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Chapter 746 Long Live the Emperor! (16)
Li De'en and Yu Muhuai are about the same age.

In her previous life, the person who stayed by Wan Zhixin's side until the very end was her personal eunuch, Li De'en.

Before the enemy broke through the city gates, Wan Zhixin, in order to prevent the empress and concubines in the harem from being humiliated and to prevent his daughters from becoming playthings for the enemy, ordered that they be given poisoned wine and personally watched them drink it.

For some women who had a strong will to survive and were unwilling to die in this way, Wan Zhixin would grit his teeth, grieve and indignation, and personally slay them with his sword.

This wasn't because Wan Zhixin favored sons over daughters, but because he knew that if a woman fell into the hands of the enemy, her fate would be many times worse than that of a man.

History records mostly depict a man's world. But who knows how much heartache and sorrow of women are buried within those few strokes of the pen?

The royal women of defeated nations would certainly be used as female soldiers for the pleasure of all the soldiers.

It is well known that in military camps, the most popular people are the female relatives of high-ranking officials and wealthy families.

Because most ordinary soldiers are just ordinary civilians, they would never normally have the opportunity to come into contact with the women in the compounds of high-ranking officials.

Even the female relatives of officials were very popular, not to mention the women in the palace who had relationships with the emperor.

Whether it's "the emperor's woman" or "the emperor's daughter," the soldiers would get excited just thinking about having such a title.

Sometimes they would even bring their horses over to watch and applaud.

Once a royal woman enters enemy territory, she can forget about escaping unscathed.

Those who are better off, being thrown out or abandoned on the roadside with a body full of injuries and illnesses, might be able to survive, but the lifelong illnesses are difficult to cure.

Most of them were killed in the military.

Wan Zhixin knew she couldn't let them stay.

The royal family of Cong Kingdom would rather end their own lives than be humiliated by the enemy.

Throughout this time, Lee De-en stayed by his side, helping him out the whole time.

They would even hand them swords when needed, and even help subdue them.

After drinking the poison, Li Dezhong stood beside Wan Zhixin's corpse and slit his own throat with his sword.

This was a loyal eunuch, and also a eunuch who wouldn't cause trouble.

In the later stages of his previous life, Li Dezhong had already been promoted to Grand Eunuch of the Directorate of Ceremonial.

It was only one rank lower than the former Ping Qinian's official rank.

However, Li Dezhong has always worked diligently and conscientiously, accompanying the emperor faithfully and keeping to his duties. Over the years, he has never made any unnecessary moves.

He also did not use his power to form cliques, engage in corruption, or accept bribes.

Therefore, Yu Muhuai trusted him quite a bit and found Li De'en's whereabouts early on, promoting him to be his personal eunuch.

Seeing Li De'en's trembling and cautious appearance, Yu Muhuai couldn't help but laugh.

She said gently, "Deren, there's no need to be so reserved. I'm not made of clay; I'm not so easily frightened."

Hearing that the Emperor had actually made a joke, Li De'en's anxious heart finally settled down.

Yu Muhuai was in a good mood and was still smiling.

How could he not be in a good mood? Back on the northwestern border, what he received were real silver, jewels, wealth, cattle, sheep, animal hides, tea, and utensils.
Although the miser Yu Muhuai hadn't actually seen those things, just thinking about them made him happy enough.

Because the emperor was happy, Li De'en became bolder.

He asked cautiously, "Your Majesty, what makes you so happy?"

Yu Muhuai wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth, not hesitating to share this happy news with Li De'en.

Upon hearing this, Li De'en was naturally very happy.

But Yu Muhuai quickly realized something and couldn't help but frown.

"Your Majesty, what is troubling you?"

Li De'en was very good at reading people, something Yu Muhuai already knew from Wan Zhixin's memories, so he wasn't surprised. Yu Muhuai didn't speak, but simply pondered quietly.

A moment later, she waved to Li De'en.

Li De'en, unaware of what was going on, walked over to Yu Muhuai's side.

Yu Muhuai stepped aside to make room for him.

"Dern, here, take the pen, you write."

Li De'en let out a wail and knelt down again, trembling, begging for mercy!

Yu Muhuai touched his nose, somewhat helplessly.

She seems to have frightened the little eunuch?

Finally, after Yu Muhuai's explanation, Li De'en picked up his brush, stood in the position where the emperor usually stood, and wrote according to Yu Muhuai's request.

The letter essentially stated that all the money seized from the iron merchants should be divided in two.

Half of it was used for military pay, and was managed by Duan Kui.

Half of it was used for disaster relief, including food, digging karez wells, and so on.
Before the Emperor appoints a replacement for the officials of Tiedou City, all the money is temporarily managed by Duan Kui.

Yu Muhuai trusted Duan Kui, but not those Eastern Depot spies.

The iron merchant, whom they had painstakingly ambushed for over a month, would certainly not willingly hand over a large sum of treasure.

Anyone can easily lose their way in the face of money.

Unless there is a force they fear even more.

In the short term, Yu Muhuai's prestige is not enough to become this force.

The only person the Eastern Depot agents feared was their leader, Ping Qinian.

After having Li De'en write this secret letter, Yu Muhuai took out a seal from his pocket and pressed it on with a "smack".

Li De'en, with his sharp eyes, recognized it as Ping Qinian's seal.

The little eunuch immediately shrank back.

He seems to have discovered something extraordinary.

It is said that the Ninth Prince has recently fallen ill and is recuperating in the Imperial Palace, but the most important seal is with the Emperor.
This inevitably makes people think a lot.

Yu Muhuai didn't care about Li De'en's wild speculations. After sealing the letter, he took some melted sealing wax, poured it onto the seal, and stamped it again.

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The emperor only mentioned the matter of Iron Fighting City and the iron merchants during the court session the next day.

The officials in the court were all extremely surprised.

They looked at each other, realizing that no one had ever heard of this.

Without anyone knowing, Duan Kui and the people from the Eastern Depot had already secretly accomplished this task.

The unanimous thought in everyone's mind was that Ping Qinian, the commander of the Eastern Depot, was indeed formidable!
Yu Muhuai: Hmph.
During this period, because Ping Qinian had not appeared in public for a long time and had not attended court, his prestige among the officials gradually declined.

After this battle, Ping Qinian's deterrent power was greatly enhanced.

Yu Muhuai didn't care about the scheming thoughts of the people below the stage. After announcing the matter, she directly stated her solution.

"Jiang Shaohui, the magistrate of Wuxian County, has been reassigned as the city lord of Tiedou City and is to proceed to Tiedou City immediately."

Jiang Shaohui was in Wuxian County at the time, not in the capital.

Wuxian was a poor, small county town. Some people in the imperial court had never even heard of this place, let alone Jiang Shaohui.

Wish you sweet dreams and good night (づ￣3￣)づ╭～
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