Inside the Great Wei Palace.
Li Guangxiao rushed in, he was so excited that he was about to cry ah.
He was really excited.
The more he thought about the water chariot project mentioned by Xu Qingnian, the more he thought it was feasible, and the more he thought about it, the more he thought it was a divine tool for the country.
Don’t look at it as just a small invention, but it could change the current production capacity of Great Wei.
Truth be told, Li Guangxiao’s opinion of Xu Qingnian had changed.
Before, he thought that Xu Qingnian was a very intelligent person and a great talent.
But now, he feels that Xu Qingnian is more than a great talent.
It’s not enough that he has the talent of the Ministry of Justice, it’s not enough that he has the talent of the Ministry of the Household, but now he even knows about agriculture.
The most amazing thing is that Xu Qingnian took some time to toss around and created this kind of peaceful and divine weapon.
What the hell kind of person is this?
Li Guanghsiao really doesn’t know how to describe Xu Qingnian, he feels like he has found a treasure, every day he can get different surprises ah.
But what Li Guangxiao knew even more was one thing, he had to come to the palace quickly and talk this matter over with the empress.
One is to let the empress promote the waterwheel project, the second is to let the empress pay attention to Xu Qingnian, not this kind of attention now, but incomparable attention, let the empress know Xu Qingnian’s talent, let the empress protect Xu Qingnian well come.
The first is that you can’t hurt Xu Qingnian at all, whoever dares to touch Xu Qingnian is the enemy of the Great Wei, dead enemy.
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the public.
Thinking of this, Li Guangxiao’s voice rang out again.
“Your Majesty! Heaven bless the Great Wei! Heaven bless the Great Wei!”
He walked into the great hall, extremely disoriented.
“Teacher, what has happened? Why are you like this?”
The empress came out of the Dragon Palace, and she looked at her teacher with a curious look in her eyes.
Her own teacher, who was an old man of three dynasties, had been through three emperors and was extremely wise.
So the empress was a little curious, she did not understand what had happened to make her teacher lose his temper like this.
Stepping inside the Hall of the Nurtured Heart, Li Guangxiao’s voice rang out.
“Your Majesty, Heaven bless Great Wei.”
Li Guangxiao still could not help but shout out, and then he took a deep breath to calm himself down.
“Your Majesty, may I borrow my paper and pencil.”
Li Guangxiao said so.
“Give the ink.”
The empress spoke out, and immediately someone brought paper and pencil and placed it in front of Li Guangxiao.
And Li Guangxiao swallowed his saliva, gripped the brush tightly and drew on the white paper.
About a short while later, Li Guangxiao finished making the diagram and pushed this out, “Please look at it, Your Majesty.”
The empress waved her hand, and at that moment the white paper floated slightly, and in a short while it appeared in her eyes.
It was a drawing of a waterwheel.
As she looked at the drawing of the waterwheel, the Empress’ face gradually changed.
“Field irrigation.”
The empress instantly realised what it was, and she was a little surprised that although the drawing was rather crude, it looked as if there was nothing seriously wrong with it, it was just that the details were not all painted to come.
But she could also feel the value of this object.
“Teacher, is there a full drawing of this object?”
The empress asked directly.
“Yes, but I don’t have it here, this object was conceived by Xu Qingnian.”
“And it has already been made.”
“Your Majesty, you still remember Xu Qingnian’s angry rebuke of the Great Confucian, and you issued an imperial decree to
punish the people of South Yu Province with 10% of their taxes?”
Li Guangxiao opened his mouth and asked.
“I remember.”
The empress nodded her head.
“Xu Qingnian felt some guilt towards the people, so he invented this, and later had a friend build a waterwheel in the South Yu Province and conducted a simple test.”
“As a result, this seasonal harvest, the grain production of South Yufu increased by 40% more.”
Li Guangxiao said with some excitement.
“Forty percent?”
The empress revealed a look of surprise.
“In reply to Your Majesty, I think the ruler of the Southern Yu Province should have written a report on this matter, and according to this time, the report on the harvest of grain fields from all over the world should have reached the Ministry of Household Affairs, so we can have someone check it out.”
Li Guangxiao said so.
