But the old lady herself said that if you do something wrong, you will be punished, so after the emperor weighed it, he seized the power of the queen to take charge of the harem with the acquiescence of the old lady.

The queen has been in power since she married into the palace, and now it has been decades, and taking away this power from her is already a very heavy punishment for her, but she committed the felony of killing the prince, which is also the decision of the old lady after weighing.

In this way, the queen said a lot of good things and moved the old lady out, and Concubine Xian and the mother family behind her did not dare to provoke, so they reluctantly accepted it.

After this incident, the emperor realized that the power of his relatives was too strong, and the old lady could still influence his decision-making, and his protégés were all over the court, including officials from important state capitals that were released, so he decided to suppress the queen's mother family and concentrate imperial power.

He also privately instructed the courtiers he trusted, and asked the ministers to play, saying that they were dissatisfied with the queen's disposition, how could the queen commit the great crime of killing the prince so lightly, and the other ministers were also dissatisfied, and as soon as they were guided like this, things became more and more troublesome.

At this time, it coincided with the continuous heavy rain in the south, which caused floods, and the queen's mother family took the initiative to pay for the flood under the impetus of the old lady, which was regarded as making up for the fault.

The emperor was worried about who to send to do this, so he immediately agreed to them, and in less than a month, good news came from the south, the people of the queen's mother clan were very effective in controlling the floods and pacifying the victims, and the south was now very peaceful.

With this matter, the ministers couldn't say anything, and the emperor was also a big trouble in his heart, and the matter of the queen's punishment could only be put on hold like this.

There are many major events happening in the court, Su Wanyan in addition to managing the Surprise Speech Hall, is to live in the palace, she got up with the idea of making needlework for Duanmu Rui, so she studied hard with the maids for a while, and recently it has also seen the first results.

The last time Duanmu Rui came to her, after she almost saw her unreachable masterpiece, she sneaked around and never dared to let Duanmu Rui know anymore.

Duanmu Rui has also been busy for a while because he helped Qin Qingfeng investigate the murder of the prince, and he has been able to get close to Su Wanyan recently when he is free.

On this day he went into the courtyard, and saw that there was no one in charge, only two little maids, and when he asked, the little maid said that the princess and her sisters had gone to the garden to pick flowers, and were going to make sachets and pillows.

Duanmu Rui felt strange, Su Wanyan had always been reluctant to meddle in these matters, why did she follow so carefully.

He walked into the house and waited for Su Wanyan to come back, looked around casually, and saw that the opening next to the hall was arranged into an embroidery room, with a lot of fabrics in it, as well as patterns and the like, and saw a sapphire blue sachet from the table, embroidered with the blessing character group flower, and white jade beads, it looked like the handiwork was not particularly good, but it was going to be seen.

The sachet was definitely not the work of the embroiderer, and he felt that there was a kind of intimate feeling, like someone would do it.

He was thinking about it, when he heard a noise of chattering in the courtyard, he walked out of the embroidery room and sat in the hall, Su Wanyan learned that he was coming, and hurried in.

Seeing that her face was flushed, Duanmu Rui hurriedly poured her tea and drank it with his own hands, "With such a big sun, don't stay in the house, what are you messing around with them?" ”

Su Wanyan drank the tea and felt that the heat had subsided a little, so she waved her hand and said, "It's okay, it's not good to stay at home all day without a little sun." ”

The biggest reason for the poor physique of women in this era is the lack of outdoor activities, not to mention how good her body was in her previous life, and now her physique is really too weak.

"You've been secretly practicing female celebrity lately?" Duanmu Rui deliberately observed her hand and found that there was still a needle's eye.

"No, no." Su Wanyan hurriedly denied it, even though it had begun to bear fruit now, she still had no confidence.

Duanmu Rui pointed to the embroidery room, "What is over there, and this?" ”

He took out the sachet and shook it in front of Su Wanyan's eyes.

"Oh, you give it to me, so ugly." Su Wanyan blushed and wanted to snatch it back.

"It seems that you really did it, did you give it to me?" Duanmu Rui held the sachet high above his head.

Su Wanyan saw that she was exposed by him, so she simply gritted her teeth and nodded, "But if you don't do it well, you still give it back to me, and I'll do it again for you when my skills are better." ”

"I love this, it's a bit clumsy, that's your unique style." Duanmu Rui smiled and put the sachet into his sleeve.

"What is clumsy is my style, if you want to say so, give it back to me." Su Wan looked at Duanmu Rui nonchalantly.

"Didn't you just say you weren't good enough? I think it's cute, I love it. Duanmu Rui grabbed her hand, "You see that this hand is pierced, I feel very distressed, although I like it very much, but don't do it again in the future." ”

He put her hand to his mouth and kissed it, but his eyes looked at Su Wanyan, and when he saw that she was blushing, he held her hand in his hand again.

Su Wanyan realized that his hand was so small, and his hand was so big, that it could be completely grasped by his hand. He opened her hand, and the two palms were close to each other, feeling particularly intimate.

This is also something she didn't think, just such a small movement can make her blush and heartbeat, and she feels that the hearts of the two are close, leaning together and beating at the same speed.

Duanmu Rui once took the revolting forces on the banks of the Yan River under his command, and after learning that the queen's family went to the south to deal with the floods, he was not at ease with them, so he sent a secret letter to the queen's family, asking his subordinates to pay attention to the queen's family.

It happened that the imperial court sent good news from the south, saying that the queen's family was very effective in dealing with the floods, and the victims were properly arranged.

The real situation is that the queen mother's family is colluding with local officials, looting people's money, and providing moldy food to the victims, and the area south of the Yan River is blocked by them, and no news is allowed to reach the capital except themselves.

