explain?
Yuan Yao snorted, "What's there to explain?"
The Ninth Prince chuckled softly and beckoned, "Come here."
Yuan Yao walked over reluctantly.
The Ninth Prince scooped her up with his large hand.
Yuan Yao opened her big, bright black eyes and looked at him obediently.
The Ninth Prince lightly touched Yuan Yao's forehead with his own: "Look at you, running so fast, your face is all cold."
As he spoke, he changed his posture, holding Yuan Yao with one arm and placing the other hand on her back.
A warm, comforting internal energy flowed out from his palm.
Along with the chill, Yuan Yao's unhappiness also dissipated.
She nestled close to the Ninth Prince's chest: "That night, Changyou clearly wanted to cling to you, so you must be careful."
"I know." The Ninth Prince withdrew his hand and brushed the stray hairs from her forehead: "Dongye produces stone resin."
I grant you permission to indulge in unrestrained revelry during the long night, precisely because I have taken a liking to the stone oil of the Eastern Night.
The Regent King Ye Wuzhou, foolish and arrogant, blockaded the Eastern Night Kingdom, thus preventing the extraction and export of rock resin...
If Ye Changyou is truly suited to be emperor, I wouldn't mind lending him a hand and obtaining a continuous supply of petrified wood from Dongye.
lithodol?
Yuan Yao racked her brains for a moment before realizing that "stone grease" was petroleum.
Dongye, you actually have something this good?
But they just sit there and don't mine it!
How did the regent of the Eastern Night Kingdom become the regent?
If it were her, wouldn't she be able to control other countries by selling oil and make so much money that her hands cramped?
Yuan Yao's eyes sparkled: "Father, if Ye Changyou wants to stay at Qianhua Palace, let him stay!"
Let's work together to figure something out! Sooner or later, Dongye will hand over the stone resin to Daqi without hesitation!
Scam, deceive, trick, cheat...
There are plenty of solutions!
The Ninth Prince lightly flicked her nose: "Not angry anymore?"
"I'm not angry anymore!" Yuan Yao said obediently.
A doting smile played on the lips of the Ninth Prince: "In that case, shall we return to Qianhua Palace?"
Yuan Yao clutched the Ninth Prince's robe and glanced around.
This place is quite close to the plum garden in the Imperial Garden.
A subtle fragrance wafts through the air.
She said in her childish voice, "Daddy, shall we go to the plum garden and pick some winter plum blossoms to take home?"
"As you wish."
The father and daughter walked slowly to the plum garden.
The wintersweet is in full bloom right now.
In the plum garden, the spring snow on the branches has not yet melted, and the winter plum and red plum are in full bloom.
It was freezing cold, and there were hardly any people even going to see the flowers.
The young eunuch guarding the garden, carrying scissors, followed respectfully behind the father and daughter.
The young eunuch was very diligent; wherever Yuan Yao pointed, he cut.
When they came out of the garden, the palace maids were already carrying bundles of red plum blossoms and winter plum blossoms...
Qianhua Palace, side hall.
Palace servants were serving tea to Ye Changyou and Zheng Kuo.
Zheng Kuo stared blankly at the young emperor of Dongye, who was picking and choosing among himself.
"This tea, is it aged tea?"
"Your Excellency, do you usually drink this kind of tea?"
"The tea at Qianhua Palace is really bitter..."
"..."
Zheng Kuo's face turned completely black.
This tea is a tribute tea from the high mountains!
A thousand-year-old tea tree only yields one or two kilograms a year...
Apart from Qianhua Palace and Yong'an Palace, you can't get a drink anywhere else!
The emperor of a nation is so ignorant of good things!
The attendant standing beside Ye Changyou, however, seemed quite used to this...
The Ninth Prince carried Yuan Yao into the side hall.
He looked at Ye Changyou coldly: "You don't like the tribute tea, do you?"
Ye Changyou held her teacup and raised an eyebrow at him.
The Ninth Prince coldly said, "Bring me white water."
Plain water?
Ye Changyou said, "I don't drink plain water either."
You don't drink tea, and you don't even drink plain water?
The Ninth Prince scoffed coldly: "Could it be that the people of Dongye Kingdom all live on air and dew?"
Drinking the wind and dew?
This is great!
Ye Changyou said, "I only drink tea brewed with dew from flower petals before sunrise."
