Your Majesty, You Can't

According to the servants who gave the gift, the emperor who received the gift is said to be happier than ever.

Hearing the emperor's reaction, He Lanzhi panicked even more.

If the little emperor really didn't know anything about the function of the tiger talisman, it is logically impossible for him to be so happy.Zhao Yin's reaction made He Lanzhi wonder if his pure and kind side was just a disguise.

After all...he had once seen the dark smile on the little emperor's face when he gave him Ganoderma lucidum Ruyi. Although it was only fleeting, He Lanzhi was sure that he had read it correctly.

Could it be that Zhao Yin's previous performance in front of him was all fake?

He Lanzhi frowned and pondered for a while, "Did the emperor say anything else? For example, is this ceremony beautiful?"

"Returning to the Prime Minister, His Majesty did say that the gift sent by the Lord is very beautiful. The object itself is engraved with black gold runes. As an emperor's stationery, it is suitable for writing. It is indeed a good pen bed——"

"—Wait a minute," He Lanzhi raised his hand to interrupt the other party's chattering compliments, and asked with wide eyes in disbelief, "Your Majesty said...is this a pen bed?"

When the person in charge of giving the gift saw his lord's reaction, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, "Isn't it a gift from your lord...? This subordinate always remembers that your majesty reads a pen bed..."

"Where did I give you a pen bed..." He Lanzhi sighed while holding his forehead, "This is clearly... well, forget it, I will go to the palace tomorrow and tell His Majesty that you can't put a pen on this thing. He doesn't know Well, it seems that I am not pretending, I am overthinking."

The man looked at the prime minister thinking about it to himself, and looked even more bewildered, "My lord?"

Knowing that the little emperor wasn't pretending to be soft and cute to deceive his feelings, He Lanzhi breathed out a sigh of relief, "It's okay, it's okay, you can go down."

"Yes, my lord." Although the man was full of doubts, he didn't dare to ask clearly, he could only silently nod his head and back away.

As soon as the gift giver stepped back from He Lan's presence, an official directly under He Lan's command rushed to the prime minister's mansion with the document in hand, and presented the official document without giving He Lan a moment's rest.

"My lord, the officer has brought the official document you asked for."

He Lanzhi didn't even have time to take a sip of the freshly brewed tea, so he quickly took the official document and read it.

The official timidly watched He Lanzhi's face turn from expressionless to livid. He tried several times to flatter the adults to make him happy, but in the end he didn't dare to speak because he was afraid of Lord He Lan's gloomy angry face. .

This document is about the national construction project that He Lanzhi is in charge of.

Earlier, he mentioned to the emperor about building roads and dams. After Zhao Yin agreed, he appointed He Lanzhi to take full charge of such matters, and allocated a lot of gold and silver from the treasury to benefit the people's livelihood.

But now it has been almost half a year since the start of the project, and the person in charge of the department has not reported any news to him. In desperation, He Lanzhi had no choice but to send someone to investigate in person, and write the final inspection results into an official document for him to see. .

"Is this the result of their hard work for half a year?" He Lanzhi slapped some papers on the table angrily, "The road was only three feet (about ten meters) long. The embankment was only three feet (about one meter). Let them dig the sewer, and it hasn't started yet! What are you doing every day!?"

The official obediently dared not look at He Lanzhi's angry face, "Returning to my lord, those workers are actually doing something..."

"Are you actually doing things!? You really have the cheek to say that." He Lanzhi laughed back in anger, "Even if you send a group of children to pile sand, the pile will be higher than this embankment in half a year, right? So many workers are really Did you really do such a bad thing?!"

"Those workers were doing a good job...but in the end it was said that they went on strike because they had no wages."

"Without wages, the imperial court has given so much real gold and silver, it's hard to be swallowed by others!"

Isn't that right, you are the one who took the lead in swallowing.

The official slandered silently in his heart, but even if he had 1 guts, he wouldn't dare to say it in front of He Lanzhi, so he would just stand cowering in the corner, not daring to answer.

"Come on, I also know what you want to say." He Lanzhi rubbed his ink hair irritably, "The official documents are left with me, so you can go down. I will report this matter to the emperor, and quickly let those guys Pay the wages, these are items related to the country's destiny. Even if you swallow it, let me regurgitate it."

The official never expected that the prime minister would speak so bluntly, "My lord!?"

"It's enough to scoop up a little bit of oil and water, but it's not so easy to chew too much." He Lanzhi warned.