Baochai is a mermaid

After hearing the queen's words, the queen mother was furious, and immediately sent someone to the imperial study to pass the message, saying that the queen mother's phoenix body was slightly ill and wanted to see Wei Chi.

Wei Chi hurried out of the imperial study, but the maid led him to a dark alley.When the maid raised her head and wiped off the makeup on her face, Wei Chi realized that the maid sent to deliver the message was actually Jia Yuanchun in disguise.

"Why are you? What happened to the Compassionate Ning Palace?" Wei Chi asked in a low voice seeing no one was around.

Jia Yuanchun told Wei Chi exactly how Concubine Shu sent flowers to the Empress Dowager, how disturbed the Empress Dowager was, how she summoned the Empress after lunch, and what the Empress said to the Empress Dowager.

In the end, he said: "Jian Guo has shown kindness to my minister, and I never forget it, so I risked my life to pass on the message to Mr. Jian Guo. I only hope that Mr. Jian Guo can save the life of my cousin, and I will follow you from now on. It's heartbreaking!"

Jia Yuanchun thought very clearly, she was demoted because of Xue Baoer at the beginning, and now she could be demoted because of Xue Baoer, or because of the queen mother's anger, the queen's dislike, and her life was in danger.

Instead of sitting and waiting to die, it is better to give it a go.

If Wei Chi succeeds, she still hopes to ascend to heaven with Xue Baoer.

As for whether Wei Chi is a wise king and whether he can govern the world well, it is not important to her at this time.

The most important thing is that she must let Wei Chi understand that she is Xue Baoer's cousin, and that she and Xue Baoer both prosper and lose together.

Because of Xue Baoer's relationship, she will always stand by his side and has the ability to help him.

In fact, Jia Yuanchun was betting heavily on how sincere Wei Chi was to Xue Baoer, whether he was willing to challenge the imperial power for Xue Baoer's safety, or... simply turn himself into an imperial power.

After all, Wei Chi is only one step away from that dragon chair.

In fact, Jia Yuanchun was still beating drums in his heart when he said the last words of loyalty.She was afraid that Wei Chi would laugh out loud, making fun of her self-righteousness, thinking that he would offend the queen and the queen mother because of a little girl.

You know, both the queen and the queen mother are supporters of Wei Chi's superior position.

How can Xue Baoer compare with them?

In that case, she would be reduced to an abandoned child, and even if she managed to save her life, she was doomed to endure humiliation for the rest of her life.

Jia Yuanchun cautiously raised his head to look at Wei Chi, and seeing a smile on his lips, his heart felt chilled, but he was surprised to hear him ask: "If I ask you to serve the Holy Majesty and give birth to an heir, would you like to give birth to the emperor?" Willing? Dare to go?"

Jia Yuanchun: "..." Isn't this exactly the intention of my grandmother to send her into the palace?

Anyway, the worst ending is a death, so why would she dare not!

But the holy body... can it work?

From the time she entered the palace, the show girl was selected once a year, and there were a lot of newcomers and old people in the harem, all of whom wanted to have a son like crazy, and no one's stomach was bulging.

Later, I overheard a few old nuns in the Compassionate Ning Palace discussing in private, either the land was bad, or the seeds were not sown!

I also know that it may be the emperor's problem.

It doesn't matter, it's important to save your life first, Jia Yuanchun blushed, and replied: "It's all up to the Lord Supervisor."

"Lead the way ahead." Wei Chi said calmly again, as if he had a plan in his chest.

At that moment, Jia Yuanchun knew that he had made the right bet, and when he was pleasantly surprised, he became a little jealous of Xue Baoer.

Why hasn't she met a good man who is willing to stand up for her after so many years of scheming in the palace?After finally surviving until the early days, I still have to serve that good man and his father, and maybe because I am old enough, I am despised by that old man over forty who can't give birth to a child!

What is the law of heaven! ! ! !

The queen didn't expect Wei Chi to come so fast, she was going to sit down for a while before leaving, but now he couldn't leave even if he wanted to.

The Empress Dowager obviously didn't expect it, so she asked, "Why did you come so quickly? Have you finished handling the government affairs of the previous dynasty?"

Wei Chi looked haggard, shook his head and smiled wryly: "War in the northwest, floods in the south and drought in the north, military chaos in Fujian, how can we handle the government affairs? I only heard that the queen mother is in a state of illness, so I rushed over to have a look. I just had half a day off."

Seeing that Wei Chi valued herself so much, the Empress Dowager felt that her love for him these years was not in vain, and the anger in her heart dissipated a lot, but thinking about what he did, she was still angry.

Due to the ancestral precept that the harem should not interfere in politics, the queen mother did not ask about the affairs of the previous dynasty, but only asked about the marriage: "Aijia heard from the queen that the Holy Majesty had intended to marry you and An Ning before retreating. Is it necessary to use a seal, can there be such a thing?"

I have to verify it myself. Does this mean that I don't believe what she said?

The queen squeezed the handkerchief in her hand, afraid that the guard would say no. After all, the imperial decree was in his hands, and he dared to burn piles of memorials on the Yushitai. The imperial decree...

Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, the imperial decree was drafted by the director of ceremonies, she has witnesses, so I'm not afraid that he will deny it.

"It is true." Wei Chi replied respectfully.

