Happy peasant girl

Chapter 409 I Will Not Marry Him (1)
"Hasn't the autumn harvest in Bingzhou already ended? Haven't the people's food been handed in yet?" Linqingxi went to the fields in Bingzhou to check in his spare time. Not a big deal.

"I have handed in everything. According to what you said, the common people only receive ten catties of grain per mu of land, and the rich merchants receive twenty catties of grain per mu. Because the population of Bingzhou has decreased a lot in recent years, there is not much arable land this year. , but under your wise leadership, Lord City Lord, we still collected 800 million catties of grain." Leng Mingyang said happily.

"In this case, why don't you just send 500 million catties of grain to the emperor and send it to the capital, and keep the remaining 300 million catties for storage for later use." Now that the grain is enough, she has completed the emperor's confession Now that the city of Bingzhou has become lively and prosperous again, it seems that she will be able to change places next year.

"My lord, the emperor asked you to deliver it in person!" It's not that Leng Mingyang doesn't want to go, it's because the master above ordered that the food must be delivered by Lin Qingxi himself.

"I know!" Go in person and go in person, whoever let the emperor be the boss, she is just a soldier.

However, Lin Qingxi did not expect that when she went to Beijing to deliver food this time, the emperor Chu Huai would really pose a problem for her, making her in a dilemma when facing Chu Xuan and Yan Yun.

A round of silver moon shines in the dark world like the biggest bright light in the world, and above the vast night are a few lonely stars.

The majestic palace stands quietly under the slightly desolate night, and the lights in the imperial study room are daunting. At this moment, the emperor Chu Huai is sitting behind the Long Shuan, and Lu Zhiming, Lin Qingxi and his master and apprentice are standing in front of the book case.

Linqingxi entered the capital early in the morning, and the 500 million catties of grain had already been picked up by the officials sent by the emperor, and it should have been put into the treasury by now.

The emperor hadn't summoned her yet, so she couldn't leave the capital immediately, but she didn't expect that Lu Zhiming personally took her into the palace at night.

The matter in Bingzhou should have been reported to the emperor long ago. Lin Qingxi always felt that Chu Huai asked him to come here for some other purpose, and it was not for her to delay the delivery of Peony Shui Ling Gao to the palace, right?
"Lin Qingxi, when will the peony Shui Ling Gao I want be delivered to the palace?" Sure enough, after asking about some things in Bingzhou, Chu Huai asked about Shui Ling Gao.

"Qizou the emperor, there are not many peony water creams, and the minister only has a hundred bottles, and they are sold out as soon as they are taken out. The minister is an official, and he is also a merchant. Officials have official ways, and merchants also have business rules. Bingzhou wants Development should not be special." It seems that the emperor really did it for Shui Ling Gao, and Lin Qingxi felt a little more at ease.

"You mean to say that my monarch is not as good as a businessman?" Chu Huai's face sank.

Lin Qingxi quickly knelt down and said: "I have no such intentions, please do not misunderstand. Your Majesty, you are the king of a country, and all the scholars, farmers, businessmen and commerce in the world are your subjects. You should set an example for your subjects. power over people."

"Xi'er, don't make mistakes! Your Majesty, Xi'er is young, please forgive her for speaking out." Lu Zhiming also quickly knelt down, this Xi'er is getting more and more courageous, even the emperor's I don't even give face.

"Young? She's almost there. A woman at her age has already married and had children. She's not too young!" Chu Huai said unhurriedly, looking at the two people kneeling on the ground.

Both Lu Zhiming and Lin Qingxi felt "thud" in their hearts, why did the emperor suddenly mention the matter of "marriage"?What is he thinking?
"Lu Aiqing, step back first, I still have something to talk to this girl alone." Lin Qingxi's ability has long been known to him, even though a talent like this is a woman, she is still useful, but her heart How long can you stay in Chu State?

"Minister Zunzhi!" Lu Zhiming raised his head and glanced at the expressionless emperor, and then at his apprentice kneeling next to him, then got up and stepped back. Don't be rash.

After Lu Zhiming withdrew, Chu Huai took out a blank edict and sat there writing it without saying a word, while Lin Qingxi, who was kneeling on the ground, could not get up without the emperor's order.

Just like that, the imperial study room fell into a long silence, Lin Qingxi was not in a hurry, she was more than patient, at worst she knelt until dawn, the emperor Chu Huai is really stingy, isn't it just a few bottles of Shui Ling ointment?He didn't give money, so she didn't give it away for nothing!
"Aren't you curious about what I'm writing?" Chu Huai didn't look up, but was still writing vigorously with the pen in his hand.

Of course she was curious, but she was just a peasant girl, and she couldn't care what the emperor was writing, let alone being curious.Therefore, Lin Qingxi shook her head respectfully.

"I'm writing a marriage decree!" Chu Huai raised his head and glanced at Linqingxi who was kneeling on the ground, "Your!"

Lin Qingxi suddenly raised her head and looked at Chu Huai, her eyes were full of shock, her marriage decree?Did the emperor make a mistake? She is not going to marry someone else casually here.

"Your Majesty, I ask the emperor to take it back. I don't want to marry you!" Even if she is an old girl all her life, she should not marry a man she doesn't like, even if the emperor bestows a marriage on her.

"You disobey orders if you don't ask me who I want you to marry? Linqingxi, although you are capable, it is only a matter of saying that I want you and your nine clans' lives. You'd better obey my arrangements. Otherwise, you won't be able to pay the price!" Chu Huai said coldly.

He is the emperor, the king of a country, with the natural majesty of an emperor, and no one can resist his decision at will.

"Your majesty, it is indeed very easy for you to take the lives of your ministers and their nine clans, but your ministers are not puppets and pawns that you can manipulate at will. It is not wrong that I, Lin Qingxi, is a daughter of a farming family. In the eyes of the emperor, we common people are humble , Just like grass, a word from those in power can make us want to live or die. The emperor doesn't have to always threaten the nine tribes of Qingxi, you can kill if you want, if they complain, then blame yourself for not being born at the right time." Lin Qing Xi was tired of being threatened by Chu Huai. Although she was coerced by Chu Huai as a first-rank female official, she wanted to do something for the people of Chu State from her heart, which is why she worked so hard to develop Bingzhou.

Now, Chu Huai actually wants to use this to get her to agree to the marriage, does it really mean that she has no temper at Linqingxi?
Hearing Lin Qingxi's annoyance and resistance, Chu Huai was also angry: "Lin Qingxi, how dare you talk to me like this!"

"Your Majesty, you asked me to go to Bingzhou to help the people there. I came to Qingxi and saw that you are not a fool. You have the people of Chu in your heart. Everything you have done so far is not just to protect you." Therefore, I, Lin Qingxi, am willing to do my best to help you make life easier for the people of Chu State. You gave me a marriage to make me loyal to you and to Chu State. I swear by Lin Qingxi that I will do everything in my life I can make more people in the state of Chu live a better life. However, I really can't agree to this marriage." For her own freedom of marriage, she is willing to make a "deal" with Chu Huai, willing to use all her own Wisdom came to help the people of Chu.

(End of this chapter)