I do not know!
The empress looked back at this moment with an extremely bright and gentle smile. Even though Zhao An was used to seeing beautiful women, his heart could not help but beat faster at this moment, and even almost melted...
Although she has intentions of taking advantage of people, and may even burn bridges in the future, at this moment she has to admit that her heart is really moved.
"If you treat me sincerely, I will definitely not let you down."
"Is it too early to say this?"
"I didn't lie to you."
"If your Majesty can sit in court in the future, please promise to let me leave."
This sentence made the empress' smile freeze. She subconsciously bit her lips, hummed and said nothing.
…
"That's unreasonable!"
An hour later, the empress suddenly threw the memorial on the table.
Zhao An took a look at it and frowned.
The Minister of War said that the war horses were seriously worn out and needed to be replaced with a new batch, so he hoped that the emperor could allocate money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs treasury to replenish the war horses.
It stands to reason that the imperial court's expenditures were allocated from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Now that the Ministry of Household Affairs was controlled by Chen Guogong, the Ministry of War did not dare to ask for money, but reached into the emperor's pocket. It was a joke.
If everyone is like this, will the harem still have a salary?
If they dare to put their hands into the emperor's pocket today, they will dare to sell the emperor's concubines tomorrow!
Zhao An sighed in his heart, this is the disadvantage of losing power to others. As an emperor in power, who would dare to say such things.
"For important military and state affairs, you don't go to the Ministry of Household Affairs, but you come to me instead. It's too much to bully me!"
The empress became more and more annoyed as she talked and walked around with her hands behind her back.
Zhao An smiled, picked up the brush and drew a picture.
"Help me come up with an idea. I want to deal with the Secretary of the Ministry of War."
"After cleaning up the Minister of War, you can place your own people? Don't be anxious. The Holy Sect has been away from the capital for too long, and the warehouse has returned. Its reputation in the capital is still a little bit behind. When the time comes, I will naturally take action."
"What do you think we should do? The war horse has to be replenished."
The empress was very angry. Chen Guogong controlled the government, but he didn't care about these things at all. He only wanted that position!
If he were to gain power, wouldn't it mean that the world would be in chaos and the people would be robbed?
"I told you not to worry, let's see what this is."
Zhao An shook the paper in his hand. The empress was stunned and quickly walked over to take a closer look.
What is drawn on the paper is a horseshoe.
I have learned before that there are saddles and stirrups in this world, but this is the only thing missing.
With it, the wear and tear of war horses during non-war times can be reduced by at least 50%.
Zhao An explained the magical functions of horseshoes to the empress in detail. The empress was very excited, but her expression soon fell again.
The worn-out war horses still had to be replaced, and the money for the internal affairs treasury was all earned by Zhao An from his concubines and from business.
She was not willing to hand it over to those idle silverfish, and she would open this hole a second time or a third time!
Zhao An comforted him: "What's the problem? I just want to increase the prestige of the Holy Sect in the court. This treasure can be given to Cui Wengong and asked him to pay for it and use it to prepare war horses. In this way, he will gain fame and your majesty will benefit." , each takes what he needs.”
The empress was stunned when she heard this, her eyes sparkling, "You didn't get anything, don't you feel that you are at a disadvantage?"
"For His Majesty's sake, what does it matter if I suffer a little loss? Or are you saying that Your Majesty plans to burn bridges across rivers and not compensate me in the future?"
"Nonsense, I keep my word."
The empress proudly raised her snow-white chin, which was surprisingly cute. Then she issued a decree and ordered the imperial kitchen to prepare a sumptuous lunch. She wanted to thank her dog slave.
"Your Majesty, can you please stop barking like a dog slave?" Zhao An protested seriously, and the empress teased: "If you don't call me a dog slave, what do you call me a slave?"
"I think……"
"No, you don't."
Damn it!
You haven't said anything, why don't you let her get closer in private?
After lunch, Zhao An felt much better and it was time to leave the palace today.
The empress said seriously: "You stabbed Pu Yuan in the back. He wants to kill you. How can you hide?"
"Just die, this slave has only one life anyway."
Zhao An deliberately pretended to be indifferent, but the empress became anxious and reprimanded seriously: "You can't die, you can only die if I let you die!"
"Okay, I won't die."
Zhao An smiled fondly, and the empress quickly turned her face away and snorted again, as cold as ever.
In the afternoon, the carriage left the palace.
Que'er and Zhou Rang, one is a young swordsman disguised as a man, and the other is a young old man driving a car.
Entering the imperial city, Que'er lifted the car curtain, took a few glances, and secretly said, "Are you sure Puyuan won't kill you in the street?"
"Won't."
Zhao An looked calm and steady as a rock.
The old monk is probably still having a headache in Chen Guogong's mansion right now and won't be able to get out for a while.
The carriage arrived at Tianshuiyuan.
As expected, Xu Ruqing was still there. Jiuyin was so straightforward that he drew his sword and killed Zhou Rang!
Que'er also followed suit to avenge the last time, and the whole waterside pavilion garden was in a state of chaos.
Zhao An was led by Xu Ruqing to meet Cui Wengong and discussed the situation in the court and the consumption of war horses.
Hearing that fame could be earned, the old man immediately became interested.
He was willing to pay for the horseshoes, and he could even spend the money to supervise the making of the horseshoes.
Zhao An felt a pain in his body.
Damn it!
I knew that the Holy Sect was rich, so I should have called out the price first and negotiated the matter later. The extra money could also replenish the internal affairs treasury.
Cui Wengong immediately asked his servants to get the drawings to make a pair of horseshoes. After making sure they were useful, he went to see the emperor tomorrow.
After talking about business, Zhao An planned to take Chu Liuyun into the palace.
Xu Ruqing just saw the horseshoe drawing with his own eyes and exclaimed: "Sir, you are a great talent. May I ask if you have any position in the court?"
"I am just a small eighth-grade imperial clerk."
"This is too humiliating. Besides, if you personally present such a treasure to the imperial court, wouldn't it mean that your fortune will skyrocket?"
Xu Ruqing was very thoughtful and saw through the flaw at a glance.
If someone else had gotten such a good thing, they would have been eager to get promoted and make a fortune.
Zhao An was stopped by her question and said angrily: "You also know the situation in the imperial court. How can a small eighth-rank man dare to touch the world's wealth?"
"What you said is absolutely true, it's the little girl Meng Lang."
Xu Ruqing followed behind thoughtfully, obviously she still had doubts in her heart.
All the way to Chu Liuyun's residence, Zhao An coughed, and then she turned and left.
It was not good for her to get involved in Chu Liuyun's affair with the Queen Mother.
There were several wine jars scattered in the inner hall, and Chu Liuyun was getting drunk again, slumped against the wall like a piece of rotten meat.
The last time he offended Ling Qiaoer, he was rescued by Zhao An. He was so shameless that he simply gave up on himself.
Zhao An kicked him bitterly and cursed: "Mr. Chu, are you planning to live a life of drunkenness and stop serving the Holy Sect?"
"Leave me alone and let me die."
"Trash, don't you want to settle things with the Queen Mother? I will take you into the palace, do you dare to come?"
Hearing this, Chu Liuyun, who was still drunk just now, suddenly became energetic and his eyes widened.