Duanmu Rui was very angry when he learned about this and wanted to go to the south immediately to change the status quo, but the emperor looked at him closely and couldn't let him leave the capital.

His subordinates came to tell Su Wanyan that the prince had been in a bad mood recently, and he was always sad, and their subordinates were very scared.

Su Wanyan went to Duanmu Rui's residence to see him, and sure enough, seeing that he was in a bad mood, and saw that he really tied the sachet around his waist, he said embarrassedly: "Don't run around wearing it." ”

Duanmu Rui smiled slightly, "I just like it, I don't care if they laugh or not." ”

His subordinates really laughed, but when they heard that the princess made it herself, he couldn't laugh, he just thought that the princess was too powerful, and making such a thing could make the prince like this.

"Since you are so brave enough to take it out, then I will make you a garment next time, and if you dare to wear it, I will ......"

Seeing that Su Wan was about to speak and stopped, Duanmu Rui couldn't wait for the following, so he stared at her and asked, "What?" ”

"Even if you're a man." After Su Wanyan finished speaking, she dodged her gaze and didn't dare to look at Duanmu Rui.

Duanmu Rui pulled her to his lap and sat down, hugged her waist, and said with his face very close: "What do you mean that I am a man, do you need me to prove to you that I am not a man?" ”

Su Wanyan covered her face and shook her head, "No, no, you're a man, I said the wrong thing." ”

"And what did you just want to say?" Duanmu Rui pointed his finger on her lips, "Say it well, or I'll ......"

Su Wanyan saw his eyes staring at her mouth, obviously with some kind of idea, her heart trembled, she couldn't stand it, and stopped his thoughts, "Actually, I came to you to have something serious." ”

Duanmu Rui had something in his heart, and he didn't have the heart to be interrupted by her, and asked Su Wanyan: "What's the matter?" ”

"Have you been in trouble lately? They say you keep a straight face all the time. ”

Duanmu Rui told the queen mother's family about the good things they did in the south.

"I see." Su Wanyan knew that he must have wanted to go to the south to see it in person, but the emperor would not let him leave the capital easily, and this was definitely the matter in his heart.

Duanmu Rui stood up and walked to the window to look out, even his back was full of frustration and helplessness.

"You can't go, it's good if I can't go, it's easy to have epidemics after the flood disaster, I have studied with Master Nangong for so long, and my medical skills have made great progress, so I can help."

Duanmu Rui turned his head to look at her, she would definitely be able to help, not only because she knew medical skills, but with her cleverness, she could solve too many things, and she could help him solve what he was worried about.

"It's okay for you to go, but I'm not worried about your safety, I don't want another Yiqulong to appear, so you can't come back."

"It was just an accident last time, I will definitely bring people this time, and there will never be any more danger, you can rest assured."

Duanmu Rui could only agree, according to what he expected, to discuss the solution with her, and after discussing it, he personally selected the guards to secretly go south with her.

Along the way, Su Wanyan disguised herself as a man, and under the protection and care of the guards, she safely arrived at the place south of the Yan River.

Sure enough, as the secret letter received by Duanmu Rui said, there will be heavy rain here from time to time, and when it rains, there will be an ocean everywhere, and it has not been dredged and treated at all, and when the rain stops, the flood recedes and it is a muddy, and the crops in the fields have long been buried under the mud.

Most of the houses where the people live are adobe houses, and the people who are located on the low ground do not say how much their belongings have been washed away, but many of the houses have collapsed, and the people have no place to live, so they can only find a place to build a shack on the mountain, and they can't even live in the shack when it rains.

Su Wanyan pretended to come from other places to visit relatives, but because of the flood, she lost contact with her relatives, so she had to stay and find someone.

She knew how to heal, and she took care of the people when they were sick, and soon won the trust of the victims, and some people took her into their homes in order to treat their families.

The family she lives in is surnamed Bai, and Granny Bai will often be at home, so she asked Granny Bai about the evil things done by the queen's family, and she asked Granny Bai: "The imperial court should send officials to come over for disaster relief, but why didn't I see anyone?" ”

Granny Bai is over sixty years old, and it is her man who is sick, her family is in good condition, she lives in a high place, and the house is fine. She has several sons, and the sons are united in their hearts and minds, working for the life of the family, so life can pass.

"People, who came for a few days at the beginning, said that they were uncles of the country, followed by more than a dozen slaves, not at all like officials who came to provide disaster relief, but like bandits who came to rob. Saying that disaster relief needs silver, and every family needs to go out according to the head, many people even have their houses washed down, and what kind of silver is there, they will bring the servants and thugs into the township, and every family will ask for land, just give it, and if you don't give it, you will beat people. ”

Granny Bai's old voice was full of anger and desolation, and Su Wanyan was very uncomfortable to hear.

"Where have we countrymen seen that formation, we are very scared, so we can only take out all the family resources, borrow what we don't have, and follow Uncle Guo to be slaves if we can't borrow it, and even more so if we have daughters at home."

Granny Bai sighed, "He said that he was the uncle of the country, and he bought disaster food for everyone with the money he paid from his own house and distributed it to every family, but in fact, the food can't be eaten at all, it is moldy, and it is black, who dares to eat it, it will eat the dead, and he also said that we should thank the queen for her kindness." ”

This was said by the victims themselves, more detailed than what Duanmu Rui told her, Su Wanyan secretly hated in her heart, and decided to go into the city to have a look.

The next day, she stepped on the mud into the county, the county is still a lively scene, she wandered in the market, listened to people chatting, and heard that Uncle Guo is a frequent visitor in Yihong Mansion, staying in the gentle township every day, and his subordinates are also in the city for the tiger, feeling that they are from the capital, as if they are a higher level than them, shouting and domineering every day.