Narcissus walked up, bowed slightly in front of Princess Suizhu, and whispered, "Your Highness, why are you here?" ”

Princess Suizhu came back to her senses in a daze, and was stared at by Narcissus like this, her face was a little flustered: "Ah, that, it was sent by the imperial aunt." ”

As soon as she heard this, Narcissus dared to be 100% sure that the empress didn't know about it at all, otherwise, how could she let Princess Suizhu go?

Wang Xiaolai stayed on the side, rejoicing in his heart, at that extremely urgent juncture just now, if it wasn't for the sudden appearance of Princess Suizhu, he was afraid that Narcissus would not be able to say anything.

He rolled his eyes, got busy, and said to Princess Suizhu: "Your Highness, I still have something to do, so I'll leave first." ”

Princess Suizhu agreed, and when Wang Xiaolai ran to the door with joy, she was stopped by Princess Suizhu again.

Wang Xiaolai turned around, with a somewhat reluctant expression on his face: "Your Highness, is there anything else?" ”

Princess Suizhu pouted: "Where do you live?" I'll look for you in a moment. ”

Wang Xiaolai didn't speak, and Narcissus frowned: "Your Highness! ”

Knowing that Narcissus was the empress's closest person, Princess Suizhu didn't dare not give Narcissus face, so she said: "I know, I know, Wang Xiaolai, you go." ”

Seeing this, Wang Xiaolai finally breathed a sigh of relief, quickened his pace, and ran outside quickly.

Liu Mianyi and Shen Xiping looked at each other, and they both knew in their hearts that this was not a place for the two of them to stay, so they said goodbye and followed.

There were only Princess Suizhu, Narcissus, and Shu Jiuchai left in the room.

"Come here."

Wang Xiaolai, who had already walked out, turned back to the gate and beckoned to Shu Jiuchai.

Seeing this, Shu Jiuchai's eyes lit up, picked up the treasure knife on the ground, and ran out, the majesty on his chest shook because of the bumps, and the eyes of Princess Suizhu and Narcissus were straight.

"Your Highness, then I'm leaving." called Shu Jiuchai out, and Wang Xiaolai smiled at Princess Suizhu.

"Ahh Princess Suizhu was relieved when she heard this, although she was talking to Wang Xiao, but her eyes were still staring at Shu Jiuchai, and she was a little absent-minded: "Go, go." ”

After getting the words, Wang Xiaolai took Shu Jiuchai and walked out of the courtyard of Narcissus, under a tree at the gate of the courtyard, hammered his thighs by himself, squatted down to rest, and after a while, his legs were about to break, no different from a frog jumping ten laps.

There were still refugees around the courtyard who were watching the excitement, but they were all expelled by Shen Xiping and Liu Mianyi.

Shu Jiuchai stared down at Wang Xiaolai, suddenly moved, stepped forward and put Wang Xiaolai's leg on his leg, and kneaded it gently.

Wang Xiaolai was defenseless and sat directly on the ground.

It just so happened that Liu Mianyi looked back and saw this scene, and before he could speak, Shen Xiping stretched out his hand and covered his eyes: "Adult's business, let's not get involved with children." ”

Wang Xiaolai reached out and picked up a stone beside him and threw it over.

It didn't hurt or itch, Shen Xiping grinned.

"Sister, what do you want to do?" Finally had free time, Wang Xiaolai asked Shu Jiuchai.

Shu Jiuchai pursed his lips: "Be an adult." ”

Shen Xiping and Liu Mianyi stretched their voices and snorted.

"Get out of the way, what she said isn't the same thing as you guys."

Shen Xiping and Liu Mianyi looked at each other when they heard this, but a lewd smile appeared on their faces, and after bowing their heads slightly at each other, a smile that a man knew appeared on the faces of the two of them.

Wang Xiaolai: "···"

"Damn, go back, don't mess with you guys." Wang Xiaolai was about to stand up while holding on to the tree, and Shu Jiuchai hurriedly helped.

Looking at Shu Jiuchai, Wang Xiaolai pushed her hand away: "What a beauty, don't bother you, I can go by myself." ”

As he spoke, his legs walked stiffly towards his place as if he had been put on a steel plate.

Shen Xiping and Liu Mianyi also joked enough, hugged their heads one by one, whistled and left, leaving Shu Jiuchai standing alone in the same place.

···

In the imperial city, the Eight Sages King, who had not shown up to participate in the government for more than a month, appeared for the first time in the Taihe Palace.

The empress was worried about the old emperor's body, and specially rewarded him with a golden dragon embroidered pier.

On duty, the yellow door shouted that something was going on, and there was nothing to retreat.

Lu Yiping, the secretary of the household department in the class, and Feng Jun, the secretary of the ministry, looked at each other, accompanied by whispers.

The empress looked at the two of them and said, "Lu Aiqing, Feng Aiqing, if you have anything to say, you might as well say it in front of the big guys, you don't have to whisper." ”

Lu Yiping and Feng Jun looked at each other, and then Feng Jun was pushed out by Lu Yiping, speechless at the moment, and could only go out to play: "Your Majesty, it is already late autumn, and the autumn exams in various places have also come to an end.

