It wasn't until Xuanyuan Hao paced into the house that Xiao Xiangzi asked nervously: "Then, how can the emperor explain there?" ”

"Take leave." A muffled voice came from inside the house, almost muffled by the sound of heavy rain.

Xiao Xiangzi hurriedly said yes, returned his official uniform to the wardrobe, took an oil-paper umbrella, braved the rain, and hurried to the palace.

Xuanyuan Hao returned to the house, and after staying for a while, his chest felt stuffy for a while. He couldn't help but be annoyed, how could he not speak tactfully yesterday.

However, it was too late to regret it. He came out of the house and slipped into the pouring rain curtain. The cold raindrops fell on him, but they couldn't dispel the slightest annoyance.

Xuanyuan Hao closed his eyes and stood silently in the rain for a long time, until he was soaked, he opened his eyes, and his eyes were bloodshot.

As if he knew something, in the blink of an eye, Xuanyuan Hao was no longer in the palace.

…….

There were countless carriages parked at the gate of the palace, and the little servants of each house hid under the eaves of the carriage, looking at the heavy rain all over the sky, waiting for the adults in their mansions to come back from the palace in the morning.

Xiao Xiangzi secretly held an umbrella and slipped away from it.

On the main hall, Emperor Mo pretended to glance around casually, and asked casually: "What do you think about this year's taxes?" ”

There was silence below. Mo Di raised his eyebrows, what kind of people did he raise, and he would play silence for him when it came to major matters, but it was some trivial things, but they were more serious with him again and again!

"What, everyone, Aiqing, there's nothing to say?" Mo Di's body leaned forward, his right hand resting on the dragon chair, looking ready to go crazy at any moment.

Seeing this action with sharp eyes, the Tobe waiter hurriedly lifted the sign with the word "play" written on it, and praised a step to the right: "The minister has a play." ”

Emperor Mo stroked his beating beard and glanced lightly at the household servant: "Quasi-play." ”

His eyes looked a lot kinder, but his right hand, which was still on the dragon chair, betrayed him: If you don't say one, two, three, four, five, I won't let you walk out of this hall today.

The corners of Tobe's mouth twitched, and he regretted that he could come out, but the matter had come to this point, and he could only bite the bullet.

"Your Majesty, the state and county about the summer situation have only been delivered in the past two days, and Wechen stayed up late last night to read these twists and turns," said the household servant, looking up at Emperor Mo sitting on the dragon chair, and seeing that Emperor Mo was not more uncertain, he said slowly: "The summer conditions in the prefectures and counties south of the capital are strict, and there is even a drought in some areas. The north of the capital is better, but this year's grain harvest is probably not optimistic. However, the prefectures and counties in the east of the capital are the luckiest because they are close to the sea, and the harvest should be almost the same as in previous years. ”

"Oh, really?" Emperor Mo squinted his eyes and asked as if pointedly, "What about the west?" ”

Tobe's face froze, west? The emperor did this on purpose, most of the west is desert, what harvest can there be, and the imperial court has to help the states and counties in the west every year, okay!?

Seeing that the household servant was silent, Emperor Mo was upset and said angrily: "Why don't you speak, you're dumb!" There is still a month before the grain grows into harvest, first there is a drought in various places, and it is raining heavily in the capital in the past two days. ”

Emperor Mo snorted and pointed to the outside of the main hall: "It has just rained, and the recitals from all over the country have not yet been presented." If this rain does not stop, I see that the drought will pass, and there will be floods! One by one, you all know that you care about the big thing in the capital, why don't you spend more snacks on the people, and how do the prefects and counties who are sent out to various places manage their own internal affairs? If you have to wait for the drought to happen before reporting it, why won't you prevent it?! ”

“…….”

The rebuke of Emperor Mo in the main hall was endless, Xuanyuan Cheng kept his head down and did not speak, and looked at Xuanyuan Hao's empty position, feeling uneasy.

Why didn't he come to the court, could it be that he was aware of his plan?

Xuanyuan Cheng frowned slightly, no, only he and Gu Ru knew about this.

Emperor Mo rebuked him for most of the hour, and roared until his throat was smoking: "I raised you to share my worries, not to add to my troubles, you all go back and think about it, tomorrow in the court, each of you will write a report on how to prevent and solve droughts and floods." ”

With that, Emperor Mo blew his beard, got up and left.

Yang Gonggong was on the side, and said sharply: "Retreat from the dynasty-"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live-" The group of people below bowed down in an orderly manner and saluted and shouted long live. And after Emperor Mo left, he dispersed in an instant. If you don't take a break, there will be no one left in the hall.

In the apse, Emperor Mo drank a large cup of tea: "Xiao Yangzi, do you think they found out that Hao'er didn't go to court?" ”

Gonggong Yang hurriedly poured another cup of tea: "Your Majesty, the servants feel that they should not have found out." ”

Emperor Mo took the teacup and nodded: "One by one, no matter what is going on, every day I worry about some trivial things." If I don't talk about the drought and this heavy rain in various places today, there will definitely be those petty officials who don't have long eyes to come out and say that the five princes have not come to the court..."

Yang Gonggong listened with a smile, and occasionally answered yes.

――

Approaching noon, Chu Yueqing got up and walked to the window, the sky was still gray, but the rain was lighter, and there were more and more pedestrians on the street.

She put the prepared baggage on her back, picked up an oil-paper umbrella, and walked out of the room.

The third floor was very quiet, Chu Yueqing walked from the southeast to the northeast, his steps deliberately slowed down, and the corner of his eye secretly paid attention to the wings in this row.

Unlike last night, although the sky was overcast due to the rain, at least I could see whether there was anyone in the room.

Empty, empty... The three rooms were empty, and when it came to the fourth room, Chu Yueqing saw someone, and like last night, there were still a few people sitting around the table in the room.

Coincidentally, the men seemed to hear her footsteps and looked at the door with their heads brushed.

Chu Yueqing was startled, hurriedly crossed them, and walked to the door of the next guest room, but it was empty all the way to the northeast corner.

What's going on, could it be that the third floor is only her and the guests in that room from beginning to end...

When I went down to the second floor, I was suddenly bustling with people. From time to time, a woman would go downstairs with her children, or a husband and wife would come out of the room together.

And in the lobby, it is even more lively. The guests sat around the table, and the little servants shuttled through the lobby, the pace was fast but steady. The food soup on the tray in the hand has not been spilled at all.

The shopkeeper who received her yesterday saw her come down and hurriedly walked over: "Girl, do you want lunch?" ”

"Is there still a place?"

"Yes, girl, please." The shopkeeper led Chu Yueqing to the southwest corner of the lobby, which was a low table, and there was a foreshadowing next to it, which was thought to be a place for the children to read and paint during the scientific examination. (To be continued.) )