Coming out of the Wanshou Palace, it was already late, Sikong Jin was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, and his hair was restrained behind his head by a delicate crown of Nine Dragons' wings.

There was a look of exhaustion between his pretty eyebrows.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Hui Niangniang sent someone to ask Her Majesty, are you going to accompany her to dinner tonight? She's still waiting for her majesty. Xiao Shunzi hurriedly stepped forward and asked in a low voice.

Sikong Jin has only ascended the throne not long ago, and when he was the prince, there was only one princess, Su Rui, and now Su Rui has "died", and there is only Feng Ling'er as a concubine in Nuoda's harem.

Sikong Jin's footsteps slowed, and he sighed faintly in his heart, "Let's go." ”

"Yes." Xiao Shunzi hurriedly said in a loud voice, "Your Majesty is driving the Splendid Palace." ”

He sat on the dragon and leaned on the soft cushion, only then did he feel his stiff body, slightly relaxed.

Chen Moran raised troops, the situation was very unfavorable to himself, although Feng Wuxian had already sat in Tianmen Pass, blocking Chen Mo's way to the west, but there was no food!

For the sake of food, Sikong Jin's hair was almost boiled white.

I used to be worried about having no money, but now I can't buy it even if I have money.

The envoy sent to Dajin to talk about the purchase of grain has sent back the news, and the emperor of Dajin has a very ambiguous attitude, and he does not agree or disagree, in short, it is dragging on.

The news of Su Rui's death had also reached Daikin, and the Dajin Emperor did not raise any doubts.

Sikong Jin's dragon slammed towards the stalker of the Splendid Palace, and the soft boots of the palace people who accompanied him stepped on the light snow and made a creaking sound, which made Sikong Jin a little upset.

"Where's the glass?" He looked around, but saw no trace of Ruri, and asked Xiao Shunzi.

"Back to Your Majesty, Aunt Liuli passed by Wanshou Palace just now, but she didn't go in. Do you want to send Aunt Liuli to serve? Xiao Junzi asked.

"No need." Sikong Jin waved his hand, he asked Liuli to get the secret letter about the Burning Heaven Palace back, and she went there for an afternoon without a trace.

Ever since none of the archers he sent survived and all of them were killed, he had asked the Dark Pavilion to keep a close eye on the movements of the Burning Heaven Palace, and he had to know about the activities of the Burning Heaven Palace.

Nalan Jingxue is too powerful, you can't help it!

The matter of the Emperor Taishang has already been a lesson from the past, and the Burning Heaven Palace is like a thorn that has pierced deep into Sikong Jin's heart.

It's just that what he needs to solve in front of Sikong Jin now is not the matter of the Burning Heaven Palace, but the matter of Chen Moran leading the troops to rebel.

He didn't want to go to Feng Ling'er, but now the army he could rely on was in the hands of Feng Ling'er's brother Feng Wuxian, so he had to care more about Feng Ling'er.

The dragon stopped in front of the gate of the Splendid Palace, and the palace maids and eunuchs who had received the information greeted them and knelt at the gate of the palace.

Feng Ling'er lost her feet, so Sikong Jin pardoned her without kneeling to take the car, Feng Ling'er was in a wheelchair and waited outside the palace gate.

"It's cold. Didn't I say you could go in and wait for me? Sikong Jin got out of the car, saw Feng Ling'er waiting for him in the night wind, took off his cloak, walked over quickly, and put it on Feng Ling'er's shoulder.

After this period of recuperation, Feng Ling'er's qi and blood have recovered as usual, her complexion is ruddy, and her skin is tender and can be broken.

"陛xià." Feng Ling'er screamed sweetly, with a smile on her face.

The man in front of him was extremely outstanding, and the bright yellow dragon robe outlined his figure extremely perfectly and slenderly. His handsome face was more three-dimensional in the light. Feng Ling'er felt that she couldn't get enough of it every time.

He's hers!

With his body temperature and smell on the cloak, Feng Ling'er pulled the cloak and wrapped herself tighter.

She put on an extremely exquisite makeup today, and she was very satisfied with herself in the mirror, and when Queen Dugu died, she was quite confident in her appearance, but her feet were ......

However, her shortcomings are also her weapons, and just by the guilt of Sikong Jin in her heart, she is confident that she can firmly hold him by her side.

Sikong Jin motioned for the palace maid to go away, and he personally pushed Feng Ling'er's wheelchair into the Splendid Palace.

Feng Ling'er's beautiful face was a little proud, with such a handsome husband by his side, what more could the husband ask for.

"Your Majesty, my brother has sent a letter." Feng Ling'er said, Sikong Jin sighed, "What is the letter saying?" He asked casually.

Seeing that Sikong Jin was a little cold, Feng Ling'er was a little surprised.