“Wan’er, go to the Ministry of Household Affairs and check it out quickly.”
The empress immediately spoke.
If it was just a small place that suddenly increased its grain production by 40%, it would not be a big deal, but if the entire Southern Yu Province increased its grain production by 40%, it would not be a small matter.
The fact is that according to what Li Guangxiao said, the South Yu Province is relying on a tool to increase the food production of Qi by 40% this time.
Li Guangxiao did not say anything more, he quietly waited for the news, but he still had some shortness of breath between him, and it could be seen that he was really excited.
As a veteran of three dynasties, Li Guangxiao knew only too well what the Wei Empire lacked today.
The seven Northern Expeditions had emptied the country of its wealth.
The population of Wei had been reduced by 50%, and the lack of labour had left many people destitute and unable to eat a single bite of rice, resulting in public discontent.
It was also because of the people’s grievances that the va*sal kings dared to do whatever they wanted, thus putting pressure on the Wei dynasty step by step.
The rebellion of the va*sal kings has been inevitable since ancient times, and no scheme, whether to suppress or divide them, can put an end to it.
Only the hearts of the people can really put an end to rebellion by va*sal kings.
The people will not support a rebellion if they are well fed and clothed, but if they are not well fed and clothed, then it is a different story.
Xu Qingnian’s waterwheel project does not dare to say that it can feed all the people of Wei now, but if Xu Qingnian is not lying, it will only take five years, not even five years, and Wei will at least be relieved of a great deal of pressure.
More than 70% of the people would have enough to eat, and the remaining 30% might not have enough to eat, but not so much that they would be unable to eat.
Not only that, but the biggest source of revenue for the treasury would be taxation on food production. If that were the case, then the revenue for the treasury of Great Wei would have to double every year.
A quarter of an hour later.
Zhao Wan’er came back.
After entering the hall, Zhao Wan’er’s pace was extremely fast, and in her hand she was holding the zhengzhi of food production that had been handed in by the Southern Yufu.
“Your Majesty!”
“It has been verified that the first half of the harvest of the Southern Yu Province is indeed 40% more than the second half of last year, last year the late rice was 700,000 stones of grain, this year the early rice is 1,020,000 quintals.”
Zhao Wan’er presented the official’s report to the court.
The empress took it and slowly unfolded it, just for a glance, and then closed it immediately afterwards.
“Xu Qingnian! How could you have such a talent!”
At this moment, the empress was completely unable to calm down, she could not trust Li Guangxiao or Xu Qingnian, but it was impossible not to trust the zhengzhi, if she dared to deceive herself, it would be a great crime.
“Phew!”
The empress slowly exhaled a breath and looked towards Li Guangxiao.
“Teacher, what do you mean?”
Did she directly, asking Li Guangxiao what he meant.
“Your Majesty, I have not yet finished.”
Li Guangxiao did not answer the empress’ question, but told her that she had not finished.
“Please speak, teacher, I, for one, am all ears.”
The empress was in no hurry and allowed Li Guangxiao to finish.
“Your Majesty, you should know that my old teacher is now at Xu Qingnian’s home.”
“Today, someone came from South Yufu with a letter to him, and heard Xu Qingnian say that the grain harvest in South Yufu had increased by 40%.”
“Your Majesty, guess what Xu Qingnian’s first reaction was at that time?”
Li Guangxiao opened his mouth and asked the empress.
“He should have been happier, after all, a forty percent increase is a great achievement, but with the arrogant nature of the, he might have been calm.”
The empress said without thinking, this was the reaction of a normal person, of course Xu Qingnian was such a great talent, it was normal to have an arrogant nature.
“No.”
“Your Majesty, Xu Qingnian’s first reaction is discontent.”
Li Guangxiao’s voice got a little agitated again.
“Discontent?”
This time the empress was a little surprised, while Zhao Wan’er at the side was also a little curious.
Forty percent was still dissatisfied?
“What does the teacher mean?”
The Empress seemed to have guessed something, and her eyes instantly brightened up.
“Your Majesty’s guess was correct, Xu Qingnian was completely dissatisfied with this amount, and I couldn’t help but ask a few questions at the time.”
