Caiyue hesitated for a long time and replied slowly, "Slave maid...... The slave maid has been serving by the queen's side for a few years, and she used to be an old acquaintance with Lu Jieyu, so she knows her...... It's not that he likes to accept help from others, he's a little stubborn, and he's willing to take care of everything himself. ”

I waved my hand, "You're talking about someone else, Lu Jieyu is very close to me, not an outsider." Just do what I say. ”

Caiyue nodded hurriedly, "It's the slave and maid who trespass, the mother's order, the slave and maid do it, and there should be no objection." ”

I smiled at her, "What is this, when you come to my palace, you are my person, if you have anything to say, you want to say it, treat this place as your home, if you can't say anything you want, who else is willing to give me any advice in the future?" ”

Caiyue smiled reluctantly, "That's what Niangniang said. ”

Bao'er came in and gave Caiyue a hundred taels of silver, two gold ingots, and two jade ruyi, all of which were sent to Lu Yunyi. I stood on the porch, looking at a few fallen leaves on the ground in the courtyard in a daze, and replied for a long time, "You say, will Caiyue and Lu Yunyi have any friendship?" ”

Bao'er was stunned, I told her about Caiyue's performance, Bao'er also thought for a while, and then said, "After the queen mother was sealed, in order to show her virtuousness, she always focused on frugality, I heard that the people in the Kunning Palace had quite a lot of rhetoric, that is, in the past in the Yanwang Mansion, in the years of the Battle of Jingyan, in order to save all the money to support the prince to fight on the front line, the palace is also very reduced, this kind of bitter time, the people are the easiest to form friendships, I think the two of them have served the queen for so long, Some friendships are nothing new. ”

"That's right." I nodded thoughtfully, and fell silent again.

"Is there something wrong with that?"

"No, I just think it's a little strange, and you have a point in saying that." I smiled at Bao'er, "Come with me to see the princess." ”

Bao'er smiled and stretched out a hand to support me, I smiled, "You are always so careful, I am not sick and I am not injured, what do you do to help me?" By the way, I heard that recently Sanbao has organized and convened famous shipbuilders from all over the country in Beijing to build a super ship that has never been built before, and it will soon sail away, you don't always stay in the palace, go and get together with Sanbao, this voyage, I'm afraid that it will be two years to go. ”

Bao'er's face turned red, "Brother Sanbao is to serve the emperor, and it is also to fulfill his dream when he was a teenager, and he is willing to do it." It was the busiest time, and I didn't want to bother him. ”

"You husband and wife, one for the country and the people for the king, the other for the country and the concubine for the princess, is also a perfect match, I won't talk about you, lest you be ashamed, so let's do it, as long as you want to go out, say hello to me, I helped you draw the duty book, and you don't need to report to the queen's palace."

"Xie Niangniang is compassionate." Bao'er was not flattered, and bent down slightly to thank her. I patted the back of her hand, and her eyes were full of gratitude.

A Lu Jieyu and a Concubine Lu, one denounced and one was grounded, but the two were grounded together, and the concubines in the palace gradually understood that neither of them had any benefits in this matter, Zhu Di neither believed in Lu Yunyi, nor punished Lu Huanting, and the grounding was just an expedient measure, so it was delayed for the time being. It's just that Concubine Lu was grounded, she was the defendant, and all she was worried about was when she would be able to turn over and redress her grievances, but Lu Jieyu's situation was very embarrassing, and her generous denunciation was a good thing that should be greatly rewarded and promoted, but she didn't get anything, but she was grounded, so she obviously had the upper hand---- Zhu Di didn't trust her. There are many women in the palace, and gossip is the most lacking, and after a long time, there will be all kinds of unpleasant words.

Some people say that Lu Jieyu is in a hurry to get on the throne, and she has been a short Jieyu for so long, and she hasn't even caught a single luck, so she is anxious; Some people also say that the emperor is in love with the old love after all, Concubine Lu has served the monarch for many years, but the emperor still favors Concubine Lu; Of course, some people say that the queen wants to be outstanding and dominant, and instructed the low-grade Jieyu in the same palace to blame other concubines,......

