Rong Lan

The queen mother's words stopped here, Rong Lan knelt on the ground and listened to her narration for a long time, thinking, finally got to the point, if he didn't talk about it, he would not be able to kneel anymore, and kowtowed to answer: "But what but Please tell your mother, I will try my best to relieve my mother's worries!"

The Empress Dowager was obviously very satisfied with Rong Lan's humble attitude, she smiled and turned back to sit down: "But you are the son of King Nan after all, no one can guarantee your purpose of getting close to the emperor, the Ai family cannot trust you wholeheartedly, and will never Allow any possible danger around the emperor." The queen mother said and threw a porcelain bottle to Rong Lan's hand, "If you really love the emperor, eat this."

Rong Lan had already knelt to the limit, just wanted to end the conversation with the queen mother quickly, reached out to pick up the porcelain bottle and poured the liquid inside into her mouth, without any hesitation, and even showed a bit of determination.

The queen mother was surprised, her eyes raised: "Don't you ask what Ai's family gave you?"

Rong Lan thought that the queen mother would not dare to kill herself like this. Many people saw him when he came to the Queen Mother's Yishou Palace. He opened his mouth to answer, because he tragically found that his body has become weaker since waking up yesterday, and now he has only one breath to hold on, thinking that when he was guarding the heavy wings, he could still last ten days with one breath, kneeling here today A cup of tea at most, and he was sure that if he spoke he would be thrown into the street, and he had no interest in fainting in the palace.

Seeing that Rong Lan didn't answer, the queen mother kindly told her: "This is a heart attack. Without Aijia's monthly antidote, you will have a broken heart and die! Aijia sees that you and that girl Mi Er are very close , just let her stay by your side and continue to be your personal maid, she will bring you the monthly antidote from Aijia, and you can go."

Rong Lan still didn't answer, just kowtowed to show her gratitude, just about to stand up with support and leave.

"Rong Lan."

The Empress Dowager suddenly stopped him with earnest words, but she still had something to say, Rong Lan raised her eyes sadly, and begged the Empress Dowager not to speak anymore, he really couldn't kneel anymore.

The queen mother sighed: "You may not know that Yi'er has been aloof and ruthless since he was a child. He only puts the protection of Da Zhou as the most important thing. His first child was killed by him because of this, but he He even wanted his life for you. He was really moved by you. I hope you will keep this in mind. But he is the emperor, and he cannot have the weakness of being used and threatened by others! His identity does not allow him to be with you Men fall in love! Therefore, you and him are doomed to have no results other than monarch and minister, and I hope you will keep this in mind."

Rong Lan knelt on the ground listening in a daze, then nodded silently, and finally left as she wished.

He walked on the way out of the palace again, recalling what the queen mother said and did, he couldn't help feeling that Chong Yi had a good mother.

It's just that he, an insider who is originally an outsider, suffers from that heart-wrenching thing. I hope it won't make his health worse, and at best it won't hurt, otherwise he really can't bear it.

"My lord, wait for Mier!" Mier caught up with Rong Lan all the way, reached out and grabbed Rong Lan's sleeve like last time, and followed behind him, muttering: "My lord, you won't suffer if you keep Mier, Mier I will take care of the young master like a cow or a horse!"

Rong Lan didn't speak, pulled out her sleeves, put her arms on Mi'er's thin shoulders, and put all her body weight on it!He didn't want to forgive a person who had betrayed his trust at this time, and he didn't want to bully a woman so embarrassingly, but he couldn't walk anymore, he never wanted extra self-esteem.

Mier was merciful after all, he could see clearly the way Mier raised his eyes and looked straight at him when he lay down that day, although he was speechless, he was sure that what Mier meant at that time was, "My lord, Don't save me!"

Just like Zhang Xi raised his eyes and said to him before he died, "My lord, run!"

Tongzhou is the main grain-producing area in the northern part of Da Zhou, and the sudden rise in grain prices is due to unscrupulous merchants who somehow heard that Da Zhou was about to start a war with Bei Jue, and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune.

And the facts just proved this point, even though the price was ridiculously high, the imperial court still sent people to collect the grain.

For half a month, countless merchants tried every means to obtain food from various sources, and Tongzhou seemed to stock up on half of Da Zhou's bulk food.Just as they were all dreaming of getting rich, they were suddenly surprised to hear that the imperial court had opened a warehouse to release grain.

This time, everyone panicked!There are more than two months until the autumn harvest. If the large amount of stored grain in hand cannot be sold to ordinary people before the autumn harvest, it will become old grain and can only be sold at a lower price, not to mention that this year is a rare year of good harvest.

The merchants sold off one after another, and it is much better to suffer a temporary loss than to lose everything.The price of food in the same state dropped rapidly, even far below the level before the price increase.

When Zhong Yi sent back to Beijing the confidant officials who pretended to be ordinary merchants and bought food at low prices for military use, Cheng He was sitting opposite Rong Lan and exclaimed: "Master Rong, this is a wonderful way to raise troops!"

Everyone in the Shangshu Pavilion looked sideways, and they couldn't help being even more in awe of this twenty-year-old Shangshu.

Most of them still haven't figured out how Master Shang Shu solved the problem raised by the minister of the schedule.

Yes, the treasury simply doesn't have that much money to buy grain at a high price and sell it at a low price to save the market.

But they didn't dare to inquire any more. Many colleagues who talked about this matter behind their backs were found to be dereliction of duty, large or small, imprisoned, punished with salary cuts, transferred and demoted. Qingming has a lot of benefits.

