147 “Sexy Pampering” Chapter 146

【Daddy Chapter 22】Revenge

“Your Majesty, calm down.” Shen Zhen stepped forward at this moment. “I believe that the most important thing at this moment is the safety of the people.”

“I am guilty, but I hope that my emperor will wait until the disaster relief work has slowed down before holding him accountable.”

“Hmph,” Emperor Xie Yu nodded at Shen Zhen, “You are the only one who can say it.”

“I have not forgotten that your Shen family also owes money to the treasury!”

Shen Zhen raised the corner of his mouth, but his tone was quite frightening, “The Holy One is wise, I will definitely urge the clan to pay off the debt as soon as possible!”

“What if you still can’t do it?” Emperor Xie Yu sang with Shen Zhen.

“Leave it to His Majesty’s disposal!”

Hey hey!

Everyone who was still fearless felt uneasy when they heard the conversation between Shen Zhen and the emperor.

Mr. Shen, we did not agree to “let it be done as you please”!Why do you represent all of us??

“Okay!” Emperor Xie Yu glanced at the people kneeling in the hall and pointedly said, “I will give you a few days of grace.”

“I will settle accounts with you after the disaster relief work is over!”

“I don’t care what you borrowed the money for,” Emperor Xieyu said considerately, and then changed the topic, “But if you can’t pay off the debt by then…”

Emperor Xieyu’s voice was not loud, but it struck everyone’s hearts hard, “There is no need to take your seat.”

“I think that in this huge world, among the wise people who ‘donate their official posts’, I can always find someone who will share my worries…”

Emperor Xie Yu means this in a straightforward way, that is, if those of you who stole my money don’t return it obediently, I will take away your positions, and I will promote whoever has the money!

It’s a bit of a bummer, but it’s very effective.

At least in the next two months, everyone in the court was talking about money. Ministers with a keen sense of smell had already begun to urge the clan to raise money and consciously pay off the debts.

But there are also established families like the Gongsun family and the Shen family who still don’t believe that Emperor Xie Yu will offend everyone who has not paid back their debts, and they are holding on to a little luck.

But this bit of luck was soon replaced by regret.

The Gongsun family first became a model for the emperor to kill the monkeys.

Gongsun Mu was dismissed from his post on the spot by Emperor Xie Yu and forced into a prison.

A large number of imperial troops also came to Gongsun’s house. They escorted Gongsun Chang and Gongsun Hui away, and began to ransack their homes.

Boxes of jewelry, gold and silver were moved out from Gongsun’s mansion, all of which were sealed with the treasury seal.

Emperor Xieyu issued an edict that anyone who owed money to the treasury would not be held accountable if it was paid within three days.If you cannot repay after three days, you will be responsible for the consequences.

The Gongsun family is a good example of the consequences of being conceited.

Now, everyone knew that Emperor Xieyu was serious about it.

It doesn’t matter who you are, whether you are a member of the royal family or a wealthy family. If you don’t pay back the money, your house will be ransacked.

Every government has begun to take action.

Raise money here and there.

The Shen family also began to feel uneasy.

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Shen Zhichang and Shen Zhimao actually heard some rumors about the emperor’s pursuit of debts owed to the treasury this time, but they didn’t take it too seriously because they had lived in luxury since they were young and had no idea about it and had never borrowed it.

But the old lady Zhu Wanning couldn’t sit still.

She knew that the Shen family owed money.

That was when her husband Shen Qipeng was still alive, and it was also the most prosperous time for the Shen family.At that time, Shen Qipeng was a second-grade official, and the people he interacted with every day were all Tianhuang nobles, who inevitably needed money for management.

The official’s monthly salary is only a few dozen taels, which is not enough to cover various expenses.Although Mrs. Zhu has a dowry, it is her own body.After hearing that Shen Qipeng said that his colleagues all drew money from the household department and that although IOUs were issued, they were never repaid, Zhu encouraged Shen Qipeng to follow the trend and “borrow” money to make ends meet.Later, she “borrowed” money to make loan sharks and buy property, and her private house became increasingly rich.

But no amount of family property can withstand the consumption of useless descendants.

Shen Zhichang spends his days fighting, walking his dog, and sometimes gambling, but has no income at all. In addition, although Shen Zhimao is an official, he thinks he is noble and gets a salary that is so low that it can be said that there is nothing in the Hanlin Academy. The Shen family is now completely supported by the Zhu family.

Shen Zhen was good, but he didn’t come out of her belly. Zhu Wanning wished he could disappear because she wouldn’t be able to rely on him.

Shen Zhen has been busy with the matter of donating officials in the past two months, leaving early and returning late every day.He was anxious to finish the matters here so that he could have a good talk with his young daughter-in-law about “their affairs.”

