His Majesty the Emperor of the Daning Empire did not hesitate to write inscriptions for others in order to save a few melon seeds and peanuts. If this matter was spread, I don’t know what it would be. However, even if the old dean went to say it personally, standing on the street and setting up a high platform and whispering loudly, there might not be many people who believed it.

Soon, the guy started serving the dishes. Because he was too careful and afraid, he walked like a cat step, for fear of a little mistake. If he fell a plate of dishes or splashed a drop of oil on the emperor, perhaps the emperor would not care that they could scare himself to death.

The one who was more afraid than the guys was naturally Yang Yu. He knew that the old dean would not invite him to dinner for no reason, but he didn't expect that Emperor Daning would come. His heart was like a drumming, and his heartbeat made him buzz in his ears.

The emperor tasted the dish and his eyes lit up: "Interesting."

The taste of this dish is as strong as the tea. It feels a bit salty and greasy at first, but when you savor it, you will feel a fragrance after you taste it.

"The way of making this cook is actually very simple. It was originally a person who made big mats for the people in the village. This greenhouse restaurant actually has a down-to-earth meaning."

The old dean knew that the place he chose was quite right when he looked at the emperor's expression.

"Your Majesty's food is so exquisite, the ingredients are exquisite, and even the people serving the dishes are exquisite, but some things have to be cooked roughly to be delicious. If the imperial chefs in the imperial kitchen cook like this, they would scare them to death, but the chefs in this place will only do this. Your Majesty makes them even more refined."

The old dean picked up a bite of the dish: "Because you have to save money for the main house to make a big mat, the taste of the dishes is slightly heavier. Only when you have some heavy staple food, you will have more staple foods. Originally, one bite of steamed bun, but now one bite of steamed bun, it looks like it is a bit of a mercy and a little cleverness. Of course, the most important thing is to make delicious dishes, otherwise you will be scolded."

He said while eating: "The people in the village often bring their money to eat, so it is not a matter of one person. If the reputation is bad, no one will use this cook next time if there is any trouble at home."

After hearing these words, the emperor thought: "It seems that some great truth is inside."

The old dean: "What the old minister said is not very good anyway, I just talk about the origin of this cook."

The emperor gave him a blank look and looked back at the shopkeeper: "Come a few steamed buns."

The shopkeeper quickly went to the kitchen to bring out a few big white steamed buns that had just been cooked. The emperor immediately felt the taste of steamed buns and dishes. It turned out that this dish should be served with steamed buns.

He finished eating such a large steamed bun in one breath and let out a breath of satisfaction, and then took a sip of the slightly bitter cheap tea, which tasted better.

“Not bad.”

The emperor ordered: "It should be rewarded."

The old dean would not pay the money, so he applied for a total of five taels of silver.

A guard came in at the door and placed a full purse on the table. The shopkeeper was excited. He wanted to say something but didn't know what to say, so he had to kneel down and kowtow.

The emperor smiled and asked him to get up, then looked at Yang Yu: "Look, I rewarded him, he knew how to thank me, what is this?"

Yang Yu quickly replied: "I am grateful to the emperor's kindness."

The emperor said, "I am grateful to the emperor's grace. I just rewarded him with some money. He is so grateful, but some people even have their lives given by me, but they don't know how to be grateful."

Yang Yu knelt down with a pounce: "Your Majesty, the criminal has always been grateful for the emperor's kindness, and he must not be a little arrogant."

"I don't know if you have it."

The emperor turned his head to look at the old man who had white hair and beards, and Ruan Ke, the former national teacher of the Nanyue Kingdom: "You know whether you have me or not."

The old man, who looked simple and even a little shabby, slowly stood up, took a step back but did not kneel, but stood there trying his best to make his already slightly hunched body stand up.

"Your Majesty is talking about the guilty minister."

Ruan Ke lowered his head and did not look at the emperor, but seemed to be looking at his toes.

"When Your Majesty asked my disciples and juniors to appear here, I knew that their lives would not last long. Yes, I arranged everything these people did in Pingyuedao. A few years ago, I found a chance and asked someone to send some handwritten letters back. Now several of these people kneeling here have received my letters. This person is my disciple, this person is, this person is... They got my letter, so they started to plan some things."

Ruan Ke pointed to several of them, and then returned to the look of drooping eyebrows.

"I am very old and not afraid of death, so I don't think there is anything terrible about His Majesty bringing them here. Death is the most terrible thing in the world. If you don't fear death, what else can you be afraid of? I just regret that these people are not as good as Han Huanzhi, you sent by His Majesty. It can be seen that Daning's strength is strong."

When the emperor heard these words, he couldn't help laughing: "Mr. Ruan is just good at speaking, and he can still say something to make me happy at this moment."

Ruan Ke also smiled: "So I always feel that I am very amazing and I actually want to challenge His Majesty."

The emperor said, "So I always feel that you are wronged."

Ruan Ke stopped smiling, and a trace of sadness gradually appeared in his eyes.

The old dean sighed: "Mr. Ruan is a great talent. If he was not born in Nanyue but in Daning, you would be more admirable and successful in your passion and knowledge. I have thought before, would you be as brave as you if I changed my position and I would be as bold as you. After thinking about it, I am afraid that I would be worse than you."

Ruan Ke shook his head: "Don't say that, I just want to do my last part of my ministers."

