In Qianjing City, outside the royal study room of the imperial palace, Li Miaoyin had been waiting at the door for a long time after going down to court, but Yang Xun hadn't come yet.
Since the defeat of King Qin, Yang Xun has taken control of the power of the government. In particular, Xuanling, the Minister of Civil Affairs, cooperated with Jin Yiwei to purge a group of ministers in the court.
Nowadays, except for Cui Bowen, the Minister of War, all the civil and military officials in the imperial court have taken refuge with Yang Xun. She, the empress, has been completely ignored.
Even the Prime Minister Luo Yongzhi was thrown into prison on charges of treason. A man named Xiao He was appointed as the Prime Minister. More than a thousand members of the Luo family were wiped out by the Jin Yiwei.
Although she still went to court as usual every day, all affairs in the court were handled by Yang Xun and Xiao He. After going to court every day, she would come to the imperial study to serve tea and water to Yang Xun who was reviewing the memorials, just like a palace maid.
In Yang Xun's words, he felt happy to have an emperor serving him.
But today, she waited outside the imperial study room for a full hour, but Yang Xun was still missing. It was almost noon.
"Did Yang Xun go to Lu's place again last night?" Li Miaoyin looked at Song De who was standing aside.
Song De quickly bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, King Zhenbei did spend the night at the Queen's house last night."
Li Miaoyin snorted coldly and her face turned cold: "This Lu family really thinks of herself as Yang Xun's woman. She has really brought shame on the royal family. Fortunately, the other concubines in the harem are not like her."
Song De opened his mouth. In fact, the concubines left behind by Li Qian had been slept with by Yang Xun for a long time. Now the concubines were all vying to crawl into Yang Xun's bed.
However, when the words came to his lips, Song De did not speak in the end. It was better not to let the empress know about this matter.
At this moment, Li Miaoyin suddenly realized a problem. If Yang Xun himself became the emperor, would he make Lu the queen?
Li Miaoyin's back molars were almost broken when she thought that it was Mrs. Lu who had the last laugh. She, Mrs. Lu, was so virtuous and capable, didn't she just know how to do some tricks in bed?
Li Miaoyin suddenly felt endless killing intent in her heart, but now she did not dare to touch Lu anymore.
Song De, who was on the side, saw Li Miaoyin's face turning red and green, and quickly changed the subject: "Your Majesty, Commander Sun just sent someone to say that the Phoenix Guards have stopped paying. Please ask your Majesty to allocate some money to give to the Phoenix Guards." The sergeants are paid."
Commander Sun was the Phoenix Guard commander who was slapped in the mouth and beaten with a military stick by Yang Xun.
Daqian's military pay is paid once a month, and cutting off pay is not a trivial matter. Failure to do so will result in mutiny.
Although Li Miaoyin believed that the Phoenix Guards were loyal to her and would sacrifice their lives for her even if their pay was cut off, the Phoenix Guards were all women with miserable life experiences, and Li Miaoyin really didn't want to inflict hardship on them.
But now Du Ruhui, the Minister of Household Affairs, belongs to Yang Xun, and the financial power of Daqian is in the hands of Yang Xun. Her Phoenix Guard is not even on the list of Daqian's Ministry of War, so Du Ruhui will naturally not allocate money to the Phoenix Guard.
Thinking of this, Li Miaoyin sighed helplessly and said: "Forget it, you can take some money from my internal funds and send it to me!"
Song De hesitated for a moment and then said: "Your Majesty, the money in the internal funds...the money in the internal funds has been used up long ago."
"Used it all?" Li Miaoyin was stunned, and then she realized that she had been unable to make ends meet, the treasury was already empty, and all her money was used to supplement the food and salary of the imperial army.
"Then take a look at what else is valuable in my palace, take it out and sell it for money." Li Miaoyin said helplessly.
"This..." Song De looked embarrassed. The palace now belongs to Yang Xun. Does he dare to touch the things inside? How many heads does he have?
Li Miaoyin also realized something was wrong, so she said: "I'm talking about the palace where I live now..."
Halfway through her words, Li Miaoyin couldn't continue because the place where she now lived had been idle for many years, and there was nothing of value.
Only then did Li Miaoyin realize that although she was the emperor of Daqian in name, her pockets were cleaner than her face, and she really couldn't get a penny out!
Seemingly seeing the loneliness on Li Miaoyin's face, Song De said quickly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have saved a little money in my life. Even if I don't have to go begging for food, I have to collect enough military pay for the Phoenix Guards."
Li Miaoyin sighed, unable to help but be moved by Song De's loyalty, but he was promoted to the chief steward only after Li Miaoyin ascended the throne. Before, he lived cautiously in the palace, full of worldly people and things that needed to be taken care of. He could save How much money do you want to bet?
Even if you collect this month’s military pay, what about next month’s pay?
"No need, keep your money for your own retirement. If I die, you can leave the palace, buy a house, a few acres of fertile land, and marry a widow with children. That would be a happy life." Li Miaoyin shook her head. He shook his head and said.
Hearing this, Song De burst into tears and knelt down in front of Li Miaoyin with a plop: "If that day comes, I will definitely go with His Majesty and continue to follow Your Majesty down below!"
"What are you two, master and servant, causing trouble?"
At this moment, Yang Xun, who had just finished teaching Bai Shuangshuang ventriloquism, strode towards the imperial study room, looking at this scene with confusion, followed by Bai Shuangshuang with a white stain on the corner of his mouth.
Song De quickly wiped his tears and saluted Yang Xun: "Greetings to the thousand-year-old King of Zhenbei."
"No gift!" Yang Xun looked at Song De, who still had tears in his eyes, and then at Li Miaoyin, who looked lonely. Although he had doubts in his heart, he didn't ask any more questions.
"Well, Miaoyin, let me introduce you. This is Bai Shuangshuang, who has been living in the palace these days. Shuangshuang, this is Li Miaoyin, Empress Daqian."
Yang Xun said it very casually. Bai Shuangshuang thought that Li Miaoyin was also Yang Xun's woman at first, but when she heard the words "Empress Daqian", her delicate body trembled with fright and she quickly knelt on the ground.
"The daughter of the people has met His Majesty!"
She was just an ordinary citizen who was naturally afraid of the imperial power, but she didn't have the confidence like Yang Xun, so she felt a little frightened at this time.
"Get up!"
Li Miaoyin glanced at Bai Shuangshuang and said, "Oh, this bad boy. It's not enough to have Diao Chan and Cai Wenji by his side. Where did he get such a little girl who I feel pity for?"
Bai Shuangshuang stood up and quickly stood behind Yang Xun.
Yang Xun smiled slightly when he saw Bai Shuangshuang's appearance. He had lived in the palace for a few days and was timid.
But it’s okay. If you practice ventriloquism more, you will gradually become more courageous.
"Yang Xun, I have something to tell you." Li Miaoyin hesitated and said.
Seeing Li Miaoyin's hesitant expression, Yang Xun understood and waved to Jin Yiwei to take Bai Shuangshuang down to rest first, and then walked into the imperial study room with Li Miaoyin.
"Tell me what you have to say!" Yang Xun sat on the dragon chair and said with his legs crossed.
Li Miaoyin lowered her head, clenched her fists tightly, her face turned red, and it took her a long while to say: "Can you...can you lend me some money?"