“Do you know what Xu Qingnian said?”
“He said that his expectation was to double the grain production, and that he was not happy that it had only increased by forty percent, and that it had not met his expectations.”
When Li Guangxiao said this, an old face turned red.
“Doubling the grain production?”
At this moment, the empress stood up, she gazed at her teacher, if the person in front of her was not her teacher, she would never believe it.
“How is this possible?”
“Wait! The Field of Desolation?”
The Empress’ first reaction was that it was impossible, but soon she guessed the possibility that it wasn’t impossible to double the food production, and the only way to do that was to reseed those good abandoned fields.
“No! No! No!”
“Your Majesty, if that were the case, the old minister would never have lost his temper so much.”
“What Xu Qingnian meant to say was that the normal situation would be to double the amount, and if the deserted fields were used up, then it would not be doubled, but doubled.”
When Li Guangxiao said this, his voice trembled again!
“Twice!”
When she heard this amount, the empress was completely shocked.
Twice as much?
What does this mean?
The Great Wei treasury doubled every year, 10,000,000 taels to stabilise the basic expenses of the dynasty, 10,000,000 taels taken to develop the country, the impact that would be brought about would be extremely frightening.
One of the most intuitive benefits is that once the people are well fed, they will be willing to have more children, and the population will rise, giving birth to many labourers.
With the accumulation of time, in just five years, Wei will have a small boom.
This is what the Empress could rely on?
The Empress could not believe it.
And just then, a voice suddenly sounded outside.
“Report!”
“Southern Yufu Prefect Li Guangxin has sent a secret letter.”
As the voice rang out, the empress spoke directly.
“Present it.”
At that moment, Zhao Wan’er walked quickly towards the outside of the main hall, picked up the secret letter, and then directly handed it to the empress.
Opening the secret letter.
Without any hesitation, the empress directly began to read the contents of the secret letter.
After a long time.
The Empress was frozen in place.
As the empress of the Great Wei, she had ascended to the throne as a woman, seemingly young, but she had experienced countless things, and it could be said that she had seen all the great storms.
But upon reading the secret letter, she froze.
“Your Majesty, what did the Prefect of South Yufu say?”
Li Guangxiao opened his mouth and could not help but ask, this was the first time he had seen the empress look like this.
“Teacher, you can see for yourself.”
The empress emperor did not say anything, but only handed the secret letter to Li Guangxiao, who took it and began to seriously
after a little while.
When Li Guangxiao finished reading the secret letter from the Southern Yufu Prefect, his entire person was also silent.
The secret letter sent by the Prefect of South Yu was in two parts, one part was a zheng of the upper speech and the other part was a full map of the waterwheel, no detail was missed, the full picture was shown.
The reason for the silence is this.
The ruler of South Yufu clearly mentioned three things in it, firstly, because his own son Li Xin could not operate the waterwheel, resulting in the waterwheel not running first after it was built, secondly, after the waterwheel was built, but because of the material, it was often damaged by some wild beasts or other reasons, and thirdly, there was only one waterwheel in South Yufu at present, which was completely insufficient for the whole house.
The above three reasons are why there is only 40% more this time. The South Yufu prefect thinks that if the above three problems can be solved, the harvest will most likely be doubled and the abandoned barren fields can also be used.
For the people to plant their fields, the biggest trouble is just two.
Land! Water!
There are enough seeds, and although there is not enough labour, there is at least enough labour to plant the fields.
If you have extra labourers at home, one can cultivate and one can fetch water, but if you don’t have enough labourers, it’s too much trouble to fetch water after you’ve cultivated, and you can’t afford to buy water, leading many people to stop cultivating their fields, preferring to plant some fruit trees.
So for a place like the capital of the Southern Region, water is more important.
And for poorer places, water is important and so is good land, one cannot be without the other.
Xu Qingnian’s little waterwheel project could solve the suffering of the people of Great Wei in cultivating their fields.
“Your Majesty! Great Wei is blessed.”
Li Guangxiao could not say anything more, before he was thinking of asking the Prefect of South Yu to bring the drawings to Kyoto and then build the exact same waterwheel to try and see.
