Chapter 2746 What is the Earthly Immortal Society going to do next?
Ever since Nan Yan learned about Li Bushan's situation, she felt much better and wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Zhu Feng about it.
However, Zhu Feng did not come to Yonghe Palace for several days.
He didn't even have much time to return to his own bedroom to rest.
He has been extremely busy recently. The several land policies proposed by King Wei before were tantamount to a change of course for the entire court. This was a big deal. He discussed with several ministers in the cabinet for several days before finally settling some things.
But implementation is another arduous and complicated task.
By the time these things were mostly done, Qingming Festival had already passed.
On this day, Zhu Feng was sitting in the imperial study, with Xu Qingshan, the Minister of Rites, standing before him. He asked, "How is the matter I ordered before, about going to the Da Ci'en Temple to pay tribute to Emperor Gao and Empress Gao, going?"
Xu Qingshan said, "Your Majesty, rest assured. The memorial service went on as usual and concluded successfully."
Zhu Feng nodded.
Then he asked, "Nothing unexpected happened?"
Xu Qingshan said: "No."
"That's good, you can go down."
"I will take my leave."
After Xu Qingshan left, Zhu Feng reviewed a few more memorials. At this time, Xiao Shunzi walked in from outside and said softly, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine is here."
"oh?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Feng raised his head from his memorial and said, "Let her in."
Xiao Shunzi immediately went out to pass on the message. After a while, Nan Yan came in holding a small cup. She bowed respectfully to Zhu Feng and said, "Greetings to the Emperor."
"Get up."
When Zhu Feng saw her, the weariness on his face that had been revealed from the past few days of hard work faded a little, and a slight smile appeared on his face. He said, "Why are you here?"
Nan Yan stood up and placed the small cup in her hand on the table beside her.
She whispered, "I heard that the Emperor has been busy with government affairs these past few days and hasn't had a good rest or a good meal, so I specially stewed some tonic for him."
Zhu Feng asked, "He Shou Wu stewed chicken again?"
"How could that be? Your Majesty, do you think that my little kitchen can't cook anything else?"
"That's more like it. What is it?"
Nan Yan immediately filled the small bowl with some food and brought it over. It turned out to be white fish soup. The taste was not thick, but it had an attractive fragrance. When Zhu Feng smelled it, his eyes lit up.
Nan Yan said, "The fish are getting fat these days. This fish was cooked for quite some time before it was put into the pot. The soup is really delicious."
Zhu Feng took the bowl and drank most of it in one gulp.
Nodding, he said, "Yeah, it's really good."
Nan Yan said, "The Imperial Kitchen has recently received some new mandarin fish. If the Emperor is free later, please come to Yonghe Palace to enjoy some."
Zhu Feng hesitated for a moment and said, "I have already sent word that I will go to see Concubine Shun tonight."
"Oh, oh."
"She has been feeling a little unwell these past few days, and I want to go see her."
"I understand."
Zhu Feng glanced at her and said, "Are you not unhappy?"
Nan Yan immediately laughed and said, "What are you talking about, Your Majesty?"
“…”
"It's also because I haven't thought it through enough. The Emperor usually eats at Yonghe Palace, so he should go and spend time with the other ladies in the palace. Besides, I went to see Concubine Shun yesterday. The imperial physician said she had caught a cold, and I've already asked Wang Baizhi to go with her."
Zhu Feng said, "That's good."
Nan Yan took the bowl from his hand and said, "Then, Your Majesty, would you like to drink some more?"
"Well, another half bowl."
Nan Yan went over to serve him some soup. Just as she had filled half a bowl, she heard Xiao Shunzi come in and report, "Your Majesty, Li Mo, the Junior Minister of the Imperial Household Department, is here to see you."
Hearing this, Nan Yan immediately turned around and looked at Zhu Feng.
Zhu Feng nodded at her, indicating that there was no need to be shy, and then said, "Let him in."
After a while, a young official walked in. He was probably in his early thirties, with a very handsome appearance, giving people a warm and upright feeling. When he walked in, he saw Zhu Feng sitting in the front and the imperial concubine standing beside him. He knelt down and kowtowed: "Your humble servant greets the emperor and the imperial concubine."
"Stand up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Li Mo stood up, still keeping his head down.
Zhu Feng asked, "This time, are you responsible for escorting people to Jinling Da Ci'en Temple to pay tribute to Emperor Gao and the Empress?"
"yes."
"Did the memorial ceremony go smoothly?"
"Your Majesty, rest assured. The memorial ceremony went very smoothly without any mistakes."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Feng nodded slightly.
Li Mo then continued: "But..."
"Um?"
Zhu Feng looked up at him and said, "But what?"
Li Mo said, "It has nothing to do with the memorial service. It's just that on my way back to the capital, I met many people who had lost their land. They said they were members of the Earthly Immortal Society."
"Um?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Feng frowned slightly.
"People from the Earthly Immortal Society? What were they doing when you met them?"
"These people are all coming to the capital."
"Come to the capital? What are you doing here?"
"I chatted with some of them and heard they were planning a major event for the spring. It sounded like some kind of divine decree from the earthly immortals, allocating thousands of acres of fertile land to the devout."
"oh……"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Feng narrowed his eyes slightly and said coldly, "A thousand hectares of fertile land, that's quite a big deal."
Nan Yan listened from the side and couldn't help but frown.
She hadn't seen Zhu Feng these days, so she didn't know what happened in the previous dynasty. Of course, since Zhu Feng said not to alert the enemy for the time being, he probably wouldn't touch these people.
But unexpectedly, the other party came up with a "big move".
She took a step forward, subconsciously about to say something, but Zhu Feng immediately sensed it and glanced at her sideways, signaling her to be silent. Nan Yan then remembered the admonition that concubines in the harem should not interfere in government affairs, and now was not the time for her to be alone with Zhu Feng, so she immediately swallowed her words back.
Zhu Feng asked, "Hasn't I already issued a new land policy? Why are these people still so anxious?"
Li Mo said softly, "I just returned to the capital and learned that the emperor has issued a new land policy for the benefit of the people."
“…”
"But I'm afraid these documents are still on the way."
“…”
"Even if the document reaches the various provincial capitals, it still needs to be passed down through the ranks by officials, and finally implemented by the petty officials. But right now, the common people naturally don't know about it."
“…”
Zhu Feng frowned again.
He murmured, "It seems like he got there before me."
Li Mo lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything more.
Zhu Feng was silent for a moment, then said, "Alright, I understand. You did a great job. Go down."
"yes."
Li Mo saluted them both again, then turned and walked out.
As soon as the door to the imperial study closed, Nan Yan immediately turned to Zhu Feng and said, "Your Majesty, what is this Earthly Immortal Society planning?"
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