Chapter 1142： Don't lose to him again

Sang Qi frowned.

"Your imperial sister will suffer some punishment for doing such things privately."

“Where’s the myna?”

Beili sunken slightly.

"Bago spreads the imperial edict in the city, which is an insult to the royal family. How does the emperor plan to deal with Bage?"

Emperor Beili was silent for a while before sighing: "Qi'er, my father announced that you have entered the palace today because he has some things to remind you. Lao Ba is now powerful and his methods are ruthless. My father is worried that when he is full of wings, he will Make a move on you."

“Isn’t it the result of my father’s favor that myna is like this?”



"You don't understand. There are many reasons. At that time, my father thought that nothing could happen to him because of his small troubles, but later he discovered that he was becoming more and more out of control. He was trying to win over many snobbish people behind his back. My father found out that it was already too late. Sigh." Emperor Beili sighed again: "He has never been able to let go of what happened in the past. I'm afraid that he will join forces with Marquis Ming to do something beyond his authority."

Sang Qi didn't understand: "Since my father is worried, why do you want to let Marquis Xiang Ming return to the capital?"

"Hang Minghou's ancestors are from Beili, and Xiang Minghou has fought for Beili for many years. I don't believe that he will stand by and watch Beili lose, but I am worried that Lao Ba will get too close to them." Beili The emperor looked at Sang Qi with a serious expression: "Ye Qianning is the key to containing Xiang Minghou. I order you to keep her by your side no matter what. Only in this way will Xiang Minghou help you. I heard that Gu Shuo Qianfanji Also go with them, as long as you hold Ye Qianning in your hands, they will help you."

The bond only needs one Ye Qianning!

“Father, son and minister... don’t like Ye Qianning.”

What Sang Qi wants does not require the use of a woman to achieve his goal.

Emperor Beili's eyes were gloomy: "Like it? There is no like among the royal family. The position of the concubines in the harem only depends on which of them is more valuable. The most valuable position naturally sits higher. Qi'er, you are still young and haven't seen it through yet. You As a prince, it doesn’t matter whether you like it or not, what matters is what it can bring to you.”

Sang Qi lowered his eyes, a hint of complexity flashed in his eyes.

"No matter how powerful Ye Qianning is, she is still a woman. As long as you marry her, Xiang Minghou will plan for you. If you don't like it, just show it on the surface." After Emperor Beili finished speaking, he saw that Sang Qi was wandering, and his voice Aggravated: "I don't want you to lose to Lao Ba this time, Qi'er, don't let me down."

Sang Qi was shocked. He raised his eyes and his complicated eyes became sharp: "Father, I will not lose to him."

"That's good. Regarding the imperial edict, I will issue an edict tomorrow about your mother and concubine. I don't want you to have any quarrel with me because of this matter. Do you understand, Qi'er?"

“My son understands.”

Emperor Beili's face softened when he heard this: "It's good to understand. Even though I am an emperor, I still have many options. You just need to remember that everything I do is for you."

“Yes, I will not let down my father’s expectations.”

Di Beili nodded with satisfaction: "Remember to let people keep a closer eye on Lao Ba, I'm worried that he won't be honest."

“My son knows.”

"Well, I know you are worried about Shu'er. He is now taken to the prison by me. You go and have a look, and take the imperial doctor with you."

“Yes, I will retire.”

Sang Qi exits the door.

There was already a coldness in his eyes. It was not that he couldn't understand that whether a woman in the harem was favored or not was based on interests.

This is probably the reason why he doted on his mother and concubine back then...

Sang Qi knows very well what will be written in the imperial edict tomorrow.

Hang Minghou and his party will still go to Beijing, Ye Qianning—

He will not marry her.

“Come, it is said that Song Qi and Chen Siqing entered the palace.”

A voice came from the royal study room.

Sang Qi looked back, his eyes dark.

“See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.” Li Mu saluted.

Sang Qi looked back with a cold look in his eyes and raised his feet to leave.

Li Mu didn't pay attention. He stood up and said something to the **** at the door of the royal study. The **** hurried in and came out after a moment.

“Your Majesty, the Emperor declares to have an audience with Mr. Li.”

Li Mu responded and stepped into the imperial study room.

“The humble minister Li Mu meets the emperor.”

“Flat body.”

"yes."

"Li Mu, recently the aquatic products from Nanyuan can be transported to Beili." Emperor Beili wrote something without raising his head.

Li Mu looked embarrassed: "I haven't returned to the emperor yet."

"How long will it take? How is the Xianhai Tower taking over? Calculating the time, it should be recorded."

It has been nearly two months since the contract was signed and Xianhai Tower was taken over.

When Li Mu heard this, his face became even more ugly, and his voice was low and tentative: "Your Majesty, there are a lot of things going on in the city these days. I don't want to disturb the Emperor with business matters. It's just that the amount of money involved in this matter is too large, and I can't do it." host."

