Chapter 556: Making the Northern Phoenix Emperor Bleed
"You two are acting like street shrews, brawling openly in the court. Sir Zhang, this plan is feasible. After the court session, come with me to the imperial study."
Murong Li immediately spoke up to interrupt the noise in the court. These old guys have no skills at all and only know how to talk.
When the court officials saw that Murong Li was angry, they immediately shut up.
Murong Li looked at the sarcastic old minister and said coldly, "Lord Li is old. Don't come from tomorrow."
"ah?"
Lord Li was confused. Why did the emperor dismiss him from his post?
"Your Majesty, have I done anything wrong?"
Lord Li immediately knelt down and questioned.
Murong Li's face darkened. "You still dare to question me? Don't you see what you have been doing all day? You can't just sit here and wait for death."
Lord Li's face was pale. He stammered a few times and lowered his head reluctantly.
He was just a man who lived a life of idleness and waiting to die in the court. As soon as he was too old to walk, he resigned.
Unexpectedly, the new emperor was different from the retired emperor. He showed no mercy and kicked people away when they were no longer useful.
But, he was a minister, and the emperor only dismissed him from office and did not take his life, so he had no choice but to accept it.
Otherwise, if the king gets angry, his head will be in danger.
Other ministers like Lord Li became panic-stricken when they saw that the emperor was targeting these old ministers.
They have witnessed the new emperor's tyrannical methods. It is no longer possible to just sit there and wait for death in front of him. They must make some achievements in order to stay in the court.
As long as he remains in the court, his family will remain glorious.
In an instant, the court was as quiet as a chicken. No one dared to laugh, and no one dared to plead for Lord Li.
Finally, today's court meeting ended like this.
After the court session, Murong Li called Shangshu Zhang to his study, took out a picture, and the two of them began to study it.
Even though Xifeng Country seems to be a peaceful and prosperous country now, there are actually quite a few bandits and robbers everywhere.
The two studied for a long time and identified ten bandit dens and two water snake dens.
Sending troops to suppress bandits also requires money. You can't let the soldiers go barefoot and hungry. As a last resort, Murong Li asked Su Yue to borrow money again.
Su Yue became angry as she saw the wealth in the space becoming less and less.
After rummaging for a long time, he took out two treasures from his collection and gave them to Murong Li, asking him to exchange them for silver.
"Thank you, Yue'er."
Murong Li hugged Su Yue and kissed her hard.
Su Yue rolled her eyes at him and said, "Find another part from my collection, and keep the most precious one for me."
To save him from asking her for money every now and then, which would make her feel unhappy every time he asked, it would be better to let him take enough at once.
"No, no, the sale of these two items will be enough to cover the expenses of the soldiers sent to suppress the bandits. As long as they return from suppressing the bandits, the national treasury will be filled up a little more."
Su Yue rolled her eyes at him. How much could they possibly get from suppressing the bandits? It was estimated that the value of all the things they seized would not be as high as what he had in his hands.
It was just to suppress bandits, which would also benefit the people, so Su Yue went with them.
Murong Li took the things and left the space in a hurry, looking for the secret guards and asking them to take away the two things.
Only then did he remember that he had left Prince Beifeng alone in the inn. After thinking about it, he asked someone to invite him into the imperial study.
"Meet the Western Phoenix Emperor!"
As soon as Prince Beifeng came in, he bowed to Murong Li.
Murong Li only glanced at him calmly and asked, "Prince Beifeng returned because of Princess Zhaoyang?"
He hates playing Tai Chi with others the most and prefers to speak directly.
Prince Dongfeng was shocked: "What happened to Princess Zhaoyang?"
Murong Li's face turned cold, and a murderous aura rose from his face. He stared coldly at the Crown Prince of Beifeng: "Princess Zhaoyang was so bold that she dared to assassinate my queen. She almost killed two people. How do you think we should settle this with the Beifeng Kingdom?"
"Ah? Why is she so bold?"
Prince Beifeng was so shocked that he almost fainted. This Zhaoyang was really crazy. She actually dared to assassinate the queen of Xifeng. Didn’t she know that the queen was the apple of the emperor’s eye? She was so stupid.
Do you think that if you kill the queen, Emperor Xifeng will marry her?
People will only use this to destroy the Beifeng Kingdom.
Prince Beifeng wailed in his heart, wondering how he would go back and explain to his father.
If this matter is not handled properly, he will have no business being the crown prince.
Murong Li snorted coldly: "She is quite bold. Since Prince Beifeng has come for her, how do you think this matter should be handled?"
"this?"
Prince Beifeng hesitated. This matter was too big. To be honest, he really couldn't make the decision.
"Well, in reply to the Western Phoenix Emperor, I must return to the Northern Phoenix Kingdom and report this matter to my father, the Emperor, who will make the final decision. The Western Phoenix Emperor can state your request, and I will take it back."
Murong Li glanced at the Crown Prince Beifeng. Such a useless Crown Prince Beifeng. The Emperor Beifeng was really blind to choose such a cowardly person to be the crown prince.
Do we need to go back and tell Emperor Bei Feng about this?
If it were someone else, they would definitely advocate killing Princess Zhaoyang and then paying some compensation, and the matter would be over.
He replied, "That's fine. Princess Zhaoyang is in my prison anyway, so I won't kill her anytime soon. Prince Beifeng, go back and tell the Emperor Beifeng whether he wants Princess Zhaoyang to return alive or not. I have only one condition: if you want Princess Zhaoyang to return alive, you must exchange her for a corresponding price. Otherwise, I will kill her and then seek justice from the Emperor Beifeng. My Queen can't be injured in vain, so go and come back quickly."
When the time comes, he will ask for a huge sum of money and make the Northern Phoenix Emperor bleed heavily.
"Yes, then I'll take my leave!"
Prince Beifeng took a deep breath and hurried out of the imperial study. After leaving the palace, he did not stop at all and rushed to Beifeng Kingdom without stopping.
That damn Zhaoyang actually stabbed Queen Xifeng. She was really asking for death. I thought she was just an assassination attempt.
In the space, Su Yue looked at the food crops that filled the space. All the money had been taken away by Murong Li. There was still a lot of food in the space, as well as various poultry. It was really slow to turn these food into cash by relying on a restaurant.
But these vegetables and meats are fresh and have a short shelf life. It will take a long time to transport them to other places. Otherwise, she will have to open restaurants in the other three countries so that she can make money quickly.
How will she monetize this?
Oh, by the way, Murong Li recruited a large number of people to build the project, why not use these food and meat as wages to pay the workers.
Aren’t the money they earn from work also used to buy food and meat?
As for meat, just make dried meat. Murong Li has so many people, just move them into the space, or just open a workshop.
Yes, that’s it. She’s so smart.
Su Yue clapped her hands and quickly left the space to wait for Murong Li to come back so that she could tell him.
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