Chapter 144 Do I Look Like a Tyrant?
Lu Xinran happily touched the change in her palm, which would be the money for her to support a young hunk in the future.
She needs to work harder!
Everyone's attention was focused on the fact that the Zhang sisters were summoned into the palace, and they were not paying attention to paying the silver.
Pei was always thinking about the Zhang family and always felt that the insect was a little weird.
If those worms were really useful, why didn't the girls in their house have such strange feelings towards those two men?
But if it is useless, then Qi Shouzheng... is really unlucky, and is it possible that all his family members have some hidden illness?
All the government offices in the capital had been keeping an eye on the situation at the imperial palace. Even when the palace gates were about to be closed in the evening, there was still no sign of the Zhang sisters appearing outside the palace gates.
Didn’t the emperor really take her into his harem?
In the harem, there was chaos at this time.
The emperor was extremely curious about the so-called parasites, so he asked the empress to summon all the concubines in the harem to Changchun Palace.
He also asked Eunuch Fu to summon the palace maids from various palaces to the square outside the Fengtian Palace.
Whether it was Lu Xinran's inner voice or the sudden appearance of the insect, they were both unexpected events that were difficult for him to control.
Although he was not considered a great and glorious person in his heart, he actually gained a lot of benefits.
Doesn't he know what kind of people the officials in the court are?
The reason why we have not been able to raid the man's house and bring him to justice is because of the mutual protection among officials.
Even as an emperor, there are many things that he can't do anything about.
With that voice in mind, many of the guys he had long wanted to take action against have already "contributed" all their wealth, and he believes that the rest are on the way.
He gained far more from his voice than he gave.
Which man is not romantic, especially when he is an emperor.
For the sake of the stability of the country, what's wrong with letting down one or two daughters!
The past between him and the empress was far from what Lu Xinran saw from the system.
In his heart, he never felt that he was wrong, so he no longer cared about the contempt in his heart.
We can benefit from our voices and systems, but what about this so-called parasite?
If this insect is very useful, then he might be able to use it to control the foreign tribes outside the Great Wall.
If we could control all the leaders of those fierce tribes, wouldn't we be able to save most of the money spent on the border every year?
Whenever the emperor thought about saving money, his eyes would shine like torches as he looked at the concubines in the palace while he was standing in Changchun Palace.
The queen looked at the concubines below and yawned in boredom while covering her face.
The emperor was truly blinded by greed. If this insect was really useful, why would the Zhang family still be a small family?
I heard that... Wang couldn't even hear Lu Xinran's thoughts.
The family property was so poor that they could not even gather together five thousand taels of silver. Even if the insect really had miraculous effects, Wang was afraid that she could not afford to keep it.
But if it costs a huge price, then what use can this insect be?
The queen yawned again in disinterest. After waiting for a long time for the emperor to leave with the Zhang sisters in disappointment, she waved her hand to signal the concubines to go back.
The emperor had to deal with two worms for a whole day. He must have eaten too much salt and was idle.
On the morning of the second day after Zhang Yuhe and her sister entered the palace, Wang was brought into the palace by palace servants.
Entering the palace with her were Lu Xinran and her sister.
Although Lu Xinran felt sorry for the empress and hated the emperor's promiscuity, but... letting her eat the melon in front of him was still very worthy of praise!
Although she didn't understand why she was called to the palace, she had no connection with Wang and Zhang Yuhe, but the temptation of eating melons in front of them could blind everything!
Wang looked at the towering palace gate, and felt the same as Zhang Yuhe and her sister.
One day, she will be the boss!
She wants to make all those who look down on them pay the price.
The three of them met in front of the palace gate. Wang looked at the sisters walking slowly towards her, and with doubt in her heart, she quickly turned around and waited for the palace maids from Yongshou Palace to come and take her into the palace.
Lu Xinran looked at Wang's again and again. If there was an annual list in this time and space, Wang's would definitely be on the list!
Those who were with her included not only Zhou Hanwen and his son, people from the Rong Enbo Mansion, but also the poor and arrogant Pang family, the Liu family, and Concubine Shu.
The young eunuch was an old acquaintance of the two sisters, and when he saw them he took the initiative to step forward and greet them.
Lu Xinlan smiled and waved his hand, then handed a purse to the young eunuch in front of everyone.
"These are the spices you asked me to get for you last time. They just arrived in the shop, so I asked my servants to find some and bring them here."
The young eunuch was also a smart man. Upon hearing what she said, he immediately opened his purse and poured out the spices inside.
"It is indeed the best, thank you Miss Lu!"
Wang watched the three of them chatting and laughing while leaving her aside, and she couldn't help but feel resentful in her heart.
But the imperial palace was a place where the powerful were flattered and the weak were looked down upon. The young eunuch had no impression of her at all. Seeing her shabby clothes, he did not think she had a distinguished family background. His eyes had become cold and hard when he spoke to her.
"Follow us. This palace is not a place for you to wander around."
Wang nodded slightly with a feeling of humiliation, and followed the two sisters closely with resentment.
In the Changshou Palace, the Empress Dowager looked at the enthusiastic Emperor and was speechless with a headache.
"Emperor, you didn't handle your official duties yesterday, did you? The memorials in the Wenhua Palace are piling up. You can't just ignore them and become a tyrant."
The smile on the emperor's face froze, and he turned back to look at his mother in disbelief.
"Do I look like a tyrant?"
The Queen Mother nodded and yawned in boredom.
"You can't understand such an obvious truth. Either you are harboring unrealistic hopes, or you are using this as an excuse to avoid public duties. Whichever one..."
The Queen Mother gave face and did not finish her words.
The emperor's expression changed again and again, and finally he hummed in frustration.
"My son does have some extravagant hopes. Mother, we spend too much money on the border town every year."
If some of this money could be saved and allocated to other matters, the national strength of the Chu would definitely be significantly improved.
By that time, he wouldn't need to care about these "evil ways" that were laughed at by others. He could let Qi Yu lead the troops to flatten all the tribes outside the Great Wall and expand the territory of Da Chu.
As soon as Lu Xinran approached the Yongshou Palace system, these thoughts appeared.
[He was not blinded by lust and knew how to be a good emperor who expanded the territory.]
[It's a pity for the Queen. I'm just a little girl, I don't understand those grand plans and ambitions, I can only sympathize with the Queen's experience in the past year. ]
[If the emperor could release the empress from the palace and let her live a free and happy life as an ordinary citizen, I would never complain about him again and would work hard to help him! ]
【According to the findings so far, the system is useful for more than just eating melons. It can solve cases, help people recall their past, catch corrupt officials, and add money to the national treasury. In the future, wouldn't it be possible to discover treason through the system?】
[Although the old-timers in the capital city know how to protect themselves, they are careless. What if they want to follow the emperor or become the emperor themselves?]