Xian Shijun's question really frightened the third princess. Her expression changed again and again before she spoke with difficulty:
"Father, do you really want the position of the emperor's husband?"
This is the reason he can think of.
"Then you must have the intention to compete for the throne, so that father can compete for this position."
Xian Shijun said, staring at his daughter for a moment.
"Don't! Father, I don't have that big ambition. I just want to be a dandy princess and spend my life idle. Please don't make things difficult for me. I can't beat the eldest sister and the second sister.
Eldest sister I am highly respected by my mother, and my second sister’s father’s family holds military power, so I have no chance to compete.”
The third princess waved her hand and said.
“You don’t need to worry about these. As long as I sit in the position of the emperor’s husband, there will naturally be courtiers who support you and help you. Our current disadvantage will be our advantage in the future.”
Xian Shijun still said unhurriedly.
"Father, even so, I don't want to be a puppet queen! I don't believe that these people will unconditionally support me in ascending to the throne. Just like the mother queen said, God will not give away the pie in vain, and it will not be lost when it falls. It will definitely hit me.
The most important thing is that my daughter knows her own weight. I am not capable of sitting in that position. If the virtue is not matched, it will bring disaster to Fengqi country. I don’t want to become a country that will be destroyed. "
The third emperor's daughter shook her head like a rattle, and the reason for her refusal was very good. She was trying to persuade her father not to get involved, for fear that the virtuous servant would insist on going his own way, and even the empress of the subjugated country would tell him. It's over.
But on the other hand, the third princess has a very clear understanding of herself. In her last life, she became the queen of a country that perished.
Xian Shijun showed a relieved smile, pursed his lips and said:
"It seems that you have a very clear understanding of yourself, so it's not in vain for me to be a bad person."
The third princess finally realized that this was her father's test of her.
"Father, don't scare me! I thought you wanted to be the emperor's wife. On the cusp of this, this is not a good thing. Not to mention the ministers in the court, even the eldest sister and the second sister can do it. "Tear it down."
The third princess wiped the non-existent sweat from her forehead and said in a low voice.
"The emperor's husband and Rong Shijun left one after another, and some people put their ideas on my head, which annoyed me. Now that you are back, these people will probably get worse. I'm afraid you are not firm enough. , I am also afraid that those people will plot against you, so I want to confirm your thoughts.”
Now that they have spoken out, Xian Shijun has made their situation clear.
"I said that my father, who has always been neither fighting nor fighting, would say such things."
The third princess patted her chest. If her father insisted on having his own way, he would be unlucky then. She did.
The conversation between father and daughter reached Ripple's ears soon after. The secret guard reported word for word before disappearing again.
Lianyi smiled. She had never been worried about Xian Shijun, but this third princess. But now it seems that she has no ambition.
In this case, Lianyi will naturally fulfill the little daughter's wish and let her be a wealthy and idle person and live a happy life. After entering winter, food prices in various places fluctuated and seemed to be on the rise. Unfortunately, within three days of the price increase, the government released a batch of affordable rice in the name of the Queen and posted a notice.
The notice states that this is the Queen's sympathy for the people. Because of the poor harvest due to the disaster, half of the taxes have been waived. At the same time, a batch of affordable rice has been supplied to the people. Everyone can afford to buy grain. After this winter, there will be a batch of high-quality seeds in the spring. People are allowed to receive it on credit and pay it back during the next autumn harvest.
As soon as this notice came out, the people in the city rushed to tell each other, praising the queen's kindness, which made the grain merchants who had hoarded grain and prepared to make a fortune were dumbfounded. Not to mention raising the price, they just Selling it at the usual price, few people come to the door now.
No one is stupid. Why buy expensive ones when there are cheap ones? Moreover, when buying the grain released by the government, you need to bring the household registration of the family to buy it to avoid repeated purchases. They want to fish in troubled waters. None of them worked.
"Don't be afraid, the food will eventually run out. Let's wait."
A grain merchant said unwillingly.
Everyone looked at each other and planned to wait and see for a while before talking.
One day, two days, three days. Until a month later, not only did the food not run out, but the types also increased. The grain merchants were dumbfounded when they saw it, and they were ready to move to other cities to have a look. Unfortunately, there was still no shortage of food. Before he could leave the city gate, he was stopped by the government officials.
“You guys work together to drive up the price of food, and you don’t sell it to the people if you have it. You are regarded as profiteers. For the sake of the stability of Fengqi Country, you will be temporarily detained. We will buy your food at a fair price and then sell it. The money will be given to the people, but you will not be welcome in Fengqi Kingdom in the future.”
The people around them listened to the angry voice of the female officer and realized that the carts were filled with grain. In order to make money, these profiteers would not sell the grain to them, and now they wanted to take the grain to other places to raise money. price.
All of a sudden, gravel and mud were thrown at these people. If it hadn't been for the government officials to stop them, the excrement and water would have been thrown over them.
Then, in full view of the public, the government weighed the grain on the spot, settled the money on the spot, and then drove the merchants and their entourage out of the city.
"Everyone, we paid money to buy the food. I advise you to take the money and leave, so as not to be targeted by interested people and the money will not be kept."
The words of the yamen servant are meaningful. , made this group of people's hearts skip a beat, and they immediately left the place of right and wrong at high speed.
"Hmph! A bunch of idiots!"
The yamen servant spat at the backs of the businessmen who seemed to be fleeing.
This kind of thing is also happening in various cities, but some businessmen are very aware of current affairs. As soon as the Queen's notice came out, they immediately lowered the previously inflated food prices. Although it was not parity, it was still Within the acceptance range of the people, after all, the people can understand that high-quality rice costs only a few cents.
Some merchants who had received the news a long time ago did not increase their prices when other grain dealers raised their prices. They continued to sell at the original price, and were boycotted by all merchants. However, in the end, such merchants gained a good reputation and even though they had money The earnings are not as much as after the price increase, but there is still a small profit.
Those who drive up the price of food are miserable. Instead of making a profit, they pay compensation. After all, in order to get as much food as possible in their hands, they paid a lot of money to buy it.
Fengqi State had such a clean-up, the trend of driving up grain prices was severely suppressed, and another crisis was overcome. Moreover, various government offices also used this opportunity to buy back all the grain from the grain merchants, supplementing the supply due to this. The granary, which had been halved for disaster relief, had also been stocked with food and fodder for the next spring's war.
When the new emperor of the Panlong Kingdom saw the merchants sent out to mess up the food prices in the Fengqi Kingdom, they all came back dejected. He was also so angry that he threw his head away, with a ferocious face and kicked them out. .
After the first rain of spring, Xuanwu Kingdom was the first to point its sword at Panlong Kingdom, under the banner of avenging his father.