Richest Man: Divine-Grade Reconstruct System Chapter 1275 - 1149: A Pleasant Surprise

Although the Emperor’s grand wedding had not taken her as his bride, which made Leng Yu’s heart ache and feel deeply ill at ease, this did not affect her handling of state affairs.

Especially in these few days when Lin Yi did not attend court, it could be said that everything was conducted under Leng Yu’s governance.

Moreover, the Emperor’s wedding was a joyous event for all under heaven, a celebration for the entire Dayou Kingdom; thus during this period, every place could be said to be exceptionally tranquil.

Of course, places afflicted by natural disasters or man-made calamities were an exception, but most regions were very stable. Almost everyone knew that at such a time, it was best not to stir up trouble.

If anyone were to provoke the Emperor’s displeasure at this moment, adding vexation to his brow on such an auspicious day, their consequences would certainly not be pleasant.

Precisely because of this, these three days could be said to be "you’re good, I’m good, everyone’s good"—an unprecedented harmony upon the Imperial Court, and the common folk beneath the court were likewise. Not to mention the meat-eating commoners of the Capital City.

Even the commoners in the other cities were all celebrating in the streets.

Of course, this had a great deal to do with the series of edicts Lin Yi had ordered to be sent out.

Within these three days, the people had already, one after another, received the several decrees issued by Lin Yi.

When they heard that agricultural taxes were to be remitted, every last one of them praised with raised hands, and every last one knocked their heads to the ground in heavy kowtows toward the direction of the Capital City.

Although they could not see Lin Yi at this moment, they knew that in the east, in the direction of the Capital City, there was a sovereign thinking on their behalf, lifting from them that heavy burden of taxation, allowing them to survive.

This undoubtedly gave them many chances to keep living, and hope of continuing their lives.

Throughout these three days, continuous banquets were being held outside, and within the Imperial Palace there were likewise flowing banquets laid out for three days straight.

It could be said that these civil servants and Military Generals ate to their hearts’ content and drank to their hearts’ content.

Of course, there is one point that must be mentioned: these Military Generals and civil servants, every one of them, no longer drank like before from big bowls, nor did the scenes of simply hoisting a wine jar and taking a fierce swig appear at all.

At this moment, the crowd upon the Imperial Court all wore a refined and scholarly air; even the Military Generals were lifting their wine bowls and taking small, delicate sips, savoring carefully.

This scene, if viewed from outside, would undoubtedly be very comical and amusing.

It was simply as if they had lost the hearty boldness befitting generals. One must know that on ordinary days, these fellows drank by lifting great jars and downing them like cattle.

To see them like this now was simply beyond imagination.

After clinking cups with one another, they merely took a slight, gentle sip and then set the cups down; even these Military Generals themselves would never have imagined such a thing before.

Of course, the reason for such a situation lay in the wine itself. After everyone experienced that first cup that knocked them flat, no one dared to drink in that bull-like fashion anymore.

Even when Lin Yi lifted his cup to clink with them, they likewise only lightly tasted a single sip.

After all, this liquor was simply too strong; even one big mouthful down the throat could make one’s head spin in an instant.

And besides the dizziness, there was a surge of unprecedented exhilaration.

This feeling was so wonderful that none of the wines they had drunk before could compare.

Especially that instant fiery sensation racing from the throat straight down into the belly, burning hot, which made them utterly intoxicated.

Those Military Generals in particular were overjoyed; they had truly begun to fall in love with this feeling. That spicy, fire-like scorching heat made them each one of them seem as if injected with chicken blood.

Do you not see that at this very moment among the civil and military officials, some were already secretly using their wine flasks to pour liquor into their robes?

They were all thinking that after these three days passed, it would likely be extremely difficult to drink such fine wine again. Rather than that, they might as well seize this chance to secure some, quietly take it back to their own estates, and only then slowly savor it.

After all, within the Imperial Palace at present, this liquor was being supplied without limit. It could be said that as long as they could drink it, the Emperor would have more brought in, which gave them ample opportunity.

At first, only the Military Generals were doing this, only they were secretly carrying wine away; but later, when the civil servants saw it, they seemed to have opened the door to a new world and one after another began to imitate.

For in this ancient society, it wasn’t only Military Generals who loved wine.

These literary men and scholars were even more so; do you not see those Poetry Immortals and such, who only gain their inspiration after drinking?

From this alone one could tell to what extent these Scholars loved wine.

When encountering such fine liquor, it could be said that no one could withstand its powerful allure.

Of course, these little maneuvers naturally could not escape Lin Yi’s eyes.

Especially when on the first day only a few dozen bottles of wine were used, yet starting from the second day, the amount of liquor consumed each day grew by a geometric multiple; by the third day, the daily consumption had reached nearly a thousand bottles.