There is a kind of scholar

Chapter 666

Chen Keyan went to the palace.

As soon as he entered the imperial city, he met a prince who was ranked sixteenth and was the son of a concubine of Emperor Chen. His status was inferior to that of Chen Keyan, who was the son of a concubine.

The relationship between the two siblings is pretty good.

The Sixteenth Prince took the initiative to greet him and said, "When did Third Sister come back? My father was still talking about you just now. Is Third Sister going to see Father?"

Chen Keyan smiled and said: "That's right, I want to ask my father for permission for something."

The Sixteenth Prince was naturally curious, so when he saw this, he quickly asked:
"What's the matter? Can I know? Could it be that... Third Sister has someone she likes... Uh, Third Sister, don't glare at me. Aren't I concerned about Third Sister's life-long matter?"

Chen Keyan punched the Sixteenth Prince angrily and thought about it secretly. She did not hide it and said with a smile: "I want to ask my father to change his words and agree to the proposal of the Daliang envoy to 'cooperate against the Liao Dynasty'."

"what?"

The Sixteenth Prince was quite surprised. His third sister had always been unhappy with Daliang, especially Princess Lanling of Daliang. They had always been secretly competing with each other.

But... why?
When all the civil and military officials of the dynasty, including Emperor Chen, rejected the envoy from Daliang, Chen Keyan agreed to the matter and went to the palace to ask Emperor Chen to change his words?
Unbelievable.

Chen Keyan ignored the stunned Sixteenth Prince and rushed straight to the palace city.

Chen Keyan did not intentionally conceal the conversation just now. The eunuchs and maids in the palace were constantly going back and forth, so it was naturally heard by interested people and quickly spread outside the palace.

……

Prince Li's Mansion.

In a certain flower hall.

The silk and bamboo are sweet to the ears, and the lingering sound is echoing in the beams. Dozens of beautiful dancers are dancing gracefully, with colorful clothes like butterflies, jade arms, fragrant shoulders, crisp hands and powdered legs. Spring is everywhere, and the elegant atmosphere is slowly flowing.

Directly above the flower hall, King Li was sitting there.

But he did not raise his head to admire the graceful dancing of the beautiful dancers. Instead, he sat there, meticulous, with his eyelids lowered, holding a brush in his hand and seriously... writing!
His calligraphy is vigorous and powerful, and the strokes are like swords. The temperament of his calligraphy completely conflicts with the spring mood in the flower hall, but King Li cleverly blended the two together.

After a while, a man who looked like a eunuch bowed into the flower hall, turned a blind eye to the beautiful dancers, walked straight to King Li's desk, and whispered:
"Your Majesty, Princess Wu has returned to Beijing."

"..."

Prince Li held the writing brush in his hand and was writing half of a word. He paused after hearing the words and continued writing. He said casually: "After going to Suzhou for so long, what kind of salt-drying method have you been tinkering with... and now you have finally failed and returned?"

"My lord, the princess has gone to the palace to meet the saint," the eunuch said.

"Well..." King Li continued to write the next word. He was fully focused and did not seem to be affected by "Princess Wu's return to Beijing."

After a few breaths, he asked:
"What is she going to do in the palace?"

"Reporting to the prince, the princess came to the palace to see your majesty. The purpose is to... persuade your majesty to change her words and agree to the proposal of the Daliang envoy to 'cooperate in the fight against the Liao Dynasty'."

"what?"

King Li was taken aback, and the brush in his hand moved out uncontrollably, not only destroying the character he was writing, but also the entire calligraphy.

Without changing his expression, he glanced at the calligraphy, casually put the brush on the pen holder, raised his hand, waved to the dancers, and ordered: "Everyone, please step aside."

"Yes." The dancers stopped dancing at the same time, agreed softly, and exited the flower hall one by one holding their beautiful dance skirts.

"Rejecting Daliang's proposal, sitting on the mountain and watching the fight between tigers and reaping the benefits, was a joint decision made by the entire court, including my father. Why did she..."

King Li frowned slightly, feeling very incredible and unable to understand.

Although he competed with King Tian for the crown prince position, he never underestimated Chen Keyan, because Chen Keyan controlled the secret guards directly under Chen Emperor!

This advantage alone is enough to compete with him who is so powerful.

He is also confident that he knows Chen Keyan's acting style well.

As far as he knew, Chen Keyan disliked Daliang very much, especially she disliked Daliang's Princess Lanling and had secret fights several times...

But this time he was surprised!
"No, Sanniang is not a confused person. There must be a conspiracy behind today's abnormality... No matter what the conspiracy is, I will stop it!" King Li said solemnly.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. Rejecting the proposal of the envoy from Daliang is a joint decision between the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and Your Majesty. Your Majesty has already opened his mouth. How can it be so easy to change?" said the eunuch.

"It makes sense."

King Li nodded, "Although she will definitely fail when she enters the palace to meet His Majesty, I must figure out her conspiracy. You can arrange this in person."

"The slaves obey."

The eunuch nodded, bowed and exited the flower hall.

