bookcurios Chapter 1964 The Regent Princess is about to faint again
Chapter 1964 The Regent Princess is about to faint again
Shi Lixin bought riding clothes just to participate in the polo club.
When choosing nice riding clothes, he suddenly remembered Su Yuan's help that day, so he bought a set of clothes for her as well.
After returning, Shi Li asked the maid to deliver it to Su Yuan.
As a result, Su Yuan came directly to the door, holding clothes and asked Shi Li what this meant.
Shi Li: ???
"What can I mean?" I also think that this cousin has a very unique way of thinking.
Su Yuan didn't believe her truth and snorted, "Did you do anything to my clothes? Do you want to make me look bad at the polo match?"
"Why should I watch you make a fool of yourself?" Sometimes, Shi Li really wanted to call the police, but unfortunately there was no such thing in this era.
Su Yuan has been competing unilaterally with her and Shi Xuan, but she has never done anything bad in front of outsiders and even helped Shi Xuan last time.
She bought a piece of clothing as a thank you, but was considered to have bad intentions?
Shi Li looked at Su Yuan holding the clothes and looking them up and down, and immediately laughed angrily, "If you have doubts, you can just not wear them."
Having said that, he turned and went into the house, not wanting to talk to Su Yuan anymore.
Later, it was not known whether Su Yuan believed that she had no ill intentions, or whether she really did not find any problems with the clothes, so she went back.
The weather is still sunny.
The worries that Shi Li and Danmu could think of were naturally also thought of by the court officials who had been selected through layers of selection in the court. In addition, memorials from all over the country flew in like snowflakes every day.
Someone suggested making preparations for disaster relief in advance, but several regent ministers jointly opposed it.
The reason they gave was that the national treasury was not full and the current situation was not too serious, so it was not a good idea to mobilize troops so early.
The young emperor, who was treated as a puppet and knew nothing, sat silently at the top, occasionally glancing at Gu Jinning who was also silent.
After a while, one of the regents brought the subject back to him.
"What do you think, sir?"
Everyone looked at Xie Lin, also known as Gu Jinning.
Since the day he surpassed everyone else to become the regent, he has been watched by countless eyes, and there are many people who hope that he will make a mistake so that they can bring him down from the clouds.
Gu Jinning swept his indifferent eyes over the crowd. He did not give his answer directly, but repeated in detail the situations reported in the memorials from various places in the past few days, and finally pointed out three places.
"These three places must immediately open their warehouses to provide disaster relief." Finally, the words came to fruition.
The regent opened his mouth and looked at the evidence that Gu Jinning placed in front of him. It would be ridiculous and shameful to say "the treasury is empty" again.
And those court officials who first proposed disaster relief also showed their conviction to Gu Jinning.
"The national treasury is indeed not well-off. From today on, all my food and daily expenses will be cut in half."
While everyone was still immersed in Gu Jinning's decisiveness, a slightly childish voice came from the top, and the young emperor also spoke.
Starting from him, we should practice frugality.
How could others dare not follow suit? They all bowed their heads and expressed their willingness to cut their expenses and use half of their salaries to help with the drought.
The three regents were finally put under pressure and had no choice but to follow suit.
After the court was adjourned, Gu Jinning and three regent ministers stayed behind alone.
To be able to hold such high positions, they must have some wisdom and insight, and they know that if it still does not rain in the future, the drought will become even more severe.
“What we are most afraid of is that merchants from all over the country will hoard goods and drive up prices.” One person had a cold face, frowned, and spoke righteously.
The other two also echoed, "Merchants are the most hateful!"
Gu Jinning didn't say anything and let them talk for a while.
The rich are living a life of luxury and extravagance, and the severe situation of drought will not have much impact on the wealthy families in the capital. At most, the families will try to keep a low profile and no longer be overly extravagant.
On the day of the polo match, Shi Li followed her aunt and others in a carriage to the venue chosen by Madam Han.
This time, Mrs. Han spent a lot of money and invited many important people in the capital.
She also sat with several wives of officials and talked with smiles on her face.
Whether it is poetry appreciation or polo, another meaning is that it is a blind date gathering for children from wealthy families, but it is given the most beautiful name.
When Shi Li walked over, she happened to hear an unfamiliar lady talking and joking with Mrs. Han.
"This polo match is so big, I'm afraid they want to choose a daughter-in-law that suits their taste, right?"
As the host, Mrs. Han was naturally happy to be praised, but she waved her hand to deny it.
"That's not the case. I already have a girl I like and I'm just waiting for the right day to propose to her!"
"Oh? Then why are you so kind today?" The former lady was a little surprised.
Madam Han smiled meaningfully, her eyes fell on the people approaching, and while greeting her aunt, she said, "Of course I want everyone to be blessed, so that some people will not have any more wishful thoughts about my son."