Chapter 237 I Can't Hear What He Means Anymore

"Prime Minister, isn't this move of His Majesty too hasty?"

Several ministers were confused and felt that the emperor was just playing house.

What can the people King Jing bring with him do?

Wouldn't it be suicide to go?

Prime Minister Jiang stroked his beard and said, "Your Majesty is young, so it's understandable that he's anxious to make achievements."

He described the emperor's behavior as youthful and ignorant.

After all, the emperor seemed to always do whatever he wanted. He was smart, but he might not be a good emperor.

The others nodded.

"At first, His Majesty did not agree to negotiate a marriage with the Western Rong, thinking that the Western Rong were crude, but he also did not want to negotiate with the Chu people..." The minister shook his head: "When the time comes, he will regret it."

Prime Minister Jiang followed suit and smiled.

He just waited and watched, watching the emperor hit his head against the wall and then turn back.

By then, he will be the one begging everyone.

In the evening, Concubine De sent a palace maid to invite the emperor to have dinner.

No need to ask, it must be Prime Minister Jiang's intention.

The emperor would have given this face in the past.

But now he doesn't want to give it.

He really hated that old bastard Prime Minister Jiang.

Always against him.

No matter what he wants to do, Prime Minister Jiang wants to control him.

Now, he wants to use the same old trick again.

I guess Concubine De has already prepared some aphrodisiac wine for him.

I really think of him as the male courtesan in a brothel.

The emperor said coldly to the palace servant who came to deliver the message: "I will not go."

The palace servant didn't dare to ask more questions or say more, and ran back to report.

The emperor opened the secret letter he received, which came from the northwest.

It was written by General Zhenyuan. He said that the Yun family in the northwest colluded with the Western Rong, surrendered to the enemy and betrayed the country, and also obstructed the advance of the army.

General Zhenyuan suppressed the Yun family by executing them first and reporting to the emperor later.

He wrote a letter to the emperor to apologize, saying that he had made the decision on his own and asked the emperor to punish him.

The emperor laughed.

The Yun family has been entrenched in the northwest for so many years and has become the local tyrant there. They have a lot of grain, gold, silver, and land. Under normal circumstances, the imperial court would definitely not be able to do anything to them.

But General Zhenyuan was no pushover, and the local armed forces could only be beaten when they encountered the regular army.

Not only was he beaten but he was also accused of rebellion. During this period, General Zhenyuan had already gone to Xirong with the food, fodder, gold and silver that the Yun family had looted. As for the Yun family's territory, it was of course taken over by the emperor's men.

The emperor thought that this news would spread quickly and cause dissatisfaction and panic among the powerful.

If you hit them with a stick, you must not let them know that you are going to hit them, otherwise, what if they also pick up the stick to hit you back?

The emperor could be dethroned due to internal and external troubles.

so……

Give a candy for every stick you hit.

Let them know that we are attacking the Yun family because they are against the imperial court. As long as they don’t go against the imperial court, we won’t attack you.

Moreover, there is not only one Yun family in the northwest, there is also a Zhang family, which has always been under the Yun family. The emperor can support them and let the second-class families in various places know that they can ascend to the throne by surrendering to the emperor...

Let them fight among themselves first!

Then take advantage of the chaos to gain benefits.

He had planted a lot of thorns over the years. Now, if these thorns came out to stir up trouble or sow discord among them, they would become resentful...

As soon as An Jiu entered the door, he heard the laughter of screaming chickens echoing in the hall.

She thought the emperor should be in a good mood.

Sure enough, the emperor pointed at An Jiu and said, "Come here."

An Jiu came over, and the emperor said, "Grind ink for me."

An Jiu looked at the back of his head with pride. He didn't know when a few strands of curly hair appeared, and they were sticking up in a flamboyant manner, making him look like the emperor at that moment.

On the other hand, Concubine De carefully prepared fine wine and delicious food, but the emperor did not come.

Concubine De let out a breath and clenched the wine jug on the table.

Your Majesty is angry.

I don't even want to do the superficial work.

If her father hadn't forced her, she actually wouldn't have wanted to compete for favor in this way.

