Chapter 199 Borrowing Transport

The eunuch immediately replied, "Yes, it's already being prepared."

"Okay, hurry up, I'm starving."

She tidied up quickly. Knowing there was food, Ji Yingying sat up straight, looked at the advisor in front of her, and said to Xiangxiang, "Come on, Xiangxiang, tell me why the advisor sold counterfeit goods."

You're such a hypocrite!

Hehe~

This advisor was once a wealthy merchant who became rich because he acquired a treasure. The man said that as long as he kept the treasure in a venerable position, he would be guaranteed a lifetime of wealth and honor.

[And then he enshrined it?]

"Yes, let me tell you, the treasure was in a box, and people told him not to open it, so he never opened it and doesn't know what's inside."

[Xiangxiang, did he set up an incense altar at home and burn incense every day?]

"Yes, ever since he started worshipping this treasure, everything he does has gone very smoothly. He made a lot of money in no time, bought shops, and then opened ten shops within two years."

What kind of shop?

A grain store, a place that sells grain.

Those selling grain certainly made money, but did they profit from the national crisis?

[Of course there was. At first, he did very well in business; he was honest and trustworthy. Later, there was a severe drought that caused a complete crop failure. He sold rice from his several shops at high prices, and he even mixed in stones and moldy rice.]

After making a fortune, he was planning to close down, but then it rained, and he had grain again. From then on, the rice he sold was either mixed with stones or moldy, though it looked fine on the surface.

The rice he bought was all of poor quality. At first, some people made a fuss, but it was useless. The officials didn't care at all. Originally, he thought he could just stop buying rice from his shop, but who knew that all the rice shops and grain shops in the city belonged to him. Now he had no choice but to go.

The wealthy can spend a large sum of money and eat better, but it's the common people who suffer. They have to sell their rice, but even if they buy it, they won't have enough to eat, and they don't have much money left.

That's just how it is. He monopolized the market and amassed a fortune. Does someone like that even deserve to live?

Are you angry?

[It's alright, I'm not too angry. I just want to know what that treasure is? It feels a bit like witchcraft, which was extremely important in ancient times, punishable by beheading.]

If it's witchcraft, I think it's about borrowing luck. And he's quite lucky; he now has many wives and concubines, and a house full of children and grandchildren.

[Whose luck did he borrow? I remember reading a novel where the protagonist borrowed luck from his wife; the man who married her was a patient.]

[After marrying a wife and recovering, he used magic to borrow luck from the woman's entire clan. When someone loses their luck, they die. The woman didn't know this at first, but discovered it later.]

[Upon discovering this, she immediately retaliated. In the end, the family of the man who had borrowed the transport didn't all perish—something I always thought only happened in novels.]

[Host, don't think like that. It's not certain. What if there's nothing in the box?]

No, I need to send Rong Er to take a look. Just that one treasure will suffice; the rest can be left for the Emperor to confiscate.

Ji Yingying hesitated for a moment, then said, "Rong Er is highly skilled in martial arts; he should be able to bring that treasure back, right?"

"I think so." With that in mind, Ji Yingying actually asked Rong Er to retrieve the box. Since his mistress had given the order, he had no choice but to go and get it.

Before leaving, Ji Yingying was still a little worried and couldn't help but say, "You can just go and get it back. Don't worry about anything else. Also, be careful. Can you ride an electric scooter? Why don't you ride the electric scooter? No, I don't know if the battery will last for a round trip."

[Host, yes, it's not that far.]

"Can you drive an electric car?"

"I don't know."

"Alright then, I'll teach you later. How can you not know high technology when you're doing things for me?"

From now on, Rong Er will be with me and protect me. I think I should train him so I won't have to worry about him getting hurt.

[Host, they probably can't even be hurt by guns, so why bother?]

"That's true." Ji Yingying changed the portrait.

As for that advisor, Ji Yingying didn't report it. Since she didn't report it, the Emperor had no choice but to secretly send people to confiscate his property.

As long as Ji Yingying doesn't know, that's fine.

Just as I was looking at the next one, a eunuch came to report that dinner was ready.

Ji Yingying immediately put down her pen and went over.

Ji Yingying counted the dishes on the table; there were three meat dishes and two vegetable dishes, both of which were green.

I like it just by looking at it.

She ate very little rice, mostly vegetables, and drank some water when she was thirsty. After she finished eating, Ji Yingying planned to go to the harem to find a concubine to play with and help digest her food!

As she walked, she heard a burst of laughter and chatter. Intrigued, Ji Yingying quickened her pace and went over.

It's Consort Lan playing mahjong with the other concubines.

[Wow, a bunch of pretty girls, hehe~]

[Host, you're so perverted!]

What do you know?!

Ji Yingying walked over, called out to them, greeted them, and then sat down next to them.

"Your Highness, would you like to play a round?" a nobleman asked. Ji Yingying glanced at him and said somewhat shyly, "I don't want to play. I want to watch the pretty ladies play."

"Oh my, Your Highness's words are getting sweeter and sweeter."

"Not at all, I'm happy as long as you ladies have fun." Ji Yingying sat to the side, not hitting anyone, but her mouth was never idle.

These concubines had a wide variety of food, including sachima, spicy strips, French fries, potato chips, and more.

She sat down and started eating immediately.

"Your Highness, did you come here just to have some snacks? Or is the imperial kitchen's dinner not good?"

"No, it's because these all belong to my older sisters that I'm happy eating them, very happy!"

All the concubines laughed, and laughed very happily.

The Emperor arrived shortly afterward.

Hearing that he had arrived, Ji Yingying couldn't help but sigh, silently thinking, "That old bastard, he won't let me go home, and he won't even let me come see his mistress?"

concubine...

What language is this?

"Your Majesty, what brings you to the inner palace? Has the national treasury been replenished? Or have we commoners finally had enough to eat?"

"You, I heard you were here, so I came here specifically to see you."

"Hehe, well then, I'm going to rest now. I still have to examine portraits tomorrow. There are so many people in our dynasty!"

"That's right, it's our Tianyou Dynasty..." Before she could even boast, Ji Yingying's inner voice murmured: [What's there to be so smug about! The people aren't even getting enough to eat, meat is scarce year-round, and as for clothes, if it weren't for me, people would be freezing to death in winter. And it's almost the New Year, and look, not a single report of anyone freezing to death has come up.]