Qingya listened, thought a lot, and mumbled casually - "Emperors love rare treasures. Your Majesty once presented a "White Jade Sash Belt" to King Xianhun. I wonder if His Majesty also loves treasures..."
After saying that, she smiled again: "I said it casually."
After saying this, Mingxuan paused.
"I really didn't think of this method!" She thought again: "But the treasures in the house may not be appreciated by the Holy One! What can you offer to the Holy One to win his trust?"
She stood up and lingered by the railing.
"Qingya, you once got along with the Holy One when you were young. Do you know what he loved?"
After saying this, she froze in place.
"Sister, if you are interested, how about you come with me to discuss this matter with the king tonight? If you really want to offer treasures, you can also pick some for us and take a look."
After hearing this, Qingya shook her head quickly and was about to get up and walk away. She gathered up her green shawl, clasped her hands together and knelt down to salute: "The queen can just discuss it with the king. I don't have far-reaching knowledge. I will not participate in the discussion between the Queen and the King."
"I didn't let you participate, I just gave you some opinions!"
"What do I have to say? I'm very clumsy..., sister, if there's nothing else, I'll leave."
She was about to turn around and took a few steps back before she saw Wan Yanyong's figure in the corridor opposite. She glanced at his Qingdai clothes through the flowers, dodged for a moment, and quickened her pace of resignation.
After walking a few steps, she heard Wan Yanyong calling her, and she followed his waving gesture and turned back. I saw him sitting gently on the porch. When he saw her, he pulled her over and stood beside him.
"Why do you run away when you see me?" His thumb circled her palm.
She didn't say anything, just stood gently in the early spring breeze.
"Why don't you speak?"
Seeing this, Mingxuan came to smooth things over - "Just now I talked to her about offering treasures to the Holy One to resolve the current crisis. I asked her to go with me to see what kind of treasures would be appropriate, but she didn't know. Go! I’m leaving now.”
Wan Yanyong turned over and asked, "Have you told her everything?" He looked at her livid face and asked again, "Including that matter, have you told her too?"
After confirming with Mingxuan, he clasped his hands around her waist: "Qingya, I didn't mean to hide it from you. I wanted to wait until you grow up to tell you about this."
Her smile suddenly became brighter: "Your Majesty, actually, it's useless for me to know. I can only support you in my heart. As for offering treasures, I don't understand."
He held her hands in his and asked softly: "Qingya, Qingya... If I rebel, will you bear it in your heart? I mean, overthrowing the power of the Holy One."
"Your Majesty, just do what you want,...there is nothing I can't accept."
Although she said this, her heart was in a state of despair. She smiled and raised her eyebrows slightly, showing how relaxed she was now. Under Wan Yanyong's troubled eyes, she stroked her belly and said, "Your Majesty, you don't need to be embarrassed. What are you thinking about now? Just give birth to this baby. It will give you no worries!"
"It's not that I want to shirk the matter of offering treasures, but I really don't understand these things. I only know that the Holy One prefers jade, and I don't know anything else! If I have to choose, I can't make up my mind."
"King, it's windy outside. I'm pregnant, so I'm going back. Your Majesty and your empress will have a good discussion, and I'll be on my knees!"
She clasped her hands together, gave another big salute, and then resigned.
Wanyanyong saw her walking away gently and gently, so he called his wife beside him to go back to the room. Then, he and his wife went to the Tibetan Pavilion in the mansion to choose a pair of Tufujian jade tea sets. After careful consideration, he decided to present the pair of treasures that he had kept secretly for many years to the emperor Wan Yanliang for self-protection.
Since Li Qingya found out that her husband was forging military armor in order to plot rebellion, she has become increasingly depressed, unable to eat and drink well, and has been tormented by symptoms of joy, which has made her lose weight day by day.
One sunny day, she leaned against the golden railing outside her house to bask in the sun. She opened her eyes lazily and occasionally smelled the fragrance of lilies in the flower bed.
, unstoppable nausea and morning sickness.
Xi Xi, who was practicing in the yard, saw this and quickly put down his sharp weapons and went to greet him.
"Madam, madam, please slow down," she stroked her back, and then asked someone to get hot water. ..
"Madam! Come and drink some hot water."
But after she took a sip, she started to feel nauseated again. She vomited for a while before slowly stopping.
Xiangxiang brought a basin of hot water and a hot towel to wipe the corners of her mouth - "Thank you, ma'am."
She took the handkerchief from her hand, wiped it and handed it back. She hooked her fingers on a green grass leaf beside the fence, shook her head and said, "This is not hard work. I am pregnant, and I am being served delicious food." , all the good things in the house are thrown at me, so I just suffer a little bit physically! There is no point in saying hard work."
"My mother endured far more hardships when giving birth to me than I did. She was hungry and cold. No one cared about her, no one cared about her, and she risked her life to give birth to me. In the end..." She said with red eyes, Say no more.
Xi expressed his opinion: "Madam, for many years, the eldest lady has seen you happy, and she is also happy on the other side."
She listened and could only nod.
Xiyi took the opportunity to change the topic and talked about Cuihe. She said that it was Li Shi's letter and that Cuihe and Li Xianke were coming to Jinan to visit, which made her feel better.
After a long-lost smile, he ordered someone to clean up the wing, so that the two of them would not be in a hurry when the time came.
She stretched out her hand, and the sunlight shone through her fingertips. She suddenly remembered something, so she went into the room and came out with clenched fists.
Opening her palm, she saw the jade ring. She looked at it and hid it.
