Lao Cao agreed upon hearing this.

"Then I will go find Chen Qianhu right now."

"Wait!"

Zhu Song stopped Chen Zheng, thought for a while and took out his purse from his arms, which was filled with silver and a few pieces of gold.

"I plan to use the gold and silver in my purse to buy some New Year's goods today. Isn't the New Year coming soon? Take this purse to Chen Zheng. If you can't come back before New Year's Eve, you can stay in Shandong to celebrate the New Year.

, it’s still too late to come back after the New Year.”

Lao Cao took the purse and put it in his hand.

At this moment, the princess came from the harem of the palace and came to the front hall.

"Your Highness, shall we go out today? My father and mother came to see me just now. My father and mother want to go out and rent another courtyard."

After hearing this, Zhu Song asked in confusion: "Why are you spending so much money on renting another courtyard? My palace is so big, why should I go out and rent another courtyard?"

Princess Han sighed: "Your Highness, my concubine said the same thing, but my father and mother said it, how can any father-in-law and mother-in-law live in the daughter's son-in-law's house after her daughter gets married? Her father is a military general, and her mother follows her father's temperament.

, the two of them don’t want to live in the palace, so they want to rent a courtyard outside.”

Only then did Zhu Song understand that it turned out that his father-in-law and his mother-in-law cared about their reputation. Although it seemed to Zhu Song that living in his own home was nothing, not to mention that his home was very big and there were so many empty houses, let alone two more.

It can accommodate twenty more and two hundred more.

But the ancients paid great attention to these things. It would not look good if the father-in-law and the mother-in-law moved into the house of the daughter and son-in-law after their daughter got married. If the couple had no other livelihood, it would be worthwhile for the daughter and son-in-law to support them.

It's a good story.

But the two elders are obviously not without a living. The most important thing is Zhu Song's identity. Zhu Song is the prince, the prince and the father-in-law's immediate boss. In addition to the identity of a relative, there is also the relationship between a superior and a subordinate.

Moreover, this palace is the palace of King Han, not the residence of the two elders. This can be regarded as a kind of living under someone else's roof. The old couple are used to living on thin ice in the capital, so it is understandable that they want a world of their own.

"Go and tell your father-in-law and mother-in-law that you don't need to rent another courtyard. You can temporarily live in the palace before the New Year. After the New Year, I will buy a courtyard for the two elders to live in."

"By the way, Princess, you must say that this is what we both want, and my money is your money! Remember!"

Princess Han was so happy that she was so touched by His Highness' favor to her.

"I understand, I will go now!"

Zhu Song watched the princess leave with a smile. Today is his first day back. All official affairs in Kaiyuan City and the palace are handled by Lao Cao. Zhu Song is very relieved, but today is his first time back. There are a lot of things to do after thinking about it.

Official business has to be taken care of.

But before official business came to the door, I heard that a servant had come to report that Song Guotao, an official of the Liao Palace, was here again.

Zhu Song thought that the King of Liao was truly repentant and handed over his concubine's brother, so he asked his servants to bring Song Guotao in.

After Song Guotao came in, he saluted first: "Your Majesty, Song Guotao, pays homage to His Royal Highness the King of Han!"

Zhu Song looked at Song Guotao and nodded.

"Master Song, you've had a hard journey, how's it going? Is my fifteenth brother willing to hand over his concubine's younger brother?"

Song Guotao obviously did not pick up Zhu Song's topic, but directly talked about another matter.

"Your Highness, His Highness the King of Liao missed His Highness very much after he returned to Kaiyuan. However, the court stipulated that the vassal kings were not allowed to meet in private, so His Highness the King of Liao asked his subordinates to deliver the goods on his behalf. His Highness the King of Liao gave Han

His Royal Highness has two thousand stones of food and grass, and more than sixty thousand treasures!"

Zhu Song looked at Song Guotao and snorted coldly: "I didn't ask you what gift your fifteenth brother brought me this time. What I asked you was whether your fifteenth brother is willing to hand over his concubine's younger brother?"

Song Guotao smiled flatteringly: "Your Highness, you and His Highness the King of Liao are close in age, and you are the younger brother. You should understand His Highness the King of Liao's painstaking efforts. It's not that His Highness the King of Liao doesn't want to make friends. In fact,

Dong Chengshou is the younger brother of His Royal Highness the concubine of the Liao Dynasty."

"This means that I am somewhat related to you, His Highness the King of Han. For the sake of brotherhood and this kind of relationship, Your Highness, please just turn a blind eye and don't take this as an example."

This matter has been reported to the superior!"

Zhu Song stared closely at Song Guotao. Song Guotao did not dare to look at Zhu Song and could only lower his head in a hurry.

"Master Song, do you think that the last time I wanted to execute you Ling Chi was to scare you? I thought of one more thing. Why did you risk Ling Chi and help Dong?

Are you also involved in this matter? Are you afraid of being found out by the court, so you have been mediating? "

Song Guotao was startled after hearing this. He knelt down in a hurry and begged for mercy: "Your Highness! Your Highness, don't you have any subordinates? There are no subordinates. There has always been a feud between your subordinates and the man surnamed Dong, but the man surnamed Dong is Dong."

His Royal Highness the King of Liao is very fond of the concubine’s biological brother! There’s nothing I can do about it even if I’m a low-ranking official!”

Zhu Song snorted coldly: "You can't do anything, he can't do anything, no one can do anything, the common people can do it, right? If you don't want to suffer, he doesn't want to suffer, so let the common people suffer. Anyway, the fate of the common people depends on you.

In the eyes of a dog officer, life is like a piece of grass."

"Master Song, I wonder if you have heard of it. His Majesty once said that our Ming Dynasty shares the world with the people, not the scholar-officials. The lives of the people are very important in our Ming Dynasty!"

"I have given you a chance. Since you have been unwilling to act in accordance with the laws of the court and my orders, I can only do what you say!"

"Come here, bring Song Guotao to this king and bring him down to Lingchi!"

The guards of the palace were immediately ordered to come forward and dragged Song Guotao down. Song Guotao kept struggling and begging for mercy, and his voice was almost broken.

Zhu Song waved to a servant in the palace, and the servant immediately ran to Zhu Song.

"Go and tell the executioner to pick the parts of his body that can't be cut and cut him. About ten cuts will be enough. Let him know the pain and take good care of his wounds!"

"The villain obeys your orders!"

The servants hurriedly went to the execution gate. After three sticks of incense, Song Guotao was dragged back and had several cuts on his buttocks and thighs.
Chapter completed!