Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 454 Petition
Ming Shengdi didn't expect her to say such words, and was stunned for a moment. Since ancient times, it has been a rule of the court that merchants are not allowed to be officials.Ming Shengdi looked at her carefully, seeing her begging eyes, he couldn't help sighing, aside from this point, this is indeed an excellent strategy.

If you don't give some sweetness, how can those merchants be willing to take money out of their own pockets.Xia Zijin saw Ming Shengdi's expression of emotion, and hurriedly added fire, "Of course, whether those businessmen have the means to become officials depends on whether they have real talents. I won’t accept it. If there is any behavior of using power and position to amass money in the future, it will be dealt with in the same way.”

One sentence awakened Ming Shengdi.The reason why merchants are not allowed to be officials is nothing more than fear of this. Xia Zijin said so, so there is nothing to worry about.Ming Shengdi breathed a sigh of relief, looked at her with more admiration, and the look of regret on his face became more intense.

Xia Zijin let him scrutinize her without hesitation, naturally she didn't miss the look in his eyes, she couldn't help but tighten her lips, and the corners of her lips evoked a slight smile calmly, now Ming Shengdi was still hesitating about her identity as a woman, thinking It won't be long before Ming Shengdi has to suppress this scruple.

Just like at this moment, Ming Shengdi had to compromise and decided to use the food stored by the frontier soldiers to rescue the emergency first.In the future, there will be many places where Ming Shengdi cannot live without her. There are too many old guys in this court, and it is time to clean them up.

"Father, although this method is good, there is just one thing that needs to be paid attention to." Xia Zijin looked at Ming Shengdi with a serious expression on purpose, "Before when the flood in the south was rescued, because of the negligence of Prince Lin, the good method was not only useless. The disaster relief almost killed the people of the city, causing anger and resentment. The emperor must choose a good person this time. And I have something to say, I also ask the emperor to forgive my innocence, so that I dare to say .”

Seeing her hesitate to speak, Ming Shengdi knew that what she was going to say must not be a trivial matter, and what Lin Runyu was negligent about. If Lin Runyu hadn't filled his own pockets, such an accident would not have happened. She is now ahead of schedule. It was clearly reminding him.After Ming Shengdi realized her intentions, he couldn't help but look at her more, showing approval for her prudence.

"That's what you say, I forgive you for your innocence." Ming Shengdi waved his hand, waiting for her to continue.

"My son is not talented, please go to the disaster relief in person." Xia Zijin bit her lips, and for the first time a firm expression appeared on her thin face, "I also ask my father, the emperor Yuner, to act in plain clothes. If you find embezzlers, If you embezzle ten taels, you will be punished with a rod fifty times, and if you embezzle 100 taels, you will be executed on the spot.”

While speaking, Xia Zijin's body revealed some sense of decisiveness.

Originally, Ming Shengdi suspected that she was trying to get benefits from it through disaster relief, but when he heard her words, he froze in place for a moment. Tired to death.

Ming Shengdi looked at her quietly, and rubbed the palm of the sleeve hanging on the cuff, "Have you thought about it?"

He knew that Xia Zijin was afraid of the cold, and if he went to the north for disaster relief, he might lose half of his life.If she just wanted to put on a show in front of her, she must have changed her tune now.

However, to the surprise of Ming Shengdi, Xia Zijin raised his eyes firmly, "Go back to the emperor, I have made up my mind, and I ask the emperor to agree."

Ming Shengdi couldn't help laughing, the laughter was full of relief, he raised his hand and patted Xia Zijin on the shoulder, "Okay, okay, I didn't expect that my sons are all good-for-nothings, but my rare daughter is a womanizer , In that case, you go back and prepare, and you will set off tomorrow, and report to the Ministry of Internal Affairs if you need anything, and tell them to prepare quickly."

The matter of disaster relief cannot be delayed, Xia Zijin has taken on this task, so he should set off as soon as possible.

Xia Zijin was overjoyed, stood up instantly, thanked Emperor Ming, and walked away.

The chief eunuch stood outside, looking at his nose, nose, and heart, as if he didn't see anything about what happened just now.

Xin'er, who was guarding outside, walked back and forth in the cold, and kept warming her fingers. Seeing Xia Zijin coming out in high spirits, she hurried forward to put a cloak on her. Before she had taken two steps, the eunuch took a He hurriedly chased after the keel umbrella, "Princess, the emperor said that it's snowing outside, so he asked you to use this umbrella to cover yourself, so you don't get wet."

The eunuch looked at her with a flattering expression. For so many years, there are very few people who can make Ming Shengdi laugh like this. This Pearl Princess is not only courageous, but also good at understanding people's hearts. , If you don't flatter yourself at this time, it will be too late in the future.

The eunuch has his own vision when it comes to people and things.Xia Zijin nodded, took out an ingot of gold from his sleeve and dropped it into the palm of the eunuch, "Please thank your father for this princess, I only know that this princess will do my best to do what my father ordered, and I will not ask him to do it." disappointment."

