Chapter 193: The Emperor's Troubles
"General Fu, I ......" Agata wanted to say something.
Who knew that Fu Ankang and Yu Qing turned around and strode away directly after explaining to Yu Qing, without even giving Agata a look.
When the little girl saw that her master was gone, she couldn't care about the benefactor's shocking remarks for a while, so she thanked her again and followed Fu Ankang.
"Agata ...... you"
Yu Qing considered how to explain the customs here to Agata, but before he could speak, there was a wave of madness around him, and Agata actually chased after Fu Ankang's figure.
In Nuoda's courtyard, the master and servant were left alone in the wind, what is this called!
"Little lord, Miss Agata is afraid that she will be rejected again." Wanhe witnessed everything before he came back to his senses.
"Let's go back to the palace."
Yu Qing retracted her gaze, she couldn't control it so much, the love between men and women was not something that others could interfere with, so let Fu Ankang solve it by herself.
In the next few days, Yu Qing didn't see Agata, I heard that he had been pestering Fu Ankang, according to Agata's temperament, bold and straightforward, I was afraid that Fu Ankang would have a headache.
Also didn't see the emperor.
I had time to inquire and learned that the emperor had been busy with the issue of mutual markets between the two countries recently, and he had no time to spare.
I thought about whether to find a time to see the emperor.
When Xue Gui came, he told Yu Qing that the emperor wanted to see her.
"Where is the emperor now?" Yu Qing asked.
To be honest, when the emperor was busy with political affairs, she probably didn't dare to bother.
The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and the emperor is lenient, if she is really accustomed to it, she often watches from the sidelines, and over time, I am afraid that it will also cause the emperor to be suspicious.
It's not that she doesn't trust the emperor, it's just that it's inevitable, and suspicion is a common problem of the emperor.
Since ancient times, no generation of kings likes to be left in power, even if the emperor treats her very well, she should still be very careful.
"The emperor has been in the imperial study for the past few days, occasionally meeting with the envoys, and the servants are looking at it, and they are mostly worried."
Every time he met with the envoys, Xue Gui was naturally on his side, and he inevitably heard all the talking process.
This dynasty is a big country in the Celestial Empire, and there is no need to care about a small country like that wooden pole in the past.
However, the war between the border and other countries is imminent, and it may break out completely at any time, and the soldiers are in urgent need of food, grass and horses.
However, when the two countries negotiated, there were many points that could not reach a consensus, so the emperor had been worried for a few days, and today he specially summoned Yu Qing to accompany him.
As Xue Gui soon arrived at the imperial study, as soon as he entered the palace gate, he heard a long sigh from Lizhuan.
Turning into the side hall, the emperor stood long behind the desk, holding a brush in his hand, drawing in circles on the fold, and kept annotating.
"The emperor is auspicious!" Yu Qing raised his eyebrows, and blessed his body was safe.
"No need to be polite."
The emperor put down the pen, stretched out his hand to help Yu Qing up, took her little hand and brought her to the side, and the two looked down at the folds on the table together
More than a glance and ten lines, browsing extremely fast, Gu is the minister's watch, listing many disadvantages of the two countries' mutual market, the rhetoric is fierce, and it seems to be very disagreeable.
"The courtiers objected, and the number increased day by day, and the wooden pole was also a lion's big mouth, and offered to deliver the weapons of the soldiers and horses, and at the same time asked me to pay tribute to them!"
The ten fingers that were clasped together gradually converged, and the dissatisfaction emanating from the emperor's body made Yu Qing feel the same way.
The Son of Heaven has the pride of the Son of Heaven, and the great powers of the Celestial Empire bow their heads to pay tribute to the land of projectiles that are many times smaller than themselves for horses and weapons, which is tantamount to bowing their heads and surrendering.
The war on the frontier was tight, and the wooden pole took this point as a threat, insisted on his own opinion, and did not back down a single penny, and failed to negotiate many times, causing the emperor's anger to increase day by day.
But as the king of a country, he had to think about the war, and he couldn't think of a better way, so he could only endure it.
"How much tribute does the wooden pole ask for?" Yu Qing asked.
I'm afraid the number is not low, the Celestial Empire is rich in products, the land is vast, if it is not beyond the scope of bearing, with the emperor's usual and decisive means of killing and killing in the court, how can it be so difficult and undecided.
"Annual income of 100,000 denier grain, 100,000 rolls of cloth, 100,000 catties of tea and salt, and another 100,000 taels of gold!"
The emperor's eyes were full of fire, and he felt hateful when he thought of the convincing appearance of Ruslan's court.
The number of people in the wooden pole was less than that of a small state county in the south of the Celestial Empire, and the number of greed made the Manchu Dynasty civil and military dumbfounded.
If he agreed to the conditions of the wooden pole, he would resign and return to his hometown, and never enter the market again.
This person is a veteran of the three dynasties, a rare loyal and upright minister, and there are countless students under his hands, and now there are three officials in the court.
The key is that he is a royalist, and if he really takes off his hat and resigns, his students will definitely follow suit.
In fact, without the opposition of the courtiers, the emperor himself is already angry, so insatiable, if he agrees, there will be endless troubles, how can he face the emperor and the people of Limin, he really doesn't have to sit on this throne anymore!
However, the emperor did not say anything about it, only said that he would make a decision after discussing with the hundred officials, where is there any need to discuss, the stack of mountains in front of the two of them is the result.
