Chapter 494

Wei could see her nervousness and couldn’t help but smile, “Qingli, in the past, although mother didn’t explicitly say so, she was doing her best to cultivate you, and you’ve already learned to be the best you can be nowadays, so there’s no need to worry, the Emperor will definitely like you.”

Tusu Qingli subconsciously wanted to bite her lip, but then thought of the makeup that had just been painted before, and quickly stopped the action, “Mother, but before the emperor …”

Wei stared back, “It’s not because you yourself are too unambitious, the Qiaoling that follows beside you is a clumsy one, had I known that that girl is not enough to make things happen, mother would never have allowed her to follow you out.”

Seeing that Tusu Qingli still had a somewhat understated look, Wei couldn’t help but frown: ”Qingli, bring out your usual aura, His Majesty has seen countless beauties, the Empress alone is known as the number one beauty of the Great An Country. It’s not just beauty that he likes, but also a unique temperament and flavor. Mother had found so many people to cultivate you in the previous years, in order to make you different. Now, everything is under control, just need you to show it.”

“But, mother, I’m still … not sure,” she said, still without a clue in her mind.

Wei gently patted her hand, ”Don’t worry, even if you fail in this performance, don’t you still have your father and me? We’ve already paved the road for you, just need to walk up to it. Don’t tell mother that you can’t even walk properly? If that’s the case, then mother will have to consider letting your second sister …”

“No, mother, I can!” Tusu Qingli hurriedly spoke out, “You and father have expended so much effort for me, I can definitely do it.”

Wei nodded with satisfaction, “Good, worthy of being mother’s good daughter.” The Tusu family had secretly plotted for so long for this great opportunity today, if Tusu Qingli really couldn’t do it, then even if it was her own daughter, she would have to give it up. There are still quite a few concubine daughters in the family, all of which have been carefully cultivated, and it’s just a matter of those who can do it.

Soon, they came to the outside of the Chengqian Hall, the red lacquered pillars are tall and majestic, and the golden glaze is solemn and noble … Just one glance, Tu Su Qingli felt that her heart was like a beating drum, if she could become a concubine of the Emperor, then she could enjoy the world s honorable gaze forever, and she could accompany the most honorable man in the world forever.

In the middle of the hall, some toasts ended, Baili Junyi looked at the crowd with a smile on his face, “Today, all of you can’t be cold to my honored guests, both of them are extraordinarily important to me. Prince Yi, Tu Su family master, you two do not mind, originally should be a separate banquet hospitality, but I really want to meet with the two in my heart, so the banquet was put together.”

Prince Yi had already regained his senses from the shock of Shen Ninghua’s beauty, and hastily raised his cup when he heard this, “Your Majesty the Emperor is too polite, one more person at the banquet is one more part of the bustle, it’s nothing.”

Hm? Baili Junyi’s eyes flashed with laughter, he clearly said that he had invited both him and Tusu Qingyun, but Prince Yi’s words just now were clearly treating Tusu Qingyun as the extra one attached, which was interesting.

Baili Junyi smiled and nodded his head, drinking a glass of wine in response to Prince Yi’s compliments before turning his head to look at Tusu Qingyun, “The Tusu family head is truly extraordinary, during this recent period of time, I have heard of the family head’s deeds many times, and my heart is extremely impressed.”

Tusu Qingyun got up in a hurry, even if the Tusu family was behind the family background again, but nowadays, he was just a white body without an official position:

“Your Majesty fallacious praise, grass people come to Kyoto, a time to see the prosperity of Kyoto, can not help but feel like coming to the paradise of the world in general. Tu Su family hidden world for a long time, has long been isolated from the outside world, this out actually feel have had a hundred years of feeling, so it will be in Kyoto in the middle of the viewing everywhere traveling, is to let your majesty look at the joke.”

Shen Ninghua smiled slightly, describing visiting officials around as an ornamental tour, this Tu Su Qing Yun was also considered talented. Baili Junyi smiled but did not say anything at the side, only nodding his head slightly in a gesture.

Tusu Qingyun then said, “Your Majesty, grasshoppers have been walking around in Kyoto these days, and seeing the capital city of the Great An Kingdom so prosperous and strong, I am deeply impressed that Your Majesty is wise. Just that, outside the city still see a lot of disaster victims enter, can’t help but think of this winter and spring snow.”

“The emperor and empress wise, disaster relief extraordinarily timely, now the snowstorm has been stable past, just still have a lot of people displaced, have a home hard to return to, so before the courage to find Lord Zuo, let Lord Zuo on behalf of the emperor, grass people are willing to donate all the family property as much as possible, to do a point of the responsibility of the people of the Great An Kingdom.”

Baili Jun Yi smiled, “Tu Su family master this heart I extraordinarily appreciated, only, Tu Su family is also considered a hundred years of family, inherited from the previous dynasty to the present, this entire family property is the blood of several generations, all donated, it is too much.”

