My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 132 Empress Xu is very angry
The person from the Imperial College had finished writing the topic, but had no money, so he didn't want to send it over. However, other civil officials didn't think so. They didn't care about money anymore, they cared about their reputation.

"Give it to me. I'll pay for it!" Huang Fu stood up, went straight over to take the questions from that person, wrote an IOU, and handed it to his father-in-law who was going to deliver the questions.

"The problem now is not the money, but the questions. As long as you can come up with questions that stump Xu Qin, everything else will be small problems." Song Li said as he sat there, stroking his beard.

Xia Yuanji also nodded and said, "Keep thinking of questions. If there is no question that stumps Xu Qin today, the people of the capital will not know how to laugh at us tomorrow."

"Yes, keep thinking about the topic, everyone." Huang Fu also stood there and said to the ministers.

It's too late to think about it now, they are in a dilemma.

Soon, the questions were sent to Xu Qin. Xu Qin looked at the questions, smiled, and thought it was money again.

"Let's go and write outside." Zhu Gaochi said with a smile, pulling Xu Qin.

"Just for this thing, do I need to get up? Someone come and bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone. It will take at most a quarter of an hour to finish it, and I'll get ten thousand taels." Xu Qin said with a smile.

When Zhu Gaochi heard this, he was happy, but he was also worried. He was worried that it would bring bad reputation to the court. With so many ministers, it would be embarrassing if Xu Qin couldn't handle it.

Sure enough, in less than a quarter of an hour, Xu Qin finished writing all the questions and had someone send them out.

Zhu Gaochi sat there and sighed, "I never thought that this would happen. I wanted to see your real talent and knowledge, but I didn't expect that you not only have real talent and knowledge, but also suppress those civil officials. Now those civil officials must be uncomfortable.

They won't be able to sleep tonight, and they won't give up. I guess they'll be thinking of questions in the next few days and then send them to you, hoping to stump you."

When Xu Qin heard this, he was very happy. Isn't this just giving money to himself?
So he smiled and said to Zhu Gaochi: "Cousin, you can take as much as you send. Send someone to deliver it to my house. When I come back in the evening, I will do the questions and send it to your East Palace the next day. Anyway, we both take the money."

"Well, okay, but, eh!" Zhu Gaochi sighed.

"What's wrong?" Xu Qin looked at Zhu Gaochi in confusion and asked.

"Although this will affect the reputation of those civil officials, it will actually affect the reputation of our court as well. People outside will definitely praise you and belittle those civil officials, and even say, why does my Ming Dynasty court have such a bunch of idiots?" Zhu Gaochi looked at Xu Qin helplessly and said.

Xu Qin was even happier when he heard this, and immediately said to Zhu Gaochi: "What does this have to do with us? This is the business of your father and those ministers."

When Zhu Gaochi heard this, he touched his chin and said, "That's right, he was a minister during the Yongle Dynasty. What does he have to do with me?"

"That's right!" Xu Qin said with a smile and nodded.

"Go away. My father will be unhappy then, and I will be the one suffering. But it doesn't matter. They were also very arrogant before, so it would be good to have someone dampen their arrogance." Zhu Gaochi said with a smile. He and his father had the same feeling towards those civil officials. If they were afraid of them, they would really unite.

Therefore, he and his father were happy if they could make life difficult for those civil officials. Although it would have some impact on the reputation of the court, the impact on those civil officials would be greater.

Next, throughout the afternoon, the ministers sent questions to the East Palace one after another. Later, the ministers sat on the ground thinking about the questions. They all knew that it was a huge embarrassment and no one was willing to accept it.

But there was nothing they could do, as they really couldn't think of any questions that could stump Xu Qin.

At this time, a eunuch came over and said to the ministers, "Master Xu said it's too late, and he's going to leave the palace to rest. If you have any questions, you can send them to the East Palace tomorrow. The Crown Prince will send someone to deliver them to Master Xu. When Master Xu is free in the evening, he will answer them for you. Of course, you still need to prepare 500 taels of silver for each question."

Those ministers looked at each other, and no one dared to say anything. After all, they didn't have the face to make any demands in front of Xu Qin.

When Xu Qin returned to the mansion, he immediately sent people to spread the news. Of course, he had to spread it. If he didn't, who would know? Those civil officials would definitely not say it themselves, and those eunuchs and maids in the palace would say it, but they didn't dare to say it now? How could the news in the palace spread so quickly?
Besides, if I don't spread it, those civil officials will keep silent and pretend that it didn't happen, and then the matter will just pass. Is that okay? If I don't spread it, they won't continue to write questions for me, so how can I earn pocket money?

The key is not to earn pocket money. I don’t lack pocket money. I am very generous to me now. As long as I ask for it, I will give it to you. Moreover, there are tens of thousands of taels of silver in the warehouse in my courtyard.