But now that he had looked at the complete drawing, he had nothing more to say at all, the drawing was perfectly adequate.
“Teacher.”
“How long can this object be used? I see what Li Guangxin has said, and there seems to be quite a few problems.”
The empress spoke out, she too was unusually excited, but she was an emperor and many expressions could not possibly be shown.
“According to Xu Qingnian’s words, if good materials are used, it is guaranteed that there will be no damage for fifty years, and repairs can be utilised for a hundred years.”
“The words of the South Yufu Prefect are not to belittle the waterwheel, but to praise again the usefulness of this waterwheel, if good materials were used, it would not be so troublesome.”
“The only things needed for this waterwheel are wood and iron and stone, and among the Great Wei there is a wood called long vine wood that can withstand great force, while the iron and stone of Great Wei is also extremely famous.”
“If we use these materials, we can use them for a hundred years.”
“If the annual production is doubled, in just five years, Great Wei will see a new era of prosperity, and this will be beneficial in the present time.”
“Your Majesty! I have always been indecisive in everything I have done in my life, but today I would like to ask Your Majesty for the people of the world to allocate funds to the Ministry of Works to build a waterwheel.”
“This object may be a divine weapon for the new dynasty.”
When Li Guangxin said this, he even knelt down directly. He had been indecisive in his life, and did not dare to make a decision on many things, but repeatedly thought over and over again.
But in this case, he no longer hesitated, because he knew that this thing could bring unimaginable benefits to Great Wei.
At the same time, he also hoped that the empress would not hesitate.
“I! Understood!”
Seeing her teacher like this, could the empress not understand the usefulness of this object?
“Declare the decree, summon Xu Qingnian to the palace.”
The empress calmed down, she wanted to summon Xu Qingnian into the palace, firstly to question him carefully and secondly to reward him.
“Your Majesty, declare him later, I still have something to say.”
Li Guangxiao spoke, while the empress nodded and did not pronounce the decree for the time being.
“Your Majesty, Xu Qingnian’s talent can be called ten thousand ancient times, and this water carriage alone is proof enough of his supreme talent.”
“I suggest that Your Majesty must take a fresh look at this Xu Qingnian, and definitely not look at him as an ordinary great talent.”
“This man has the potential to lead Wei to a new glory, but there was a gap between him and Your Majesty when he angrily beheaded the county king.”
“Therefore, I hope that Your Majesty will think of the people of the world and give Xu Qingnian an explanation for this matter, so as not to make Xu Qingnian’s heart feel guilty.”
Li Guangxiao spoke out, his meaning was very direct, he hoped that the empress would slightly admit her mistake to Xu Qingnian, otherwise he was really worried that Xu Qingnian would have a hard time in her heart.
It was only when this was said that Zhao Wan’er’s voice rang out.
“Your Excellency, Your Majesty is the 9-5 Supreme Being of Great Wei, if you make a statement to Xu Qingnian, won’t it undermine the emperor’s authority?”
Zhao Wan’er could not help but speak like this, after all, the Empress was the person she revered most in her heart, she was the emperor of Great Wei, asking her to take a stand was just asking the Empress to apologise?
This! How could this be possible?
“I understand, since ancient times, there is no such thing as a wrong emperor, only a wrong subject, alas! It’s just that.”
Li Guangxiao was also a bit agitated before he spoke like this.
Yes, there is no such thing as a wrong emperor in this world. It is always the subjects who are wrong.
But the next moment, the empress’ voice rang out.
“I, understand.”
A simple sentence, very calm, but the meaning of the sentence made Li Guangxiao freeze.
He could hear what the empress meant, that she was willing to apologise!
This!
It was somewhat unbelievable.
“Your Majesty!”
Zhao Wan’er could not help but speak once more, wanting to say something, but in the face of His Majesty’s calm face, she was, for a moment, at a loss for what to say.
“Since ancient times, emperors are all high and mighty, but this is since ancient times, I am for the people of the world, let alone taking a stand, what is the harm in admitting my mistake? This matter, originally, is that I have gone a bit too far, not taking into account the feelings of Xu Aiqing.”
“Today, I, for one, will make a statement to him, please rest a*sured, teacher.”
