Chapter 104 I will pay
How could Rong Que not hear the provocation in these words? He glanced at the Third Miss calmly, then said to Marquis Rong'an, "Are you here to apologize, my Lord?"
Rong'an Hou: ...
This is what I asked.
How should I answer?
You want me, a marquis, to say: I came here to apologize to you?
Fortunately, Rong Que did not wait for Rong An Hou's answer. After a pause, seeing Rong An Hou's face change slightly, Rong Que smiled and said, "Qing Qing is indeed upset about what happened that day. She was spoiled since she was a child in Zhao State, and no one dared to point at her nose and scold her like that. I have been unable to comfort her these past few days."
After saying this, Rong Que nodded politely to Marquis Rong'an and walked into the mansion.
Minglu followed beside Rong Que and watched the three members of the Rong'an Marquis's family turn pale with anger. He silently gave his highness a thumbs up in his heart.
He went straight to the main room when he got home. When Rong Que entered, Su Qingqing was making a bet with Jixiang.
Jixiang felt uncertain. How could the Rong'an Marquis's Mansion really send 100,000 taels? She felt annoyed and wished she had said .
Su Qingqing firmly believed that one hundred thousand taels would be delivered in no time.
The master and servant were talking excitedly. As soon as Rong Que entered, Jixiang suddenly became speechless. He blinked his eyes, knelt down to salute, and stood aside.
Rong Que couldn't help but touch the tip of his nose, feeling like a third person who had intruded into their world?
Glancing at Jixiang, Rong Que said, "One hundred thousand taels should be delivered within an hour."
Ever since that night when he bravely yelled at the prince on the pretext of not waking up, Jixiang acted like a coward every time he saw Rongque.
At this moment, hearing his words, her eyes flashed, "How did Your Highness know?"
Rong Que smiled and said, "I just met him at the door. I told him to bring it over."
Jixiang's eyes widened in an instant, "You told him? How did you tell him? Did you tell him directly?"
Rong Que nodded, "Yes."
Jixiang Huo’s thumbs up: Awesome!
She even imagined the scene in her mind.
The prince put his hand on the shoulder of Marquis Rong'an with a cold face and patted him, then said arrogantly: Send the 100,000 taels to my house, otherwise you will bear the consequences.
Tsk!
As soon as Su Qingqing saw Jixiang's silly look, she knew that she believed what others said. She rolled her eyes at her little idiot and said, "Go see what food is cooked in the kitchen and send some over there."
That place refers to Su Jinghe's place.
In the past few days, Su Jinghe has been making a lot of noise. She insisted on forcing Su Qingqing to let her out, otherwise she would either go on a hunger strike or refuse to drink water. She has even hanged herself three or four times.
Poor maidservant of hers had to take care of her, living in fear all day long.
But how could Su Qingqing let her go?
Now Su Yunhe has been dismissed from his official post, and Su Xiang, Su Yunyun and Zhou are still in prison. Under such circumstances, once Su Jinghe gets out, she will definitely be used by Su Yunhe and do unpredictable things without any bottom line.
She didn't dare take the risk.
Rong Que knew what was bothering Su Qingqing, so he pulled out a chair and sat down, poured himself a cup of tea, and said in a gentle voice, "Father has appointed a new Jingzhao Yin."
Su Qingqing was half lying on the bed . She sat up after hearing this and asked, "Who?"
"Huang Zhaozhong."
Su Qingqing was stunned for a while.
Huang Zhaozhong, the top scholar in the previous two sessions, is now only in his early thirties. He serves as the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice and is a young and promising person.
He failed the imperial examination that year because his test paper was replaced by the younger brother of the wife of the Crown Prince of Zhenguo Mansion.
As it turned out, this person was lucky. The prince's wife's younger brother revealed the whole matter at the Lu Ming Banquet because he spoke carelessly after drinking.
The Lu Ming Banquet, all the guests at the banquet were well-known figures.
When he did this, he directly exposed the matter.
All the officials who participated in the invigilation were investigated and punished, but Huang Zhaozhong was given a chance to retake the exam.
He worked hard and got first place in the make-up exam.
If it were just that, it would be fine. After all, the person who committed the crime was the younger brother of the wife of the Crown Prince of Zhenguo Mansion. He had no direct relationship with the Duke of Zhenguo. Besides, how could a young boy like him want to make an enemy of the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion?
But a young lady from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion fell in love with him.
Before Huang Zhaozhong passed the exam, his family had already married him. He and his wife were childhood sweethearts and had a very good relationship.
In order to win the heart of Huang Zhaozhong, the young lady from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion arranged for people to destroy the reputation of Huang Zhaozhong's first wife in Huang Zhaozhong's hometown.
His first wife couldn't bear the humiliation and committed suicide by jumping into the river.
In the end, the matter was resolved so that the Duke of Zhenguo locked up his young lady at home to reflect on her mistakes for a while, and that was it.
A life was lost in vain.
The feud between Huang Zhaozhong and the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion was thus sealed.
The emperor wanted to balance the political situation, and Huang Zhaozhong was capable, so he kept him in Kyoto just to annoy the Duke of Zhenguo.
Now that the Jingzhao Yin had been removed, the emperor didn't even think twice and directly let Huang Zhaozhong take over.
Su Qingqing sorted out the relationship and suddenly thought of the relationship between Rong Que and the Minister of Justice. She smiled at the man and said, "When you kept Huang Zhaozhong in the Ministry of Justice, you were expecting this day to come."
Otherwise, how could a mere top scholar become the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice in just a few years? The Hanlin Academy still has to wait and see.
"I just helped Huang Zhaozhong when he needed it." Rong Que smiled faintly, then sighed, "It's a pity that I neglected his wife's affairs, otherwise it wouldn't have ended up like this."
Huang Zhaozhong is deeply affectionate.
His wife passed away for so many years and he has never remarried.
Su Qingqing also sighed, but did not indulge in this emotion. She had experienced too many life and death situations over the years. If she was to be saddened by this kind of emotion all day long, then there would be nothing she could do.
"What are your plans next?" Su Qingqing asked Rong Que, "Does Huang Zhaozhong know about your relationship with the Minister of Justice?"
Rong Que shook his head, "I don't know, and I don't plan to let him know. He is a pure person, and it's best for him not to get involved in party disputes."
If he fails one day, wouldn't that implicate another person?
Su Qingqing knew Rong Que's thoughts and said with a smile: "Your Highness doesn't believe me. With me here, Your Highness is still afraid of defeat. Just think about how to celebrate."
Su Qingqing was just joking and just wanted to ease Rong Que's slightly depressed mood.
Her eyebrows were curved, and her eyes seemed to be filled with a handful of broken light, which went straight into Rong Que's heart.
Unable to resist, Rong Que stood up and walked towards Su Qingqing, sat down next to her on the bed, and pinched Su Qingqing lightly, just like Su Qingqing pinched her auspicious face, " Really?"
His voice was low and deep, and he was so close to her that their breathing was entangled. Su Qingqing was stunned, raised her hand to knock Rong Que's hand away, and rolled her eyes at him, "Why are you pinching me? If you break it, you'll pay for it?"
Rong Que wanted to hold her in his arms, but he could only suppress his feelings and said, "I'll pay."
Su Qingqing glared at him, "Can you afford the compensation?"
Rong Que smiled and said, "I'll use this vast land to compensate you."
Su Qingqing chuckled, "This vast land still belongs to your father. Why go and have a fight?"
