On the official road, Li's dragon chariot was obviously very huge, even if it was lying on it, Li leaned on the carriage, holding a book in his hand, which was presented by Hubu Cao, and wrote about the autumn harvest. Chai Erniang on the X side was very virtuous and fanned Li.

After a long while, Li Cai dropped the fold in his hand and said: "Although I have already guessed, I am still a little sad when these data really come to my eyes. The grain production has decreased, and no matter how much I try to help them, many people still die. ”

"With such a big drought, less than 10,000 people died in the entire Central Plains, and these are all kindnesses of Your Majesty." Chai Erniang comforted on the side. A drought swept across the Central Plains, and all the north of the Yangtze River was shrouded in it, and in this era of low productivity, less than 10,000 people died, which is indeed a rare thing.

"You only see the numbers on the surface, but you don't see the numbers behind them, and I believe that there are definitely more than so many people who have died. There are many others who don't know, or I don't know. Li looked at the twists and turns on the side and said: "Deception is one aspect, but there are still many places, the people are not recorded in the population of the imperial court, such as the mountains, etc., how many people are there in the entire Tang Dynasty, let alone me, even those county orders below may not know how many people are in their own territory, in this case, how can they know how many people died in the drought?" ”

Chai Erniang didn't speak, what Li said made a lot of sense, and besides, this kind of thing must be true, but the empire is so big, even Li is difficult to take care of, even if tens of thousands of people die? Most of the dead are old and weak, and with such a large population in the empire, losing such a few people is nothing. In the end, he is different from Li, he is high up and does not pay much attention to the life and death of the common people.

"Your Majesty, the secret guard has an urgent report." At this time, outside the car window, Duchenne's voice came.

"Urgent?" Li moved slightly, his right hand stretched out of the window, and after a while, a note fell into Li's hand, Li looked at it casually, his face was slightly stunned, and finally threw the note out of his hand.

"Got it. Step aside! Li said nonchalantly. Outside, Duchenne seemed to hesitate for a moment, and quickly responded, and suddenly lost his voice outside the carriage.

Chai Erniang's face moved, glanced outside, and couldn't help but say, "What's wrong?" Du Xing came to His Majesty at this time, I'm afraid there is something important! It's better to let Uncle Wang take a look. ”

"Forget it, it's just a small matter in Jiangnan, not a big deal." Li smiled and said, "You've been serving me here for an hour or two, and you're tired, so go back and rest!" I'll take a break, too. As he spoke, he slowly closed his eyes. Chai Erniang's eyes flickered, she didn't dare to object, she saluted Li, and then asked people to stop the carriage and return to her carriage by herself.

"Go, call Duchenne." Chai Erniang returned to her carriage, leaned lazily on the carriage, and the palace maid next to her hurriedly stepped forward and gently massaged Chai Erniang's **.

There was a sound outside the carriage, and after half a ring, Duchenne's voice came from outside the window.

"Niangniang, Chen Duxing pays a visit to Niangniang."

"Duchenne, did you send a message to Your Majesty just now? What exactly? Chai Erniang's voice was calm, as if she was telling a simple matter, but Du Xing outside the car window was in a cold sweat on his forehead.

"Niangniang, this is a major military incident, according to the rules of the imperial court."

"Aren't there tens of thousands of people dead? Where is the immortality in the drought? Before Du Xing finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chai Erniang's words and said, "Now that the drought has passed, why do you secret guards bother Your Majesty with this matter?" ”

Du Xing's eyes rolled, and he hurriedly smiled and said: "What Niangniang said is very true, the minister is stupid, the minister is guilty, isn't it that some people died, the people below feel that the number is relatively large, and the government below has deceived His Majesty, so it is played." He suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, after all, if this matter spread, I am afraid it will have an impact on Li's reputation, as a secret guard who specializes in dealing with Yin Si for Li, Du Xing doesn't know what to do.

"Duchenne, you're so daring." Unexpectedly, Chai Erniang's sneer came from her ears, and she only heard her say coldly: "What a Duchen, tsk, what a secret guard commander, and now he has also learned to deceive the palace, don't you think that in this world, only His Majesty the Emperor can kill you, and this palace can't kill you?" ”

Du Xing's face changed when he heard this, and he quickly knelt on the ground, cold sweat appeared on his forehead, his face was pale with fright, and he hurriedly said: "Minister, minister, minister doesn't know what Niangniang will say, and the minister will never dare to deceive Niangniang." ”

"The note just now, Your Majesty told the palace that it's just the war situation in Jiangnan, and it will become a drought situation in your mouth. Are you right, or is Your Majesty right? It was like a bolt from the blue, so that Duchenne didn't know what to say.

"Mother, this, this?" Du Xing was really frightened, but he didn't expect Chai Erniang to be cheating on herself, and she didn't know what to do all of a sudden.

"What? Don't say? Chai Erniang said coldly: "If it is a military matter, this palace is naturally not good to ask, but this time it is obviously not, this palace believes that this is definitely a private matter, you dare to deceive this palace?" ”

"This, this?" Duchen thought about it, and finally stood up, approached the window, and whispered a few words, only to see that his forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he didn't know what to do. If it were other concubines, Du Xing would not take it to heart, but the other party was Chai Erniang, and Du Xing did not dare to hide it.

"Damn, damn it." Chai Erniang opened the car window, revealing a cold face, staring at Du Xing, and said; "You are really bold, such a woman dares to stay, even her husband will abandon it, will it be unfavorable to Your Majesty in the future, if Your Majesty has any three strengths and two weaknesses, it will kill you all over the house, and it will be useless."

"But, Your Majesty." Duchenne didn't dare to say anything.

"I don't know how many beautiful and charming women there are in the world, how could Your Majesty like such a woman who doesn't abide by women's morals? It's just abominable. Chai Erniang's face changed greatly, and she glared at Du Xing fiercely, and Du Xing's head was lowered even lower.

"Kill her, anyone can enter the palace, they can serve the Son of Heaven, and inherit the bloodline of the Son of Heaven, but she can't kill her." Chai Erniang said coldly: "If Your Majesty wants to punish you, this palace will do it for you!" ”

"This?" Duchenne didn't know what to do for a while.

"I believe that even if the queen mother knows about this, she will also have the same idea as the palace." Chai Erniang's eyes flickered with cold light, stared at Du Xing and said: "Your Majesty thought about it just on a whim, and it was not interesting to play for a long time, and I forgot about this woman and went to kill her." If you don't kill her, the palace and the queen will kill you. Don't doubt Hongu's words. ”

"Yes, I'll go." Duchenne hurriedly retreated,