Chapter 358 Your Highness is Very Beautiful
When Song Yunchu heard him say this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and put his hand on his shoulder, "Your Majesty, are you really so confident in me?"
Looking at Song Yunchu's smiling face, Jun Liluo raised a soft arc at the corner of his lips, "Don't worry. Are you touched, my dear?"
"I am deeply touched." Song Yunchu kissed the corner of his lips, "To thank your majesty for your trust, I have decided to reward you well."
Jun Li Luo was somewhat excited.
Could the reward Yun Chu mentioned be...
The next moment, he heard Song Yunchu say, "The day after tomorrow, I'll take you to eat spicy hot pot."
Jun Liluo: "..."
Seeing that he had no reaction, Song Yunchu couldn't help but feel a little puzzled: "We haven't eaten it for a long time, don't you miss it?"
Jun Liluo responded unhappily: "Is this the reward you mentioned?"
"What else? Didn't you like it before? If you don't want to eat this, you can eat something else. I heard that there is a new grilled fish restaurant opposite Zuixianlou that is very good."
Jun Li Luo remained silent.
Song Yunchu saw his speechless look and finally couldn't help laughing out loud.
Jun Li Luo realized that she was teasing him, so he reached out and pulled her in front of him, then lowered his head and pressed his lips against hers, making her swallow her laughter.
After their lips touched for a long time, Song Yunchu pulled away, "This is the imperial study, don't mess around."
Jun Liluo didn't continue, and just said to her: "I'll deal with you later."
Song Yunchu returned to his seat without much concern.
Little guy, it’s not certain who will deal with whom.
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The next morning, all the officials gathered in front of the hall. Jun Liluo and Song Yunchu had not arrived yet, but everyone started talking.
"I don't know if His Majesty will come to court today."
"It is really worrying that His Majesty does not allow officials to visit."
As everyone was talking, the officials standing in the back row saw a slender figure walking towards them not far away, surrounded by palace servants. It was Song Yunchu.
"Prince Ning is here."
"She's the only one again?"
"It seems that His Majesty is still feeling unwell today. He will take a rest tomorrow. I don't know what will happen the day after tomorrow..."
"Mr. Chen and the others must be extremely regretful, right? If they had known this would happen, they should not have tried their best to stop Prince Ning from being conferred a higher title. If they had not dissuaded him, Your Majesty could have come with Prince Ning, and she would not have been the only one in control of the government."
"Keep your voice down."
"You don't have to worry too much. Although Prince Ning is acting as the government official, many matters still need to be decided by Your Majesty."
"Okay, people are here, stop talking."
Seeing that Song Yunchu was approaching, everyone stopped talking and stood upright as usual.
No matter how uncomfortable you are, you still have to go to this court.
After Song Yunchu sat down, he heard the Minister of Justice say, "Your Highness, the unscrupulous merchants who cooperated with King Kang to produce Worry-Free Pills have been arrested. However, according to the intelligence sent back by those cities, the number of civilians harmed is no less than 6,000."
The Minister of Justice sighed at this point, "About 40% of them have been poisoned to the point of insanity and are beyond help. The rest are still conscious, but they have also experienced various adverse reactions from forced withdrawal, which is really a headache."
"No matter what reaction occurs, they must be completely weaned off. If necessary, even if it means trapping the victim with ropes and chains, they must not be allowed to touch the Worry-Free Pill again."
"Also, although the imperial court has issued an order to destroy this medicine, the victims paid real money to buy it. Even if their relatives stop their family members from taking it, who knows if they won't sell it to other people who need it?"
Song Yunchu's voice condensed as he said this. "Therefore, we need to remind the governors of all states that in addition to destroying all the goods in the hands of the merchants, all the homes of the victims, including their neighbors and relatives, must be searched. No one should be spared."
"But before that, we should also give some subsidies to the families of these victims. After the assets of those unscrupulous merchants are counted, they should be handed over to local government offices for custody. The government offices should also be ordered to post notices to buy back the Worry-Free Pills at 30% of the price, on a first-come, first-served basis. Once the people voluntarily hand them over, they will be destroyed on the spot and receive the subsidies."
"Your Highness, this move is too much favoritism to those foolish buyers." A minister raised an objection. "The black-hearted merchants should be severely punished, but the buyers knew that the elixir was harmful, but they still tried it. Aren't they reaping the consequences? I think they should bear the consequences themselves."
"Minister Meng is wrong. As far as I know, many of the victims are children and teenagers. They did not intentionally cause trouble to the court. In most cases, they were deceived. Your Majesty governs the world with benevolence, so the court should not abandon these inexperienced people."
Song Yunchu said in a deep voice, "The buyers are certainly wrong, but it would be too cruel to ask them to sacrifice their families. The court is lenient towards them this time, and they will be happy to cooperate with the court to eliminate the Worry-Free Pill. If such a situation occurs again after this storm subsides, in addition to severely punishing the sellers, the court will no longer support any buyers."
"I have discussed this matter with Your Majesty before. Your Majesty believes that there is nothing wrong with my decision. If we simply punish the buyers and sellers severely, it may not achieve the best results. We need to be both lenient and strict so that the people will think that the court values them."
After Song Yunchu finished speaking, Minister Meng stopped refutation.
"Your Highness, this is a very good move." The Dali Temple Minister took over the conversation with approval, and then raised another question, "Although the money in the hands of those merchants comes from the victims, most of them live extravagantly and spend money like water. If the remaining property they have is not enough to subsidize the people..."
