freenovelworld Chapter 538 Annual Gift
Chapter 538 Annual Gift
The jade sand was overturned, the palace was covered with white snow, the guards in front of the hall were covered with frost on their armor, their breath formed clouds, and they stood like clay sculptures or wooden carvings, solemn and dignified.
"Your Majesty, the New Year's gift from the Fifth and Seventh Princes has arrived. They said it was the Eighth Prince's idea."
The fifth and seventh princes gathered together skilled people from the Annan people, as well as jade, emerald, ivory, rhinoceros horn, southern pearls, agarwood, and large trees over 500 years old from the peninsula. They then shipped them to the capital as New Year gifts, and the gift-giving teams were endless.
"true and false?"
The servant shook his head slightly and said, "It's the Fifth and Seventh Princes who gave the Eighth Prince their share of the profits."
Qin Zhi smiled and nodded: "The three of them are so friendly and respectful to each other, and their love for each other is so deep that it makes me seem narrow-minded."
He almost thought that the Eighth Prince had suddenly gone crazy. No wonder Concubine Yi and Concubine Xian didn't react.
The Eighth Prince requested the Fifth Prince and the Seventh Prince to return to the capital, causing the court officials to focus on the two princes outside. He did Concubine Yi a favor and let the court officials know that the two princes were going back to the capital, but he had no intention of actually asking them to rush back to the capital to celebrate the New Year.
It seems that the assassination of the Seventh Prince in the southwest military camp will not end well.
Now, with all the fanfare of the New Year gifts arriving in the capital, the fifth and seventh princes are not to be seen. Whose fault is it?
Your Majesty uses high salaries to maintain integrity. Not only are the salaries given to ministers high, but also the annual rewards for ministers who do a good job and satisfy Your Majesty are even more generous than their already considerable annual salaries. Where does this wealth come from?
It is because they were sent from all directions after he conquered them.
Whatever His Majesty wants to do or whatever treasure he gets, everyone will not be left out. The New Year gifts from the fifth and seventh princes are said to be for His Majesty. Given His Majesty's generous nature, everyone should also get a share.
The Seventh Prince is your Majesty’s son and the one who delivered the gift. He was assassinated in your Southwestern Army’s barracks and was unable to return to the capital to personally present the gift. In my opinion, you are dreaming of heaven.
In this way, the memorials impeaching Southwestern Army General Meng Xingye, under the guidance of some interested parties, came like a flurry of snowflakes.
The road to Annan is long and the news is unclear. The people in the capital only know that the fifth and seventh princes came to the capital for the New Year's gifts and that the seventh prince was assassinated in Meng Xingye's army. The rest can only be guessed by asking and guessing. Meng Xingye's letter of apology was not submitted, and he was basically guilty of the death penalty in everyone's words.
"Concubine Hui loves the iron-eating beast the most and even gave it a nickname, calling the iron-eating beast the giant panda. I remember she asked someone to draw a comic strip with pandas and peacocks as the protagonists last year, right?" Qin Zhi looked at Zhang Deli, who was standing aside and looked calm.
"Your Majesty, that's right. Several of the ladies and princesses in the palace are particularly fond of it. They even ordered people to copy it and draw pictures of foxes, cats, dogs, giant beasts, and black bears. This has made the Shaofu rich again."
"Will there be peacocks as a gift this year?" Qin Zhi turned his gaze to the official who came to report.
"Twenty pairs were delivered, but only thirty percent survived, leaving six pairs. One of them is... pure white." The official quickly swallowed the word "auspicious" that was about to come out of his mouth. Although he didn't see that the emperor liked these, according to the current dynasty's consistent rejection of supernatural things, it would be better to express it in a simple way.
"Zhang Deli, go pick out two good pairs and send them to Concubine Hui's Suzaku Palace. Give her the white ones too. She likes them."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
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"Master, His Majesty truly loves Concubine Hui! The Fourth Prince is already this old, and yet His Majesty still cares so much about Concubine Hui's preferences."
Zhang Deli raised his eyebrows slightly upon hearing this, and curled up one corner of his lips. "Which lady wouldn't be favored by His Majesty? His Majesty is sentimental and cherishes old friendships. Could it be that he has forgotten me because of his age? Do your job well, leave a good impression on His Majesty, and stop talking too much."
"Master, did they take the peacock directly to the Suzaku Palace? They didn't keep it in the Beast Taming Room to raise it before sending it there? It's freezing out here. Wouldn't it be a shame if the peacock died after just a few days in the Suzaku Palace?"
"Do your job well!"
"Master, what I'm talking about is the errand."
"Ask, ask, ask. Use your melon seed-sized brain to figure it out. If you can't figure it out, listen and watch more to see how your master does things."