Chapter 994: Taking charge of the government and escorting Li Qingluo back to Beijing
"Sixth Brother, I dare not plead for my aunt's family, but my mother is innocent. She and my aunt's family have always been at odds with each other, and it is impossible for her to participate in the rebellion in Yanziwu!"

Wang Yuyan woke up from her coma and dragged her uncomfortable body to the imperial study, hoping to beg for mercy for her mother.

"Yuyan, get up first!"

Su Mingzhe reached out his hand to help Wang Yuyan up, and seeing her delicate and pretty face with tears in her eyes, he couldn't help but feel distressed.

After waving away the serving palace maids and eunuchs, Su Mingzhe held Wang Yuyan in his arms and slowly began to comfort her.

There are thousands of beauties in "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", but only Mu Wanqing and Wang Yuyan are the most charming.

Now, one of the two women was kept outside the palace, and the other was kept inside the palace by him, which could be considered as what he had wished for.

After getting the two women, Su Mingzhe discovered something strange.

The actresses who played Mu Wanqing and Wang Yuyan all had fairly large frames.

However, Mu Wanqing and Wang Yuyan were very thin, with goose necks and narrow shoulders, light bodies, and slender branches and large fruits.

After examining Wang Yuyan, Su Mingzhe lay on the bed with satisfaction, allowing Wang Yuyan to call in the palace maid to clean up for both of them.

After everything was packed up, Wang Yuyan lay on the man's chest and pleaded for her mother again.

Su Mingzhe has always been fair in his actions.

Wang Yuyan was willing to serve him diligently. She was just Li Qingluo. Not to mention that he had no intention of killing her, even if he had wanted to kill Li Qingluo, he would spare her life for Wang Yuyan's sake.

However, women are never satisfied.

Even though Su Mingzhe had already decided to let Li Qingluo go, he still wanted to scare her:

"Yuyan, your mother's crime now is not because she was implicated by the Murong family, but because she found the martial arts secrets of various schools in your home."

"These secret manuals were stolen by the great evil Xiaoyaozi who killed countless martial arts masters from various schools and sects in the Central Plains."

"That Xiaoyaozi killed too many people, almost all of the Central Plains martial artists, and finally disappeared."

"Now that these secret manuals have appeared in your home, the sins committed by Xiaoyaozi will naturally be borne by your family!"

Su Mingzhe deliberately made the matter sound more serious to show how tricky the situation was.

Wang Yuyan was not a woman who could make decisions. Seeing the man speak so seriously, she could only continue crying.

Su Mingzhe comforted Wang Yuyan for a while, and then agreed to her.

When Li Qingluo is escorted to Kaifeng, find a death row prisoner to die in her place.

"If this happens, your mother will have to live in hiding, and the assets of Mantuo Villa will also be lost."

Wang Yuyan only cared about her mother, and didn't care about the family finances.
"Liu Lang, I just hope my mother is safe."

"Don't worry, I'm here and won't put your mother in danger."

When Wang Yuyan saw that the man agreed to spare her mother, she opened her mouth and wanted to plead for her cousin as well.

Although Murong Fu had cruelly sent her to the palace before, two months had passed and Wang Yuyan's anger towards Murong Fu had almost subsided.

However, Wang Yuyan didn’t know what was going on. She opened her mouth several times but couldn’t say anything. She was so anxious that beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

Although Su Mingzhe was resting with his eyes closed, he was watching every move of the beauty in his arms.

Seeing Wang Yuyan's painful expression, I knew that she wanted to plead for Murong Fu.

Whether in the novel or the TV series, the only annoying thing about Wang Yuyan is that she is too devoted to Murong Fu.

If you put yourself in the shoes of Murong Fu, then Wang Yuyan’s character is simply perfect.

Unfortunately, the people in Yanziwu are a bit useless.

Su Mingzhe had no choice but to replace the little emperor instead of Murong Fu.

Now, Wang Yuyan wanted to beg for mercy for Murong Fu. Su Mingzhe felt very uncomfortable and couldn't help but press her under him and bully her again.

