allonlinenovel Chapter 144 Do I look like a tyrant?
Chapter 144 Do I look like a tyrant?
Lu Xinran happily touched the change in her palm, which was all the money she would use to support a young hunk in the future.
She needs to work harder!
Everyone's attention was focused on the fact that the Zhang sisters were summoned to the palace, and they were not paying the money at all.
Pei was always thinking about the Zhang family and always felt that the poisonous insect was a little weird.
If those worms were really useful, then why didn't the girls in their mansion have such strange feelings towards those two men?
But if it is useless, then Qi Shouzheng... is really unlucky, and does his family have some hidden illness?
All the government offices in the capital had been keeping an eye on the situation at the imperial palace. Even when the palace gates were about to be closed in the evening, there was still no sign of the Zhang sisters appearing outside the palace gates.
Didn’t the emperor really take her into his harem?
There was chaos in the harem at this time.
The emperor was extremely curious about the so-called poisonous insect, so he asked the empress to summon all the concubines in the harem to Changchun Palace.
He also asked Eunuch Fu to summon the palace maids from various palaces to the square outside the Fengtian Hall.
Whether it was Lu Xinran's inner voice or the sudden appearance of the poisonous insect, they were both unexpected events that were difficult for him to control.
Although he was not considered to be a great and glorious person in his own mind, he actually gained a lot of benefits.
Wouldn't he know the character of those officials in the court?
The reason why we have not been able to raid the people's houses and bring them to justice is because of the mutual protection among officials.
Even as an emperor, there are many things that he can't do anything about.
With that voice in mind, many of those guys he had long wanted to take action against had already "contributed" all their wealth, and he believed that the rest were on the way.
He gained far more from his voice than he gave.
Which man is not romantic, especially when he is an emperor.
For the sake of maintaining the stability of the empire, what's wrong with disappointing one or two daughters!
The past between him and the Queen was far from what Lu Xinran saw from the system.
In his heart, he never felt that he had done anything wrong, so he no longer took the contempt in his heart to heart.
You can get benefits from the voice of your heart and the system, but what about this so-called poisonous insect?
If this poisonous insect is of great use, then he can use it to control the alien races outside the Great Wall.
If we could control all the leaders of those fierce tribes, wouldn't we be able to save most of the money spent on the border every year?
Whenever the emperor thought of saving money, his eyes would shine as brightly as torches as he looked at the concubines in the palace while he was standing in Changchun Palace.
The queen looked at the concubines below and yawned out of boredom.
The emperor was really blinded by greed. If this poisonous insect was really useful, then why would the Zhang family still be a small family?
I heard that... Wang couldn't even hear Lu Xinran's thoughts.
The family fortune was so poor that they couldn't even gather together five thousand taels. Even if the poisonous insect really had miraculous effects, Wang might not be able to afford it.
But if it requires a huge price, then how useful can this insect be?
The queen yawned again with boredom. After waiting for the emperor to leave with the Zhang sisters in disappointment, she waved her hand to signal the concubines to go back.
The emperor had been tossing around these two bugs for a whole day. He must have eaten too much salt and had nothing to do.
Early in the morning of the second day after Zhang Yuhe and her sister entered the palace, Wang was brought into the palace by palace servants.
She was followed into the palace by Lu Xinran and her sister.
Although Lu Xinran felt sorry for the queen and hated the emperor's promiscuity, but... letting her eat melon in front of him was still very commendable!
Although she didn't understand why she was called to the palace, and she had no connection with Wang and Zhang Yuhe, the temptation of eating melons in front of them could conceal everything!
Wang looked at the towering palace gate, and felt the same as Zhang Yuhe and her sister.
One day, she will be the boss!
She wants to make all those who look down on them pay the price.
The three of them met in front of the palace gate. Wang looked at the sisters walking slowly towards her, and with doubt in her heart, she quickly turned around and waited for the palace maids from Yongshou Palace to come and take her into the palace.
Lu Xinran looked at Wang's again and again. If there was an annual list in this time and space, Wang's would definitely be on the list!
Those who were with her included but were not limited to Zhou Hanwen and his son, people from the Rong Enbo Mansion, the poor and arrogant Pang Shi, the Liu family, and Concubine Shu.
The young eunuch was an old acquaintance of the two sisters, and when they met he took the initiative to step forward and greet them.
Lu Xinlan smiled and waved her hand, then handed a purse to the young eunuch in front of everyone.
"These are the spices you asked me to buy for you last time. They just happened to arrive in the shop, so I asked my servants to find some and bring them over."
The young eunuch was also a smart man. Upon hearing what she said, he immediately opened his purse and poured out the spices inside.
"It is indeed the best, thank you Miss Lu!"
Wang watched the three of them chatting and laughing while leaving her aside, and she couldn't help but feel resentful in her heart again.
But the imperial palace was a place where the powerful were flattered and the weak were looked down upon. The young eunuch had no impression of her at all. Seeing her shabby clothes, he did not realize how distinguished her family was. His eyes had become cold when he spoke to her.
"Follow us. This palace is not a place for you to wander around."
Wang nodded slightly with humiliation, and followed the two sisters closely with resentment.
In the Changshou Palace, the Queen Mother looked at the enthusiastic Emperor and felt speechless with a headache.
"Emperor, you didn't handle your official duties yesterday, did you? The memorials in the Wenhua Palace are piling up. You can't just ignore them and become a tyrant."
The smile on the emperor's face froze, and he turned back to look at his mother in disbelief.
"Do I look like a tyrant?"
The Queen Mother nodded and yawned out of boredom.
"You can't even understand this simple and easy-to-understand truth. Either you are harboring extravagant hopes, or you are using this as an excuse to avoid public duties. Whichever one..."
The Queen Mother gave face and did not finish her words.
The emperor's expression changed again and again, and finally he hummed in frustration.
"My son does have some extravagant hopes. Mother, we spend too much money on the border town every year."
If a portion of this money could be saved and allocated to other matters, the national strength of Da Chu would definitely be significantly enhanced.
At that time, why would he need to care about these "evil ways" that were laughed at by others? He could let Qi Yu lead the troops to flatten all the tribes outside the Great Wall and expand the territory of Da Chu again and again.
As soon as Lu Xinran approached Yongshou Palace, this thought appeared in the system.
[He was not blinded by lust and knew how to be a good emperor who could expand the territory.]
[It's a pity for the Queen. I'm just a little girl, I don't understand those grand plans and ambitions, I can only sympathize with the Queen's experience in the past few years. ]
[If the emperor could release the queen from the palace and let her live a happy and free life as an ordinary citizen, I would stop complaining about him and try my best to help him!]
【According to the findings so far, the system is useful for more than just eating melons. It can solve cases, help people recall past events, catch corrupt officials, and raise money for the national treasury. In the future, wouldn't it be possible to discover treason through the system?】
[Although the old-timers in the capital city know how to protect themselves, they are careless. What if they want to follow the emperor or become the emperor themselves?]