At the beginning, Xu Yunhua was very generous and decent, but as time went by, this kind of gossip gradually spread to her ears, and the more and more it spread, she herself couldn't sit still, so she asked Zhu Di to seek justice. Zhu Di dismissed it with a sentence "The dispute between concubines and concubines, what is the main owner of the harem going to mix", and Zhu Di is no longer as favored and favored as before, Kunning Palace is also deserted day by day, Xu Yunhua At this time, Xu Yunhua understood Zhu Di's attitude, on the surface, no one was favored, but secretly he was biased towards Concubine Lu, he was subjected to a cold arrow, and his situation was even more embarrassing than Mingli's reprimand, and there was no room for maneuver.

Looking at the high case on the case, I carefully studied the ink, Zhu Di lowered his head and read one by one with peace of mind, there were a few rays of sunlight outside the window, a peaceful and peaceful, after studying the ink, I sat aside and found a book to read quietly. After two hours like this, Zhu Di stopped what he was doing, looked up at me, and squinted his eyes slightly, "How long has it been, you haven't been by my side like this." ”

I smiled, "It's because I've had a lot of chores lately, it's not that I don't want to accompany you." ”

Zhu Di sighed, "I always want to accompany you when there are fewer things, but I didn't expect that there are only more and more things, and now I can understand the pain of those virtuous monarchs in the previous dynasty. I used to think that he was just trying to teach us to be diligent, but I didn't expect that he didn't exaggerate a word, and he didn't even describe a tenth. ”

"That being the case, you should take care of yourself." I smiled.

"Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan provinces have rained for two consecutive months, has become a flood trend, the ability to harvest in the autumn, these three provinces almost no harvest, I really don't want to take care of myself." Zhu Di's face was sad, and he lowered his head again and put his mind into the vast court.

"I seem to have heard about the floods in the three provinces, these three provinces are all inland agricultural provinces, there are many people, and there have been only major droughts and no major floods for more than 100 years, which is really strange. If the governance is not good, I am afraid of chaos. ”

Zhu Difu raised his head again and said, "How can I not know." When my father was alive, he was very diligent in governing the country, so the Ming Dynasty recovered little by little the vitality that was damaged by the nephew of the Northern Yuan, but the only thing my father did not do well was water conservancy. I have already downgraded all the ministers in charge of water conservancy and sent them to other places, issued an edict to announce to the world, and hired private water control experts to come to Beijing with a large amount of money, and if the management is done properly, they will even promise official titles. ”

"That's very good. Natural disaster**, the matter has come to this point, only solved, you have already solved it, what else to worry about? I walked up to Zhu Di and reached out to caress between his eyebrows, trying to soothe his worries.

"Controlling the water is the first step, and the second part is how to appease these refugees, millions of refugees, so many mouths, waiting for food, this is what worries me." The wrinkles between Zhu Di's eyebrows did not subside because of my comfort.

I paused, I have been on the throne for two years, and the treasury has just accumulated a little, but in the face of such a catastrophe, even if it is all emptied for disaster relief, it is just a drop in the bucket, no wonder Zhu Di is worried.

"I have consulted several times with the important ministers of the DPRK and China, and in the end no one has made a very good suggestion, saying that the only way to evacuate the refugees is to increase taxes throughout the country, and then use some from the national treasury to evacuate refugees from the surrounding provinces. I thought about it for a long time, and it seemed that there was only one way. Zhu Di looked up at me and said helplessly.

Although no one made any constructive suggestions, this kind of pertinent proposal is indeed the surest solution. It's useless for you to get angry in a hurry, so it's better to follow this path first, and wait until something changes before thinking about it. ”

"That's the only way, I thought that this flood disaster was a once-in-a-century disaster, and it was really a blow to the people who had just lived a stable life, so I decided to choose a day to hold a ceremony to worship the heavens, so as to comfort the people a little." Zhu Di put down all the folds in his hand, stood up, stood up in front of the window with his hands behind his back, and his tone was full of helplessness and compromise, "In the past, whenever I saw that the king couldn't solve the people's livelihood, I pinned my trust on sacrificing to the heavens and the earth to worship the ancestors, and I felt a little ridiculous, but I didn't expect to embark on this road today." ”

