In the evening, Guo Song returned to the house, and as soon as he sat down in his study, his wife Xue Tao hurried over.

"Husband, do you have any news from the city?"

Guo Song laughed, "It's only been a few days, can't the lady wait?" ”

"No, Aunt Cheng'er came in the afternoon, she said that Cheng'er asked her yesterday to borrow a hundred taels of silver, and refused to tell her the purpose, she was a little worried, but when Aunt said, I was worried."

Guo Song groaned slightly, he thought of the child who had difficulties in the family, would he give it to them?

Guo Song waved his hand, "Don't worry too much, I just visited him yesterday, he taught the students very well, everything is normal." ”

"But..... What did he ask for a hundred taels of silver? Xue Tao still asked puzzled.

Guo Song and Xue Tao have the same position on educating their son Guo Jincheng, that is, to cultivate the good habit of thrift and thrift in children, Guo Jincheng has pocket money since he was ten years old, but only has consistent money every month, after he went to Taixue to study, the pocket money increased to three times, which is also similar to other ordinary students, although there are many rich children in Taixue, spending a lot of money, but Guo Jincheng has no chance with this kind of life, there are special circumstances, he can apply to the family, like yesterday to get a hundred taels of silver, never.

Guo Song smiled slightly: "Cheng'er has always been steady, and he won't do anything worrying, I don't think the problem should be big, just ask him when he comes back." ”

"Husband, didn't you arrange for someone to protect him? Ask Yu Niang if you know? ”

One sentence reminded Guo Song, yes! He could ask the guards.

"I know, I'll ask Yu Niang tomorrow."

"Husband, there is one more question."

Xue Tao continued: "Cheng'er asked my aunt to borrow a hundred taels of silver, that is to say, he wants to pay it back, what will he pay back?" Have you ever thought about it? ”

Guo Song smiled, "I estimate that Cheng'er has this money, but he is not around, and it should be in the palace." ”

"Husband is saying that Cheng'er has a large amount of money hidden at home?" Xue Tao was a little stunned.

"There must be, you give him a monthly money, have you seen him use it?"

"That's right! He doesn't spend money except to buy some gifts for Master every Chinese New Year, and Master doesn't allow him to buy expensive ones, I've seen them, they're all some dim sum, so he must have saved up, but where did he put them? How come I've never seen one? ”

Guo Song's heart moved, and he smiled: "Ask our little treasure explorer?" ”

Xue Tao cared about his son, and was anxious, so he immediately asked the maid to find her daughter Guo Weiwei, and soon, Guo Weiwei entered the door like a gust of wind.

"Daddy, Auntie, what are you looking for me?"

Xue Tao smiled and asked, "We want to ask you, does your brother have any savings?" ”

"Absolutely!"

Guo Weiwei blinked and smiled: "I have secretly counted, how many are you?" ”

Xue Tao glanced at her husband, Guo Song nodded slightly, and Xue Tao said, "Take us to see!" ”

Guo Weiwei was most interested in this kind of thing, she hurriedly took her parents to her brother Guo Jincheng's room, her son's room Xue Tao often came to clean up, but she had never seen where her son's money was?

She looked at her daughter suspiciously, Guo Weiwei smiled mysteriously, only to see her drag out a wooden box from the mezzanine at the bottom of the cabinet, patted the lid of the box and smiled: "It's all here!" ”

Guo Song and Xue Yan glanced at each other, the copper coin has always been more than six catties, how much can this small box hold?

Guo Song stepped forward and saw that there was a lock on the box, so he asked, "Can you open it?" ”

"This can't bother me!"

Guo Weiwei dug into the bedside, took out a small key from it, and opened the box with a smile.

"It's silver!" Xue Tao blurted out.

Inside was a box full of broken silver, which added up to about a hundred taels.

"But the monthly money I gave him was all copper coins! Where did Cheng'er go to redeem it? Xue Tao was surprised.

"Of course, I exchanged it for Ah Cheng."

