allonlinenovel Chapter 178 Buying Spices
Chapter 178 Buying Spices
The next morning, in the court, the emperor Li Ruian, sitting on the dragon throne, looked at the court officials below with a gloomy face, and his face was obviously unhappy.
He had not been able to enter the queen's bedroom for several days in a row, and now even the palace gate was difficult to enter. At this moment, he could only sit helplessly on the dragon throne, enduring the chattering of the court officials below, and he couldn't help feeling a little irritated.
Eunuch Jingde stood on the left side of the emperor, carefully observing his expression, not daring to breathe. In the past two days, the emperor's mood has become increasingly worse because he could not see the queen, and his attitude towards the people around him has become increasingly harsh. Fortunately, the court officials below were sensible today, and no one dared to step forward rashly and bring bad luck.
When Eunuch Jingde saw that all the court officials had finished reporting on today's affairs, he said softly, "I have a report to make, otherwise please adjourn the court!" Although his voice was not loud, it was clearly heard throughout the court.
At this moment, Sheng Youan, the Imperial Censor of the Imperial Censorate, suddenly stepped out of the procession. He kowtowed to the Emperor and declared loudly, "Your Majesty, I have a memorial to make! I want to accuse Prime Minister Qin of lax family management. His son, Qin Qianbai, allows his concubines to oppress his legitimate son and daughter, and even appropriates his deceased wife's dowry. This is truly shameful! If all men in the world behaved like this, how terrible it would be!"
Everyone gasped when they heard what Censor Sheng said. Prime Minister Qin Hui had anticipated this long ago, and his heart sank, knowing that he would probably not be able to escape today.
He knelt hurriedly, tears streaming down his face, and said, "Your Majesty, I am guilty of my poor parenting. But I have already expelled that unruly son from the Qin Mansion, and have returned all the dowry to my granddaughter!"
At this time, Jiang Han, a doctor from the Ministry of Rites, stepped out of the ranks and spoke on behalf of Prime Minister Qin Hui. He bowed and said, "Although Prime Minister Qin was somewhat negligent and failed to properly educate his children, considering his many years of hard work and dedication to the country and the people, I hope Your Majesty will forgive him this time."
The emperor nodded slightly in agreement and said, "Prime Minister Qin has indeed worked hard and made great contributions..."
The atmosphere in the court was solemn, and everyone listened quietly to the emperor's lecture.
At this moment, the Minister of Personnel, Lin Yiyang, suddenly stepped forward and interrupted the emperor. He held his head high and said righteously, "Your Majesty, I believe that if you can't clean your own house, how can you clean up the world? Prime Minister Qin has a lot of things to do now, and someone should help him share some of the responsibilities!"
Lin Yiyang was secretly proud of himself, thinking that his remarks would surely be approved by the emperor and his ministers. However, to his surprise, the emperor did not respond as he wished, but looked at him expressionlessly.
After a moment, the Emperor slowly spoke, "Yes, Minister Lin is right. However, it seems to me that Minister Lin's house is a bit messy! In that case, Minister Lin should find some people to help clean it up first!"
Lin Yiyang's face changed drastically, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He never expected that the emperor would answer like this. He originally just wanted to take the opportunity to suppress Prime Minister Qin, but he didn't expect to bring trouble upon himself.
At this moment, the emperor's expression darkened, and he sternly shouted, "Pass on my decree. Effective immediately, the Minister of Personnel, Lin Yiyang, will be demoted to the position of Doctor of Personnel. From now on, the position of Minister of Personnel will be temporarily vacant until a capable person is appointed! I hereby adjourn this court today!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire court was in an uproar, and Lin Yiyang was so scared that he collapsed to the ground, trembling all over.
He really couldn't understand why he was punished so severely for just saying a few fair words. Not only was he demoted, but he was demoted twice. This was a bolt from the blue for him.
So after leaving the court, he asked a familiar eunuch to call out Eunuch Jingde, the emperor's favorite.
He waited outside the imperial study, looking at the round-faced, powdered old eunuch approaching him with a fawning look. He handed him a purse and asked cautiously, "Eunuch, could you please tell me what I have done wrong?"
