Chapter 23: Sikong Ce, the Remnant of the Former Dynasty (1/2)



Song Yaoyao looked indifferent and said:

"Stand up, don't kneel all the time. When no one is around, you don't need to be polite."

"yes."

Song Yaoyao looked very arrogant and continued:

"Bi Tao, serve your young lady well, and you will get benefits in the future!"

"yes."

After dinner, Song Yaoyao went to bed early, closed her eyes, and wanted to fall asleep quickly so as not to be unable to wake up the next day.

Maybe, because she slept too much during the day, Song Yaoyao tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.

Song Yaoyao resisted the urge to look at the words, closed her eyes, and began to count:

"One sheep, two sheep, three sheep... one thousand one hundred and eighteen sheep... three thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight sheep..."

After an unknown amount of time, Song Yaoyao finally fell asleep.

Song Yaoyao felt that she had not slept for long when Bitao came to wake her up.

Song Yaoyao closed her eyes and let Bitao wash and dress her up.

Just as I finished washing up, Minister Song arrived.

Seeing Song Yaoyao walking with her eyes closed and supported by the maids, Minister Song squatted down resignedly, carried Song Yaoyao and walked away.

Just like yesterday, Song Yaoyao was stuffed into the carriage, and she found a comfortable place and continued to sleep.

The carriage stopped and after getting off, Minister Song continued to carry Song Yaoyao towards the palace gate.

Today, when seeing Minister Song and his daughter, none of the ministers rushed to get close to them and make things uncomfortable.

Yesterday, Lord Yan provoked this girl. I heard that he had to pay two boxes of things and 1,000 taels of silver as compensation. Only then was he forgiven.

If you mess with this girl, you will lose a lot of money.

They can't afford to offend!

At the palace gate, Song Yaoyao was let down and left to walk on her own.

After arriving at the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Song Yaoyao went to find Lord Jiang on her own accord.

Lord Jiang looked at Song Yaoyao and gave her repeated instructions before going about his own business.

As soon as the court started today, someone stood up:

"Your Majesty, recently, continuous rainfall in the Jiangnan area has caused the dams of many river sections to collapse due to floods, resulting in tragic casualties, homes being destroyed, and thousands of acres of fertile land on both sides of the river being submerged..."

Song Yaoyao also felt distressed when she heard this.

Although, she wanted to give up, but she couldn't watch so many innocent people lose their lives!

At this time, the emperor's voice was heard:

"Minister of Revenue."

The Minister of Revenue took a step forward and said, "I am here."

"How much silver is left in the treasury now?"

"One hundred thousand taels."

"What? Why is it so little?"

"Your Majesty, some time ago, 200,000 taels were allocated to the frontier military camps, and then another 50,000 taels were allocated to repair the imperial palace, and there is also..."

The emperor interrupted the Minister of Revenue:

"You don't have to say it, I know."

The emperor's face was full of worry. There were only 100,000 taels of silver in the national treasury. If all this silver was used for disaster relief, then if the country needed silver urgently, where would he get the silver?

No one spoke in the hall. Everyone was waiting for the emperor's decision. You could hear a pin drop.

Song Yaoyao had been recording all the time, but suddenly there was no sound. She looked up and saw that everyone had a sad look on their faces.

Song Yaoyao called Guagua:

[Guagua, what's going on? Why is no one talking? ]

【宿㹏, it’s all because of poverty.

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