Transmigrating from a zombie world to become the mecha kings wife
Chapter 506: Let them stew

Chapter 506: Let them stew

Elroy jumped and tackled Adler out of nowhere and they both went crushing to the floor.

A few mouths dropped open in shock and the little one’s in the room gasped.

It was the definition of an overkill. All the emperor said was to shut Adler up not take him down as if he was a smuggler trying to escape.

"Get off me you fool." Adler slapped Elroy’s head lightly as if he was an annoyance.

Elroy held on tighter as if he would be receiving some sort of reward from the emperor for this job.

As for Markay, he was wondering if it was the rationing of milk specifically or everything else which had him screaming for someone to shut Adler up.

His father did love his milk, and he took a cup or two daily. His dogs too, they had to drink milk everyday.

"Elroy, let your brother up." Mega said, a little bit antagonized.

"No, he should stay down. The boy is speaking crazy." Etienne concurred with the emperor.

"I vote yes." Emmett added his voice to the collective.

"So do I." Beord said loudly and he raised his hand. His brother was obviously speaking crazy and someone needed to stop him.

"Actually I think he is right."

The surprising voice of the empress joined the conversation and everyone turned in the direction of the hologram.

The emperor shook his head vehemently. "No way, I disagree. Even the nobles will surely revolt, you cannot give the people a taste of sugar and then take it away."

"But that’s the entire point." The empress said. "Right now, everyone is talking about Scarlet’s mental strength, and tomorrow it’s bound to be much worse. But if we release the news sometime in the middle of the night about the rationing of food then I guarantee that nobody will not be talking about her strength or anything remotely related to abuse of power."

"The nobles will rile, and so will the citizens." Cecily said. "She will become enemy number one to a lot of people especially the nutrient solution businesses. Their sales have been better, they have expanded their products. Have you seen what they are exporting lately?"

The empress nodded, sticking to her opinion a hundred percent. "Which is why we should let them all stew, or simmer or cook, whatever it is. Let them riot about it instead of this."

"It’s not the worst idea." the emperor said loudly. "Just as long as no one touches my rations. You can actually go ahead and reduce the food in circulation. We could increase what we are exporting and strengthen our times with our allies."

"The Zordins are still holding back on releasing the buffaloes they are meant to give us unless we increase the grains we give to them." Markay told everyone.

"But we have an agreement, we signed legal documents they can’t just change their minds." Scarlet said loudly.

She had been there, she was a witness. Why in the world would they change their mind?

"What about the restaurant which is selling buffalo meat?" she looked at Esong.

He had surely told her that he would look into it.

"A few ministers apparently took contacts of some Zordin officials and they are now doing business with them. They are clever of course because they are not importing the whole animal, just fresh meat and in limited quantities." Markay explained.

Scarlet frowned at this news. Adler had given her a big speech on this very matter when they were on Zord. Apparently other people needed the same conversation because they went ahead and did exactly that.

Why were men so greedy? The treaty was good for everyone and yet a few individuals had chosen to reap some benefits first.

"They must be the reason why the Zordins behind this sudden change. Can’t you just arrest them?"

Emmett sighed loudly and said, "They are claiming that they are importing the meat to feed themselves and their families and the surplus is what they are selling. You cannot arrest a man for feeding his family."

You are the royal family for crying out loud, are your hands really tied down so much? she thought.

"Then ban buffalo meat on the Sun star for now. Surely you can find a reason to do that.

Also, if the Zordins can change their minds, so can we. If they want more grain, we want more female buffaloes. They probably want seeds so we should get a fair exchange. Female animals guarantee a continuation of supply. In future we can breed them ourselves instead of depending on the Zordins."

"Great idea what else should we demand." the emperor asked her.

Suddenly it seemed as if everyone had moved on from Scarlet’s issue and they were discussing much more important things.

"We should demand that they put a ban on private exportation of buffalo meat for now and if they break that agreement then all trade is cut off with them. We have more foods to exports than they do. We have the upper hand here." Dorian announced.

Cultivation of food was his pride. It was a big thing his daughter accomplished. In his opinion, it was the second greatest thing to happen after mecha warriors.

Most of the men and some women in the room were very interested in what was being discussed, Scarlet as well but at the same time, she was hungry and confused. Was the blaming event over?

Adler, finally free from Elroy sat up and asked, "Has anybody checked to see if the Xenoans don’t have private arrangements with ministers here. We could be heading into similar territory with them like the Zordins."

"The Xenoans seemed like good people, I don’t think they would betray us." Mega said.

The empress crossed her fingers, then she waved them wildly around. "No, way. We cannot trust other empires the Lunar federation almost tricked us into marrying our third daughter to their second son. Turns out, they wanted to hold her hostage so that we could protect their royal family."

With the way everyone was freely discussing whatever was on their minds, the unconventional meeting started taking on the shape of a weird family reunion.

"Does anyone want food?" Scarlet asked.

Every hand in the room went up, including the emperor’s.

"Father you are not even here." An unsurprised Markay reminded the emperor.

"It can be delivered. Why else do we have teleportation devices?"

He gave Markay a look that said, "You are really brainless."

Esong was thinking the teleportation devices were created to aid them in the battles against mutated beasts and wars, not to transport food to the emperor.

As Scarlet was moving away from the living room and heading to the kitchen with a clingy Justin holding on to her thigh, she heard someone asking an unexpected question.

"Where does the empire stand on valentine’s day?"

She stopped walking, took a few steps back and peeped into the room.

Why was her father asking about valentine’s day of all the serious questions being raised?