“Granted!”
The Minister of War raised his head momentarily and immediately lowered it again. He came out of the imperial study almost at a trot and left the palace.
Inside the imperial study, the emperor overturned the table.
The tealight and the memorials all fell to the floor with a crash.
The people waiting for him did not dare to breathe.
Eunuch Huang was also kneeling, not daring to raise his eyes to see the Emperor’s expression.
There was a reason why the emperor was so quick to give a million taels, because he wanted the Song family to be missed and end up dead, but now Song Wangyue had easily broken it.
“Go, declare both that girl and Song Si into the palace!”
Eunuch Huang climbed up and went out to order the eunuch who had pronounced the decree to do so.
The Minister of War used his hand to pull down the corners of his mouth that had been curled up before he got off the carriage, trying to put on a calm face.
He got off the carriage and went into the Ministry of War and went to where Song Si and Song Wan Yue were resting, “His Majesty has agreed, I will write a receipt for you two, don’t worry, I guarantee with my official position that the one million taels will be used for the soldiers at the border.”
An official quickly brought over a pen and paper, and the Minister of War wrote the receipt, while the other officials each took a pile of silver tickets and counted them.
When the count was completed, the Minister of War finished writing the receipt, signed and sealed it, and handed it to Song Si with both hands, just as he was about to say something, the voice of the eunuch declaring the order came from outside, “Are Song Si and Song Wan Yue here?”
“Yes.”
The two of them hurriedly went out.
“His Majesty has called the two of you into the palace.”
The crowd watched enviously as the two of them went out with the eunuch who had announced the order, and chattered away.
“His Majesty must have a reward, Song Si might jump three levels in a row.”
“No, a million taels, enough to feed the soldiers at the border for three years, how can the emperor not be happy.”
“Hush?”
Someone put a finger to their mouths to signal them to keep their voices down and reminded them, “Have you forgotten how they got the one million taels?”
The crowd was instantly silenced.
The imperial study had been cleaned up, and Song Wan Yue and Song Si entered and knelt down to salute.
The Emperor’s majestic gaze fell on Song Wangyue.
If it were an official of the court, he would have been shivering in his heart and breaking into a cold sweat when he was looked at by the emperor like this, but Song Wangyue seemed to be unaware of it and maintained her bowing posture without moving.
The emperor spoke in a deep voice, “Are you Song Wangyue?”
“Yes.”
“Raise your head.”
Song Wangyue raised her head.
It was just a little girl, nothing special, it shouldn’t be that she had figured out what he and Concubine Shu were thinking.
“Why did you think of donating silver to the Ministry of War?”
“In reply to Your Majesty’s words, those were originally the third prince’s compensation to the Gu family, the Gu family is no longer there, we will be uneasy in our hearts with these silver, I once heard Uncle Shen say that the soldiers at the border were suffering, so I thought of giving them these silver to improve their lives, but the capital is far away from the border, we can’t go there, that’s why we thought of donating the silver to the Ministry of War. ”
“Very well done.”
The emperor held back the mouthful of blood he vomited in his heart, and praised from the bottom of his heart, “If all the people of the Great Xing Country wanted to be like you, why would the country not worry about prosperity?”
“Your Majesty is too kind.”
“You have made such a great contribution, so I cannot be stingy.
“The people’s daughter is a voluntary donor, I don’t want any reward.”
“Song Si, what about you?”
Song Si kowtowed her head to the ground, “In reply to Your Majesty’s words, the silver is my sister’s, and the donation to the Ministry of War was also her idea, and I was only accompanying her.”
“There are few subjects like you who do not claim credit ……”
After hearing Song Si’s words the emperor seemed to feel something and looked at him, “How about I transfer you to the Household Department?”
Song Si jerked his head up, sensing that his action was disrespectful and quickly lowered it again, “My servant ……”
“I remember that the position of household minister is still vacant, so it is decided, I will issue a decree, you are immediately transferred to the household department, as the household minister, as for this little girl ……”
Song Si Xin lifted up.
“I remember that your family has a pill business, so how about making it a court business?”
Song Wan Yue blinked and blinked, her face wary, “Does Your Majesty mean ……?”
Taking her reaction in his eyes, the suspicion in the emperor’s heart was lifted, thinking that it was Song Wan Yue’s impulse to donate the one million taels, “The business is still yours, only it will bear the name of the court, so that your business can be protected from being coveted.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty, but no need, we are just a small workshop, we don’t produce much, it’s not worth the court’s trouble for us.”
Eunuch Huang gave her a look, she was the only one under the whole sky who dared to refuse the Emperor, not sure if she was fearless or emboldened.
The emperor laughed loudly, “It seems that I have been redundant, then I will take back what I just said, but I will allow you one condition, when you want to mention it just come to the palace.”
“Thank you very much, Your Majesty.”
……
“Well?”
Seeing the two return, Xiao Yao eagerly came forward and asked.
Song Wangyue hugged her, “Sister Xiao, you’re really my big brother’s lucky star.”
Xiao Yao was unsure.
Song Wangyue told her about Song Si’s appointment as the Minister of Household Affairs.
After hearing this, Xiao Yao was a bit overwhelmed. The move from the Hanlin Academy to the Ministry of the Household was too big, and it was also the Minister of the Household, a position that many people had climbed for years but could not climb up to.
“You’re happy and silly, aren’t you?”
Song Wangyue waved her hand in front of her eyes.
“I always felt that things weren’t that simple.”
Xiao Yao murmured.
“Naturally it’s not, Sister Xiao forgot, who is the Minister of Household Affairs.”
Xiao Yao dawned on her, the Minister of Household was Wen Zhong’s father-in-law, Wen Zhong had died at ……, she winced and her face instantly went white.
The Household Ministry was in charge of the country’s money and grain, and if Song Si was not careful, he would be “intentionally” framed.
The actual fact is that you will be able to find out more about the actual actual situation.
Xiao Yao was still a little slow.
Song Wangyue took her by the shoulders and sat her down, splashed the somewhat cold water in her tealight and refilled it with warm water, “Sister Yao should be happy, as soon as you and big brother are married, you will be the wife of the Squire.”
Xiao Yao blushed at her words, the panic in her heart subsided a little, but she was still a little worried, “Your big brother he has just joined the court, I’m afraid he won’t be able to cope.”
Those who could join the Ministry of Household Affairs were all human beings, and any one of them had been in the officialdom for years, unlike Song Si, who had just joined the court for a month and was still in the Hanlin Academy, a place where there was not much strife.
“There’s no such thing as a solution, the soldiers will come and go. Big brother sooner or later have to face all this day, now is only ahead of time, and so on later ……”
Song Wan Yue paused and looked into the distance, “Maybe big brother will sit higher than this.”