But Zhu couldn’t wait any longer.

After she finally heard that Gongsun’s house had been ransacked, she summoned Shen Zhen who was busy outside.

He also gathered all the houses in the house into the family hall in the backyard.

Shen Zhichang and his wife, Shen Zhimao and his wife, Shen Zhongxing and his wife, all gathered together.

“Shen Zhen! Kneel down for me!”

As soon as Shen Zhen stepped into the family hall, she heard Zhu’s sharp shout.

But he is no longer the child who dared not resist anything.He is now tall and has a majestic aura.

Ignoring Zhu’s order at all, he stood up straight and said, “I wonder what mistake Shen Zhen made?”

“As a child of the Shen family, you only pursued your own interests without considering the family, and put the Shen family in a dilemma. Are you still right!?”

Mrs. Zhu put a big hat on Dao Shen Zhen, as if she wanted to blame all the Shen family’s current precarious situation on Dao Shen Zhen.

“Oh? A dilemma?” Shen Zhen was not afraid of Zhu’s scolding at all, and was still in the mood to look at Chu Jiao, who had a lowered eyebrow.

Well, today the little girl is wearing a tapestry shirt and skirt, which is also a good material that he and the emperor shamelessly asked for, and it really suits her.Dressed in lake green, refreshing and astounding, the girl’s eyebrows have grown longer, exuding a hint of mature charm.

“Humph, you noble minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, don’t tell me that you don’t know that the Shen family also owes money! It is owed by your father, and it should be paid back by you three brothers together!” Zhu made up his mind to let Shen Zhen take the responsibility, and his tone was softer, and he praised, “Your two brothers are not as capable as you. Third brother, the glory of the Shen family still depends on you.”

“Heh… rely on me…”

Shen Zhen found that when the long-awaited moment actually arrived, his heart was not as excited as he imagined. Instead, he was calm and rational, like an outsider.

“Just a bitch born of a concubine…”

“Just a slave…”

Shen Zhen repeated the malicious and cold words that had been ringing in his ears since childhood, with a mocking look on his face.

“Mother, how can a person like me be worthy of the glory of the Shen family?”

Zhu was secretly resentful in her heart. She didn’t expect this bitch to be so vengeful, but she spoke like a loving mother, “Oh, back then, my mother didn’t take care of her servants, and those gossips were dragged out and sold long ago. Third child, are you still blaming your mother, holding a grudge against your mother, and unwilling to save the Shen family from disaster?”

If Shen Zhen answers “yes”, it means he is narrow-minded and disrespectful to his aunt. If he answers “no”, then Shen Zhen should help the Shen family survive this crisis.

“Mother,” Shen Zhen said calmly as he took three sticks of incense from the incense table nearby, lit them, and offered them to the tablets of Shen’s ancestors in front of him, “It’s not that I don’t want to save the Shen family, and I can’t save it.”

“If we can pay off the debt, nothing will happen to the Shen family.”

“If not…” Shen Zhen turned around and looked at Zhu Wanning with dark eyes, “The Shen family is the next Gongsun family…”

Shen Zhichang’s legs went weak, and he rushed forward and held Shen Zhen’s hand, “Third, third brother, save brother, I don’t want to be taken to the prison!”

Shen Zhen dodged nimbly, “Brother, I’m sorry that I can’t do anything.”

“Mom! It’s all your and dad’s fault!” Shen Zhichang saw that he couldn’t rely on Shen Zhen, and his fear turned into anger, and he vented it directly on his own mother, “We didn’t borrow the money, why should we pay it back!”

With her son in such a mess, she couldn’t hold her up against the wall. Zhu Wanning’s throat was filled with blood, but she still had to hold on, “Don’t worry, Chang’er. As a family, we share the joys and sorrows, and there will always be a way.”

She turned to Chu Jiao, who had been silently aside, “Are you right, Zhong Xing’s wife?”

Sharing joys and sorrows, Chu Jiao certainly understood that Chu Jiao was trying to get her dowry when she said such words under such circumstances.

She walked out of the shadows, pushed Shen Zhongxing toward Shen Zhen, and stood beside him.

Chu Jiao bowed to several elders, “Since I am already the third member of the Shen family,” she emphasized the word “third member,” “of course I will advance and retreat with the third member.”

Zhu’s face darkened before she could even show half of her smile.Because she heard Chu Jiao say:

“So… I have handed over all the dowry to my father-in-law.”

But what Shen Zhen added next made Zhu unable to breathe and fainted.

“I didn’t know that the Shen family owed money before, so I thought about donating an official position to Zhong Xing. All of Jiao’er’s dowry was donated to the national treasury.”