After she heard the news about Yan Yong secretly making armor, her heart never calmed down again. Since ancient times, people have become kings and defeated bandits. If one day it comes true, then the person she has loved since childhood will disappear. If one day, If it fails, the entire country will be a river of blood. She no longer dared to think about these things.
No matter which ending it is, she doesn't want to see it, but she is just a woman and can't influence it!
When she thought about these things, she felt extremely uncomfortable and her depression lasted for a month.
At the beginning of April, according to the lunar calendar, it was Wan Yanliang's birthday, but this year he had no plans to hold a grand banquet, and no one even arranged for a family banquet in the palace to be organized in advance.
Envoys from the Southern Song Dynasty, Xixia and Goryeo had come to pay their respects as usual and were already on their way. Someone invited them to host a banquet at the Wude Hall in accordance with the usual practice in previous years. But this year there is a severe drought in Shanxi, floods in Hebei, and uprisings continue in the northwest and northeast. Bianjing is also building a new capital, and all the money from the treasury has been used for disaster relief and capital construction. The expenses in the palace are suddenly tight. There are many, but this banquet is not just about celebrating birthdays, but also summoning envoys from various countries to show the country's style.
This was also Wan Yanliang's headache. Facing the civil and military officials of the dynasty, who were all bowing down under the high platform, there was still no one who could make suggestions.
He was in the court hall, sitting on the official hat chair, with his light yellow robe hanging feebly on his body. He took a step forward, looked at the blue sky in all directions framed by the door of the palace opposite, and sighed softly.
"I, this year's birthday was planned to be simple. However, the country is not going well this year. There are floods and droughts in the country, and there are uprisings in the border areas. Bianjing is still building a new capital. Now the national treasury has been in deficit for a long time, and it really cannot support another grand banquet. But My birthday is celebrated by the whole world, and envoys from all over the world come to pay homage, and a banquet must be held... so it becomes a bit difficult!"
After hearing this, Wu Gulunwolun, who was dissatisfied with the construction of a new capital, wrote: "Your Majesty, I believe that the current situation is serious and the interests of the people should be based on it. The establishment of Bianjing as the capital is a long-term solution. As a plan, we can postpone it for a while and use the remaining money to first solve the people's urgent needs, control floods and droughts, and then put down the rebellion in the northwest border and appease the people."
"Here, the money festival for building the new capital has come down, and His Majesty's birthday can also be celebrated to show the strength of our country."
The emperor was unmoved and stopped, asking, "Do you have any doubts about what my uncle said?"
One of them said: "Prime Minister, stopping the construction of the new capital will not solve the fundamental problem. On His Majesty's birthday, we need to think twice."
The emperor glanced over lightly and saw that he was wearing a blue suit.
The official uniform, lying in the most inconspicuous last row, is the so-called ninth-grade sesame official!
Wo Lun turned around and looked at him. From such a distance, he saw his green face and realized that it was Zhang Rulin, the top scholar who had just passed the scientific examination a few days ago. He had just been promoted from the Hanlin Academy to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs. .
The emperor was silent, scratching his head and asked who he was.
——"The minister is Zhang Zhongze (Zhongze is the name of Zhang Rulin) of the Ministry of Punishment, who was born in the first year of Dingyuan."
Emperor Dayue, "was the number one scholar last year," he said happily, "when the king was alive, he didn't know the meaning of the scientific examination, and most of the officials and scribes were hereditary and ignored. Now, I imitate the policies of the early Tang Dynasty, perfect the imperial examination, and establish the Imperial College. You are the first number one scholar in the country."
Rulin paid homage: "Long live your Majesty!"
"You just said that stopping the construction of the new capital is not enough to solve the fundamental problem. Do you have any good ideas?"
Zhang Rulin knelt down, casually glanced at the officials who looked down on him, and said a little - "What kind of ability can a sesame official have?"
He fell down in the hall in contempt and replied: "Your Majesty's birthday is an act to demonstrate the power of the country, but I think it does not need to be too extravagant! In previous years, there would be a big banquet for several days, with plenty of food and wine, and the palaces inside and outside would be decorated with colorful tassels. A hundred banquets with thousands of delicacies are also dazzling. This time, it is true that it shows the strength of the country. But if it is arranged properly, the banquet is simple, and part of the money is fully distributed to the hands of the needy people. They come from the capital all the way, and the envoys from all over the world hear that Your Majesty " A wise man who "sympathizes with the hearts of the people" is a silent holy name. "
After saying this, the ministers all discussed, but no one supported him. The old ministers lying in front all turned their eyes to Wo Lun, but no response was seen from him for a long time.
"My lord, this man really doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth. If Guochen were not extravagant, wouldn't he be laughed at by others?"
He was silent and looking thoughtful.
At this time, someone came to refute Zhang Rulin's point of view, four or five in a row.
At this time, Wo Lun again said: "Your Majesty, I think this method is feasible."
Immediately, the ministers were shocked, and occasionally said: "Master, why do you listen to this kid's nonsense?"
Wo Lun was unmoved.
After a long time, he said - "This method is feasible, and it shows your majesty's benevolence, but it seems to be speechless. But your majesty, the national treasury is losing money, and the new capital of Biannan must be stopped. At the same time, your majesty may not take advantage of this." , take some measures.”
Rulin had this precedent, so he mustered up his courage - "Yes, Your Majesty, taxes and money are the source of rejuvenating the country."
As soon as he finished speaking, the emperor was overjoyed, as if his heart had been spoken, and nodded with satisfaction. After another discussion in the nest, and with the support of several ministers, the emperor took Zhang Rulin's advice.