The empress nodded: "Well, go on." ”

Feng Jun glanced at the Eight Sages King who was sitting at the head of the class, hissed, and didn't dare to speak with thorns as usual: "What the minister wants to say is to ask His Majesty to allocate 100,000 taels of silver to build a post house in Daxing City that specializes in receiving scholars from all walks of life. ”

When Feng Jun's words fell, the empress was stunned: "One hundred thousand..."

"Isn't it too much?" The empress was a little distressed and said: "The tens of thousands of refugees outside Daxing City have only used less than 30,000 taels of silver in the past two months. ”

Feng Jun shook his head: "Your Majesty, how can refugees be compared with these future pillars of the country, 100,000 taels, and Weichen still thinks that it is less." ”

The empress looked reluctant: "But 100,000 taels, I think it's still a lot." ”

Lu Yiping came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, this is the first time since you ascended the throne, it is related to the royal prestige, it is related to the majesty of Your Majesty, you can't slack off, Weichen feels that there should be an additional 50,000." ”

"Doga!" The empress's voice subconsciously raised, and then she realized her gaffe and coughed twice: "Isn't it too extravagant to take out 150,000 treasury silver to build a post house at once." ”

Feng Jun and Lu Yiping looked at each other and shook their heads resolutely: "Absolutely not." ”

The empress's heart was dripping blood, thinking that as the son of heaven, her monthly expenses were only a pitiful two or three hundred taels, almost to the point where she could save it, and now she took out 150,000 taels at once, which was enough for how long the empress would take.

"Your Majesty."

The Eight Sages suddenly spoke.

When Lu Yiping and Feng Jun saw it, they hurriedly lowered their heads, the court was not afraid of the empress, after all, it was impossible for them to bow their heads to a woman with their arrogant hearts, but if it was the Eight Sages King, they would not dare to speak loudly with 10,000 dares from these guys.

In his forty years in the army, the Eight Sages King has killed more people than they have ever eaten rice.

"Uncle Huang, what do you think?" The Empress asked.

Although it was a late autumn day, it was still a little stuffy, so I saw the Eight Sages King pull the leather robe on his shoulder, like an old man who was about to die, and slowly spoke.

"The matter of the post house can be put aside for the time being, to be honest, take out 150,000 taels of silver to build a post house, and the old minister also thinks it is inappropriate."

"Lord Wang, this is related to the majesty of the royal family." Feng Jun muttered quietly.

The Eight Sages King laughed and laughed a few times, but he was involved in the sick area and coughed violently.

"Ahem, Feng Shangshu, do you know what is the purpose of the founding of this dynasty?"

Feng Jun said: "Of course, it is mainly thrifty. ”

The Eight Sages King nodded: "It's good to know, the civil and military princes of the Manchu Dynasty, the old man asks more, who has an annual salary of more than five hundred?" Even the old man, who is only 400 years old, now takes out 150,000 taels at once, don't you really think it's a bit extravagant? ”

"What the prince said is that throwing 150,000 taels on the post house is indeed no different from throwing money into the sea."

Lu Yiping and Feng Jun followed the voice, and when they saw the person who spoke, they hurriedly bowed down.

The empress was very happy: "What Li Aiqing said is very kind. ”

Sui Yang set up two marquis of civil and military, Marquis Lu Gongyou, Wen Hou Li Tianxing, what he said before, it was Wen Hou who also served as the Li Tianxing of the imperial history.

Among the civil officials, except for Liu Maolin, the prime minister of the dynasty, he has the highest status in Li Tianxing.

"But Your Majesty, what about these literati?" Feng Jun couldn't help but ask.

The empress thought for a while: "There are a lot of idle palaces in the palace, why don't you lend them to these students to live?" ”

"No, never."

In the court, there was a sound of obstruction, and the Eight Sages King took the lead in admonishing: "Your Majesty, how can you let you live in the palace, the old minister still has a house rewarded by the emperor in the city, why don't you arrange those students in the old minister's house." ”

As soon as the Eight Sages King said this, everyone was silent, including Feng Jun and Lu Yiping.

At this time, if you refute it, it is equivalent to saying that the house that the first emperor rewarded the Eight Sages King is not good, it is inferior, if the empress uses this as an excuse, it will be to lose her head, and besides, most people in this temple, which one of the private houses in the family is not more than the Eight Sages King, not more luxurious than the Eight Sages King, if you want to show off your wealth at this time, hehe, I'm sorry, you will be dismissed at the lightest, and beheaded at the worst.

Two factors caused no one to refute as soon as the Eight Sages King spoke.

The empress glanced at the ministers: "That's it, Uncle Huang, I will send two thousand taels of silver to your mansion for your use." ”

When the Eight Sages King heard this, he gave a deep salute: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Then, the empress looked around the hall: "But there is still something to start?" ”

Everyone bowed their heads and remained silent.

"Retreat."

In the sound of long live, the empress came out of the Taihe Palace.