Chapter 216 I promised to protect you, and I will definitely do it
Shadow Twelve:?
When performing a mission, the secret guards would never talk about anything unrelated to the mission, so Ying Twelve naturally thought that Ying Yi called him to talk about the mission.
He immediately stopped and turned to look at Yingyi: "The leader ordered."
Ying Yi's eyes flashed with a rare hint of guilt when he heard the voice. He then quickly took out a small oil-paper bag from his chest and handed it to Ying Twelve. Then he said with a stiff upper lip, "This is from Eunuch Zhao. Everyone has a share. Do you want to eat it?"
Okay, he lied.
He didn't know what was wrong with him, but he kept thinking about Ying Twelve for some time.
He had just heard from other secret guards that Ying Twelve always liked sweet food, so he asked someone to buy this amber candy, and the person just happened to bring it back to him today.
I bought it, but he doesn't like to eat it, so I can only give it to Ying Twelve. Anyway, I bought it for Ying Twelve in the first place.
It was only because he thought about the jade pendant that Ying Twelve didn't want when he gave it to him yesterday that he said it was given by Zhao Mingde.
Although Ying Twelve was surprised when he heard the voice, he immediately reached out to take it and said, "Eat."
Of course he wants what everyone has.
After taking the oil paper, Ying Twelve couldn't help but ask curiously, "What's this food?"
After hearing this, Ying Yi pretended to be indifferent while holding his sword and replied: "You will know if you open it."
Upon hearing this, Ying Twelve lowered his head and opened the oil paper. When he saw that the oil paper contained amber candy, his eyes lit up: "It's amber candy."
Ying Yi refined his lie: "Yes, Eunuch Zhao bought it when he was shopping."
Ying Twelve had no doubt and nodded happily.
Wow, that Eunuch Zhao is quite nice, giving candy to the secret guards...
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Unlike in the courtyard, in the bedroom, the two were full of tenderness and affection, inseparable. Xiao Jiwu had already picked up the young man and sat him on his knees.
Yun Qingshi's eyes were shining as he calmed his breathing. He was obviously a little excited. He was happy.
What made him happy was that Xiao Jiwu was finally going to fight back. When Xiao Jiwu became emperor in the future, no one would be able to bully him anymore, and no one would dare to criticize him wantonly or blame him for bad things.
He also believed that this time when Xiao Jiwu became emperor, there would definitely be a different ending.
But at the same time, he was also worried.
When playing against jackals, tigers and leopards, you will get hurt if you are not careful.
Thinking of this, he immediately grabbed Xiao Jiwu's sleeve and earnestly warned him: "Awu, now that you have made a decision, you must be more careful in the future and protect yourself, understand?"
Hearing this, Xiao Jiwu felt his heart warm up. He no longer felt cold to the bone, nor was he lonely and confused.
He had never felt that the way forward was so clear.
Perhaps he had lived in a muddle before, thinking that the world was dull and meaningless, but now, Yun Qingshi had broken the prison that trapped him, and the light had poured in, clearing the clouds and bringing out the sun.
Xiao Jiwu quickly responded in a gentle voice: "Qingqing, please believe me. Even for you, I will not put myself in danger. I promised to protect you, and I will definitely do it."
After hearing this, Yun Qingshi nodded seriously and responded: "Yes, I believe Awu."
He then asked with some confusion: "But, you haven't even gone to court yet. How are you going to get the people below to cooperate with you on disaster relief?"
Prince Xiao pinched the young man's cheek and replied, "Of course there is a way. I will send a message to the Minister of Personnel, instructing him to bring the remaining people to court tomorrow morning to increase pressure on the emperor to provide disaster relief."
"In that case, I will go to court again in three days."
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Three days passed in a blink of an eye. Because he was worried about something, Yun Qingshi did not sleep in today. He went to see Xiao Jiwu off to court early in the morning.
At this moment, he seemed to be sitting behind the desk reading a book peacefully, but in fact, he wanted to fly to the palace to read.
But in fact, Xiao Jiwu had just started attending court not long ago, and it was probably just the beginning of the morning court session.
What he was flipping through in his hand was still a military book that Xiao Jiwu usually read, but in fact, it was like reading a heavenly book.
Even when Zhao Mingde brought in a bowl of Tremella and Lotus Seed Soup and asked him to eat it first, he had no appetite.
Xiao Jiwu said that this matter would have a conclusion today, and he just hoped that everything would go smoothly...
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At this time, on the other side, in the Chaogan Hall of the Imperial Palace, there was a completely different scene.
It was clearly an early morning court session, but it was as chaotic as an early morning market. The ministers were arguing fiercely, and they were eager to throw their tablets at each other.
The quarrel was about nothing more than disaster relief.
There were two factions in the court, one advocating disaster relief, and the other shouting that there was no money. They were asked how to appease the victims without disaster relief, but they could not give a clear answer, so in the end there was a fierce argument.
It has been like this for the past three days. After three days of arguing, there is still no result.
Sitting on the dragon throne, the emperor's face was ashen, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was angry.
His complexion was much worse than it was two months ago. Obviously, the successive disability of his two sons had dealt him a heavy blow. Now that the court was in the midst of endless quarrels, he naturally had a headache.
As for Prince Xiao, he always stood calmly at the head of the court officials, wearing an eye veil and looking calm and composed, as if the quarrels around him were not heard by him.
Now that Prince Su and Prince Rui are both under house arrest, only Prince Xiao Jiwu is left to attend court, and the rest of the princes have not yet participated in politics.
The noisy quarrel was finally calmed down by the emperor's angry rebuke.
Xiao Lingan: "Enough!"
In an instant, the entire Chaogan Hall was silent and there was no sound at all.
Immediately afterwards, all the court officials returned to their seats in shame and knelt down to apologize.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me! I hope Your Majesty will calm down!"
Xiao Jiwu also knelt down.
After a long silence, Emperor Xiao Ling'an broke the silence again: "I didn't call you here to see you quarreling."
"Idiot! What the hell have I raised? Get up!"
He then asked in a cold voice, "How much silver is needed for the disaster relief in Yuquan County this time? Minister of Revenue, tell me."
Upon hearing this, the Minister of Revenue immediately stepped forward tremblingly. After a while, he finally uttered a few words: "Your Majesty, I have calculated that it will cost approximately... 250,000 taels of silver."
The emperor continued, "Then tell me, how much can the national treasury take out now?"
The Minister of Revenue gritted his teeth and replied again, "Your Majesty, after deducting the expenses of various departments and the silver reserved, the most we can come up with is... a hundred thousand taels."
Xiao Ling'an laughed when he heard this: "One hundred thousand, I can only take out one hundred thousand taels, so what do you think we should do with the remaining one hundred and fifty thousand taels?"
The Minister of Revenue was speechless after hearing this. He just knelt down and pleaded guilty: "I am guilty."
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