If it were anyone else, Prince Jin would have refused with trepidation.
Shi Qingluo didn’t play by the rules and said with a smile: “My master did want to give benefits to the people before he left. Since the prince said so, I have an unwelcome request.”
Before coming to the Northern Frontier, the Emperor summoned the couple alone.
The Emperor said that he could give Prince Jin some sweet dates. If Shi Qingluo could come up with ideas to improve the lives of the people in the Northern Frontier and make their lives better, he could also achieve it through Prince Jin.
The Emperor was thinPrince about his country and the world, and the people in Northern Frontier were also his subjects, so he was happy to see the people in Northern Frontier live better and better.
When the people’s lives were getting better and better, if Prince Jin wants to rebel, the people will definitely not be happy.
In Northern Frontier, Prince Jin will lose a lot of people’s hearts.
After Prince Jin rebelled and was executed, the Emperor would still be the ruler of the Northern Frontier, and even the policies implemented by Prince Jin before would become a thing of the past.
The victors win and the losers lose, and history was written by the victors.
When the Emperor continues to implement policies that are good for the people of the Northern Frontier, Prince Jin will completely become a thing of the past.
This would also make it easier for Shi Qingluo and her husband to get on Prince Jin’s side.
Of course, the Emperor naturally didn’t say so explicitly, and Shi Qingluo understood this.
At the same time, she also discovered that the Emperor was indeed very broad-minded.
And because of the Emperor’s permission, Shi Qingluo could do what she wanted to do here.
Prince Jin: “……”
This was the first time he saw someone climbing up the ladder right in front of his face.
He asked curiously: “What’s the unwelcome request?”
Shi Qingluo smiled and said: “I’m not familiar with Northern Frontier. Can the prince have someone compile a booklet for me on the conditions of the cities and counties in the Northern Frontier?”
“I don’t know if the prince has heard of this. I need to be triggered to think about things.”
“For example, when I saw rubber grass in Heyang County, I knew that this plant could be cut into rubber, so now, people planted it locally.”
“The prince said that he wants me to come up with ideas to benefit the people of the Northern Frontier. Then I must first understand it carefully and see if I can come up with good ideas that are adapted to local conditions.”
“Or see if my master will give me a dream because of this.”
Of course, she would not give all her ideas at once but would come up with them step by step.
It was important for her to get first-hand information on Northern Frontier first.
She was afraid that the Emperor doesn’t know the situation in Northern Frontier as much as Prince Jin does.
Prince Jin naturally didn’t believe in dreams but believed Shi Qingluo’s words that she should learn about the local conditions.
He thought for a moment: “No problem, I will have someone go back and compile it into a book today and give it to you in a few days.”
This thing may seem unimportant, but it was related to the situation of the entire Northern Frontier, so it is actually very important.
But Prince Jin wanted to get something out of Shi Qingluo’s mind. After weighing the pros and cons, he agreed.
If Shi Qingluo got the things and ended up with nothing, he would have his own way of dealing with them. After all, his things were not easy to take.
If Shi Qingluo really thought of a way to make money, it would be of great benefit to him.
Although the Northern Frontier has a vast territory, it was very bitter and cold. It was impossible to expand the army by relying solely on the taxes on the fiefdom.
It was too expensive to raise soldiers. Every day, there were military pay, food, weapons and equipment, etc. It cost hum a lot of money every month.
What he lacks most now is money.
Shi Qingluo smiled and thanked him: “Then I’ll trouble you, Your Majesty.”
The dishes came up soon. Prince Jin was used to not talking while eating, so the three of them didn’t talk during the meal.
Prince Jin ate a little and put down his chopsticks, but Shi Qingluo and Xi Rong were not polite and ate happily.
This made Prince Jin look at them with a smile, but he secretly sighed that they were really two little girls.
Prince Jin was only three years younger than the Emperor, so his eldest son was already eighteen years old and was also the current prince of the palace.
Shi Qingluo and Xi Rong were about the same age as his eldest daughter.
After dinner, Shi Qingluo and Xi Rong asked to leave.
Prince Jin didn’t try to keep them, as he was a patient man.
He also went back to the palace and called a confidant to collect and organize the things Shi Qingluo wanted.
Two days later, Shi Qingluo and Xi Rong went to Prince Jin’s palace together to attend the flower-viewing banquet held by the concubine.
Tao Liu attended on behalf of the Deputy Governor’s Mansion.
But she didn’t go with Shi Qingluo, after all, she and Shi Qingluo were not familiar with each other on the surface.
She also knew that Shi Qingluo didn’t want to befriend her, and they were just using each other.
As long as Shi Qingluo didn’t make things difficult for her, it would be fine.
Hearing that Tao Liu dressed up richly to attend the banquet at Prince Jin Mansion, Ge Chunru felt very uncomfortable and jealous.
Shi Qingluo was a wife of a seventh-rank county magistrate, what qualifications did she have to attend a banquet of this level?
She had already prepared the clothes and jewelry to wear at Prince Jin Mansion, but she didn’t expect that they would not be used at all.
She couldn’t help it, found a pair of scissors, and cut the dress into pieces.
While cutting, she cursed all kinds of things, as if the dress was Shi Qingluo and Liu Ru.
Her heart was filled with hatred bit by bit.
Shi Qingluo didn’t know that Ge Chunru was cursing behind her back, but she wouldn’t care even if she knew.
After all, this was the best revenge.
It was hers, but she lost it all because of her actions. It was the most painful to have gained and lost.
What she wanted was for Ge Chunru to keep experiencing this.
When they arrived at Prince Jin Mansion, the maid of Prince Jin’s concubine came to pick up Shi Qingluo and Xi Rong in person.
The maid was very polite to the two: “Marquis, Madam Xiao, please come in!”
Xi Rong nodded: “Lead the way.”
Then she took Shi Qingluo’s arm and followed the maid.
This also surprised the ladies who came to the banquet at the same time.
This was the first time they saw the maid next to Concubine Hua being so polite to anyone.
“What are the identities of the two people who just came in?”
“I don’t know, I have never seen them before.”
One of them said: “Just now I heard the maid call one of them Marquis, and now there is only one female Marquis in the whole of Daliang.”
Everyone guessed Xi Rong’s identity at once, “So she is the Marquis of Zhennan!”
“Why did she come to Beijiang?”
“I heard that this Marquis is very favored by His Majesty. Maybe he thought Beijiang was fun and came here.”
“Who is the person next to her? The maid was very polite to her.”
They knew that the maids around Concubine Hua were usually arrogant and would only be polite to people of extraordinary status.
“I heard the maid call her Madam Xiao. The other one is Madam Xiao in Beicheng. Could she be the family of the deputy governor?”
“It’s very likely.”
They all knew that Prince Jin wanted to win over the newly arrived Deputy Governor Xiao.
“Haven’t you heard that the Marquis of Zhennan and Madam Xiao are good friends?”
“You’ll know if you ask.”
One of the ladies from a noble family in the northern city asked the maid who came to receive them: “What is the origin of Madam Xiao?”
The maid just knew, “She is the wife of the magistrate of Heyang County.”
The noble lady was confused. How could a magistrate’s wife be so good friends with the Marquis of Zhennan and let the maid around the concubine be so polite?
The other ladies were also full of questions.
Many ladies felt a sense of contempt in their hearts. She was just a magistrate’s wife, they thought she was a very powerful person.
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