But she had no choice.

She needs a child.

With the child, her position in the harem will be secure. With the support of the Jiang family, no one will be able to get ahead of her in the future.

But……

Concubine De looked at the food on the table.

She remembered what she had said to Concubine Shu before.

If people don't eat, it must be because they have eaten enough somewhere else.

She thought of the palace maid again.

Damn it.

Defei imagined all kinds of shameless scenes between the Emperor and Anjiu.

She had been outstanding and proud since she was a child, and she could not accept that she lost to a slave.

"My lady, the food..."

"Take it away." Defei exhaled, her eyes sharper.

…

The emperor wrote a letter and sent it to the northwest at full speed overnight.

Then he leaned back in his chair, thinking about something again.

Suddenly he stood up and said, "Let's go out for a walk."

An Jiu looked at the sky.

It's dark now.

Don't be so willful, Your Majesty. You have just been assassinated.

But the emperor insisted on going out and changed into the clothes he got from Aunt Qu today.

An Jiu frowned: "Your Majesty, it's cold at night, this dress is too thin."

The emperor looked in the mirror and felt that he looked particularly handsome in this dress.

"I'm not cold."

An Jiu "..."

Never mind, let him be...

Let’s see who is cold later.

In this season, the temperature difference between day and night is very large, and the emperor was chilled to the bone as soon as he went out.

【cold……】

[If I go back and change my clothes now, will Xiaojiu laugh at me? ]

An Jiu took some thick clothes for him to wear.

The emperor waved his hand: "I am not cold."

An Jiu "..."

I really don't want to care about him anymore.

"I am cold..."

The emperor said, "You are cold, why are you giving me clothes?"

An Jiu smiled "..."

Cao Cao Rice x10

In the end, the emperor put on thick clothes with a reluctant look on his face.

"This little bit of cold is actually nothing," he said.

An Jiu smiled.

Cao Cao deducted rice x20

Yes, yes, it’s nothing. You’ll be frozen into a grandson in a moment.

In order not to arouse others' suspicion and jealousy, the emperor got on a carriage and secretly left the palace.

"Your Majesty, where are you going?"

"Plum Blossom Villa."

Only then did An Jiu notice that he was holding a box full of gold, silver and jewelry.

Well, I have to go sell things again.

But even if these are sold, it would be just a drop in the bucket. What use would they be?

The emperor narrowed his eyes, perhaps he saw what An Jiu was thinking.

He smiled.

Take out an emerald green bracelet from the box.

"Do you know how much this can be sold for?"

An Jiu shook his head.

She doesn't know.

The emperor said: "Three thousand taels."

An Jiu was stunned.

Three thousand taels???

She worked hard for a month and only earned a few taels of silver.

The emperor added: "Three thousand taels may not sound like much, but an ordinary family can barely earn five taels of silver a year."

The emperor exhaled: "Ten taels of silver, only ten taels are needed to make a person sell himself into slavery."

An Jiu seemed to be thinking about something.

In this way, perhaps this bracelet can help the emperor train a lot of people. These people are like baits. Once they are thrown out, they may play a key role at any time.

"This idea was first proposed by my father." The emperor sighed, "Plum Blossom Villa was also established by my father."

An Jiu paused.

Then I sighed.

Who said the late emperor was a stupid handsome guy? He could be quite smart sometimes.

But……

Why did the emperor suddenly say this to her?

Don't you treat her as an outsider?

An Jiu was a little touched, and only heard the emperor say: "Father learned it from the people of Chu."

An Jiu "?"

"There were too many spies in Chu, hiding everywhere and unable to catch them all, so my father was curious about how those poor people in Chu could support so many people. Later, he caught a spy from Chu, and the spy couldn't stand the torture and told everything."

"The people of Chu also cast a wide net, taking in some unwanted orphans and buying some children without parents..."

He glanced at An Jiu.

"Sometimes when we encounter refugees during disasters, they don't care about money. As long as we give them a full meal, they will work hard for us."

An Jiu looked up at the emperor.

If she couldn't understand the meaning of his words anymore, she would be a fool.