Rebirth is back for you

The night is as cool as water, and the palace lanterns are dim.

Fangcai Huacai Hall's lingering wine fragrance seems to be still floating in the air, light and fragrant.

But at this moment, the people walking in twos and threes on the palace road were no longer as relaxed and comfortable as they were then, walking slowly all the way while whispering under their breath.

Zuo Xiang had always been a mellow kaleidoscope as an official, but now there were a lot of people around him, and the deliberately suppressed discussions gradually overflowed.

"Look at the left, did the emperor really intend to point out the nine princesses to that boy of the Pei family? That is His Royal Highness the nine princesses who have just asked the emperor to bestow a marriage favor on the son. The emperor has always loved the nine princesses. Beat mandarin ducks with sticks?"

Someone indistinctly asked Prime Minister Zuo, and there were echoing voices all around.

The mandarin duck being beaten: "..."

The old prince Deqin ran away without patting his ass with others today, and after dismissing the few ministers who wanted to go with him, he and Jing Ran leisurely walked behind and listened. Hearing this sentence, he turned his head and looked away. I took a few glances at Jingran.

Zuo Xiang's heart was clear, but his mouth was serious and he said: "The emperor is the son of heaven, and the holy will is the will of heaven. How can we speculate on our own? My lords, don't forget the misfortune of the Seventh Prince."

The chirping voice stopped immediately, Prime Minister Zuo glanced at him, cupped his hands and said, "My lords, go slowly, Mrs. Benxiang is still waiting, I'll take a step first."

The officials looked at each other for a few moments, and bowed their hands to the left minister relatively silently. When they walked away, someone stroked their sleeves and snorted coldly: "Old fox!"

The old prince Deqin shook his beard, as if he wanted to laugh, and before he could speak, a figure came up beside him - it was Cheng Yan who ruined the old emperor's birthday banquet tonight.

Cheng Yan bowed solemnly to the two of them, lowered his voice and said to Jing Ran: "Thank you, Shizi Jing, for informing the old minister about this matter, otherwise it will take one more day, and I don't know how many more innocent victims will die."

"Master Cheng is serious, I also have selfish intentions, and you have completely offended His Highness the Crown Prince after this incident, please be careful in the future, Lord Cheng." Jing Ran turned to Cheng Yan and replied.

Although Cheng Yan didn't know what Jing Ran's selfishness was, but he didn't say much, he just shook his head and said: "I already know that it is the Deqin Prince's Mansion, Jing Shizi and the old prince who opened a warehouse in the name of a wealthy businessman in Mobei to provide disaster relief. This move is really doing good deeds and accumulating blessings. As for the humble minister, I have offended many people over the years, thank you, Mr. Jing, for your concern."

Cheng Yan seemed to want to avoid suspicion for the two of them, so he left quickly after speaking, but his figure walking in the dark night was magnanimous and breezy.

The old prince Deqin squinted his eyes at Cheng Yan's back, and said secretly to Jing Ran: "Stinky girl, you are too good at playing!"

Jing Ran raised one eyebrow and didn't answer, looking down at the pebbles under her feet, wondering what she was thinking.

"Tell me, did you expect the emperor's old man to have such a skill, or did you just want to do it for Mu girl?" The old prince Deqin glanced at Jingran, saw that she hadn't spoken, and continued to mutter: "You stinky girl, In terms of behavior, it is much better than your father's look of looking forward and backward, but in terms of temperament, I don't know who to follow, and I don't know how to be awkward!"

Twitchy and awkward: "..."

"She's only fifteen now, and she's just a little girl in my eyes." After a moment's pause, Jing Ran suddenly spoke softly.

Hearing the sound, Old Prince Deqin turned his head and glanced at Jing Ran without saying a word.

Just like this, a group of people came to the gate of the palace, and before they stepped into the carriage, they suddenly rushed to a little eunuch behind them, and shouted loudly: "My lords, please stay, the emperor's imperial study is here to welcome you!" -"

The officials suddenly stopped, with complex expressions, looked at each other for a few times, then turned around and walked back as if resigned to fate, it seemed that this was going to discuss the disaster in Mobei overnight, maybe it was more than that.

Old Prince Deqin hissed, touched his well-trimmed baby beard, turned around, raised his hand and pulled his eyelids and muttered: "Stinky girl, why do you think my left eyelid is twitching?" ? I’m afraid it’s going to break the bank!”

Um?Jing Ran turned her head jokingly: "Could it be that you have saved private money in addition to the royal family business that you handed over to me?"

The old prince Deqin raised his hand to hit her, but Jing Ran dodged it with a smile, and whispered with crooked eyes: "I think this million-dollar family is also being missed by thieves all day long, why don't you buy An Sheng when it's all gone this time?" ?”

