Chen Yun came to King Qin Nan's study and saw that he had a smile on his face and looked very satisfied, so he guessed that the matter was done.
"Father." Chen Yun said with a smile.
King Qin Nan nodded, picked up a letter and handed it to Chen Yun, "Now that you are here, take a look, there is a letter from Luo Jing. It is really as you said, that person agreed. With his help, we have hope for great things."
Chen Yun responded with a smile, took the letter respectfully, and opened it to read it carefully. These days, King Qin Nan has been liking this son-in-law more and more. This man is very talented, and most importantly, he has ambition and courage. In this respect, he is even better than him. King Qin Nan knows his own character. He tends to worry too much and does not have the decisiveness of this young man.
These days, seeing that Chen Yun was treated differently by his subordinates, King Qin Nan also gave him some power at the right time. He only had one daughter, Qin Wuxia. After he left, his daughter would still be taken care of by Chen Yun. Perhaps when their plans succeeded, the world would belong to his Qin family, and in the future, apart from himself, the only one who could sit in that position would be the child of his daughter.
King Qin Nan hid the gleam in his eyes and praised: "Thanks to you for spreading rumors everywhere and sending people to instigate the victims. Now we just have to wait for the situation to get worse so that we can take advantage of the situation to start a rebellion."
Chen Yun smiled and sighed, "It's just that the Emperor Sima Jiao is cruel. I'm afraid those disaster victims who are causing trouble will suffer. We need to send people to help them as soon as possible. Moreover, many of the people we arranged in Luojing were killed by the emperor, which is a pity. If we don't overthrow this tyrant and wantonly kill people because of a few rumors, more innocent people will suffer."
King Qin Nan did not take it seriously and said, "That's no big deal. Just a few people died. We can just send another person to ambush." Having said that, he was very satisfied with Chen Yun's character. It was because of this kind of character that he would be less likely to be ungrateful in the future.
Chen Yun left King Qinnan's place and returned to his own courtyard, where he received another letter. It also contained news from Luojing, but it was rather messy. Chen Yun's eyes finally stopped at the end of the letter, which said that Concubine Liao was favored by Emperor Sima Jiao and was preparing to travel with him to Jiuhua Palace to escape the summer heat.
The weather in Luojing is hot in summer, but this summer is particularly strange, as if it is a little hotter than in previous years. Liao Tingyan is most afraid of heat. Since she fell ill due to using too much ice last time, she dared not use ice as she pleased after she recovered, but it is really hot again.
At night, Liao Tingyan would always come to Sima Jiao's side when she was half asleep, wanting to hold him while sleeping, because Sima Jiao's body temperature was suitable. But after holding him for a while, she felt hot, so she pushed Sima Jiao away and rolled to the inside of the couch. Sima Jiao was almost driven to death by her, and he couldn't sleep well and was particularly angry.
For the sake of everyone, Sima Jiao quickly decided to take Concubine Liao to Jiuhua Palace for summer vacation. In previous summers, Sima Jiao would also stay at Jiuhua Palace for a while, but he had never taken the beauties from the harem with him. This year was the first time, and now everyone in and outside the harem knew more about how much the legendary Concubine Liao was favored by the emperor.
Knowing that Sima Jiao took Concubine Liao to Jiuhua Palace to escape the summer heat, the other beauties in the palace were in mixed feelings. In previous years, they had hoped that Sima Jiao would leave quickly to escape the summer heat, leaving them in the Luojing Palace to live a peaceful life for a few days without having to worry about their heads falling off or their skins being peeled off. But this year, Sima Jiao specially brought Concubine Liao with him, as if to make them realize once again that what so many of them had failed to accomplish was surpassed by a newcomer, how could they feel comfortable. The most uncomfortable thing was that they had no way to deal with this situation.
No matter what others think, Liao Tingyan is the happiest one. Summer Palace... When she was in her old days, she saw TV dramas that mentioned Summer Palaces, which were usually built in the mountains, with a quiet and cool environment.
After staying in Luojing for so long, she was almost a little bored. It was just right for her to go to the palace to relax and see how the richest and most powerful people in ancient times lived in the summer.
The carriage traveled for several days before finally arriving at Jiuhua Palace. This place was indeed a Feng Shui treasure land. As soon as Liao Tingyan got off the carriage, he felt a fresh mountain breeze blowing on his face, with an extremely clean and refreshing breath. The surrounding vegetation was lush and the green mountains were continuous, causing the temperature to drop sharply. Liao Tingyan immediately felt a surge of sleepiness and couldn't help squinting his eyes.
In addition to the emperor and the imperial concubine, there were also many palace servants and guards who served and protected the emperor. They had all heard rumors about Imperial Concubine Liao. It was said that she had a fairy-like appearance, which was why Sima Jiao was so obsessed with her. However, very few people had actually seen Liao Tingyan. Everyone was curious about her. Now, on this trip to Jiuhua Palace, everyone had the opportunity to see the legendary beauty with their own eyes.
When Liao Tingyan was helped down from the carriage and was intoxicated by the cool mountain breeze from Jiuhua Palace, her face was uncovered, revealing a fair complexion, clear and intelligent. Her plain gauze dress fluttered in the wind, and she really looked like a fairy in the clouds, stunning.
There were quite a few people who were stunned. It was not until Liao Tingyan entered Jiuhua Palace that many people came to their senses and thought to themselves, if I were the emperor, I would also like such a beautiful lady.
If Liao Tingyan knew what these people were thinking, she would just roll her eyes. She once thought Sima Jiao was a lustful and incompetent emperor, but now she has understood that there are incompetent emperors, but lust is questionable. After all, this man's aesthetics are really worrying and his sexual function is questionable.
