The king of a country, wearing a dragon robe and an imperial crown, held the infant Su Qiqi in his arms, and walked towards the dragon throne and sat down under the astonished gazes of all the civil and military officials.
"Hmm." The emperor cleared his throat deliberately.
"Your Highness, long live the Emperor." All civil and military officials knelt in salute.
The emperor looked up at the kneeling civil and military officials and said, "General Zhenbei sacrificed his life for his country, and I am deeply saddened. From now on, when Su Qiqi comes to court with me, looking at her will be like seeing General Zhenbei, and I will feel a little comforted."
"Ah? This..."
“This is too…”
Civil and military officials could not help but whisper to each other.
Su Qiqi was angry:
[What the hell? Why do you want me to go through all this trouble so early in the morning?]
[Tyrant, you have no heart! I'm still a baby. I should eat, sleep, and grow taller. Do you understand?]
[Wow, this is too much! My already miserable life has become even more tiring! This is so unfair!]
The more she thought about it, the more angry she became. Su Qiqi sobbed and tears welled up in her eyes, as if she was about to burst into tears at any moment.
The emperor looked up at Zhao Xu standing beside him and said in a cold voice, "Announce the decree."
"yes."
Zhao Xu bowed his head in response, then produced the imperial edict the emperor had just written. "By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: Su Qiqi, the daughter of the Great General Zhenbei, is intelligent, obedient, and kind, and is hereby granted the title of Princess Chaoyang. She will be raised by Imperial Concubine Shen Mingyue and treated as a princess from now on. In addition, he bestows upon her a thousand taels of gold and a hundred acres of fertile land to honor her status."
The civil and military officials were astonished, but they knelt down and kowtowed according to the rules: "Your Highness obeys your command. Long live the Emperor."
[Oh my god! A thousand ounces of gold? Is that true? Tyrant, are you that generous?]
Actually, getting up early isn't that difficult. As long as the money is in place, everything can be negotiated.
[By the way, where is the gold? I can crawl there myself!]
Su Qiqi was very excited, and her chubby little hands were pinching and clenching, as if she could catch gold in this way.
“…”
The emperor patted Su Qiqi's swaddling clothes and couldn't help but smile slightly.
You are so cute, my little money-grubber. I will let you lie on the gold and crawl as much as you want.
After entertaining herself, Su Qiqi couldn't help but sigh: "Tyrant, you're actually quite good. It would be even better if you didn't become a tyrant."
The emperor raised his eyebrows:
Haha, gold is not given to you for free, you have to work hard.
As for the tyrant...
I'm very considerate, okay? I will never become a tyrant!
Coming back to his senses, the emperor looked at the kneeling civil and military officials below and said, "Alright, my dear ministers, please stand up."
Only then did all the civil and military officials stand up.
"If you have something to report, please come forward. If not, please dismiss the court—" Zhao Xu dragged out his voice.
"Your Majesty," Xia Shilin, Marquis of Anding, stepped forward and reported, "Floods have devastated Yunzhou, and the people are wailing and suffering unspeakably. The relief funds previously sent by the court are truly a drop in the bucket..."
【fart! 】
As soon as Marquis Anding finished speaking, Su Qiqi couldn't help but curse.
[Of all the civil and military officials, you are the most greedy! Your estate outside the capital is filled with gold, silver, and jewelry, and it's overflowing with them, yet you're still not satisfied?]
"You alone embezzled 50% of the imperial government's disaster relief funds! And you allowed your subordinates to continue to embezzle. How many people have you killed?"
[You're greedy for the emperor above and the people below. When the country is in trouble, you take the money and surrender to the enemy. You're a heartless bastard!]
Su Qiqi cursed and spitted.
The emperor's eyes turned cold: "Is the disaster in Yunzhou very troublesome?"
"Yes, I am deeply saddened." Marquis Dingbei began to act out the words, his voice filled with tears.
He continued, "These days I have been so busy I haven't been able to sleep or eat. But I don't have enough money. I really have the will but not the ability."
This statement clearly shows that he wants the emperor to continue allocating funds.
The emperor's face was gloomy. "You have worked so hard. My dear minister, please go back and rest. I will make other arrangements for disaster relief."
"Ah?" Marquis Anding was stunned and quickly knelt down: "This old minister is not afraid of hard work. This old minister is willing to continue to provide disaster relief. Please, Your Majesty..."
"I have made up my mind. No need to say more." The emperor was full of majesty and directly interrupted Marquis Anding.
"yes."
Marquis Dingbei didn't dare to say anything more. He stood up unwillingly and depressed and returned to his seat.
It was strange. The emperor clearly trusted him before, and he had always been in charge of disaster relief. Why did he suddenly...
[Hey! Tyrant, has the sun risen from the west? You're not stupid anymore?] Su Qiqi laughed.
The emperor was calm and his eyes swept across the civil and military officials in the hall, finally stopping at a corner.
"Lord Xiao, I'll leave the disaster relief work to you."
Xiao Heyun stepped out and said, "Your humble servant, Xiao Heyun, is willing to do his utmost to live up to your trust."
When Su Qiqi heard the name Xiao Heyun, she sighed:
[Wow, that's my father's good friend, Xiao Heyun, a loyal minister who was both civil and military and dedicated to his country and his people?]
[Alas, good people don't live long, but evil deeds can last for thousands of years. Xiao Heyun worked hard all his life and was honest and upright, but in the end, he was slandered by treacherous officials and his entire family was confiscated by the dog tyrant!]
[I think Xiao Heyun’s youngest son is the hero in the book…]
[Tyrant, you really are... Alas! ]
Su Qiqi glared at the emperor with a helpless look on her face, as if she was extremely disappointed in him.
"good."
The emperor awkwardly patted Su Qiqi's swaddling clothes to comfort her, then looked at Xiao Heyun in the hall.
"Lord Xiao, I will allocate another 50,000 taels of silver to you for disaster relief. You must take great pains to properly settle the people of Yunzhou. In addition, you must find a way to prevent flooding."
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