Chapter 269 The Emperor Proposes to Establish a Crown Prince
"We must try it, we can try it on the death row prisoners or prisoners! But we can't try it on the soldiers on the border. Every one of those soldiers on the border is a treasure of Jingguo!"
When Fan Yong heard the emperor say this, he immediately knelt down to express his gratitude, "It is a blessing for Jingguo to have Your Majesty."
The emperor waved his hand and said, "Alright, you keep saying this every time. I'm tired of hearing it even if you don't!"
"Your Majesty, I'm not being perfunctory with you. These are all my sincere words!"
The emperor rubbed his forehead. Although he was speechless about this guy's stubbornness, he was still happy in his heart. But he was sleepy at the moment. He was old and his health was not as good as before. "Alright, I know how you feel about me. Go away!"
Fan Yong also had some of Zhao Changyou's courage. He bowed happily and then took his leave.
The emperor waited until Fan Yong left before muttering quietly, "There aren't many people this sincere!"
The emperor finished his grumbling and then led his men directly to the back palace. It was already this late, and he didn't want to bother going to the harem anymore.
Not to mention the next morning, after the morning court session, when General Liu heard the Emperor ask him to stay, he was overjoyed. He had been waiting for this day! It was finally here!
In the days that followed, the Yuan capital returned to its usual tranquility, and Zhao Lingmeng's days were quite leisurely. If we were to talk about major events, there were two: the price of salt in Jing State dropped, and the emperor, after a bout of illness, suddenly had his ministers propose the appointment of a crown prince.
That day, Qiuyue was weeding with Zhao Lingmeng when she suddenly chimed in, "Your Highness, everyone's been talking about how the official salt sold outside has suddenly become much cheaper. Even Princess Huaishu's consort is surprised. He's been asking around the city with his men!"
Hearing Qiuyue say this, she immediately straightened up, her face showing surprise. She was thinking that Fushou and the others were quite fast. In just a few years, they were able to supply sea salt to Yuanjing. But Zhao Lingmeng still had a curious look on her face: "Oh, how much cheaper is it?"
"That's much cheaper, only 10% of the previous price. Now ordinary people can afford it, and everyone is very happy. Even our Princess Mansion's expenses on this have been reduced a lot this month!"
Qiuyue was also genuinely happy. Although she had lived in the Wu'an Marquis Mansion since she was a child, she was not ignorant of the five grains and the sufferings of the world.
"That's great." Zhao Lingmeng was also very happy. This meant that Fushou and the others had completed their mission well! She also felt that her father and mother should be back soon.
Qiuyue looked at His Highness's smiling face, and she was also very happy in her heart. She was happy to follow such a kind master: "I knew Your Highness would be happy."
"Go tell the kitchen to tell them that I'm in a good mood today and that everyone in the mansion will have two extra meat dishes for lunch."
Upon hearing this, Qiuyue bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for bringing them!" Then she happily went down to make arrangements. Your Highness would appreciate the dishes prepared by the head chef! Qiuyue was even looking forward to it. The head chef was now so well-trained by Your Highness that even cooking a shoe insole would be delicious, let alone a meat dish.
So, for a while afterwards, some of the nobles in Yuanjing began to frantically send invitations to Zhao Lingmeng. They all wanted to know what the sea salt was all about. Most importantly, they also wanted a piece of the pie! As for why they were frantically sending invitations to Zhao Lingmeng, it wasn't because they knew she was the originator of the sea salt.
Instead, they simply cast a wide net, sending invitations to many nobles and the residences of those who enjoyed the emperor's favor, hoping to get something out of them.
Zhao Lingmeng could only close the gates of her mansion once again and take refuge at the manor. Of course, she brought Zhao Houyang and Yang Chengchen with her. She also wanted to take this opportunity to show them various weapons, so they all went to the hot spring manor in the middle of summer. Fortunately, Yuanjing was already bustling with activity, so no one paid them any attention. Otherwise, they would have definitely attracted some attention.
The main reason was that her two eldest sons were not at home, so she could let go of some of her concerns and was not afraid that her two eldest sons would notice anything.
Fortunately, Zhao Lingmeng ran away quickly, because not long after she left Yuanjing with her two children, the emperor fell ill, and his condition was intermittent and lasted for a month.
When the emperor recovered from his illness, he took the initiative to bring up the matter of appointing a crown prince in court. Yuan Jing was in an uproar, and the princes visited each other everywhere. Even the Third Prince, who had a feud with Zhao Lingmeng, sent several gifts of apology to Zhao Lingmeng's residence. However, Zhao Lingmeng simply ordered them to be returned.
In fact, if possible, she would just want to be thrown out. It's a pity that this is a society with imperial power!
That day, Zhao Lingmeng had just gotten up and was having breakfast in the yard when Zhao Houyang and Yang Chengchen arrived.
Zhao Lingmeng looked at the two people who came hand in hand and waved, "Why are you here so early? Have you two had breakfast?"
"It's useless. I came here specially to accompany my aunt." Before Yang Chengchen finished speaking, he had already found a place to sit down.
Zhao Lingmeng just smiled dotingly at the two of them, and signaled with her eyes to the people next to her to serve them two more breakfasts!
But Zhao Houyang just couldn't stand the way his cousin tried to please his mother, so he went straight to the point and exposed his fox tail: "Mom, my cousin has something for you, and he's embarrassed!"
When Zhao Lingmeng heard her youngest son say this, she looked at Yang Chengchen curiously, "What is this? You're being so polite to your aunt?"
Yang Chengchen first glared at Zhao Houyang obscurely, then touched his head embarrassedly, "Hehe, aunt, it was my father who asked me to bring you a letter. But I will always stand on your side, aunt. I am just a tool to carry the letter. Aunt, you don't have to get in the way of me agreeing to my father or anything."
Yang Chengchen was no longer a child and understood many things. He probably guessed what his father had said in the letter. He didn't want to embarrass his aunt!
"Yeah, auntie knows, let me see it first!"
Yang Chengchen immediately pulled a letter from his pocket and handed it to Zhao Lingmeng. Zhao Lingmeng took a look and was stunned. She thought the eldest prince was asking if she would side with him. But it turned out not to be the case. The letter advised her not to get involved. If anything happened to him, she should help protect Chen'er. It was a father's plea, right?
After Zhao Lingmeng finished reading, she pushed her head to the left and right, and said helplessly, "You two are becoming less and less afraid of me. You dare to peek at my letter."
"Mom, we are watching this openly!" Zhao Houyang said this and looked at Yang Chengchen again, "Cousin, your father treats you well!"
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