Guo Weiwei smiled: "Isn't my monthly money all broken silver?" I'll exchange it for Ah Cheng, of course, a little bit of money. ”

"What do you mean by making a little profit?" Guo Song asked.

"One tael of silver will earn him fifty wen, if I go outside to exchange it, but I can earn two hundred wen, I will give it to him."

Guo Song was stunned, how did her daughter know about the black market? He continued to ask: "Who did you hear that one tael of silver can be exchanged for one thousand two hundred yuan?" ”

"The guy at the fat powder shop whispered to me, he said that there is a black market for exchanging gold and silver in the East Market, and that I lost a bit of a loss by buying things directly with silver."

Xue Tao's face changed, and he immediately glared at his daughter fiercely, "You are not allowed to go to a place like the black market!" ”

Guo Weiwei pursed her lips and said aggrievedly: "Didn't people go?" Just talk. ”

Guo Song nodded, "Put the box back in its place, Ah Cheng will get the money next time he comes back, don't let him know that we have discovered his secret." ”

Xue Tao also thought so, and instructed his daughter: "Your brother has grown up, don't inquire into his secrets in the future, do you hear?" ”

"He doesn't really have any secrets."

Guo Weiwei saw that her mother was about to stare again, and hurriedly shouted: "Got it!" Got it! Promise not to inquire again. ”

Coming out of Guo Jincheng's room, Guo Weiwei ran away, she was afraid that her parents would ask her how much money she had saved again, and she spent all her money every month, and she didn't save a penny.

Xue Tao looked at her back and shook his head, "This crazy girl who doesn't grow up is going to find her in-law to take care of her." ”

"It's still early!" Guo Song said with a smile.

"It's still early, and in a few years it will be twenty years old."

Xue Tao sighed with emotion, turned his mind back to his son, and told her husband: "Husband, don't forget to ask Yu Niang tomorrow, where did Cheng'er spend the money?" ”

Guo Song groaned and said, "I'm afraid I won't have time tomorrow, or you can ask Yu Niang directly tomorrow!" ”

"Alright! I'll look for her tomorrow. ”

...........

Early the next morning, Guo Song took Pan Liao and Du You to Yuzhenguan, and Guo Song came to Yuzhenguan, of course, to investigate the feasibility of the Queen Mother's residence here.

Guo Song has already sent someone to inquire about the eunuchs and palace maids in Daming Palace, and the queen mother is indeed very frightened in Daming Palace, and she can't sleep at night, so she has several palace maids to stay by her side.

Of course, Guo Song also hopes that the Queen Mother will live a longer life, which will be beneficial to herself, and then there are security considerations.

However, Guo Song still has a secret in his heart that cannot be told to people, he hopes that the queen mother will move out of the Daming Palace to create conditions for himself to enter the Daming Palace in the future, once the queen mother moves out of the Daming Palace, it is impossible to go back.

"Your Highness, is it appropriate to let the Queen Mother live in Yuzhen Palace?"

Du You was a little worried, after all, Yuzhen Palace was just a Taoist temple, and the Queen Mother lived in a Taoist temple, so it was a bit awkward to say anything.

"What does Du Xiangguo refer to?" Guo Song asked with a smile.

"I am worried that the world will criticize me, if the Queen Mother wants to live in the Taoist Temple, it is better to build one directly in the Daming Palace."

Guo Song shook his head, "The Queen Mother was shocked in Daming Palace, for her health and longevity, she is indeed not suitable to live in Daming Palace, this is also the opinion of the imperial doctor, whether it is suitable for Yuzhen Palace, I think it is just a matter of status, give Yuzhen Palace a name, and the problem will be solved." ”

Pan Liao also said: "Your Highness is also reasonable, the Queen Mother has experienced many setbacks, as a courtier, we should satisfy her wishes, since she wants to live in Yuzhen Palace for a long time, then we will find a way to make the conditions of Yuzhen Palace suitable for her." ”

Du You felt that King Jin had made up his mind, so he stopped insisting, "Okay! Let's figure it out together. ”

At this time, Ying Caihe came out with a group of old Taoist aunts, Du You knew Ying Caihe, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Ying Caihe specially wore a small mask of the Hidden Sword Pavilion, the so-called small mask, is to only change part of the face, mainly eyebrows and eyes, even in Yuzhen Palace, she often wears this small mask.

