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Chapter 107 The emperor looks like a profiteer
Shangguan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't say that. I can see that you are simply greedy for the benefits I got from the flower viewing banquet. But I have already handed over two-thirds of it to you." Did you not even spare the last third?"
In terms of shrewdness and stinginess, Shangguan Xiaoxiao really felt that he was not as good as Feng Lingzun.
Feng Lingzun sighed: "Since my concubine knows that the national treasury is tight, she should understand what I'm thinking. Most of these harem women are from wealthy families, and if I don't take money from them, how can I appease the generals and soldiers who are suffering from cold at the border? them?"
Shangguan Xiaoxiao was not very happy, after all, Chi Guoguo was being used.
[This dog emperor, I think it is a vampire.Just soliciting donations through my hands, I finally became a person who loves money, and he himself is a wise king who loves soldiers, so am I not a noble concubine who is greedy for money?What is this called? 】
A light flashed in Feng Lingzun's eyes.
Unexpectedly, Shangguan Xiaoxiao guessed his thoughts exactly.
It seems that they still resonate in their ideas, and they deserve to be his Feng Lingzun's woman.
"Why, concubine Ai is unwilling?"
"Why don't I want to? Well, those are the gifts they gave me. The emperor thinks it's valuable and just take it, and treat it as a little thought of the concubine." Shangguan smiled and said lightly, but this My heart is bleeding.
[My Jade Hundred Jade Guanyin, my carved dragon pattern jade pendant, my golden jade jade hairpin, my...]
Shangguan smiled and looked at Feng Lingzun every time he took something, he would call out the names of these things in his heart.
These were originally her private possessions, but now they are fine, and all of them are in vain.
If I knew she would hide some, I could also keep a few things I like.
Feng Lingzun couldn't help laughing at Shangguan's heartbroken smile.
However, he was merciless in choosing valuables, and packed them all.
"Your majesty, you don't often use this trick, do you?" Shangguan smiled and his heart ached, but his brain was still functioning.
She couldn't work hard to make money, but in the end it all went into Feng Lingzun's pocket, how embarrassing it was for her.
Feng Lingzun smiled and comforted: "Don't feel sorry for my concubine, believe me, one day I will return these things twice as much."
"This is what you said, then I will write these things down in a notebook, and then the emperor will sign and mark it, so as not to deny it in the future."
Shangguan Xiaoxiao is really heartbroken, those are priceless treasures, the dog emperor can't just be so cheap.
So, she quickly drew up a contract.
"Your Majesty, just make a fingerprint." Shangguan smiled and handed Feng Lingzun the ink pad made of cinnabar.
Feng Lingzun glanced at the contract, and it really did no harm to her.
However, Feng Lingzun did not refuse, and actually signed and pressed his fingerprints.
Anyway, it didn't say when to return it. If he doesn't return it in this life, will Shangguan Xiaoxiao never leave for the rest of his life?
Shangguan put away the contract with a smile, and said, "Your Majesty, the soldiers and generals should be considerate and take care of you, but you also need to know more about the situation at the border. You can't just let it go."
Feng Lingzun deliberately asked, "What news did Concubine Ai get?"
"That's not true. It's just that there are good and bad frontier generals. Just like court officials, not all of them are innocent. The emperor still has to deal with it as appropriate."
【The dog emperor doesn't even know that there are so many corrupt officials in this world, and those military salaries seem to be a lot, but how much is left after layer upon layer of embezzlement? 】
[What if those soldiers finally rebelled because they didn't get the benefits they deserved? 】
[There are too many self-willed emperors in this world, but there are too few emperors like Kangxi who visited in private to understand the sufferings of Ming Dynasty. 】
Listening to Shangguan's smiling heartfelt voice, Feng Lingzun couldn't help feeling a lot more in his heart.
However, who is Kangxi?
Shangguan smiled and yawned. After chatting with Feng Lingzun for so long, she was a little tired.
"Your majesty, why don't you move to Concubine De's side?"
"Do you really want Zhen and Concubine De to be together?" Feng Lingzun picked up Shangguan Xiaoxiao and put him on the bed.
Shangguan smiled and rolled into the bed subconsciously.
Feng Lingzun thought it was funny, so he lay down beside her.
Shangguan smiled and sat up: "Your Majesty, you don't want to stay here tonight, do you? What are you doing?"
Don't go to so many places in the harem, no matter how bad he is, doesn't he still have his own bedroom?
Why do you pester her every day?
Does she look like a pillow?Would it be more comfortable to sleep with?
Feng Lingzun coughed and said, "Everyone knows tonight that I will stay at the Summer Palace of Concubine Liu."
"So what? You don't have to squeeze in with me, do you?" Shangguan smiled and complained very shamelessly.
"I need a relaxing place to take a good rest. Recently, the court has been in frequent troubles. Don't make any more noise. I'm sleepy."
Shangguan smiled and wanted to say that she was also tired, but there was already a slight snoring sound coming from her ears.
"Good guy, fell asleep now?"
This night, the two spent together again.
……
It's finally time for the flower viewing feast.
The Empress Dowager Dong and Concubine Zhou were placed together, next to the Emperor.
As for the seats of the concubines in the harem, there are five rows on the left and right.
In order to have an excellent viewing effect and to be worthy of the gifts from the little masters, Shangguan Xiaoxiao asked someone to arrange a stepped seat.
It allows people sitting in the back to clearly see the performance in the center of the arena, and can even show their faces in front of the emperor.
Those women were quite satisfied with such an arrangement, only those little masters who didn't give gifts and were arranged farther away in the end, had some opinions on Shangguan Xiaoxiao in their hearts.
It's a pity that their status is humble, even if they are angry, feel unfair, or even feel that Shangguan Xiaoxiao is snobbish, they have no right to judge Shangguan Xiaoxiao.
Feng Lingzun came late, because he came here directly after the court.
Seeing all the flowers around, and those beautifully dressed women in the harem, Feng Lingzun always had a faint smile on his face.
But this heart is hard to say.
What exactly are these women smeared on their bodies, such a pungent fragrance.
That's right, if too many fragrances are mixed together, it becomes a pungent smell, which Feng Lingzun doesn't like very much.
Fortunately, he didn't need to sit with these women.
Shangguan smiled and arranged a separate seat for him, so that he could keep a certain distance from these women.
Concubine Liu also came at this time.
She saw that there were still two chairs on the left and right sides of Feng Lingzun, so she walked over without thinking, wanting to sit down.
"Wait! Concubine Liu." Shangguan smiled and stopped Concubine Liu suddenly.
Concubine Liu is unhappy, is this Shangguan Xiaoxiao trying to spoil her good deeds again?
(End of this chapter)