At this time, the Jiading Bo Zhou Kui was a little old and woke up early and was listening to the opera in the lobby.

When he heard the eunuchs coming to the palace, he thought that Empress Zhou had something to do, so he didn't get up to greet him. He was still lying on a recliner with a blanket on his legs. Two beautiful maids were serving him, pounding his legs, rubbing his shoulders, and holding various fruits and desserts next to him, continuing to listen to the play.

Xu Gao was led by his servants and came to the lobby to see this situation, and sighed in his heart. When the state is difficult, Jiading Bo is enjoying endlessly!

"Hey, it's Eunuch Xu!" After seeing Xu Gao, Zhou Kui did not get up, but just reached out and greeted him, "Come on, come here early in the morning, thank you for your hard work. Listen to a song to rest!"

After hearing this, Xu Gao shook his head and said, "Our family came here according to His Majesty's order, and there is a serious matter!"

When Zhou Kui heard this, he felt a little disappointed and thought in his heart that there must be no good things. But after all, he came here at the emperor's will. Although his daughter is the queen and his grandson is the crown prince, he still has to be a minister.

So he waved his hand and asked the opera-sing servant to go down, then stood up under the service of the beautiful maid and said, "Since that's the case, I will prepare the incense table to welcome the order."

"No need, it's an oral order." Xu Gao said quickly as soon as he heard this.

If it is not a formal imperial edict, there is no need to set up an incense table to welcome the edict. So Zhou Kui was going to kneel down and obey the edict, but was stopped by Xu Gao and said, "Your Majesty has given me that Jiading No. politely!"

After hearing this, Zhou Kui was so happy that he couldn't kneel down. It was too troublesome to kneel.

"Your Majesty's order!" Seeing Zhou Kui listening carefully, Xu Gao spoke seriously, "Songshan was defeated, the state was difficult, and the army was reorganized, and the money and food were in urgent need. Jiading Bo is the head of the foreign relatives, the prince's grandfather, the empress's biological father. I hope Jiading Bo can lead the example of the royal relatives and relatives and donate money to respond to emergency situations. I reward him with the marquis, and I admire this!"

"..." Zhou Kui was a little unhappy when he heard this. Even if Emperor Chongzhen said that as long as he donated money, he would be named a marquis, he was still unhappy.

Because in his opinion, it is a matter of time before the title of marquis is made. Even if Emperor Chongzhen does not grant title, the crown prince will definitely grant title after ascending the throne, and maybe even a Duke will be granted title. Therefore, he is not interested.

However, the emperor had already spoken, and it wouldn't work if there was no explanation.

So he said to Xu Gao with a bitter face: "The emperor didn't know who was instigated by a traitor, so he actually came to ask for money from an old man. The affairs in the court were naturally the ones that shared the worries of the emperor!"

Speaking of this, Zhou Kui paused and complained: "The royal relatives represent the emperor's face. I really don't know why someone has put his ideas on us? Isn't it enough for the past to make trouble for the Marquis of Wuqing?"

After hearing this, Xu Gao lowered his head and said nothing. Because he had been harshly explained before coming, he just needed to pass the will and return to the palace to reply.

Seeing him like this, Zhou Kui sighed heavily, and then said, "Who made me the queen's biological father, the crown prince's grandfather, the head of many royal relatives! Then this way, since the emperor spoke, I have to find a way no matter what."

Hearing this, Xu Gao felt much more pleasant, so he raised his head to look at Zhou Kui, with a hint of expectation in his eyes. After all, the identity of the person in front of him was here, and he also hoped that there would be good news to reply to the emperor, which would solve the emperor's difficulties.

"Let's do it!" Zhou Kui thought for a while before speaking, with a hint of heartache in his expression, "I'll make up these days and strive to get a thousand taels of silver. No, I have to grit my teeth and get a thousand five hundred taels of silver and deliver it to the palace. Look, what do you think?"

"..." When Xu Gao heard this, he was stunned. One thousand five hundred taels seemed to be very amazing. Are you sending beggars?

