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2404 Chapter 2409 IOU

Five years later

The capital of Jin Kingdom, the palace hall.

Jin Ming Emperor Li Yanhao sat on the high throne with cold eyes.

From today's Emperor Jin Ming, there is no trace of the former playboy son, but instead, there is coldness and suspicion all over his body.

In five years, Li Yanhao had aged a lot. Looking at the courtiers in the hall, he wondered who else he could trust.

Next to the throne of Emperor Jinming is the seat of his father, King Huainan.

In the past five years, King Huainan didn't seem to have changed much. Just beside King Huainan, there were two little boys standing on the left and right.

This is the old son of King Huainan, the half-brother of Jin Ming Emperor Li Yanhao.

In order to protect the two young sons, the king of Huainan usually took the two children with him when he went in and out, for fear of any accidents to the younger sons.

And the source of this accident, of course, was the aloof Jinming Emperor Li Yanhao.

Back then, Queen Lingdang was taken to Qin State with her body pregnant, and there was no news for many years. Li Yanhao didn't even know if Lingdang gave birth, whether it was a boy or a girl.

As a barren emperor, Li Yanhao has no heirs.

King Huainan is more powerful than Li Yanhao among the officials. Under the instruction of King Huainan, the officials forced Li Yanhao to establish a prince, and asked him to choose one of the two youngest sons of King Huainan to be crowned prince.

But Li Yanhao understood very well that once the prince let go of his mouth, he, the emperor, would become an eyesore stumbling block and should be kicked away.

As a result, the situation in the court was terribly stiff. In the past five years, Li Yanhao had not had a single day of sleep.

He often fantasizes at night, if he hadn't colluded with King Huainan and used Xiao Zetian to usurp the throne, what would his life be like now?
Still being his idle clan, being his Huainan prince's heir, staying with Ling Dang and giving birth to a lot of children.

And in the blink of an eye, the cold reality engulfed him.

He was in this empty and desolate palace, lonely and crazy.

Li Yanhao regretted what he did back then more than once, but now he has no way out, if he can't stick to the throne, he will be eradicated and killed.

Just as Li Yanhao was stunned, the ministers who came to report the annual income of the various princes began to report the situation of each fiefdom this year.

Li Yanhao is not interested in other places at all, he only cares about the situation in Qin.

Li Yanhao frowned tightly after hearing the minister's report on Qin's affairs: "Qin is suffering another severe drought this year, and there is no harvest?"

The minister squinted his eyes, shook his head and said: "Back to the emperor, Qin has not been peaceful these years. There have been many natural disasters. There were locusts the year before last, floods last year, and severe drought this year. It is really impossible to pay the money! But His Majesty the King of Qin and Mr. Su Xiang has issued an IOU and said that he will pay it back in the future."

"IOUs, IOUs again!" Li Yanhao looked at the minister, with a face full of laughter and laughter: "For so many years, Qin State has not paid tribute every year, and IOUs have been issued every year! I have never heard of which princes don't pay tribute every year! Pay tribute, just write an IOU!"

Moreover, this IOU has never been cashed!

The minister stroked his beard, still looking calm and steady, and said: "Your Majesty, there is really no other way. The Qin State is a barren land, and there are many natural disasters. It is also full of rain and rain. Yichen came Look, let's just collect the IOU."

After hearing this, Li Yanhao stared at the boss, pointed at the minister and said, "Listen to what you said, are you still a minister of the Jin Kingdom!?"

(End of this chapter)