The eyes of the old prince Deqin flickered, and he quickly understood what Jing Ran meant, and he praised with a slightly twisted tone: "Those were originally managed by your mother after she came to the mansion. My old man has not done it all these years." Be active, now that you have this kind of heart, your mother is in heaven... If she knows, she will also approve of it."

Appreciate it?She still doesn't have the heart to be a living Bodhisattva. The Deqin Prince's Mansion has been very popular these years. After those words, she would no longer be so naive as to think that the old emperor would be ignorant.

Jing Ran tilted her head to look at Old Prince Deqin, her eyes were deep, she chuckled for a while, waved her hands and said, "You go, I'll wait for you outside the palace to go with you."

"Please Jing Shizi, Bai Shizi, Rong Shizi and General Pei stay here!" Before taking a few steps, another eunuch who was younger ran over hurriedly, panting and shouting: "The emperor calls you four Let's go to the imperial study—”

Not only did the four people who were pointed out stop in their footsteps, but the rest of the courtiers who had already walked into the palace also turned their heads and looked over. When they saw this little eunuch, they became clear-eyed. This is probably Jing Ran who was specially called, and the rest of them were just It's just a foil, after all, the little eunuch who delivered the decree for the second time is a little boy who has been with the eldest grandson Qimu since he was a child.

The old prince Deqin glanced back, and saw that Pei Jinsong had arrived beside Jing Ran, so he continued to take a few steps forward with Dr. Yushi and the others.

After arriving at the imperial study room, Jing Ran looked up, only to find that there were already many people standing in the hall, including the queen, the fourth concubine, and a group of princes and princesses, but the old emperor did not sit on the imperial head, but Standing by the side of the window with his hands behind his back, he silently looked out at the equally dark and heavy night outside the window.

The hall was light and warm, Jing Ran took off his cloak and put it on his arms, subconsciously raised his eyes to look at the person standing at the head of the princes and princesses, the eldest grandson Qimu seemed to feel it, turned his head to look back, there was something in his deep eyes Indefensible emotions.

When the old emperor didn't speak, everyone in the hall didn't dare to speak. The hourglass on the head of the imperial table flowed down bit by bit, and the air in the hall seemed to become more and more stagnant.

Finally, the tree branches outside the window seemed to be unable to hold back the cold wind and blew and peeled. The old emperor turned around, glanced at His Highness and everyone, and the corner of his mouth suddenly curved into a strange arc, but the words he said made the officials feel ashamed. Surprised.

"My dear friends, the treasury is empty."

The words were like thunder, piercing straight into the hearts of everyone.Although Qingyue has been spending a lot of money to support soldiers for various reasons in these years, and spends huge sums of money on food every year, so the treasury has always been tight, but it will not be emptied by a snowstorm in Mobei. Where did you go?

The old emperor took everyone's reaction into his eyes, didn't explain much, just stretched out his hand and rubbed the center of his brows, and continued to speak bluntly: "I called you tonight to solve the urgent need at the moment, and the specific disaster relief matters will be discussed tomorrow morning."

At this moment, everyone's hearts brightened up, but they all lowered their heads like mourning, and Jing Ran laughed lightly in his eyes.

The old emperor glanced at it knowingly, and clapped his hands several times.

The door of the hall was pushed open immediately, and a group of eunuchs carried a dozen boxes and stacked them on the hall without making a sound.

Everyone looked at the underground box in bewilderment, but Zuo Xiang, Wen Yuanhou and other old tricksters squinted their eyes and squinted, their hearts were clear.

Only at this moment did the old emperor move his footsteps, which had been fixed by the window, towards His Highness, step by step as if stepping on the hearts of a group of courtiers.

"Most of the precious things I have obtained over the years have been distributed as rewards, or have been used as military pay. Now these are all that is left in my private treasury." Swipe across everyone's faces one by one like a sharp edge, and at the same time said in a deep voice, the meaning couldn't be more obvious.

Jing Ran felt a little complicated in his heart. Even though the old emperor had many faults, he could still be regarded as a diligent and accomplished emperor.Even so, after all, it was just to defend the Changsun family's country.

In the box opened by the old emperor, a emerald jade unicorn lay quietly on top of the heaps of treasures, and the two exquisitely crafted ruby ​​eyes seemed to be mocking everyone in the hall.

The queen also moved suddenly, walked down the palace steps and stood beside the old emperor, stretched out her hand to pull out the white jade hairpin on her head, put it into the box opened by the old emperor, and said softly: "Although my ability is shallow, these The emperor and the first empress dowager loved him a lot in the past year, and there are some things in the private treasury, and I would like to take them out like the emperor, and make a little contribution."

Finally, he raised his eyes and said: "In addition, the harem under the control of this palace can reduce the expenses of all expenses by [-]% from now on."

The old emperor looked deeply at the queen, raised his big old hand and shook the queen's hand: "You are worthy of being my queen, good!"