Zhu Di has a strong personality and excellent ability, whether it is a battlefield battle or a court succession, I have never seen him look so helpless, but for a few days, his cheeks are a little sunken, it must be that he is overly worried these days, he has lost weight with all his strength, he can't help but feel a little distressed, and he stepped forward and surrounded him from behind, "When the monarch was sacrificing, a few people knew that this was just a cover-up, if the gods really had a spirit, then don't let the disaster happen, why bother to create a disaster and then let the common people worship him, so that he appeared?" In doing so, it is just to let the people see that their monarch is worried about himself and making decisions for himself. ”

Zhu Di turned around and smiled slightly, "Although your words are a bit quibble, they are not unreasonable, and I feel better when I say this." ”

"Where am I quibbling, what I say is true." I'm not convinced.

Zhu Di smiled faintly, "Ah Yi, the queen's business, I'm sorry for you." ”

He suddenly said this, I knew that there must be a reason, so I had to reply, "The ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens has always been the emperor and queen together, you lock up Concubine Lu and Lu Jieyu, the atmosphere of the harem is already much stronger than a few days ago, so let's stop in moderation." I'll pay more attention to it in the future. ”

Zhu Di had an apologetic look on her face, "As a queen, she is the mother of a country, and having her participate in the festival together can stabilize people's hearts, I need her now, and the whole country also needs her." ”

"It's a customary thing, but you come and explain it to me, it's weird." I smiled and walked away from him and picked up the book again, "You've been standing for a while, and there are still so many folds you haven't read, don't be lazy." ”

Zhu Di walked up to me again, held my hand, stared at my hand, and said slowly, "I plan to go to Henan in person after the sacrifice to the sky, observe the disaster, and then think about what to do next." I am afraid that this famine will continue until the beginning of spring next year. ”

I was stunned for a moment, "Out on patrol? ”

Zhu Di nodded, "The micro-service is out on patrol." ”

"Why?"

Zhu Di smiled, "If it is a prosperous age, the emperor will go out of the palace, and there will be a palace reception wherever he goes, but now is a disaster year, I just want to observe the people's feelings, and there is no need to make it public." ”

"Oh." I whispered, "And how long are you going to be out?" ”

Zhu Di replied, "It will be one or two months short, and if the disaster is serious, I am afraid that it will take three or five months." ”

"So long?" I raised my eyes and looked at Zhu Di, I was not separated, and I was already sad.

Zhu Di smiled, "I want to ask...... How is your body now? I want to take you with me. ”

"What?" Before I could react, Zhu Di continued, "I've already thought about it, the queen's persecution of you should have been done immediately, but now she must be present at the ceremony, if the ceremony is over, I will deal with her, but I am afraid that if it spreads, this ceremony will be ruined, so I can only delay." And if I go far away and you are alone in the palace, I really don't feel at ease. ”

I was full of emotion, I didn't expect Zhu Di to think everything through, and I was about to say yes, but I suddenly thought that the crescent moon was still an infant baby, and I couldn't take it out at all.

Seeing that I hesitated, Zhu Di smiled and said, "Are you worried about the princess?" ”

I nodded, and said helplessly, "You better go by yourself, if there is a deviation in the crescent moon, I can't live alone." ”

Zhu Di pursed his lips and said with a smile, "I know that you are now a mother and regard your daughter as much heavier than my husband, but I can also understand it, after all, your daughter is yours alone, and I, my husband, am incompetent and have to share ...... with many people."

I took out a flower from the vase next to me and tapped it lightly on his forehead, "It's shameless, are you embarrassed to say it?" ”

"I just feel sorry for you, so I have to be more careful and cautious to plan for you, so I dare to ask you to accompany me to inspect the disaster." Zhu Di learned from the appearance of a courtier, arched his hands high at me, bent over, and said with a smile, "Little princess, I have already greeted Li Jinglong, and when we are not there, he will take him to the Li Mansion and raise them with his three children, no one can visit without an edict, especially the people in the palace." I don't know if the powerful concubine is still satisfied with this arrangement? If you are satisfied, please give me a reply as soon as possible, and I will arrange the trip. ”

I looked at Zhu Di and finally nodded, "You've done it this far, I have to drag my sick body to accompany you." Or you want to say that I am a woman who is too vicious, and my husband suffers outside, but I enjoy it in the palace. Heck, I can't afford that. ”<