To be honest, even if he was just here to pass the order, he would be angry when he heard Zhou Kui's words.

However, the person in front of him was in his identity and he could not afford to offend him. Moreover, the emperor had an explanation and did not allow him to speak more. Therefore, after waiting for a while, he saw that Zhou Kui had no further information, so he waved Fo Chen and signaled: "In this way, then our family will go back to the palace to reply!"

"Then I won't keep Eunuch Xu anymore. The mansion is full of simple food. I guess Eunuch Xu can't get used to it." When Zhou Kui heard this, he made a gesture of giving it to him, "I'll give it to my father-in-law!"

Xu Gao suddenly felt a little disgusted, simple and simple. I was blind just now, and the fruit candied fruits placed next to me are not something that ordinary people can have. I was still listening to operas early in the morning, haha, simple and simple and simple…

"Boy Jiading stayed!" Xu Gao felt unhappy, so he responded and then strode himself.

Zhou Kui used to look at the photos, but he seemed to be unhappy. However, if he was unhappy, he would be unhappy. What else could he do? As long as the queen and the prince are there, Zhou Kui will not be afraid of anyone!

At this moment, his son Zhou Bi'an just got up and heard a little movement, and came over and asked, "Dad, is the queen sending things again? Or do you miss your father and want your father to go to the palace to talk?"

When Zhou Kui heard this, his face darkened and he said angrily: "No, it's because your emperor brother-in-law has no money. He has made a decision to come to our Zhou family and wants to borrow money!"

"How can this work?" Zhou Bi'an jumped up and said, "I have worked hard to get all this money. Is it easy for me to borrow it?"

"Of course, the world belongs to the emperor and is rich all over the world. How could it be that we are short of money? To be honest, I don't want to give it any money." Zhou Kui nodded and said in a hateful voice, "But after all, the emperor has spoken, and he has to make up any of it. I promised 1,500 taels."

"What?" Zhou Bi'an was immediately unhappy when he heard this. "One thousand five hundred taels, how many beautiful maids can you buy? Dad, have you ever thought about it?"

Of course Zhou Kui knew, but before he could speak, Zhou Bi'an's eyes rolled and said, "Dad, do you know about this?"

Zhou Kui heard this, blinked his eyes, thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid I don't know."

"Since that's the case, then dad might as well go to the palace and complain to his sister. Maybe he doesn't have to pay even the money!" Zhou Bi'an hurriedly stepped forward and pulled his father's sleeve and said, pulling him.

When Zhou Kui heard this, he thought about it and said happily: "My son makes sense. OK, my father has to go to the palace for 1,500 taels of silver."

So he prepared and went out.

At this time, in the Wenhua Hall of the Forbidden City, the ministers were reporting to Emperor Chongzhen.

"Your Majesty, in the middle of last month, Chenzhou was captured by Li Thief."

"Your Majesty, Suizhou was captured by Cao Cao's troops, and Tongzheng envoy Li Mengchen died for his country."

“…”

There was no good thing reported by the ministers, all of which were the news that the city was captured by thieves, including Taikang, Ningling, Kaocheng, etc. This made Emperor Chongzhen frown into a ball when he heard it, and looked down at Zhang Mingwei's back from time to time, and sighed in his heart, it was indeed a sign of the destruction of the country!

While he was thinking, he heard a report from the bottom: "The news just came that the bandit army captured Guide, the head of the Ministry of Works, Wang Shixiu, deputy general Cai Feng, assistant Wu Ruqi, and the joint magistrate Yan Zekong... all died for the country."

Guide is a major residence in Henan, with many celebrities and a series of officials on the Death Festival have been reported for a long time.

After this report, the Wenhua Hall became quiet.

Finally there was no bad news. Emperor Chongzhen thought to himself, and when he was about to speak, he saw someone stepping out and said with a little anger: "Your Majesty, many colleagues in Guide have died unjustly!"

When Zhang Mingwei heard this strangely, he couldn't help but feel a little curious and turned to look, but he didn't know who this person was.
Chapter completed!