The old dean couldn't help asking: "Even if no one interferes with all your arrangements and preparations, they will finally be formed. In the end, how sure do you think you are to restore the country of South Vietnam?"

"Not even a minute."

Ruan Ke's answer was very straightforward and helpless.

"I know very well what I am doing. What I do is an impossible thing, but I can't help but want to do it. My Ruan family has been ministers from Nanyue for generations and has been honored by the country for generations. They always think about doing something before they die. If I die in Babu Lane like this, I will not be able to face the ancestors of the Ruan family."

The emperor asked: "Don't it be a pity for these disciples who have implicated your disciples? You are old and dying, but they still have many good days to enjoy. I have never been a person who can kill them all. If they are calm and honest, they will live a better life than ordinary families."

Ruan Ke sighed: "Who doesn't have any faith yet."

The emperor was stunned, then nodded: "You said it well, you are a good minister."

Ruan Ke lowered his head: "I will have no regrets if I can get the recognition of Your Majesty."

The old dean was silent for a while and asked, "Who is the person in contact with you in Daning? If no one helps you, you will not be able to send anything out of Babu Lane."

Ruan Ke shook his head and said no word.

The emperor said: "If you ask him, he will naturally not say that he must protect those who collude with him. If all these are dead, my Daning will have a permanent foundation? Ruan Ke, you don't want to see Daning continue to be strong even if you die. So although you will feel that it is not worth dying for those people, you are more willing to see some problems with Daning and even shake the foundation."

Ruan Ke nodded: "Your Majesty can see thoroughly. It is really not worth dying for them. If you die for Daning collapse, I will be extremely happy."

"Daning collapsed, the people suffered, countless casualties, and the fertile land was swept into the earth. Do you think you have succeeded?"

"Your Majesty said, Nanyue had experienced what he had said a few years ago, so I don't think there is anything wrong."

"What you experienced in South Vietnam is just what you think of."

The emperor waved: "Show Ruan Ke the harvest this year."

A civil servant ran over quickly with an account book. After opening it, he read all the harvests reported from Pingyue Road this year. He didn't dare to miss a word. Ruan Ke frowned and listened, and the more he heard it, his face turned pale.

"Hear?"

The emperor said: "Nanyue Kingdom was destroyed, but the people of Nanyue are now the people of my Daning. Their harvest has more than doubled than you did at that time. I also issued an order to exempt Pingyue Dao from three years of money, grain and taxes. The people will live a better life. Every family has surplus food and money. In a few years, they have adapted to their identity as a citizen of Daning."

Ruan Ke's face was so pale that he smiled bitterly after a moment: "So, I really can't win."

"Of course you can't win."

The emperor said in a plain tone: "No one wants to rebel under my rule. Even if you have transported a large number of things out of the treasury granaries from the treasury since the twelve years before the destruction of the South Vietnam Kingdom, preparing for a long battle with Daning, you have ignored one thing. No matter how much you prepare, even if you send money to the people, they will not follow you to rebel."

The emperor glanced at Yang Yu: "Should you ask, why did you, the most trusted national teacher, start stealing things from the treasury since you became the Emperor of Nanyue?"

Yang Yu's face turned paler, and he turned his head mechanically to look at Ruan Ke: "National Master, why is this?"

"Because you are incompetent."

Ruan Ke's answer was too direct, as if he slapped Yang Yu in the face.

Ruan Ke sighed long, as if there was nothing to worry about, so he said something in his heart for too long: "Your Majesty, you are ambitious and stubborn. You started to mention it when your Majesty ascended the entire nation. The old minister advised you countless times but refused to listen. Therefore, it was a helpless move for the destruction of the country in the future. The things you removed were better for restoring the country than being squandered by your Majesty."

Yang Yu trembled and cursed: "You are rude!"

Ruan Ke sorted out his clothes, then knelt down and kowtowed three times to Yang Yu: "Your Majesty, I wish you your Majesty to spend the rest of your life in Babu Lane. I can't spend more time with Your Majesty. After I die, you must take care of yourself. You should not copy the Taoist scriptures every day. Your Majesty always drinks too much and don't talk nonsense. Your Majesty's Emperor of Daning is tolerant, but the court officials of Daning don't want you to live longer, so you should be more cautious in the future. After I die, I will discuss everything with Hulan Shengxia. His wisdom is actually above the old ministers."

Hulan Shengxia did not look at him, Yang Yu, nor Emperor Daning, but just stood there with red eyes.

The emperor asked Ruan Ke: "How do you know that I only let you die?"

Ruan Ke looked up at the emperor and said seriously: "What did Your Majesty kill him? He is just a waste."

The emperor looked at Ruan Ke and thought that this was amazing.

Ruan Ke said: "Your Majesty keeps a waste, and it can also demonstrate His Majesty's kindness and righteousness, which is better than if he died."

The emperor nodded: "Then you go on the road, I have to continue to have a meal."

Ruan Ke turned around and kowtowed to Emperor Daning: "I wish you many disasters and difficulties, and I wish you could fall apart."

The emperor's face was as calm as usual: "Go, do you think that I will embarrass you to death? If you die, give me an unwilling infamy. You know whether my Daning will fall apart. Do you know more about whether I will suffer many disasters and difficulties?"
Chapter completed!