The empress spoke up, without any detours, and with great generosity.
“Your Majesty is wise.”
“Since ancient times, emperors are all above the law, but this is ancient times, I am for the people of the world, let alone take a stand, what is the harm in admitting my fault? In this case, it is me who has gone a bit too far, not taking into account the feelings of Xu Aiqing.”
In Shouren academy
Xu aiqing got a will from his Majesty
In the middle of the academy, Xu Qingnian was full of curiosity, he didn’t know why the empress had suddenly announced his entry into the palace.
But curious as he was, Xu Qingnian changed into his attendant’s uniform and walked towards the palace.
A quarter of an hour later.
Xu Qingnian entered the palace, and it was still Zhao Wan’er who came to fetch him.
“Miss Wan’er, you’ve become beautiful again.”
Seeing Zhao Wan’er coming, Xu Qingnian immediately smiled and complimented.
“Lord Xu has paid me a compliment.”
Zhao Wan’er smiled faintly.
“Miss Wan’er, what does His Majesty want from me today?”
Xu Qingnian didn’t mind asking what the empress wanted to see him about.
“Lord Xu is joking, my servant does not know what His Majesty has summoned you to the palace for.”
Zhao Wan’er did not answer the question.
Hearing this answer, Xu Qingnian still smiled gently on the surface, but in her heart, she was a bit emotional ah.
The relationship was still not in place, if it was in place, she would probably have already told herself.
No, Miss Wan’er still needs to have a good chat, there is nothing to invite her out for a cup of tea, to have a good deep friendship.
Xu Qingnian pondered in his mind.
Not a moment later, Xu Qingnian arrived outside the Hall of the Raising Heart.
“Enter.”
The Empress’ voice rang out, Xu Qingnian did not do anything and walked calmly inside the hall.
“I, Xu Qingnian, pay my respects to Your Majesty, may my emperor live long and prosper.”
Facing the empress, Xu Qingnian paid his respects.
“Xu Aiqing is at ease.”
The empress spoke out, her tone incomparably gentle.
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
Xu Qingnian rose, and then looked at the Empress, silent.
Like the Heaven and Earth Palace of Literature, the Empress’s appearance was absolutely the best in the world, but what was different was that the Empress, once high above the world, was like a divine mountain, out of reach.
And now with some gentleness on her face, she had in turn lost that cold arrogance of a divine mountain. Although still enchantingly beautiful, Xu Qingnian still liked that untamed look.
He did not speak, waiting for the empress to speak first.
On the dragon chair.
The Empress felt Xu Qingnian’s gaze, although the gaze did not have any evil thoughts, but inexplicably, the Empress felt some strange feeling, but she did not think much about it and spoke instead.
“Xu Aiqing, I, today, am looking for you for only one thing.”
“This is a secret letter from Li Guangxin, the Prefect of the Southern Yufu Province.”
The empress spoke, and Zhao Wan’er immediately handed the secret letter to Xu Qingnian.
And Xu Qingnian took the secret letter, and after reading the contents carefully, it suddenly dawned on her.
So it was about this.
Uncle Li really valued the letter and sent it to the palace, fearing that he would be punished again.
Xu Qingnian instantly understood why Li Guangxin had written this secret letter.
He was obviously worried that he would be punished by the empress again after he had killed so many merchants, so he had the secret letter sent to him without stopping.
He really had a heart.
“I hope Your Majesty will forgive me.”
“The matter of the water chariot, my minister, when it was conceived at the time, did not dare to guarantee that it would enhance the yield of the good fields, so I did not dare to inform Your Majesty, so I ask Your Majesty to understand.”
After understanding what was going on, Xu Qingnian bowed towards the empress and admitted her mistake.
Although there was nothing wrong with him, when facing the emperor, even if he was right, he had to say he was wrong.
“Aiqing is serious in her words.”
“This is a divine weapon for the kingdom and the society, I naturally understand, and I also understand that Ai Qing uses her bitter conscience, how can she be blamed?”
“Aiqing Xu, today I am looking for you for three things.”
“Firstly, if this item is fully promoted in Great Wei, how much value can it add to the food production of Great Wei?”
The empress inquired.
