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Chapter 170 Waiting for the Fish to Take the Bait

For Chen Yi, all that was left was to close the net, so Chen Yi was naturally very patient.

Coupled with the money in hand, there were no major changes in the court.

It can be said that what is rare during this period is the stability of points.

The ministers are scratching their heads every day, doing various year-end summaries, and Chen Yi stays wholeheartedly in the Ministry of Industry to make weapons.

Every day, the empress ordered the first line, running in the courtyard, the palace, and the Ministry of Industry.

During this busy period, the Empress listened to the reports from her hidden guards while busying herself with matters above the court. After all, it was almost the end of the year, and this could be said to be a festival that everyone valued.

The empress looked at the news that came back continuously, Chen Xianshi didn't make any other small moves, and the empress felt relieved a lot.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and the empress received the news that Chen Xianshi had changed from the secret guard.

The empress was furious at first, but in the end it was unbelievable. I didn't expect that Master Chen would be so bold that he dared to fool himself, but then he thought that Master Chen had something that was not necessarily true, which meant that he would live forever, but there was a problem.

It can only show that Chen Xianshi has certain selfishness.

So the empress still asked Abe to continue to silently monitor Chen Xianshi and record all the details.

In this way, the empress struggled back and forth in the anxiety of trusting and questioning.

Chen Yi didn't know about this matter. After making a bet, Chen Yi put it down, because he knew that Master Chen Xianshi would show his feet, and Chen Yi just had to sit and wait.

During this period of time, with the continuous efforts of Chen Yi and the Ministry of Industry, all the money from the treasury was used up, and the result was surprising, except for the 2000 people who escorted the second prince of the Liao Kingdom at the beginning.

The imperial guards of the palace can also be fully equipped.

And there are still leftovers, which are enough for an army to use. Of course, these weapons are still scattered now, and they have not been assembled together.

After Chen Yi sorted all these out, he played a memorial at court one morning.

"Your Majesty! I live up to my mission. I have already produced all the weapons your Majesty needs. You only need to combine them."

Although the last thing the empress wanted to see was Chen Yi.

The bet the two made before, the empress actually had a result in her heart, but she didn't want to face it.

So the empress is still deceiving herself and others, and didn't tell Chen Yi the result of the secret guard's report, thinking that it could be delayed for a while.

But this morning, when Chen Yi told himself that the weapon had been made, he showed a rare smiling face, which was one of the few smiling faces recently.

In normal times, Chen Yi would go to court as if he were a transparent person.

Although Chen Yi knew that the empress was not in a good mood these two days, he didn't think about betting on Chen Xianshi, so naturally he didn't realize that the empress' depression these days was because of himself.

Chen Yi also thought it was because there were too many things at the end of the year, which made the empress irritable.

The other ministers above the court were also very happy, and finally there was good news.

The empress thought for a moment and then said: "Shilang Chen, use these few days as soon as possible to assemble the endless parts. The officials want to equip this batch of weapons. Next, you can go to the Minister of Household Affairs to make another one." A batch of silver, and make some more.”

Chen Yi was a little surprised after hearing this, it was a bit different from the style of the previous empress.

Not only Chen Yi was surprised that the empress took the initiative to distribute the money, but even other ministers were also very inconceivable.

You must know that before this, the empress was very strict with the treasury's money. Normally, she would not let the ministers transfer it, just to save it and leave it to the Alchemy Pavilion.

Everyone did not expect that the empress would put weapons and the army first, not the Alchemy Pavilion.

But then, the minister also thought of the news they had heard.

Chen Xianshi of the alchemy pavilion seems to have left the imperial capital for the penultimate medicinal material for the empress. The empress's performance today may be because the alchemy format does not need money recently.

This is what most ministers think.

Chen Yi seemed to be aware of it, because he also felt that the Empress put the Alchemy Pavilion and the Immortality Pill first.

Now it is so easy for him to use money to make weapons, but he is too proactive. Could it be that Chen Xianshi has already done something, and the Empress already knows something?
Chen Yi stroked his train of thought carefully, and felt that he should be the truth.

Otherwise, there is no reason to explain the empress's current situation, Chen Yi was very happy.

Chen Yi has been in the Ministry of Industry all this time.

Chen Yi felt that the matter of Chen Xianshi should be a certainty, so he was not worried. It was precisely because of this mentality that Chen Yi was very relieved to devote himself to the production of the parts of the Ministry of Industry, and forgot the passage of time.

It is rare for the empress to be so generous. Although Chen Yi would not refute, he glanced at the empress meaningfully: "The minister leads the decree."

The Minister of the Household Department and the chief assistant of the cabinet also stood up: "The minister leads the order."

The empress looked away a little uncomfortably, and then announced her retreat.

After Chen Yi came down to court, he directly stopped the Minister of the Household Department and the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet. Several people knew it, and the Minister of the Household and the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet were happy to see the success, so the procedures were handled very smoothly.

Chen Yi took it and returned the first two coins to the Ministry of Industry. Chen Yi organized the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry to assemble the parts. The most critical parts were assembled by Chen Yi directly after the production was completed.

It was precisely because of this that Chen Yi had to stay in the Ministry of Industry.

Chen Yi took the money he got and gave it directly to the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, asking him to buy materials. Last time, the two of them went grocery shopping together. This time, Chen Yi was responsible for leading people to assemble.

Otherwise, the task of purchasing raw materials was handed over to Minister of Industry.

It took Chen Yi two days to lead the craftsmen to assemble all the parts.

Because it took a certain amount of time to buy the raw materials, Chen Yi discussed with the Minister of the Ministry of Industry that the craftsmen were really tired during this period, so let them take a few days off first, and everyone will come back after the materials come back.

Later, after discussing this matter with Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Chen Yi told the empress the next day. Although the empress did not object, the empress also knew that the craftsmen were working day and night during this period.

Give them a break in general so they have better energy.

At the same time, the empress also gave Chen Yi a few days off, just like the craftsmen.

On the one hand, the Empress felt that Chen Yi had been working hard these past few days, and on the other hand, she really didn't want to see the Empress dangling in front of her eyes, which meant constantly reminding herself that Master Chen was really lying to her.

So there really is no elixir of life in the world, how could the Empress face this fact.

(End of this chapter)