flstandardbreds Chapter 151 Lord Yao, your character is worrying!
Chapter 151 Lord Yao, your character is worrying!
Emperor Tai'an stroked his beautiful beard with one hand and said softly, "Miss Mu, today Prime Minister Mu presented me Arabic numerals and multiplication tables. I was very happy after reading them. If these two academic disciplines can be promoted to the whole nation, it will be a good thing that will benefit the country and the people, as well as the country!"
After saying that, he laughed happily a few times.
The court officials were puzzled: Your Majesty, can you finish your words in one breath? Why haven't I seen you be so gentle in court? Is it because Miss Mu is so stunningly beautiful?
But to be honest, most of the court officials saw Mu Qingqing's true face for the first time. They were all incredulous about the rumors outside: This rumor is unbelievable! How could such a delicate beauty be said to be a female demon or a stinking brothel owner? Looking at her measured behavior, she doesn't look like an uneducated and uneducated woman at all.
To sum it up in one sentence: rumors harm people!
Seeing the bewildered looks on the faces of all the officials in the court, Emperor Tai'an changed the subject and said, "Prime Minister Mu said that these two projects were from Miss Mu. Is this true? Miss Mu, you must answer truthfully. This concerns the ownership of one million taels of silver."
Emperor Tai'an emphasized the one million taels of silver.
Mu Qingqing was slightly stunned. What kind of weird era did she travel to? How could anything be used to set up a gambling game? No wonder there were large-scale gambling events in the four countries every year!
It feels like I have traveled to the predecessor of Las Vegas.
Mu Qingqing kept complaining in her heart until she had nothing more to complain about. Then she calmly replied, "Your Majesty, it was done by me. I wonder why it is related to the one million taels of silver?"
Is it what I thought? Is the senior official in front going to gamble with me? Mu Qingqing asked in her heart.
Emperor Tai'an glanced at Lord Yao, who was frowning in thought (this old man was probably thinking of something evil again). "To show my gratitude to Miss Mu, who invented these two inventions that benefited the country and the people, I was going to issue an edict to confer the title of county lady on Miss Mu. However, Lord Yao, the Minister of Revenue, was very skeptical of my decision, believing that these two inventions were not made by Miss Mu. So the two sides made a bet of one million taels. If Miss Mu could prove that these two inventions were all made by Miss Mu and were good things that benefited the country and the people, then Lord Yao would pay one million taels to fill the national treasury. Otherwise, Prime Minister Mu would pay one million taels to fill the national treasury."
Mu Qingqing looked at the amiable emperor sitting on the dragon throne, and secretly said in her heart: Emperor, are you a smiling tiger? You are so awesome! If you touch your upper and lower lips, no matter who wins or loses, your treasury will earn one million taels of silver! High! It's really high!
After glancing at her father's ostrich-like figure, Mu Qingqing looked at the official opposite the Prime Minister - Lord Yao, the Minister of Revenue!
Isn't that the financier who was just blackmailed for 50,000 taels of gold? I was wondering why someone was looking for trouble for no reason. It turned out to be Yao Qianqian's father! Here comes Yao Qianqian's revenge! Haha, the younger one is beaten, now comes the older one. I'm really looking forward to seeing the expression on the older one's face when I slaughter him!
Then she asked Emperor Tai'an with a puzzled look: "Your Majesty, how can I prove it? Should Lord Yao give me a question to test me? Or should I prove it with facts?"
"Lord Yao, what are your thoughts?" The majestic voice of Emperor Tai'an came from above, shocking Lord Yao who was thinking.
He bowed tremblingly to Emperor Tai'an, "Your Majesty, I thought that since Miss Mu said that the Arabic numerals and multiplication table she invented are both simple and easy to remember, I dare to compete with Miss Mu in arithmetic to see if Miss Mu's invention is as amazing as she said!"
It's just talk without practice. If you take it out for a test, you will know whether it is a mule or a horse, right?
Emperor Tai'an put on a amiable expression again and asked, "Miss Mu, what do you think?"
