Chapter 34: The Night Cicada Mourns

Zhengzhou is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, affected by floods in summer, it is rare that there is no flood this year, but after the autumn, the locusts continue to intensify, and finally the locust plague breaks out, and the grain harvest fails. As the head of the six departments, the household department of the www.biquge.info Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs should actively build a warehouse in the past when it was peaceful, so as to prepare for disaster relief.

However, some time ago, Liu Jing, the secretary of the household department, looked panicked when he replied, and he inadvertently leaked his negligence in this matter. Yuwen watched the six roads and listened to all directions, and since he saw Liu Jing's panic, he sent the commander of the Internal Security Department and the inspector Yushi to investigate secretly.

Kang Jie, the commander of the Internal Security Division, saw that the emperor's face was heavy, and his speech became more and more cautious, "The internal guards sent to Zhengzhou witnessed the displacement of the people, and according to the people, they did hear that the government has built a warehouse, and only enough grain can be kept for the winter every year, and the rest must be purchased and handed over at a low price. However, last year's flood and this year's locust plague have not been relieved, and the government claims that the grain has been affected by the rain wave. ”

"Is this matter the household department in the unification association?" Yu Wenche asked in a deep voice, looking at the names of the people in his hands, a nameless fire had accumulated in his chest.

"Exactly, the will will will be passed on by the household department, and the local government will implement it. Judging from the current situation, at least there is no will of the emperor in Zhengzhou. ”

The emperor glanced at Inspector Zuo Yushi Chen Yuanyi, "What do you have to say?" ”

Chen Yuanyi adheres to the tradition of the Imperial Historical Observatory, and sometimes even the emperor dares to spur him hard, so it is not difficult for him to tell the truth about investigating his colleagues. He arched his sleeves and said, "Weichen doesn't dare to talk about other things, but he has objections to the style of Lord Liu, the head of the household department." When the minister heard that a few days ago, Lord Liu had just bought a thousand acres of land in the Tongzhou area, and the evil slaves bullied him and forced the original owner to sell it! ”

The emperor narrowed his phoenix eyes, "There is such a thing, I ascended to the Taihe Hall on the day of the warp, and no one stood up to say it!" ”

Kang Jie and Chen Yuanyi both shivered, this emperor is unfathomable, and when he is angry, he rarely slaps the table and smashes the chair, often a look and a word can already make people's legs and stomachs tremble.

"Factually! The construction and storage of granaries must be greasy, and there are always tens of thousands of stones of grain that cannot be stored, but there are always tens of thousands of stones. He turned the tiger bone wrench ring on his thumb, and called the eunuch in and said, "Spread my will, stop all the duties in Liu Jing's hands, and immediately announce that the left and right servants of the household department will come to see you!" ”

The two foreign ministers were ordered to retreat, and the eunuch Rong Wei went to the palace to spread the emperor's message.

The night breeze suddenly rose, the blowing rhombus window moved, and the sound of clanging disturbed Yu Wenche's heart for a while. After only raising his eyes and looking at it, Li Ronggui understood and hurriedly sent the little eunuch to see what was wrong.

"Today's suspension of Liu Jing's position is not allowed to be spread outside, especially Concubine De, if I hear rumors in the harem, I will ask you for your responsibility!"

Li Ronggui was so frightened that he knelt down and said, "The slave obeys the order." ”

The emperor paced around the back of the imperial case, passing through the hall and resting in the back dormitory. The palace maid of the sleeping room held the purse in both hands and hung her head and said, "When the slave maid was tidying up the dragon couch, she accidentally found that it didn't seem to be the emperor's belongings, and she didn't dare to dispose of it in vain, so please show the emperor." ”

The purse was in the style of honey-brown gold silk embroidered lilies, and it looked a little heavy, and the only one who could drop things on his dragon couch was that woman. He took it over to observe, chuckled, and instructed Li Ronggui, "Ming'er will send it to Fuchen Palace." ”

Li Ronggui saw that the emperor's face was cloudy, and he took a few deep breaths, Jia Fangyi is the antidote, regardless of whether it is the political affairs of the previous dynasty or the trivial matters of the harem, it is guaranteed to solve the king's worries.

Just thinking like this, he heard the emperor ask, "Who lives in the Chengqian Palace?" ”

He pondered for a moment and replied, "Chengqian Palace is on the east side, and there is only one concubine and one talented person living in it. ”

The emperor seemed to lie flat under the waiter of the palace maid, wrapped in an apricot yellow dragon pattern brocade quilt, "The main hall is empty?" The Internal Affairs Office carefully repaired it, and all the furnishings inside were replaced with new ones, and silver was taken out of my private treasury. ”

Li Ronggui promised to get down, and his heart beat a drum, what are you doing to rectify the Chengqian Palace at this time? Is it for Jia Fangyi to live? It's impossible, Jia Fangyi is just a mere five grades, not qualified to be the master of a palace! What's more, it is the Chengqian Palace that can go to the Qianqing Palace when you step out of the palace gate!

That is, when the emperor just lay down to sleep, Su Wanqing returned to Fuchen Palace, it stands to reason that she should not delay such a long time, but as long as she wants to meet some people, she has to delay for a while.

She pinched the right time, and went around Fengcai Gate when she was on the key to the palace gate, and sure enough, she happened to meet the Marquis Ke who was about to leave the palace.

Chu Xiuze's first reaction when he saw her was to dodge, after confirming her identity on the night of the full moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival last time, he was really surprised, but what she said next didn't make him half dead. She is such a weak woman who is planning to restore the country, and what makes him even more heartbroken is that for this boundless goal, she actually sacrificed her life and was willing to be the concubine of Emperor Xia.

Chu Xiuze carefully looked at the person in front of her with the glass lamp in her hand, she did look like Emperor Jiade, her eyebrows were as gentle as a spring breeze, and she looked very handsome when she frowned slightly. She is indeed the quality of jade, and only a princess can have such a good style, but it's a pity, it's a pity that she became the concubine of Emperor Xia.

"It's my best effort that you can see the Queen Mother today, otherwise the emperor won't agree. The plan to restore the country is not as difficult as you think, as long as you make the right effort, it will be completed! ”

Chu Xiuze was eight feet long, but in front of this petite and delicate woman, he seemed to be a head shorter. He is actually not timid, although the Chu family is very literate, but all the descendants are bloody. He forgot the hatred of the country and the family, but because hatred can only bring pain to people, and now the people of Southern Chu live and work in peace and contentment under the rule of Great Xia, is there anything wrong with this?

"Princess..."

"Don't call me Princess! If you recognize me as a princess, you will serve me!" Su Wanqing said decisively. In fact, Chu Xiuze is the elder brother of her uncle's family, and his father, King Annan County, is the younger brother of his father, so it seems that she is really close to him by blood, and it is not an exaggeration to call her brother directly.

Chu Xiuze looked helpless, after all, she was only a sixteen-year-old child, and she didn't know how far away the restoration was, so she had to arch her hand and said, "It's late at night, and the minister has to go out of the palace before the key, if you have anything to say, let's talk about it later!" Little master, the coming day is long. ”

Su Wanqing was so anxious that he stomped his feet, and watched Kehou slowly walk away angrily, inconvenient to shout in this deep palace, only hated his stubbornness in his heart.

She snorted coldly, and was about to step out of the Fengcai Gate to return to the Fuchen Palace, but she heard a sound, and several figures shook outside the gate of the Palace, which were hazy and blurry in the night, and she couldn't see clearly.

"Who's there!"