All Hail Cousin Brother

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The truth of the matter is well known in every family, but no one dared to mention it. Mrs. Yu sighed softly: "The emperor thought of the support and affection of the Ningguo mansion back then, and also of the husband and wife affection with the empress. , when this matter turmoil passed, they pardoned the Ning clan with special kindness, and the Ning clan allowed them to return to their ancestral lands to live, and Princess Liyang is the only root of the lineage of Duke Ning's mansion."

Yu Youyao's lips curved slightly, revealing a trace of cold irony.

Thinking about it, Princess Liyang is the only heir left by the concubine who was spared the death penalty.

Ningguo Duke's family has committed a black disaster, which has affected the whole family. In the end, the Ning clan members still have to thank the emperor for his kindness.

It's really ironic.

Mrs. Yu continued: "The concubine did not survive the pain of exile, leaving only a young daughter behind, and passed away. The Ning clan brought their newborn baby to Beijing to thank them, and the middle palace had no children. After begging for grace, I brought this child up by my side and asked for a title, so I will be Princess Liyang."

Yu Youyao understands a little bit, there is no precedent in the past dynasties that the widowed daughter of a good general's family was enshrined as a princess or princess, and taken into the palace to be raised.

There is no child in the middle palace, the empress wants to take her niece into the palace, the emperor has no reason to refuse.

In addition to the affairs of Duke Ning, the courtiers are well aware that in order to protect his reputation and face, the emperor will naturally treat the empress, the blood of Duke Ning, and even members of the Ning clan, so that the courtiers will not be cold their hearts.

The reason why the empress dowager loves Princess Liyang so much is because of the empress dowager.

It also meant to compensate Ningguo government.

but!

No matter how favored Princess Liyang is, she is not of real royal blood, and it is really unnecessary for Empress Lan to put Princess Liyang in her eyes.

Old Madam Yu twirled the Buddha beads lightly: "You're a sinner!"

Yu Youyao also knew what the "sin" grandmother was referring to, and she thought of King Zhou Li's fate before she knew it, and she felt a little concerned.

Old Madam Yu changed the subject: "Money is something outside of the body.

If you donate, you will donate. Natural disasters and man-made disasters continue. As long as you are a citizen of the Great Zhou Dynasty, no one can be alone. Donate more, so that others will think that our family is hiding and staring at our family. It is endless trouble. "

If you can't satisfy the appetite of the superior, you will not only provoke dissatisfaction and suspicion from the superior, and it will be thankless. I am afraid that if there is a first time, there will be a second time, and a third time...

Yu Youyao nodded: "My cousin also said that since the Empress Dowager said it was to raise money for disaster relief, at least half of the donated money will be used on the common people."

In order to facilitate her cousin's accumulation of food, she sold many properties under her own name in the name of losing money in the past two years, and quietly bought properties and properties, from the open to the dark.

The imperial court can only find out the properties on the surface.

With the huge profits of the escort company and the merchant ship, the dowry business left to her by the mother has become a small head instead.

The empress dowager raised money to help the disaster, she donated food and medicine, and donated another one million taels in one breath. From the eyes of everyone, she also took away most of the family's wealth, and she really lived up to the mighty grace of the emperor.

Mrs. Yu also nodded: "The empress dowager has a lot of calculations, but she is still a bit of a model. The emperor is obsessed with alchemy, and the government and the public are not at peace. The emperor can sit firmly on the dragon chair, and it has something to do with the empress dowager's ability to win over women inside and outside," said When she got here, she sighed again: "The Great Zhou Dynasty has a clear rule that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, otherwise..."

She didn't say the latter, but Yu Youyao understood that the fundraising for disaster relief should be reliable, and she felt relieved.

Back at the mansion, Old Madam Yu was exhausted, so she changed into a cumbersome life uniform, planning to lie down for a while, when Qing Xiu came to report: "The Eldest Master is here."

Usually at this time, the boss is in the yamen, thinking about coming to the palace again, Madam Yu sighed softly: "Help me up."

"Grandmother rest, I'll talk to my father." Yu Youyao was worried about her grandmother, so she didn't even go back to the Tiaoyu Courtyard, so she helped Aunt Liu to wash up her grandmother, and she even wore a county lord's uniform.

Old Madam Yu shook her head: "From now on, you should stop messing around with your father."

Yu Youyao's heart skipped a beat, she lowered her head and said nothing.

Yu Zongzheng hurriedly left the yamen and arrived at An Shoutang. He was still wearing an official uniform. He saw Madam Liu helping the tired old lady out. The eldest daughter was still wearing the county magistrate's uniform.

He hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects: "Mother, you are tired."

Madam Yu waved her hand: "I'm going to the palace today to thank you. On behalf of the Yu Mansion, I donated one hundred thousand taels of silver notes. Yaoyao took away most of the family property and donated one million taels, which is considered as what you wanted."

Yu Zongzheng's expression was awkward, as if someone had poured cold water on his head, no matter how excited he was, he also cooled down: "Just now the emperor ordered me to work part-time as the thirteenth supervisory censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The inspector supervised the censor and went to Zhejiang for disaster relief." Speaking of this, he bent down and bowed down again: "The son has such a future, it is all thanks to the mother to take care of the son."

Yu Youyao took a deep breath.

The supervisory censor of the Great Zhou Dynasty was very powerful, but the emperor didn't trust the courtiers for a long time, and he trusted the eunuchs he could control in the palace.

The thirteen supervisory censors are in name only, and the work of patrolling is handed over to the eunuchs in disguise.

It has been a long time since the emperor appointed the inspector to supervise the censor.

And Yu Zongzheng is the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, and the authority of the Ministry of Officials is to be in charge of the appointment and removal, examination, promotion, promotion, honor and transfer of civil officials in the world, and also has the duty to inspect the administration of officials.

Patrolling and supervising the censors, inspecting officials on behalf of the emperor, is also inspecting the administration of officials, and his powers involve generals, and even directly ordered by the emperor, not subject to the official system of the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

No matter whether it was a civil servant or a military general in the Great Zhou Dynasty, there was no such thing as Yu Zongzheng.

Yu Zongzheng did not join the cabinet, but he was more powerful than the cabinet ministers and became a real powerful minister.

It's no wonder that Yu Zongzheng even plotted against his family.

No one can resist the temptation of this big pie.

Old Madam Yu squeezed the Buddha beads tightly, her expression turned pale: "Don't thank me either, the one hundred thousand taels of our Yu Manor, in the eyes of the nobles in the palace, is not enough to fit between the teeth, if you want to thank you, thank you for marrying me." You gave birth to a good wife, gave birth to a good daughter, and gave up half of the dowry money to help you manage your official career."

Yu Zongzheng's expression was a bit complicated, and he thought of Xie's family before he knew it. The one million taels that Yaoyao took, to put it bluntly, was Xie's dowry industry back then.

Mrs. Yu didn't even look at his face: "Yaoyao not only donated money, but also donated all the grain, oil, and medicinal materials from the 60 grain and oil shops in the south of the Yangtze River, and more than 20 drug stores. These are all for you to go to Zhejiang for disaster relief. Confidence, you should thank Yaoyao well."