What! The Wives in My Dreams Are Real? novel Chapter 116

【Meng Shifang’s words directly placed Sun Longhai at the center of controversy.】

【The civil and military officials present cast deep, scrutinizing looks at the Prime Minister.】

【Over a hundred years ago, could you already see Huangfu Baizhi’s wolfish ambition?】

【Or was her rebellion a result of the suppression by you and Grand Marshal Meng Shifang?】

【This is definitely a question worth pondering.】

【Sitting on the dragon throne, Ye Yu looked puzzled.】

【He asked who Huangfu Baizhi was and why there was a need to target her.】

【Sun Longhai was utterly dismayed.】

【He knelt on the ground and recounted the events from over a hundred years ago, when they attacked the capital of the Great Xia Dynasty.】

【After recounting the story, Sun Longhai repeatedly emphasized that the term “pay more attention” was meant to have Meng Shifang take better care of Huangfu Baizhi.】

【It was never meant to target her.】

【After all, she was a woman whom His Majesty had looked at twice.】

【Upon hearing this, Meng Shifang was speechless and said, Prime Minister, since that was your intention, why didn’t you clarify it back then?】

【Sun Longhai immediately began to refute, Are you too pig-brained to understand and now trying to blame me?】

【The two men’s conversation turned sour, and a fierce argument broke out in the court.】

【Sun Longhai, who was a boxer in the imperial court, began to throw punches after a few words.】

【If words failed, he would curse; if cursing failed, he would fight.】

【This was Sun Longhai’s tried-and-true method, always effective.】

【Although Meng Shifang was quite capable, when it came to physical confrontation with the Prime Minister, he dared not use spiritual power or fight back.】

【He could only endure the beating.】

【The court officials were not surprised and immediately cleared a large area for their brawl.】

【It was rare to see a direct confrontation between a civil leader and a military grand marshal, so it was quite a spectacle!】

【Ye Yu snorted coldly.】

【He ordered the imperial guards to give both men fifty lashes each.】

【Sun Longhai and Meng Shifang gladly accepted this punishment.】

【Enduring the beating was better than losing their official positions, and that was the best outcome.】

【Ye Yu shook his head with resignation.】

【He never expected that the reward for the army a hundred years ago would cause something like this, just because he had looked at Huangfu Baizhi a few more times.】

【Sigh, it’s all because the subordinates have too many ideas.】

【But it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing; it at least gave him another chance to splurge.】

【This time, Ye Yu planned something big!】

【Finance Minister, prepare one hundred million taels of silver; I will personally use the money to crush these rebels into submission.】

【Upon hearing this, the Finance Minister clutched his chest, deeply pained, and said, Your Majesty, why not just dispatch troops to quell the rebellion? Why use money to crush the rebels?】

【This... it seems beneath the dignity of our great nation!】

【Ye Yu smiled calmly, For those who betray me, I give one hundred million taels. For those who remain loyal, how could I not reward them with a billion?】

【The civil and military officials were stunned by this theory.】

【Why did it feel like they wanted to applaud?】

【Ten days later.】

【Ignoring the opposition of everyone, Ye Yu resolutely set out alone with eighty million taels of silver for the far northern lands.】

【At this moment, Huangfu Baizhi, leading the rebels, had arrived at the northern frontier, about to launch an attack.】

【But when they saw the dragon-shaped cloud in the sky pulling the dragon carriage roaring towards them, all the rebels felt at a loss.】

【The dragon carriage was the emperor’s exclusive vehicle.】

【Over the years, Ye Yu had never been stingy with rewards for the army.】

【He often organized a grand show of generosity.】

【Some even jokingly called Ye Yu the “Great Money-Sprinkling Emperor of All Time.”】

【And it was indeed true.】

【Even among these rebels, not a single one had not received Ye Yu’s favor.】