"Poor Dao Yuzhen Palace Qinglian, welcome His Royal Highness King Jin and the two Xiangguo!"

Guo Song smiled slightly: "I brought two Xiangguo to Yuzhen Palace today, mainly to investigate the possibility of establishing a new palace, and I will trouble Qinglian Heavenly Master." ”

"It is an honor to be able to serve His Highness, Your Highness, please! Two Prime Ministers, please! ”

Ying Caihe asked the Dao Gu to go back, and she only took two apprentices to accompany Guo Song and the others.

"May I ask Qinglian Heavenly Master, I remember that there is a clearing in the north of the Dao Palace, is it still there?"

It was Du You who asked the question, and he really didn't recognize Ying Caihe.

Ying Caihe bowed and said: "That vacant land is still there, it has been opened up as a vegetable field, and it can be requisitioned at any time if needed!" ”

Everyone walked through a long corridor, a wall appeared in front, behind the wall is the back garden of Yuzhen Palace, that is, the open space that Du You said, everyone walked into a round door, a large vegetable field appeared in front of them, covering an area of twenty or thirty acres, the entire Yuzhen Palace has a hundred acres of size, this vegetable field occupies more than two percent.

The vegetable patch was full of vegetables and was almost ready to be harvested, and in the distance, more than a dozen young Daoists and dozens of female monks were busy picking vegetables.

Guo Song saw that there was a mound dozens of steps away from him, and on the mound was a pavilion, so he walked towards the pavilion.

Walking up the pavilion, Guo Song looked out of the wall, outside the wall was a river, and there were several rows of pine trees growing by the river, but from the gap in the pine trees, he could vaguely see that there was also a large vegetable field on the other side of the river.

"Where is it outside? How is it also a vegetable patch? ”

As soon as Guo Song's words came out, everyone immediately understood that the King of Jin was afraid that the back garden of the Dao Palace was too small.

Ying Caihe shook her head, she didn't know where it was?

Du You is a native of Chang'an, but he knows, he smiled slightly: "Your Highness, originally including the Yuzhen Palace, two hundred acres of land, is the mansion of Zhang Yizhi, the commander of the Wuzhou Dynasty, after Zhang Yizhi was killed, his mansion was razed to the ground by Emperor Ruizong, and later built the Yuzhen Palace on the west bank of the river, and a large piece of land on the east bank of the river has been idle, and later An Lushan occupied Chang'an, and sealed this land to Tian Chenghei, Tian Chengsi only built forty acres of house in the south, and sixty acres were ready to be used as a back garden, but before the construction started, Guo Ziyi recovered Chang'an.

It stands to reason that this land should be taken back to the government, but Tian Chenghei is the town of Weibo Domain, and he has always insisted that this land is his private property, and the imperial court has also recognized it, so the Tian family's mansion on the east bank of the river and the sixty acres of land have remained the same. ”

"What does Du Xiangguo mean is that the land behind is the private property of the Tian family?"

"Exactly!"

Guo Song said lightly: "But now that Tian Chenghe's sons and nephews have been killed, who inherited this land and mansion?" ”

Du You said seriously: "Naturally, it is the Commercial Housing Department!" ”

The three of them glanced at each other, laughed together, and said for a long time, this is the land and mansion of the government!

Guo Song immediately said to Pan Liao: "The back garden here is only more than 20 acres, which is too small, and then the land on the east bank of the river and the Tian family's house will be allocated to Yuzhen Palace, and a small palace will be built on this 120 acres of land, and construction will start as soon as possible!" ”

Pan Liao bowed and saluted, "Obey orders!" ”

Guo Song replied to Caihe and said: "From now on, the Yuzhen Palace will be renamed the Yuzhen Palace, and it will no longer be open to the public, except for the existing monks, no more monks will be added. ”