“Er …… I don’t dare to guarantee too much, at least an increase of 30%, after all, Nan Yufu is only a capital city, and I don’t dare to guarantee its promotion nationwide.”
Xu Qingnian said a solid answer.
It was perfectly fine to brag to outsiders, not to mention 30%, Xu Qingnian dared to say three times, but with the empress, Xu Qingnian did not dare to talk nonsense, what if he could not do it? Wouldn’t he or she end up with a talking point?
There’s no need to find trouble over nothing.
The empress: “……”
Zhao Wan’er: “……”
Inside the Hall of the Raising Heart, both women froze for a moment, and if Li Guangxiao hadn’t said that Xu Qingnian had sworn at home to guarantee at least double the amount, they would almost have believed it.
On the dragon chair.
The empress instantly understood what Xu Qingnian was thinking and laughed bitterly in her heart, but she had to get Xu Qingnian to answer this question seriously.
The implications were too great to make a mistake.
But Xu Qingnian was clearly not going to tell the truth.
Thinking of this, the empress closed her eyes slightly before slowly opening them again, experimentally running the It Heart Tong, a divine ability she had cultivated for a long time, but it was not effective, difficult to hear the voices of others’ hearts, and greatly depleted her spiritual power after using it.
She could not use it more than once, otherwise it would cause great damage to herself, but faced with this kind of thing, she could not help but use it.
Whether it would work or not was of course an open question.
It Heart Pa*s ran, and she spoke again.
“Seriously?”
She inquired.
Faced with the Empress’ query once again, Xu Qingnian said with a serious face.
“Your Majesty, how dare I lie in front of you! I can guarantee that the value added is thirty percent.”
Xu Qingnian’s face was full of seriousness as he swore.
Yet inwardly, he was a little depressed.
“Thirty percent and you’re still not satisfied?”
“How about triple? Although three times is a bit exaggerated, it is not impossible to allocate funds to poor counties around the country to buy seeds and ploughing tools, so that they can develop the barren fields, and whoever develops them will own them, and then exempt the first year’s tax.”
“As long as there is enough water, the people will rush to cultivate, what? What? It’s a bit of a loss to give the people seeds and tools for nothing? Can’t we just buy them on credit? Give the people first, you a hoe and I a shovel, make it bigger and stronger, create another glory, when the harvest is good then use the grain to offset the debt is not simple?”
Xu Qingnian muttered inwardly, he was such an eccentric person, he could do two things at once, outwardly a serious person, but inwardly he was thinking nonsense, like writing a schedule, his thoughts and what he wrote were completely inconsistent.
But on the dragon chair.
The empress’ eyes, however, revealed a flash of shock.
Because she found that …… herself had actually heard Xu Qingnian’s heart.
This was the art of its heart pa*s.
Finally, it had succeeded once, and at such a crucial moment.
Triple the food production?
Developing barren fields?
Loaning money to buy ploughing tools and seeds?
What a good idea.
The Empress couldn’t help but admire it in her heart. There were many good fields in Wei that were deserted, and the reason for this was the water supply, and also the seeds for ploughing tools, which the people, who were already very poor, could not afford to buy.
Of course, water is the most important thing, otherwise, one would rather break a pot and sell iron than lose a ploughing tool.
Xu Qingnian’s idea was a good one, allowing the court to allocate funds to buy seeds and ploughing tools for the people to use, and then, after a good harvest, use the same price of grain to offset the debt, a win-win situation for both sides.
“I have always thought that Xu Aiqing was too aggressive, but I never thought that Xu Aiqing had such a great mind.”
The empress lamented in her heart.
But she did not think much about it, she could not let Xu Qingnian notice anything different.
“En.”
“Xu Aiqing, the second thing I want to do today is to say a few words from my heart to you.”
“I know that I have not done a good job in some aspects of the matter of the Huai Ping County King, so Ai Qing has been aggrieved.
“I also know that Ai Qing is not a saint, so naturally she has a hard-on in her heart, so today I hope that Ai Qing will forgive me, although I also have a hard-on, I still did not consider Ai Qing.”
“I am here to apologise to you.”
