books44 Chapter 280 The Princess Has a Bad Temper (18)
Chapter 280 The Princess Has a Bad Temper (18)
Therefore, because Wangyou and Zhiyao kept delaying their marriage, the Empress and Emperor Qianlong were almost driven to despair.
Then Emperor Qianlong came up with a crooked idea: he started sending male concubines to the princesses' residences.
Yongji thought this was a good idea, and even when he went out on business, he didn't forget to find handsome men for the two of them.
"Sister, look at these two, I picked them out myself, they're both incredibly good-looking..."
"Aisin Gioro Yongji, you're itching for a beating, aren't you!" Before Yongji could finish his introduction, Wangyou grabbed his ear. She couldn't beat her father, but she could at least beat her younger brother.
So, Yongji received his first beating from his own sister in sixteen years, and it was a real beating!
After beating Yongji, Wangyou went to the palace and said, "Father, look, Yongji is not young anymore. Shouldn't he marry a consort?"
Yongji was dragged into the palace by the ear by Wangyou, and then happily received the benefit of marrying a princess. Yongji's eyes widened in surprise. Was this revenge?
"That's true. Once Yongji marries his wife, I can abdicate. Which noble lady do you think would be suitable?" Qianlong genuinely thought so. He was getting on in years and wanted to go out and see the world.
As the two discussed his choice of wife, he had no say. Yongji looked at Wangyou accusingly, but Wangyou pretended not to see it.
I keep my sister in my heart, but my sister has me in the ditch.
Yongji's heart was ice-cold.
Although Wangyou and Qianlong were chatting, they found it quite amusing to watch Yongji's changing expressions, so they chatted a little longer.
However, since it's Wing-kee's own choice to marry, it's definitely someone he likes. It's fine to just talk about it; it would be better to settle on someone casually.
"Yongji, do you have a girl you like?" Qianlong asked with a smile.
"Father, I have not yet found a woman I like. I leave it all to you to decide."
"Then I'll have your mother choose one for you." With that, the matter was settled. Wangyou got up and went to the inner palace to see her mother, while Yongji stayed behind to report on his duties.
Wangyou had lunch with the Empress, then packed up and left the palace.
Wangyou didn't go straight back to her princess's residence, but instead strolled around the streets. Nowadays, there are more and more people doing business, and merchants are no longer considered lowly. Ordinary people also come out to do some small business during the off-season to supplement their family income.
As she walked, somehow, Wangyou found herself at Nanfeng Pavilion, where melodious music drifted out, causing her to pause for a moment.
Wangyou had no intention of going in, nor did she say anything about shutting down these entertainment venues. How could such things be prohibited simply by banning them? Even with the diligent crackdowns on prostitution in later generations, such things were still commonplace.
Wangyou lifted her foot to leave, but felt a gaze focused on her. Curious, she looked up and saw a handsome man standing on the third floor, quietly watching her.
A moment later, Wangyou left without looking back.
"Young master, Princess Dingguo has already left."
"I know, I really don't know what kind of person could catch her eye," the man said with some regret, but his voice was so soft that it faded away with the wind.
In this life, Wangyou did not expand overseas territories. At this time, Western countries are already developing, so Wangyou still wants to improve the strength of her own country before considering fighting foreign countries.
However, harassment is still possible, after all, the batch of poison she sold was exceptionally effective, and many people went bankrupt trying to buy more, so she's reaping what she sowed.
As for sympathy, that's nonexistent. Sympathizing with the enemy is being cruel to oneself. So, Wangyou took the opportunity to bring back a lot of foreign mineral resources.
Three years later, Qianlong abdicated, Yongji ascended the throne, and Wangyou led his people straight to that island nation.
"Master, why did you come in person? You could have easily given the order and we could have handled it ourselves," Jin Ming said with a smile.
"It's much more enjoyable to do it myself than to let you solve it." By this time, the island nation had begun to develop, but that was no problem. Today, she would make sure that the people of this island were wiped out.
At Wangyou's command, the group grabbed their weapons and stormed the island. They hadn't brought many guns and ammunition this time; most of their weapons were melee weapons.
Wangyou was having a great time wielding her sword, which sent chills down the spines of the onlookers. She then became even more ruthless, aiming to kill with a single blow.
No one knows what this island nation did to offend their master, which led her to issue the order to eradicate them completely. However, to them, whatever their master does is right, so wherever their troops go, nothing is left alive.
Seeing this, Duobao wisely shut up. It sensed that its master was unusually irritable. So be it, at most it would lose some merit points, but that wouldn't be much.
Twenty thousand people killed for seven days and seven nights, regardless of age or gender, leaving no one alive. After the battlefield was cleaned up, the bodies were burned, and the ashes were thrown into a latrine.
This island was also completely incorporated into the territory of the Qing Dynasty. Although there were many volcanoes on the island, there were also many mineral resources, so troops were stationed there to mine.
After killing the people, Wangyou left, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, as they had all been killing each other for the next few days.
Seeing that Wangyou was in good spirits, Duobao went to look up a century of humiliation in Chinese history. She really held a grudge; so many worlds have passed, yet she hasn't forgotten it at all.
The Eight-Nation Alliance that invaded Beijing back then has also been marked by Wangyou. However, the drugs that Wangyou sold to these countries have already ravaged them to the point that it will take at least a century to recover. As for the West that Wangyou envisioned, it has already begun to develop. What a load of rubbish! The young and middle-aged are all involved with drugs.
There's no need for Wang You to get his hands dirty by killing someone; this important task was entrusted to Yongji.
Yongji looked at the grudge book his older sister had drawn up and felt helpless, but it was still necessary to spoil his own sister.
During Yongji's reign, he worked diligently to improve the country, develop science and technology, and strengthen national defense and military capabilities. The entire Qing Dynasty developed rapidly in a vigorous manner.
The barbarians who originally coveted the treasures of China have now completely abandoned their ulterior motives and sent envoys one after another hoping to obtain a large amount of good things like the Tang Dynasty.
But who is Yongji? He's an emperor personally trained by Wangyou. It's good enough that he doesn't hoard the best things for himself, let alone send them to you. What a pipe dream! You'll be lucky if he doesn't make you suffer.
Of course, Yongji did not refuse these people's invitations. After all, each country offered different bargaining chips. Letting them argue would help them find out what good things these countries had, so they could take them all when war broke out.
We can't not give them any benefits, after all, you have to hang a carrot in front of the donkey cart to get it moving. Yongji will show them some of the technologies that his country has phased out, and then sell them some finished products. It's a small reward, after all.
In the fifteenth year of Yongji's reign, the Qing Dynasty was already wealthy and powerful, and the people were well-fed and clothed. The system of monogamy was quietly spreading. In this year, Yongji decided to launch an attack on those countries with abundant resources.