"But what's bothering you?" Feng Ling'er asked softly.

"Nope." Sikong Jin smiled reluctantly, he didn't care about what Feng Ling'er's brother said in the letter, if it was a major military incident, he naturally wouldn't tell Feng Ling'er. So the letter is nothing more than a short sentence for some parents, and if he is on weekdays, he will be perfunctory, but today he is really upset.

Huzhou Assassin Shi 800 miles to report urgently, the famine in Huzhou has intensified, the people have begun to flee, the weather is cold, countless people have died on the road, and some places have begun to eat easily.

What a tragedy in the world.

Sikong Jin really didn't expect that there would be a phenomenon of cannibalism under his rule.

It's just that in just a few years, Sikong Yue actually defeated the official granary to the point of being like this.

Regardless of the lack of grain in the royal granary, even the official warehouses in various places have no grain, and the figures reported are false. He wants to rectify corrupt officials now, but he can't do it, if he punishes him ruthlessly, he is afraid that he will force those local officials to Chen Moran's side.

He is now dumb and can't say whether he suffers from eating Coptis chinensis, and he also understands in his heart that more than half of the disaster relief money he released has also been embezzled by the magistrates, and only a handful can reach the people.

There is also the fact that grain merchants from all over the country have also joined forces to stock grain, if Chen Moran had not rebelled on the side, then he could have made an example of him, but he couldn't do this now, and doing so would only push them all to Chen Moran's side.

Now Sikong Jin feels that he has boarded a small boat in the storm, and he is powerless to resist, so he can only go with the flow, take one step at a time, and be extremely careful at every step, because there is a possibility of being swallowed by the wind and waves at any time.

So he didn't care about Feng Ling'er's family letter, and there were things he needed to worry about.

Seeing that Sikong Jin was absent-minded, Feng Ling'er felt a little dissatisfied in her heart, "Your Majesty." However, she still said patiently in a sweet tone, "Today, the concubine personally prepared His Majesty's favorite food. She smiled smartly, but Sikong Jin was not in the mood to appreciate it.

"I'm sorry for the concubine." Sikong Jin replied smoothly.

"Worrying about His Majesty is what a concubine should do." Feng Ling'er gave her palace maids a look, and the palace maids kept sending the prepared delicacies.

Every time a dish was delivered, Sikong Jin's brows would furrow.

Feng Ling'er looked at Sikong Jin's frowning brows inexplicably, and asked softly, "If Your Majesty is not satisfied with these, the concubine will ask someone to prepare again!" ”

"Still re-prepare?" Sikong Jin stood up, with a little coldness in his eyes, he looked at Feng Ling'er and said, "You can know that there are people outside who have started to eat!" ”

After saying that, he no longer had any appetite to eat, so he left directly.

Feng Ling'er was stunned in the Splendid Palace, her face was red and white.

Sikong Jin has always been polite to her, soft-spoken, this is the first time to show him this kind of face, and instantly made Feng Ling'er unable to get off the stage.

"Mother." The palace maid on one side came to ask, "What else do you need to prepare?" ”

"What else to prepare!" Feng Ling'er said angrily, "Get out of the palace." She shouted.

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The carriage cut through the darkness and arrived at a large city at dawn, and Suri fell asleep exhausted in Nalan Jingxue's arms.

It wasn't until the carriage stopped that she was awakened.

As soon as he raised his eyes, it was Nalan Jingxue's charming eyes, Su Rui was stunned for a moment, and then calmed down.

"It's dawn. Madam. Nalan Jingxue said with a smile.

"yes." Su Rui answered lightly and sat up straight. She looked outside, her elegant and beautiful eyebrows furrowed, "Why are there so many people blocking the city gates?" ”

In the early morning, the city gate had not yet opened, but the official road outside the gate was already full of men, women and children.

Because it was cold, they were next to each other in twos and threes to keep warm, and Suri saw that they were all ragged and emaciated.

"They're refugees?" Suri asked in surprise.

"Yes." Nalan Jingxue nodded.

The carriage stopped on the official road not far from the city gate, and many of the refugees who had already woken up looked at the richly decorated carriage with all kinds of longings and desires in their eyes.

"It's a pity we didn't have anything to eat." Su Rui muttered.

"Even if you bring it. Do you think you can feed so many people? Nalan Jingxue said slowly. As long as you release a little bit of food, it will cause riots. ”

Su Rui's eyes dimmed, she knew that what Nalan Jingxue said was right, as long as she got out of the car now to distribute a little money and food, there would be a chain reaction immediately, and there would be a steady stream of refugees coming around to beg for food, but she was afraid that the consequences of the riot would be uncontrollable.

