Chapter 760: The Queen Mother’s Anger

Zhou Heng came back in the evening. His face was a little tired and his steps were heavy, but he was in good spirits. He arrived at the study with great enthusiasm. Chen Ao was copying the "Music Sutra" with his lamp. Seeing that Zhou Heng came in, he sighed and put his pen into the pen holder, allowing the running script on the table to do it.

"Cousin, I've brought the thing." Zhou Heng took out a piece of money and handed it to Chen Ao.

It’s a lot of 250,000 yuan per piece, so the signature is naturally Zheng Gongzi Zheng Shuang.

Zhou Heng is the one who entrusts the chicken seller, and Jueshengfang is just to help sell it. No one will go out with 250,000 guan. No matter how arrogant Zheng Shuang is, she will never carry a box of money with her. What's more, it will take at least one or two days to raise 250,000 guan, especially for the business, no matter how big his business or how rich his wealth, he doesn't have much money left. Only the rich man in the countryside will save a jar of jars of silver and money on the head of the bed.

So Zheng Shuang wanted to take the chicken away, so of course she had to leave a loan note, which naturally fell into Zhou Heng's hands.

Zhou Heng laughed and said, "A chicken has 250,000 guan. This transaction is really worth it. I think it can only sell a few hundred guan."

Chen Ao shook his head and said, "This chicken is worth up to 5,000 guan for those playboys. But for Zheng Shuang, what he bought is not only the chicken, but also his majesty and face. The Zheng family is a royal relative and the richest man in Jiangbei. His face is almost 250,000."

As the young master of Duke Qi's Mansion, Zhou Heng couldn't help but stun his tongue. He bought a face for 250,000 yuan, which seemed like a dream in his opinion.

"Cousin, what should I do next?"

Chen Ao stuffed the "Music Sutra" back into the bookcase and said, "The Zheng family may not be able to take out such a large amount of money. Even if there is one, it is impossible for Zheng Shuang to make such a mess. Look, the loan note says that the money will be sent in three days, three days... Humph!" Chen Ao sneered and said coldly, "If Zheng Shuang can't take out this money, I will come to collect the debt in person."

Zhou Zheng's eyes lit up and he said, "Make the Zheng family embarrassed?"

Chen Ao shook his head and said, "The second thing is to embarrass him. The important thing is to slap him in the face and provoke your cousin. Do you still want to be free and easy? Just wait and see."

Zhou Zheng smiled bitterly and said, "It's a pity that I can't save my father."

Chen Ao smiled faintly and said, "Your father will come out sooner or later. When you go to Taiyuan, the matter will be found out and the people will come out. But before going to Taiyuan, you must do this. First, it is related to King Jin and cannot let the backyard catch fire. Second, it is to give them a warning, which is like a war between two armies. You must first defeat the morale of the enemy, and then uproot them by one blow."

Zhou Zheng thought about it and said, "What my cousin said is definitely correct."

The two of them talked for a while, and Chen Ao finally said, "I asked someone to secretly send 30,000 yuan to the Wuqu Hou's house. Let's take a break early. I will go to the palace tomorrow. I can't miss the early morning court meeting."

The next day, Chen Ao entered the palace, and there was nothing unusual in the palace. Li Bangyan still greeted Chen Ao with a smile. Chen Ao's attitude towards him became warm. After the court meeting, Zhao Ji gave Chen Ao a wink and followed Zhao Ji to Wenjing Pavilion. As if it was cold today, several pots of charcoal fires in Wenjing Pavilion were endless day and night, and there were special eunuchs who added carbon. As soon as they entered outside, they immediately felt that all the bones were warm. Zhao Ji smiled faintly: "I didn't know why yesterday, the empress dowager suddenly became furious. Does this matter have anything to do with you?"

Chen Ao said: "I am wronged!"

Zhao Ji smiled bitterly and said, "You just don't let me live." His lips trembled slightly, and he shook his head and said, "The King of Jin, I don't know what I said in the harem last night, and I didn't even hear any news. This King of Jin is your future Weng family. You always have to persuade him. I and him are old and can't be disrespectful to the old."

Chen Aohe nodded and said, "I will persuade him well." But he was thinking in his heart, should he add another fire to him?

Zhao Ji immediately said: "The latest news is that the Jurchens have broken through the Khitan border and captured Jizhou. Now 100,000 cavalry have already pointed directly at Youzhou. The Khitan army is trapped in the Youzhou area and is about to fight the Jurchens."

Chen Ao couldn't help but be moved. The Khitans had lost the desert and Liaodong. Now there are only three roads in Zhongjing, Nanjing and Tokyo. These sixteen Youyun Prefectures can be regarded as the core position of the Khitan Kingdom. Once lost, it will only be a matter of time before the Khitan destruction. Youzhou is the core of Tokyo Road, and this battle is too important.

Zhao Ji continued: "Wanyan Dashi has sent an envoy to ask me to send troops from the Song Dynasty. What do you think?"

Chen Ao said lightly: "Can't be saved."

Zhao Ji said: "You keep talking."