The eunuch took advantage of the situation and stuffed the gold into his sleeves, his smiling eyes were bent, he nodded repeatedly, and turned to go in.Xia Zijin looked at his leaving figure, with a smug expression on her lips.

After Xia Zijin left, Ming Shengdi drew up an imperial decree, allowing her the power to act in plain clothes, instead of the emperor, to go to the disaster relief. The news shocked the government and the public, and all the courtiers became active, thinking about Xia Zijin's status in their hearts .

Naturally, Xia Shengqing also received the news. He rushed to Xia Zijin's room immediately, saw that she had just come back, took off the cloak on her body, and swallowed the words involuntarily. After waiting for a while, the anger surged again, " Zijin, are you dying?"

He came aggressively, and his words were accusations. Others would definitely feel wronged, but Xia Zijin saw the worry in his eyes as soon as he turned around, and he couldn't help pursing his lips and chuckling, "Sheng Qing, I regret my life, but this opportunity is rare."

Xia Zijin's pupils flashed the light of the inevitable. Before the flood in the south, she personally stepped out to see what the people wanted. This time, if she can take the opportunity to conquer the hearts of the people in the north, she will be more confident in competing for that position in the future.

What's more, in terms of financial resources, I am afraid that there are not many who can compare with the Shen family, and the position of this imperial merchant must belong to the Shen family.In this way, she can be regarded as fulfilling the previous promise to Shen Yue.

Seeing her unyielding expression and the ambition on her face, Xia Shengqing was dumbfounded for a moment.

He didn't know why Xia Zijin suddenly changed his focus on maintaining a stable life, and wanted to get involved in this treacherous and ever-changing power struggle, but if he guessed correctly, he was probably more or less related to him.

Thinking of this, Xia Shengqing's eyes showed a little apology.Xia Zijin had been paying attention to him all the time, seeing the expression in his eyes, she couldn't help being startled, then bit her lip, and softened her tone, "Sheng Qing, I will take good care of myself, I need you to worry about this capital."

Xia Shengqing couldn't resist her soft tone when she acted like a baby, so she just nodded and let her fool her.

Xin'er stuck out her tongue, and quietly opened the door to go out, allowing the ambiguous atmosphere in the room to heat up.As soon as she stood with her back to the door, Zhenwen's face magnified infinitely in front of her eyes, "Xin'er, why is your face so red? Did you miss me?"

Seeing him being so brazen, Xin'er rolled her eyes, turned around and ignored him. A few days ago, she did not know where Zhenwen found a hairpin for her. A hairpin I bought broke and threw it on the ground. Looking back, I thought it was a pity and wanted to get it back, but somehow it disappeared.

She felt strange, so she took the hairpin and took a closer look, but there wasn't a hole in it.Fortunately, she didn't wear it on her head, otherwise it would be a shame.When she thought that Zhenwen would give herself the things she picked up, she felt depressed for a while.

Zhenwen thought that she was fine when she received the gift a few days ago, and she couldn't help scratching her head and scratching her face now, but she didn't know how to coax her, so she could only grimace aside.

Thinking that he was romantic and happy in the past, why did he just fall in love with such a girl, he couldn't do anything about it.

Xia Zijin didn't know at all that her maid was being watched by her guards, and she was nestling in Xia Shengqing's arms, letting him cover her hands.

The second person to know the news was Rong Yu, who also rushed over angrily. When he learned that Xia Shengqing couldn't go with him, he frowned, and then looked at Xia Zijin with a flattering expression.

Until now, he still hasn't given up the idea of ​​prying Xia Shengqing's corner, but in this son-in-law's mansion, he is kicked out by Xia Shengqing every time before he has time to show his charm to Xia Zijin. He really can't get close to Xia Zijin.

Therefore, his plan to seduce Xia Zijin has not succeeded so far.Xia Shengqing bowed her head, looking at the undisguised salivation in his eyes, like a dog that has been hungry for many days looking at Xia Zijin, his fingers itch involuntarily, and he snorted coldly.

Rong Yu immediately put away his expression, looked at Xia Zijin solemnly, and explained the benefits of being close to him by the way. Seeing that he spared no effort to promote himself, Xia Shengqing wanted to beat him up for no reason, but what he said was the truth, Xia Shengqing hesitated again and again , or resist the urge to hit him.

There was no other reason, except for Rong Yu, there was really no suitable person to accompany Xia Zijin this time.

Huang Chenyan and Shen Li's marriage is coming soon, and the two of them are very busy every day, and they must not be able to spare time to accompany Xia Zijin to help the disaster.In fact, as he had imagined, when Huang Chenyan learned that Xia Zijin was going to the north for disaster relief, he made a special trip to the house to express his apology.

Xia Zijin looked at her tangled appearance of wanting to go with him but being unable to, and couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Chenyan, don't worry, my princess is fine, I'm afraid I won't be able to join you two at that time." wedding feast."

Seeing her regretful look, Huang Chenyan hesitated again and again, and said: "Why don't I postpone the marriage until next spring, this time..."

(End of this chapter)