The ministers waited and watched so far, there was nothing to say, and they all silently shifted their eyes to the leader of the humerus - the old prince Deqin.

This blood is sure to come out, but how much is tricky. If it is too little, it will inevitably be suspected of not working hard, but if it is too much, it will be difficult to cover up the selfishness of these years. It is still inevitable to escape suspicion, and I can only hope to follow the rules Yu Deqin Palace.

They all looked at Jing Ran eagerly, but his subsequent words made everyone tremble like a thunderbolt. Even the old emperor was startled, turned around and frowned deeply: "How much food and grass did you say?"

"Two million stones." Jing Ran repeated in a clear voice, but her eyebrows were light and soft, and the light of the fire in the hall reflected her light-black eyebrows and eyes more clearly.

There are four major granaries in Qingyue State, the largest one can only store about 100 million shi of grain, and what is the concept of a full 200 ​​million shi of grain and grass, which is enough for the soldiers of Qingyue State to consume three winters.

What's more, the reason why Qingyue has been the weakest among the three kingdoms since the past dynasties is not because of the lack of troops, but on the contrary because of the disadvantage of natural land and the lack of reserves caused by the large number of troops. The great significance of coming is self-evident.

After the old emperor's eyes were deeply condensed, they suddenly burst into a scorching light, but this kind of light had no clear meaning, just like everyone in the palace, after the shock, there were even more intense questions and suspicions.

"My mother and concubine's background must have been heard by everyone. When she married into the Deqin Palace, she brought a large amount of dowry. These are all good business gains over the years." Jing Ran said slowly. Explaining, raising her eyes to look at the old emperor, although she concealed part of what she said, it was not a lie.

Except for the old prince Deqin who has never said a word and the second prime minister who has been silent, everyone is still in a daze. The princess Deqin was so mysterious that even the old emperor's hidden guards couldn't find out her origin and identity. Life experience, where did they go to hear about it?

Jing Ran stood tall and indifferent, she was talking to the old emperor, it didn't matter whether other people knew about it or not.

Sure enough, the old emperor nodded, and when he was about to speak, Jing Ran spoke again: "The food and grass are for the snow disaster in Mobei, and to raise money for the country and the country, the Deqin Palace will add another 5000 million taels of silver."

Now all the courtiers are almost fainting. They have been blinded by Su Lian of the Deqin Palace all these years. Let alone 5000 million taels with Jing Ran, even if it is a tenth of the discount, It is also enough for the whole family to eat bran swallowed vegetables for several years.

"Okay!" The old emperor was overjoyed. For the first time in these years, he had a different emotion about the existence of the Deqin Palace. He patted her again a few times, then looked at her slightly thin shoulders and patted her lightly instead.

Changsun Qimu's eyes were fixed on Jing Ran's body, and his thin lips were pursed.

"The Deqin Palace is worthy of my Qingyue humerus! When the late emperor was alive, he relied heavily on it. Now that I have no rewards and seals, I will give the Deqin Palace a gold medal to avoid death!" The old emperor said loudly. Dao, and added at the end: "Old Prince Deqin bestowed the title of first-class prince, which can be inherited by future generations!"

Everyone was startled now, although the death-free gold medal and the title of the first-class prince are just icing on the cake for the current Deqin Palace, and they are not very practical, but after all, these two honors are Qingyue Lichao 400 For the first time in years, it is enough to prove how happy the old emperor is now, so the prospect of Deqin Palace has become delicate.

Only then did the old prince of Deqin go out and thank Jing Ran symbolically.

Jing Ran felt a little confused in his heart, but he still glanced at his eldest grandson Qimu lightly as if he was relieved.

She had never been able to understand the hidden arrangement of the Deqin Palace that the old emperor had heard in the imperial study room of the palace that day, and the growing anxiety in her heart made her unable to take half of her mind to take other things seriously, but now——

She used such two tactics to first instruct Cheng Yan to expose the disaster in Mobei, in order to tie the old emperor's hands and feet with government affairs, so that he would have no time to deal with the Deqin Palace, but this is not a long-term strategy after all.

Second, completely exposing the hidden side of the Deqin Palace to the old emperor is a gamble. Betting on everything has two sides. Betting that the old emperor will be more afraid of the Deqin Palace after this, or re-evaluate the past fears It was estimated that it was resolved into relying heavily on utilization, and the result seems to be——

Jing Ran raised her eyes and looked carefully at the old emperor again. At least the current situation has not gotten worse. At least she can no longer be scruples and deal with people who no longer want to procrastinate without any impurities.

Next, the ministers came out one by one and verbally promised the silver rations that they could take out. The old emperor waved his hand to signal the officials who had already arranged to take a pen and paper to record one by one, and walked back to sit in the imperial case to listen carefully.

After the courtiers, it was the turn of the concubines and the emperor's heirs. When the concubine Duan came out, a cold light suddenly flashed and stabbed at the old emperor.

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