Chapter 692

Changancheng.

The dozen or so noble young ladies captured earlier were all locked in the inner palace.

No one knew what Qin Mu wanted to do by capturing so many noble young ladies.

It was Empress Zhangsun who stepped forward to settle these girls in the inner palace first.

She did not dare to make decisions on her own, fearing she would disrupt Qin Mu's plan.

These girls all knew Empress Zhangsun. After seeing her in the inner palace, they all cried until they were tear-stained.

"Empress, please save us!"

"Empress, you have always been the role model in our hearts!"

"Empress, you must protect our reputation!"

Empress Zhangsun's heart softened when she saw so many girls crying and begging together.

However, there was one thing that had to be emphasized.

"I am no longer the Empress of Great Tang. Now in Great Qin, you can address me as 'Niangniang' (Your Highness)!"

Niangniang?

No matter how she was addressed, as long as it could save their lives!

"Niangniang, will we all be taken into the inner palace at once?"

This was what these girls were most worried about.

Their fathers and uncles were all officials in Great Tang. What would it count as if they entered Great Qin's inner palace? Empress Zhangsun blushed.

She truly did not know whether Qin Mu would take them into the inner palace.

According to Empress Zhangsun's own thoughts, Qin Mu should not do this.

She could only ambiguously persuade these girls.

"Rest assured, His Majesty is not a lecherous person and will not take you all into the inner palace."

"Even if His Majesty takes a fancy to any of you and takes you into the inner palace, he will definitely treat you with great care and will not let you suffer any grievances."

This...

A group of girls were all stunned.

What exactly did this mean?

Entering the inner palace or not were both possible, so they were just leaving it to fate?

"Niangniang, we want to go home. Can we beg you to talk to the Great Qin Emperor? Let our families pay a ransom, and then let us go back?"

These naive girls thought that as long as they paid a little more ransom, they would definitely be let go.

Money can make the ghosts turn the millstones, right!

What problem could not be solved by money?

They had never encountered a problem that couldn't be solved by money in their lives.

Being in a noble family, they naturally knew the power of money.

Empress Zhangsun also thought in her heart that it was highly probable that some ransom would be needed to let these girls go back.

But she did not dare to promise these girls that.

"Hmm, I will go and plead for you. You all rest well in the palace and maintain your appearance, don't become haggard." Qin Mu had already returned.

After returning, he did not summon anyone.

He only let Shen Wansan take the Great Tang special envoy Li Ke to stroll through the East and West Markets to see the commercial prosperity of Great Qin.

For Li Ke, Qin Mu had other arrangements, and there was no need to see him for the time being.

Let him be brainwashed by Great Qin's commerce first, and then he could have other uses.

At this time.

Empress Zhangsun carried a bowl of tiger penis soup and came to the Imperial Study.

"Mu'er, you have been working hard lately, drink this bowl of soup to nourish yourself."

Qin Mu leaned over to look.

Good heavens!

He quickly shook his head.

"I don't need this stuff. Wei Zhongxian, you drink it."

Wei Zhongxian had a miserable look on his face.

"This servant needs it even less, don't waste such a good bowl of soup."

Qin Mu and Empress Zhangsun laughed together.

It would indeed be a waste to let Wei Zhongxian drink this soup.

Qin Mu looked up into Empress Zhangsun's eyes.

"Something up?"

Empress Zhangsun then slowly put away her smile.

There was indeed something, and because she was uneasy in her heart, she brought such a bowl of soup.

"Mu'er, what do you plan to do with those captured noble young ladies? Why not just collect some ransom and let them go?" Qin Mu guessed that Empress Zhangsun had come to plead for those girls.

When she was the Empress of Great Tang, she had frequent dealings with those noble families. Speaking of which, she was the elder of those girls and watched them grow up.

It was understandable that her heart softened.

But Qin Mu could not soften his heart because of this.

Governing a country does not allow for such sentimentalism!

"Niangniang, you are also a person who understands politics, you tell me, how do noble families maintain their power for hundreds of years without declining?"

In fact, there were also declining noble families.