The empress spoke out, her tone incomparably gentle, apologising to Xu Qingnian.
It was also at this moment.
Xu Qingnian froze.
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The great empress of Wei? The Ninth Five Supremacy! The supreme sovereign of the Great Wei was apologizing to herself?
The Empress’ few words seemed calm, but they exploded like thunder in Xu Qingnian’s ears.
He really did not expect that the empress would apologise to herself, this was an emperor, the emperor of the Great Wei.
Since ancient times, where was there an emperor who was not? There are only subjects who are not. Emperors can know that they are wrong and make mistakes but there is never an emperor who admits his mistakes.
But I never thought that the empress would admit her mistake.
Ah …… This!
There was really some shock, but after coming back to his senses, Xu Qingnian still took a deep breath and bowed towards the empress emperor.
“Your Majesty! Heavy words!”
“In the matter of Huai Ping, I was also at fault for failing to put myself in Your Majesty’s shoes, and I have reflected on this in the Heavenly Prison.”
“Your Majesty! …….”
“Long live Your Majesty.”
Xu Qingnian wanted to be false and pretentious, but in the end, he took another deep breath, and he only said Long Live Your Majesty as a response.
From the beginning, he had never thought that the empress would admit her mistakes to herself.
She was the emperor, and admitting her mistake to herself was already a great recognition, so Xu Qingnian did not want to be false and pretentious.
The matter of the Huai Ping County King.
He was also relieved.
When she heard Xu Qingnian’s words, the empress was also joyful in her heart, for this stigma was finally gone.
Soon she continued to speak.
“The third thing, I see that you are now almost twenty-one, and you are serving as the Minister of the Household, but I always feel that you lack something, and I have thought about it.”
“I have thought about it, Ai Qing, I believe you have not yet started a family?”
The empress asked.
“A family? Not really.”
Xu Qingnian answered truthfully.
“My maidservant, Zhao Wan’er, was born beautiful, and she is also very clever and intelligent. If you don’t mind, I would like to marry Zhao Wan’er to you.
The empress opened her mouth, and with one sentence, the two people in the hall were stunned.
A betrothal?
Xu Qingnian’s first thought was that there was such a good thing? Oh, no, how could Zhao Wan’er be promised to herself for no good reason?
Although Zhao Wan’er was very beautiful, the problem was that a woman who could always be by the empress’s side must not be good either.
No way! No way!
“I have reached the age of having a family, but if the country is uncertain, how can it be a family? I still hope to serve the Great Wei more, so I will forget about starting a family.
Xu Qingnian obligingly refused.
He had a lot of secrets, so he absolutely could not have a family, a date was still possible, but not a family.
As Xu Qingnian spoke, Zhao Wan’er was both relieved, but inexplicably also had some unspoken feelings, after all, being rejected by someone else would be uncomfortable for anyone else.
“Aiqing has spoken too highly, starting a family is something everyone must do, Aiqing should not feel abrupt, Wan’er is very good, I can a*sure you.”
The empress spoke out again, and at the same time was curious as to why Xu Qingnian refused, and could not help but exercise its heart pa*s again.
“Your Majesty! I, thank you for your kindness, but I, have made a vow that as long as Great Wei does not prosper, I will not take a wife.”
Xu Qingnian said seriously.
And in his heart, he added half a sentence.
“Unless I marry you.”
The voice of the heart rang out.
In an instant, the empress froze in place.
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These four words from Xu Qingnian caused the Empress to freeze in place.
These words were simply treacherous.
But subconsciously, she was still a little confused, for she had never thought to her dying breath that Xu Qingnian would even think this?
The great talent of the ages in front of her,…… actually liked herself?
This couldn’t be.
No, for a moment, the empress came back to her senses, her subconscious was denying it, but she instantly understood that the reason why Xu Qingnian had served the court so well was because she had fallen in love with herself.
If Zhao Wan’er is the most beautiful woman in the world, and she is also the most beautiful woman in the world, normally she is indeed better than Wan’er, but because of her status, no one dares to think about it, but Xu Qingnian is unrestrained, is a great talent in the world, and is arrogant.
He does what others dare not do and thinks what others dare not think.
So, Xu Qingnian has this idea, and she believes it.
