Chapter 1425 The Foolish Empress 48
A large number of people followed King Duan's chariot. In addition to those who moved with King Duan, there were also twenty beautiful concubines. This month, Xi Ning asked the imperial physician to check the pulses of the concubines whom King Duan kept overnight. Five of them were already pregnant, but the time was short, and their pulses and bodies did not indicate pregnancy.
For this reason, people were specially ordered to tie the wheels of all the bullock carts used by the concubines with shock-proof cotton tire cloth, and the driving speed was also slowed down. After King Duan arrived at the fiefdom, it would take three to five days for them to arrive.
This great gift will definitely make King Duan very grateful. After the child is born, he will think of the beautiful days of reviewing letters in the palace every moment.
If King Duan wants to rebel again, he should think carefully about how he will need to approve his papers every day after becoming emperor.
However, King Duan is really suitable to be an emperor, he is strong and strong, and Xi Ning gives a thumbs up to this. If the master of the body hadn't refused to give up his throne, it would have been better to have King Duan become the emperor.
In order to let King Duan find his way back, he was given enough food every day. King Duan didn't do anything for it, and it didn't count if he had more than five concubines, and he approved all the eight-month-old concubines.
When King Duan's car drove away, Xining turned around and saw a few old acquaintances: "Oh, it's Weng Aiqing. Are you feeling better?"
This month, Yushi Weng has been claiming to be ill at home, thanking guests behind closed doors, and blocking out the ministers who come to see him.
Censor Weng saluted: "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. My health is no longer serious."
"Well, good!" Xining smiled.
Seeing that the empress did not stare and question, Weng Yushi breathed a sigh of relief.
The ministers next to him secretly despised him, looking at Old Man Weng, even though he was over seventy years old, he still had a youthful face. During this period of time, his face has become even more rosy. It will be no problem to be a censor in the court for another ten or twenty years.
Xining turned to He Yushi again: "He Aiqing, you are here today too. How have you been during this time?"
He Yushi, who was about to beat the dragon pillar to death before, was tied up with five flowers and sent to prison. In the prison, his face was so hungry that he showed shame. He saluted and said: "Your Majesty is wise and strategizing. I am ashamed of myself. I am ashamed of you."
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King Duan had already left with everyone, and the rumors of so-called control over the government were naturally dispelled without attack.
From the very beginning, this matter was extremely dangerous, to gradually turning the crisis into safety, trying to save everyone as much as possible.
Xining nodded: "I also feel that I am very wise, so try to force me as little as possible in the future."
Such arrogance left Yushi He speechless for a moment. He only had a red face, lowered his head and saluted, and murmured: "Yes, yes."
After returning to the palace, Xi Ning first came to the Qinzheng Hall, where the ministers and servants were still busy reading the papers.
It is still ordinary matters, such as asking for leave for Ding You, family visits, weddings and funerals, etc., as well as other trivial matters, which are approved by three people and do not need to be reported to the empress.
Other matters are reviewed and approved by five people, and finally approved by the empress.
There are already a lot of notes on the table, and the good days of having someone to help with the work are over.
Xining picked up the top one and read it. It is about the review of death row prisoners. The evidence is conclusive and it is agreed that Qiu Hou will be executed.
He picked up the pen stained with cinnabar and made a tick to express his agreement.
The second one was about a county suffering from drought, and a poor harvest after autumn seemed a foregone conclusion, so I asked for tax exemptions. All five agreed to a 50% tax exemption.
So I picked up the ink pen and made a tick.
It seemed that this pile was all medium affairs. Xining did not take the third book, but instead picked up the first book of the other pile.
This is the impeachment book. Concubine Shujun's brother, who considered himself the uncle of the country, had a fight with Concubine Xiao's brother in the capital over the Chunxiang Tower card, and Yushi Weng impeached both of them.
This one has more content, but it falls into the more difficult category. Xi Ning took a closer look.
Halfway through, I thought of something. Put down the note, squat down, and look under the dragon chair.
If you can't see it, lie down.
Some ministers were stunned when they discovered the empress lying in front of the dragon chair. Xining saw what he was looking for and reached out to grab it, but he couldn't touch it with his fingers.
So I stood up and looked around. There was nothing on the table that I could get my hands on.
Seeing the young eunuch standing next to him, he waved: "Come on, come on!"
The young eunuch didn't know what the empress was going to do, so he walked towards him in fear, stopped three steps away, and stood with his head bowed respectfully: "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
Xining continued to wave: "Come on, come on, why are you so far away?"
What does the empress want? The young eunuch became more and more anxious and had no choice but to approach.
Xining grabbed the whisk in his hand and lay down again.
The little eunuch was so frightened that he fell to his knees and did not dare to raise his head.
I saw the empress holding a whisk and pulling it under the dragon chair. After a while, she pulled out a small cloth bag.
After getting the cloth bag, Xining exhaled and stood up. He handed the whisk to the young eunuch: "Take it!"
The little eunuch raised his head fearfully. As soon as he raised his hands to respectfully catch it, the fly whisk was thrown directly over.
Throwing down the fly whisk, Xi Ning happily opened the cloth bag. It was said that the lost national seal was here.
Everyone was stunned when they saw it, King Duan didn't dare to move, part of it was the national seal.
If the empress dies, anyone can go to various counties with the national seal and invite the princes and princesses to the capital to punish the murderers. After killing the regicide rebel, you can ascend the throne and become the emperor.
King Duan sat at the table not far in front for a month. I don't know how he would feel if he knew that the national seal he had been searching for for two months was right behind him.
Xining wiped the national seal with his hand. Yes, there was no damage. When she raised her head, she saw everyone staring at her in shock.
"Yeah!" She cleared her throat: "The national seal was found in the back garden. It turned out that the palace people hid it in the rockery in a hurry. It is really gratifying to find the national seal."
One person reacted quickly and immediately bowed and saluted, shouting: "Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
Then a sparse sound of congratulations sounded, and finally it became a chorus.
The chief steward who was waiting outside the door heard the sound and came in. When he saw the imperial seal in the empress's hand, he knew what was going on.
I finally got the national seal out, and I thought the empress had forgotten about it. It seems that the empress is patient enough and the city is deep enough.
The Grand Steward came to the side and brought over the empty box containing the national seal. He held it respectfully and asked the empress to put the national seal back into the box.
The national seal was returned to its place, and the chief steward shouted loudly: "The Chen Dynasty will last forever for generations to come!"
So all the ministers and palace maids and eunuchs knelt down and echoed loudly: "The Chen Dynasty will last forever for generations to come!"
Although it is flattery, it still sounds useful.
Xining grinned happily and said: "Well, yes, the lost and recovered national seal is God's blessing for our dynasty, God's blessing for me! According to the decree, agricultural taxes will be reduced by 30%, and all exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes will be sorted out and given to me. After my review, I will waive them if they can!"
Tax reduction is a good thing that benefits the country and the people. Throughout history, the more taxes are reduced, the more peaceful and prosperous the country will be.
The heavier the taxation, the more likely it is that the country will be destroyed.
"My emperor is wise!" The voice suddenly resounded throughout the sky.
(End of chapter)