"You shouldn't choose tea that tastes bitter."
"Are you sure?" The Ninth Prince's lips curled slightly, but his eyes were incredibly cold and deep.
Ye Changyou shivered, then raised his chin: "My demands are already low enough..."
These words were spoken with a very weak sense of force.
However, the Ninth Prince nodded: "I can grant your request."
However, the Night Emperor's meal expenses must be paid to Qianhua Palace in advance each month.
"Meal expenses?" Ye Changyou was slightly taken aback.
The Ninth Prince coldly replied, "According to the dietary regulations of the Great Qi Emperor, Dongye must pay me 50,000 taels of silver every month."
Fifty thousand taels of silver?
Not only Ye Changyou, but also the attendants beside him were shocked.
The Emperor of Great Qi, how could he possibly consume so much silver in a single month?
Is this a robbery?
Right? Right?
The Ninth Prince placed Yuan Yao on a chair, then sat down himself, took a sip of tea, and finally lifted his eyelids: "What? You think it's not enough?"
"Of course not," Ye Changyou said, forcing a smile. "I will send a message to the Empress Dowager, instructing her to allocate the food allowance on time every month..."
The Ninth Prince nodded: "Very well." He turned to Danqing: "Danqing, go and fetch a pot of morning dew to brew tea for the Night Emperor."
Danqing hesitated for a moment, then curtsied and said, "Yes."
Ye Changyou choked again: "Qianhua Palace, there really is... morning dew?"
He was just making that up on the spot...
The Ninth Prince scoffed coldly: "Qianhua Palace, what don't you have?"
Even if there isn't one, you can just make one up, right?
Yuan Yao held her teacup, her eyes narrowed as she smiled.
You little rascal, just you wait!
Sooner or later, you'll have your day!
Danqing left quickly and returned quickly.
She carried a sealed earthenware jar as she entered the hall.
The tea stove and tea set were also brought up.
The Ninth Prince said calmly, "Light the stove and boil the water."
"yes."
Danqing responded gently, washed his hands, and slowly began to prepare the tea.
No, it's boiling water...
Yuan Yao called Jing'er over and whispered a few words in her ear.
Jing'er left in a hurry, and when she returned, she was carrying a tray with many exquisite tea canisters of various sizes on it.
Yuan Yao jumped off the chair, walked over to Jing'er with her short legs, and lifted the lids one by one.
Goji berries, red date slices, chrysanthemum, stevia leaves, honeysuckle, dried ginger slices...
They're all meant to be dissolved in water and drunk.
Yuan Yao pointed to the tea canister and asked Ye Changyou, "Your Majesty, which of these teas would you like to drink?"
Ye Changyou looked up and glanced at it.
He glanced at it and immediately looked disgusted: "I wouldn't drink it."
Let's spare him the ginger tea and stuff.
He wouldn't even look at me, let alone drink!
Yuan Yao figured it out.
This night is long and secluded; he's either the emperor or a troublemaker!
Yuan Yao smiled.
She washed her hands, walked to the vase, raised her chubby little hand, picked two handfuls of the wintersweet that had just been placed there, and handed them to Danqing: "Let's drink wintersweet tea today."
Danqing looked at the Ninth Prince.
The Ninth Prince nodded.
Danqing took the winter plum blossoms, rinsed them in clean water, and then, when the water boiled, placed them in a tea set to brew...
The entire tea-making process was a pleasure to watch.
Zheng Kuo, the Minister of Justice, stared wide-eyed.
Upon seeing this, Yuan Yao exclaimed in her childish voice, "Sister Danqing's tea is really delicious."
Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to drink it many more times!
After saying that, she opened her big eyes and, pretending to be casual, looked at Zheng Kuo.
Ask her quickly!
Ask her quickly!
However, Zheng Kuo blew on the scalding hot tea and ignored her.
At this moment, Ye Changyou asked, "What happened to her? Did she commit a crime? Is she going to die?"
You're the one who's going to die!
Yuan Yao glared at Ye Changyou.
She sighed in her childish voice, "Sister Danqing has worked tirelessly for me and Father all these years, so I plan to find her a good family so she can be a happy, carefree wife!"
"Smack!"
The teacup fell to the ground, shards of porcelain scattering all over the floor.
Everyone in the hall turned to look at Zheng Kuo.
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