The inner voice was overheard, and the whole court was eating melons together

Song Yaoyao looked indifferent and said:

"Stand up, don't kneel all the time. When no one is around, you don't need to be polite."

"Yes."

Song Yaoyao looked very arrogant and continued:

"Bi Tao, serve your young lady well, and you will get benefits in the future!"

"Yes."

After dinner, Song Yaoyao went to bed early, closed her eyes, and wanted to fall asleep quickly so as not to be unable to wake up the next day.

Maybe, because she slept too much during the day, Song Yaoyao tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.

Song Yaoyao resisted the urge to look at the storybook, closed her eyes, and began to count:

"One sheep, two sheep, three sheep... one thousand one hundred and eighteen sheep... three thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight sheep..."

After an unknown amount of time, Song Yaoyao finally fell asleep.

Song Yaoyao felt that she had not slept for long when Bitao came to wake her up.

Song Yaoyao closed her eyes and let Bitao wash and dress her up.

Just as I finished washing up, Minister Song arrived.

Seeing Song Yaoyao walking with her eyes closed and supported by the maids, Minister Song squatted down resignedly, carried Song Yaoyao and walked away.

Just like yesterday, Song Yaoyao was stuffed into the carriage, and she found a comfortable place and continued to sleep.

The carriage stopped and after getting off, Minister Song continued to carry Song Yaoyao towards the palace gate.

When the ministers saw Minister Song and his daughter today, none of them rushed over to make trouble.

Yesterday, Lord Yan provoked this girl. I heard that he had to pay two boxes of things and 1000 taels of silver as compensation, and the matter was settled.

If you mess with this girl, you will lose a lot of money.

They can't afford it!

When they arrived at the palace gate, Song Yaoyao was let down and left to walk on her own.

Arriving at the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Song Yaoyao went to look for Lord Jiang on her own initiative.

Lord Jiang saw Song Yaoyao and gave her repeated instructions before going about his own business.

As soon as the court started today, someone stood up:

"Your Majesty, recently, continuous rainfall in the Jiangnan area has caused many river dams to collapse due to floods, resulting in heavy casualties, homes being destroyed, and thousands of acres of fertile land on both sides of the river being submerged..."

When Song Yaoyao heard this, she also felt distressed.

Although she wanted to give up, she couldn't just watch so many innocent people lose their lives!

At this time, the emperor's voice was heard:

"Shang Shu of the Ministry of Finance."

The Minister of Revenue took a step forward and said, "I am here."

"How much silver is left in the treasury now?"

"One hundred thousand taels."

"What? Why is it so little?"

"Your Majesty, some time ago, 20 taels were allocated to the frontier military camps, and then another 5 taels were spent on repairing the imperial palace, and there is also..."

The emperor interrupted the Minister of Revenue:

"You don't have to say it, I know."

The emperor's face was full of worry. There were only 100,000 taels of silver in the national treasury. If all this silver was used for disaster relief, then if the country needed silver urgently, where would he get the silver?

No one spoke in the hall. Everyone was waiting for the emperor's decision. You could hear a pin drop.

Song Yaoyao had been recording when suddenly there was no sound. She looked up and saw that everyone had a worried look on their faces.

Song Yaoyao called Guagua:

[Guagua, what's going on? Why is no one talking? ]

[Host, it’s all because of poverty.]

There are only 100,000 taels of silver in the national treasury account now. If all of it is used for disaster relief, then if the country needs silver urgently, wouldn’t it be a problem? 】

[Guagua, is the imperial court so poor?

I estimate that some ministers’ houses are richer than the national treasury. 】

[Host, your guess is right. Is there a big fat sheep among the people standing below?

With their wealth, not to mention solving the flood in the south of the Yangtze River, even supporting an army of 300,000 for 30 years would not be a problem. 】

Originally, the emperor was still worried about money, but when he suddenly heard Song Yaoyao's voice, he immediately pricked up his ears. He wanted to know who this fat sheep was?

The ministers below, who were open-minded, suddenly became excited, as it seemed that there was something big to eat.

Those who had something to hide were frightened and broke out in cold sweats, praying silently in their hearts that Master Xiao Song would not expose their secrets.

The conversation continues:

[Guagua, are you telling the truth?

Are you really that rich?

Tell me, who is that person? 】

[Okay, host.]

The fattest sheep is the second-rank great general Xuanyuan Ce. 】

Song Yaoyao exclaimed:

[What? This fat sheep is actually a military commander.]

At this moment, everyone turned their eyes to Xuanyuan Ce.

No one expected that Xuanyuan Ce would be so rich.

When those ministers who had something to hide heard Xuanyuan Ce's name, they suddenly relaxed. They just hoped it wasn't them. They were really scared to death.

When Xuanyuan Ce heard his name, his body stiffened noticeably. His affairs were very secretive and no one should know about them.

At this moment, Xuanyuan Ce still held on to a glimmer of hope!

When the emperor heard Xuanyuan Ce's name, he was obviously stunned. He never thought that this fat sheep would be Xuanyuan Ce.

Guagua's story continues:

[Yes, no one would have thought that in the Tianfeng Dynasty, the richest official was a military general.

This has to start with Xuanyuan Ce's background.

Xuanyuan Ce, formerly known as Sikong Ce. 】

When the court officials heard this surname, their faces changed drastically. Sikong was the national surname of the previous dynasty!

The general standing behind Xuanyuan Ce took a step forward and pressed his acupoints before Xuanyuan Ce could react.

Xuanyuan Ce was completely unable to move or speak.

Xuanyuan Ce is a military general with superb martial arts skills. What if he gets angry and starts killing people in the hall?

Fortunately, someone was smart and pressed his acupoints when he was not paying attention.

The emperor waved his hand, and the officials standing around Xuanyuan Ce were quickly replaced by several military generals, who completely surrounded him from eight directions.

Song Yaoyao was so immersed in eating melons that she was completely unaware of the tense situation in the court.

Song Yaoyao continued to ask:

[Guagua, I remember Sikong, it seemed to be the surname of the emperor in the previous dynasty.

Could this Xuanyuan Ce be a remnant of the previous dynasty? 】

[Host, you guessed right.]

Xuanyuan Ce, no, he should be called Sikong Ce.

He is the son of the former emperor Sikong Jing and his most beloved woman Zhongli Xue, who is the concubine's daughter of a seventh-rank official.

Zhongli Xue's status and position were too low, and Sikong Jing was afraid that after she entered the palace, she would be eaten up by the women in the palace, so he kept her outside.

Sikong Jing would find reasons to leave the palace every month to have secret meetings with Zhongli Xue, and that’s how they had Sikong Ce.

Although Sikong Jing is a mediocre person, he is really good to Zhongli Xue and her son. He has always been planning to get rid of those women in the harem and find a suitable opportunity to bring them into the palace.

However, things did not go as planned. After a while, Sikong Jing realized something was wrong and ordered people to secretly transport all the items in the treasury out of the palace and hide them in the mountains. He also drew a treasure map.