Di Beili’s writing hand paused slightly, and then he raised his eyes: “What’s the matter?”

"News came from Nanyuan today that several large ports were seriously damaged. If they are not built in time, aquatic products will not be able to operate. One port happens to be in Qingzhou. Qingzhou's port is connected to Beili. If aquatic products are transported from other places, Transportation costs twice as much money as it used to.”

“Why was the port damaged? Is it Gu Shuo?”

“No, they are the people of Nanyuan.”

“Are the people so bold as to destroy the port?”

"Yes, the aquatic products that Nanyuan signed with Dongsi and Beili this time were more than thirty copper plates. The price paid by Emperor Nanyuan and Prince Feng to the fishermen was one-third lower than the price paid by Gu Shuo before. This caused After the fishermen resisted, Emperor Nanyuan issued an edict that all aquatic products in Nanyuan should be priced at five copper coins per catty. It was a done deal. The fishermen refused to accept and jointly destroyed the port." Li Mu explained the matter one by one.

Emperor Beili frowned at Lao Gao: "The contract was signed with more than 30 copper coins, but Nanyuan only gave the fishermen five coppers. It is really greedy. This matter started from the people of Nanyuan, and Nanyuan should repair it."

“But Nanyuan was unwilling to pay, and the fishermen went on strike collectively.”

"Don't want to? Let people go and investigate. If they find out who did it, kill them all." Emperor Beili's eyes were filled with murderous intent: "If Nanyuan dares to stop him, we will deal with him together."

“Kill them all?”

Li Mu was shocked.

“Master Li must be ruthless so that they can remember a little longer.”

"Yes Yes."

“What kind of thing does Mr. Li say that the amount of money is too large?” Emperor Beili put down his brush and stared at him.

Li Mu trembled all over.

“Could it be that Mr. Li came to the palace to ask Beili to spend money to repair the port?”

"I don't dare." Li Mu knelt down.

“It’s not a port matter, where else can we spend a huge amount of money.”

“It’s... it’s Xianhai Tower.”

A trace of doubt flashed in Emperor Bei Li's eyes.

"Since the Three Kingdoms of Dongsi, Nanyuan, and Beili took over the Xianhai Tower, all the original cooks, servants, and accountants of the Xianhai Tower have resigned. Our people have recruited a new wave of new people, but the cooks can't do the same job as before. The taste of Xianhailou. After a few days of operation, Xianhailou's reputation became worse and worse, so it had to close its doors for rectification. Although Xianhailou did not need to purchase ingredients and aquatic products at high prices, it consumed a lot of money in one day of closure. Counting hundreds of stores, , they are losing money every day. After seven or eight days, many restaurants have lost millions." Li Mu knew that the emperor's face was darkened, so he simply said it all at once: "If Xianhai Tower is to reopen, each restaurant will have at least It also requires ten thousand taels of silver to support it.” Xianhailou is not like an ordinary restaurant. It is very famous in the four countries. The dishes are all first-class ingredients, many of which are extremely precious, and the ingredients are all fresh and incomparable. put.

Anything stale will affect the taste, not to mention that the recipes of Xianhailou cannot be made by other than the previous cooks.

Even if someone has eaten it or seen it before, they can't make it.

After a few days of operation, Xianhai Tower has lost money, and its reputation has become worse and worse.

Di Beili did not speak for a long time.

Li Mu, who was kneeling on the ground, was so nervous that he might break at any time.

“You mean I spent tens of millions to buy an abandoned building?”

“Your Majesty, this humble minister did not do his job well, please forgive me for your sins.” Li Mu hit his head on the ground.

"Atonement? You should know how much money Beili spent on the trip to Nanyuan. Even if you die thousands of times, it won't be able to pay for it." Beili is now an empty shell.

The national treasury is empty and can no longer support the victims and soldiers. Nanyuan's business has not made progress, and Beili will fall into the biggest predicament in its history.

"Your Majesty, I know that I am worthy of death for my crime, but I am sorry for Beili and I am sorry for the Emperor. I cannot die. Even if I die, I must put Nanyuan on the right track for Beili. As for Xianhai Tower-please trust me again, Your Majesty. .”

“Li Mu, what do you have that I can believe in?”

"Your Majesty, I am willing to spend all the money in my house to reopen Xianhai Tower, but...my family is not willing to support it." Li Mu spent a lot of money.

Emperor Beili narrowed his eyes and stared at him for a while before saying, "I will give you one more chance. If you don't do it well, the nine Li family clans will never see the light of day again."

Li Mu's whole body was like a sieve, and he didn't dare to refute: "Yes, yes."

“Get out of here.”

"Yes Yes."

Li Mu did not dare to mention money again, and got up from the ground tremblingly and exited.

Emperor Beili was extremely agitated. He asked someone to check the income of Xianhai Tower and found that his daily income was more than ten thousand gold, so he agreed to unite the three countries to purchase it.

I didn’t expect Gu Shuo to be so ruthless.

