I want to ruin the country

Qian Kang was very excited. The purchasing job in the imperial palace had always been a lucrative one. Although he did not intend to make a profit from it, this honor still made him very excited!

Qian Kang stood up and bowed.

"Your Majesty has ordered this, and I dare not refuse. However, I have never purchased these things before, and I have no experience at all. I am afraid of failing to live up to your grace!"

Yining Road,

"What I want is your peace of mind. If I leave it to someone else, I don't know how much money I can actually spend on purchasing!

Don't worry, I'll give you an imperial envoy, and you can choose any assistants you want. You can spend as much money as you want. After you've purchased everything, I'll wait in Fujian to hand it over to Prince Gong!"

Qian Kang knew that the emperor was afraid that the money would be lost by someone else, so he knelt down and kowtowed.

"Your Majesty has placed such trust in me, I will certainly fulfill my mission. If I make any mistakes, I will bring my head to you!"

Yining heard his sincere tone and said,

"Okay, let's get this done. I have more important things waiting for you!"

Peng Yunzhang was also stunned. Is there something more important?

Yining Road,

"Someone reported that a gold mine was discovered in Shandong with very rich reserves. After this matter is settled, I would like to send you to oversee the mining. Do you have any objections?"

Peng Yunzhang was even more surprised. Shouldn't I, the Minister of Works, be the first to know about the gold mine in the local area? Who the hell reported it directly to the emperor without my permission? Moreover, without our survey, how could we be sure that it was a gold mine?

Qian Kang's heart was pounding. The emperor wanted him to mine gold, which would mean countless amounts of money. He was just a lowly official, but how could he, Qian Kang, be given such an important task?

"Your Majesty holds me in such high regard, I shall repay your kindness with all my heart and soul!"

Yining Road,

"I don't want you to die for your life. I just want you to keep this heart. If you get things done, you will definitely get a high position and generous salary. Otherwise, I will not show mercy!"

"I will repay your kindness by sacrificing my life for you!"

Yining looked at Peng Yunzhang,

"Master Peng, what do you think?"

The emperor has already made his decision, what can Peng Yunzhang say?

"I have no objection. Qian Kangding will be able to fulfill his mission!"

Yining Road,

"That's it, Qian Kang will be promoted to Langzhong of the Ministry of Works effective immediately. He will go to Jiangnan to make purchases under the imperial order. Report everything directly to me!"

Qian Kang's heart was filled with emotion. In a blink of an eye, he was promoted twice and became a fifth-rank official. All the grievances he had suffered over the years disappeared into thin air. He quickly knelt down and kowtowed to express his gratitude.

Yining made a gesture to Yifangfang.

Yi Fangfang ran out, and soon a row of beautiful palace maids came in with the jingling of palace ornaments and stood beside him.

Peng Yunzhang and Qian Kang were stunned. What was the emperor going to do?

Yining Road,

"I know you are from a poor family and still unmarried. I have ten palace maids here, and I allow you to choose one of them as your wife!"

Qian Kang was almost crying and kowtowed to express his gratitude.

"How could I have deserved Your Majesty's grant of marriage? I feel ashamed and unworthy of it!"

Yining Road,

"Once you choose me, I will raise her status as my sister. They are both virgins, so you can rest assured!"

Qian Kang was dumbfounded.

"What happened today? Not only did he get a promotion, but he also got married, and a palace maid at that. The Emperor even recognized her as his sister, so he would become the Prince Consort. This is truly a stroke of luck, a meteoric rise to fame!"

He was so excited that he didn't know what to say. His lips were trembling and he just couldn't speak.

Yining smiled and said,

"Are you happy and stupid? Why don't you pick it?"

Qian Kangfu was also moved and said hurriedly,

"Everything I have was given by the Emperor. I dare not find fault with it. I will leave it to the Emperor to decide!"

Yining laughed again.

"I don't want to be this blind person!"

He said to these palace maids,

"You all know this already. This is Qian Kang, my newly promoted Minister of Works. He is thirty-five years old and a man of integrity. You can trust him for life."

Yining Road,

"Doctor Qian, please stand up and let them have a good look!"

Qian Kang stood up and the ten palace maids looked at him carefully.

Qian Kang looked quite handsome in his official uniform. Apart from being a little older, he was absolutely impeccable!

What was there to be unhappy about for a palace maid to marry a fifth-rank imperial man? Moreover, not only did she escape from slavery, she also became a princess. From the underworld to the heaven, everyone was so happy!

Yining said again,

"Since Qian Kang is not picky, I will give you this opportunity. He is right here. Whoever wants to stay with him for the rest of his life can go over there.

I'll count to three, and whoever gets to him first gets to be the one. How about that?"

The maids blushed with shame.

"Let the Emperor decide!"

"Okay, get ready!"

Yining looked at the palace maids with a smile, and the palace maids also became nervous!

They all wanted to leave the palace and get married early. Although Qian Kang was older, it really didn't matter!

Some of them became concubines, and some of them were in their seventies and eighties. What's more, this was a fifth-rank royal family, and she was the wife of the main wife. It was a great opportunity to reach the top overnight, so they were all eager to grab it.

But Yining deliberately teased them and refused to shout, and even pretended to shout.

The palace maids became more and more nervous, their eyes fixed on Yining.

Yining finally shouted, "One!"

But after a long while he shouted again,

"two!"

Now the palace maids' eyes widened and their ears pricked up. As soon as the emperor uttered the word "three", they would run away.

But the emperor stopped again and looked at them. Their faces flushed and their heartbeats quickened. They thought to themselves, "Your Majesty, why don't you shout? Isn't this torture?"

The hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. The eunuchs in Yifang Guards stood with their mouths open and eyes wide open, looking as nervous as if they were about to get married.

Yelled, Yelled, the Emperor Yelled,

"Two point five!"

"Ha ha!"

As soon as Yining finished speaking, five palace maids rushed out. But after running two steps, they felt something was wrong and stopped immediately!

The emperor actually shouted not three, but two and a half.

"Hahahaha!"

Yining laughed out loud, and the young eunuchs also laughed along.

Even the old scholar Peng Yunzhang covered his mouth and laughed!

Several palace maids stood there, not knowing whether to move forward or backward. They stared at the emperor at a loss, asking, "How can you be so cruel!"

Qian Kang stood there at a loss. The palace maids in front of him were all beautiful and graceful, making his heart beat faster!

It would be great if you could give it all to me!

Looking at the drool flowing out of his mouth, Yining smiled and said,

"Doctor Qian, please pay attention to your image!"

When Qian Kang saw that he had lost his composure, he quickly wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve and said, "Damn it, I'm so embarrassed."

Laughing, Yining suddenly shouted,

"three!"

The palace maids had not yet recovered from their embarrassment. They had never expected that the emperor would catch them off guard. They all stood there in a daze.

Suddenly, a palace maid in a purple dress woke up first, raised her leg and ran forward.

By the time others reacted, it was too late. She had already reached Qian Kang.