After bullying her, Su Mingzhe had her sent back to the harem and summoned other imperial servants to sleep with her. A few days later, under the auspices of the Ministry of Rites, the ceremony of enthroning the queen was held as scheduled.

Because the Empress Dowager was still unconscious.

Su Mingzhe, who was already married and considered an "adult", took the opportunity to preside over the court meetings and rule the country.

After Su Mingzhe took power, he issued his first decree:
"In the Shaofujian, the currency reform was implemented: the currency system of 'iron coins, copper coins, and official silver' was changed to the currency system of 'iron yuan, copper yuan, silver yuan, and gold yuan'."

"Iron coins, copper coins, silver coins, and gold coins are all divided into different sizes."

"One large gold dollar is equal to ten small gold dollars, which is equal to one hundred large silver dollars, which is equal to one thousand small silver dollars, which is equal to ten thousand large copper dollars, which is equal to one hundred thousand small copper dollars, which is equal to one million large iron dollars, which is equal to ten million small iron dollars."

"The new currency has exquisite anti-counterfeiting patterns and years printed on it."

"Starting from the second year, the old currency will be exchanged for the new one. If the owner does not go to the Shaofujian for exchange, but continues to hold the old currency, then it can only be used for three years at most. After three years, the old currency will have no purchasing power."

"The new currency will be temporarily available to civil and military officials and imperial merchants."

It's no wonder that Su Mingzhe wants to implement currency reform, it's really because the Song Dynasty is "in a money shortage".

This seems a bit ridiculous.

As we all know, the Song Dynasty was the most profitable dynasty in history and can be regarded as a model of prosperity and wealth.

However, the imperial court really had no money.

Copper mines, iron mines, gold mines, and silver mines have all entered the "scarcity" stage.

Coupled with the outflow of a large amount of money, the Song Dynasty entered a "money shortage" stage during the Northern Song Dynasty.

In order to prevent the "money shortage", Su Mingzhe can only implement "currency reform".

Of course, in order to maintain the value of the new currency, Su Mingzhe also provided "goods" of equal value.

For example, every time a new batch of currency was issued, goods of equal value would be prepared at the same time and provided for officials and imperial merchants to "purchase".

With the function of "preserving value", the "currency reform" was successfully implemented although it was a little troublesome.

In the blink of an eye it was the end of June.

Li Qingluo was escorted back to Beijing along with a large number of criminals involved in the Murong clan's treason case.

When Li Qingluo learned that Yanziwu was being investigated for rebellion by the Imperial City Bureau, she knew something bad was going to happen.

Before she could react, the imperial navy surrounded Mantuo Villa.

Although Li Qingluo is good at martial arts, her fighting ability is average, probably only slightly higher than Azhu and Abi.

Faced with the encirclement of the army, she could only shout that she was the "mother-in-law" of the current official.

The Imperial City Administration had long been issued strict orders not to offend Li Qingluo, so even though she was arrested and strictly forbidden from contacting the outside world, she was given a dozen maids to serve her and ensure that she had enough food and clothing.

During the more than ten days of being detained, Li Qingluo's daily task was to curse Murong Bo and Murong Fu, father and son, for the harm they had done to others.

Wait for Li Qingluo to be escorted back to Beijing.

The Imperial City Bureau arranged a house for Li Qingluo to live in, right next to the house where Su Mingzhe settled Mu Wanqing.

The next day.

Su Mingzhe took Wang Yuyan out of the palace and came to the residence, where he saw Li Qingluo in a yellow dress:
"She is really fierce. Compared with her mother, Wang Yuyan is nothing!"

Now that she has escaped danger thanks to her daughter, Li Qingluo has been taught etiquette by the palace nanny and dares not overstep the boundaries in the slightest.

The three of them met in a polite manner, and Wang Yuyan felt relieved to see that her mother was fine.

Su Mingzhe knew that if he stayed here, Li Qingluo and Wang Yuyan would have to suppress their emotions, so he simply stood up and said goodbye:

"Yuyan, it's not easy for you and your daughter, so just chat for a while. I'm going to go shopping first, and I'll pick you up and take you back to the palace before twilight in the afternoon!"

(End of this chapter)