On the first day of living in the summer palace, Sima Jiao was finally not woken up by his imperial concubine in the middle of the night. The imperial concubine resumed her good sleep and slept soundly until dawn. Sima Jiao was crazy in the middle of the night, pinching her face and biting her hands, but she didn't wake her up. When Liao Tingyan got up in the morning, she found that the maids looked at her strangely. She looked in the mirror and found that there were teeth marks on her cheek. There was no doubt that it was Sima Jiao's doing.
“…” It was amazing. No matter how hard that guy bit her, he couldn’t even wake her up.
Sima Jiao thought she was the best. She didn't wake up even after he bit her face. If he hadn't seen her breathing, he would have thought she was dead. Sima Jiao was puzzled. When they first slept together, Liao Tingyan would wake up as soon as he pushed her. But now she didn't wake up even after he bit her. Was she really so unguarded towards him or was she just lazy
Liao Tingyan slept well, and her appetite improved. In addition, the wild game in the summer palace was fresh, so she ate a little more without thinking. Then she looked at the bathing pool in the palace that could be used as a swimming pool. After the bath, there was a special female massage. It was really wonderful. Sima Jiao didn't enjoy it as much as she did.
Sima Jiao also met with spies in a corner of the palace. Gao Taibao was in charge of Luojing, and he would send his eunuchs to report any news.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, last time Your Majesty ordered people to investigate the granary in Jidi, now we have found out. The grain stored in the granary in Jidi was secretly sold and transferred by the Prime Minister a few years ago. Now the grain stored in the granary is less than 20% or 30%. Previously, Your Majesty ordered the opening of the Jidi granary, and the Prime Minister secretly transported most of the grain from the Duyuan granary to fill the gap..."
The grain stored in Duyuan Warehouse is more important than that in Jidi Warehouse. The reason why Sima Jiao did not move Duyuan Warehouse but opened Jidi Warehouse was because of this reason. When Prime Minister Du insisted on not opening Jidi Warehouse, he had some doubts. Now that it has been confirmed, Sima Jiao is really not surprised at all.
There was not much anger on his face, and it even seemed too unnecessary.
"In that case, let's find an opportunity to have someone expose the reduction in grain reserves in Duyuan Granary. The officials in charge of the two granaries have been dealt with. As for the Prime Minister, let him do whatever he wants." Sima Jiao handled it with caution and had no intention of touching the Prime Minister.
Although the eunuch who reported back was puzzled, he did not dare to pry into the emperor's thoughts. He bowed to him and walked out.
Sima Jiao got up to look for Liao Tingyan. As he walked out of the hall, before he could say anything, the palace maid he met took the initiative to bow down and greet him, and then told him where the imperial concubine was without him having to ask.
It was like this all the way, as if the palace servants were sure that he was wandering around here just to look for the imperial concubine.
Realizing this, Sima Jiao paused and actually felt a little uncomfortable. When did it start to become like this
Before he could think clearly, he heard Liao Tingyan's laughter. She often laughed, laughing happily when she saw something she liked, laughing because she was comfortable and happy, laughing when she was not happy but pretended to be happy, etc. It was rare for her to laugh out loud with such ease and joy.
Sima Jiao thought about it, stopped and stood in the distance watching.
Liao Tingyan was surrounded by several maids, standing in a melon field. It was probably planted by the palace maids themselves, in a corner of the imperial garden, the vines covered the ground and even extended to the walls and climbed up to the roof. There were more than a dozen green watermelons on the ground. Liao Tingyan bent down to knock on the watermelons to hear the sound, and several maids helped her lift her skirt and long hair. She seemed to have just taken a bath, and her long hair was not tied up properly, hanging down behind her.
Liao Tingyan was very interested. He knocked over the melons one by one and finally chose one. The maids looked at the melon and praised the imperial concubine for her keen eye. This melon must be the sweetest one.
After picking the melon, Liao Tingyan still had to hold it herself. The maids hurriedly swept the dust off the surface of the melon and handed it to her.
The palace servant who was waiting nearby was wearing the green uniform of the eunuchs in the palace. He whispered something and pointed to the corner of the palace roof. After hearing this, Liao Tingyan stepped back with the melon in his arms, stepped on a stone and looked up at the roof with a smile on his face.
Sima Jiao heard her say, "There are indeed two melons growing on the roof, and they are quite large. Can you pick one and take a look?"
After she said this, many attentive palace maids came over, brought ladders to pick watermelons, and then delivered them to her.
After Sima Jiao finished reading, he did not go over, but turned back to lie down in the palace. The windows were wide open, and the mountain breeze blew in. Sima Jiao did not lie down for long, and heard a series of footsteps with his eyes closed. The footsteps in front were brisk, and he opened his eyes and glanced, and sure enough, he saw Liao Tingyan coming over with two watermelons.
"Your Majesty, I just picked the melon. Would you like to taste it?"
Sima Jiao sat up and raised his hand to push the two watermelons in front of him. "There are watermelons grown in this palace?"
Liao Tingyan replied with a smile, "It was planted by a palace maid in the palace!" Then he told the interesting story about the melons growing on the roof.
After the melon was cut, Sima Jiao took the initiative to eat two more pieces, which was rare. He didn't eat anything like swallowing it like usual. Liao Tingyan was actually a little happy that he was willing to eat well. She reacted for a while and felt that it was just like a naughty child who didn't like to eat took the initiative to eat one day, and people watching would also be relieved.
Jin De, who had served Sima Jiao for many years, felt somewhat relieved. Over the past period of time, His Majesty's eating and sleeping habits had been better than before, all thanks to the good teaching of the Imperial Concubine.
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