bestfiction Chapter 202: Wine and rice bags
Chapter 202: Wine and rice bags
However, in the heart of Emperor Beichen, they still had to donate, and the national treasury had to be filled, so he continued to draft the decree. However, in order to make those merchants more active, he stipulated that as long as the merchants made charitable donations, the court would give certain rewards and preferential policies, and the merchants who donated the most this time could also become imperial merchants.
As for the things Han Yiyi wanted, Emperor Beichen thought of the people outside the city, closed his eyes slightly, and felt a sense of fearlessness in facing death, and spoke.
"You guys go back first and come back to get the things tomorrow..."
So that night, because of Ye Li before, Emperor Beichen did not enter the harem again, and he actually went to several concubines in one night.
The next morning, Han Yiyi saw the "treasure" in front of him, and saw the dark circles under Emperor Beichen's eyes. He couldn't help but wonder if the emperor had gone out to steal in the middle of the night...
When Emperor Beichen saw the look in Han Yiyi's eyes, he coughed lightly to hide the embarrassment in his eyes before speaking.
"Take it away quickly so that the people outside the city can suffer less..."
Now that Emperor Beichen knew that he was going to exchange these things for medicine, Han Yiyi hid them and put them into the system right in front of Emperor Beichen. When he heard the points reported by the system, Han Yiyi couldn't help but frown. He was actually short of more than 500,000 points...
However, when Emperor Beichen saw the thing disappear in an instant, his face turned pale with fright.
"You, you, this, this..." For some reason, at this moment, Emperor Beichen suddenly felt a little worried. If he made Han Yiyi unhappy, she might be able to make him disappear in an instant like this...
Seeing Emperor Beichen like this, Han Yiyi hurriedly began to explain.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. This is something I got by chance. It contains some food and medicine. But if you want the medicine, you need to exchange it for something. This is why I need these precious items..."
After hearing Han Yiyi's words, Emperor Beichen was no longer afraid, but he felt that this thing was too deceptive, so he spoke.
"Since everything has been changed, you can go outside the city and distribute the medicine to those people...", and then he started to drive people away. He was tired after a whole night and needed to rest.
But after Emperor Beichen finished speaking, he saw that Han Yiyi had no intention of leaving, and he really wanted to curse in his heart. He gritted his teeth and then opened his mouth to ask questions.
"How much more is left..."
After hearing what Emperor Beichen said, Han Yiyi looked at the system's points balance, and roughly calculated the number of people who had not yet taken the medicine, and then he replied
"Your Majesty, anything similar to today will do..."
"Okay, I understand. You can go back first and come to get it tomorrow..."
After Nangong Yuan and Han Yiyi spoke, Emperor Beichen yelled at the chief eunuch beside him.
"Go, tell those useless people from the Imperial Hospital to kneel outside the palace. No one is allowed to leave until they have knelt for three hours. They are a bunch of good-for-nothings who can't help at all. They have to rely on me for everything. Could it be that my body is made of iron..."
At this time, Han Yiyi, who was away from the imperial study, couldn't help but asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"The emperor has these things, why doesn't he give them to me directly? Why does he insist that we make another trip tomorrow..."
When Nangong Yuan heard Han Yiyi's words, his eyes flashed. Thinking of the origins of those things of Emperor Beichen, the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily. He coughed lightly before speaking.
"Well, well, I don't know either. Maybe His Majesty has his own considerations..."
At this time, in the harem, all the palaces that Emperor Beichen had visited last night had lost things without exception.
At this time in Zhongcui Palace, the queen just stood up with a happy face, and saw the maid who usually helped her to dress up kneeling in front of her with a pale face.
Mom, mom, no, something’s wrong…”
Upon seeing this, the Queen couldn't help but frown slightly and spoke with some displeasure.
"What's the matter..."
"Yes, your Majesty, yes, your pair of jade bracelets are missing..."
"The pair that His Majesty rewarded..."
"Yes, Your Majesty, it is the pair that His Majesty gave you as a gift on your birthday last year. Today, I saw that your clothes matched the pair of bracelets very well, so I wanted to take them out for you to wear. However, I didn't expect that the bracelets that were originally placed in the jewelry box were missing..."
Hearing this servant's words, the Queen's heart sank. Losing the gift bestowed upon her by the Emperor was a capital offense...
Now, having just gained favor, she unexpectedly lost the gift bestowed by the emperor. The queen's face, which had just been flushed, turned pale in an instant. After confirming that it was lost, she dared not say anything. She could only sternly warn those around her not to tell anyone about it...
However, the same thing was happening in other palaces.
What they lost were all gifts from the emperor, so no one dared to speak out. Of course, this was also planned by Emperor Beichen. If they lost other things, they would naturally make it known to everyone. Only the things given by the emperor could keep it secret from themselves.
I have to say that Emperor Beichen did something really miserable. I think since ancient times, he was the only emperor who had to steal things from his concubines.
However, this cannot be blamed on Emperor Beichen. Beichen had been harassed by the neighboring Northern Dynasties, Nanjing and Dongli, for many years, and there were constant wars, so the treasury had always been empty. It was only in the last few years, with Nangong Yuan guarding the border, that the country felt somewhat stable.
The Queen was still worried about the bracelet, and Emperor Beichen found out. Then she heard the maid announce that His Majesty had arrived. The Queen was startled and hurriedly tidied her clothes to greet him.
The next day, perhaps because she had stayed up too late the night before, the empress did not get up until the hour of Si. She had just gotten up with a blissful look on her face, still wondering why Emperor Beichen had suddenly become so enthusiastic in the past two days, when she saw the maid kneeling in front of her with a pale face again.
Seeing this, the queen couldn't help but frown again.
"What's wrong? Something is lost again..."
"To reply to Her Majesty, yes, it is the pair of jade head ornaments that the Queen Mother gave you during the enthronement ceremony..." The maid said, her body trembling slightly. She didn't understand why she always lost things in the past two days.
When the queen heard what the servant said, she was so shocked that she stood up immediately.
"You mean, the whole set is gone..."
"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, that set of headwear was placed in the jewelry box. When I checked last night, it was still there. But I don't know what happened. When I looked at it just now, it was gone..."
The queen was very annoyed by the repeated loss of things. Just as she was about to get angry, she suddenly remembered something and couldn't help but ask.
"You mean you saw it last night..."