After the Empress became a mother, the system gave me the Immortal Emperor's cultivation

For the next few days, the relationship between the two remained more or less the same.

Chu Ning provoked Ye Qinglian to test her bottom line, and then was chopped off. Of course, Chu Ning was able to dodge it every time...

In Xiaobing's eyes, this was just a quarrel between a young couple.

How could Mr. Chu, a mortal, possibly dodge His Majesty's sword...

Nearly five days later, in Mingde Hall.

"There are quite a lot of memorials today. I will handle them with you."

"No need, I'm fine on my own."

Ye Qinglian was a little worried about Chu Ning's condition.

She had hardly interfered with the memorials these days. Chu Ning was in charge of everything and then handed them over to her.

I'm not really worried about Chu Ning's abilities. The more I see of his abilities, the more amazing they become.

If it keeps going like this, Chu Ning will probably get tired too. After all, he is just a mortal...

She spoke in a cold tone, looked at Chu Ning's figure, thought for a moment, and planned to let Chu Ning give up.

"Oh, now this kind of thing seems to be a natural progression. You are only one title away from being the emperor, right?"

"That's about right. You want to give me this position?"

"Oh? You can really do it well if I let you do it?"

Ye Qinglian narrowed her eyes slightly, having adapted to this situation. Normally, the two of them were basically frank in their words and actions regarding this.

Chu Ning spoke with a smile, but the brush in his hand never stopped.

"Your Majesty, that depends on whether I want to do it or not. Now it seems that I just need to attend court and deal with memorials every day. It's not that difficult..."

Ye Qinglian felt so angry when she heard this!

It's not difficult, it's easy to say, you know...

But it seems that...

His plan to form a new cabinet would turn the court into a fully functioning political machine, and his own political experience was even more exaggerated than hers.

After the memorials were sent down, the current chief minister of the cabinet, Qiu Zun, and several cabinet ministers all gave their comments.

Your Majesty is well versed in military and political affairs, and his methods are excellent, and officials from all over the country have given good feedback.

She felt a little sour.

The Prime Minister has never said this before, and local officials rarely say this either. Most of the time, it's just on the surface, but now these feedbacks are real...

The memorials were all handled by her emperor, and she didn't interfere much, she just checked and confirmed them.

It’s better than what I did...then I’ll leave this emperor to you!

"Hmm... Qinglian."

Chu Ning suddenly raised his head and took out a memorial.

"It's about the famine in the Jiangnan area."

Ye Qinglian immediately became nervous when she heard this and took it to check it.

Local grain prices have increased nearly a hundredfold, and people have already experienced the tragedy of exchanging their own children for food. Local officials have requested that the granaries be opened to release grain!

She was stunned when she saw this. Just from a few words in the memorial, she had already seen the tragic situation in the Jiangnan region, and the local officials were ordered by the royal family not to release grain!

Those are all the people of the Daqian Dynasty. They are suffering now, but she can't do anything about it.

Chu Ning put down his pen, took a deep breath and looked at Ye Qinglian.

"Right now, grain prices have reached an extreme point. It's written on the back that grain merchants from all over the world are selling grain for profit, while local people can't afford it. Those who buy it are the local tycoons and wealthy people who have come together to buy it."

"Let me add one more thing, regarding the measures to dispose of and bury the victims who died of starvation to prevent the outbreak of plague."

Ye Qinglian was silent for a moment after hearing this, then nodded.

"Well, the plan remains the same."

Opening the granaries and releasing grain cannot save the local people.

People will die, they will definitely die, but as long as the price of food can be completely lowered, it will be enough, and many people will survive.

The local gentry carried out this action in secret and cannot be killed now.

If we kill these people, no one will continue to buy grain, which will cause grain prices to remain high. If we kill them all, the impact will be too great and will inevitably cause panic throughout the country.

Now the price of food has skyrocketed to a terrifying number, hundreds of times!

Even in the border areas extremely far away from the south of the Yangtze River, there are merchants coming here for profit.

This is hope, the result that Chu Ning has already anticipated.

"Poison Master..."

Ye Qinglian wrote down Chu Ning's subsequent arrangements, commented in a cold tone, and then put it away and continued to rest with her eyes closed.

Chu Ning on the side smiled slightly.

Heaven and earth are unkind and treat all things as straw dogs. Sages are unkind and treat the people as straw dogs.

Blind kindness will not solve the fundamental problem. Food prices are the real problem. Local governments have begun to execute merchants who drive up food prices, but they only kill small ones, because the big ones have to be fattened up before they can be killed.

As a king, one seeks results. Even if the process is grand and awe-inspiring, but the result is still not good, it will be of no use.

If we wait a few more days and wait until the price of grain stops rising, it will mean that it has reached the limit of what the gentry in Jiangnan can bear.

That is when the world turns upside down when you turn your hand into clouds!

He didn't think much about it. The matter of a mere Jiangnan common people could not affect Chu Ning's mind at the moment.

What these hundreds of emperors brought to Chu Ning was not only the means of handling memorials, but also extremely high vision and perspective.

He continued to be busy, helping Ye Qinglian to finish the work, so that Ye Qinglian could rest assured and take care of the pregnancy as much as possible.

Chu Ning gradually became absorbed in the writing and began to write rapidly.

Ye Qinglian on the side did not rest, but just closed her eyes. After hearing the sound of the brush, she opened her eyes and looked at Chu Ning again.

The dragon robe and the aura made him look more like an emperor than she did.

Temperament and appearance are two completely different things. He does look very good, but if he wasn't dealing with memorials, he would never show such an imperial aura.

She was indeed very wary at first, but later she gradually realized Chu Ning's true intention and stopped thinking about it.

Chu Ning was really concerned about his physical condition.

He only spent a short time every day processing memorials and helping her arrange affairs in the court. He was almost like an emperor, except for the title.

But Chu Ning did not go any further, but just used these things as an excuse to get close to her and take advantage of her.

Again, if it weren't for Ye Qinglian's request, Chu Ning wouldn't say more, let alone do more.

How could there be such a man in the world, who has so many means but only cares about her?

Thinking of this, Ye Qinglian was in a good mood, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

"As for the cultivation matter, how is it going with Xiaobing watching you cultivate?"

"That technique."

Chu Ning took time out of his busy schedule to answer.

"I've gotten started. I think I can use my sword energy now. I haven't been lazy."

"Well, the sword energy used for beginners is good, but still a little behind mine."

After saying this, Ye Qinglian snorted softly.

"The wedding date has been set, half a month from now. The Ministry of Rites just sent someone to deliver the message today. By then, you will be the true emperor. Do you have anything to say?"

"Can I move into your bedroom?"

Ye Qinglian twitched the corners of her mouth.

"What do you think?"

"That's nothing to say. It's not much different from now. At most, it's just a change in how some people address each other."

Ye Qinglian was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and felt helpless for a moment.

"You are so careless. Don't you know how much the world envies your position? Now you say so little. Aren't you afraid that if I spread the news, people outside will kill you?"

Chu Ning sighed deeply, his tone as if he had seen through everything in the world.

"It's a scene that amazes the world, but it's just ordinary, nothing big."

That look was as if he had truly seen through the vicissitudes of life. Even Ye Qinglian paused.

"Tsk, you're so ungrateful after getting such an advantage..."