bestfiction Chapter 234 The Moon Is Full
Chapter 234 The Moon Is Full
Chapter 234 The Moon is Full on the th
Xiao's spirits lifted, and when he finally stood up straight, his legs stopped shaking.
The old lady nodded, "The mistress of the main house shouldn't think about how much favor she can get from her husband all day long. Fighting for favor is what concubines do. What you need to do is to control all the concubines and make them listen to you. It doesn't matter how many concubines a man has, but he can only have one main wife. Go! Stand up straight, walk straight, and follow your husband closely. No one can destroy the Ye family, not even the Yanhua Palace!"
Xiao Shubai walked away with her head held high. She felt that this was the most assertive the old lady had ever been, and it was also the most assertive she had ever been since she married into the general's mansion.
Yes! This is what a first-rank general's mansion looks like, this is the majesty of a first-rank general's mansion, and this is worthy of the great military exploits that the old man has established over the past few decades.
Finally, everyone left, and Jun Tao held the old lady's arm, "Old lady, let's go too!"
The old lady couldn't stand up. She tried once but failed, so she sat back in her chair.
Jun Tao was stunned, "What's wrong? Is your leg numb?"
The old lady shook her head, her face full of bitterness, "It's not numbness, it's fear, I'm shaking. I told the mistress not to be afraid, that's because I'm afraid. I told her that Yanhua Palace wouldn't work either, but I know Yanhua Palace will definitely work. Not to mention the Ye family, even in this whole world, as long as the one in Yanhua Palace has a thought, all the lives will be destroyed in an instant, and not a blade of grass will grow."
Jun Tao was also flustered. She asked the old lady, "Then why did you say that to the second lady?"
The old lady sighed, "What else can I say? Say that I'm afraid too? Then she and I will tremble face to face? Who will support this family? The Ye family is not what it used to be, and Jingsheng doesn't have the ability and courage of his elder brother. Then we can only rely on Xiao Shubai and join forces with the Xiao family to continue to gain a foothold in Lin'an Inner City. Otherwise, sooner or later we will be driven out of the inner city."
After midnight, Ye Wenyan was like a dying fish that was thrown back into the water, and he instantly became clear-headed.
Not only did her headache and chills go away, she could even smell the fragrance of the almighty god on Shi Liyuan's body.
This made her a little confused for a moment, and she almost suspected that Shi Liyuan had transferred her while she was unconscious.
But obviously there wasn't any, because she reached out and touched her pillow, and the deeds under it.
She grabbed the deed in her hand and held it in front of her eyes. Before she opened her eyes, she heard someone chuckle, "You are such a money-grubber. You're thinking about these mountains right after you wake up. There are only six of them. How valuable can they be? If you want mountains, I can ask for all the mountains in the world for you. Why do you have to ask for these few?" She opened her eyes with a smile and grabbed his hand. "These mountains are close to Lin'an, and it's convenient to come and go. I'm not as capable as you, and I don't know how to move mountains. So the mountains you gave me are too far away and I can't go there myself. These are the most suitable, but unfortunately they have owners. I have these deeds, and I have to pay them back. By the way, Master Liyuan, do you know how much these mountains are worth? How much should I give?"
Shi Liyuan was also in a dilemma. "I have never bought a mountain, how can I know how much they are worth? Why not let Lian Shi go and ask for you. But in my opinion, there is no need to give the money. You just need to tell him that the mountain has been requisitioned by Yanhua Palace. How dare he accept money from Yanhua Palace? Uh, who owns the mountain?" He took the deed and looked at it. "Quan Qingyun, who is the head of the Quan family?"
"Third brother, His Highness Prince Ren." She folded the deed and put it back under the pillow. "It's just a few mountains. There's no need to use the name of Yanhua Palace. I don't want to owe him a favor because of a few mountains. But he did say he didn't want money. He also said he wanted to thank me for curing my second brother's leg. Shi Liyuan, why do you think I should ask him to come down and thank me for curing my second brother's leg? What's the logic?" He looked at the little girl with a bad look on his face and was really helpless. "When will you stop asking about other people's affairs?"
"I'm just curious!"
"What's there to be curious about? You've analyzed it all clearly yourself."
"It's my own analysis, but if they don't acknowledge it, then my analysis is in vain! Forget it, I can't explain it to you, and I have to think about my second brother later. Shi Liyuan, how did you get out of the spirit gathering array? Didn't I tell you not to come out?"
He reached out to rub her head, "Don't worry, my spiritual power has recovered to 70%, and I can cast the Soul Stabilization Technique. I won't let the Soul Gathering Formation be destroyed in vain, nor will I let the spiritual power I've recovered these days be lost again."
She breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good."
"Would you like to go out for a walk?" He invited her. "The moon is full on the 15th and 16th. Why don't you choose one of your six mountains and stand on the top to look at the moon."