But…
This is not allowed.
I am the Emperor of the Ninth Five Year, the Emperor of Great Wei, and I have dedicated myself to Great Wei in this life, so I can never marry.
Xu Aiqing.
You really are …… Alas.
The empress’s eyes were extremely complicated as she quietly looked at the man on her highness.
The woman’s face was extraordinary, her body was impressive, and her body was surrounded by the aura of righteousness, there were few women in the world who would not be moved, but she was not an ordinary woman.
She was the Emperor of the Great Wei.
“Aiqing Xu.”
“I …….”
The empress wanted to say something, but when the words came to her mouth, she did not dare to continue, she could not let Xu Qingnian know that she had learnt it Heart Pa*s and did not want to strike Xu Qingnian for this matter.
But she did not want Xu Qingnian to become obsessed with herself.
The empress was in a dilemma, and she was a little weary, perhaps because of the side effects of the Xin Xin Tong, or perhaps because her mind was in turmoil for a while.
The Empress finally sighed and said.
“Aiqing Xu, since this is the case, then this matter should be dropped, you should go back and rest for a few days.”
The Empress did not know what to say, and could only put an end to the topic.
“Many thanks, Your Majesty!”
“My servant, farewell.”
Xu Qingnian excused herself, but at the same time, she also wondered in her heart, why was this female emperor looking at herself in such a complicated and odd way? Could it be that it was not even possible to not want a sister?
But for the matter of men and women, Xu Qingnian had little interest for the time being, at least for now, even the female emperor was only joking, not that it was impossible to marry the female emperor.
Rather, this kind of character, just watch from a distance, keep a sacred thought is very good, the biggest temptation of the iceberg beauty is not to get, get it is no longer interesting.
But no matter how you think about it, Xu Qingnian was somewhat curious about the Empress’ eyes, which were particularly odd. Thinking back carefully on the scene from the party, suddenly Xu Qingnian could not help but frown.
“Her Majesty wouldn’t mistake me for liking her, would she?”
This thought suddenly surfaced to Xu Qingnian, but after thinking about it, Xu Qingnian immediately shook her head, it shouldn’t be possible, how could the empress think about this when she was full?
No matter what, let’s go, let’s go.
Xu Qingnian left the hall and walked towards the outside of the palace, and met Li Yanlong, the Minister of Works, outside the hall, and greeted him as he faded away.
While inside the great hall, Zhao Wan’er said with a slight cry.
“Your Majesty, slave servant will not marry in this life, just serve you, you must not betroth slave servant to anyone.”
Zhao Wan’er said with a sobbing voice.
But the empress did not have the heart to think about this at this moment.
All she could think about was.
What if Xu Aiqing likes me?
Should I just refuse?
If you reject it outright, will Aiqing Xu be angry? Will you blame me for it?
But if you don’t refuse, won’t you let Xu Aiqing keep on being bitter.
Alas.
Xu Aiqing.
Why do you like me?
The empress was silent, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that there were many things that were extremely odd, such as the letter Xu Qingnian left for herself when she invited him to see the play that day.
So this is what Xu Qingnian meant.
The empress understood completely, but she was not half happy, there was only helplessness and silence.
Because Xu Qingnian had fallen in love with a woman who could not be loved.
A full three hours pa*sed.
Finally, the empress came back to her senses.
Soon the voice rang out.
“Let Li Yanlong enter the hall.”
Because of Xu Qingnian’s heartfelt words, the empress panicked for three hours, and it was almost dark before it finally occurred to her that Li Yanlong was still outside.
The next moment, Li Yanlong walked inside the main hall, full of aggravation, and said.
“My servant, I have met Your Majesty.”
Li Yanlong was a little hard to bear, originally being proclaimed into the palace, he thought it was because His Majesty saw the Ministry of Works in pity and wanted to allocate some silver to it.
But what he didn’t expect was to make himself stand outside for almost four hours, and his legs were numb.
For nearly four hours, he had been thinking, “What did he do wrong? What had he not done right, or else why had he been left outside for four hours?
“This thing, can it be built?”
The empress’s tone instantly became cold.
The iceberg goddess was online again.