The appetite of the wooden pole was really unexpected.
She knew that Ruslan's condition was not that he couldn't afford to come out, but that he couldn't come out.
Being so threatened by a small and remote country can be easily satisfied, and the face of the dynasty and the majesty of the emperor will be gone, and what should happen if any country will follow suit in the future and negotiate with each other.
Although she understands, she doesn't want to get involved in government politics, and these are not things she can control.
In the past, the active ideas in my mind could not be blocked, and they disappeared without a trace, and I didn't know how to persuade them for a while to solve problems for the emperor.
Looking at the emperor's tightly knit brows, Yu Qing unconsciously stretched out her hand, wanting to smooth him, but was grabbed by the emperor and looked at each other.
"I shouldn't have told you this, I bothered you for nothing."
The emperor looked at Yu Qing and sighed lightly, and wanted to smooth his brows for him, but his own wrinkled.
Yu Qing shook her head, saying that it was okay, the emperor was so good to her, and she would naturally be happy to share his worries if she could share his worries.
"Your Majesty, the concubine remembers that in the winter before, you were greedy for the kimchi made by the concubine, and now I have made a Weng again, come out, can you taste it with the concubine?"
At that time, she was still a little palace maid in the imperial dining room, and the two met by chance in the courtyard in the evening, and the emperor finally failed to eat a bite.
The previous one had already been eaten by her, and she made a new one, counting the time to open the altar.
"Besides, who only cared about eating for himself at that time, and left me aside."
Not to mention that he really forgot about it, but now that I think about it, he really thought about it for a while.
"The emperor just says whether to eat or not."
Yu Qing stuck out her tongue naughtily, and then raised her neck arrogantly and said.
The woman in front of her smiled skillfully, her eyebrows were picturesque, smart and vivid, and the strange calmed down the dull mood.
Since I can't think of a way for a while, it's better to put it aside for the time being, take a rest, and relieve my tired thoughts, the emperor nodded happily.
Yu Qing ordered someone to send a message to Wenhua Palace, and Xiyue ordered the kimchi jar to be opened, put a plate into the food box, and let the little eunuch take it back to the imperial study.
At lunchtime, Xue Gui had already ordered the imperial dining room to pass the meal, and he knew that as long as the noble people came, the emperor did not say anything about the meal.
There is an active atmosphere of more than Qing, a smile on a meal, and with her, the rule of not saying anything has long been abandoned by the emperor.
After finishing the meal, the emperor had to continue to review the mountains of folds, and Yu Qing couldn't help much if he stayed, so he left with the evening lotus.
"Little master, the slave maid just saw that the emperor's tone was relaxed, has the matter of the mutual market been resolved?" Wanhe asked.
She came over with Yuqing, and did not go in to serve, but stayed outside the door with Xue Gui, when the emperor and the little lord were alone, most of them were sensible and did not bother in front of them.
Because the emperor always likes to make some intimate actions to Yu Qing, especially after the relationship between the two warms up, they often can't help but kiss in one place.
The emperor is not shy about it, he does it casually, but he is thin-skinned, and every time he is kissed in front of his subordinates, he will blame the emperor when he turns around.
The emperor dotes on Yu Qing, and he is happy to see her play petty, all as a pleasure, naturally obedient, but these of them will always be coldly looked down upon by the emperor.
The majesty of the emperor was so great that people were so frightened that they only shivered, once or twice, they understood what the emperor meant, but whenever the two of them were in one place, they would retreat to the door and wait.
This was the case just now, when he was outside the palace, Xue Gui said that the emperor's recent troubles were nothing more than trading with the wooden pole, and he couldn't think of a good solution.
"What did Xue Gui tell you?" Yu Qing glanced at Wanhe, saw her nodding, and continued: "This matter is difficult, and there is no progress on the emperor's side. ”
It is necessary to weigh the war and the interests of the country, consider the feelings of the courtiers and the weapons and horses obtained, and the number of weapons and horses must be sufficient.
"Is there any good way for the little master?"
Seeing that Yuqing sighed unconsciously, she realized that she waited until the two of them had dinner, went in to serve, and saw the emperor and his face pleasant, without the slightest sadness on his face, and thought that the matter had been resolved.
Yu Qing has always been exquisite, with excellent luck, Wan Lotus, and Xiyue are very worshipful, and even feel that any problem can be solved in Yu Qing's hands.
"Silly girl, how can it be so easy." Yu Qing showed a sad face, smiled and rubbed the top of the evening lotus hair.
If it was really so easy, with the emperor's intelligence, how could he still be sad for so many days, thinking of the emperor, Yu Qing was silent again.
"Let's go, go to the embassy." Yu Qing said with a frown.
Looking at Agata temperament, he should have been loved by his family since he was a child and grew up doting, since Ruslan loves her, Yu Qing wants to see if she can find a breakthrough from Agata side.
The embassy pavilion is a small courtyard in all directions, after all, it is a foreign minister, and the emperor specially arranged people in a position far away from the harem, and the master and servant walked for a quarter of an hour to arrive.
"Little master, I don't know if Miss Agata is in the embassy."
Wanhe also knew that Agata had been entangled in Fu Ankang recently, and nine times out of ten in the embassy, he did not see anyone.
As soon as the words fell, Wanhe felt a tightness in her arm, and was pulled by Yuqing into a corner of the palace wall.
"Little master, what's wrong?" Wan He didn't know why, and asked suspiciously.