She thought this was a good idea, so she happily took out the deed and stuffed it into Shi Liyuan's arms, "You choose, I'll go change clothes." After thinking about it again, she simply cast a cleansing spell and got a fresh outfit.
Among the six mountains given to her by the Third Prince, there is actually one that covers the largest area, is the highest, and faces Lin'an City.
When the two of them stood on the top of the mountain, Ye Wenyan discovered that from here, he could have a panoramic view of the inner and outer cities. The entire Lin'an was like a chessboard in front of him.
Shi Liyuan stretched out his hand and pointed at the chessboard. A red light emerged from his fingertips and moved slowly.
The chessboard was enlarged as his fingers moved, and gradually, she could see every building in the city and every person who was still walking on the street at this hour.
Shi Liyuan said, "Look, the outer city is bustling, while the inner city is quiet. The outer city is brightly lit by candlelight, while the inner city is pitch black. Can you see clearly what the people in the outer city are doing?"
She looked carefully and soon saw clearly, "People in the inner city are sleeping, while people in the outer city are working. They have begun to rebuild their homes and repair their houses by moving bricks and tiles. The streets in the outer city have been cleaned up very cleanly, and there is hardly a broken brick or tile on the streets. But it is not the same in the inner city. There are still bricks and tiles piled up in many places in the inner city, as if some officials are not asleep and are cleaning the streets, and the imperial guards are also involved. But there are no people in the inner city, they should all be sleeping!"
It feels like reading a picture, but the more you look at the picture, the angrier it makes you.
"Inner city residents have always prided themselves on being noble and disdainful of doing manual labor. Look at their houses, many of them have not been repaired at all. What are they waiting for? Who will repair them for them?"
Shi Liyuan saw that the little girl was a little angry, so he hugged her and gently reasoned with her: "Unless we transfer craftsmen from other provinces, it is basically impossible to start the project in the inner city and the outer city at the same time. There are only so many people in total, and the craftsmen are basically from outside the city, but they are now busy repairing their own houses, so how can they have time to work in the inner city? Of course, it's not that no one has put down their own family affairs and choose to go to the inner city to help first, that is also to earn more money to support their families. But most people will still focus on their own families, finish their own affairs first, settle their wives and children, and then go to help to make money."
Ye Wenyan understood, "With a shortage of manpower, they have to work half of the time and rest half of the time. So, apart from the small jobs that can be done by our own servants, if we want to wait for the craftsmen from the outer city to come in, we have to wait until they finish their own work first." She asked him to zoom in a little more, "The outer city is working day and night, and it looks like the repairs are almost done now."
Shi Liyuan nodded, "It will probably take just one or two days for the inner city to start repairing. All repair costs are paid by the court, including bricks and tiles purchased from other provinces. The people only need to work and do not have to spend money. But it is said that there is not much silver in the treasury. When the previous emperor was alive, it was called a prosperous era, but people did not know that the prosperity was built with real gold and silver. It seemed prosperous to the outside world, but once the gold and silver were gone, the prosperity would collapse."
"It turns out that the late emperor only left behind an empty shell of a prosperous era, with gold and jade on the outside but rotten cotton on the inside. Everyone thought that the Northern Qi Dynasty was a great country with great achievements, wealth and power, but in fact it was just a facade."
"Ah."
Ye Wenyan sighed, "If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have let Qingcheng take the blame. If you had designated the legitimate prince to succeed the throne, then all these troubles should be borne by Quan Qinglu now."
Shi Liyuan laughed when he heard this, "How dare you say that? Why can't the legitimate prince inherit the throne? Don't you know the answer? When you came back from the suburbs, you rushed directly to the Su Palace to seek revenge on the Sixth Prince. You crushed his lifeblood with just one spell. With so many people watching, how can you inherit the throne?"
"Quan Qingcheng is still a little mute, didn't you point it out and ask me to treat him? Then I can also treat Quan Qinglu!"
Someone's eyes suddenly became unfriendly, "How do you want to treat it?"
"Uh..." Well, the wound in that place is not easy to heal, but... "But now they have created a fake Sixth Prince, and I don't know what their plan is. I suspect that those two people are twins, but no one knows about it. Such a big thing can be concealed from the world, which shows that they really put a lot of effort in it. Of course, there must be some unknown reason for putting so much effort."
Shi Liyuan snorted softly, "What else can they think of? It's nothing more than the throne, the struggle between the legitimate and illegitimate children. As for whether they are twins or not, this kind of thing has never been outside the scope of my consideration. In the final analysis, the struggle for imperial power is a matter for mortals and has nothing to do with me. So even if they really want to seize the throne and start a war, it is the natural law of the rise and fall of mortal dynasties. You and I can just watch from the sidelines, there is no need to get involved."
"Is it really unnecessary?" She shook her head helplessly. "Perhaps it was indeed unnecessary for you in the past, but I am still living in this world as Miss Ye Si. Tell me, how can I not participate?"