If the emperor wants to take a concubine, does he need to ask the other party if he is willing? It is unheard of! But such a thing happened to him, and Jian Xiao didn’t know what to say.
"Your Majesty Zhang..." Jian Xiao said, "I appreciate your kindness, but..." Jian Xiao lowered her head and whispered, "I am no longer perfect."
Zhang Qin chuckled, "Of course I know it's not uncommon for you to be born in Yunyutang, I don't care, I only want you!"
"But my heart belongs to someone else." Jian Xiao finally said these words
Zhang Qin's face darkened, his pleasant expression disappeared, and the hand holding Jian Xiao's was slightly sweaty, "Who is it?"
"You don't know him!" Jian Xiao said, "He is very good!"
"What about the Turkic general?" Zhang Qin asked
Jian Xiao is silent
"I can wait!" Zhang Qin said softly, "Waiting for you to change your mind."
"Your Majesty! You don't have to do this..." Jian Xiao said, "Don't say anything. I will keep you as my palace maid. You will stay with me every step of the way. Don't worry if you live in my imperial study, I will wait until you are willing." Zhang Qin
Look at Jian Xiao and say
Jian Xiao suddenly felt as guilty as a child who had done something wrong. There is a person who loves you and a person you love in front of you. Such rejection makes people sad, but Jian Xiao cannot ignore the feelings in her heart, let alone accept it.
There are so many women sharing the same person with me
Rejection is a must! It is also the only option
"Your Majesty... Gong Guifei asks for an audience."
"Bring her in!" Zhang Qin said that Jian Xiao was leaving in a hurry. Zhang Qin grabbed her and said, "Stay!"
Concubine Gong walked in charmingly, "I'm here to meet Your Majesty, long live..." She looked up and suddenly saw Jian Xiao standing behind her, and she felt panicked in her heart.
"Gong Guibi, do you recognize her?" Zhang Qin asked quietly.
Concubine Gong hurriedly put on a worried look, "I don't discipline my concubine well, and I don't even know that my girl ran away." She looked at Jian Xiao and said, "Why don't you come here quickly!"
Jian Xiao didn't move, just watching what she would do next?
"Is she your girl?" Zhang Qin asked
"Yes!" Concubine Gong knelt down, "I got lost a few days ago, and I couldn't find it. It turned out that I offended the emperor."
"How did you find her?"
"My father found it for me from home," Gong Guibi said, "I've only been here a few days, so I haven't reported it yet!"
Zhang Qin pointed at the portrait and asked sternly: "Didn't you find it based on this portrait?"
Gong Guifei saw that Zhang Qin was angry, so she knelt down on the ground with tears in her eyes and flushed cheeks, "Your Majesty, please listen to my concubine's explanation."
"speak!"
"I saw this girl by chance at home. I knew that she was the one the Emperor desired, and I wanted to bring her into the palace. However, she was unreasonable. I was afraid that she would offend the power of Heaven, so I secretly decided to train her carefully before letting her see her again.
The emperor did not expect that she would run away privately and cause great trouble..."
"Then according to this, I still want to thank you?"
"I don't dare!" Gong Guifei lowered her head.
"Since you said you wanted to give it to me, then I will grant you that Jian Xiao will be my dedicated maid in the future. No one has to respect me! Get off!"
Gong Guibi raised her head and took a small look. Her eyes were clearly filled with resentment. Jian Xiao turned her eyes to avoid looking directly at her. There was no need to look down upon someone who wanted to kill her.
Jian Xiao became Zhang Qin's inseparable maid. When eating, Jian Xiao and Zhang Qin shared the same table; when sleeping, although Zhang Qin invited Jian Xiao to sleep on the bed, Jian Xiao believed that she was destined to sleep on the floor. She didn't know that the escort
The palace maids were not allowed to rest; when they went to court, Jian Xiao did some of the duties of a palace maid and tidied up the house; when they went to court, she accompanied Zhang Qin to read the memorials; during the banquet, Jian Xiao would accompany him to one side, picking up dishes and pouring wine.
After the banquet, Zhang Qin immediately picked out Jian Xiao's favorite food and made another one...
Soon, the entire Biga Palace knew that there was such a red maid beside the emperor, but everyone was also very curious as to why she was not accepted into the harem if she was so favored. Rumors spread all over the place.
Of course, the most unbearable thing is that during the more than ten days since Jian Xiao came to the harem, Zhang Qin did not go to any palace to favor the concubines, nor did he go back to the Qianyuan Palace to rest, but only stayed in the Imperial Study Room.
All the women in the harem are like crazy. Only Jian Xiao is still in the deep palace and unknown to the people.
Although Biga Country is a small country, it still has many things to deal with. Jian Xiao has always known about it. Zhang Qin was reviewing the memorial. Jian Xiao went over and cut the candle flowers.
Zhang Qin took the opportunity to sigh and looked at Jian Xiao
"What troubles your Majesty?" Jian Xiao asked.
Zhang Qin nodded, "There is a salt shortage in Hexi. I ordered the salt officials to open warehouses again and again. But as soon as the warehouses were opened, the salt dealers snapped up all the salt, and the common people still couldn't buy it."
"Is there no purchase restriction order? For example, how many kilograms can each person purchase?" Jian Xiao asked
Zhang Qin stood up and stretched his muscles, "Why not? There are many salt merchants. They have already sent their own people to buy it back, then sell it to the common people at a high price. The common people can't afford the salt. There are reports in many places that many people are sick.
But what should we do?”
Jian Xiao glanced at the memorial and said, "Can I see it?"
Zhang Qin nodded and Jian Xiao took the memorial. After reading it, it seems that the salt merchants are still in the early stages of hoarding salt. The people can only complain. When it really threatens their lives, big things will happen. Threats to the rule were mentioned many times in the memorial.
A salt merchant’s shop: Rishengpu seems to be backed by a big salt merchant
Catch the thief first, capture the king first, this is of course the same way to deal with this kind of thing. Jian Xiao thought of the country's approach to dealing with hoarding merchants in Shanghai in the early years.
"Your Majesty, since it is the salt merchants who are hoarding it, we will ask the salt merchants to hand over all the salt."
"How to do this?"
"Your Majesty first saves the urgent situation in Hexi. First, he mobilizes salt from various places to Hexi. You send a capable subordinate to open a salt shop and sell it at a low price. On the other hand, you go to patrol salt officials in various places to control the scale of salt merchants and require salt to be stored in warehouses.
The amount should not exceed one-tenth. If it exceeds, no more salt will be released. The salt inspector is not allowed to resell the salt. He is only responsible for supervision. If a common person reports that a store has too much salt, not only the merchant will be strictly punished, but the salt inspector will also investigate and deal with it.
"
After Zhang Qin heard this, he thought for a while, "It's a good idea, but I wonder if it's feasible?"
"Does your Majesty have a better way now?" Jian Xiao asked, "If not, you might as well give it a try. You must know that we are only in Hexi now. If the salt merchants take advantage of the loophole, the whole country will be in trouble in the future. It is not a trivial matter!
"
Zhang Qin nodded, "I will do as you say! I will give the order immediately!"
"Your Majesty, Jian Xiao has one more thing to remind you."
"explain!"
"Salt and other small matters related to people's livelihood are still controlled by the state. The more related to people's food, clothing, housing and transportation, the easier it is to be controlled."
Zhang Qin was surprised that this kind of knowledge was not possessed by a woman who had been in the world of prostitution, "Who are you?"