diskusbooks Chapter 473 Emperor Taihe's Eyes Burned with Passion
Chapter 473 Emperor Taihe's Eyes Burned with Passion
In order to teach her stupid brother Xie Di a lesson, Xie Ying deliberately asked Tu Jiaojiao to help her open a durian, and then ate it in front of Xie Di.
Xie Di wrinkled his nose in disgust at first, but seeing Xie Ying eating so happily, he soon couldn't help himself.
So he ran to Xie Ying and looked eagerly at the durian flesh in her hand: "Is it delicious?"
Xie Ying glanced at him with disdain and deliberately said, "Didi can't eat it!"
The thing Xie Di heard most often was that he was not allowed to eat, so when these words came out, he immediately became rebellious!
"Didi can eat it!"
After saying that, he grabbed a piece of fruit and stuffed it into his mouth.
Xie Rou and Xie Xiu also tasted the durian.
Both of them originally disliked the smell of durian, but this thing was a gift that Xie Ying brought back specially after all, so they couldn't ignore it and reluctantly ate some.
However, after tasting it, the two still couldn't stand the smell of durian, so they didn't eat much.
Xie Di fell in love with it as soon as he tasted it. He even counted all the durians, fearing that these durians would suddenly disappear like the grapes before.
Xie Ying simply didn't know what to say. This kid, because of his stuttering, could already count from one to one hundred at such a young age!
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Beijing.
Emperor Taihe received Luo Zheng's report two days after Tu Jiaojiao and Xie Ying returned to Gusu.
Along with the report, he also received the pumpkin and watermelon presented by Luo Zheng.
He read the report first.
When he learned that Xie Ying had been kidnapped again, his face turned very ugly and he suspected that it was the work of the remnants of King Zhou.
However, when he saw Luo Zheng searching for Xie Ying, he found a mysterious island led by a peregrine falcon. It was suspected that a strange high-yield crop, watermelon, and high-yield rapeseed were growing on the island.
Emperor Taihe couldn't help but his eyes lit up with excitement and he kept rubbing his fingers.
When he saw the end, Luo Zheng mentioned that the magical island was far away from the coastline, but very close to Yizhou. Only by taking Yizhou could he further control the magical island. He hesitated again.
At the very end, Luo Zheng also mentioned the island where Chen Shou and Chen Shao were hiding, and the suspected gold mines on the island.
Emperor Taihe's breathing suddenly tightened, and his eyes became completely hot!
Luo Zheng deliberately did not say that the Chen Shou brothers had not discovered the gold mine.
So Emperor Taihe subconsciously thought that the Chen family had discovered a gold mine, so they arranged people to go to the island to secretly mine gold.
This made him angry and jealous.
Although the island is isolated overseas, strictly speaking it does not belong to the territory of Daxia.
However, when the Chen family discovered the gold mine, they did not choose to report it to the court, but instead mined it secretly. This was disloyalty to the court!
Emperor Taihe couldn't help but think of the poison in Empress Chen's body and the Chen family's gunpowder.
So he immediately wrote a warrant and ordered someone to deliver it to Luo Zheng as soon as possible, asking Luo Zheng to act according to his will, capture Chen Shou and others as soon as possible, determine the location of the gold mine, and protect the magical island!
After doing all this, he looked at the pumpkin and watermelon sent by Luo Zheng with curiosity, and asked someone to send the pumpkin to the imperial kitchen.
Then he had the watermelon cut, and after tasting it, he sent some to the Empress Dowager, Concubine Jiang and Yang Tao.
Then he summoned several ministers, let them taste the watermelon, and let them read Luo Zheng's memorial.
It was the first time for several ministers to see such a watermelon. After tasting it, they were immediately amazed by its amazing quality!
But when they saw Luo Zheng's report, their expressions instantly became extremely strange.
The Princess of Fu'an was robbed again?
Go find the county lord and have Peregrine Falcon lead the way?
