Chapter 55: Counterfeit Money
The imperial doctors all wiped the cold sweat on their heads, they often walked around the harem, they knew the weight of this concubine Yue's words, since she opened her mouth and did not confess their crimes, there is no doubt that they escaped this catastrophe, when he came in, he heard that the little palace maid diagnosed the root cause of this poison, he was afraid that someone would cure him for dereliction of duty, and now listening to Concubine Yue's mouth, he let go of the heart that he had been mentioning.
Grateful to Concubine Yue kowtowed, and turned to see that the queen mother was fully focused on the eldest prince, ignoring this side at all, his heart was relieved but also sank.
The prince was blind, and there was no doubt that he was forever insulated from the throne.
He used silver needles to suppress toxins, and he didn't want to be impartial because the veins in the eyes were damaged first, if it was the hands, feet and legs that were damaged, after the antidote and poison, he may not have a chance to save it, but it hurt the eyes, where the veins are so complex that the silver needles can not be used to cross the acupoints, not to mention, the eldest prince is young, and the veins are fragile and unbearable at all.
Alas! It's really a fate!
The imperial doctor sighed with emotion in his heart, kowtowed to Xia Lanxin heavily, and went down to dispense medicine.
After the imperial doctor left, Nangong Chen appeared, and the first thing he noticed when he entered the house was Mu Bingyue, and then he turned his eyes to Xia Lanxin's mother and son expressionlessly.
After Nangong Chen inquired about the situation, Mu Bingyue gave a salute and said indifferently: "The concubine has a heart disease, and she has to be recommended by the ruthless general to be able to survive. ”
After Mu Bingyue finished speaking, Nangong Chen's face was already extremely dark, but Xia Lanxin's eyes lit up with hope when she heard it, how could a person who could make Mu Bingyue praise a strange person be a mediocre person? can turn her eyes and see the emperor's face, and when she thinks of the matter between the three of them, Xia Lanxin can't help but feel worried.
Now that the ruthless general is being wanted by the whole country, the crime of rebellion is bigger than the sky, she believes that Mu Bingyue has no other intentions, but she knows that the emperor who loves her will definitely think elsewhere.
If he ruthlessly recommends people and heals the emperor's eyes, his refusal to arrest can be revealed, lifelong imprisonment is inevitable, but capital crimes can be exempted.
Thinking of this, Xia Lanxin couldn't help but look at Mu Bingyue worriedly, the gossip between her and that person has never stopped, the emperor loves her, although she has never shown anything, but now she stands out for that person, even if the emperor loves her, he is a man after all...... She was really afraid that she would upset the emperor.
Especially after Concubine Xue was imprisoned and Concubine Xi committed suicide, Xia Lanxin felt that the world was impermanent, the emperor was poisoned, and the vicious thoughts in the hearts of other people, how did she not know that in this dirty red dust, she only believed her, so she was really worried that her appearance would attract the suspicion of the emperor.
You must know that a woman's reputation is more important than everything, especially as an imperial concubine, there can be no stain at all.
If the concubine of the Son of Heaven has anything to do with the man, it is a serious crime of the Nine Clans.
Nangong Chen was gloomy and silent, and the people in the room were silent.
He silently stared at Mu Bingyue's eyes that looked straight at him, and after a long time, he said, "Accurate."
Nangong Chen's relief made a room full of nervous people breathe a sigh of relief, and Xiangzhu and a few people quietly wiped the Han on their foreheads.
Mu Bingyue also breathed a sigh of relief silently, but she didn't have any other thoughts in her heart, she just hoped to find the master in time.
With hope, Xia Lanxin was no longer so sad, she didn't close her eyes for a few days, and with her mind relaxed, she sleepily hugged Nangong Renxing, who was already asleep, and fell asleep after a while.
Nangong Chen and Mu Bingyue saw that Xia Lanxin was asleep, so they got up and left Fengyi Palace, and after coming outside, Nangong Chen looked back at Mu Bingyue who was moving out after him with a gloomy face, "The injury on my foot is not healed yet, and I don't know how to go back yet." ”
He didn't mention that Mu Bingyue hadn't remembered the pain yet, as soon as he said this, Mu Bingyue noticed the hot pain in the bare part of her feet, she hissed and inhaled, although it was very quiet, Nangong Chen still heard it clearly, and he stepped forward to pick her up with his face on his face.
Mu Bingyue struggled uneasily, and when she saw his cold and hard facial lines, she had to follow him.
This man usually looks tepid, but once he gets up, ten cows may not be able to pull it back.
Looking up at the cold and depressed side face, Mu Bingyue hesitated for a long time before saying, "If the eldest prince's eyes can't recover his life, what will happen to the emperor?" ”
Nangong Chen's hand stiffened suddenly, glanced at the person in his arms coldly, put her into the concubine's chariot, and stiffly withdrew her hand behind her back, but it was clenched until the joints were white in the invisible place, "Is this what your concubine should ask?" ”
Mu Bingyue let out a sigh of relief, she already had the answer in her heart, she lowered her eyes, "It's the concubine who is overstepping." ”
Nangong Chen glanced at Mu Bingyue with a somewhat embarrassed face when he heard this, and finally left with a gloomy face and without saying a word.
