Save the Bachelor of Heaven

Because of a drowning accident, the garden party ended in a hurry.

After Xiang Nan returned to the palace, he received the news the next day.

After Zhao Sese returned home, she developed a high fever; Qu Xiaofeng in the palace also contracted cold.

After learning about this, Xiang Nan had to go to Zhao Mansion to visit first.

"His Royal Highness King Yi~" Zhao Jingyu and Zhao Shixuan both came to greet him.

"I heard that Se Se has been feeling cold occasionally. I'm really worried." Xiang Nan said, "General Zhao, can you let me see her?"

"This..." Zhao Jingyu pretended to ponder for a moment, then nodded.

Xiang Nan was then led by Zhao Shixuan to Zhao Sese's boudoir.

Logically speaking, men and women are different. As an adult man, Xiang Nan should not enter a woman's boudoir.

But Zhao Jingyu has secretly formed an alliance with Gao Gao, and Zhao Sese will also marry Xiang Nan as a concubine. Since the two of them will become a family sooner or later, the red tape will be eliminated.

"His Royal Highness King Yi, Sesu will be very happy to know that you are coming." Zhao Shixuan said to Xiang Nan with a smile.

Xiang Nan nodded.

Although Zhao Jingyu was a bit of a bastard, he was good at giving birth to this son. Principled, responsible, and loving towards my sister.

Entering Zhao Sese's boudoir, he saw her lying on the bed with a wet wipe on her head and coughing from time to time.

The maidservant knelt beside her, helping her cook the medicine and watching the fire.

"Sister, look who's here." Zhao Shixuan smiled.

Zhao Sese opened his eyes and looked for sounds.

Xiang Nan quickly took two steps, came closer, and asked with concern, "Miss Zhao, what do you think?"

"I'm fine, cough, cough, thank you for your concern, Your Highness." Zhao Sese said calmly.

"Are you still angry with me? It wasn't that I didn't save you on purpose yesterday, but the water in the pool was too turbid, so I couldn't recognize the person at all, so I had to save the one nearby first." Xiang Nan explained, "When I tried to save you again, you were already rescued by someone else."

"How dare Sese be angry with King Yi." Zhao Sese said while coughing.

"Yes, the situation was so urgent at that time. His Highness was busy rescuing people. How could he tell clearly in such a hurry." Zhao Shixuan also said, "Of course my sister will not be angry with King Yi for this."

"That's good." Xiang Nan nodded, "By the way, I also brought medicine to dispel wind and dampness."

"Your Highness is thoughtful." Zhao Shixuan praised.

"Then Miss Zhao, please rest in peace and recuperate, I won't disturb you." Xiang Nan immediately stood up and said.

Although Zhao Sese was lying on the bed with a towel on her face, coughing from time to time, and looking like she was seriously ill because of the wind and cold in her body, Xiang Nan could actually tell that she was basically fine.

All this is just acting. The purpose is self-evident, which is to win your own sympathy and concern.

Xiang Nan has never been too fond of such scheming girls. Therefore, he was unwilling to cooperate with her in acting and wanted to leave after only staying for a moment.

…

After leaving Zhao Jingyu's house, Xiang Nan went to the palace again, and through Yong Niang, also sent Qu Xiaofeng some medicines to dispel wind and dampness, reduce inflammation and relieve pain.

Afterwards, he returned to Zhaoren Hall to continue writing books.

In the evening, when I was returning to the palace from Zhaoren Palace, I happened to see a pot of flowers in front of the second floor window when passing by Zhuque Street.

After returning to the palace, Xiang Nan pretended to rest, but actually went out secretly, went to the willow tree at the back door, and took out a bamboo tube from the tree hole.

When he opened it, he found a piece of paper inside, which contained Li Min's whereabouts in recent days.

I saw that he had been supervising the construction of Buddha statues in the past few days, and for this purpose, he successively received 200,000 kilograms of copper from the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Seeing this scene, Xiang Nan couldn't help but sigh.

The annual copper output of the Toyo Dynasty was only 300,000 jins, of which only 100,000 jins were used to cast copper coins. The remaining 200,000 kilograms were used to make Buddha statues.

This also caused Toyotomo to be seriously short of money. Therefore, silk and grain have become equivalent and used for currency circulation, but this is actually not conducive to economic development.

Good copper will not be used to mint money, but will promote economic development. But they are all used to cast Buddha statues, which is really a waste of natural resources. It can also be seen from this that Li Hao is not the Mingjun Holy Master. He is nothing more than a power-hungry, mean-spirited and unkind king.

Xiang Nan then left a message to Chai Mu, asking him to investigate the private money on the market.

He knew that Li Min had embezzled all the 200,000 kilograms of copper and used it to mint private money. Copper coins generally weigh about six kilograms and three taels, but copper accounts for about 70% of official copper coins cast by the Toyo Dynasty, while copper accounts for only about 50% of private money.

Therefore, two hundred thousand kilograms of copper can be cast into more than sixty-four thousand copper coins. And the annual tax of the Toyo Dynasty was only 30 million yuan.

Corresponding this ratio to reality, in 2022, my country's tax revenue will reach 16 trillion yuan. Li Chengye and Li Min misappropriated the copper to cast Buddha's private money, which is equivalent to a blackmail of 33 billion yuan.

It is simply the biggest rat.

Xiang Nan looked at it and admired their appetite. It was really too big.

…

In the next two days, Xiang Nan continued to go to Zhaoren Hall to repair books.

At this time, he was looking up information when he suddenly heard someone laughing, "Li Chengyin~"

Xiang Nan looked up and saw Qu Xiaofeng standing in front of him with a smile.

"Hey, why are you here? Have you recovered from the cold?" Xiang Nan asked with a smile.

"Well, thank you for the medicine. After I took it, I recovered quickly." Qu Xiaofeng nodded and smiled.

"You're welcome." Xiang Nan waved his hand, "However, you don't have to make a trip for this. You'd better go back to Lan Yue Pavilion quickly. It won't be good if others see you."

"Why are you afraid that people will see it? I asked the Queen Mother for permission, and she allowed me to come over and help you repair your book." Qu Xiaofeng said proudly.

Li Chengye refused to let her follow him to repair the book, so she insisted on coming over to repair it. For this reason, she specially begged the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager agreed to her request.

"My great-grandmother allows you to help me repair my books?" Xiang Nan was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "You are really capable, and you can even make your great-grandmother agree to this."

"Grandma loves me so much." Qu Xiaofeng said with a smile.

Xiang Nan nodded, "Well, since you have my grandma's wishes, I won't rush you anymore. Then you can stay and study with me."

He knew that the Empress Dowager was on his side.

The Empress Dowager actually did not like fighting, and repeatedly accused Li Zu of deliberately provoking infighting among the princes, which led to the deaths of Li Chengji and Li Chengye successively in the fight for the right to inherit the throne.

At the beginning, Li Chengyin had a pure character, neither fighting nor grabbing, and brotherly love. He was a good prince who was both capable and humane. This is why he won the support of the Queen Mother.

It's a pity that Li Chengyin gradually turned dark in order to seek revenge, and embarked on the old path of fighting for power and killing decisively. So that in the end he became a loner, and even the Queen Mother stopped helping him, and he was forced to spend his whole life to atone for his sins.

Therefore, Xiang Nan will not follow his old path.

"Yeah." Qu Xiaofeng nodded.