Today, however, the situation has clearly changed a little.

In the past, Helian Min, who was supposed to sit next to the queen, sat quietly next to Yin Jingrui, and the imposing queen in the past also looked a little lacking in energy.

Even Yin Jingyao's three brothers and sisters sat quietly in their seats, and they wouldn't say a word unless they had to, especially Princess Wanyi, sitting next to the queen, who was a little bit different from her.

Because of the depression of the queen's party, today's banquet has always been the most talkative, and she always keeps looking for topics to chat with everyone, as if the queen has become a companion.

Clear-eyed people know that this is because of a series of things that have happened during this period of time, which hit the queen.

Now that the Luo family has no Luo Bing, Helian Feng has withdrawn from the court, and the queen's two most powerful arms are gone, so she has no choice but to keep a low profile now.

Therefore, the women sitting in the hall were enthusiastically chatting with the concubine.

obviously felt the deliberate catering of this group of women, which made Concubine Shu, who had been pressed by the queen for so many years, very excited and proud.

Glancing at the queen with smug eyes, she became more and more talkative, and the atmosphere in the field was also very active, and there was no cold scene because of the queen's excessive silence.

Even Yao Yanshan and Su Yiyi on the side, Concubine Shu took care of it.

When the emperor came, it happened that Concubine Shu told a joke, and the palace burst into laughter.

The emperor's cloudy face for days was also eased, and a smile was revealed.

"What are you laughing at?"

Hearing the emperor's voice, everyone hurriedly saluted.

"Greetings to Your Majesty."

"Get up." The Emperor walked over and lifted the Empress in front of him.

Watching him do this, Concubine Shu's eyes flashed, but she soon laughed.

"Your Majesty, why did you come over and don't let Duke Chu make a public announcement, the concubines and others are rude." She said coquettishly.

"Haha, when I walked outside just now, I heard you laughing so happily, that's why I wanted to come in and hear what you guys were talking about."

"Father, it was the concubine who told a joke just now."

"Oh, what a joke?"

"Your Majesty, it is said that once upon a time there was a cursive talent, and his relatives and friends advised him to practice calligraphy well, but he didn't care, thinking that his scholar could ghostwrite, he just needed to be talented.

Later, when I was drinking at home, when I was half-drunk, the poem was full of enthusiasm, so I asked people to take paper and pencils, and after composing a poem, I fell drunk in the study.

When he woke up the next day, he thought of the poem he had made yesterday, so he quickly asked the scholar to copy a copy of it, so that he could show it to his friends.

The scholar had no choice but to turn his head and ask him, after the scholar read his masterpiece, he angrily asked the scholar, why didn't you come to ask me earlier? ”

Concubine Shu repeated this joke to the emperor very vividly, which immediately made the emperor laugh.

"Lady, your joke is so funny."

"It's good to be able to have fun with Your Majesty." Concubine Shu glanced at the emperor gently and distressedly, "Your Majesty, you have lost weight in the past few days." ”

The emperor has been upset by a series of events in the past few days, and now his heart is full of softness by her gentle and considerate words.

"Aifei, I understand your intentions." The emperor looked at him with emotion.

Concubine Shu smiled softly and did not speak, but there was a pulse of affection in her eyes.

Seeing that the two of them were serious about their own faces, how could the queen not be angry!

"Your Majesty, the hour is almost up, can we have a feast?"

She interrupted the affectionate look between the emperor and the concubine and asked lightly.

"Yes, you can arrange this."

As if he had discovered her displeasure, the emperor hastened to curry favor.

The queen who pulled back the game glanced at Concubine Shu proudly, and then ordered the palace people to have a banquet.

Soon, everyone came to the banquet in front of them, and when the kings and ministers saw each other, they each sat down in their seats.

After the emperor opened his mouth to make some opening remarks, everyone began to raise their glasses and drink to each other, and each of them began to talk and laugh.

When the banquet was halfway through and the wine was too drunk, the emperor put down the wine glass in his hand and said to Yao Yanshan, who seemed to be chattering, "Yao Gongzi, I don't know what you think about Hu Ren's rash attack this time?" ”

On major national events, you would actually ask a businessman what his opinion is?

Naturally, this can't really want to know his opinion, the emperor is just trying to find an opening point for him to get money.

After all, he is the emperor of a country, even if he has no money, he can't bluntly say that he wants to ask someone to borrow money, otherwise where will he put his face as an emperor?

Yao Yanshan also understood this, so he took the initiative to get up and said, "Your Majesty, the fifth prince has already told the grass people about this matter, and the grass people are willing to pay one million taels of silver as military expenses. ”

A million taels?

This is double the 500,000 taels that were said at the beginning!

At this moment, not only was everyone frightened, but even Su Yiyi was anxiously and secretly pulling Yao Yanshan's clothes to signal if he was wrong.

Obviously, what they discussed at that time was only 500,000 taels......

In this case, Yao Yanshan couldn't explain to her, so he could only use his eyes to signal her to be calm.

"Since the grass people came to Chenguo, they have received your care, so the grass people can only express this little heart, and please don't shirk your majesty." He said sincerely.

Anyway, they all have to donate, what is the difference between 500,000 taels and 1 million taels?

It's not that he Yao Yanshan can't afford this money, and it's easier to buy people's hearts than 500,000 taels or 1 million taels, so why wouldn't he do it?

Sure enough, after hearing his generosity, the emperor had an uncontrollable smile on his face, "Yanshan, you are really righteous and squandering money, I thank you for treating those soldiers at the border gates." ”

"Your Majesty is polite, now Yanshan is also half of the Chenguo people, and now that the Chenguo is in trouble, the grass people will naturally have to do their part."

"Haha, Yanshan, you are really a loyal and patriotic person." Yao Yanshan's sentence of half of the people of the Chen Kingdom made the emperor Long Yan happy, and he said a few words to praise Yao Yanshan's high wind and bright festival, and then said, "In this way, you are so generous to the Chen Kingdom, I will not treat you badly, you can rest assured, the Chen Kingdom will be your home in the future, if you encounter any difficulties, just look for me." ”

This is tantamount to giving Yao Yanshan a promise, no matter what Yao Yanshan asks for in the future, he can come to him.

Yao Yanshan was still the first person to get such a promise from the emperor, and when he heard this, everyone immediately became envious and jealous.

"Father, in fact, there is a chance to reward Yanshan now."

Yin Jinghan got up and said, Yan Shan is a businessman, and his business is very wide-ranging, so we can give him priority to the opportunity to be procured by the Internal Affairs Office. ”

The food and management of everyone in the palace of Chenguo was handed over to the queen, and the queen allocated the money to the internal affairs office for them to buy.

As for which private businessmen they choose to cooperate with, they are also particular.

In addition to the real materials, the products of these merchants are also indispensable for their connections.

Take Liu Wanguan at the beginning, he is Yin Jingyao's person, and the silver taels offered to Yin Jingyao every year are hundreds of thousands of taels.

So it seems that the money was given to the businessman, but in fact, in the end, it was still filled by these people, and now Yin Jinghan's move is equivalent to completely cutting off everyone's financial route.