Chapter 639 The Queen Calls
Received the order, Qin Lang flicked his sleeves, bid farewell to Chengqian, turned around and left in a chic manner, leaving Yu Zhining and other officials of the East Palace stunned on the spot.
The passion of fighting Qin Lang just now has completely subsided.
Yu Zhining blushed, Du Zhenglun's face was black, Chu Suiliang's face turned pale in panic, and great Confucian scholars like Kong Yingda, Lu Deming, and Yan Shigu felt very annoyed.
Obviously right, why was he punished by the emperor like this?
It doesn’t matter whether they are also officials of the East Palace or not. The question is why they are exempted from their officials? Where is the justice?
Qin Lang's nonsense, the result is only to dismiss the East Palace official, and he doesn't even need to think about his mistakes behind closed doors.
"It's not fair!" Yu Zhining said angrily.
But Ma Zhou had already followed Qin Lang out of the hall, and even Prince Chengqian was greeted out by Wang Lin, the head of the front office.
At the gate of the East Palace, Cheng Qian looked at Cheng Qin Lang with some anxiety.
"Your Highness, go to the palace with Director Wang to enjoy pastries, and nothing will happen."
"Your Majesty must be furious."
"No, Your Highness just needs to remember that what you have done is already good enough."
Before he left, he hugged Cheng Qian and comforted him a few words, then Qin Lang left. Cheng Qian wanted to comfort Qin Lang as well, but in the end, seeing his handsome appearance, there was no need for him to comfort him.
Riding out, Ma Zhou caught up.
"Sanlang is so chic, he looks like a normal person."
"What could be the matter?" Qin Lang asked back, the emperor's decree came, both unexpected and somewhat expected. He went crazy in the East Palace today, but it was three points true and seven points false. He meant to be acting on purpose, and he wanted to show it to the emperor. As for the purpose, it is very simple, it is to maintain Chengqian.
In any case, Chengqian is his student, and even more so, the Qin family has been implicated deeply. It is an alliance of interests, and they are inseparable.
One prospers all, one loses all.
Qin Lang must protect Chengqian no matter what, protecting Chengqian's interests means protecting his own interests.
If Yu Zhining and others do this, it will not be of any benefit to Chengqian. At Chengqian's age, he is in the rebellious period of youth. Chengqian, who was quite good at first, will run into problems sooner or later if he continues to do this in their hands. And it has been proven once in history.
For Chengqian and for the Qin family, the chaos Qin Lang caused today is to pierce this problem in advance.
"Aren't you afraid of implicating the crown prince?"
Qin Lang just smiled at Ma Zhou's question.
"Don't worry, His Majesty seems to be furious about today's incident, but in fact, I have already seen through it. Nothing will happen. It is said that each will play 20 dozen boards, and all of them will be removed from the East Palace. It won't be long, but it will still happen The official was restored to his original post. Yu Zhining and others are like this, and I am also like this."
As for the reason, it is very simple. The emperor is very satisfied with the current crown prince Chengqian, so for the sake of the East Palace and Chengqian, Li Shimin will not easily replace these people he has carefully selected, including Qin Lang.
Such a display of anger is actually just a show.
Let the people in Donggong wake up, don't go too far.
As for whether Qin Lang himself will be replaced, Qin Lang also believes that he will not. The reason is very simple. Qin Lang is capable and dedicated to protecting Chengqian. He himself was chosen by the emperor early to protect the prince. Now How could it be possible to replace him.
It's not good to be too smart, especially as a traveler who is familiar with many historical trends. Although the history may have gone astray, a lot of useful information can still be deduced by comparing it with the original historical process of time and space. A feeling of mist.
He saw through Li Shimin's tricks at a glance.
On the East Palace, he also dared to talk to all the virtuous officials of the East Palace.
"What's next?"
"What's the plan? In fact, I thought His Majesty would simply give me the titles of Tong Zhongshumenxia Pingzhangshi and the Minister of the Ministry of War. After finally returning to Chang'an, I thought about taking a good rest."
Ma Zhou shook his head and sighed, "Sometimes I really envy your free and easy way. I don't pay attention to the dignified prime minister. I can't do it."
Ma Zhou had been down and out for half his life, and finally got the emperor's appreciation. He really hoped that he could show his ambitions, and he should seize the opportunity. How could he be so indifferent like Qin Lang.
Qin Lang bid farewell to Ma Zhou, returned to Pingkangfang, took off his purple robe and jade belt, and had just hugged his son Qin Ren when someone came from the palace.
"The Empress called Prime Minister Qin into the palace to meet."
The queen summoned? This surprised Qin Lang.
After confirming that it was the empress who summoned him, Qin Lang could only change his clothes and ride out on horseback even though he was unwilling. The empress summoned him at the Lizheng Hall behind the Lizheng Gate.
A female official led him into the palace, and there were several other female officials and palace servants in the palace.
Princess Changle was also there. Seeing him from a distance, she ran from the queen.
"Brother Sanlang."
I haven't seen her for two years. Li Lizhi has also grown into a big girl. The princess is also nine years old, and she is very tall.
In the twelfth lunar month of winter, wearing a mink on his body looks extremely luxurious.
The princess's eyebrows and eyes are very similar to the queen's, and it can even be said to be printed in the same mold, but the eyebrows are somewhat similar to Li Shimin, very heroic.
As a result, the princess came close, and when she saw him stretching out his hand, she stopped suddenly, blushing and standing there. Qin Lang came back to his senses, the princess has become a big girl, and it is impossible for men and women to hug him defenselessly like before.
