Pingnan Hou Mansion, located in Changle Fang, which is the closest to the imperial city, sits in the north and faces south, and a large mansion with thirteen entrances before and after, showing the extraordinary status of Pingnan Hou Mansion in the imperial court.

You must know that after the Great Jin Dynasty dominated the world thirty years ago, the land price in the capital has experienced thirty years of crazy rises, and now in Changle Fang, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is not an exaggeration to use every inch of land and gold.

In the past two years, Pingnanhou has spent most of his time in southern Xinjiang to quell the rebellion, and has never lived in the capital, this Pingnanhou Mansion is all in charge of the Jade Lady, Mrs. Jade is the wife of Pingnanhou, her maiden name is Zheng, and she is a local family in Jinling City, quite some means, even if Pingnanhou is not in the capital, she also takes care of the Pingnanhou Mansion in an orderly manner, and was born with beautiful jade from a young age, and the people in the capital call her Mrs. Jade.

On this day, the Pingnan Hou Mansion was as calm as ever, but a eunuch in red clothes came to the door of the Pingnan Hou Mansion, but this eunuch did not come in through the main gate with great fanfare, but entered the Pingnan Hou Mansion through the side door, and finally saw the rumored Jade Lady in the main hall of the Pingnan Hou Mansion.

Although Mrs. Yu already has a son, but the maintenance is very good, in her early forties, she looks the same as the age of thirty, after seeing this red-clothed eunuch, Mrs. Yu Ying saluted and laughed softly: "What is the matter with Grandpa Dong, just send someone to inform you, where can I use you to run in person?" ”

This one who came to visit the Pingnan Marquis Mansion was naturally Dong Cheng, the eunuch of Tianmu Prison, don't look at Dong Cheng in front of Emperor Chengde with an extremely humble appearance, but as the head of Tianmu Prison, he can rank in the top three in the palace with his authority, and no prince and nobleman in the capital dare to underestimate this slightly chubby Dong eunuch.

Dong Cheng's face was expressionless, and he didn't sit down in the main hall, but said with a serious face: "Pass on Your Majesty's message." ”

The edict, in fact, is the message of the Son of Heaven, that is, the private opinion of the Son of Heaven, this thing is different from the edict, it does not go through the two provinces under the Zhongshu Gate, nor does it pass through the Shangshutai, but the emperor's own meaning, that is to say, in a sense, it has no legal effect.

It's just that although this thing has no legal effect, in an empire, the emperor's meaning is the biggest law, and there will be no one who does not give the emperor face, unless it involves national affairs, otherwise things like oral edicts are no different from ordinary holy decrees.

When Madame Yu heard this, her face changed slightly, and she immediately bowed and said, "Angel, the concubine will go to gather her family and listen to the hadith." ”

Dong Cheng shook his head and said, "Your Majesty has no intention of making a big deal about this matter, Madame can just listen to it alone, and it is not good for too many people to know." ”

Madame Yu stopped, turned around and slowly knelt down in front of Dong Cheng.

"Concubine, Li Zheng, listen to the hadith."

Dong Cheng's face remained unchanged, and he said: "The land of the capital, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, there is a law in everything, and it is not a place where you can do anything wantonly. ”

After saying this, the seriousness on Dong Cheng's face disappeared, and the eunuch personally stretched out his hand, helped Mrs. Yu up, and said softly: "Mrs. Li, Your Majesty has said so much, and the slave has already said it word for word." ”

Mrs. Yu's face was pale, she stretched out her hand and pulled Dong Cheng's sleeve, and said: "Father-in-law Dong, the Hou Ye is not in the capital, and the concubine takes care of the Hou Mansion, she has always walked on thin ice, and she does not dare to exceed the rules at all. ”

Saying this, she took out a yellowed money ticket from her sleeve and stuffed it into Dong Cheng's hand.

This world has its own banknotes, but the banknotes of this world are not the same concept as the banknotes of later generations, the banknotes of this world are similar to a deposit certificate, take this deposit slip, you can go to the money bank to withdraw money, and at the same time deliver a certain percentage of the custody fee to the bank, so this kind of "banknote" can not be directly consumed, and is generally used to do bulk transactions.

Moreover, in the entire Dajin, there are only two or three reputable money bank bills such as Chase Bank, which can be trusted.

What Mrs. Yu stuffed to Dong Cheng was a 1,000 bearer bill of exchange from Chase Bank, and anyone who took this piece of paper could take out 1,000 copper coins in Chase Bank.

Dong Cheng squinted his eyes, put the bill of exchange into his sleeve, and then said softly: "Mrs. Li, have you embarrassed a young man recently?" ”

Mrs. Yu's face changed slightly, and she smiled reluctantly: "Gonggong Dong's words, why can't the concubine understand?" ”

Dong Cheng's face was calm: "Mrs. Li, this matter has been investigated by Tianmu Supervisor, and His Majesty has also been clear, no matter how much you distinguish at this time, it is useless." Originally, no matter how Mrs. Li did it, it would not alarm His Majesty, but the bad thing was that Mrs. Li used Jingzhao Mansion to burn down the young man's house, and Jingzhao Mansion went in the name of hunting for His Majesty's Beishan. ”

Speaking of this, Dong Cheng's voice deepened: "You are undoubtedly joining forces to ruin Your Majesty's reputation, Your Majesty is furious because of this, and even this Beishan Siege has been canceled, and Jingzhao Yin Li Ye was demoted by His Majesty by two levels because of this, and almost lost the errand of Jingzhao Mansion." ”

Eunuch Dong glanced at Mrs. Yu faintly, and said softly: "In the final analysis, the Pingnan Hou Mansion is the mastermind, and the Jingzhao Mansion is only an accomplice. ”

"The stakes, Mrs. Li is a smart person, she should be able to figure it out."

Madame Yu's face became more and more pale, her whole body trembled slightly, she glanced up at Dong Cheng, and said in a trembling voice: "Gonggong Dong, I bother you to tell Your Majesty, my Pingnanhou Mansion has no intention of discrediting Your Majesty, this matter is ......"

"Alright, Mrs. Li doesn't need to say anything more."

Dong Cheng waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "This matter is here, for the time being, it is over, Your Majesty's meaning is very clear, Hou Ye is not in the capital, when Mrs. encounters things, she should be gentle, it is best to think about the consequences, don't wait until Hou Ye returns to Beijing, only to find that Pingnan Hou Mansion has done many things wrong." ”

Speaking of which, the eunuch of Tianmu Prison got up to say goodbye, and Mrs. Yu naturally got up to send her off, and when she was sent to the gate of the Hou Mansion in Pingnan, Dong Cheng turned around and saluted Mrs. Yu, and then bowed his head and bent down and said: "Madam, the slave maid has one more word, after this matter, the relationship between His Majesty and the Hou Ye has been used up by the Madame. ”

Mrs. Yu's face became more and more ugly, she nodded reluctantly, said to Dong Chengxing, and said softly: "Thank you Gonggong Dong for reminding me, the concubine will close the door and thank you, if the Hou Ye does not return to the capital, I will not open the door of the Hou Mansion in Pingnan......"

Dong Cheng smiled, turned around and walked into his sedan chair, and several eunuchs lifted the sedan chair and walked in the direction of the imperial city.

After seeing Dong Cheng go away, Madam Yu's expression became extremely ugly, she took a few deep breaths, and spoke to the maid behind her.

"Go, invite the eldest prince back."