After I killed him for 9,000 years, he was reborn.

"From what you said, Li girl, you don't even look down on the royal family. Your standards are quite high.

I once heard someone jokingly say that if you don't like someone, you can marry your spoiled daughter to their family.

Forget it, Li girl is like my half daughter. Since you don't want to marry into the royal family, why don't I marry you, a troublesome girl, to any family in Yuanjing City that I don't like? My sister and I will be your backers, and you can turn the family that I don't like upside down, or just clean it up."

Emperor Jiade made a few joking remarks, but his eyes were fixed on Li Shiliu to see how she would react.

"If the emperor has made up his mind, I dare not disobey him."

But surprisingly, there was no panic on Li Shiliu's face. Instead, she looked calm, as if she was not discussing her own life-long event.

"Okay, this is just a joke.

Marriage is a big deal, and we can still take a long time to discuss it. There is no need to rush for one or two days. Li girl, you can also think about it again. If there is any young talent you like, you can come to me to make the decision for you."

"Right now, the most important thing is to raise money for disaster relief.

Since you, Miss Li, have already had an idea, just go for it. I believe you will not let me down.

Li Chengen, prepare writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone.

I will write a few calligraphy works for your auction to close it.”

"Here..."

Li Chengen immediately and skillfully prepared the emperor's pen, ink, paper and inkstone, spread the fine rice paper neatly on the dragon table, dipped the imperial pen in ink, and handed it to Emperor Jiade with both hands.

After taking the imperial pen, Emperor Jiade thought for a moment, then with a flourish of his brush, he wrote the big characters "be kind and generous".

Looking at the words he had written, Emperor Jiade nodded with satisfaction, put down the imperial brush in his hand, and saw out of the corner of his eye a Ru kiln ceramic soup bowl placed not far away.

"Li Chengen, who sent it?"

"In reply to the emperor, it was sent by Concubine Wu."

It turned out that this noble lady Wu was a dancer presented by an official from Yangzhou. She had been in the palace for less than a year. She was beautiful and good at dancing. Her stunning dance at the banquet caught the emperor's eye and won her some favor from the emperor.

Concubine Wu knew that she was just a dancer and had no status or background, so she was concentrating on winning the emperor's favor. She even learned from somewhere how to deliver tonic soup to the emperor's study. She also knew that her position was low, so she did not dare to disturb the emperor easily, especially when the emperor had state affairs to deal with. She just asked the eunuch to quietly bring in the soup and leave.

Well, to be honest, it's not easy to be an emperor. There are too many concubines in the harem vying for favor. Sometimes, even the tonic soup sent to the imperial study can turn into a Shura scene.

The Guardian Emperor is already nearly 50 years old. It is really too much for a middle-aged man to drink the tonic soup every day.

So it is still unknown who will end up with this soup, but it is good enough to be able to show up in front of the emperor.

Perhaps because he had drunk too much tonic soup recently and felt a little fed up with it, Emperor Jiade frowned reflexively, then looked at Li Shiliu who was pretending to be indifferent with a half-smile.

"Since we are planning to hold an auction to raise funds for disaster relief, it would be a bit embarrassing to have only a few pieces of calligraphy. After all, this soup bowl is something I have used, so I will give it to Li girl to auction.

I'm sure you'll make it worth your while."