Zhang Zhou didn't stay in the Wenhua Palace for long. When he explained the strategy to Zhu Houzhao and left the palace, he happened to run into the two Zhang brothers who had entered the palace to make trouble for Queen Zhang.
This matter was mentioned by Xiao Jing when Zhang Zhou entered the palace, otherwise Zhang Zhou would not have given Zhu Houzhao the previous "after-school homework".
"Humph"
The second son of the Zhang family saw Zhang Zhou from a distance and hummed.
Probably they felt that Zhang Zhou also cheated them in the bidding matter.
Zhang Zhou did not go up to say hello to them, but just looked back.
I am still laughing in my heart.
Seeing how your brothers are doing now, when you enter the palace later and see the second ancestor of the Demon King, it will be enough for you to drink.
"Master Zhang, please don't leave yet. My second master has ordered you to come over."
Zhang Zhou saw Zhu Feng's carriage again and also saw Zhu Feng. His subordinate, the guy named Zhu Daqi.
Because this person had an arrogant attitude when they first met him, which made Zhang Zhou hold a grudge. Zhang Zhou is the best at holding grudges, and he had already nicknamed this person "Pig Intestine" in his heart. ".
You boy.
Sooner or later I will ask you to change your name
"Is something wrong?" Zhang Zhou said with a cold face.
Zhu Feng used to like to look for him when everything was fine, but this time it was even worse. He didn’t even come himself, so he sent someone to come
You know that Zhu Zhijie is very rude
Zhu Daqi does not dare to look down on Zhang Zhou now, because he knows that even if Cheng Guogong himself stands in front of Zhang Zhou, he must salute politely. Now Zhang Zhou is a person that the royal family relies on.
"My young master said that he has something to discuss with you about dividing accounts, and he also said that he would like to introduce someone to you." Zhu Daqi said politely.
Zhang Zhou nodded and said in a very unkind tone, "We should have discussed the matter of dividing the accounts a long time ago. As for meeting anyone, I don't have to. I don't like socializing the most."
"Yes, please get on the carriage and tell my second son when you get there."
Zhu Daqi quickly called the coachman and drove the carriage over.
In the Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Youtang is reviewing the memorial, and at the same time, he is also preparing to have someone draft an order to order Jianchang Bo Zhang Yanling to go to Xingji County to build the Changguogong family temple.
But at this moment, Xiao Jing hurriedly came in from outside and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, the Queen, please come over."
"Isn't the Queen meeting her two younger brothers? Let me go and do something."
Zhu Youtang was very troubled.
After everything was settled, his wife was still urging him, which made him very devoid of manly dignity.
Wouldn’t it be for me to promise to take back that batch of bad stuff in front of her two younger brothers?
Wouldn’t it be embarrassing for me to threaten me in public
Doesn't the queen care about my face?
Xiao Jing said, "The messenger said that Shouning Hou and Jianchang Bo are doing something important. They want to ask for your Majesty's instructions. Your Majesty must go."
"Yes."
Although Zhu Youtang was reluctant to go to Kunning Palace, he still decided to buy the ingredients, so he could do it in front of the Zhang brothers.
Keep the secret anyway, and don’t look back and let the Queen know that he is the instigator
When he was about to arrive at Kunning Palace with Xiao Jing, he suddenly remembered something and asked, "Bing Kuan, come in." "Have you entered the palace?"
"I've just left. It's a matter of time before I enter the palace with my two uncles. By the way, Your Majesty, the two uncles were called over by the prince on their way to the palace." "
"Prince"
Zhu Youtang frowned.
Why did his son want to keep it a secret? Why did he go to find his two uncles who were also taught by Zhang Zhou?
In the main hall of Kunning Palace.
Empress Zhang is sitting on her phoenix seat, and Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling are sitting on the guest seats below. At this time, the faces of the Zhang brothers are very gloomy and complicated, as if they have stepped on dog poop on the road. , with a hint of expectation
Happy, lonely, and aggrieved.
Zhu Youtang frowned secretly just by looking at the brothers' reactions.
Sure enough, there is no formal person, no matter how he behaves, he is so weird and unusual.
"Your Majesty, you are here. I wish you well."
When Empress Zhang saw Zhu Youtang, she changed her previous indifferent attitude and took the initiative to show her goodwill.
When saluting Zhu Youtang, he was not at all perfunctory.
This scene also stunned Zhu Youtang.
What's wrong with my wife? The last time we met, it seemed that you didn't have this attitude. You were trying to pretend that we were deeply in love as a couple in front of your two brothers
Zhu Youtang sat down, and when he saw the Zhang brothers, he remembered to salute him, and directly raised his hand to stop him, "We are all a family, sit down and talk."
Zhu Youtang was also thinking about what to say. How to say it.
But I heard Queen Zhang say, "Your Majesty, I have something to ask you."
Zhu Youtang said, "It's for the wood and stone they have to build the palace." "
"Yes and no." Empress Zhang gave Zhu Youtang an ambiguous opening and said with a sincere face, "My concubine's two younger brothers are here to ask for your Majesty's instructions. They say they are from the Zhang family in Xingji County. My family temple is dilapidated, and I would like to ask Your Majesty to send someone to repair it. Now is the winter leisure time. If we finish the work, we will not be afraid of it being destroyed by heavy rains in the coming year."
"Yes"
Zhu Youtang frowned.
I haven’t mentioned it yet. The Zhang brothers actually proposed to build the Zhang family temple. Could it be that the Zhang brothers, like Zhang Bingkuan, want to fool the ghosts of the deceased Zhang family
Zhang Bingkuan is here to share my worries and solve my problems. What is the mentality of you two brothers?
Zhu Youtang said, "Well done, why should we build a family temple?"
