Beautiful step by step

Chapter 103

Despite repeated persuasion from civil and military officials, Emperor Qinglong pitched a tent outside the city of Youzhou and settled down.The emperor lived in tents, and no matter how high the official position was, the rest of the people had to live a nomadic life obediently.

Not only that, but they have to face the danger of fire at all times.What Wei Wei said about the shallow natural gas field under the city of Youzhou has spread throughout the entire camp.Although they are a little unfamiliar with the word "natural gas", this does not prevent them from understanding its meaning.This thing can't be seen or touched, but it can be used for fire like the coal that is abundant in Youzhou. It might suddenly burst out from under the tent they live in at any time.

When lives are threatened, a group of pampered officials fully mobilize their enthusiasm.He used all his skills to mobilize the army and the residents of the city to put out the fire together, and even the villagers and herdsmen outside the city of Youzhou were also summoned.

Emperor Qinglong's old heart was comforted a little, the officials he selected in Dayue were still capable.Counting it, he still has a little knowledge of people, and he is not a complete fool.

"Hey."

Drinking a cup of tea, Emperor Qinglong sighed, and concubine Shu, who was driving, looked away from the chessboard, and comforted softly: "If this continues, the fire will be extinguished soon. In fact, this fire is not completely useless. Your Majesty Just relax."

"what is the benefit?"

Concubine Shu glanced at the chessboard, and said with a smile: "Before I came here, there were rumors in the palace that Youzhou Palace was haunted by ghosts, and now the rumors of ghosts can always be removed."

Emperor Qinglong frowned. As a king, he had done many things with the help of destiny. He knew more about ghosts and gods than anyone else in Dayue.A strange auspicious stone was found in a certain place, but it was just a far-fetched attempt by local officials to please him.Knowing this, he couldn't refuse, because the people believed in this, and by virtue of auspiciousness, they could firmly believe that the emperor was destined by heaven.

The divine right of kings may be able to bluff everyone in the world, but it cannot bluff the god-given emperor himself.No one knows better than the emperor himself whether he has sensed the destiny or whether he has seen a god or not.

"Wild ghost fire? It's just someone with a heart pretending to be a ghost. Concubine Shu is right, this fire can just uncover some people's ghostly thoughts."

Concubine Shu smiled lightly: "I didn't say that, it was just a joke, the emperor can think so far."

Emperor Qinglong looked at Concubine Shu meaningfully, she was always the one who had the most sense of propriety and was the most emollient.

Concubine Shu played with her hair in a bun, and her gestures were unspeakably grand, but she did not show any toughness, but was full of charm.

"Royal father,"

People arrived before the sound, and the nine princesses walked in from the outside carrying a jar.

"Outside there were Mongolians driving Lele carts to put out the fire, and they gave milk tea and milk bricks to the people whose houses were burned down in Youzhou City. I smelled the fragrance from a long distance away, so I ordered some. The milk tea is delicious, It tastes better than what I drank in the palace, and my father, mother and concubine should also taste it together."

After a long series of conversations, the Ninth Princess finally walked in front of Emperor Qinglong.Opening the jar, a milky aroma mixed with the aroma of tea hits the face.

Emperor Qinglong took a deep breath, nodded and said: "It is indeed fragrant."

Princess Nine's big eyes narrowed with a smile, and the sweat from running was still on her flushed face.Grabbing a teacup from the table, she bent down and took half a bowl, holding it with both hands: "I drank a big bowl just now, and I feel like I don't need to eat at noon today."

Emperor Qinglong took it, his mouth was on the edge of the bowl and he was about to drink it, when a thin and weak voice sounded from beside him: "Your Majesty, you should let the slave try the poison first."

Sansi held a silver needle in his hand, looking at the eager emperor and the expectant Ninth Princess, he felt a little more guilty about the poison test that he had been confident about.

Seeing her appearance, Princess Jiu raised her lips and smiled: "Thanks to the reminder, I forgot about it, let me try it today."

Taking the silver needle from Sansi, Princess Jiu inserted it directly into the crock.

While waiting, Emperor Qinglong didn't even think about it, just took the bowl that the Ninth Princess was holding, and poured it down with a tilt of his neck, and then his face was full of aftertaste.

"Don't tell me, this taste is really good, Concubine Shu should try it too."

"Father!"

Princess Jiu was surprised, even though she had drunk it before, she was a little nervous about it.Although it was scooped out of the same pot, she read in many scripts that there are many ways to poison.The poison may be rubbed into the crock, spread on the spoon, or simply form a kind of mixed poison with the non-toxic things in the tea bowl of the father's imperial tent.

She herself doesn't care, but her mother and concubine told her since she was a child that the father and the emperor are the safety and security of the world, and he would rather be careful and troublesome than reveal any opportunities.

