The house was confiscated at the beginning, so I evacuated my enemy's house to escape.

The people were very happy when they saw that the two evils were eliminated.

He kept praising Zhang Yuanshan as if his nice words were free of charge.

Zhang Yuanshan sat on the high platform and listened happily. He didn't want to leave yet, he wanted to hear these kind words for a while longer to heal his depressed mood.

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In the capital, the imperial study.

The emperor was discussing important matters with several ministers.

The minister below lowered his eyes and lowered his eyebrows, put his hands into his wide sleeves, and was always vigilant. From time to time, he secretly raised his eyebrows to peek at the dragon's face.

Since yesterday morning, the emperor's mood has miraculously improved.

I don’t know when it started, but it seems that when he was ransacked and exiled from Feng Mansion, the emperor was in a cheerful mood one moment, and then turned dark-faced the next, as if all the ministers owed him millions of taels and could not pay back.

Moreover, the emperor did not come to court one morning. It is said that he vomited blood and fainted.

Since then, the emperor has never been in a good mood.

He was always a tyrant and moody, but now he is even more moody.

Every time he went to court in the morning, the emperor always had a dark face and looked unhappy, and the atmosphere in the palace was extremely solemn. The ministers all tensed their bodies, fearing that if one of them would displease the emperor, their black gauze hats would be in danger.

Once during the morning court, the young minister of Dali Temple refuted the emperor's idea, so the emperor found an excuse and dragged him down to beat him thirty times. To this day, the young minister of Dali Temple is still ill and recuperating at home.

Thinking of this, several ministers glanced at the tyrant with a smile on his head.

This, this smile, couldn't be a sugar-coated bullet from the enemy, meant to confuse them, right?

Thinking of this, several ministers became more tense and spoke more cautiously.

Afraid of offending this tyrant!

Emperor Ji Wu glanced at the ministers below with disgust in his eyes. None of his ministers could get on the stage and looked very afraid of trouble.

"My dear friends, how should this matter be resolved? Do you have any better ideas?"

Several ministers quickly stepped forward and knelt down in front of the emperor, "Back to the emperor, I think the emperor's proposal is very good."

"I second the proposal!"

"Wei Chen also thinks that the emperor's proposal is very wonderful!"

Several ministers quietly raised their eyes to peek at Emperor Ji Wu's expression.

I saw the smile on Emperor Ji Wu's lips deepening, and his brows and eyes were full of satisfaction.

They wiped their sweat quietly. As long as the tyrant is satisfied, the rest is not important!

Emperor Ji Wu glanced at several ministers. They had been discussing matters from morning to noon and had not eaten lunch yet. It seemed that he had not left ministers to eat in the palace for a long time.

Since his inner treasury was emptied.

In the past, in order to bribe the ministers to work harder for him and give them the illusion of being favored by him, if the discussion happened to come during meal time, he would leave the ministers to eat in the palace.

However, now that he is so poor that he doesn't even have underwear to wear, how can he think of winning over the ministers?

In the past, there were more than a dozen dishes in every meal. But now, the cost of food, clothing, housing and transportation has dropped sharply, and it is already good to have a white flour bun for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

In the past, ministers and concubines could be rewarded from time to time, but now they have no money at all.

At that time, he was so angry that he vomited blood, and the medicine he used was all paid for by the ring that the queen took off her hand.

Nowadays, it is difficult for the entire palace to collect 100 taels of silver.

He felt that he was definitely the poorest person in the entire imperial city!

Poorer than the beggars begging on the streets of Beijing!

Emperor Ji Wu was so frustrated!

He suddenly realized that his mind suddenly returned to the past few days.

One morning, a minister won his heart because of his meritorious service. When he was happy, he forgot that his inner treasury had been emptied. In front of all the courtiers, he said that he would reward the minister with 100 taels of gold, and asked Eunuch Zhao next to him to send a message and immediately bring the gold.

Eunuch Zhao behind him couldn't stop coughing. He looked back at Eunuch Zhao displeasedly. When he saw Eunuch Zhao winking at him, he was shocked to realize that he had become a pauper.

Not to mention 100 taels of gold, he couldn't get even one tael of gold.

At that time, Emperor Ji Wu turned green and looked very embarrassed.

All the ministers looked up at Emperor Ji Wu who was sitting on the dragon throne, with expressions of confusion on their faces.

Later, Emperor Ji Wu had to bite the bullet, changed his mind, and rewarded him with a piece of land in the capital to fool him.

However, he could never forget the expressions of the ministers in the court at that time.

There are surprises, shocks, doubts, disapprovals...

Their expressions seemed to say, 'The king of a country is so dignified that he can't keep his word! '

Emperor Ji Wu had never been so embarrassed since he was a child.

The old face is burning.

He hurriedly said, "If you have something to report, go to court, if nothing happens, leave the court!"

After that, he ignored the kneeling minister below and ran away in a hurry.

Thinking of this, Emperor Ji Wu's old face turned red again.

He was so happy when he thought that Zhang Yuanshan and others would return to Beijing with countless belongings and pay tribute to him that night.

Hum hum hum, in a few hours, he won't have to live such a poor life!

Emperor Ji Wu became more and more amiable. Everything he sees now is extremely pleasing to the eye.

He lowered his eyes and looked at the courtiers below, "In that case, if nothing happens, just step back!" Emperor Ji Wu waved his hand.

The ministers below, as if they were about to receive a general amnesty, hurriedly thanked Long En and hurriedly retreated.

When they left the imperial study room, they passed by Ye Zhao, the commander of the imperial army. They glanced at each other. Ye Zhao looked solemn, as black as the bottom of a pot, and held a letter in his hand.

Judging from Ye Zhao's expression, nothing good is definitely happening.

Fortunately they retreated quickly, otherwise they would have been the ones to suffer.

Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, and this salary is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain.

Hey!

Sure enough, not long after Ye Zhao entered, there was the sound of a tea cup falling to the ground in the imperial study.

Their Emperor's smile was indeed designed to confuse them.

No, it's starting to happen again!

Several ministers wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads with their sleeves, looked at each other, and trotted out of the palace in unison.

Royal study room.

When the emperor saw Ye Zhao coming in, Long Yan was overjoyed, "Ye Aiqing, is there any news from Qingshi County?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. There is a letter coming from over there!"

Emperor Ji Wu was impatient, "Quick, bring it up quickly."

Eunuch Zhao quickly went down and brought a tray to Ye Zhao. Ye Zhao put the letter in his hand on the tray. Eunuch Zhao quickly took the tray and presented it to Emperor Ji Wu.

Emperor Ji Wu couldn't wait, so he took the letter from the tray and opened it.

Watching, watching, Zhao Gao felt that Emperor Ji Wu's expression was getting worse and worse.

A cold sweat suddenly broke out on his back.

It is getting more and more difficult to serve the emperor.

Hey.

He also wants to run, wuwuwu——

Emperor Ji Wu was so angry that he stood up suddenly, picked up the tea cup on the imperial desk, and threw it to the ground.

"Waste! Waste! Everything is waste!"