allonlinenovel Chapter 570 For the sake of our Great Ming Dynasty!
Chapter 570 For the sake of our Great Ming Dynasty!
Yang Shaofeng never expected that Zhu Chongba, that old scoundrel, would be so unethical, not only stealing his small dragon cake but also trying to drag him down with him.
Eh?
I think he stole a pound of it before, right?
He stole another cake this time.
So, I've already lost a full twenty-one small dragon balls to Old Deng?
That's a damn 21-cake mini dragon ball!
Twenty cakes make up one jin (a unit of weight), worth two taels of gold, which is equivalent to twenty taels of silver. If this old man robbed twenty-one cakes, wouldn't that be equivalent to robbing twenty-one taels of silver?
"You stole my tea leaves again!"
Yang Shaofeng stared at Lao Deng's departing figure and muttered to himself, "I still need to increase the intensity for him!"
Jin'er, who was standing next to Yang Shaofeng, burst out laughing.
"Should we further intensify the training for our godfather?"
Jin'er said with a smile, "My husband asked my godfather to write an article, but he dragged you into it too. If you push my godfather a little harder, aren't you afraid of being dragged down with him again?"
Yang Shaofeng snorted coldly and said, "This time I miscalculated. Next time, I will definitely plan ahead and never let him drag me down."
Upon hearing Yang Shaofeng's words, Jin'er couldn't help but sigh softly, while Yu'er snorted and said, "My husband and godfather are indeed father-in-law and son-in-law, both of them are extremely stubborn."
Yang Shaofeng immediately became interested and looked at Yu'er, asking, "Judging from what you're saying, it seems His Majesty has some kind of dark history?"
Yu'er suppressed a laugh and said in a low voice, "No, at most I was kicked out of Kunning Palace by my adoptive mother a few times, but nothing else."
Yang Shaofeng immediately understood what was going on.
It must be that this old man offended his mother-in-law and was kicked out of Kunning Palace. To save face, he probably made some nonsense outside, saying things like "How could our old Zhu be afraid of his wife?" and then his mother-in-law would grab his ear and scold him.
Imagining Lao Deng being scolded by his mother-in-law by the ear, Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but laugh.
Should!
We have to pinch him hard, otherwise this old man might just fly to the sky!
……
After returning to his residence, Emperor Zhu went straight to Empress Ma and said repeatedly, "Sister, sister, quickly have someone boil water and make tea for us. We've snatched another cake of 'Little Dragon Ball' today."
Empress Ma stared blankly at Emperor Zhu and asked, "Did you steal another small dragon ball?"
Seeing Emperor Zhu nod in agreement, Empress Ma flew into a rage: "Why did you steal another cake? You haven't even drunk the pound from before! Besides, if you steal a cake of his little dragon ball, he'll definitely set a trap for you again. Why don't you learn your lesson this time and time again!"
Seeing Empress Ma get angry, Emperor Zhu couldn't help but shrink back and whisper, "We only thought of stealing a small dragon cake to make up for what we got because we fell into the pit."
The more Emperor Zhu spoke, the more he felt something was amiss.
We've fallen into a trap. They've already gotten rid of us with just a small group of people. They might set more traps for us later.
Furthermore, if we ask him to help us come up with article titles, doesn't that mean we have to write whatever he tells us to write?
Damn it, isn't this just pure reversal of the Heavenly Gang?!
The more Emperor Zhu thought about it, the angrier he became. He couldn't help but curse, "Damn it! He's the son-in-law, and I'm the father-in-law. He's scheming against his father-in-law like this. Isn't he afraid that one day God will strike him down with lightning?"
Empress Ma sneered and retorted, "Are you willing to let God strike him with lightning?"
The Emperor Zhu was speechless for a moment, and only after a long while did he mutter a curse: "That bastard! I'll lock him up in jail and starve him for a couple of days!"
Should we starve him for two days?
Ah.
If you, Zhu Chongba, don't renovate that prison properly, don't open a few windows in the cells and install large panes of glass, don't replace all the jailers with guards from the Imperial Son-in-Law's residence or a specific thousand-household unit of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and don't send imperial chefs to that so-called prison, I, Ma Xiuying, will look at you with more respect!
Empress Ma couldn't help but roll her eyes and asked, "You just said he was plotting against you again, what happened?"
Emperor Zhu snorted coldly and said, "That bastard said he wanted us to write an article."
"Damn it, doesn't he realize that Zhu Chongba only had a few days of formal education before he expects us to write articles?"
After a slight pause, Emperor Zhu continued, "Do you know what he wants us to write?"
"He asked us to write about why those gentry wanted to annex land, and why those scholars shouted that they were loyal to Hu Yuan."
"Damn it, which of these messy questions is easy to write about?"
The Emperor Zhu became increasingly angry as he spoke: "The key point is that he also wants to publish the articles we wrote in the official gazette, saying that he wants our ideas to dominate public opinion among the people and scholars, so that everyone in the world knows our ideas."
Empress Ma stared blankly at Emperor Zhu and asked, "And then, you snatched a small dragon ball from him?"
Emperor Zhu raised his voice, but Empress Ma raised her eyebrows and stared intently at him, angrily saying, "You stole my son-in-law's Little Dragon Troupe, and you still have the nerve to say that?"
Before Emperor Zhu could speak, Empress Ma directly instructed Erhu: "Erhu, tell the Imperial Household Department that after this year's Little Dragon Rice Balls arrive in the capital, send two catties to Dengzhou first. In addition, send one catty to the Imperial Son-in-Law's residence every month thereafter. Even if the supply to the Qianqing Palace is cut off, the supply to the Imperial Son-in-Law's residence must not be cut off."
Erhu readily accepted the offer, but Emperor Zhu stared blankly at Empress Ma and stammered, "Sister, you're spoiling him way too much, aren't you?"
Empress Ma sneered and said, "You stole a pound of Xiaolongtuan from my son-in-law, so I will give him two pounds in return."
"Also, whatever articles he asks you to write in the future, just write them obediently."
As she spoke, Empress Ma gradually became serious again. "In addition, you have to promise me one more thing."
Suppressing his anxiety, Emperor Zhu asked, "What is it?"
Empress Ma said solemnly, "You must promise me that as long as our son-in-law does not openly raise the flag of rebellion, no matter who impeaches him or what the charges against him are, you cannot punish him."
Emperor Zhu grew increasingly flustered and looked at Empress Ma, asking, "What's going on?"
Empress Ma said, "Why? For the sake of our Great Ming Dynasty! For the sake of your Zhu family's dynasty!"
"And also, for the sake of your eternal reputation, Zhu Chongba!"
Empress Ma's words stunned Emperor Zhu, who muttered under his breath, "Is it that serious? Besides, he's our son-in-law. Why should we punish him when we're doing this? This bastard is just making things difficult for us!"
Empress Ma chuckled and said, "This is nothing! Believe it or not, once these articles he made you write are circulated and people find out that he made you write them, even if he cuts himself off from the scholarly community, his reputation will be completely ruined."
Emperor Zhu shook his head slightly. "Reputation? He has no reputation now. As for the literati, which one of them doesn't hate him?"