The key point is that Xu Qin felt particularly happy when he won money from those civil officials. Not to mention five hundred taels for one question, even if it was fifty taels, or even five taels, Xu Qin would be happy to do it.

"Young Master, did you really use arithmetic problems to suppress those ministers?" Shiyue asked Xu Qin with great surprise.

"Of course, you go and spread the word to the young master. The young master knows that your gossip channels are very powerful!" Xu Qin smiled and pinched Shiyue's face, saying proudly. "Of course, young master, you tell me in detail, and I can let the whole city know tonight." Shiyue was also very proud, just like to listen to Xu Qin bragging.

Xu Qin smiled and told Shiyue about the matter, but he didn't mention that Zhu Di also lost 500,000 taels, fearing that Zhu Di would be unhappy and punish him. He had already offended the civil officials this time, so he decided not to offend Zhu Di first. He would offend Zhu Di next time.

Soon, Shiyue went out, and Xu Qin continued to be busy drawing.

But after those civil officials returned, they went straight into the study and started thinking about the questions. Their families didn't know what was going on, they only heard the sounds of sighing coming from the study.

But in Kunning Palace, Empress Xu returned to the palace. On the way, she learned that her eldest nephew was going to the Eastern Palace. She also made a bet with those civil officials on arithmetic problems, and she got all the answers right, forcing those civil officials into no choice.

Empress Xu was very excited and happy, but she was very dissatisfied with Zhu Di. She knew that Zhu Di had deliberately sent her away from the palace to pray for blessings today.

Therefore, after Empress Xu returned to the palace, she went to the Qianqing Palace first, but did not find Zhu Di. She asked the eunuchs, but they said they did not know where he had gone. Empress Xu had no choice but to go to the Kunning Palace and asked someone to invite Zhu Gaochi over.

Empress Xu sat there, pacing back and forth in the greenhouse excitedly. Her nephew had become famous this time. Moreover, not only was he not unlearned, he also surpassed all the other ministers. How could Empress Xu not be excited?

In the East Palace, Zhu Gaochi also received the news that Empress Xu had summoned him, so he said to Zhu Di who was sitting there: "Dad, my mother is looking for me. I guess she knows that you deliberately sent her away, and she must be very angry now."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Di glared at Zhu Gaochi and warned him, "Remember this, just say it was a coincidence. Do you hear me?"

"Dad, there can't be such a coincidence. My mother is so smart, will she believe what I say?" Zhu Gaochi said with a bitter face when he heard it. If he didn't admit it, he would be the one who would be in trouble.

"Just say it like that, don't talk nonsense." Zhu Di still warned Zhu Gaochi.

"Yeah, what if my mother forces me to do that?" Zhu Gaochi nodded first, then looked at Zhu Di and continued to ask.

Zhu Di glared and scolded: "What are you afraid of? Your mother must be so happy right now. How can she punish you? Just remember this, don't talk nonsense!"
Also, how does Shakyamuni arrange it? He knows arithmetic, knows how to study things, knows how to manage things, eh, how to arrange it is a big problem. "

"Dad. This isn't something you arrange now. It's a question of whether he goes or not. No matter what you arrange for him to do, he won't go. He just wants to lie down and won't help us with anything.

We were definitely wrong last time.

So it is difficult to arrange for Sakyabao. I can only think of other ways. "Zhu Gaochi said worriedly when he heard this, Xu Qin would never listen to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di had no way to ask Xu Qin now. Even if he forced him to go, what was the point? If Xu Qin didn't work, wouldn't it be useless? What they wanted now was Xu Qin to work.

"What do you think? Let those civil officials deal with him and force him, and then we can find a way to let Xu Qin deal with those civil officials?" Zhu Di stroked his beard, looked at Zhu Gaochi and asked with a smile.

"Dad, what if he doesn't fall for it? This kid is very smart, he won't fall for such a trick." Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Di worriedly.

"What's the use of his intelligence? Those civil officials will not let Sakya Bao go. When the time comes, they will naturally deal with Sakya Bao, and then he can work for us." Zhu Di said proudly while sitting there.

"Dad, the Weaving Bureau can't wait that long." Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Di worriedly.

Zhu Di could only sigh when he heard this, then waved his hand and said to Zhu Gaochi: "Go to your mother and be careful with your words."

"Dad, don't worry, I will definitely not say anything nonsense." Zhu Gaochi immediately assured him, thinking to himself, I can't lie to my mother. Besides, if I dare to lie to my mother, I can't afford the consequences, and my mother will really punish me.

My father and mother have been together for so many years, and it’s not the first or second time that I’ve kicked you out, so it doesn’t matter if it happens again.

Zhu Gaochi made up his mind and went straight to Kunning Palace.

When he arrived at Kunning Palace's warm room, he saw Empress Xu sitting there with a dark face. Zhu Gaochi walked over quickly and saluted: "Mother, you are back. Are you tired?"

(End of this chapter)