"How to deal with it? Your Majesty, are you asking me?" Xiang Hua was speechless. She was not the emperor. She was already tired from attending court, and now she had to help him deal with state affairs.
This is simply outrageous!
"Well, Lord Xiang is resourceful, intelligent, far-sighted, and extremely smart..."
In order to get her help, the emperor showered her with compliments.
"Stop, stop, stop!" Xiang Hua interrupted him hastily, "I'm still young, I don't want to be extremely smart."
The emperor was tactful enough to shut up and looked at Xiang Hua eagerly, blinking his eyes, constantly exuding his masculine charm.
Xianghua turned her head with difficulty and looked at the butterfly on the ground.
"This person from Xiangxiang Country has been sent here. Let's just pretend we don't know her identity."
The emperor's heart tightened, "No, if she becomes my concubine, will I still have a way to survive?"
"Your Majesty, please listen to me. There are three thousand beauties in the harem. You are busy with state affairs and you don't have time to visit every concubine."
The emperor understood what she meant by this. "You are ignoring her, right? This is what I am best at."
Although there were three thousand beauties in the harem, only a few of them could be favored regularly. Many of them were forgotten by him, and some he didn't even recognize when he met them.
"Yes, not only should we ignore her, but we should also not provide her with spices and powders, lest she not be able to get the emperor's care and harm others. If she looks for a eunuch, that will be useless. If she seduces a guard or something, it will also be very dangerous."
Xiang Hua spoke very clearly and the emperor looked at her with admiration.
This woman is really extraordinary, she is such a wise woman.
"What you said is absolutely right, my dear minister. I will do as you say. As for the Xiangxiang Kingdom, how should I respond?" asked the emperor.
Xiang Hua held his forehead and sighed, "You have to ask me this? What do the civil and military officials do for a living? Are the Prime Minister and Sima Da just decorations? They take the salary but do nothing?"
Sima Ruhua lowered his head and dared not speak. He really wanted to say that the emperor had not paid their salaries for three months.
Put it off today until tomorrow, put it off tomorrow until the day after tomorrow, put it off the day after tomorrow until next week, and then put it off next week until next month.
Xiang Hua didn't say anything, but the emperor just looked at her eagerly and kept winking at her.
Seeing that the emperor's eyes were about to break from blinking, Xiang Hua finally spoke helplessly.
"Just give the Xiangxiang Kingdom a normal reply, saying that the princess Huadie who married into the country is virtuous, intelligent and graceful, and so on. Then emphasize that the friendship between the two countries is indestructible, and finally look forward to the future of the two countries, which is bright, that's it."
As soon as Xiang Hua finished speaking, the emperor started to flatter her, "Lord Xiang has lived up to everyone's expectations. Eunuch Liu, please write this down."
"Your Majesty, I have already taken note of it." Eunuch Liu is not only good at cutting people's tongues, but also good at recording, recording everything.
Starting from recording the emperor's daily eating, drinking, defecating and urinating, to how many times the emperor got up at night and how many times he snored, everything could be recorded clearly.
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In the next few days, Hua Hudie was unable to see the emperor, nor could she get the spices and powder.
Without spices and pollen, the butterfly not only fails to attract any butterflies and bees, but her appearance also changes dramatically.
A person who was as beautiful as a fairy suddenly began to grow old.
The skin became sallow, the hair lost its luster, and the figure became less slender.
In just a few days, Hua Hudie turned from a young girl into an old and ugly woman.
The emperor was shocked when he accidentally met her in the imperial garden, and he immediately sent her to the cold palace.
Hua Hudie had to live a life of raising chickens in the cold palace. The Emperor Dagua never kept idle people in his harem, and the neglected concubines had to work to earn their own food.
(Hua Hudie raises chickens that cluck, not some random kind.)
The Xiangxiang Kingdom thought they had successfully deceived Emperor Dagua, and waited day and night for the news that Emperor Dagua was paralyzed.
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The butterfly issue was resolved, and Xianghua's mule also recovered.
She went back to her life of cursing her mother every day, but still had to go to court.
She curses the emperor every day, but is very attentive every month, just like a social animal working as a worker.
That morning she stayed in bed as usual and took naps one after another.
The system shouted anxiously: [Host, wake up quickly, are you going to be late for court? ]
Xiang Hua turned over and said: [If justice can be late, why can't I be late for court? ]
System: [Host, if you don't go to court, you won't make any money, so you'd better work hard. ]
[Go work, work in a job that is not defined. Work in a job where you can't see tomorrow, work in a job where you can't earn money. Work in a job that makes you crazy and you love it.]
[Host, that's what I said, but, but today is the day to pay salaries. ]
[Pay salary?! Damn it, I can’t be late! ]
Xiang Hua jumped up from the bed, put on her clothes hastily and went out.
The atmosphere in the court today is very good, and everyone has a kind expression on their face.
Xiang Hua stood at her seat and looked around.
[Xiaogua, did my wish for world peace come true today? Why do I feel like everyone is too gentle and kind. ]
The system reminded: [Host, are you confused from sleeping?! I just reminded you that today is the day to pay salaries. Who doesn't like to get salaries? It's normal for everyone to be happy.]
Xiang Hua rolled her eyes silently: [These old men, they usually talk about benevolence, righteousness, morality, and how subjects should die for their kings and sacrifice themselves for their country. After hearing so much, I thought they didn't like money.]
System: [That's called high emotional intelligence, and good at speaking.]
Xianghua: [Ah, yes, yes, you are right. ]
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Today's court meeting went very quickly. Civil and military officials all agreed with every decision made by the emperor, and there was hardly any voice of opposition.
The emperor also had a smile on his face. He thought he was becoming more and more wise and powerful, but he didn't know that all the civil and military officials in the court just wanted to finish the morning court as soon as possible and then wait for him to pay their salaries.
"My dear ministers, if there is nothing else to do today, the morning court session ends here."
The Emperor had just dealt with the last memorial, and today's morning court session lasted a full two hours shorter than usual.
It was still early, so he could invite the Queen to dance and have lunch.
When they heard this, everyone looked at each other in confusion. Did the emperor not intend to give them salaries?
Eunuch Liu coughed lightly a few times. He wanted to remind the emperor but didn't dare to.
"Eunuch Liu, are you sick? If you are sick, stay away from me." The emperor did not want to catch a cold and delay his dance with the empress.
Prime Minister Gongsun Tudou stepped forward several times and retreated several times.
He had urged several times regarding the payment of salaries.
He was afraid that if he pressed the matter again this time, the emperor would get angry and send him to jail.
A group of people were very angry, but no one dared to stand up and speak out.
Suddenly, Xiang Hua's voice was heard in the court.
[Why hasn't the emperor paid me my salary yet? Is he trying to embezzle my small fortune? No way, no way, has the emperor become so stingy that he is so crazy? ]
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