After the sound, everything was silent.
Who dares to call His Majesty by his first name?
Chunhua barely dared to breathe. She had seen His Majesty get angry before.
It's simply not something that little Luo Luo like her can bear.
Your Majesty... I might have to be punished again.
Even Wang Xi lowered his head and tried his best to pretend that he didn't exist.
What a sin.
Yesterday, we were still in Linhua Palace, lingering in sorrow, and in the end, we asked him to send him here and there.
It was only after one night that the commotion reached this point.
Since ancient times, even the most favored concubines have not dared to call him by his first name in front of the emperor.
Concubine Xi's behavior was not only a taboo, it was tantamount to jumping on the head of a tiger.
Everything was silent except for Cheng Ning's rough breathing.
——She was pressed on the chariot, her wrists hurt when she struggled, and she couldn't help but frowned.
I'm not afraid of what will happen if I call Wei Yanzhou.
I used to shout a lot.
It's just that her status is different now, so she always suppresses her desire to beat Wei Yanzhou.
After waiting outside Fengluan Palace for an hour, her patience was almost exhausted.
Marshal Cheng had never been so humble before. She was only seventeen when she led the army.
At that time, it was said that she was an incomparable female general. Whether it was her subordinates or the enemy, she always faced the enemy head-on.
As for Wei Yanzhou, this brat already knew about his sister-in-law's pregnancy.
Just waiting for her to come and beg.
But even if Cheng Ning begged, he still had to act like this.
Cheng Ning didn't care whether he wanted to have fun with Xie Nianyao or show their deep love as husband and wife.
But when she finally came out, she still didn't listen to a word she said.
In prison, she had thought for two months, racking her brains and trying to figure out why Wei Yanzhou was so determined to put the Cheng family to death.
But she couldn't think of it.
After standing in the snow for an hour just now, she still couldn't think of it.
It was quiet for a long time, and no one in the palace dared to make a move.
After a long time, Wei Yanzhou opened his lips: "Send Concubine Xi back to the palace."
There was not even a word of blame!
Wang Xi breathed a sigh of relief and quickly waved to the palace people to leave quickly.
Who dared to delay? The chariot carrying Cheng Ning disappeared from Wei Yanzhou's sight in an instant.
Cheng Ning, however, stopped struggling and seemed to have relieved himself.
Walking in a chariot to Chengqian Palace, His Majesty the Emperor stretched out his hand to receive a palmful of fine snow.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Xi may also be in a hurry. She and Mrs. Cheng have always had a good relationship. It's normal to be upset. Don't argue with me."
Wang Xi carefully persuaded him to make peace.
In fact, Meng Xin's actions could not be hidden from Wei Yanzhou. Cheng Ning almost knew about it, and Wei Yanzhou got the news.
You don't need to guess to know that Cheng Ning will come to ask for help.
He simply avoided it.
I just didn't expect that this man was more stubborn than before and could stand outside Fengluan Palace for so long.
If Wang Xi doesn't come, I'm afraid he will have to stand all night.
Wei Yanzhou's cold sneer came: "Why did you come so late?"
This is blaming.
Wang Xi was very wronged: "Didn't Your Majesty ask you to come and invite us at the beginning of Haishi? This is just Haishi."
"You didn't know it was snowing, so you didn't know it was early?"
Understand, this is to blame Wang Xi for not knowing how to adapt.
It was said to be snowing, but in fact, Concubine Xi was the only one standing in the snow.
"She hasn't called my name for a long time," Wei Yanzhou actually chuckled again: "This time she must be very angry."
Wang Xi listened silently.
"That's not right. If she gets angry, she usually calls her a brat."
Listening to his words, the palace man carrying the chariot lowered his head even more.
Everyone knows that Concubine Xi and Your Majesty are childhood sweethearts, and together with His Highness King Yong, the three of them have grown up together since childhood.
Cheng Ning is one year older and has a youthful friendship, so he doesn't see the two highnesses very often.
Although Wei Yanzhou doesn't like to talk, he is very good at making her angry. Cheng Ning, who was often angry, yelled: "You brat! I only take advantage of your sister for fun, right?"
...
There have been good times.
There was also a carefree youth trip on horseback.
Once upon a time, Wei Yanzhou told Wei Yanshu: "When you succeed to the throne and the government is stable, I will go to the northwest to fight."
He stood on the city wall and watched Cheng Ning get on his horse countless times and set off from Yanjing to the northwest.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?"
Wang Xi recalled his thoughts: "When Concubine Xi went to Chengqian Hall in the afternoon, my servant told her about Dongchuan and she came up with an idea."
This surprised Wei Yanzhou: "Didn't she say that she would trade with me on condition? Did she use her trump card too quickly?"
"I guess the empress is a general," Wang Xi said carefully, "I don't want to make the common people a condition."
It was indeed something Cheng Ning would do.
In fact, Wei Yanzhou already had regulations on Dongchuan's affairs. He just asked Xie Nianyao, but it was just casual.
But Cheng Ning's idea cannot be ignored: "Speak."
Recalling the afternoon, Cheng Ning was about to leave, but he hesitated and turned around: "Father, I have a plan about Dongchuan."
"The empress said that in the past few years, the Jinyang family has become seriously ill. When the late emperor was in power, she had reported to the emperor to deal with it. However, as a military general, she was a low-key person, so she was shelved for a long time.
If His Majesty really wants food, the richest people with food will be the wealthy businessmen of Jinyang. "
When Wang Xi said this, he paused. He really couldn't say what Cheng Ning said next.
However, as if Wei Yanzhou knew what Cheng Ning was thinking, he took it on his own initiative.
"Let me rob the rich and give to the poor?"
Wang Xi snorted and smiled reluctantly. Cheng Ning's words were not that pleasant.
What she said was: "The common people pay the heaviest taxes, and in the end they are the ones who don't have enough to eat. But those merchants hooked up with an official in the court and began to protect each other. They took advantage of the court's conveniences. These merchants are full of food." Just spitting out some fat dog food is enough to feed and clothe many people."
Wei Yanzhou really laughed this time.
His Majesty the Emperor's face was covered with a layer of snow in the palace lantern.
He was so handsome that he couldn't be more handsome.
Since he came to the throne, Wang Xi has never seen him smile.
No, I have never seen him smile so sincerely, it was joy coming from the bottom of his heart.
"She's so arrogant that she doesn't need to come forward to do this, and can it be done with just a touch of lip service?"
But this is Cheng Ning.
If she still had great power in her hands today, she would definitely come forward so directly.
Wang Xixin said, you clearly agree with this idea, but you still pretend to be dissatisfied.
"Xuan Yang Mu and others will come to see you tomorrow and draft a decree to separate commercial tax from private tax. The specific regulations will be finalized tomorrow."
Surprisingly, we really started with taxes!
Wang Xi was secretly worried about how many people's interests would be involved if this businessman got a share.
The late emperor did not move because he was afraid that he would not be able to bear the consequences of such a conflict.
But Wei Yanzhou actually did what he said without considering the consequences...
It was also his style. After he succeeded to the throne, he was more than a little more radical in political affairs than the late emperor.
It can also be said that the wrist.
No wonder the late emperor didn't pass the throne to Wei Yanzhou, because compared with the late emperor's benevolent government, he would definitely cause a bloody storm in Jinyang in the future.
Wang Xi did not dare to say any more.
After walking for a while, I heard Wei Yanzhou ask again: "What happened to her hand?"
