northernbook Chapter 1255 Feigning madness is all fake
Chapter 1255 Feigning madness is all fake
Although Liang Chongyue seemed not to be involved in what was happening next door, she and the system actually saw everything that was going on next door.
After Liang Chongyue finished his brunch, Li Furong arrived with Li Shanyan. Upon arrival, Li Furong immediately knelt before Liang Chongyue.
"Your subject Li Shanyan pays respects to Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty!"
Liang Chongyue raised her hand and called out. Looking at Li Furong's red eyes from crying, Liang Chongyue gave Li Yu'an a look, and Li Yu'an stepped forward.
"Lord Li, if you have any questions about the Xie family, just ask me."
Li Shanyan got up from the ground, but when he saw His Highness the Empress, he knelt down again.
"Your subject pays respects to Your Majesty the Empress. May Your Majesty live a thousand years!"
Liang Chongyue handed Li Shanyan over to Li Yu'an; she didn't have time to listen to Li Shanyan's thanks.
After asking a few casual questions in the courtyard, he returned to his study.
It's early June now, and the rice in Qiyang's fields isn't growing well; it's estimated that harvesting won't begin until mid-July.
In the Jiangnan region, rice is harvested twice a year, with the late rice being the most bountiful harvest.
Upon returning to his study, Liang Chongyue immediately picked up his brush. Since there was no blank imperial edict, Liang Chongyue wrote down the grain allocation order directly on the paper and sent it to the governor of Jiangnan.
After writing it, he handed the "imperial edict" to Fei He, who then sent someone to deliver it.
The rice in Qiyang is growing like this, so the seeds saved each year must not be good. Grain must be transferred from other parts of Jiangnan and planted in Qiyang.
After this year, she will issue another order to convert rice paddies to mulberry fields in Qiyang.
Nowadays, the Great Xia Dynasty has no shortage of food. In places like Lin'an in Jiangnan, land has long been designated for converting rice paddies to mulberry fields. It may take several more years to see results.
But Qiyang can afford to wait, and it must wait.
How much does a grain cost? How much does a piece of silk cost?
When all the fertile land in Qiyang was used to grow mulberry trees, all expenses during this period were covered by the imperial court.
Furthermore, the farmland taxes of the people of Qiyang will be completely waived for ten years.
Liang Chongyue sat in the chair, looking at the booklets beside her and the neatly arranged papers piled on the table.
He fiddled with the jade twister in his hand, tapping it idly, listening to the sound it made, and pondering what to do next.
At this moment, Li Yu'an next door roughly recounted what had happened to the Xie family to Li Shanyan.
"The Xie family won't wait for you to seek justice for Aunt Li. Only Old Master Xie is left in the Xie family, and he's lying half-dead in the clinic. If you want to go see him, I can send someone to take you there."
As for why they are still alive...
His Majesty may have forgotten about this person and has not given any orders to do anything to him.
We can only leave it for now; the news came from the clinic just a few days ago.
Xie Hong's madness seemed to be an act.
When someone saw Xie Hong sitting in the backyard of the clinic, dragging his crippled leg, weeping bitterly with his face covered, when no one was around.
The crying would stop at the slightest sound, and Xie Hong would immediately revert to his crazy, erratic state.
Seeing this, one can't help but sigh. The Xie family is finished. The people don't know where the news came from, but they know that Xie Hong is in the clinic.
Every day, someone tries to sneak in with a knife hidden in their pocket and give him a quick death.
He has offended too many people; anyone he passes by on the street is an enemy.
Li Shanyan came here for this very reason, and he had thought about many things along the way.
While the horse rested, he pondered how to bring down the Xie family.
After all, the Xie family had deep roots in Qiyang; otherwise, my grandfather wouldn't have allowed my aunt to marry into such a distant place.
Little did they expect that the Xie family would bring about their own downfall and bring about their own demise.
All the plans he had devised along the way were ruined.
"Then thank you very much, Your Highness."
You still have to go see it.
Li Yu raised his hand and called out to one of the men, who was a secret guard from Qingyu Pavilion.
“Let him take you there. You’ve come at the right time. If you had come a few days later, Xie Hong might have gone mad and killed himself.”
After Li Yu'an finished speaking, Li Shanyan raised his hand to thank him, and the two exchanged a glance.
Li Yu'an withdrew his gaze, and as Li Shanyan followed the guard out, he was stopped by Li Furong.
“I’ve been to that clinic, so there’s no need to trouble you, sir. We can go there ourselves.”
Li Yu'an didn't insist, and while swaying back and forth in the rattan chair, he smiled and agreed.
After everyone left, Li Yu'an used the Li family matter as an excuse to return to the small courtyard and knocked on the door of His Majesty's study.
"Enter."
His Majesty's cold, hard voice came from inside the study. Li Yu'an pushed open the door and went in, telling His Majesty what had happened next door.
Liang Chongyue sat at an angle in the chair, and didn't react much when she heard about it.
"Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt has its debtor. Xie Hong deserved to die at the hands of the Li family."
Seeing His Majesty's troubled expression, Li Yu'an consciously walked to His Majesty's side, preparing to give him a massage.
Liang Chongyue grabbed him and pulled him into her arms.
Liang Chongyue held the person in her arms and rested her head on Li Yu'an's neck.
"Don't move, let me lean on you for a while. I like the smell of you."
Li Yu'an always had a faint medicinal scent emanating from him, even though he hadn't needed to take any medicine for years.
However, he still maintains a state of constant medication and nourishment.
Although the amount of medicine I take is less than half of what it used to be, the smell of medicine on my body is also much fainter than before.
Li Yu'an often used incense, and when Liang Chongyue was feeling down, he was like a human-shaped calming incense.
Holding you can calm you down.
"Your Majesty may hold me for as long as you like."
Li Yu'an craved this moment of affection when His Majesty was feeling down.
His body was not as strong as Fei He's, and he spent years cultivating a fragrance that permeated his skin, just so that His Majesty would remember him a little more.
After resting and recovering her composure by leaning on Li Yu'an, Liang Chongyue didn't want to stay in Qiyang for too long.
So, while holding Li Yu'an, he opened the drawer and took out a map of the Great Xia Dynasty.
"This map was brought to me by Minglang during the last Chinese New Year after he used it. It marks many places that Minglang visited and found interesting."
Li Yu'an's gaze swept across the map in the direction His Majesty pointed, and there were indeed quite a few places clearly marked on it.
She still has the heart of a young girl, and she even uses different colored inks to categorize and label them.
On the edge of the map, it was noted which markings were meaningful and which were neutral.
Below that was a line of smaller print that read: "The places marked in yellow are the ones she has rectified. I hope that when the Empress revisits these places, she can inspect them and see how the people there are doing."
"It's a small, bright idea of hers. I wonder if Your Majesty could help her realize it?"
Li Yu'an pointed to a spot on the map, and Liang Chongyue looked in the direction he was pointing and saw a place near Qiyang that Minglang had marked in yellow.
"Judging by the time, at least three years have passed since Minglang finished rectifying this place. Would Your Majesty like to go and take a look?"