants, silver shops, and silk shops.
It is indeed not too shabby.
Qingyang smiled faintly, not afraid of his majesty: "The Prime Minister's words are serious. Since the Prime Minister is not so poor that he would argue with his humble position over this little money, then all these humble positions will be taken away. In order to prepare for a wedding recently, my prince, The expenses are too high and money is a little tight. These gold and silver can just help my prince to temporarily relieve his urgent needs. "
After a pause, Qingyang said in a particularly sincere tone: "Before I was in humble position, I had heard that the Prime Minister was brilliant, clean and elegant, and I had never cared about these yellow and white vulgar things. But when I saw them today, I realized that the rumors were true, and I couldn't bear to give in." These things stain the Prime Minister's eyes, so I say goodbye."
Nan Xingzhi's face turned dark. Before he could say anything, Qingyang had already waved his hand and directed the palace officials to turn around and leave with gifts and gold and silver jewelry.
"Stop! Who dares to take away the gold from the prime minister's house?" How could Mrs. Li be willing to watch the gold fly away? She quickly called someone to stop them, "Jewelry, silk and satin are all gifts for Nan Xi. You can take it, we don’t care! But the gold and silver were given to the prime minister by the emperor, and no one can take them away!”
Qingyang glanced at her coldly: "Who can prove that this is a gift from the emperor to the Prime Minister's Mansion? This is obviously a gift from the emperor to the regent princess, do you still want to keep it private? The prime minister stole his own daughter's gift, saying If you go out, you will lose your face, right?"
Nan Xingzhi's face turned pale and stiff.
He felt that he had never been so embarrassed, arguing with a guard here because of a vulgar thing.
His time should not be wasted here. In addition to court affairs, he should spend his free time with elegant poetry and painting, instead of forcing himself to stand here for a little gold and silver, watching the ugly appearance of Li's out-of-control shouting. There is no dignity and cultivation that a lady of the house should have.
But if he leaves now, the Prime Minister's Mansion will still have to face the embarrassment of major shops and restaurants frequently coming to collect debts for a long time. Life will get worse and worse, and there will be embarrassing opportunities in the future. There will be more and more.
No, he couldn't stand this.
"The gold and silver are left here. These are the gifts given to me by the emperor. Anyone who takes them away will be disobeying the decree." He said calmly, "I have always disdained these yellow and white things, but as a minister, you should respect the things the emperor has given you. Accept it and don’t allow anyone to resist.”
Are you still being stubborn at this time?
Qingyang sneered secretly, but asked lightly: "In this case, Prime Minister, can you tell me why the emperor rewarded you with gold and silver?"
Nan Xingzhi said coldly: "This is a matter between the Emperor and the Prime Minister. It is not the turn of you, a little bodyguard, to interfere."
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister, what you said is wrong." Qingyang smiled faintly, "It is indeed nothing for a humble person to speak lightly, but my prince still holds the power of regent. The emperor rewarded the Prime Minister's Mansion with five hundred taels of gold and five hundred taels of silver. It’s not a small amount, I have to ask for a reason, right? Otherwise, how should I answer when the prince asks me?”
Nan Xingzhi's face turned darker and darker, and he couldn't say a word.
Even the emperor would have to worry about moving out the regent, let alone the prime minister?
It is said that there are seven rank officials in front of the prime minister.
The guards of the Prince Regent's Palace dared to be arrogant in front of the Prime Minister, and used their power to bully others to the fullest!
Chen Fu watched in silence as the Prime Minister was speechless, and did not dare to speak for a moment. After all, the Qingyang guards were from the Regent's Palace. Even if they knew that the one hundred taels of gold and five hundred taels of silver were indeed the emperor's aid to the Prime Minister's Palace, But he didn't dare to say it.
Even if the emperor wants to reward the prime minister's palace with gold and silver, he has to have a name for it, right?
Although the Prime Minister is loyal to the Emperor, the gold and silver in the national treasury cannot be used at will by the Emperor. The Emperor has the right to approve the amount of hundreds of thousands or even millions of taels of silver for disaster relief or military pay, but it is impossible for him to let the national treasury allocate hundreds or thousands of taels of silver for his private use.
So this reward was probably taken from the Emperor's private treasury.
It seems that the Emperor really dotes on the Prime Minister. He is afraid that the Prime Minister will not be able to live after being divorced by his wealthy wife, so he mixed a little gold and silver in the gift under the name of rewarding the Regent Princess with a wedding gift.
Originally, Qingyang didn't have to fight for this little gold and silver. Considering that the Prime Minister's Mansion had such a hard time these days, he left it to them. After all, it was a reward from the Emperor.
But when he thought about how Madam Nan had devoted herself to him for more than ten years, but in the end she was broken-hearted by this heartless, unfaithful, and ungrateful prime minister, he decided to vent his anger for his own princess.
Humph, not even a penny was left for them. If you have the guts, ask the emperor to reward them again and see how much gold and silver the emperor has in his private vault.