Chapter 1317: The Mermaid in the Mansion
The new emperor was almost amused by Shi Li's innocent look.
He ignored her and just looked at Wen Ren Ding silently.
The cool touch in his arms finally warmed up Wen Ren Ding's heart, which had sunk to the bottom of a deep pool. He looked at Shi Li carefully from head to toe.
His focused eyes seemed as if he wanted to count even the hairs on his head to see if there were any missing.
He didn't take the new emperor seriously at all.
After finally finishing the inspection, he finally found the time to look at the new emperor, raised his hand and threw something over.
The new emperor almost thought it was a hidden weapon attack, and cautiously reached out to catch it, but found that it was a token with a strange style. The new emperor raised his eyebrows while holding the token, and looked at Wenren Ding in confusion.
He was quite impatient and even frowned.
"With the Wenren family's token, all the shops and personnel in the imperial capital can be controlled and deployed at will."
It turns out that I didn't know how big a mistake I made...
The new emperor took the token and looked at it, and was very excited.
The previous emperor had been extremely licentious and had squandered the national treasury and the emperor's private treasury. He increased taxes every year, and the people suffered terribly.
Now that he is in power, the people need to recuperate, and he also has many ambitions that were once blocked by the previous emperor that he wants to realize, and each of them requires a large amount of money.
The token given by Wen Ren Ding was exactly what he wanted. However, just now on the city wall, thousands of eyes saw that Wen Ren Ding was going to rebel. His majesty...
"Wait until we go back, and give you another million taels of silver." Wen Ren Ding said again lightly.
Majesty...is actually not that important!
The new emperor changed his mind decisively and even smiled warmly.
"It seems like this is your first time in the imperial capital. Why don't you stay for a while and have a good look around." As an emperor, he was really flexible.
But after such a big change and separation, neither Wen Ren Ding nor Shi Li want to see any scenery now, they just want to return to their own place.
Shi Li clutched Wen Ren Ding's sleeve tightly, fearing that the new emperor would suddenly attack.
But the new emperor still kept his promise. Although he felt regretful, he still kindly asked someone to arrange a carriage to take the two men out of the city.
Before leaving, he took one last deep look at Wen Ren Ding.
"Your Majesty, rest assured. The one million silver ounces will be presented in full." Wen Ren Ding actually understood his thoughts and emphasized it again.
The new emperor was relieved. To be an emperor of his stature, he could not be said to be humble but he was extremely insightful.
The majesty of the emperor does not exist in front of a million silver taels. He has already thought about how to use this hard-earned money, and he is happy just thinking about it.
By the way, he also collected all the shark pearls. In addition to making a necklace for Xiaoshuang, there were still a few left, which he could find a way to sell and exchange for some silver.
The new emperor felt a little regretful. If he had known earlier, he should have let the mermaid cry more in the past two days.
On the carriage on the way back, the mermaid, who had not slept for a day and a night, was unwilling to stay in the wooden barrel. She only wanted to snuggle in Wenren Ding's arms, holding his waist with both hands, and fell asleep in the blink of an eye.
After leaving the imperial capital, the carriage became a little bumpy again. Wen Ren Ding was worried that she would slip, that she would be uncomfortable, and that he would wake her up, so he was like a soft cushion, motionless.
From time to time, I could hear the sound of a wheelbarrow, and if I lowered my head slightly, I could see Shi Li sleeping.
His fingers could not move, Wen Rending's eyes swept across her flawless white cheeks, her jet-black hair, and finally stopped at the slightly red corners of her eyes.
Thinking of her tears these past two days, Wen Ren Ding frowned again, feeling so distressed that he could not control himself. He kissed her eyelids carefully, as gently as a feather brushing past.
He would never let Shi Li leave his sight again.
When the carriage stopped at the gate of the Wenren family's old house, it was already late, and the driver's shout of "stop" woke Shi Li up.
She blinked her misty eyes and looked up at Wen Ren Ding, "Are we home?"
"We're home." Wen Rending replied, covering her with a heavy cloak and getting off the carriage.
Wenren Qing, Wang Cuilu and Wenren Xinqing lined up at the gate.
Seeing them get off the bus, they all showed relieved smiles on their faces.
"You're back. Dinner is ready. We've been waiting for you to come back." Wang Cuilu said.
Wenren Xinqing walked straight up to Shi Li and looked at her. She wanted to hold her hand but didn't dare to. She just smiled with red eyes.
The most interesting person was Wen Renqing, who seemed to have expected this scene and smiled as he asked his servant to bring a box.
He opened the box in front of Wen Ren Ding and the coachman, and found a thick stack of silver bills inside.
"A total of 1.2 million taels of silver. Thank you for your hard work." He handed the box to the coachman without hesitation.
The coachman was indeed the new emperor's confidant. He could not help but show surprise when he easily got two hundred thousand taels of silver notes more than the original plan.
Wen Renqing still smiled, without a trace of reluctance.
"This is as it should be. Besides... we will be the only one in power in the future."