Mu Qingqing's clear and bright eyes rolled around, and a frivolous and ostentatious smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Your Majesty, I think Lord Yao is old and frail, and he may not be able to compete with me in arithmetic. How about this, I don't want to take advantage of Lord Yao, I will challenge Lord Yao and his two men. Just take out two boxes of account books from previous years and see whether I can settle the accounts faster or Lord Yao and his three men can settle the accounts faster!"
After saying that, Mu Qingqing looked at Master Yao with a provocative look, clearly looking down on you! If you have the guts, just accept it!
The trap has been set, it just depends on whether Lord Yao will fall into it.
Lord Yao looked at Mu Qingqing's eyes and gritted his teeth secretly: Now I am in a dilemma! In this case, humph! You ignorant little girl, you have already made a promise, how can I not accept it!
You want to challenge three of me alone? I have been working in the Ministry of Revenue for many years, dealing with numbers all day long. I alone can crush you! Three of you?! I will show you how I will slap your boastful face!
Lord Yao looked embarrassed, but he responded quickly: "Miss Mu, I am so embarrassed. However, since it is Miss Mu's kindness, I appreciate it."
As he spoke, he bowed to Emperor Tai'an and said, "Your Majesty, then do as Miss Mu said. Call Fan Jian and Yang Wei from the Ministry of Revenue to come over and settle the accounts with me."
The officials in the entire hall were shocked: You are so shameless, Lord Yao! How can you say such shameless words with such innocent eyes? How dare you, a head of the Ministry of Revenue, compete with a little girl in your professional project?
Lord Yao, your character is worrying!
Lord Yao doesn't care what everyone present is thinking. In his mind, the most important thing now is the result of the game.
The process is not important, as long as the result is what you want, it's fine! This way, you don't have to pay the one million taels of silver! You can also slap Prime Minister Mu, your long-time rival, in the face!
Emperor Tai'an glanced at Eunuch De and said: Little Dezi, go down and make arrangements.
Eunuch De understood what he meant and went down to arrange the people and competition equipment.
Emperor Tai'an asked everyone to move to Yonghui Palace and wait for the competition.
The Yonghui Hall is quite large, as big as one and a half football fields.
Normally, it is a place for receiving distinguished guests and envoys from other countries. Today, I will use it as a competition venue for them. (For the sake of one million taels of silver)
Emperor Tai'an sat at the top calmly, his heart beaming with joy.
He looked at Mu Qingqing with a smile: "Sixth brother's wife is really my God of Wealth! She gave me one million taels of silver the first time we met. My scarce treasury is now a little richer today."
What Emperor Tai'an didn't know was that Mu Qingqing would have an even bigger surprise waiting for him later!
Civil and military officials sat on both sides, with a rectangular red lacquered low table in front of each person, on which were placed tea and dried fruits.
Mu Qingqing rubbed against Prime Minister Mu, knelt down beside him, and asked in a low voice: "Father, how could you sell your own daughter just to give the emperor two plans?"
Prime Minister Mu coughed twice, his eyes darting around, and he replied in an awkward whisper, "How could father know that the emperor would directly confer the title of county lady upon you after reading it? And it happened that the old man Yao Wencai ran into him, and he cried, made a scene, and then hanged himself to show his loyalty and give advice. Father, I made a bet with him because I couldn't stand him belittling you everywhere."
Mu Qingqing raised her eyebrows, her eyes flashing with evil and cold-bloodedness: "Father, wait and see what's going to happen! See how your daughter makes him unable to fight back! Haha, one million taels of silver - how can it be enough to get rid of this evil!"
Mu Qingqing lowered her eyes slightly. This bet amount seemed familiar to her! Wasn't it the amount she bet on to win at the casino? It seemed that her father wanted to make some money from this!
Mu Qingqing thought to herself in a sinister way: Old Yao, how can I take advantage of you so easily? I will make you a fool of yourself and leave you only a pair of shorts to get through the winter...
Lord Yao, who was sitting opposite and feeling proud of himself, suddenly felt a chill all over his body: Is the wind blowing? Why is it so cold all of a sudden!