……

Miyagi.

Royal study.

Emperor Chen coughed up blood again just now.

Although the bloody handkerchief had been thrown into the brazier and burned clean, the scarlet image was still lingering in his mind. Emperor Chen sighed softly, with a sad look on his face, and put his hand on his forehead.

At this time, someone outside the royal study said: "Your Majesty, the Princess of Wu wishes to see you."

As soon as he finished speaking, a sweet voice came from outside: "Father, father, my daughter is back, father..."

The sound came from far to near, accompanied by the sound of running footsteps.

Emperor Chen was very fond of this princess. He not only gave her the care of the inner guard, but also granted her permission to enter the palace at any time without any permission.

Squeak!

The door of the royal study was pushed open.

Emperor Chen stood up when he heard the noise. The sadness on his face had long since disappeared, and was replaced by a kind smile.

"Father..."

"Yan'er, you are finally back."

"..."

When father and daughter met, they were both extremely happy.

When Chen Keyan saw Emperor Chen smiling, she used her specialty - acting like a baby.

Each mouthful of sweet "Father" made Emperor Chen smile, and the sadness of coughing up blood disappeared instantly, as if the whole world became brighter.

The two fathers and daughters were doing their homework, just like an ordinary father and daughter. Chen Di always smiled, drinking tea brewed by Chen Keyan himself, and enjoying this rare family happiness.

After chatting for a while, Emperor Chen's smile suddenly faded slightly, he patted the armrest of the dragon chair and let out a long sigh.

"Why did your father sigh? But you are troubled? Why don't you tell your daughter? She can relieve your father's worries." Chen Keyan observed the words and gave immediate feedback.

"Yan'er is interested."

Emperor Chen didn't think that Chen Keyan could help him relieve his worries, but it was good to have this intention, and he was very satisfied.

"Actually, it's not that important..."

At that moment, Emperor Chen told Chen Keyan one by one about "Daliang's dumping of sugar", "Daliang's merchants ridiculing the whole of Nanchen" and "the ministers' inaction".

After Chen Keyan heard this, she immediately became furious.

Especially after it was said that the white sugar was invented by Princess Lanling, she became even more angry and shouted:

"Daliang bullies people too much! That bitch in Lanling is even more despicable and shameless. What does he think of me, Da Chen? An endless 'gold mine'?"

"Eh!"

Emperor Chen sighed.

He wanted to directly issue an order to ban Baitang throughout Nanchen.

But no, governing a big country is like cooking a small dish. You cannot do things in a "stir-fried" way, otherwise there will be even bigger troubles.

Although he is the emperor of Nanchen and has control over the entire country, there are some things... that he cannot act arbitrarily.

He must maintain the balance of the court and the stability of the situation.

This is the top priority for him as the emperor.

Seeing this, Chen Keyan was secretly annoyed for a while. She suddenly remembered the purpose of entering the palace. Her eyes lit up immediately and she looked at Emperor Chen seriously and said:

"Father, don't worry, my daughter has a way to make father feel bad!"

"Oh? What can Yan'er do?"

Emperor Chen's expression changed slightly and he looked sideways at Chen Keyan with a little anticipation.

The reason why Emperor Chen dotes on this princess is not just because Chen Keyan can act coquettishly and cutely. Sometimes she can really relieve Emperor Chen's worries.

Otherwise, Chen Keyan would not be able to control the secret guards.

Chen Keyan smiled mysteriously, carefully took out a small porcelain bottle from her pocket, held it tightly, held it gently with both hands, and brought it to Emperor Chen, and said solemnly:
"With this thing, I can make my father breathe out a bad breath! Father, please open it and take a look."

"What is this?"

Emperor Chen did not doubt that he was there and took the small porcelain bottle. The mysterious Chen Keyan infected him, and he became infinitely curious about the small bottle.

Boo!
Remove the cork from the small porcelain bottle.

When he lowered his eyes, he saw that there seemed to be something white in the bottle. The light inside was dim and he couldn't see it clearly. He could only tell that it was a quicksand-like object.

Emperor Chen was suspicious and glanced at Chen Keyan.

Chen Keyan was still mysterious, with bright eyes, and said as if offering a treasure: "Father, pour out a little, take a closer look and you will know."

Emperor Chen obeyed, tilted the mouth of the bottle, and poured out a little quicksand-like object in the palm of his hand.

If you look closely, you will see that this material is as white as snow and as fine as sand. Every particle is shining with crystal luster. It is very pure and has no impurities.

"What is this?" Chen Di was confused.

"Father, you will know once you have a taste." Chen Keyan became excited at first, but she tried her best to hold it back and encouraged her as if offering a treasure, with bright eyes.

Without any hesitation, Emperor Chen handed the small porcelain bottle back to Chen Keyan, dipped his fingers into some tiny snow-white particles, and slowly put it into his mouth...

"Hmm...hiss...this is..."

Emperor Chen's expression suddenly changed, he clicked his lips twice, opened his eyes wide and said in shock:

"Is this...salt?!"