I don’t know how this young Shangshu was able to read all the record books of the Ministry of Households for the past three years in only half a month, and the bad and wrong accounts were marked one by one. I was speechless.

The only thing they dare to do now is to clean Lord Shangshu's place spotlessly every day, besides being strict with their duties. On the day Lord Shangshu was reinstated, the first thing he did when he walked into the Shangshu Pavilion was to reach out and dust off the dust on the seat.

At this moment, many people looked at Rong Lan, only feeling that in just one month, the face of the Master Shang Shu looked even paler, as terrifying as a ghost.

I can't help but think of the scene on the day when Sun Qianfang, who was transferred from Miaonan to the household department, was beheaded. Lord Shangshu sat in a high position and was ordered by the emperor to supervise the beheading. " Throwing it out, the word "Xing Xing" is so cold that it is not as cold as the temperature of the world, so that they who are watching the punishment almost have the illusion that they are in the cold hell, and the unpopular person who supervises and beheads is Hell Yama.

Cheng He was still reading Rong Lan's method of farming and raising soldiers, when suddenly a little girl came running from the gate.

"My lord, Mier is here to bring you medicine! You can't run away today! This medicine is very sweet!"

Rong Lan hurriedly got up from her seat: "Well, Mr. Cheng, take your time, I suddenly have something urgent!"

Mi'er chased Rong Lan all the way, and Rong Lan hid in the backyard of Shangshu Pavilion all the way.

Shangshuge looked at Rong Lan less fearfully, but sighed more.

As soon as he reached the weak crown, he became the position of Shangshu, became the head of a department, in charge of the world's money and silver, and fulfilled the dreams of many people in his life. This should be a young man with high spirits and the most prosperous life, but his health is really not good.

He used to drink medicine twice a day, but now it has become five times in a month. Master Shangshu reads official documents with a slice of ginseng in his mouth all day long, and the hand that writes often cannot hold the pen in the afternoon, so he only dictates and asks the clerk to do it for him.

Because of this, the more they got in touch with, the more awe-inspiring Master Shang Shu felt.That thin body that looked like it was about to fall down at any time didn't know what kind of tough and terrifying power it contained, but it was able to sit there steadily, with a calm expression, and it only took a month to convince the entire family.

"My lord, drink it quickly! If you don't drink it, I'll tell your elder brother!" Mi'er held the medicine in front of Rong Lan.

Rong Lan sighed helplessly, took the medicine and poured it into his mouth, bent over and spit it out after taking two sips, but he still kept spitting out the medicine juice, and the dark red blood dripped from his mouth to the ground again.

Mi'er was shocked: "My lord, what's wrong with you?!"

Rong Lan raised her hand and grabbed Mi'er's shoulder to maintain her balance: "You see, I can't drink the medicine now, don't force me anymore."

Mi'er is a girl with few tendons, so she is extra lenient. While wiping the blood on Rong Lan's mouth, she asked: "My lord, do you think you will die sooner if you don't drink the medicine, or if you drink the medicine? What if?" If you drank the medicine and died quickly, Mier won't force you!"

When Rong Lan heard this, she rolled her eyes and seemed to be thinking very seriously, and after a long time she replied solemnly: "I did the math, I drank the medicine and died quickly."

Mi'er nodded, poured out the medicine, and began to help Rong Lan escape Wang Chufeng's clutches.

"Master Rong, the emperor calls you!" As soon as Mi'er left, Rong Lan returned to his seat and was just about to discuss with Cheng He the specific matters of farming, when someone came to announce him into the palace.

He rubbed his head, got up and walked to the palace.

The pain in his mouth that had vomited blood was gone, and he had regained some strength to continue to support the dilapidated body and give his life to Chong Yi.Wang Chufeng must have had a grudge against him. Not only did the prescribed medicine become more and more unpalatable, but every time he drank it, he would feel drowsy, and he had no time to sleep.

I had no choice but to lie to Mier that girl, but fortunately Mier always said what he said, she was very silly and sweet.

"Your Majesty, according to reports from spies, Beijue Shanyu intends to send troops, and the time is set around the mid-autumn festival on August [-]th. He is going to invade the northern territory of our Great Zhou in time for the autumn harvest, and seize food for the winter."

In the imperial study room, the general Ji Penghe, who commanded the Great Zhou's northern frontier defense force, rushed into the capital to personally report the emergency military situation.

The old prime minister Xu Zhongbo was also in the imperial study. Hearing the words, he sighed deeply and knelt down to plead guilty: "Your Majesty, I am guilty! The old minister has always sworn that Bei Jue will not break his promise! I urge you not to raise troops! Now it seems that the minister is old! Also confused!"

Chong Yi took two quick steps to help the old man who was over sixty years old: "Teacher, please get up quickly! The teacher is kind-hearted, and he will be a gentleman when he encounters troubles. He also puts the safety of the people of Dazhou in the first place. Impressive five! It's not that you're old, it's that I didn't see Beijue Shanyu Haihu's ambitions in the early years, and this disaster of war is really my fault!"

Xu Zhongbo stood up, with tears in his eyes that had accumulated over the years, he shook his head again and again: "How could this be the emperor's fault? Haihu is the elder brother of the empress empress. You helped him ascend the throne for the stability of the surrounding land. Who would have thought of him?" Treachery, even the younger sister of the mother and compatriots can be used to betray!"

As soon as Rong Lan was introduced into the imperial study by Zhang De, she heard the old prime minister talk about such an old calendar. She was very surprised. The identity of the queen is so sensitive. Seeing that Beijue is not pleasing to the eye, I want to destroy it and hurry up!