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Chapter 369 Jade Talisman
All the ministers present were secretly shocked, thinking that the princess was too arrogant to say such big words, not even afraid of getting her tongue blown away by the wind.
However, after they thought about it carefully, they couldn't help but feel that since the other party dared to say so, he might really be confident that he could accomplish this task.
After all, this eldest princess who has never appeared in public can come up with five things that are beneficial to the country in one breath. Who dares to say that she doesn't have other cards in her hand?
Everyone had their own thoughts in their minds, but no one showed it on their faces. Instead, under the leadership of the Left Prime Minister, they began to congratulate the emperor.
The emperor showed a meaningful smile on his face. "With the help of my sister, my kingdom will be safe. My sister is not particular about details and is unwilling to hold complicated ceremonies. She just agreed to attend the palace banquet. I feel deeply guilty and decided to double the funds for building the princess's mansion and send it to her fiefdom. Just regard it as a small compensation from me to her."
"She likes to travel around, so I have given her the position of supervisor. If she encounters an official who is corrupt, takes bribes, or violates laws and disciplines, she has the power to execute him first and report him later. Do you think that this is appropriate?"
What else could the ministers say? They could only shout in unison: "Your Majesty is wise!"
After the discussion was over, the emperor waved his hand, signaling the ministers to leave. The ministers stood up, bowed to the emperor, and walked out of the imperial study in an orderly manner.
The left prime minister walked at the front of the team. After he came down the steps of the imperial study, he stopped, looked up at the sky, sighed deeply, and murmured in a low voice: "The weather is going to change."
When the people following behind heard Zuo Xiang's words, their eyes flickered and they remained silent. Some slowed down and lowered their heads in thought, while others quickened their pace and prepared to go back and make some preparations in advance.
The whole Kyoto became tense and undercurrents surged because of the sudden appearance of "Princess Jotoku".
However, Lin Chuyi, the person who caused all this, was completely unaware of it. At this moment, she was lazily lying in the room of the small western-style building, sleeping soundly.
Lin Chuyi was really tired. Ever since she learned the dream-making technique, she had been studying how to combine various techniques to create more realistic and influential dreams.
In order to make the old emperor believe in the dream she had woven, she even carefully designed a dream within a dream to increase its credibility. This whole process really consumed a lot of her energy.
On the third day after she had presented the dream to the emperor, she set up a disposable illusion array and entrapment array dual-purpose array disk in the imperial study that she had purchased with 30 million gold coins, and transferred everyone except the emperor into the entrapment array, slowing down the flow of time and making the palace maids and eunuchs present unable to notice the changes on the scene.
Then she used an illusion array to create the illusion that time had stopped, and put on the God of Wealth enhancement suit she had obtained earlier, appearing in front of the emperor with a brand new image. Through her clothing and the act of grabbing the jade pendant, she echoed the emperor's dream, deepening the emperor's trust in her being the God of Wealth.
When the matter was settled, she put an invisibility talisman on herself and used the properties of the illusion array to make the emperor watch her disappear with his own eyes. Finally, she removed the array and left the palace quietly.
Although Lin Chuyi's physical and spiritual strength far exceeded that of ordinary people, she had not formally entered the practice of cultivation. This whole set of combined punches made her very tired.
Fortunately, her arrangements were not in vain. Things developed more smoothly than she expected, and the final result exceeded her expectations.
The emperor announced this matter at the court meeting the next day, and all the ministers who were summoned by the emperor to the imperial study to discuss the matter yesterday spoke out in agreement.
These people are in high positions and have great power, and they are the weather vane for the actions of all officials in the court. They all stand on the united front. Even if other officials think that this matter is inappropriate, they will not stand up and offend the emperor and their superiors under such circumstances.
It was rare that the emperor's decree was unanimously approved by all officials, and this result made the emperor very satisfied.
From that day on, all departments of the court were busy, preparing for the enfeoffment of Princess Shangde and the experimentation and promotion of the production methods of five items, including the salt-making method, which she provided.
The Ministry of Rites, which was in charge of the affairs of enfeoffment, was undoubtedly the most troubled department among the six ministries. It was not because the newly promoted Princess Shangde asked for too much, but because the Princess Shangde had never shown up until now.
They didn't even know whether she was fat or thin, tall or short, let alone whether she was married. If so, what was her husband's name, his background, and whether she could have children after marriage...
These questions were not raised by the people in the Ministry of Rites out of boredom, but because Princess Shangde was a member of the royal family, she and her family had to be included in the royal family tree after their identities were confirmed, and there could be no room for error.
The Minister of Rites was very worried about this, so he frequently went to the palace to beg for an audience with the emperor in an attempt to solve this problem. Since he could not find the princess, he thought that asking the emperor for help was also a feasible solution. After all, as the princess's brother, the emperor would not be completely unaware of his sister's situation, right?
The Minister of Rites' idea was originally quite reasonable, but it happened that his emperor really knew very little about this nominal sister.
When the emperor learned the purpose of the Minister of Rites' visit, he was stunned. He also didn't know the answers to these questions, so in order to avoid making mistakes, he chose to answer them vaguely.
He asked the Minister of Rites to put the matter aside for the time being, citing the urgency of time, and to concentrate on organizing the upcoming palace banquet. After the banquet was over, he would personally go and ask the princess for answers to these questions.
After receiving the emperor's approval, the Minister of Rites felt relieved and stopped worrying about it. Instead, he asked the emperor a new question: "Your Majesty, the eldest princess has lived outside the palace for a long time and has never appeared in public. Her palace dresses and daily clothes cannot be tailor-made. How should this problem be solved?"
Although the emperor was the only person who had seen the "Goddess of Wealth", when he carefully recalled her figure and appearance, he felt that she seemed to be covered by a layer of mist, making it difficult to see clearly. He only vaguely remembered that she was tall and thin.
So after considering it, the emperor gave the Minister of Rites a few examples and said, "Let's make it according to the body shapes of Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian in my harem. The eldest princess' body shape is not much different from theirs."
After hearing this, the Minister of Rites nodded repeatedly and said that he would arrange it as soon as possible.
With a specific reference object, the Minister of Rites had a clear idea in his mind, and all subsequent rituals were completed without the presence of the protagonist, Princess Shangde.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the scheduled date for the palace banquet arrived.
The emperor held this palace banquet with great fanfare in order to allow all the civil and military officials in the court to see the face of the new princess, in order to prevent anyone from being so blind as to offend this goddess of wealth in the future.
Therefore, as the protagonist, Lin Chuyi had to be present. The emperor came to the imperial study, dismissed the attendants, and then carefully took out the jade talisman that Lin Chuyi gave him and crushed it with force. With a crisp cracking sound, the jade talisman instantly broke into two pieces.
At this moment, Lin Chuyi, who was concentrating on reading a book in the house, keenly noticed that another jade talisman in his arms was producing abnormal fluctuations.
She knew that this meant the emperor was summoning her, so she slipped into the space without hesitation, quickly changed into a set of light and comfortable casual clothes, carefully disguised her face, and finally put on height-increasing shoes to change her body shape.
After repeated checks to ensure that there were no flaws, Lin Chuyi stepped out of the space with confidence. As soon as she appeared, she immediately and decisively crushed the jade talisman on her body.
Along with the sound of the jade talisman breaking, the broken jade talisman disappeared in an instant. At the same time, Lin Chuyi, who was holding the jade talisman, also disappeared without a trace.