Originally, he was planning to raise this matter. .
Things are different now.
But since it was the Zhang brothers who proposed it, the statement is different.
Zhu Youtang suddenly discovered that his waistThe rods are all straightened up.
If I had brought it up, and the queen found out later that the materials were rotten wood, rotten bricks and rotten stones, she would have said that I cheated your Zhang family and stuffed bad things into your Zhang family temple
But now it is your two brothers who have proposed it. At that time, Queen, not only can you not blame me, I can also turn around and angrily accuse your two brothers of shoddy, deceiving the superiors and deceiving the subordinates, and fooling the imperial court to arrange the projects.
This turn of events often comes so suddenly.
The Zhang brothers looked embarrassed, as if they had something to hide, but it was Queen Zhang who acted like a little woman and said with a bit of coquettishness in her tone: "Your Majesty, just treat it as a concubine, no. "
"Ahem, let me think about this matter."
Zhu Youtang was already very happy at this time, but he still had to pretend to be cautious, " At this time, we need to mobilize manpower and use wood and stone. Where can we adjust Heling and Trillium at once? What do you think?"
The Zhang brothers were shouted at by the emperor and looked like they were being ignored. appearance.
Probably still thinking about being threatened by my eldest nephew.
That scene
Not to mention how exciting it was.
Zhang Heling said, "Your Majesty, it's like this. The two brothers happened to have a batch of materials in hand. It happened that the family temple was in ruins, so they came here to ask for your Majesty's instructions."
Queen Zhang smiled and said "Your Majesty, you don't have to go to the Empress Dowager to beg for mercy. You can also use these wood and stone materials. The Zhang family's temple has also been built, which can make all the ancestors of the Zhang family peaceful. I didn't expect that. How can Heling and Yanling be so considerate of the court's difficulties?"
"Queen, that's what you said, but it doesn't cost money. I'm afraid the ministers in the court won't agree with the expense. Yes, we can only mobilize money from the internal treasury, which is very stressful."
"Your Majesty"
Queen Zhang doesn't care about that much.
Asking the two younger brothers to provide materials for the reconstruction of Qingning Palace can at most make some money, but if they build a family temple for the Zhang family, this will not only solve the younger brother's problem, but also make her look good. See you later. The old mother, Mrs. Jin, can also brag about it, which can better reflect the daughter's contribution to the family.
The difference between building Qingning Palace and building Zhangjia Temple is very different to her.
"Then Heling, how much money do you brothers want?"
Of course Zhu Youtang cannot agree directly.
We can only adopt a reluctant attitude and have a long-term discussion with the Zhang brothers.
Zhang Heling looked at his younger brother and wondered, "Your Majesty, do you think the price of sixty-five thousand taels is okay?"
Empress Zhang was not happy when she heard this and said, "You guys Didn't you bid 103,000 taels before? Why do you want 65,000 taels now?"
Zhang Heling was shocked and said, "Empress, you don't know something. In fact, when I purchased this batch of materials, the market price was still low. I didn't spend that much money, but later there was a rumor that the palace was going to be built, and the price of wood and stone had increased, so I proposed one hundred and three thousand taels during the bidding."
"That sixty-five thousand taels is not a loss for you, right?" Queen Zhang frowned.
She was embarrassed to say that you didn’t even spend 65,000 taels on purchasing, yet you dared to ask the court for 103,000 taels. No wonder you were not chosen to supply.
"No loss, no loss," Zhang Heling said quickly.
"Sixty-five thousand taels"
Zhu Youtang thought for a while and realized that this was the same purchase price as Zhang Zhou proposed.
No profit or loss is in line with his wishes.
"He Ling, when you two purchased it, the price didn't reach 65,000 taels, and the Zhou family's probably didn't arrive either. It's just that the price of materials increased later, so you asked for more. In fact, it was not the Zhou family's. Is that what you mean by using inferior products as good ones?"
"Uh, yes." Zhang Heling didn't want to admit it, so he had to admit it.
Zhu Youtang said, "Queen, you see, someone has wronged the Zhou family, and they are also sharing the worries of the court. The Xiuqingning Palace was supplied at a lower price than the market price, which also reflects their filial piety to the imperial grandmother. "
"Your Majesty"
Queen Zhang is too lazy to pay attention to the Zhou family and Qingning Palace now.
If her two brothers hadn't been there, she would have been annoyed again.
I want to build a family temple now, Your Majesty, please tell me whether you agree or not
Zhang Yanling saw that his brother couldn’t explain clearly, so he quickly said, “Your Majesty, my two brothers have agreed, since It is to build a family temple in Bifu. Apart from the 65,000 taels of wood and stone, the rest of the materials and manpower are not allocated by the court. All of them are paid by the ministers."
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Zhu Youtang became confused.
Are these still the two brothers-in-law I know?
You two have really grown up. Not only have you learned to share my worries, but you have also learned to add drama to yourselves, right?
Wouldn’t this save at least ten thousand taels of silver?
Queen Zhang looked at her brother with admiration, then looked at Zhu Youtang with an affectionate smile and said, "Your Majesty, you Look, I am my concubine’s two younger brothers. They care about you. They are actually filial sons and grandsons. You should treat me as my concubine. Please agree to this.”
When Zhu Youtang heard this, he was so anxious Agree immediately.
Because he was also afraid that the two "big filial sons" of the Zhang family would regret it.
Zhu Youtang smiled and said, "How could I not be considerate of you, Queen? It's just that you don't have to worry about the past anymore. I'm willing to pay the sixty-five thousand taels of silver."
< p>"Thank you, Your Majesty"Empress Zhang was overjoyed, and the grievances she had with her husband were naturally wiped out. Please remember to bookmark, the latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft