"No, Madam Lian's method is good. Scarcity makes things valuable. It's a good idea." Yan Qing said.
He held the brocade box that Xie Yunjiao gave him tighter. He hadn't cared about it before, but now he cherished it very much.
If it were before, he might not be able to defeat Zhao Qian.
Ever since he used the incense given to him by Xie Yunjiao, he found that he was assisted by God when practicing martial arts. In addition, due to his own hard work, his martial arts skills improved day by day.
If he hadn't fought against Zhao Qian today, he wouldn't have known that his strength was actually above Zhao Qian's!
So he must keep the incense given by Xie Yunjiao and make good use of it.
"Mrs. Lian, the hand warmer you are holding is so special, very fragrant and smells very comfortable." Yan Ning said.
"Excuse me, but the charcoal in there is the hand warmer charcoal I made myself. It burns for a long time, retains heat well, and also has a calming effect on the mind." Xie Yunjiao said, "If you don't mind, why not give you some?"
Yan Ning gave her a very comfortable feeling. She was a real rich lady, gentle and beautiful.
Doudou also likes her very much. Since the Lantern Festival banquet, he would often mention this gentle and considerate sister in front of her.
Yan Ning was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that Xie Yunjiao had just given her some precious Lengxiang Pills and now wanted to give her hand warmer charcoal. She felt embarrassed to accept it.
If Xie Yunjiao had known that she had given him an unintentional compliment, she would not have thought of giving her anything.
"No need, the hand warmer I use is also good." Yan Ning said.
"Xiao Ning, Madam Lian is so kind, just accept it." Yan Qing suddenly said.
Yan Ning was stunned for a moment, and she looked at Yan Qing in surprise.
Normally, my brother wouldn't do this. How could he let her accept so many gifts so casually?
"If you feel embarrassed, why don't you give some gifts to Mrs. Lian as well?" Yan Qing said.
He is Yan Ning's elder brother. He has watched Yan Ning grow up since she was a child. How could he not know what she is thinking?
Yan Qing's words woke Yan Ning up from his dream, and he immediately had an idea.
Xie Yunjiao felt embarrassed. She said that the charcoal was worthless and she didn't need Yan Ning to return the gift.
Yan Qing said that he had to return the gift, as reciprocity is the only way for friendship to last.
Xie Yunjiao had no choice but to take the pile of gifts given by Yan Qing and Yan Ning and leave.
It’s really worth it to be on good terms with the Yan family. I can always leave with a bunch of gifts from them.
Originally, the Yan family was just an ordinary noble family. The father had been bedridden for a long time due to illness, and the mother had died early.
If it were someone else, their family would have fallen into poverty long ago.
But it just so happened that Yan Qing's mother's family was the richest in the world and helped them a lot. In addition, Yan Qing also had his own means, so he quickly brought the entire Yan family back to life.
The Yan family now has a high status in the capital.
Because the Yan family and the Lian family both had high status in the capital, the news of the bride swap quickly spread throughout the capital.
However, Butler Yan sent Yan Jiaer back to the Yan family and explained the whole thing. It was Baoshan from the palace who came to propose marriage without seeing the bride clearly.
He thought that as long as she was a daughter of the Yan family, it would be fine, because the entire Yan family had only one daughter, Yan Ning. But who would have thought that Yan Qing would marry his cousin, a concubine's daughter, to the Zhao family.
This is a great shame and humiliation for the Zhao family!
During the morning court session, the Fifth Prince scolded Yan Qing with tears in his eyes, calling him an unforgivable villain. He also said that he had forced a concubine's daughter into their Zhao family, causing Zhao Qian to fall ill in bed and unable to get up.
But Yan Qing refused to admit it. He said that when Baoshan came to him, he had not agreed to marry Yan Ning to Zhao Qian, and he had already rejected it in a firm attitude.
Zhao Qian is shameless, a toad wanting to eat swan flesh.
This made the Fifth Prince furious. His good son was suddenly called a toad. How could he not be angry?
His face turned pale and he fell backwards. Fortunately, someone behind him caught him and he was fine.
Seeing the Fifth Prince like this, the Emperor asked Yan Qing to give a reasonable explanation.
Yan Qing said that he was right. Who wouldn't ask clearly before getting married? He married her and slept with her, but now he refuses to admit it. The girl's innocence is gone, so how can he return her?
If everyone was like this, returning their wives if they were not satisfied with them, then the entire Kyushu Kingdom would be in chaos.
There is no law in Jiuzhou that allows women to be returned or exchanged at will.
Unexpectedly, Yan Qing, who usually looks gentle and refined, and deals with calligraphy and painting all day long, said something shocking.
Although the emperor wanted to help the Fifth Prince, Yan Qing was so tight-lipped that he couldn't do anything at all.
Later, there was a sudden urgent report that due to the sudden drop in temperature in the first month of the year, a heavy snowstorm occurred, and countless people froze to death, their farmland was destroyed, and they had no place to live.
A large number of disaster victims were pouring into the capital, and the generals defending the city asked the emperor for his opinion, asking whether they should allow these victims to enter the city.
Or open warehouses to save people?
But now the territory of Kyushu has been invaded from many sides, the wars are endless, the national treasury is seriously depleted, and there is no ability to open the warehouses to save the people.
Plus...
Someone looked in the direction of the emperor.
Recently, the emperor suddenly wanted to build an altar in the palace to pray for blessings. I heard that the altar was different from the previous ones. It had to be dug eighty-one layers underground so that all the filth could be removed from the palace.
But digging at such a deep place is not an easy task, and the workers who were responsible for digging the ground had to be replaced one after another.
Moreover, the emperor followed the invitation of the imperial teacher and wanted everything to be the best, and spent a lot of money on it over and over again.
When the emperor saw that his ministers seemed hesitant to speak, he knew that they wanted him to stop the construction of the altar.
But he won't stop, no matter who says he won't stop.
"The national treasury is empty now, and there is no way to open it." Prime Minister Xu is the emperor's confidant, and he was also the first to agree with the emperor to build an altar in the palace.
"Should we classify the disasters according to their severity and solve the problems of the victims in advance?" an official suggested.
Lian Yan and most officials strongly agreed with this proposal.
"Your Majesty, water can carry a boat but can also capsize it. The people are the water. If they..." Lian Yan was interrupted by the emperor before he could finish his words.
"Needless to say, I built the altar to pray for the people and the country. The national teacher said that as long as the altar is built and the blessing is successful, our Jiuzhou will continue to prosper." The emperor flatly rejected the proposal to suspend the construction of the altar.
"Why don't you think of a way to help me enrich the national treasury instead of stopping this and that. Even if the construction of the altar is really stopped, the national treasury will still be empty." said the emperor.
"Your Majesty, I think Prince Yan seems to have a solution." Seeing that no one cared about his affairs, the Fifth Prince stopped pretending to be dead and stood up to push Yan Qing to the top of the wave.
Yan Qing had cheated him out of a fortune, so naturally he had to repay him with an eye for an eye.
The emperor's eyes lit up. How could he have forgotten that Yan Qing had a grandfather who was the richest man in the world?
"Yan Qing's family, what do you think?" The emperor looked at Yan Qing and asked.
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