As soon as Eunuch Jingde took the purse, he knew it must contain banknotes because of its lightness. He quickly put the purse into his sleeve and smiled. Lord Lin was a sensible man.
He said implicitly, "Lord Lin, you should let your daughter be more obedient and choose a good family as soon as possible."
Minister of Personnel Lin Yiyang was shocked when he heard this. When he was waiting for others, he thought of many reasons, but he never expected that it would be such an irrelevant reason.
He bowed to Jingde and said, "Thank you for your guidance, eunuch," and then walked away as if thinking about something.
Eunuch Jingde also shook his head helplessly. The emperor and empress were deeply in love, and it was not possible for other women to interfere. It was all Miss Lin's fault. She was so unlucky and came at the wrong time.
When Jingde walked into the imperial study, the emperor said: "What gift should I send to make the empress happy and let me in?"
Eunuch Jingde reminded: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that Prince Ye came to the palace to give toothpaste and toothbrush, but he hasn't given them to the Empress yet."
Yes, because the queen suddenly got angry these days, he only remembered to coax her and forgot that there was still this thing to be delivered.
When talking about toothpaste, the emperor thought of Prince Ye. He first snorted heavily. If it weren't for his younger brother's nonsense, he wouldn't have been in such trouble.
He himself forgot that it was his own nonsense that led to this disaster.
However, the emperor became happy again. The queen had seen all kinds of good things, so she must have never seen this novel thing. Maybe when she enjoys using it, she won't be angry with him anymore.
Thinking of this, he said: "Then I will go and deliver it now." The emperor hurriedly left the imperial study, and Jingde hurriedly ordered the eunuch to bring toothpaste and toothbrush.
Looking at the emperor's anxious back, Eunuch Jingde couldn't help but sigh in his heart that his emperor really regarded the queen as the apple of his eye.
Jingde didn’t know that this is called being henpecked, and the more she controls, the stricter it gets…
Outside the palace, the bustling West Street was bustling with traffic and people. Su Yu, dressed in a moon-white robe and moon-white boots, was walking beside the road. He paid special attention to the hurried pedestrians on the road, for fear that someone would step on his white boots, which were made for him by his mother stitch by stitch.
Su Yu lamented that there were no full-length mirrors in ancient times, but he could see from the bronze mirror that he had really lost a lot of weight now, and his clothes had started to look more stylish. He really felt that he was getting better and better looking.
He put on the white boots made by his mother and felt as if he was stepping on clouds. He was very proud and happy.
Xie An, who was standing behind him, looked at his master in front of him, who was walking briskly. He couldn't help but be infected by his master's happiness and smiled faintly.
Su Yu looked around and walked around, buying many snacks along the way. He went out today specifically to buy spices at the pharmacy. He had seen in previous TV dramas that most spices in ancient times were used as medicinal materials, so the pharmacy should have what he needed.
As he walked along, he saw a medicine shop - Huichuntang.
So Su Yu strode into the drugstore and saw a young pharmacist in the shop. He asked, "Hey, young man, do you have star anise, cinnamon, fennel, Sichuan peppercorns, cassia bark, and pepper?"
The medicine boy asked in confusion, "Sir, you're joking. What is pepper? We don't have it in this pharmacy."
Su Yu was not too disappointed after hearing this. He asked patiently, "What about the others?"
The medicine boy said: "We have them all."
Su Yu thought about it, and then he said decisively: "I will buy all of them, no matter how much you have."
The medicine boy asked, "Sir, why did you buy so many medicinal herbs? You can't take them casually."
Su Yu assured: "Don't worry, young man, I know what I'm doing."
Seeing Su Yu said so, the medicine boy didn't know what to say and packed more than ten bags for Su Yu.
Su Yu carried his precious spices, Xie An paid the money, and the two walked out of the pharmacy happily.
The pharmacist was amazed at what he saw. It was the first time he had met someone so happy to get medicine.
Then Su Yu was planning to buy some vegetables, radishes, cabbages, meat, etc.