"Hehehe, the princess is here."

Just when the atmosphere was a bit cold, the owner Su Hong's laughing voice came from outside the door.

Surprised on Su Yao's face, she hurriedly got up to meet her, and said coquettishly: "What did my grandfather say? This is Su's mansion, not Qi Wang's mansion. There is only Su Yao, the daughter of the Su family, here, but there is no princess Qi."

"Okay, okay, that's right, they are all one family. Today, there is no Princess Qi in the Su Manor, and there is no Minister Zuo Pushe." Su Hong also stroked his beard and laughed. He is a high-ranking official and Su Yao's elder, He really couldn't save face if he asked him to salute his granddaughter.

"Grandfather, what's more, you can be counted as coming back, but you can make Yao'er wait for a while." Su Yao still seems to be a little reluctant.

Su Hong shook his head helplessly, and said dotingly: "It's not my fault. I was still in the public house to deal with official business. As soon as I heard that you came to Su's residence, I rushed back."

Su Hong has been fond of Su Yao, a clever granddaughter since he was a child. Now seeing that although she is a princess, she does not have the slightest bit of arrogance and arrogance, she is very happy and gratified in her heart.

At this moment, Su Hong also saw Tao Han in the hall, and couldn't help asking a little puzzled, "Who is this?"

Tao Han got up quickly and bowed to Su Hong: "Little girl Tao Han, I have seen Su Pushe."

Naturally, Su Hong also heard about Xiao Jie and the Tao family, and knew that the Tao family wanted to marry Tao Han, the daughter of the Tao family, into the Qi Palace.Although he also understood that Xiao Jie married Tao Han for the financial support of the Tao family, even though he was only a side concubine, he still felt a little uncomfortable after all.He is a Confucianist in the world, he despises businessmen in his bones, and he doesn't want to have anything to do with businessmen, and he is even more worried that Xiao Jie's reputation will be ruined if he marries a businessman's daughter.

However, Su Hong now saw that Tao Han was also dignified and generous, knowledgeable and courteous, without the philistine spirit of ordinary businessmen, and he had a better impression of her, so he nodded and smiled: "Miss Tao is polite, please sit down."

Seeing the head of the family came back, Mrs. Shen knew that they were going to talk about business, so she found a reason to leave.

Su Hong and Su Yao sat down respectively, and the two exchanged a few casual greetings. Su Hong also knew that his granddaughter would not return to Su's mansion suddenly for no reason, so he asked Su Yao why he came with a smile.

Seeing that Su Hong took the initiative to ask, Su Yao and Tao Han exchanged glances, and no longer concealed it: "Grandfather, in fact, I brought Miss Tao back to Su's residence suddenly because of my husband's business."

Hearing that Xiao Jie was involved, Su Hong's expression became serious all of a sudden, but he didn't say anything, he just motioned Su Yao to continue.

Su Yao sighed, and continued: "Grandfather, you should have heard that now Luoyang City is full of wind and rain, and it is rumored that my husband will do anything to fight for the crown prince, and lie about taxes. Everyone is waiting to see his joke. Now Even the emperor believed these rumors, my husband was taken into the palace by the Qilin guards as soon as he entered the capital, and I don't know what happened now."

Su Hong also sighed, looking a little embarrassed.

As a Shangshu Zuo Servant, he is in charge of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households. How could he not know about this? When the Ministry of Households reported to him to pay state taxes that day, he himself was taken aback by the above number and confirmed it again and again. This is the tax amount reported by Jiaozhou this year, but he feels a little tricky.

He knows the situation of Jiaozhou somewhat. It has always been the poorest state in Daning, and the tax collected every year is not much, and it needs the imperial court to help from time to time. Xiao Jie’s management and management of Jiaozhou has improved in half a year. I believe it, but it is a bit outrageous to become the first state with the most tax revenue in Daning. Anyone will think that there must be tricks in it. Sometimes Su Hong even suspects that his grandson-in-law may be anxious to compete for the crown prince. Dazed, he was bewitched by the villain and made a bad move.

Xiao Jie is Su Hong's grandson-in-law, Su Hong's position is quite awkward, he is also worried that if he leans towards Xiao Jie, he will be accused of favoritism, which will ruin his reputation for the rest of his life, but it is impossible for him to throw stones at Xiao Jie.

Therefore, his attitude can only be impartial, everything is subject to the facts, and everything will be decided when Xiao Jie returns to the capital.

But he didn't expect his precious granddaughter to come to the door in person today, and he felt even more difficult for a while.

"Su Pushe, on the way to the Su Mansion with the princess, the princess told me that there are rumors in the central capital that our Tao family gave His Highness more than 700 million yuan to pay for business. I want to say that this kind of rumor not only insults our Tao family. , and insulted His Highness." Tao Han couldn't help standing up, and took the initiative to speak for Xiao Jie, but his tone was somewhat filled with righteous indignation.

Su Hong couldn't help being slightly taken aback when he heard the words: "Why did Miss Tao say that?"

Tao Han glanced at Su Yao, saw the latter nodded to him, so he continued: "I went to Jiaozhou with His Highness, and I know exactly what His Highness did in Jiaozhou. He also did not forget about farming. He not only sent people to the old land of Lin Yiguo to search for good seeds, but also taught people to make fertilizers. He bought 10,000+ cows with Dihu and rented them to the people to cultivate the land. This is why the industry and commerce in Jiaozhou is booming today, and the grain harvest is bumper. All of this is inseparable from the contribution of His Highness, but it is really chilling to expect so many people to slander him behind his back."

"They also spread rumors that our Tao family gave away millions of guan to His Highness. These people don't even think about it. No matter how rich our Tao family is, how many 700 million guan can we have? , then our Tao family will go bankrupt sooner or later. If they still don’t believe it, just send someone to check our Tao family’s accounts to see if there are millions of dollars missing from our Tao family’s accounts.”

Su Hong fell silent all of a sudden, obviously believing Tao Han's words, but he was more shocked.

According to what the Tao family said, his grandson-in-law is truly a man of extraordinary ability, and he was able to manage the most backward Jiaozhou in Daning into the richest state in Daning in half a year, contributing nearly five years to Daning. One-fifth of the tax, even the rebirth of a saint may not be able to create such a miracle.

Su Hong even thought that if Xiao Jie could really inherit the land of Daning, it would be a good thing to benefit the common people. The people would surely live and work in peace and contentment, with prosperity in all industries and great order in the world.

Thinking of this, Su Hong couldn't sit still, he stood up directly, and said solemnly:

"If everything is as Miss Tao said, Jiaozhou has the great governance it is today, and His Highness has made great contributions. I really shouldn't have suffered such unfair injustice, and been criticized and slandered by the world. I will go to the palace to face the saint right now, and state everything for Your Highness. Zhengming, return His Highness's innocence and justice."

Su Yao took a long breath of relief and nodded secretly.

This is actually the reason why he came to the Su Mansion to find his grandfather. As Xiao Jie's wife, he naturally didn't want his husband to be criticized and slandered by the world, but after all, he was a woman who was not good at politics, so he could only ask for a high position Grandfather came forward to help his husband.

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