"Yes, this is the sea salt that my daughter spent dozens of days in the sun!" Chen Keyan was proud, with a smile on her face, looking like she was waiting for Emperor Chen to praise her.

"Such fine salt, so white, so pure! Compared with it, my official salt from Da Chen... there is no comparison at all! Yan'er, is this salt really made by you?"

"My daughter is not talented. It is indeed her daughter who showed it off. She named it 'Snow Salt'!" Chen Keyan came closer, her face waiting for praise was dangled in front of Chen Di's eyes.

"Hahaha... Okay! Yan'er is indeed worthy of being my precious daughter. The method of drying with salt is actually successful! Yan'er is still capable and knows how to share my worries!"

"Unlike your two brothers, they only fight for power and gain all day long, which gives me a headache."

Emperor Chen laughed heartily.

"Thank you, Father, for your compliment."

Chen Keyan was overjoyed.

Although the method of drying salt was taught to her by Su Xian, the purpose of this was to allow her to accumulate merit and make a lot of money at the same time. Naturally, this merit should be attributed to her.

She didn't feel any guilt at all.

Because...she has made up her mind to marry Su Xian as her future "royal husband"!

In the future, Her Majesty the Queen of Nanchen will only have Su Xian as her "royal husband", and she will share it with several women. Isn't such a sacrifice big enough?

After the salt-drying method was successful, she tasted the benefits and was already thinking silently in her mind. She had to think of a way to squeeze more benefits from Su Xian.

Well, if you want to drain him dry... it's best not to leave a drop at all!

Otherwise, all the good things Su Xian had would be cheap for that bitch Lan Ling.

For example, the sugar that Daliang tinkered with this time, she knew better than anyone else that the sugar was actually made by Su Xian, not Princess Lanling!
Chen Keyan was happy and said with a smile:
"Father, didn't Daliang use sugar to rob our Dachen? Let's use snow salt to fight back. Salt is what the people need. Our Dachen will definitely have a lot of money!"

"Okay! Yan'er, please go and arrange this in person. I want to avenge my shame!" Emperor Chen was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.

After accepting the order, Chen Keyan continued:

"In addition, we can also sell the snow salt to Southern Chu, Shu, Liao, and even the Western Regions and overseas countries. The snow salt will definitely exchange for a steady stream of real gold and silver for my Da Chen!"

"Okay! Leave this matter to Yan'er." Emperor Chen shouted.

Chen Keyan was already smiling. With Emperor Chen's words, the plan she negotiated with Su Xian was more than half successful. This move would not only make money, but also shake the foundation of Queen Nanchen's family.

Because one of the pillar industries of the Queen's family is coarse salt.

After Chen Keyan was happy, she continued:
"Besides, didn't my father just say that the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty didn't say a word about the flood of sugar?"

"Yeah." As soon as he mentioned this, Chen Di's smile slowly disappeared.

"Father, don't worry. We have Xueyian, which is enough to suppress them. By then, father will be the largest wealthy family in Dachen, and we will no longer have to look at their faces!"

"Yan'er's words make sense!" Emperor Chen was overjoyed when he heard this. Thinking of the beauty of it, his face suddenly turned red and he seemed to be ten years younger.

After feeling happy, Emperor Chen quickly ordered:

"The method of drying salt is listed as the biggest secret of my Da Chen, which is comparable to the divine thunder. Yan'er, you must guard it strictly. This method must not be stolen by others."

"Father, don't worry. My daughter knows how powerful she is. She has already arranged secret guards around the salt field to ensure that nothing goes wrong!" Chen Keyan said with a smile.

"So good!"

Emperor Chen looked at this precious princess and laughed happily, jokingly saying: "Yan'er is like my right-hand man, I am already a little reluctant to let you get married."

Chen Keyan said coquettishly: "If your daughter doesn't marry, she will always stay with her father!"

Emperor Chen waved his hand:

"A woman will get married after all, and I can't delay your happiness..."

"I, Da Chen, have always governed the country with benevolence and filial piety, and abided by the principles. We are not in a ridiculous country like Daliang, where women don't stay in the boudoir and go to sit on the dragon's throne..."

"Uh……"

Chen Keyan was a little embarrassed. Why did it feel like she was "beating" her with these words?
Could it be that Emperor Chen saw some clues?
impossible!
Chen Keyan shook her head secretly. She was so cautious and cautious, just like before. Emperor Chen probably didn't mean to "beat" her, but just used Empress Daliang as a negative example.

Chen Keyan was relieved.

"By the way, father, my daughter has something to ask for when she enters the palace this time, and I ask for your permission." Chen Keyan started to get down to business.

"I refuse everything Yan'er asks for. What's the matter? Could it be that our Yan'er has fallen in love with some lucky guy?" Emperor Chen laughed.

Chen Keyan coyly acted coquettishly for a while, gave a negative reply, and finally changed the topic: "My daughter wants to ask her father to agree to the Daliang envoy's proposal to 'cooperate against the Liao Dynasty'!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)