Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Waist Card
King Qi actually thinks about the same as Sixian Hou, he doesn't think that a salt shop can affect people's livelihood, and even if it does, it will be good for the people.
How could he, an emperor, stop things that were good for the people? He is not stupid, besides, Qi Country is not short of that money.
"You keep talking about that little girl, I am beginning to wonder what kind of person that little girl looks like, you will bring her into the palace tomorrow to meet me?"
Sixian Hou asked: "Your Majesty has a lot of opportunities, what do you do when you see her?" ”
"If you can make such a big move at a young age, she must be a girl who is not simple, don't worry, I won't rob your son." King Qi said with a smile.
Seeing that he was so resolute, Sixian Hou could only respond and had no choice but to retire.
In fact, it is not a very dangerous thing to enter the palace to face the saint, but he has him behind his back, but in this way, he doesn't know how to explain it to Zhan'er.
"Father, why does Your Majesty have to see Miss Xu?" Sure enough, Wu Zhan was a little reluctant.
The palace is a place to eat people, and Gillian has such a temperament, if something happens, he can't take care of it, it won't be good.
"We can't guess His Majesty's intentions."
Seeing that his son was still so anxious, Si Xianhou repeatedly promised: "The father will definitely protect the little girl, don't worry too much, how can a man be so happy about the love of his children?" ”
Wu Zhan's face turned red, and he wanted to defend that he was not because of his children's affection, but he didn't say it.
The father thinks so, maybe he will take more care of Gillian and be good for her safety.
This matter was relayed by Wu Zhan.
"His Majesty King Qi wants to see me? See what I do? Xu Jiao was a little surprised, why was she suddenly going to see her, did she have anything to do with him?
Wu Zhan told Xu Jiao everything that happened in the court today, including the conversation between King Qi and his father in the imperial study.
"So His Majesty seems to be very interested in you, and wants to meet you and see what kind of person you are."
Having said that, Xu Jiao accepted it calmly. After all, it is on the territory of someone else's country, of course, she has to listen to His Majesty's words, and it does not threaten her life, and she is reluctant to let go of such a big industry and run away.
"Okay, then I'll follow your father into the palace tomorrow." After she finished speaking, she thought of something, and her eyes lit up: "It just so happens that I haven't had time to wear the new clothes I just made two days ago, so I will put them on tomorrow to show my respect for His Majesty the King." ”
Xu Jiao happily asked people to get her clothes, and Wu Zhan looked at the scene in front of him helplessly.
She's always like this, nothing seems to affect her, and she can always find something that makes her happy right away.
It could be a piece of clothing, it could be jewelry, it could be a delicious dish, a string of sugar gourds......
Recently, she has been used to getting up early, and when she entered the palace today, she got up early to wash, and did not let Sixian Hou wait for her for a long time.
It's okay to let his son wait on weekdays, but it's not good to let him wait, after all, it's an elder.
Xu Jiao was introduced to the palace all the way, and Sixian Hou has been following her.
The little eunuch who led the way smiled: "Why is Master Hou so proper, I'm afraid that we won't be able to lead people away." ”
Si Xianhou replied solemnly: "Entrusted by others." ”
Wu Zhan's father has a promising future as a comedian, Xu Jiao thought.
Soon, the little eunuch led people to a palace, this palace is not big, it is not used by His Majesty to see ministers on weekdays, it seems that considering that Xu Jiao is a woman, His Majesty chose a relatively ordinary palace room to meet her.
"The two of you sit down and wait, Your Majesty will come to see you after he is busy with government affairs." Then someone brought fruit refreshments.
As soon as Xu Jiao ate the second pastry, King Qi came.
"Your Majesty has arrived." A shrill voice sounded, and then a middle-aged man in a black and gold robe walked in quickly, Xu Jiao glanced at it secretly, feeling that she was not as handsome as her father.
Xu Jiao saluted, and she got up without waiting for the call. King Qi is not a person who cares about etiquette, and he doesn't take it to heart.
"You're the one who sold perfume and salt in the royal capital recently?" King Qi asked casually.
"Back to His Majesty King Qi, yes." Xu Jiao replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"Makes a lot of money, right?" His tone was calm, and his words were very determined.
"Back to Your Majesty, I have made a lot of money, but Your Majesty has earned more than me." Xu Jiao replied.
This answer really aroused the curiosity of King Qi, and he couldn't help but ask: "I have made money, why don't I know?" ”
"The people of Qi are all His Majesty's people, and the people's daughters give benefits to the people, and they only charge two hundred wen for a pound of salt, which is actually a loss."
She raised her head to secretly look at Qi Wang's reaction, and he nodded as expected, that is, he agreed with her statement. In fact, she still made a lot of money, and she didn't lose at all hahahaha.
"So the folk girl let the benefits of the people, and made money from the rich to make up for it, and in the end, the folk girl didn't make much money. And His Majesty's people have been earning, isn't this Your Majesty earning? ”
Xu Jiao was very tired, but King Qi seemed to be very satisfied with this answer.
"Yes, what you said makes sense, you are insightful, knowledgeable and courageous, what a strange woman." King Qi did not hesitate to praise himself.
All the while, people who saw him for the first time were afraid, as if they were afraid that he would take their lives casually.
But this woman, who is not very old, is really rare to see him for the first time, and she can still answer his questions fluently.
He suddenly felt better, took out an object from his body, and threw it to Xu Jiao.
"Here, I appreciate you and give you a royal waist card."
On the way out of the palace, the attitude of the little eunuch who led the way was even more attentive: "Miss Xu, this waist card is amazing, with it, you can enter and exit the palace at any time." ”
It turned out to be this effect, King Qi was really stingy, just give this thing, and she shouldn't enter the palace often, it would be better to give her some real gold and silver jewelry or something.
The eunuch saw that Xu Jiao didn't care, and hurriedly explained: "Miss Xu, this waist card represents more status and status, with this, it means that you are a person recognized by His Majesty, who else dares to embarrass you?" ”
This is still a little interesting, she can use this brand to run rampant in the Qi country in the future?
Xu Jiao happily trotted all the way into Wu Zhan's yard, and showed off her waist card to him.
"Look, I got this today, do you know what this is?"
"I know." He didn't understand why she was asking the question.
I saw her apricot eyes round and her painting style changed abruptly, and she shouted: "Pour tea for this girl!" ”
Before Wu Zhan could react, she smiled again: "How is it?" Is it imposing enough? This girl is going to take this fox fake tiger power in the future. ”
"It's imposing, it's not much worse than a princess." The servants around him laughed and praised along with him.