Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

Lin Xiaoyue: Why didn't they mention the improved crossbows and iron lumps? Is there going to be more commendations later?

Seventh Uncle: I think you are up to no good.

Can you just tell others about the improved crossbow and the iron lump? These two things are military strategic materials and must be kept secret. Do you know what confidentiality means? You little country bumpkin.

Lin Xiaoyue: ...After confirming through eye contact, it's undoubtedly another old man.

The rest of the people were shocked. Le'an Township Master? San Yajie (girl) is amazing.

From a commoner to a village chief, a golden phoenix has flown out of the chicken coop, and the Lin family’s ancestral tomb must be emitting smoke, oh no, there must be a fire.

The eunuch who issued the imperial edict delivered the imperial edict to Lin Xiaoyue, "Congratulations to the Lord of Le'an Township."

Lin Xiaoyue took the imperial edict and squeezed the high-grade silk in her hand. Why did it feel unreal? However, she was very knowledgeable about the market and stuffed a purse into the hand, "Thank you, eunuch, for your hard work."

He gave out all the compensation he had just received without keeping a penny.

The eunuch who issued the decree weighed the purse in his hand and smiled, thinking it was quite heavy. He was secretly happy that the newly-appointed Lord of Le'an was a knowledgeable and interesting person.

The eunuch accepted the gift and hurried back to the palace to report, and did not stay long.

After the group sent the father-in-law out of the manor, Lin Xiaoyue took everyone to see the gold.

Hahahaha, everything else is just clouds, gold and silver are her true love.

Looking at Lin Xiaoyue holding a pile of gold and laughing so hard that her saliva was about to flow, the Seventh Prince said a few more sarcastic words to her in disgust.

However, there was no tit-for-tat this time, because Lin Xiaoyue was thinking about what to buy with the gold, so she had no time to engage in a verbal battle with the old man.

Generally speaking, the reward given by the emperor is an affirmation of a person. It is a matter of honor for the family, and people are willing to sacrifice their lives for it.

Most of the items given as rewards would be placed in the warehouse, and some would even assign someone to look after them. After all, if something went wrong and the emperor's reward was lost, it would be a great disrespect to the emperor and the person would be beheaded.

But when it comes to Lin Xiaoyue... I'm sorry, she is not an ordinary person, she is special. Others don't dare to spend money, but that doesn't mean she can't spend it, otherwise why would the emperor reward her with gold.

In her understanding, the emperor gave her the gold as a reward because he knew she was poor. If she didn't spend it, she would be ungrateful to the emperor's good intentions.

So, spend, you must spend. Wahahahahahaha

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The next day, in the morning

Before the censor impeached the third prince, the prime minister, the Marquis of Pingyang, and the editor of the Hanlin Academy.

The emperor has already sentencing the relevant people to house arrest for three months.

The two involved in the case, who were seventh-rank Hanlin Academy editors, were demoted to remote areas and appointed as magistrates of lower-level counties (seventh-rank). If they did not have good political achievements in their lifetime, it would be basically hopeless for them to be promoted or transferred back to the imperial city.

As for the daughter of the Prime Minister and the legitimate daughter of the Marquis, the Emperor only let the two important ministers handle it on their own.

Do you think we can do it?

What to do then?

The emperor even confined his own son to his house, and even demoted the top three and second place winners of the previous session by two levels, banishing them to remote places to serve as county magistrates.

With such a good example before them, how can they still cover up for personal gain?

That's like a birthday man hanging himself because he thinks his life is too long.

The Third Prince was scolded by the Emperor in the hall. Although he was not scolded directly, he was still humiliated. The other princes had seen enough of the show and were secretly laughing on the side.

You’ll be under house arrest for three months. By the time you come out, the flowers will be cold.

The Third Prince's faction also shrank their heads in disappointment, and some even wondered if it was too late to defect to other princes.

After the court session ended, the Third Prince left the palace and was confined to the palace by someone under surveillance.

He was so angry that he lost his temper in the palace and smashed everything in the room. The maids and eunuchs were so scared that they fell to the ground and trembled.

The two demoted editors of the Hanlin Academy had asked their family members or relatives to plead for mercy, but who would dare to help them at this time?

In the end, the two men had no choice but to pack up their bags and move to remote places to take up their posts.

The other two ministers' children were also imprisoned in the ancestral hall or in solitary confinement after their parents vented their anger. Although they were not sent to prison or tortured, their treatment was not much better. Three meals a day were simple and clean, and they had to restrain themselves from eating too much oil.

Just because they had lunch in the Yuebin Building, a group of children of high-ranking officials and dignitaries were either confined to their homes for three months or directly exiled. This punishment was enough to make many people inside and outside the imperial city talk about it for a long time.

At this moment, the "culprit" was being surrounded by the retired veterans and wounded soldiers in Xianyun Villa and was being asked to dismantle the repeating crossbow.

The Seventh Prince waved his hand and had a blacksmith room set up overnight.

Lin Xiaoyue looked at the big stove in the room that was burning with blazing fire, a bellows beside the stove, as well as forged iron tools, hand hammers, anvils, sledgehammers, grindstones and other tools, and then looked at the group of old guys who were staring at her eagerly, she...

……

"Wow, it's snowing, it's snowing."

One day, Lin Xiaoyue and several veterans were hammering in the small room when they heard Xiaocao and others shouting outside. They stopped hammering, straightened their bodies, and went out to see snowflakes falling in the yard.

The crystal white snowflakes fell on the concrete ground, and she couldn't help but shrink her shoulders and whispered, "It's snowing."

It has been more than half a month since she came to the imperial city. Except for the first two days when she met the emperor, she spent the rest of the time hammering and pounding in the blacksmith room of Xianyun Villa.

These days, because of the emperor's commendation, it naturally attracted attention from all sides.

Many official families in the imperial city sent her invitations, but she refused them all and let her Seventh Uncle turn them all down.

Those people were just curious about how this wild girl who suddenly appeared out of nowhere got the emperor's attention, or were curious about the cement recipe she presented. If you call her over, you will be asked a lot of questions and treated like a monkey in a zoo.

Come on, I hate this kind of unnecessary social engagements the most, so I’ll ask Seventh Prince to turn them all down.

The Seventh Uncle did not refuse, and he handled these social engagements in a simple and rough manner.

He simply asked the person who delivered the notice to wait at the door. When most of the people had arrived, he walked out of the door leisurely, stood on the steps, put his hands on his hips, pointed at those people and yelled at them.

Humph, let’s see who dares to come.

The housekeepers and attendants who came to deliver the invitations were scolded so badly that after returning, they could only bite the bullet and relay the words of the Seventh Prince's reprimand to the head of the family.

So, from then on, no one dared to send a letter to Xianyun Mountain Villa, and the villa was quiet for a long time.

During the cooperation, under the soft and hard persuasion of the Seventh Uncle, Lin Xiaoyue taught them how to disassemble and assemble the crossbow. They were even curious about why the carriage modified by Lin Xiaoyue could achieve such a good shock absorption effect.