Found an island?
The island not only has delicious watermelons, but also high-yield grains and rapeseed?
Chen Shou has a brother? And the two of them are hiding on a mountain of gold?
If it weren't for the examples of potatoes and sweet potatoes, several ministers would have almost thought that Luo Zheng was talking nonsense!
You know, the palace had previously tried to grow potatoes and sweet potatoes. When they were harvested, Emperor Taihe even brought several ministers to watch!
Not only did they see the high yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes, they also tasted the flavor!
The royal chef made roast chicken with potatoes, caramelized sweet potatoes and roasted sweet potatoes. They still remember the taste!
Moreover, the potatoes and sweet potatoes were discovered in the first place because the Princess of Fu'an County was stolen and thrown on the mountain!
By the way, that mountain was the birthday gift given by Emperor Taihe to Princess Fu’an. I heard that Princess Fu’an chose it herself!
This prodigal emperor!
Wait! Since this small island is isolated overseas, it can't possibly belong to the Princess of Fu'an, right?
Emperor Taihe looked at the changing expressions of the others and suddenly asked, "What do you think of the Yizhou incident, my dear ministers?"
Several people looked at each other, and then spoke one after another:
"Your Majesty, I believe that the matter of Yizhou should not be handled hastily."
"If we want to capture Yizhou, we must first train a powerful navy. This is a very costly undertaking, so we must proceed step by step."
"The treasury is now empty, Your Majesty must not act rashly."
Emperor Taihe couldn't help but ask, "What if we mine the gold on the island?"
One of the ministers said, "I have never heard of gold mines on the island. I am afraid this is just a rumor and cannot be fully believed."
Emperor Taihe frowned somewhat unhappily: "So you mean that we can't recapture Yizhou now?"
Several ministers nodded in unison: "Exactly!"
Emperor Taihe: “…”
Although he was a little upset, he thought of the silver in the national treasury and had to put the matter aside for the time being.
Afterwards, he tasted the pumpkin prepared by the royal chef and found it tasted quite good. He couldn't help but like Xie Ying, the little lucky star, and the magical island even more.
Unexpectedly, just after he sent several ministers away, Wang Zhi suddenly reported: "Your Majesty, I just heard that someone sent a lot of good things to the Princess's Mansion and the Xie family."
"Oh?" Emperor Taihe raised an eyebrow curiously. "Who sent it? What did they give?"
"I heard that it was given by the Princess of Fu'an to the young prince and Commandant Tu."
Emperor Taihe appointed Tu Yong as the commander of the grain department, temporarily ranking him as the seventh rank.
Although his rank was not high, he was still an official at least.
Because the yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes is quite high, Emperor Taihe now relies heavily on Tu Yong, hoping that he can develop a set of effective planting methods and bring people to cultivate more seeds as soon as possible so that they can be promoted in various places.
Wang Zhi knew what Emperor Taihe was thinking, so he had a smile on his face when he mentioned Tu Yong.
Emperor Taihe asked with amusement, "Oh? She's so young, yet she knows how to give gifts? What did she give?"
Wang Zhi replied with a smile, “I heard that the Princess of Fu’an not only sent watermelons and this big melon, but also two kinds of strange fruits.
One is a thin, red, finger-thick strip, and the other is the size of a winter melon, but with sharp corners and a foul smell.
Emperor Taihe smiled and said, "So they are spicy fruit and stinky fruit. Luo Zheng said that the spicy fruit tastes spicy and the stinky fruit has a foul smell. They don't like them and dare not present them to me. But Fu'an likes them very much."
He looked at Wang Zhi and said, "Since Fu'an has sent a lot, go to Xie's house and get a stinky fruit. I want to see how stinky that thing is!"
Wang Zhi quickly agreed with a smile, and then couldn't wait to go to Xie's house.
Not wanting to wait for him to get the stinky fruit, he met Jiang Er on the way to the palace.