Chen Ao said: "The most powerful force of the Jurchens is cavalry. If our Song Dynasty sends troops, hundreds of thousands of troops gather and are besieged by the Jurchens, and they are besieged by the Jurchens? So we can only wait and see the changes, and transfer the world's army and horses to Daming Mansion to form a horn with the Khitans and confront the Jurchens. As for the three navy troops, we must prepare early, so that the main forces of each navy can gather in Penglai Port area and practice day and night. Of course, the court should issue an order, claiming that our Song Dynasty will transfer the world's army and horses to fight the Jurchens in Youzhou, and it is enough that the Jurchens dare not give their all their strength when attacking Youzhou."

Zhao Jihe nodded and said, "You are right. The army will attack the plan. I will discuss with the subordinate Li again, let the subordinate draw an order and draw elite Kokang people from all over the country."

Chen Ao smiled and said, "I can order the elites of Xixia Kingdom to gather in the Qilian Mountains, so that the Jurchens have to draw out their strength. Even if they have three heads and six arms, they must be unable to defend themselves."

Zhao Ji smiled faintly. At this time, his fear of the Jurchens had been reduced a lot. The battle in Qilian Mountains finally made all countries muster up the courage to let people know that the Jurchens were not invincible.

The two of them exchanged greetings for a while, and Zhao Ji suddenly laughed and said, "You go to the harem and go and ask the queen mother for her. I went there this morning. I don't know why, but I actually said to me with a cold face. She is not as good as a concubine. I guess which concubine made her angry. You go and persuade me."

Chen Ao agreed and went to Jingtai Palace alone, and said loudly outside the palace: "Chen Ao greets the Queen Mother."

"Come in and talk." The Queen Mother's voice seemed very unhappy, mixed with a little anger.

Chen Ao walked into Jingtai Palace and saw the Empress Dowager sitting on a bench. A man absent-mindedly playing with the Quer cards in his hand. Chen Ao smiled faintly and said, "Is the Empress Dowager short of people to play cards?"

The empress dowager said with a cold face: "I am just playing around." After that, she threw the Que'er card aside with no interest, her eyes fell on Shen Ao, and said: "Yesterday, *** and King Jin went to the decisive victory square, why didn't you help? He suffered such a big loss? He is the brother of His Majesty's mother and compatriots. Can you remain indifferent if you humiliate a boy from the Zheng family?"

Chen sat down arrogantly and laughed: "What the Queen Mother said about buying chickens?"

The Queen Mother pursed her lips and indicated that she had a default.

Chen Ao said: "How can I help with this kind of thing? Mr. Zheng is determined to win the chicken. If the queen bids, would he have to spend one million guan to buy a chicken to eat in the end?" Chen Ao laughed and said: "I dare not eat this chicken. Every bite will be very sad."

The Empress Dowager was slightly stunned, then smiled and said, "I dare, why don't you dare, one of you, King Jin, and the other King Pingxi? Fortunately, you still claim that you are rich, it seems that it is just that."

Chen Ao defended, "Don't calm down. My money is different from Mr. Zheng's money. I earned it with my own blood, sweat and life, but Mr. Zheng's money was blown by the strong wind."

"Blowed by the big phoenix?" The empress dowager couldn't help frowning.

Chen Ao smiled and said, "Of course, the money of Weichen was a huge deal, and the soldiers went to Qilian Mountains and stormed the Jurchens in the wilderness. But the money of the Zheng family..." He smiled and said coldly: "It's almost the same as the wind blows. For example, Taiyuan collapsed. Their family hoarded countless grains, collected them one hundred yuan a bucket, and sold them at a price of a hundred times. This was not the wind blowing, so what?"

The empress dowager said coldly: "No wonder, the emperor of the Ai family is really confused, so he would let them be so presumptuous?"

Chen Ao smiled bitterly and said, "Although Your Majesty is the Lord of the Nine Five, it is common to be deceived by others. People are not sages, so everything cannot be done as they wish."

The Empress Dowager's face turned pale and said, "All the expenses of the Ai family are simple, and only tens or 20,000 guan a year are spent on their own. But the boy from the Zheng family dared to spend 250,000 guan to buy a chicken with his eyes closed." He snorted heavily and continued, "As for Concubine Zheng, it is even more amazing. It turns out that her family has such a rich family. In order to please the Ai family, she has to pretend to be simple. Who is she doing for?"

Chen Ao smiled and said nothing.

The Empress Dowager continued, "There is nothing in the Ai family. Money is something outside of your body. What's the use of keeping it? It's just that I pitied King Jin. His brother was rich in the world and was called a widow. His prince only took 30,000 or 40,000 yuan from Zongling Mansion every year." She continued, "When Ai family was there, he still had to suffer people's losses and was mocked; when did the Ai family go, what should the King of Jin do? He has never suffered any hardships in his life, and has never suffered any losses. Could it be that this poor child is born of some people every day?"

Chen Ao thought to himself that 30,000 to 40,000 yuan was just enough. There were countless people in the world who lived only over a dozen yuan a year, but they did not starve to death. However, he had figured out the thoughts of the empress dowager. His two sons wanted to give him a bowl of water, and one was the emperor, so naturally he didn't have to worry about it. Compared with the emperor, the youngest son, the prince, was more and more loved by the empress dowager, and he was eager to send all the good things to the Jin Palace.

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Chapter completed!