After the fall of the country, the crown princess was spoiled by the new emperor

Chapter 48 I'm Silent
"Oh, quick, pack it up."

Nanny Chen had already brought the food box over, carefully put the wild vegetable nests on the table into it, and sealed it before handing it over to the little eunuch. After Jin Le took out the bird's nest, the little eunuch left with the things.

In the Anzheng Hall, the candlelight was beating, and the ministers were sitting or standing, looking at the hanging map.

The long table between them is full of memorials and manuscript paper for writing and drawing.

Wen Xiao sat on the top of the table, leaned against the back of the chair, held his chin, and fixed his eyes on the map: "It's a mere remnant, and you have a lot of courage."

"Your Majesty, if Prince Shang is alive, these people will not give up. They always feel that there will be a day for a comeback. In my opinion, it is better to kill him so that those people can give up."

Ma Weilin shook his head and retorted: "The dead are much easier to use than the living. Even if he is really killed, if someone fabricates an excuse that he has already absconded secretly, he can still fool people."

"This" embarrasses others.

Wang Chun came in with a food box, checked it carefully, and put it in front of Wen Xiao. Wen Xiao picked up a cornbread, broke off a piece and ate it: "How is the food administration going?"

"Go back to the emperor, and the order has been sent to various places."

"As soon as possible, submit the regulations on commercial taxation and grain taxation to me for review." He tasted the taste of steamed buns seriously: "In addition, re-investigate the serious cases of the previous dynasty, and if there are grievances, they must re-investigate."

Situ immediately handed him the memorial at hand: "Your Majesty, this is the draft commercial tax regulation, please read it over."

He immediately put down the cornbread, picked up the memorial and read it carefully, just looking at it, his brows were tightly wrinkled together: "Ninety percent of the commercial tax is too heavy."

"Your Majesty, merchants do not engage in farming. If the commercial tax is too light, the people may mistakenly think that the imperial court encourages merchants, which is not good for farming."

"Even so, the business tax is too heavy." Wen Xiao put down the memorandum: "It is not suitable for a businessman to make a lot of money, but it is not suitable for a businessman, let's discuss it."

He refuted the memorial, and Situ didn't dare to say anything more.

After reading a few more memorials, the night was getting dark, and the ministers took a rest in the room next to the Anzheng Hall, while Wen Xiao continued to read the memorials, one by one, with a solemn and gloomy expression.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Wen Xiao came to greet the Queen Mother as usual, and Wen Shao and Wen Jinlan were also there.

The Queen Mother was very happy: "Now the country is prosperous and the people are safe, the Ai family is very pleased, but..." She hesitated to speak, her loving eyes fell on Wen Shao, full of distress: "You should get used to living in the Hou Mansion."

"I'm used to it, the queen mother can rest assured, but I can't always enter the palace to pay my respects to the queen mother, son." Wen Shao looked helpless and pained.

The queen mother also became distressed: "You are the Marquis, not the prince, you can't enter the palace at will, there is nothing you can do about it."

As soon as the two of them sang together, Wen Xiao listened quietly without interrupting.

"Queen Mother." Shan Tong came in: "Jie Rong came to pay her respects."

As soon as Jiang Ronghe came, the Queen Mother's face turned dark instantly.

Jiang Ronghe came in slowly: "My concubine pays my respects to the Queen Mother."

"En." The queen mother was in a bad mood: "I heard from the emperor that Prince Shang will also attend today, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for you, it's better to go back to the palace and stay."

Jiang Ronghe was full of surprises, and Wen Xiao had already spoken: "What's the inconvenience? As for the mother, she is getting older, and I'm afraid she doesn't like lively places. If she thinks it's noisy, she can rest in Changxin Palace and let the elder sister and Shaoer accompany her, so as to save time and money." I don't see her mother on weekdays, and miss her too much."

The queen mother was choked up: "Aijia doesn't mean that."

(End of this chapter)