Tusu Qingyun hurriedly stepped forward, “Your Majesty’s deep understanding of the righteousness of the grass people in the heart of a million touched. Just family wealth is something outside the body, when Tu Su family started, do is between the people’s business, relying on many people’s help, take from the people with the people, now the people suffer, how can we sit back and do nothing. Money can be earned again, but human life is worth ten thousand gold.”

These words immediately drew countless voices of praise from the officials.

“The Tusu Family Master is truly extraordinary.”

“My humble servant admires, admires with all his heart, silver can be earned anytime, but the people can’t wait.”

“Yes … Your Majesty, I beg for the Tu Su family head to ask Your Majesty to reward the Tu Su family.”

“Your Majesty, this heart of benevolence and righteousness is really moving heaven and earth, and by rewarding the Tu Su family, Your Majesty is also giving an example to the other families in the world.”

“Good, it should set an example for the world …”

Tusu Qingyun is to help him to speak to the officials salute, “all adults love, grass people is really ashamed of the honor, Tusu family family training has always been so, grass people but according to the heart of the action, not worth so praised.”

On the side of Prince Yi’s face blackened, just now he had sarcastically said that the Tu Su family was here to make a scene, now the Tu Su family had hit his face raw, so many people had praised a commoner who had started out in business, on the contrary, he, the prince who had come from the Great Yue Country, was hung out to dry, it was really deceiving people too much.

Thinking of this, he could not help but open his mouth and say, “Your Majesty the Emperor, this king and the others have not been in Kyoto for a long time, so they do not know much about this Tusu family head, however, they have heard of something that the Tusu family is willing to donate thirty million taels of silver, I wonder if this is true or not?”

Baili Junyi looked towards Tu Su Qing Yun, “Tu Su Family Head?”

Tusu Qingyun arched his hand at Prince Yi and said, “Reporting back to Your Highness, it is indeed so.”

Prince Yi was full of admiration, raised his wine cup and said, “Before listening to the Tu Su family master said that what is taken from the people is used by the people, for this sentence this king is also extremely admired, I didn’t expect that the Tu Su family inheritance is only a hundred years old, and all at once will be able to come up with so much silver, it is really amazing, this king wants to drink a cup to you!”

Shen Ninghua had a smile under her eyes, she couldn’t help but measure this Prince Yi again, this person was really powerful. Tusu Qingyun said that the words taken from the people and used by the people, in order to merely highlight his Tusu family’s temperament, while this Prince Yi preferred to link his words back and forth, secretly sarcastic:

These 30 million taels were clearly earned by the Tu Su family from the people, and it didn’t take long to earn so much, so it can be seen how black the Tu Su family’s heart is. Now donating it is just a matter of conscience, so why make yourself sound so noble.

Tusu Qingyun even said that he did not dare, naturally, he also heard the irony in Prince Yi’s words, “Originally, I should be able to donate more, but, since the previous dynasty, the family has been hidden from the world, and many of the disciples in the family only know how to consume, which is really unproductive. The grass people can’t bear the style of the disciples in the clan, simply take out all the money in the family before, hoping that those disciples will start from scratch and work on the ground.”

This money is passed down from the previous dynasty, the Tu Su family has been hidden for a long time, even if they have searched the people’s profit, but also searched the previous dynasty, after the establishment of the Great An Kingdom, the Tu Su family has only consumed and not made money, what else can you provoke?

Prince Yi skin smile not smile, “Tu Su family master good courage, this king is really admired, if this king has so money, but can not bear to take out all of them. After all, there are so many people in the family need to feed, this man labor some nothing, this woman, especially the king’s daughter, how can not let her suffer, this weekday expenses, and the future dowry, are a good amount of silver it!”

Are you saying that the Tu-Su daughters don’t have dowries? Is he saying that the Tu Su family treats their children harshly and makes a show of it? Or is it implying that the Tu Su family didn’t take out all their assets?

“To say is in who is ashamed, grass people originally also want to leave some dowry for their own daughter, but the inner son of the deep sense of justice, said that since it is to help the people, we should do our best. As for the daughter’s dowry, it will inherit her dowry is …” Tu Su Qing Yun said, looking quite ashamed.

Prince Yi gasped and fell back, coldly snorted and said no more. He could not say that he would let his daughter-in-law donate her dowry as well, which is extremely unkind.

Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua glanced at each other, their heart’s defense against Tu Su Qing Yun rose upward again, a commoner without an official position in his body, facing a foreign prince can be so frank, and also blocked the other side to be speechless, this kind of mind and temperament is admirable.

Seeing that Tusu Qingyun had the upper hand, the officials who had helped him before spoke again, “Speaking of which, the micro-ministers have heard of the Tusu family’s eldest young lady, who is said to be residing in the palace today.”

Tusu Qingyun looked up in Shen Ninghua’s direction, not knowing how to reply.

Shen Ninghua smiled faintly and opened her mouth, “Not bad, this lord’s news is well-informed, I think this palace does not say, all of you have long heard of it, in the border battle, the emperor encountered an assassin and suffered some injuries, thanks to this Ms. Tusu’s righteousness to save.”

The Empress Mother even directly acknowledged Tusu Qingli’s saving grace, could it be that the Emperor was really planning to take Tusu Qingli?