"They thought they would have something to eat when they got to the city." Nalan Jingxue looked outside and said calmly, "I'm afraid that they won't even be able to enter the city, and in less than three days, even if they don't starve to death, they will freeze to death outside the city gate." ”

"Why?" Su Rui was shocked and asked. "Could it be that Sikong Jin won't allow them to enter the city?"

"As an emperor, how can he know the suffering of the people?" Nalan Jingxue chuckled and said, "Even if he knew, he wouldn't know that now officials from all over Hu Country have ordered the city to be closed in order to protect themselves, and not a single refugee will be allowed to enter, so it is a dead end for them to enter the city, it is better to stay in the township, at least they can find something to eat." ”

"And how can we get into the city?" Su Rui asked with a frown.

"When it's dawn, someone will take us in." Nalan Jingxue said.

Su Ruimo silently looked at the refugees outside the car, and his heart was full of sadness.

If she was still the princess of Hu Kingdom, she would not sit idly by, but she is nothing now. She wanted to reach out to help them, but she knew she didn't have the power right now.

"What are we going to do in the city?" Suri asked.

"This city is the only way to Rouran." Nalan Jingxue said, "I'm from Rouran, since you married me, you naturally want to go back to Rouran with me." ”

"And then?" Su Rui raised his eyebrows and looked back at Nalan Jingxue.

"Then I'll take you back to the Burning Heaven Palace." Nalan Jingxue said as a matter of course.

He found out that Sikong Jin's secret pavilion was secretly following him, thinking that Sikong Jin should have known the news that Su Rui was not dead. Very good, Su Rui is not dead, Sikong Jin must have trouble sleeping, he sent so many people to put himself and death, how could he be so easy to give up with him.

It's just that he is now the emperor of Hu State, and according to the palace motto of the Burning Heaven Palace, Nalan Jingxue can't take the initiative to find trouble with Sikong Jin, but it's another matter if Sikong Jin comes to the door.

If Sikong Jin knew that Su Rui was not dead, he would definitely send someone to chase and kill, Nalan Jingxue's plan was to kill one by one, and disgusting Sikong Jin.

His wedding with Su Rui could have been held quietly in the Ling Tian Palace, and he had to let go of the inn, firstly, to catch all the people in the rivers and lakes who were smiling at the Burning Heaven Palace on the surface, but behind the scenes, they had beaten the attention of the Burning Heaven Palace, and secondly, to make things bigger, so that the people sent by Sikong Jin to spy on him secretly knew that Su Rui was still alive.

"Didn't you say that you once bought most of the rice and grain in the Hu market?" Su Rui asked slowly.

"yes." Nalan Jingxue said with a smile, "The price has risen very well now. ”

"If I wanted you to give some of it now, would you do it?" Suri asked.

"You're naïve. I didn't burn the Heavenly Palace. Nalan Jingxue chuckled as if she had heard the funniest joke, "Why should I go to release grain for Sikong Jin for disaster relief." ”

Su Rui was silent, Nalan Jingxue was right, her request was a bit excessive, and what she could see with her eyes was only a part of the victims, and there were many people in places she couldn't see.

"Don't you really want revenge?" Nalan Jingxue continued, "Now is your best chance. ”

"My goal is Sikong Jin." Su Rui said in a cold voice, "It's not these ordinary people. ”

"They're just your means." Nalan Jingxue smiled, "It's just a use." ”

"Then you have to ignore their lives?" Su Rui understood what Nalan Jingxue meant, but she couldn't do such a thing.

"Heaven and earth are ruthless, all things are used as dogs, God doesn't show mercy, I'm just a person, why should I be a savior." Nalan Jingxue said with a smile. "When the Burning Heaven Palace was a businessman, he only asked about money, not anything else."

"Cold-blooded!" There was a hint of anger in Suri's eyes.

"You didn't know me on the first day either!" Nalan Jingxue still smiled.

Suri knew that it was completely impossible to ask him to put food.

"That's it. I ask you to borrow food. Suri said, "In two years, I will pay back double the profit of your current grain price." ”

Nalan Jingxue's eyes flashed, "Don't talk big." Do you know what the profit of rice grain is now? ”

"I know." Su Rui nodded and said solemnly, "Otherwise, I'll make a note for you." ”

"Then you don't need to." Nalan Jingxue looked at Su Rui with interest, "You are my wife, I believe you in this." Good. Anyway, there is no big difference between earning money later and earning it now. I will lend you a hundred thousand loads of grain. Remember how much money are you going to pay me back after two years? ”

Nowadays, 10,000 quintals of grain is 3 million taels of silver, 100,000 quintals is 30 million taels of silver, and the cost of going out to buy and transport it is 20 million taels of silver for double the profit.

Su Rui was in a hurry to save people, and the big words had already been spoken, so he could only nod his head stubbornly.