Chapter 1401

"The Court of Diplomatic Reception spot-checked five hundred bolts of Zhao Gao in the past half month, and fewer than one hundred bolts were qualified!"

"This Zhao Gao, as Lord Gao said, is polarized. The poor quality is simply shocking. We in Da Qian buy it entirely based on luck!"

"And Zhao Gao fades when exposed to water. This is not an individual case. In these few months, according to statistics from all over Da Qian, I fear there have been thousands of cases of Zhao Gao fading when exposed to water!"

Wu Zhao, upon hearing this, suddenly slapped the dragon chair and said angrily, "What?"

"Spot-checked five hundred bolts of Zhao Gao, and fewer than one hundred were qualified? And Zhao Gao fading when exposed to water has actually occurred in thousands of cases in Da Qian?"

Gao Yang added a blow from the side.

"Your Majesty, this ratio is simply shocking!"

"As far as I know, many people followed and bought it because Your Majesty encouraged everyone in Da Qian to wear Zhao Gao, even going so far as to empty their savings."

"But I didn't expect the Zhao Kingdom to pit us in Da Qian like this!"

Once these words were spoken, the officials smelled something wrong.

Cui Xinghe was stunned.

Wang Zhong was stunned.

Yan Zheng was stunned.

Very wrong, one hundred percent wrong!

These three monarch and subjects looked very much like they were singing a double act, and this trend was also wrong.

These news were all negative news about Zhao Gao, and it was Gao Yang who took the lead.

Lu Wen's gaze was suspicious.

He stared at Chen Qiong, feeling his scalp go numb.

These words, in his eyes, were truly too ridiculous.

Something worth four or five taels per bolt, even if time were pushed back, was worth one or two taels of silver.

If this faded when exposed to water, the first to know would definitely be his Ministry of Justice. What did this have to do with the Court of Diplomatic Reception?

But Chen Qiong spoke with certainty, which made Lu Wen smell something unusual.

He sensibly did not stand out and chose to wait and see.

Cui Xinghe stared at Gao Yang, and the foot he had originally stepped out with shrank back hard.

He said nothing and just retreated silently.

Yan Zheng also put away the memorial in his wide sleeve that was going to accuse Gao Yang of one hundred and eight major crimes, fearing it might accidentally fall out.

The crowd's gaze focused, and they all realized the shift in the trend in the court.

But it was also at this moment that outside the Jin Luan Hall, a pale, old figure ran over in a panic from outside the hall.

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

The crowd looked over, and Cui Xinghe, Yan Zheng, and others all looked stern.

Director of the Imperial Observatory—Li Youwei!

The Imperial Observatory was different from other departments; its only role was to survey celestial phenomena.

For hundreds of years, the status of the Imperial Observatory was extremely high, but as time passed, its status plummeted, never to return to its former glory.

The current Imperial Observatory had only one duty, which was to be the Emperor's mouth, responsible for fooling the common people.

After all, most common people had not read the books of sages and were relatively ignorant. They believed in celestial phenomena, and they also believed in auspicious signs and strange phenomena descending from heaven.

This was like people who left their names in history; the more famous they were, the more strange phenomena would descend from heaven at their birth, which was extremely extraordinary.

Li Youwei ran over tremblingly, and when he reached the middle of the officials, he accidentally fell to the ground.

But he didn't care and just looked up at Wu Zhao and said, "Your Majesty, there is a strange phenomenon in the sky!"

"Last night, Mars was in the heart, the Greedy Wolf Star moved; this is a great omen of disaster!"

"Observing this celestial phenomenon, this old minister hurriedly opened the ancestral 'Book of Celestial Officials', read it for a whole night, and only then found the revelation from it. The five stars of the Carriage, hiding corpses in the middle..."

"This corresponds exactly to Zhao Gao. Zhao Gao is as white as a shroud; this is heaven's punishment!"

"Your Majesty, you must ban that Zhao Gao!"

Li Youwei shouted, his voice carrying a sense of grief and indignation.

Once these words were spoken, the officials were all dumbfounded, and Cui Xinghe and others felt a chill from the bottom of their hearts.

Wu Zhao was again furious, "What?"

"There is actually such a thing?"

Gao Yang also had to admire the acting skills of this old man Li Youwei. At such an old age, he was truly desperate!

He wasn't even afraid that his old bones would fall apart from that fall.

And it was truly difficult for him; he actually matched it with the celestial phenomena, and his casual search actually sounded true.

Sure enough, celestial phenomena were not about how I looked at them, but about what you wanted!

Gao Yang walked over quickly and helped Li Youwei up, "Director Li, are you sure you didn't misread this celestial phenomenon?"

"This is no small matter!"

Li Youwei's withered old hands gripped Gao Yang's arm tightly, his face full of emotion as he said.

"Lord Gao, this old man has watched the stars for a lifetime, how could I misread this?"

"Zhao Gao's color is white, combined with this old minister's Book of Celestial Officials, and the revelation of the celestial phenomena, it corresponds to the Earth Dragon. If we continue to ignore it, Zhao Gao will suck dry our Da Qian's earth veins, and there will be a sign of heaven collapsing!"

Gao Yang's face was shocked.

"What?"

"This Zhao Gao is actually so terrifying!"

"Director Li, what else? What other celestial phenomena did you see?"

Gao Yang stared at Li Youwei, hinting.

Li Youwei's old eyes were a bit confused, and he fell into hesitation.

He stared at Gao Yang, his eyes full of incomprehension.

Gao Yang increased his strength, his lips buzzing, "Grain!"

Li Youwei instantly remembered and said to Wu Zhao again, "Your Majesty, our Da Qian's earth veins have been hollowed out quite a bit by Zhao Gao, but to remedy it, there is a way!"

"Director Li, what way?" Gao Yang said urgently.

Li Youwei said, "As the saying goes, grain is the root of the earth. To make up for the hollowed-out earth veins, we only need to ban the south of the water transport and keep all our Da Qian's grain in Da Qian."

"In this way, we can make up for the hollowed-out earth veins!"

Gao Yang, hearing this, cupped his hands to Wu Zhao.

"Your Majesty, there is a strange phenomenon in the sky; this is the will of heaven, we must listen!"

"Otherwise, the earth veins will be hollowed out, affecting our Da Qian's national destiny. Who can bear this consequence?"

"Therefore, I boldly suggest, I implore Your Majesty to strictly forbid our Da Qian people from wearing Zhao Gao!"

"At the same time, strictly forbid water transport ships from going to the Zhao Kingdom, so as to make up for our Da Qian's hollowed-out earth veins!"

Wu Zhao stood up and nodded. She said, "The words of Director Li and Lord Gao are deeply in line with my heart!"

"Since it is the will of heaven, how can we disobey it?"

"Fellow officials, I have decided to block Zhao Gao, strictly forbid Zhao Gao from entering our Da Qian territory, and at the same time, this year, forbid grain transport ships north of the Huai River from flying the Da Qian flag!"

"Fellow officials, what do you think?" ===== CHAPTER 1403 =====