He made it clear that he had decided not to let any concubine sleep with him, so that Jiang Yan could rest assured. He would go and persuade the imperial concubine not to act like this, and would not let any bad rumors about her be spread in the harem. This was how Jiang Yan was appeased.
Although Jiang Yan was injured and could not sleep with him, the two of them spent a long time together before Jiang Yan returned to his own palace.
Of course, she was still angry about the two vases Xu Jinyi brought back, and remembered that Xu Jinyi showed them off to everyone.
She felt upset because she saw that it was treated like garbage and given to others as a reward.
There was no other way, the emperor could only give her some rewards from his private treasury.
Looking at his private treasury which was half gone and the national treasury which was almost empty, the emperor could no longer stand it.
Then he thought of Xu Jinyi and went to the imperial concubine's palace.
Xu Jinyi was holding a pot of soil and watering it very carefully.
The emperor walked in and sat down directly to pour himself some tea. He sighed as he drank, waiting for Xu Jinyi to ask him what was the matter.
If this had happened in the past, Xu Jinyi would have enthusiastically stepped forward to ask and then helped him solve the problem.
However, after drinking several cups of tea, the imperial concubine did not make any movement.
The emperor could only stand up and walk hesitantly, sighing with sorrow.
"Your Majesty's sighs have ruined my good mood for the day. Did Your Majesty come here just to make me sigh with you?"
The imperial concubine was so cold that she didn't even look at her and was still fiddling with her pot of soil.
The emperor seemed to have been insulted and was a little angry: "I have been here for so long and the concubine has not asked a single question. How can a flower pot with a pile of dirt be more important than me?"
"I can tell from the moment I hear that Your Majesty is worried about the affairs of the previous dynasty. How can a concubine like me help? What good will it do if I ask?"
Xu Jinyi's almond-shaped eyes stared at the flowerpot in front of her with a smile, as if she was looking at something important, very focused.
Xu Jinyi was too lazy to deal with the emperor. After all, no matter how excessive her behavior was, would the emperor dare to kill her?
The Emperor, having hit a wall with the Imperial Concubine for the first time, had a grim expression on his face. He began to question her, "You are my beloved concubine, can't you share my worries? Wars are constantly raging, droughts are raging, and the treasury is empty. Your luxurious palace is truly excessive and wasteful."
Xu Jinyi chuckled softly, and her curved eyebrows looked very beautiful.
"All I've spent in the past few years since I entered the palace has been money from my parents' family. Although Your Majesty has given me many rewards, the most valuable one was given yesterday. I'm afraid it's not even worth the money my parents' family has sent me."
"To be honest, I still feel guilty. I am in the palace, spending my parents' money, and asking them to do so many things without giving them any benefits. I will not be able to face them in the future to ask them to promote anyone."
"By the way, Your Majesty, by saying this, does he want me to return all the rewards I received yesterday?"
Xu Jinyi showed a look of surprise and disbelief on her face, which made the emperor avoid her sight in embarrassment.
She couldn't even open her mouth to ask her to subsidize the national treasury.
When the emperor heard her talk about promoting people again, he suppressed his dissatisfaction.
"You are the most favored daughter of the Xu family. They will feel at ease only when you are doing well. They will definitely not blame you. If you don't ask them to do anything, they will think that you are alienated from them."
Xu Jinyi lowered his head, his eyes filled with coldness.
When she looked up again, Xu Jinyi nodded in agreement: "I think so too, but family affection will always wear away, and we can't just not give any benefits at all."
"So I am planning to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to collect the monthly allowance that I haven't received for three years."
"When my father and the others see that I am not just asking them to do things, but I am thinking about them, then I will definitely pay more attention to the efficiency of the work."
The emperor's face suddenly changed. He held his breath and his face turned the color of liver.
After listening to her everything, he felt that it made sense. This way, the Xu family would know how much he doted on the imperial concubine, and they would be more loyal to him and work for him.
There are gains and losses, and the emperor only hesitated for a moment before nodding in agreement.
Xu Jinyi called Xier over and asked her to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to collect her monthly allowance. She was a noble concubine, and her monthly allowance was eight hundred taels.
In order to make her more special, the emperor raised her monthly allowance to one thousand taels.
In three years, that would be tens of thousands of taels of silver, which is a lot, and it would be enough to make the emperor feel distressed for a while.
Somehow, looking at the imperial concubine's gorgeous yet cold face, the emperor always felt that she was more beautiful than before, and he didn't seem to dislike her as much as before.
However, he was a little uncomfortable with such a cold imperial concubine.
Thinking of the imperial concubine's arrangement to sleep with him, the emperor felt a little depressed and spoke tentatively.
"I heard that you arranged for Concubine An to sleep with you today. Is that true?"
Xu Jinyi smiled and said, "Well, I have thought deeply about this for a long time. Your Majesty treats me so well, wants to give me the position of Empress, and is willing to respect me, leaving the consummation of the marriage until after the ceremony. I am very touched."
"So I can't be so selfish. Your Majesty, please favor your other sisters first. I won't be jealous."
Xu Jinyi looked as if he was thinking about the emperor so much that he couldn't bring himself to say no.
"I know how the concubine feels about me, but what if another concubine gives birth to a child first?"
"I only want to leave the throne to our children."
Xu Jinyi was touched: "It doesn't matter. Even if he is not the eldest prince, he can still be the crown prince."
Not wanting to talk to the emperor anymore, Xu Jinyi poured him a cup of tea personally, watched him finish drinking it, and told him with a bright face to go back and wait for him in the evening.
Seeing that the emperor had drunk enough tea, Xu Jinyi's smile deepened.
Xier quickly brought back 3,600 taels of gold from the Imperial Household Department.
The heavy gold was so bright under the sunlight that it was blinding.
Now, the news of the emperor rewarding the imperial concubine has spread throughout the harem.
That night, the emperor took out the aphrodisiac incense that he had asked the imperial physician to prepare long ago.
He is the emperor, and it is only a matter of time before he favors his concubines, so the aphrodisiac incense and the assassins who will take his place have been prepared long ago.
He had used this method to favor the concubines in the harem before, but these women were not the ones he wanted, so he didn't care about giving them to the assassins.
After all, this is a good thing for him. He can't let the outside world know that the emperor is not good in that aspect and never favors his concubines.
Concubine An had a look of anticipation on her face as she was wrapped in a sheet and carried into the Yangxin Palace without any clothes on.
The emperor took the antidote and had someone light the aphrodisiac incense, then told his men to retreat and stand far away.
The effect of this aphrodisiac incense is very weak. After half an hour, the person will slowly faint, so the emperor has time to flirt with the concubines who serve him in bed.
When everything is ready, he will send out a secret signal to let the death squad take over.
I don’t know why, but as the emperor kissed her, he felt his whole body burning hot.
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