PDLP Chapter 142 The Heart of the Emperor
Chapter 142 The Heart of the Emperor
The person Liu Rumei was thinking about was not someone else, but the prince.
Now that so many things have happened, Xie Linlang has been quiet for a while, wondering how serious the prince's injuries are.
Apart from anything else, I heard that the queen was released.
Sure enough, the Lin family had their own ways. After Queen Lin was released, the first thing she did was to help the prince.
The prince was seriously injured by her last time, and she also paid some price.
If it weren't for the spiritual spring, his body would not have recovered so quickly.
From then on, she no longer thought about taking action herself, but instead wanted to kill someone else with a borrowed knife.
No matter what, he is just the prince now, so if you want to deal with him, the emperor is the best helper.
So this time she used Xiangguo Temple to deliver the Buddha statue to the emperor, and naturally she had her own ideas.
She thought that the emperor should have seen the Buddha statue now.
Liu Rumei's guess was correct. The Buddha statue was soon sent into the palace, along with three golden lotus seeds.
The emperor was also very surprised when he saw it. It was indeed a blessing from heaven.
He is the emperor, and the best things in the world will always belong to him.
This Buddha statue was discovered by people from Xiangguo Temple, so even if you want it, you are afraid of being gossiped about.
He wanted to bring a message to Master Wuyou. No matter what reason he came up with, as long as he sent it to the palace, it would be legitimate.
I didn’t expect... Wuyou is really a smart person.
In order to preserve the large Guanyin statue, they actually sent this half-human-height Buddha statue. Very good, very good.
He felt that the Buddha statue in front of him was very appealing to him. If he worshipped it respectfully every day, he would be able to prolong his life.
Since the emperor had obtained such a treasure, he naturally wanted to ask more about its origin, and this led to the discovery of many things.
"You mean, they are donating money for disaster relief to the people in the north who are suffering from the disaster?"
When the emperor asked this, the personal steward didn't know how to answer.
The north was hit by a disaster, but the people in their palace didn't even know the news, so how did Xiangguo Temple know about it?
After all, the emperor didn't want to mention this matter at all.
Now that the Zhaixing Tower is about to be completed, if anything goes wrong, the emperor will not forgive that person.
So he hurriedly said, "I wonder what rumors they heard that led to the idea of disaster relief."
The personal eunuch was a smart man. He knew that there must have been someone who stopped the disaster in the north. Since the emperor didn't know about it, he couldn't be blamed.
But if the emperor knew about it, but did not arrange for disaster relief, but instead spent money to build the Zhaixing Tower, that would be the act of a tyrant.
Because of this, the actions of Xiangguo Temple were somewhat of a slap in the face to the emperor.
"Rumors? I didn't expect that the rumors would reach Kyoto. It's just that the three counties in the north are suffering from drought and it hasn't rained for half a month, but it has caused such a stir.
Such a big show of disaster relief is just for your own reputation. It's already Xiangguo Temple, but you are still so unsatisfied. "
The emperor said this, but he had no intention of making any decision. It seemed that he would neither punish nor reward.
After the emperor said this, everyone thought the matter was over, but unexpectedly the emperor suddenly asked another question.
“Who donated the most this time?”
When the emperor asked this, the personal eunuch thought about it and then gave an answer.
"This Xiangguo Temple still knows the importance of things. They selected three lotus seeds and sent them to the palace. They kept three in the temple and gave the remaining three to the destined people."
The emperor nodded when he heard this, then picked up a lotus seed and looked at it carefully.
It’s magical, really magical. There is golden light inside this lotus seed, and there is also a word “longevity” on it!
Those golden rays of light seemed to form the word "longevity"!
This is truly amazing, it is truly extraordinary.
"Who did you give the three to?"
"This is very interesting. They gave the money to the family that donated the most money, saying that they have the best affinity."
"Haha, you can talk."
The emperor did not ask any more questions, but the people serving him naturally had to take notice.
So he went on to say: "The family that donated the most is the Lin family, who gave a total of 100,000 taels!"
The emperor looked up suddenly and smiled coldly.
"These people are always crying poor. When I need money, they all cry poor to me, saying that the treasury is empty.
Now he can take out 100,000 taels, which is just a small amount of money. In this case, let him take out another 100,000 taels to help me build the Zhaixing Tower."
When the young eunuch heard this, he didn't know how to respond.
Even though he was smart and clever, he didn't know that the emperor could be so willful.
"Besides the Lin family, who else is there?"
"In reply to your majesty, besides the Lin family, there is also the Yang family."
"Haha, they are united. They still fight for victory or defeat in such a matter. Good, they did not disappoint me."
The personal eunuch didn't dare to answer. If he was not careful, he would have to ask for money.
"What about the last one? Besides these two, there are many noble families in Kyoto."
The young eunuch smiled and replied, "The last one is more interesting to talk about."
"Ok?"
"I dare not lie to your majesty. This third golden lotus seed originally belonged to the Anguogong Mansion! Duke Xie also thought that the golden lotus was in his pocket.
But I never expected that I would encounter a roadblock. Who would have thought that the eldest daughter of the Jingning Marquis's Mansion would come forward and get the third place by paying an extra ounce of silver."
The emperor was interested this time. He was a very curious man and he also wanted to know how Liu Rumei did it.
"She only has one or two more?"
"Yes, the eldest daughter of the Liu family also said that she knew the character of the Duke of Anguo and was afraid of the Lin and Yang families, so naturally she would not offer a higher price than them, and she would offend them for no reason.
But he was reluctant to give more silver, so eighty thousand taels should be the highest price he could offer. She gave him an extra tael, so it was a gamble!"
The emperor smiled and couldn't help laughing out loud.
"Interesting! This girl is actually quite clever. She actually tricked the Xie family with just one more ounce of silver!"
Although the emperor had never met Liu Rumei, he still remembered things about the Liu family.
This girl is a smart person, but she had a feud with the Xie family because of the prince? I guess they really had a feud, otherwise she wouldn't have retaliated.
This woman is too narrow-minded. She can't do such a thing directly. It will offend people.
"Not only that! I also heard that the young lady bullied the Duke of Anguo and finally forced him to give her an extra 20,000 taels, and that was the end of it.
This girl was also very generous. She did not take the golden lotus seed, but gave it to a wealthy businessman who bought it for 100,000 taels of silver.
This girl donated all her money, she said she wanted to do more for the people of this world."
This time the emperor was really surprised. This girl is very scheming.
The emperor didn't believe that there were such pure and kind people in the world. If there was a purpose, it must be that he had something to ask for.
Otherwise, who would give away tens of thousands of taels of silver and hand over treasures like this?
He looked at the golden lotus seeds in his hand. What if he was asked to give them up?
Then he must kill this person!