Chapter 65 Empress Xiao's Scheming
Pei Minqiu was stunned. Who is this? What does this mean? She looked at Empress Xiao in confusion. Empress Xiao was so angry that her face turned blue and cursed softly, "This beast!"
She stood up and said, "The princess sits for a moment, I'll go."
Empress Xiao quickly walked out of the hall, and saw that under the steps outside the hall, Changsun Yang's eyes were red and drunk, as if he was about to rush in, but was caught by several female guards.
He still shouted: "Let me in, I'll go and reason with her. He has already taken possession of a princess. I will never allow them to attack Danyang again!"
Empress Xiao had a blue face and said nothing. She stepped forward and slapped him in the face, pointing and cursing: "Get out! Go back to your palace."
Yang Qing covered his face and stared at Xiao Hou with hatred. He stomped his feet hard, turned around and ran away. Xiao Hou looked at his back and gritted his teeth with hatred.
When she returned to the hall, Pei Minqiu was still calm as usual, without surprise or annoyance, and sat upright on the couch. Empress Xiao sat back to her seat and sighed, "It's King of Jinling, who has drunk too much wine and is talking nonsense there.
language."
Speaking of this, Empress Xiao said angrily: "I must check it carefully. Who told him that the princess is here and caused trouble for me again."
Pei Minqiu smiled and said, "After all, he is still a child and is ignorant. The Queen Mother should not bother with him."
Empress Xiao shook her head and sighed: "He is not young anymore. He will be seventeen next year. He will be the prefect in the Great Sui Dynasty. How old is the King of Chu who was the governor of Fengzhou? He really worried me.
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Pei Minqiu was also a little surprised, "Is King Ling of Jin almost seventeen years old?"
Empress Xiao smiled bitterly, "He is no longer a child."
After pausing for a while, Empress Xiao said carefully: "Princess, I don't know if I should say something. In theory, there are some things I shouldn't tell anyone about. But if I don't say it, I'm worried that something will happen even bigger."
Pei Minqiu knew that since Empress Xiao said this, she must have wanted to say it. Pei Minqiu smiled and said, "If the Empress Dowager has something to do in her heart, she will say it out. If she hides it in her heart for a long time, she will still get sick."
"Princess, we are all experienced people. An adult prince should not live in the palace for a long time. It would be fine if he just had a glass of good wine, but he still...ah! It's really hard for me to speak."
Pei Minqiu understood that she had not finished her words and was saying that Yang Qing was good at seduction. This was a problem. The palace maids did not prepare for the prince, which made Pei Minqiu frown slightly.
Queen Xiao saw a trace of dissatisfaction in Pei Minqiu. She said again: "The King of Jinling stayed in the palace for a long time and would not say anything, and he often went to the emperor to say something he shouldn't say.
I'm very worried."
"What did he say?" Pei Minqiu asked curiously.
Empress Xiao sighed, "Say some disrespectful words. The princess should have heard it just now."
Pei Minqiu understood that she was saying something to attack the King of Chu and saying something disrespectful. Pei Minqiu didn't care, but she was very disgusted with the dirty palace curtains. She pondered for a moment and said, "I know this, I
I will talk to the King of Chu and open a mansion for King Jinling according to normal rules. Since he is almost seventeen years old, he is indeed not suitable to live in the palace anymore."
Empress Xiao was secretly happy. This was the purpose of her bringing Princess Chu. Yang Qing had to move out of Jinyang Palace, otherwise he would sooner or later ruin his glory and wealth in the rest of his life.
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Pei Minqiu returned to the palace. The sky was almost dark. After entering the inner hall, Zhang Chuchen greeted her and complained to her, "I've just returned so late, have you had supper?"
Pei Minqiu apologized and said, "Do it casually! To be honest, I'm really a little hungry."
"You wait, I'll go to the endpoint for you."
Zhang Chuchen turned around and went out, but Pei Minqiu called her, "Is Yuanqing back?"
"I've been back a long time ago, now I'm in the study!"
Pei Minqiu nodded and sat down, but was thinking about what Queen Xiao said to her. Soon, Zhang Chuchen brought food. Pei Minqiu ate a little bit of food, got up and went to Yang Yuanqing's study.
Pei Minqiu is an extremely smart person. She had already reacted afterwards. Empress Xiao probably told her about the Jinling incident and even sent congratulatory gifts to invite her over.
However, although Empress Xiao was scheming, Pei Minqiu still had to deal with this matter. After all, she was a woman and was very delicate in thinking about the problem. An adult prince lived in the harem and was addicted to wine, which undoubtedly defiled the harem and would take care of it.
Many future problems will affect Yang Yuanqing's reputation.
In any case, Pei Minqiu could not tolerate such things. She was a kind-hearted person and she didn't want to delay this matter any longer.
When she walked to Yang Yuanqing's study, she knocked on the door. Yang Yuanqing's voice came from the study, "Who is it?"
"Husband, it's me."
"Come in!"
Pei Minqiu pushed the door and walked in. The room was bright and light. Yang Yuanqing was writing something at his desk. When he saw his wife coming in, he put down his pen and smiled: "Have you gone to see Queen Xiao today?"
"Why!"
