0p0 Chapter 488: Lord Xie asked for a meeting outside the palace.
Chapter 488: Lord Xie asked for a meeting outside the palace.
"They had the opportunity to restore their identities all these years ago. Why didn't they do it now?"
When Eunuch Hai heard that the emperor became suspicious, he dared not speak for Old Master Xie anymore.
"The slave is stupid."
Hearing what Eunuch Hai said, the emperor frowned.
"Send someone to check it out."
"Yes."
Qinhou Mansion.
Gu Zhao frowned when she heard her grandfather asking to see the emperor.
The emperor was a suspicious person. He might become suspicious again when he heard that my grandfather wanted to see me and restore his status. He might suspect that they were plotting something with the Qinhou Mansion.
My grandfather has already handed over his millions of assets. The Xie family still has some money left, but they can’t even come up with a million in cash.
The emperor has always been on guard against Qin Houfu's loyalty and patriotism. Even though Qin Chen is now under his nose, the emperor is still not at ease.
Now the emperor doesn’t even want to recognize his grandfather, a mere uncle?
Gu Zhao’s rage grew.
Could it be that in her previous life, her relatives were murdered, and the emperor was also involved? The fourth prince was able to sit in that position in the end. Was it because the emperor chose the fourth prince? Was he helping the fourth prince?
Otherwise, how could the Fourth Prince be able to sit on the throne of the new emperor?
Now there is a rebellion in Fujian by someone who looks like Prince Chen. If it is really Prince Chen, that would be great. It would be best if we could fight back to the capital and kill the emperor and the fourth prince at once.
When Qin Chen came back, he saw that his wife looked unhappy.
"Wife, who made you angry? I'll help you vent your anger."
Hearing Qin Chen's words, Gu Zhao glanced at Qin Chen and said.
"Grandfather is planning to restore his identity."
"This is a good thing."
Qin Chen smiled and hugged Gu Zhao, then bent down and kissed her on the face.
"Do you think the Emperor would agree?"
Gu Zhao raised his head and looked at Qin Chen.
Hearing his wife's words, Qin Chen pinched his wife's soft little hand and replied.
"He will agree." Seeing his wife looking at him, Qin Chen smiled and said, "My grandfather handed over millions of family property to the national treasury. Although the money was not given to the Ministry of Revenue, it also greatly enriched the national treasury. The cabinet and the Minister of Revenue all know about it..."
Qin Chen paused again and said.
"The emperor is a man who values his reputation. He will agree to something so obvious..."
"So, what you mean is that if grandpa didn't take the initiative to ask for an audience and ask for restoration of his status, the emperor wouldn't have mentioned the matter of restoring his status. Has he always been benefiting from the Xie family?"
"Yes."
After hearing what Qin Chen said, Gu Zhao said unhappily.
"If he were a businessman, he would definitely be a profiteer."
Qin Chen laughed when he heard his wife's complaints.
At the meeting.
While the ministers were still arguing, the Minister of Revenue suddenly came out.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report."
"allow."
"The Ministry of Revenue received one million taels of silver a few days ago, which was presented by Lord Xie. Lord Xie was personally appointed by Emperor Taizu and is the only Lord in Daxia who is allowed to do business... Lord Xie is now seeking an audience outside the palace..."
Some of the adults present had heard of Lord Xie, the only one who was engaged in business, but some thought it was just a legend and that Lord Xie's mansion had long been lost.
Minister Gu stood in the hall, feeling a bad feeling in his heart. Uncle Xie? Uncle Xie, who was personally appointed by Emperor Taizu and allowed to engage in business? Hereditary? Why does this sound like his previous father-in-law?
Impossible, impossible. If the Xie family was really the Earl's family, how could they look down on the Gu family?