The queen sneered in her heart, just admit it, let's see how he argues.

The Empress Dowager's face darkened, and she asked knowingly: "Then why did the imperial decree of granting marriage not be issued?"

Wei Chi took a deep breath: "It's the minister who thinks it's wrong."

The Empress Dowager slapped the kang, shaking the Empress and all the servants in the room: "You dare to disobey the Holy Majesty again!"

The queen thought that the word "again" was used very cleverly. The emperor granted marriage twice, and Wei Chi disobeyed twice. How could the queen mother tolerate such contempt for the imperial power!

In the past, the Empress Dowager didn't care about Wei Chi's affairs, and she thought it was fine after watching it coldly. A child was spoiled by the emperor, empress and eldest princess's family, and she was a little ignorant.

As the saying goes, if you don't cut jade, you can't make it. A child is like a small tree. If you don't cut off the miscellaneous branches in time, how can you grow taller?

The Empress Dowager decided to take good care of the guards for the emperor, teach him a lesson, let him have awe, don't always take the imperial power seriously, and handle the government affairs like a play, because someone's words are nonsense.

Unexpectedly, Wei Chilian said he didn't dare, and said slowly: "At this time and then at that time, the Northwest and Fujian were still stable at that time, and the treasury was enough to relieve the disasters in the North and South. But now the war in the Northwest is raging, and the Northwest Army has not received payment for more than a year. Even if King Zhongshun dared not mutiny, he was powerless to start a war, and just half a month ago...Ganzhou fell."

In the Empress Dowager's mind, the Northwest Army was the most elite army in the imperial court. It had never lost any battles with the Tartars. How could it cause Ganzhou to fall?

After Ganzhou is Shanxi, and you can go straight to the capital after crossing Shanxi. The northwest defenders have all been defeated. Can Shanxi survive? The capital is in danger!

The Empress Dowager couldn't help being startled, the treasury was full when the late emperor was there, but it gradually became empty after the Nine Kings Rebellion.Today's belligerence is full of wars, and the holes in the treasury are probably not filled.

Unexpectedly, it was so empty that even the military salary could not be paid.

Looking at Wei Chi's tired face again, the Queen Mother couldn't help feeling distressed again.

Resigned in the face of danger, this child has suffered.

Seeing that the topic was getting more and more biased, the queen gritted her teeth and hurriedly pulled back: "Now is the time when the court can use King Zhongshun, shouldn't it be more appropriate to marry with Prince Zhongshun's mansion and let King Zhongshun contribute to the court?"

Yes, this is exactly the reason, and the queen mother also agreed, but Wei Chi was puzzled: "It is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. The reason why the Northwest Army did not mutiny is the result of King Zhongshun's own pocket. But the Northwest Army is the Northwest Army of the court. Army, if there is a war together, it will be a bottomless pit, and King Zhongshun can't afford to make up for it."

"What about the cabinet? Is there nothing the cabinet can do?" asked the Queen Mother.

Seeing the empress dowager being sidelined by the guard again, the empress was so angry that her chest hurt, and she didn't care about etiquette, she interjected: "The cabinet has its own advice and advice on military and state affairs, and it's not the empress dowager and this palace that should worry about it. What does marriage matter?"

What Wei Chi was waiting for was her words, and he sighed heavily: "The imperial court has a fixed amount of income, and rashly increasing the tax burden or apportionment will only arouse civil uprisings. Someone in the cabinet proposed a marriage plan, or the prince or princess and the Jiangnan rich man Get married and exchange titles for silver."

"Nonsense!" The Empress Dowager patted the kang a few more times, "How can the nobles of Tianhuang associate with merchants and bow their heads to merchants? At the beginning of the founding of the country, it was said that no relatives, no vassals, no tribute!"

The queen mother became more and more angry: "Now that Ganzhou is lost, the cabinet can't think of a way, so it came to plot against the prince and princess. What's the reason! Have they read all the sage books into the dog's belly?"

What's more, today's children are rare, even the prince only has two left.

Wei Chi attentively served the Empress Dowager to drink tea, persuaded the Empress Dowager to appease her anger, and said bitterly, "I also think the same way, but I just let them hang around and didn't express my opinion."

"You are right!" The queen mother took a deep breath.

Unexpectedly, Wei Chi changed the subject: "I called King Zhongshun and Lord An Guo for questioning, and wanted to ask them for a solution, but they just shook their heads, saying that the emptiness of the national treasury is not a one-day cold, but that they want to pacify the northwest, Nan'an, and Fujian. Military pay requires..."

Wei Chi slowly stretched out a finger, the queen mother was startled: "1000 million taels?"

The annual tax of the imperial court is only 4000 to [-] million taels, and last year was a disaster year, so I am afraid it is less than this amount.

The national treasury has already been living without money, where can I get so much money in a while?

"After discussing and discussing, the only way to go is to marry a merchant from the south of the Yangtze River." Seeing the queen mother raised her eyes again, Wei Chi hurriedly comforted, "I think that the prince or princess is a noble person, how can I condescend to condescend? The minister is not talented, and is willing to replace the prince and princess and marry a rich and wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River as the supervisor of the country."

When the queen mother heard the words, she almost didn't come up in one breath.

Anyone can do it, but you can't!