Lifting the silver needle almost tremblingly, seeing the sudden change of color on it, she staggered, and her voice was almost crying: "It has... changed color, how do you feel, Father, I really didn't mean it."

Changed color?
The expressions of all the people in the imperial tent changed, and Sansi rushed to Princess Ninth. Even Concubine Shu, who was usually steady, jumped up at this moment.

The head of the Qianqing Palace and the first favorite concubine of the harem rushed to the Ninth Princess almost at the same time, looking nervously at the silver needle in her hand, and after seeing how it changed color, they both couldn't laugh or cry.

Think twice and scream: "Your Highness Ninth Princess, half of this old slave's life was tossed away by you."

Concubine Shu looked at her daughter helplessly: "Why is Ah Yi still so reckless, the silver needle is just milky white with some milk tea."

Ninth Princess was already nervous enough, she lifted the silver needle out of the pitch-black jar, seeing that the part underneath that touched the milk no longer had a metallic luster, the black hole was so frightened that she didn't even bother to look at her.

After being scolded by the concubine mother, she took a closer look, and found that it wasn't the milk tea sticking on the surface of the silver needle.As she raised it, the milk tea slid down, revealing the original shiny color of the silver needle.

It obviously didn't change color at all.

Holding the ceramic pot, Princess Nine was full of rejoicing: "It really hasn't changed color, father is sure to be fine now, it's really great."

Emperor Qinglong looked at Hanhan's daughter with pain and affection on his face: "Milk and tea, both of which have detoxification effects. It is difficult to mix ordinary poisons in it, and it will be fine if you drink a little. Ah Yi doesn't have to be so nervous."

Hearing Father's voice, Princess Jiu let out a long sigh of relief: "Let me just say, the herdsman who made me milk tea is a Mongolian. She came here to help the Han people out of gratitude. How could she harm Father?"

"Because of gratitude?"

Princess Nine nodded: "Father, have you not heard anyone say that? I just heard that Yan Zhenfu was ambushed by Oala horse thieves on the way to Liangzhou. It was a herdsman who rescued him. As a herdsman, he should have been buried in the sky, but But Zhenfu Yan insisted on repaying his kindness, and drove him all night to Liangzhou, where he was asked to be cremated by an eminent monk."

Of course Emperor Qinglong knew about this, it was because he had received the report from the Governor of Youzhou, and thinking about the intense war in the Northwest and swallowing money like a bottomless pit for years, he started thinking about going west.

"Not only that, after the cremation, Yan Zhenfu also donated a large amount of sesame oil out of his own pocket to pray for the Mongolian man who saved them, and he even took care of the man's wife and children. At that time, it coincided with the mutual market after the autumn harvest. There were a lot of herdsmen who came to Youzhou City to buy supplies for the winter, and there were also many people who listened to the scriptures. Many people saw this scene. They didn’t know Yan Zhenfu, but they recognized him. He was wearing a Da Yue official robe. After this incident, many Mongolians began to appreciate the benevolent government of the father these years, and they thought that the people of Da Yue were good. The Mongolians are naturally hospitable. When they heard that Youzhou City was on fire, they rushed to the car Bring homemade milk tea to help the Han people."

The more she talked about the nine princesses, the brighter her eyes became. At the end, she looked at Emperor Qinglong with admiration: "My father is so powerful! When I was young, I listened to my master's lectures. In so many previous dynasties, there was never a monarch who could make the nomads on the grassland sincere. Surrender, the father actually did it. This is... oh, I remembered that poem, the ancients are not seen before, and the comers are not seen in the future."

Being watched by his daughter adoringly, listening to her sincere praise, Emperor Qinglong, who has been emperor for decades and has experienced countless turmoil, will feel as excited as he did when he came to the throne at the beginning of the year.

The Mongolians are grateful for his benevolent government. They are willing to treat the Han people as compatriots and lend a helping hand in times of crisis.This gave him the greatest degree of comfort to his battered heart after being exposed by an account book and the fire in Youzhou, which had been in power for decades and looked like a beautiful flower but was actually rotten.These years of conscientious and diligent administration have not been in vain, even if it is only the education of the Mongols, it is enough to make his name go down in history.

Excited, he snatched the jar from Ayi's hand, gulped it down in his mouth.

"Father, the Lele car that the Mongols came to fight the fire was filled with milk tea. There is still a lot left, so drink it slowly."

After drinking half a jar of milk tea and hiccupping, Emperor Qinglong calmed down a little, and then he remembered the other person Ayi mentioned in his words.

"Ayi is saying that this matter has something to do with Yan Zhenfu?"

Ah Yi hesitated: "They all say that, but I think Ah Mao deserves more credit. Yan Zhenfu was born in a poor family, but Ah Mao has a lot of dowry money."

This made sense, and Emperor Qinglong said boldly: "Then the two of you will reward together."

(End of this chapter)