After Qian Kun finished flipping through the pages, he knelt down on one knee in front of Liu Qiaoer with a burning gaze.
"I have no way to repay Miss Liu for giving me a new life. From now on, if Miss Liu needs anything, I will go through fire and water without hesitation."
Liu Qiaoer quickly pulled him up and said, "It's serious. When you return to the south, you can recruit many disciples and pass on the medical skills. I don't need any other help from you. If you need other books, I have some here. I'll have someone send you a copy after I finish sorting them out."
After this matter was settled, the two discussed breaking into Prince Xin's mansion at night.
The emperor just wants silver. Prince Xin’s Mansion really has a lot of silver. Not only is the place large, but there are also several warehouses and cellars.
Liu Qiaoer asked Qian Kun and Fan Dakai to find Prince Xin first. There was no need to kill him, just persuade him to take some silver and leave.
Liu Qiaoer went to visit Prince Xin's various warehouses. Each warehouse was very large and contained many rare treasures.
This time, Liu Qiaoer was not too greedy. She did not want paintings and calligraphy or treasures. She only wanted some gold and silver. The emperor must know that Prince Xin was rich, so it would be unreasonable for her not to leave some for the emperor.
Then she packed out a box of gold and silver jewelry, which she intended to leave for Qian Kun and Fan Dakai.
As for Prince Xin, he has enjoyed himself all his life. The calligraphy and paintings and furnishings in his room are enough for him to live a peaceful life for the rest of his life, as long as he is not greedy.
Liu Qiaoer took a look around and came to Prince Xin's room with an idea in mind, only to see that Qian Kun and Fan Dakai still hadn't convinced Prince Xin.
Liu Qiaoer placed her shining sword on Prince Xin's neck.
"Death or life, you choose one. You should know that we are taking a risk to let you go. His Majesty wants you to die."
Prince Xin then became afraid: "My king, my king can't leave like this, I have to give you some time to clean up."
Liu Qiaoer smiled coldly: "If you die, you will have nothing."
Prince Xin glanced at the room with nostalgia: "It's ok for me to take the things in this room away."
Liu Qiaoer prepared a carriage for Prince Xin. Prince Xin packed up all the things in the room and drove away in the carriage himself, taking with him only a guard who had followed him since childhood.
He did not take any of the women and children from Prince Xin's mansion with him.
After Prince Xin left, Liu Qiaoer asked Qian Kun to light up his room.
She also prepared a carriage for Qian Kun and Fan Dakai and gave them a whole box of gold, silver and jewelry.
"Take as much as you can if you want to take anything, otherwise it will be a shame if it burns later."
Fan Dakai took some calligraphy and paintings that Prince Xin was unable to take away, but Qian Kun took nothing. The two of them took the box of jewelry and drove away in the carriage.
The fire was getting bigger and bigger, and many people ran out. The emperor only said to kill Prince Xin, but did not say to kill all the family members in the mansion.
The Royal Guards couldn't stop them, so some of them left.
After Liu Qiaoer put all the valuables in their room into the space, she left in a leisurely manner.
The next day, a fire broke out in Prince Xin's mansion and Prince Xin was killed by the Yituan. The news spread throughout the streets and alleys.
The emperor ordered the imperial guards to come to the mansion to check, and they took away cartloads of gold, silver, and jewelry.
A few days later, the empress dowager suddenly died of illness. The emperor was so sad that he moved all the goods from the empress dowager's palace to the national treasury, and the treasury was miraculously filled.
The emperor had money now, so he allocated some to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Works, ordering them to build ten cannons, fifty guns, and other defensive equipment within three months.
The death of the Queen Mother and Prince Xin did not make the Emperor sad, but instead filled the national treasury. Although the Emperor appeared sad on the surface, he was happy in his heart.
Therefore, the funeral of the Queen Mother and Prince Xin was grand and they were buried in the imperial mausoleum.
The emperor was so blinded by money that he sent the imperial guards to move out some high-tech items that were buried with the previous emperor in the imperial mausoleum.
However, some of these high-tech things are already outdated, and those people in the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War have already researched them.
It’s just that they are not as sophisticated as those in Western countries.
The Ministry of Industry and others dismantled the things again, drew blueprints, simulated them, and made many improvements.
In the past two years, the technology of the Dayuan Dynasty has made great progress.
At the same time, culture also took a leap forward. Many literati and scholars emerged, and some of them even liked to study the systems of Western countries. At this time, the systems of Western countries did have some impact on the feudal system of the Dayuan Dynasty.
Some radicals emerged who believed that the royal system needed reform, that the emperor could not act arbitrarily, and that a cabinet of ministers should be established to supervise the emperor's words and deeds.
Although the emperor is young and open-minded, he is not so open-minded as to give up power to others.
When the technology in the capital was in full swing, Cui Boxiao in the north actually drove the Huns directly to the west.
Some Huns went north, and some went west. Some countries were severely beaten by the Huns and were almost destroyed.
Some countries accepted the Huns in a friendly manner.
The Huns were brave and good at fighting, and they even organized the local armed forces. They could not defeat Cui Boxiao to the east, but continuing to fight to the west was still a piece of cake.
Cui Boxiao didn't care where they fought in the west. Anyway, he stopped when he reached Ehuang, because further north was Ehuang's territory, and it would be difficult for the Huns to escape to their territory.
The Huns' spy in Lancheng actually captured Zhu Zhengzhen.
Zhu Zhengxing is already two years old. Doted on by the Marquis of Zhenbei, he is given whatever he wants and is growing up happily.
It was just that on this day, the Marquis of Zhenbei was going to inspect the military camp, and the young Zhu Zhengxing was also going to go with him. The Marquis of Zhenbei originally planned to let him go.
But his nanny said he had diarrhea and asked him to rest at home.
Who knew that the spy took advantage of the fact that the Marquis of Zhenbei was not at home, killed the wet nurse, and kidnapped Zhu Zhengzheng.
However, before he left the government office, he was discovered by the secret guards arranged by Cui Boxiao.
Although the child was rescued, the Marquis of Zhenbei was very angry. He ordered the city gates to be blocked and the Hun spies to be searched for, preferring to miss them rather than let them go.
This time, more than a hundred people were killed.
The matter of the Xiongnu spies had just been dealt with when the Queen Mother passed away. As a minister, the Marquis of Zhenbei had to return to the capital to pay his respects.
The Marquis of Zhenbei summoned Cui Boxiao back to take charge of Lancheng, while he brought Zhu Zhengzheng back to the capital.
The main reason is that he doesn't want his child to grow up in Blue City. After all, the prosperity of the capital is more suitable for the growth of children.
Cui Boxiao wrote a letter to Liu Qiaoer, saying that Marquis Zhenbei and the child were returning to Beijing.
Liu Qiaoer wrote back to him, saying that since the Huns could not kidnap the child, the disaster was over and it would be better for the child to grow up in the capital.
So the Marquis of Zhenbei actually rushed back the day before the empress dowager was buried in the imperial mausoleum.
Instead of going home, she took her child directly into the palace, first paid homage to the Empress Dowager, and then met the Emperor.
The emperor already knew that the son of Marquis Zhenbei was killed by Prince Xiang, and he loved his grandson very much. He specially gave him the character "Xi", making him Earl Dingxi.
Generally speaking, the next generation of a Marquis is an Earl, and the next generation of an Earl is a Viscount.
Each generation is downgraded from the previous one.
However, since the Marquis of Zhenbei had lost his son, he was posthumously conferred the title of earl, and his grandson was also granted the title of earl, which was tantamount to a reward.