mesbooks Chapter 358 Dividing the spoils
Chapter 358 Dividing the spoils
The newly expanded area of the inner warehouse.
Shen Li first led everyone out one by one, and then took things out little by little, carrying them out time and time again. Soon, the empty new warehouse was filled with things and there was no room left.
After finally finishing the move, a few people cleared a piece of space, sat down and started dividing the loot.
The emperor said, "My dear ministers, you have worked hard. Each of you will receive 1,000 taels of silver..."
He looked around, feeling like he was about to fly. "One thousand taels... of gold for each person."
Everyone looked up at him without saying a word.
"Why? You think it's too little? Okay, okay, let's give each of us another...Okay, let's give each of us another two thousand taels of silver."
No one spoke.
The emperor said angrily, "I knew you still thought it was not enough. So, how about this? Give me some antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and some shops and land. Is that enough?"
Fang Jitao looked at the two old foxes, pursed his lips, and mustered up the courage to say, "Your Majesty, it seems, there is still something missing."
The emperor glared at them and said angrily, "You are so young, why don't you learn something else? Why do you imitate those money-grubbers? I have given you so much, and you still dare to say it is not enough. If you get angry, I will not give you anything. I will just appoint you as officials and you will receive a monthly salary. You can do it if you want."
Upon hearing this, Fang Jitao shrank his neck and muttered softly, "I still need to save money for my wife. My fiancée, Cui Lan'er, and her father are so strapped for cash that they have to sell insects to save money for a good snack. I'm already worried about my wife, Your Majesty, you're so stingy."
"You dare to say that I am stingy? If you say one more word, I will really sting you and show you." The emperor pretended to hit him.
Fang Yao and Guan Yonghou exchanged glances, signaling to each other, "What's going on? Is the Emperor playing rogue?"
Fang Jitao hid behind Shen Li and said, "Cousin, block it for me."
The emperor slowly lowered his fist, smiled at Shen Li, and said, "Well, I'm just trying to scare him. Don't take it seriously. These things will belong to you and Chen'er in the future."
Fang Yao and Guan Yonghou both looked up at the sky speechlessly and rolled their eyes.
Outside.
Fu Lizhang had sharp ears and heard it clearly.
He had just seen it in the space, countless piles of gold, silver and treasures. This was Miss Shen, no, it was the master who took out all the treasures and left it to the emperor to distribute.
The wind and snow hit his face, and his heart was burning with heat.
He has decided to make Shen Li his master, and there is no way he can get rid of him.
He had a smile on his face and from a distance, he saw a figure approaching in the snow.
The figure was very familiar, it was the eldest prince Xiao Chenze.
Fu Lizhang hurriedly went forward and bowed, "Greetings, the eldest prince."
"No thanks," Xiao Chenze said, "I heard that the general and his men are back. Is that true?"
Fu Lizhang narrowed his eyes.
From the time Shen Li appeared until now, it has been no more than an hour, and the eldest prince is so well-informed that he found this place directly.
Xiao Chenze flicked his head and said, "What are you thinking about? I just went to the Imperial Grandmother's place and heard what she said."
Oh.
Fu Lizhang was relieved now.
Before coming here, the emperor did ask him to send someone to deliver a letter to the empress dowager, telling her that Guan Yonghou and the others had returned and asked her not to worry anymore.
"Where are they? Are they inside?" Xiao Chenze asked.
"Yes, it's inside," Fu Lizhang said, "but the emperor won't let anyone in, so I'm here to guard it."
Just as Xiao Chenze was about to say something, he heard Fang Yao's loud voice inside, "Your Majesty, you already have a painting of a snowy scene. Please give this one to me."
"No, no, this one looks better."
"Your Majesty, you are so stingy! You don't even want to be called stingy. Since you want this painting, please give me your original one."
"No, I won't give you that one either. That one looks good too."
"Your Majesty," Fang Yao almost got anxious, "You were the one who said you wanted to reward me with antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and even let me choose. And then you refused to give them to me after I chose. You, you can't be so unreasonable."
"How dare you say I'm unreasonable? If I were really unreasonable and gave you nothing, I would appoint you as officials and give you monthly salaries. Let's see how much good things you can get by saving for a lifetime."
"Your Majesty," Fang Jitao said anxiously, "Please don't involve me in your and my father's affairs. I remember all the antiques, calligraphy, paintings, shops and fertile land you promised to reward me with. I need these to support my wife, and I don't want to be an official and draw a salary."
"Your Majesty," the old voice of Guan Yonghou was heard, "I have been trying to move these things into Miss Shen's secret room. My old bones are almost broken. I am still in pain all over. Look at me, look at my state. Can you bear to send me away with such a small amount of things?"
The emperor looked at Guan Yonghou's appearance and thought, "Tsk tsk, he is indeed quite miserable. His face is covered with dust as if he had crawled out of coal ash, and his gray hair is scattered like reeds. It seems that the reed fluff will fly into the sky if he blows on it."
I feel a little bit reluctant.
The emperor frowned and muttered, "How about this, I'll let you pick out the good farmland later. Is that okay?"
"No, no," Fang Yao said, unwilling to compete with the emperor for the snow scene painting. "Let Li'er choose first. Li'er has made the greatest contribution. We are just here to watch the fun and occasionally help out. Li'er must choose first. One thousand taels of gold, two thousand taels of silver, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, as well as shops and fertile land. Let Li'er choose first."
"Look at you, such a loser," the emperor said to Fang Yao with disdain in his tone, "You're so afraid that your family will suffer. Fang Yao, ah Fang Yao, you can't be any more successful in this life."
"Hehe, I don't want to be ambitious," Fang Yao said with a big grin, "I want to be practical."
"Affordable?" The emperor snorted, "Miss Shen will be my daughter-in-law in the future. How can I treat her unfairly?"
Xiao Chenze's heart moved. Daughter-in-law, his heart was beating fast. He coughed deliberately to remind the people inside that he had heard it.
Then the emperor asked hesitantly, "Who? Is it Chen'er?"
"Yes," Xiao Chenze said, "It is your son, father. I came to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager. I heard that Marquis Guanyong and the general had returned, so I came to visit them."
The emperor curled his lips and glanced at Shen Li, who said from a distance, "It sounds nice to say that I came to visit you, but in fact, I miss my wife. I'm here to see his wife."
Shen Li's face turned red.
Fang Yao was unhappy, "Your Majesty, please don't say that. Li'er hasn't agreed yet."
Marquis Guan Yong was a little puzzled. "Why haven't you agreed yet? The Emperor has already granted the marriage by imperial decree. How can you go back on your word?"
"What do you know?" Fang Yao's voice suddenly rose. "It's true that the marriage was granted, but the Emperor also promised that if Li'er doesn't want to marry in the end, he won't force her."
"Ah?" Marquis Guan Yong seemed to have heard something incredible. "Miss Shen doesn't want to marry the eldest prince?"
He looked at Shen Li and said, "The eldest prince is so good, Miss Shen, listen to me, there is no one more suitable for you than him."
Even he himself felt guilty about what he said.
Miss Shen was not an ordinary person. He had secretly observed that Miss Shen had a shadow under the lamp.
He wiped his sweat at that moment and was secretly puzzled.
Oh my God, who on earth is this girl?