Hurry up and stop, another etiquette.
"Minister Qin Lang pays homage to Her Royal Highness Princess Changle!"
Li Lizhi blushed and said with a smile, "Brother Sanlang, why are you being so polite?"
The queen over there also smiled slightly when she saw the joke Qin Lang made, and waved to him, "Sanlang, come here."
Qin Lang stepped forward to pay respects to the queen again.
The princess returned to the queen, and followed the queen to look up and down Qin Lang. Although Qin Lang had been communicating with the princess in letters for the past two years, after all, he hadn't seen her for two years.
"Brother Sanlang, did you bring me a present?"
Lizhi is still only a nine-year-old girl after all, so she couldn't help asking.
Qin Lang came in such a hurry that he really didn't think about it.
After hesitating, the princess was about to cry, "Brother Sanlang said in his letter that he brought me a lot of good things, but he turned out to be a liar."
"How dare I lie to the princess, I did choose a lot of gifts for the princess when I was away, but today I heard that the queen called me, I hurried into the palace, and I didn't have time to bring them, so I brought the gifts when I went back."
"Are there a lot of gifts?" The princess laughed through tears.
"Well, there are a lot, and it takes a few big cars."
"Wow, what kind of gift, so many?"
Qin Lang thought for a while, stretched out his hand to take out his body, took out a few banknotes and handed them to the princess, "This is a banknote of Wu'an bank with one thousand coins, and there are ten ten thousand banknotes in total."
"For me?"
"Well, give the princess some pocket money." Qin Lang said with a smile, Li Lizhi is the princess who is most favored by the emperor and empress. She gave many food towns and Yongye fields before, but was later criticized by Wei Zheng and others, so she finally canceled it. Yes, although the imperial court will only give her Shiyi Zhenfeng and Yongyetian when the princess gets married, and it is far worse than before.
But no matter what, she is also the eldest princess, and she usually spends a lot on food and drink. After all, Li Shimin's internal treasury is full of money now, and Wei Tongzi can't manage it without the money from the treasury.
Empress Changsun was a little surprised, and said to Chang Le, "Mother, take a look."
After receiving the banknote from Lizhi, Empress Changsun took a few glances and knew that it was a large banknote from Qin Lang's own Wu'an bank. Although this kind of bankroll had a large denomination, it was an unregistered banknote that was redeemed upon sight. Zhuangpiao is very convenient, because it has extremely high anti-counterfeiting technology, so you don't worry about being faked by others.
This kind of banknote is not registered, so it is convenient to circulate. No matter who the holder is, and whether the original owner is not asked, as long as you bring the ticket, you can cash it in cash.
Even the Jiade Bank in the East Palace and the Zhenguan Bank of the Emperor are mutually recognized.
"Sanlang is really generous." The queen smiled, "I heard that Sanlang made millions of money for Donggong earlier?"
Facing the queen, Qin Lang didn't have the idea of fooling around, "I'm on the front line in Longyou, attracting investment and raising money to fight the war. The East Palace received my invitation letter to go to Longyou. It's an open, fair and just invitation for cooperation."
"Don't worry, I didn't say that I want to pursue you, but since you have such a good thing, why do you only think about the East Palace and not the saint?"
Qin Lang immediately took out another piece of jade.
"Empress, with this piece of jade, you can withdraw 100,000 coins from Wu'an Bank at any time."
The queen smiled, "One hundred thousand, Saburo is really rich."
"This is for the honor of the empress."
"I don't want it." The eldest grandson said, raising the banknote in his hand, "It's the ten thousand coins you gave to Lizhi, and I will accept it for her first. It just so happens that His Majesty said that he will prepare a dowry for Lizhi this year. Ten thousand guan can buy a lot of good things. Anyway, when the time comes, the dowry will also go to your Qin family."
Qin Lang gritted his teeth.
"The minister's family has indeed made some money in Longyou this time, and the minister is willing to donate one million coins to His Majesty and the Empress!"
"One million guan?" Empress Changsun couldn't help being surprised, "It seems that Sanlang's wealth is an understatement. You should really be rich."
"Don't dare."
"Did you give this million pennies to me as a dowry for Li Zhi?"
"It is to honor the queen and the saint."
The queen returned Qin Lang's jade pendant to him, but in the end she didn't refuse the million pendants.
"I'm not greedy for your money, it's just that your actions in Longyou last time did provoke criticism from many people."
Of course Qin Lang knew that Empress Changsun was a generation of virtuous queens, and she was by no means the kind of woman who would be greedy for her own money. She accepted this large sum of money to save Qin Lang from disaster.
In the last few battles in Longyou, Tuyuhun was finally wiped out. Qin Lang's unprecedented military-business cooperation has made many people earn money, including Qin Lang himself. It was completely legal at first, but after all, if he earns too much, he will Some people are jealous.
"Sanlang, today you caused trouble in the East Palace, causing His Majesty to displease you, and you were exempted from your part-time job in the East Palace, but don't worry, Your Majesty is only angry for a while, and it will be fine when the weather clears up. But you also have to be a warning, in the future Be cautious, Cheng Qian is still young, and he likes you very much, you should help Cheng Qian well."
"I understand."
Empress Changsun looked at Qin Lang's attitude, but the mother-in-law looked at her son-in-law, and the more she looked at her, the more she liked her. One million pennies, if you want to give it, it's really amazing.
Although Qin Lang is more able to raise money, it is definitely not easy to spend one million.
"Okay, it's almost time for dinner, so let's stay and have lunch together."
(end of this chapter)