He didn’t believe that a cook could have wings.

As for money - Beili has no money to withdraw. If the bankers and shops are searched for cash, it will cause panic and is not feasible.

"Your Majesty, Master Chen and Master Song are here." The father-in-law came in to report.

Bei Li Di's eyes lit up: "Xiang them to come in."

He had forgotten these two people.

"yes."

After a while, Song Qi and Chen Siqing walked in and knelt down to salute.

"Get up, Song Qi, tell me about Baimuxun." Although Emperor Beili knew a little about Baimuxun, after Baimuxun closed the palace, the guards could not find out the specific information.

Song Qi and Chen Siqing looked at each other with fear in their hearts.

"Is it... that the emperor wants to know about the interdependence of the two rituals?" Song Qi said tremblingly.

“From the time I entered Baimuxun, tell me everything that happened one by one, especially what happened to Marquis Xiang Ming and Ye Qianning.”

"yes…"

Song Qi hesitated before speaking intermittently. From the first day of moving into Baimuxun, to meeting Sang Yin and Lin Hui, after that, Baimuxun spent the money for the stay and auctioned the goods.

"These are not important. I want to know the details of the planting of Liangyi Xiangsheng." Emperor Beili was somewhat concerned about the previous matter, but what concerned him the most was Marquis Xiang Ming and Liangyi Xiangsheng.

Song Qi didn't talk about it immediately after hearing this. Instead, he talked about the blond and blue-eyed woman that the Prince of Xilan auctioned, and also talked about Ye Qianning's photograph of the small seal script on the sea, and then he mentioned the symbiotic relationship between the two.

Emperor Beili was fascinated when he heard that Bai Muxun's auction items were very few in the world. He had only heard of the blond hair and blue eyes and had never seen it before.

The Little Seal Script on the Sea Did Emperor Bei know that Ye Qianning took the photo of the Small Seal Script on the Sea?

Ye Qianning was really suspicious as he didn’t take any photos, only things related to Penglai Fairy Mountain.

“Did you really see the two things taking root and sprouting with your own eyes?”

“Yes, not just Chen, but everyone in Baimuxun saw it. It can’t be false. When Baimuxun opened the museum, I saw with my own eyes that the seedlings they bought earlier had bloomed.”

Emperor Beili's suspicions were dispelled, and he paid more attention to Ye Qianning. This girl could only be from Beili.

No matter how precious the thing in her hand is, it can only belong to Beili.

“What are you looking for when you go to Bermuda to find something to eat? How could someone else take advantage of something so rare?”

Ice crystal glass, that kind of thing is rare in the world, and it was also taken away by the Prince of Xilu.

Emperor Beili could imagine how precious it was without even looking at it. The prince of Xilun had extremely high vision. If he wasn't extraordinary, how could he take action.

"Your Majesty, the price the Prince of Xi'an paid was too high, and at that time we...we were bidding on another item, which we really couldn't afford." Song Qi looked dazed.

"what?"

Song Qi glanced at Chen Siqing subconsciously.

Chen Siqing was a military guard and turned his head silently. He had no control over the auction.

Song Qi took out a small package from his arms. The package was wrapped in several layers of handkerchiefs. He opened them layer by layer, and a small ice flake came into Bei Li's eyes.

"Your Majesty, this thing is called borneol. Even though it is small, it can change the surrounding temperature. As long as you carry it with you in the hot summer, the surrounding area will be cool."

“Oh? There are such good things?”

Di Beili did feel a cool breath coming from the moment the ice flakes were exposed.

Hand out his hand, he felt the ice was cold and would not freeze his skin. In an instant, the sultry atmosphere in the entire imperial study room was indeed cooled down.

“Not bad, it’s a good thing, I got it at auction.”

Song Qi's heart thumped, and sweat overflowed from his palms: "Twenty...twenty million..."

Di Beili's face was originally filled with joy, and he was staring at the ice flakes to observe. He paused slightly when he heard the digital movements, and his eyes fell on Song Qi's face from the ice flakes.

Song Qi was so frightened: "Your Majesty, there is a reason for this matter. Please listen to your report."

"explain."

Twenty million to buy such a thing?

Absurd!

"Yes...this matter is all about Miss Lin, the adopted daughter of the third princess..." Song Qi told everything that happened in Baimuxun that day.

Also, Lin Hui owed a huge debt to hired killers in Baimu, and he told them all.

Emperor Beili's face was livid. He remembered the adopted daughter of the third princess and had met her several times. He remembered that she was a weak and weak woman. How could she be so bold in Baimuxun?

“Is it that evil obstacle?” Emperor Beili asked.

Song Qi immediately knew who he was talking about and shook his head: "Back to the emperor, it's not Miss Wu...Fifth."

He had forgotten that after the fifth princess escaped, the emperor removed her title as princess. The current fifth princess of the royal family is Her Highness Sang Shu.

There was no taboo in the outside world before, but calling him this in front of the emperor was courting death.