Su Fengyi was soundly asleep, but the moment the emperor and Qiao Gui walked into the pavilion, she reflexively tensed up her nerves and opened her eyes.

Her body was awake, but her mind was not. When she opened her eyes, she saw Xue Yu's beautiful face just a few feet away.

At such a close distance, Su Fengyi was so shocked by the appearance that she was unable to react for a moment and could only watch Xue Yu kissing her sleeve.

Why do you kiss my sleeve?

Su Fengyi was in a state of half-sleep and half-wakefulness, and even her thinking was slow. She really couldn't understand what Xue Yu's intention was.

Xue Yu was caught red-handed, but he remained extremely calm, not even a glance of panic appeared in his eyes.

I can't panic. If I panic, His Highness will react and understand my thoughts, and he will definitely stay away from me from now on.

Since this has come to this, Xue Yu thought, he might as well go all out and get this matter resolved.

He even went a step further. In front of Su Fengyi, he looked directly into her eyes, slowly pulled her sleeve, brought it to her lips, and kissed the phoenix again. After the kiss, he smiled with a smile on his face.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Xue Yu openly finished these intimate things that only happened in the boudoir, and then she smiled and said:

"Your Highness, the Emperor is here."

Xue Yu acted so matter-of-factly and confidently that Su Fengyi felt that she couldn't think straight:

So, why kiss my sleeve?

Because the emperor is here and wants to call me but I don’t wake up?

Because Qiao Gui is here, we have to act?

Oh, that makes sense.

Looking at Su Fengyi's expression that changed from confusion to relief, Xue Yu didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

The good news was that, just as he had expected, His Highness was very smart and observant in other matters, but he was extremely dull and clueless when it came to matters between men and women.

As long as he pretended that this was a normal little thing, his gentle prince would always make excuses for him and would never think of his evil intentions.

What worries me is that his gentle princess will always make excuses for him. No matter what he does, she will not understand his evil intentions.

When the emperor entered the pavilion, the first thing he saw was his imperial sister and her little beauty. They were so close to each other, looking at each other, being very affectionate and acting as if no one else was around. The atmosphere was extremely ambiguous and charming.

Even when the emperor came in, the imperial sister couldn't see him. The only thing in her eyes was her handsome little eunuch.

The emperor did not blame his own sister too much. He found a chair and sat down, saying sourly:

"In broad daylight, in public, my sister is so happy. If you really like her so much, why don't you just take her home, close the door, and kiss her however you want."

The more the emperor thought about it, the more upset he became. His sister had a beautiful woman in her arms and was living a happy and romantic life, but as for him, his own beauty was far away and it was difficult for him to even see her.

Being an emperor is so boring.

Su Fengyi heard the emperor say this, smiled and stood up from the recliner and replied:

"Okay, this is what the emperor said. Since the emperor agrees, I will naturally take her home and thank the emperor for his grace."

After saying that, he took Xue Yu's hand and walked out.

As Xue Yu walked out with the eldest princess holding his hand, he felt so happy that he was about to float.

So, can I leave the palace now? Can I follow His Highness back to the Princess's residence?

When passing by Qiao Gui, Xue Yu was even thinking about how to take revenge after leaving the palace.

In the past, his world was in tatters, and among the broken walls and ruins, the only thing that kept him alive was revenge.

But now in his world, in addition to revenge, there is also the word "desire".

As a result, the brief happiness came to an abrupt end, and the emperor spoke:

"I'll give it to you for free. You're dreaming. Take yours in exchange."

The emperor's words just now about taking the imperial sister home were only spoken in anger. He was still counting on Xue Yu to keep the imperial sister company so that she could come to the palace every few days and bring Wutong over. How could he let Xue Yu go so easily?

Su Fengyi understood what the emperor meant by "change", but she pretended not to understand.

The emperor is a man who cares about his reputation. As long as he can't bring himself to admit that he was moved first and ask a little maid in person, Su Fengyi will never understand.

She pulled Xue Yu back and said:

"How can I ask for the emperor's people for nothing? I came here today to discuss with the emperor. There is a ready-made way to make money. Does the emperor want it?

I will use this method to exchange for Xue Yu, will the emperor do the same?"

There is no one who doesn't love money. The emperor, after experiencing the embarrassment of having no money to build a palace and no money to build a leopard house, loves money especially.

Therefore, whenever money is mentioned, the emperor will definitely be interested.

Sure enough, after Su Fengyi said this, the emperor suddenly became interested and immediately forgot the idea of ​​exchanging Xue Yu for Wutong.

The emperor was eager to try and asked curiously:

"What is the way to make money? Who do you make money from? Tell me quickly."

Su Fengyi said:

"Open border trade and earn money from the northern barbarians."

When the emperor heard about the Northern Barbarians, his interest waned greatly. In the emperor's mind, the Northern Barbarians were just barbarians from the north, very poor, how could they have any money?

So the emperor said with little interest:

"How much money can you make? Only three or five taels of silver. Why bother?

Moreover, Qiao Gui has come up with a good idea for me. I want to restart the tea monopoly system in the Great Mu Dynasty.

If the Ministry of Revenue doesn't give me money, I will earn it myself and spend it myself. This is the way to make money quickly and make a lot of money."

Tea monopoly, Su Fengyi came here today just for this matter.

She didn't say bad things about the tea monopoly directly. The emperor still hasn't gotten over his rebellious adolescence, and if she started preaching to him, he would definitely get angry.

Preaching will only make things more difficult. If you want to convince the emperor, you have to proceed step by step and coax him slowly.

After hearing what the emperor said, Su Fengyi only asked him:

"Your Majesty, do you remember what business our grandfather did before he became emperor?"

The emperor naturally knew:

"Tea business, what's going on?"

In his early days, Taizu first worked as a farmer honestly. Then he was drafted by the imperial court to suppress bandits. After he came back with the capital he had, he started a private tea business. It was with the capital accumulated from the private tea business that he gathered people and started an army.

At the end of the previous dynasty, there were rebels everywhere. Among the rebels, those at the top basically had a background in private tea business.

The Pei family was the largest supplier of private tea business at that time.

Pei Yu once said that the previous dynasty was destroyed by the tea monopoly. This was not alarmist but an indisputable fact.

Water can carry a boat but can also capsize it. The previous dynasty was very smart in promoting the tea monopoly system, but they only thought about making unlimited profits from the blood and sweat of the people through the tea monopoly. However, they never thought that the anger of the common people would lead to bloodshed on the spot.

When people are exploited to the limit and can't even afford to eat, even the most cowardly person will turn the table.

Since the emperor remembered what business Taizu was doing, Su Fengyi asked him:

"Your Majesty, the previous dynasty promoted the tea monopoly system, and our grandfather was able to do private tea business. Now that the tea monopoly system is promoted again, others cannot do private tea business?"

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