The rest of the people looked at each other, and no one dared to look at Mu Bingyue's expression, this was the first time that the emperor embarrassed their master in front of the palace people, usually the emperor whispered to their master, as if he was afraid of scaring her, when did he think about it just now...... It's like a cold-faced Yama.
The group carrying the sedan chair also lowered their heads and listened without daring to breathe, Mu Bingyue glanced at it and ordered, "Go to Deyi Palace." ”
Aunt Chen's face changed when she heard this, and the rest of the people also changed their faces, her master went out of the palace this time, I don't know how many tongues were left, when the empress dowager was having a headache and troubles, didn't her master go to the door and be scolded?
But Aunt Chen knew that Mu Bingyue seemed to be weak on the outside, but she was a person with a good idea, but if she made up her mind, others couldn't easily persuade her.
Looking at Bingyue's firm expression, Aunt Chen knew that it was useless to say more, so she looked at the palanquin bearers who were looking at her, and nodded helplessly.
Mu Bingyue on the sedan chair didn't notice all this, just recalling the scattered fragments after returning to the palace.
As for Nangong Chen, Mu Bingyue speculated that he had gone to interrogate those who had something to do with the poisoning of the eldest prince.
The prince was poisoned, the imperial concubine was involved in the case, and the implication was widespread, even the queen mother and the queen did not dare to make the decision to open the trial privately.
And she should be waiting for her, right?
Looking at the thick palace gate, Mu Bingyue only felt that the air she breathed was stagnant, and she couldn't breathe, after the palace maid went in to report, she didn't want Mama Zhuang to come out to greet her in person, Mu Bingyue was stunned for a moment, and then ordered the rest of the people to go to the side hall to wait for her.
After entering the inner room, the Empress Dowager leaned on the bedpost with a haggard expression, saw her come in, smiled reluctantly, and asked her to move her seat, "I heard that the emperor said that your foot is injured, come and sit." ”
I didn't want Nangong Chen to only come for a while, and such a big event happened, but the ancestors and grandchildren still mentioned her, Mu Bingyue sat down inexplicably.
The Empress Dowager glanced at her and smiled bitterly, "You don't want to take it on yourself for this accident, and the mourning family doesn't blame you." ”
These imperial power struggles, even she failed to prevent them in advance, she is a child in the end, and she can't see this sinister human nature in her intelligence.
At the end of the day, it was her negligence this time.
Mu Bingyue was silent, and the Empress Dowager sighed: "The mourning family also suspects that person, but there is no evidence, although Concubine Xi's people are related to this matter, although the mourning family also had suspicions at the beginning, but as soon as Concubine Xi died, the mourning family felt that she didn't do it." ”
Mu Bingyue silently agreed in her heart, the prince was poisoned, Concubine Xi and Concubine Xue were found to be related to this matter, just soft confinement, one committed suicide, how can there be so many coincidences in the world?
It's just that why didn't it be the Snow Concubine who died?
Concubine Xue has the Queen Mother as a backer, once the queen loses her son, the most powerful and the oldest in the palace is Concubine Xue, Concubine Xi has always been indisputable, why would the person who secretly killed her first take her under the knife?
Mu Bingyue thought hard, she believed that the Empress Dowager was also puzzled.
After being silent for a while, the Empress Dowager said: "After Concubine Xi committed suicide, although the mourning family secretly suppressed and did not investigate, I didn't want to go out of the wind, and the old body of the Marquis of Dingbei didn't know if I could bear it?" ”
Mu Bingyue's eyelids jumped inexplicably, and before she could come up with a reason, she heard the Empress Dowager sigh again: "It's really eventful, a batch of fake copper coins have recently risen in the national capital, and the mourning family is trying to ask someone to deliver a letter to the emperor, but I don't want this to happen......"
A flash of lightning split his mind like a shock, Mu Bingyue got up suddenly, and the embroidery table under him smashed to the ground with a clatter, and the startled master and servant were both a drop in the same, without waiting for the empress dowager to ask, Mu Bingyue gritted her teeth and said: "I'm afraid that Xuanyuan will start a war again?" ”
The Empress Dowager straightened up from the couch solemnly, looked at Mu Bingyue with heavy eyes, and said hurriedly: "What do you say?" ”
Currency WarAlthough the economy does not have to be strong and strong, it is developing at a high speed, and all industries are extremely developed.
The long-term shortage of metal money and the inconvenience of replacing physical currency prompted the local government to think outside the traditional thinking and start a new attempt, that is, the government printed and issued colonialscript as a unified and standard legal tender. The biggest difference between this kind of banknote and the popular bank notes in Europe is that it does not have any physical gold or silver as collateral, and it is a complete government credit currency. All people in society need to pay taxes to the government, and as long as the government accepts this kind of paper money as proof of paying taxes, it has the basic elements to circulate in the market.
The new currency has indeed greatly contributed to the rapid development of the social economy, and the trade in commodities has become more and more prosperous.
The buying and selling of credit allows merchants to settle their credit balances with each other on a monthly or annual basis, which will reduce the inconvenience (of transactions). A well-managed banknote system not only does not cause any inconvenience, but can even have more advantages in some cases". [Outstanding strategy and tactics in finance, and his ability to strategize and win a thousand miles, is no less than Napoleon's military attainments.]
A financial empire unprecedented in human history has been unveiled
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