Chapter 305: Unexpected Gains
But if even the Miao people who created the poison can’t detoxify it, what else can we do?
Ji Yunshu looked at Zhao Shen. He was still as handsome as ever. When his beautiful peach blossom eyes looked at her, they were no longer as cold as usual, but filled with indescribable tenderness.
She stroked his eyebrows with her fingertips and said firmly: "You are right, let's work together to find a solution. We will definitely be able to solve it."
Zhao Shen kissed her forehead: "Okay, let's do it together."
The two roasted a pheasant in the cave and came out to find a way after they were full.
The vegetation outside was lush, but there was no sign of human activity.
Ji Yunshu couldn't help but ask, "This should be below the mausoleum, right? Why is it so deserted?"
Zhao Shen studied the surrounding vegetation and soil with great interest, and said with a smile, "I'm afraid Zhebie doesn't know that the mechanism is underneath here. We might even get some unexpected wealth on this trip."
"Unexpected wealth?" Ji Yunshu's eyes lit up as he looked around the area. "Are you saying the so-called treasure is here?"
Zhao Shen handed Ji Yunshu a bead he had just dug out of the soil. "Nine out of ten, this place must be underneath the mausoleum. And there's only one entrance, so it's not easy to get in. That's why neither the Miao people nor Lin Huixue have found it."
Ji Yunshu wiped the beads clean with a handkerchief and was immediately surprised.
It turned out to be an emerald the size of a thumb, emitting a faint green light under the sunlight.
"This..." Ji Yunshu couldn't help but look at the ground, "Is there anything else?"
Zhao Shen was amused by her reaction: "If it is really that batch of treasures, there should be more."
Ji Yunshu suddenly became interested: "Is it buried underground? Can we dig it out?"
Zhao Shen looked at the nearby terrain and said, "Don't worry, let's go out first and come back to dig after the matter in Southern Xinjiang is settled."
Ji Yunshu understood what he meant. The situation in southern Xinjiang was complicated now. Lin Huixue had been planning for many years and was determined to get this batch of treasures. The people of southern Xinjiang would not let them take these things away easily.
When everything is settled, this place will be the territory of Daxia, and everything dug out from it will belong to the court, and they can take it away with justification.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but wonder, "This is too coincidental. Could it be that Chief Zhebie did this on purpose?"
The Miao people had hidden their treasure for hundreds of years, and they just happened to come across it.
That's not how pie in the sky falls.
Zhao Shen said, "He has no reason to do this. If they had known the treasure was here earlier, the Miao people wouldn't have waited so many years."
Ji Yunshu thought about it and said, "So this can be considered a blessing in disguise for us."
She couldn't help but hug Zhao Shen and kiss him excitedly. His observation ability was too strong. If she was here alone, she would definitely not have noticed it.
Zhao Shen shook his head and laughed, "Are you so happy? These must be submitted to the court."
Ji Yunshu didn't care: "It's a good thing for the court to have money."
Today's Daxia is still too poor. There is not much money in the treasury, and many policies that benefit the people cannot be implemented.
The people’s lives will become increasingly difficult in the future, and the court will be able to get things done more easily if it has money.
Zhao Shen rubbed her head without saying anything.
Even though he said that, as he continued walking forward, Ji Yunshu couldn't help but pay attention to his feet, wanting to see if he could pick up anything else.
Unfortunately, her eyesight was really poor, but Zhao Shen picked up a few thumb-sized pearls and a gold ingot.
Ji Yunshu was a little jealous: "Why can you pick it up?"
Those things were all in the soil and looked no different from stones. Ji Yunshu didn't know why he could tell them apart.
Zhao Shen explained with a smile: "The sun is shining brightly today. Jewelry and gold always look a little different when they are illuminated by it."
Ji Yunshu: "I thought you had X-ray vision."
Zhao Shen was helpless: "Okay, I'll give you everything I found. If you want, we'll ask the emperor for some when the items are sent back to the capital."
"Can I still ask the Emperor for it?"
Ji Yunshu was a little surprised, as these things should have gone into the national treasury.
Zhao Shen smiled and said, "We discovered the things. The emperor will reward us according to our merits, and I want some. For such a contribution, the emperor will definitely be more willing to give us jewelry and gold and silver than other rewards."
Ji Yunshu understood. She was a female relative and there was really nothing to reward her with. Zhao Shen was a third-rank Jingzhao Yin when he started his official career, so it was not suitable for him to be promoted in the short term. Therefore, rewarding her with gold and silver was indeed the most appropriate.
"That feels a bit unfair."
Zhao Shen embraced her and said, "This is unexpected wealth. If you think about the emperor's current situation, you won't feel that you are at a loss."
The fighting broke out in southern Xinjiang. Ji Yunshu had heard before that Mobei was also restless. Fortunately, during the New Year, Mobei invaded but was beaten back by his father and brother. Now they dare not invade on a large scale.
But we must take necessary precautions.
The national treasury was empty, but the consumption of military supplies and food was greater than in previous years.
Although the court was supported by ministers, there were also people with ulterior motives.
We need to strike a balance, but also be cautious at all times.
"The emperor is truly not human."
Ji Yunshu sighed.
"Isn't it much better to think about it this way?"
Ji Yunshu could tell that he was favoring the emperor and snorted, "Being the emperor has many advantages anyway. Other men only have three wives and four concubines, but he can have seventy-two concubines in his harem."
Zhao Shen covered his face. "How on earth did the emperor offend you to make you frame him like this? What seventy-two concubines? The women in his harem are even fewer than the average family's backyard in the capital. Besides, having more women isn't necessarily a good thing."
Ji Yunshu squinted at him, "Really? I thought you men all yearned for the days of being drunk on a beautiful woman's lap and waking up to rule the world."
"Where did you hear that? If possible, the Emperor would love to be with the Empress alone. Isn't that clear to you?"
Ji Yunshu was of course aware that Emperor Jingming had often gotten angry with the Queen Mother for the Empress's sake.
"Then he also slept with the Saint of Southern Xinjiang?"
Although she also admitted that Ning Huanyi was pretty, there were many beauties in the world and the emperor couldn't take them all.
Zhao Shen noticed that she seemed to be particularly concerned about this matter, so he explained: "The emperor has no relationship with Concubine Yi, and she is not pregnant with the emperor's child. I didn't tell you before because I was afraid that Miss Qiyun would find out."
He had known Qiyun's hostility towards Ning Huanyi from the beginning.
Ji Yunshu was stunned. Although she had long guessed that the emperor did not favor Ning Huanyi as much as he appeared to be, she thought that the two of them had had sex because they were drugged.
Who would have thought that Ning Huanyi was not pregnant with the emperor's child.
You have to know that confusing the royal bloodline is a crime that is enough to lead to the confiscation of property and the extermination of the clan.
"How could that be? Then why did the Emperor confer the title on her, and whose child is she carrying?"
Ji Yunshu couldn't help but ask.
Zhao Shen kept the suspense going, "You can't even guess that? Don't you already know everything about the situation in Southern Xinjiang? Think about how she got into the palace. What's the point of having a child?"
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