Pei Minqiu sighed slightly and sat down opposite him. Yang Yuanqing got up and sat next to her, put his waist on her and asked with a smile: "Why, are you angry when you enter the palace?"
"How is that possible?"
Pei Minqiu rested her head on her husband's shoulder and smiled: "With my husband's power, who in the world dares to be angry with me? Today, Empress Xiao is too humble, and I'm a little uncomfortable."
"Then why are you sighing?"
Pei Minqiu sat up and his face became serious, "Husband, I have something to do with you!"
Seeing that her face was serious, Yang Yuanqing nodded and said, "What are you talking about?"
"Husband, do you think King Ling of Jin shouldn't move out of Jinyang Palace?"
Yang Yuanqing frowned, "What happened? You actually asked you to say that."
Pei Minqiu told her husband in detail what happened today. Finally, she said seriously: "The harem should be the emperor's residence, and the daughter of the harem should also belong to the emperor. Now the emperor is still young and is addicted to the sea of classics and books, so the harem will be
It should be a quiet place, but the King of Jinling is greedy for wine and is filthy in the harem. What does the officials think about this will make people laugh at the world even more.”
Yang Yuanqing paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. In fact, he knew that Yang Qing was good at drinking and seizing, and this was not very important.
The key point is that Yang Yu actually went to persuade Yang You, which made Yang Yuanqing dissatisfied. He was nothing more than persuading Yang You to deal with him and rebuild the Sui Dynasty. This emperor's eldest grandson was really a bit obsessed with it.
It seems that he needs to be sent out of the capital. If he keeps him in the capital, he will sooner or later have an accident. Thinking of this, Yang Yuanqing nodded, "He is indeed not suitable to live in the palace anymore. I will have someone send him away tomorrow and send him to him.
Go to a place to be a rich man, stay away from a place of power, so that everyone can be quiet."
Pei Minqiu bit his lip gently and asked again: "What are you going to deal with Danyang's affairs?"
Yang Yuanqing said a little unhappy: "Don't ask about this. She is only fourteen years old now and it's still early to say anything. Let her live in our mansion."
Pei Minqiu sighed in her heart, she understood her husband's thoughts a little.
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The next morning, more than a dozen carriages were parked in front of Jinyang Palace. The guards forced Yang Yan out of the inner palace and sent them onto the carriage. They also sent seven or eight palace maids and eunuchs who served him onto the carriage.
After the start, a school captain led more than a hundred soldiers to guard the carriage and drove away from Jinyang Palace.
It was already mid-October. At noon that day, a fleet of ships moved from the Yellow River to Fen River and arrived at Taiyuan City.
This fleet of more than 100 flat-bottomed tugboats was loaded with crude silver ingots and copper ingots refined in Lingwu County. This was something the imperial court had been looking forward to. It took Huining County and seized the largest silver so far
The mine allowed the Sui Dynasty to obtain a huge source of wealth.
The fleet docked directly at the warehouse dock. The soldiers carried silver ingots and copper ingots into the warehouse. Another ox cart sent more than a dozen silver ingots directly into Ziwei Pavilion, Jinyang Palace.
Ziwei Pavilion Semi-circle Hall, Yang Yuanqing, seven prime ministers, as well as the chief officials and secondary officials of various temples gathered together, and placed more than a dozen silver ingots on the row of tables in front. The officials surrounded the tables, and everyone was carefully
Observing the silver ingots, I couldn't help but praise them.
At this time, the Shaofu Temple Chief Li Jinxian was brought in. He was holding a box in his hand and walked carefully. When Yang Yuanqing saw him coming in, he clapped his hands and smiled at everyone, "Sit down, dear ministers!"
Everyone went back to their seats and sat down. Li Jinxian walked to a low stage with a wooden box and placed the box on the stage. He bowed to everyone and said aloud: "Dear ministers, I am ordered to show it to all ministers.
Let’s take a look at the gold, silver and money made by Shaofu Temple.”
He opened the box, took out a silver coin and a gold coin, held it high in the air, and said to everyone: "This is the money and silver coin just cast by the money mold. Its appearance is exactly the same as the new copper coin, but its material is different."
He put down the gold and silver coins, took out two silver cakes, one large and one small. The silver cake was very smooth, and the bottom was stamped with the supervisor's impression. He whispered loudly: "This is also a new silver cake made of silver ingots from Huining County.
, One cake weighs one liang and the other cake weighs ten liang. In the future, Huining silver ingots will also cast a large number of these two kinds of silver cakes."
There was a whisper in the semicircle hall. Everyone was concerned about how much silver would be used for circulation, and if it was put into the market, would it lead to a sharp rise in prices and depreciation of copper coins?
At this time, Du Ruhui walked up to the stage and smiled at everyone, saying, "Money and silver will be distributed to soldiers as military pay and rewards. One money can be used as a hanging, and one silver money can be used as fifty-money copper coins. This kind of money
The silver coins will soon be minted in large quantities and circulated with copper coins, but the silver cake will not be circulated, and it will be stored in the Zuozangku as a wealth of a country."
After a pause, he said again: "Don't worry about whether the price of goods will rise. With these silver, it can buy things from the world. The food, tea, silk, and cloth from the south are flowing into the Great Sui Dynasty. Our Great Sui Dynasty
The national strength will only be further increased.”
Chapter completed!