si-mexico Chapter 110 What is the purpose?
Chapter 110 What is the purpose?
As soon as the man who had just stood up finished speaking, the ministers below began to discuss among themselves, "What method is it that has earned such praise from the Lord?"
"Are these honeycomb briquettes really made with inexpensive materials and at a low price, as the Princess said?"
"I think I've seen this description before, but it was too short back then, so I just read it as a story and moved on!"
"If what the eldest princess says is true, then this story wasn't just written randomly?"
Can you believe something written in a storybook?
"When you say that, can you please stop picking food from the hot pot?!" The minister was speechless. These people were saying that the story was unbelievable, but they were still eating the food in the hot pot with big smiles on their faces. Their faces were swollen from being slapped, and they were still questioning it.
After all, the cauldron, peppers, and honeycomb briquettes in front of them really could all be made, just as described in the book.
At this time, some ministers were already secretly examining the burning coal at the bottom of the cauldron.
Many of the ministers had never read Wu Ming's "The Little Chef of the Hibiscus Dynasty," so they were very skeptical of what they were saying.
The ministers who had read it were excitedly discussing the story with their colleagues who hadn't.
At this moment, a minister, whose curiosity was also piqued, snatched the task of getting new coal from a palace maid and took it upon himself to see how the honeycomb briquettes worked.
The official in charge of salt and iron, in particular, was so excited that he decided to eat three big bowls of rice today!
The emperor, seated on the throne, became interested and asked, "What are these honeycomb briquettes made of that could excite the princess and my beloved minister so much?"
"These honeycomb briquettes can be made using only coal dust, sawdust, and loess. If there is no sawdust, loess can be used instead. If less coal dust is needed, relatively inexpensive sawdust can be used instead."
The emperor was no longer calm. As the ruler of a country, he naturally understood the great uses of this coal, which would only benefit the people and have no drawbacks. How could he remain calm?
"But is it true?"
“Of course, how could Yanran deceive my royal brother with such a thing!”
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At this point, the emperor stopped eating from the warm pot and instead picked up a honeycomb briquette from the side and examined it carefully.
The women's section on the other side was already in an uproar over these words from the previous dynasty.
They never expected that what they thought was a simple banquet at the palace would turn out to be such a thing.
They were already amazed by the deliciousness of the hot pot, but they never expected that the coal also held such a secret.
Just then, the emperor suddenly made up his mind. He stopped eating from the hot pot and summoned officials of the third rank and above to the imperial study for a meeting.
The eldest princess and the crown prince exchanged a glance, then immediately looked away, knowing that the matter was settled.
The emperor left his seat, but the banquet continued as usual.
His Highness the Crown Prince also had to participate in the discussion, so he had to go to the Imperial Study.
Upon entering the Imperial Study, someone suddenly approached him at lightning speed.
"Your Highness, what do you want to do?" Qi Jingyue knew who was approaching him and whispering to him cautiously without turning his head.
"Whatever Marquis Wu'an wants to do, I will naturally do as well."
"You shouldn't have gambled with her safety."
Although he didn't explicitly say who "she" was, the two of them tacitly knew who they were talking about.
But upon hearing Bai Zunyue's familiar tone, a hint of displeasure flashed in his cold eyes. "Tsk, I hope Marquis Wu'an can mind his own business and stop worrying about things he shouldn't be concerned with."
His anger quickly subsided, and his expression returned to its previous gentle and refined manner.
However, Qi Jingyue knew that his identity as someone hiding in the Zhiyu Bookstore had been discovered.
Bai Zunyue discovered this not long ago. After court, he wanted to pick up his sister and take her back to the manor. Although he only saw a blurry profile of Qi Jingyue, he felt intuitively that she was familiar with him, so he asked his men to investigate.
Of course, they found nothing. It was precisely because they found nothing that Bai Zunyue's suspicions were confirmed. His men then searched the vicinity of the bookstore and found the Crown Prince's people, only then realizing that this person was the dignified Crown Prince.
What surprised him even more was that His Highness the Crown Prince was actually disguised as a woman and hiding in the Zhiyu Bookstore. No wonder they couldn't find any trace of His Highness the Crown Prince when he went missing.
He didn't know why His Highness the Crown Prince, who had already announced his return to court, was still hiding his identity and staying in the Zhiyu Bookstore.
However, after several days of observation, and after he subtly inquired with Bai Zunxing that His Highness the Crown Prince had not made any moves inside the bookstore, he realized that the Crown Prince was not making any moves.
Instead, he stood at the door every day to greet guests, but it was more like he was sleeping.
Even now, his coordinated performance with the eldest princess has set Bai Zunyue on high alert, but she still doesn't know their true purpose.
"Your Highness, whatever your purpose, I will not allow you to harm her."
Qi Jingyue unconsciously clenched his fist, but he still smiled and said, "Oh? Marquis Wu'an, are you not even trying to hide it and are directly telling me your weakness?"
Then he smiled and said, "I wonder if Marquis Wu'an has read her new storybook? The male and female protagonists in it are based on our story. I suggest that if you haven't read it, you should take a look."
When Qi Jingyue was reading the storybook, he was thinking about the scene where Luo Nanzhi saw a man and envied the fish.
It must be that Ye Yuwu applied their story to these two main characters.
He forcibly ignored the fact that Xianyu had amnesia.
He was pleased with himself, believing that Ye Yuwu secretly admired him and that he wrote it this way to subtly show it to him.
But this woman might be disappointed; he would never be with a merchant woman, and the two of them were destined to be apart.
His Highness the Crown Prince was extremely pleased with himself, and Bai Zunyue, unusually, did not retort to him because of what he said.
The Crown Prince, who is still smug today, has no idea that one day he will be severely humiliated and pay a heavy price for his imagination.
Their little incident went unnoticed by others. Perhaps they did see it, but no one dared to look, since these two were people no one wanted to mess with.
They had only been separated for a short time when the emperor spoke from his throne.
"Having heard what the Princess said today, do any of you ministers have anything to say?"
The emperor brought the honeycomb briquette to the imperial study, where the prime minister and ministers from the three departments examined it carefully. Afterward, the three honeycomb briquettes were passed around to each minister in turn.
The Minister of the Imperial Secretariat was the first to speak up, "Your Majesty! If what the Princess says is true, then this matter is certainly feasible. If the people can use coal in winter, they will be able to get through this winter well."
“Countless people freeze to death every year. Regardless of whether it’s true or not, we should try to promote this method.”
Coal is controlled by the imperial court; if this matter is to be promoted, the imperial court must take the lead in it.