"King Kang's property added to the national treasury is about 600,000 taels." Song Yunchu said calmly, "Order the governors of each state to investigate the property of the merchants involved and the harm suffered by the local people within half a month, and report the details to the Ministry of Revenue. The Ministry of Revenue will calculate how much silver the court needs to subsidize each place."
Song Yunchu said, looking at the person next to the Minister of Justice, "Minister Lu, this matter will be left to you."
Minister Lu cupped his hands and said, "I will definitely get it done."
Below and to the left of Song Yunchu, Manager Li had a panoramic view of the situation in the hall and felt quite emotional.
When he learned that Your Majesty wanted Prince Ning to come to court himself, he was greatly surprised and asked Your Majesty: Aren’t you worried that the ministers will embarrass Prince Ning?
His Majesty's answer is -
"It's not like Yun Chu has no followers in the court. Who can make things difficult for her? It's more like she's just mocking others."
"The old ministers were worried that I was ill, so they would never dare to cause trouble in front of the palace. Although they were not happy that Yunchu was acting as the government official, they couldn't not go to court, could they? I guess they had no other tricks except to express their dissatisfaction by fuming and glaring, or by keeping silent."
"Yun Chu has confidence, and I also have confidence in her."
Facts have proved that your majesty was right. As long as His Royal Highness Prince Ning sits at the highest point, her "aura" is enough to make everyone afraid to act rashly.
Even though the old ministers strongly disagreed with her becoming the co-king, they were now helpless against her.
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The sun was shining brightly on this holiday.
Because the emperor was "unwell", Jun Liluo couldn't go out openly, so he covered his face and pretended to be Song Yunchu's follower. The two of them rode out of the palace in Song Yunchu's carriage.
After arriving at the private room of Zuixianlou, Song Yunchu ordered a pot of their signature spicy hot pot.
"It's a taste I haven't tasted in a long time, A'Luo, you should try it too."
Looking at the bowl that Song Yunchu pushed over, Jun Liluo also picked up the chopsticks.
Not long after the two of them finished eating, they heard hurried footsteps outside the private room.
"Your Majesty, are you and Sister Yunchu free now? I have good news to tell them!" It was Zhong Nanyue's voice.
Song Yunchu said to the outside of the door: "Come in, Nanyan."
Zhong Nanyan pushed the door open and Song Yunchu saw that her face was filled with joy. He smiled and asked, "What good news?"
Zhong Nanyue asked her yesterday afternoon if she wanted to eat grilled fish together on her day off, but she had an appointment with Jun Liluo, so she said she would accompany them another day. It was dinner time now, and Zhong Nanyue and the others should have been eating fish, but she ran over happily to report the news, which showed that the good news was of great significance.
As expected——
"Dad and Rumin have been thinking about how to treat the patients poisoned by the Worry-Free Pill these days. Now, they have finally found a medicine! Some patients who volunteered to try the medicine said that their mouths were extremely bitter all day long, and the bitterness was refreshing. But the interesting thing is that after taking this medicine, they really didn't think about the Worry-Free Pill much."
When Zhong Nanyue said this, Song Yunchu and Jun Liluo both showed joy on their faces.
"Are you serious?" Song Yunchu asked, "What stage of patients is this medicine for?"
"Ruihe Hall has patients at all stages of their lives. The ones who were tested on the drugs today seem to be the most addicted. They were all tortured by the drugs and became pale and thin, but they are still conscious. I can't really explain the specific situation..."
"It's okay, we can go ask Rumin ourselves."
The group quickly left Zuixianlou.
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The backyard of Ruihe Hall was filled with the aroma of medicine.
An old man and a young man sat opposite each other at a stone table, one picking dead branches of herbs while the other pounding the herbs.
"Senior, it turns out that boiling this herb into juice will have a better effect than making it into pills."
"That's right. I didn't expect that your method is slightly better than mine."
"Senior, you are joking. We are just discussing. There is no need to discuss who wins or loses. If we must deduce who is better, my knowledge is far inferior to yours. The medicines you make are more powerful."
Hearing the admiration in Jiang Rumin's words, the Medicine King looked up at her in a good mood and said, "You are much more talkative than Nanyan."
"Senior, please don't say that. Nanyan has a straightforward personality, which is rare." Jiang Rumin said with a smile, "Anyone who makes friends with her knows that she is a very reliable person."
"Of course." Medicine King said with great joy, "This girl is good in every way except that she is not very good at talking!"
The Medicine King snorted as he spoke, "To be favored by her, I wonder how much good fortune that Chu boy must have accumulated..."
While the two were talking, Shaoyao came to report, "Miss, His Majesty and Prince Ning are here."
Jiang Rumin quickly stopped what he was doing and went forward to greet him.
She saw the two and was about to greet them when she heard Song Yunchu say, "No need to be polite. I heard from Nanyan that you have a good way to deal with the Worry-Free Pill?"
"Yes, Your Highness, follow me."
When Jiang Rumin turned around, he felt a little emotional.
How come I didn't find it before...
Your Highness's face would be extremely beautiful if you were to look at it as a woman.
Unfortunately, His Highness is still dressed as a man. He must have been afraid that the ministers would not be used to it, so he did not change his appearance.
But then again, can the prince's dragon robe be altered into a women's style?
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