She has no ambition to help the common people, she just wants to live in peace, so she still has to find a way to refuse this trip to the south as soon as possible.

"Tang Gongzi, I heard that the imperial court has allocated disaster relief money to the south, can the waterlogging in the south be alleviated?"

Tang Shu didn't expect that Luo Shuangyi had just been out of danger, and the first thing he asked was the disaster in the south, and he couldn't help but appreciate her a little more.

"Well, the imperial court has already sent the silver money over, and it should be able to alleviate some temporarily."

Natural and man-made disasters, how easy is it to return to normal?

Luo Shuangyi breathed a sigh of relief: "Trouble Tang Gongzi, can you send me and the two back to Luowang's Mansion?" ”

She and Xiaoque had been hungry for so many days, and there was no transportation at the moment, so they went back to the city, afraid that they would faint to death halfway before they could even reach the place.

After Tang Shu heard this, his face became a little serious: "Miss Luo, you can't go back to the house now." ”

"Why?"

Luo Shuangyi was a little puzzled, after such an experience, everyone in the capital should know everything that happened in the suburbs, and the Queen Mother had no reason to continue to let her stay.

"The situation in the city is complicated right now, if Miss Luo can be trusted, please continue to stay here, and when the situation in the city stabilizes, I will send someone to send you back."

"Stay?"

Luo Shuangyi was stunned, what did Tang Shu mean, let himself continue to stay with these refugees?

"Don't worry, these people won't dare to be disrespectful to you anymore. I came out in a hurry today, and I had some things to attend to, so I left first. ”

When the words fell, Tang Shu left.

Luo Shuangyi looked blankly at the direction he left, and then looked at the refugees in front of him, and saw the fear in the face of himself in their eyes, and after thinking about it again, he decided to stay.

Sure enough, as Tang Shu said, this time, the people in the broken temple began to become very respectful to her.

"Miss, how long are we going to stay here?"

After all, it was a broken temple, and with the previous shadow, Xiaoque still wanted to return to the palace with Luo Shuangyi as soon as possible.

Luo Shuangyi looked at the rich meal in front of him and moved his chopsticks, but his expression was indifferent: "Wait first." ”

The news outside the city has not yet reached the capital, and the queen mother has been thinking of the disaster relief silver sent by the emperor in recent days, and she is so distressed that she can't sleep, and she has been tossing and turning for two days, and decided to get some silver from the civil and military officials again.

On this day, the Queen Mother asked the emperor to be called to the Charity Palace.

The little emperor has always been afraid of the Queen Mother, and after being called, he only dared to sit under the Queen Mother, looking respectful and fearful.

"The emperor still remembers the silver he promised to send to the south at the court meeting a few days ago?"

This matter, he was reprimanded by the Queen Mother as soon as he finished doing it, how could he not remember, and now when he heard her mention it again, his heart hung up.

"Back to the Queen Mother, I remember."

The Queen Mother had a calm face, and said without anger: "The disaster in the south is serious, and the silver money sent before is just a drop in the bucket. ”

The little emperor didn't have much choice, and since the queen mother opened this mouth, he could only agree.

Let the little eunuchs around him look for some beautiful men outside and send them to the palace, and the few who have been sent in so far don't even look down on him!

At the court meeting that day, the little emperor really mentioned the words of the queen mother, but as soon as these words came out, all the ministers in the court changed their faces.

It's only been a few days since this reward festival, and the queen mother is thinking about squeezing them again? Last time, because of the donations handed over, many people's families have begun to be stretched, and now I can't bear it again!

Lu Huaiyu knew that this was the Queen Mother's idea, but as the Queen Mother said, the disaster relief money sent before could not solve the waterlogging situation in the south at all, and more money was needed if it was to be completely stable.

"Back to the emperor, this idea is very good, it can not only reflect the emperor's love for the people like a son, but also allow all officials to contribute their meager efforts."

"This fundraising, it's better to start from the palace, the queen mother is the head of the harem, for this waterlogging, presumably a lot of silver taels will be taken out, and the minister is willing to take the queen mother as an example to raise donations for disaster relief!"

The Queen Mother listened to all this behind the curtain, her face was a little unpleasant, but she thought that the money would become her own when the time came, even if there was a little more money at this time, there was nothing wrong with it, so she nodded towards the little emperor on the dragon chair.

After the little emperor was affirmed, a smile bloomed between his eyebrows: "What Aiqing said is good, this fundraising should start from the harem, and the queen mother will naturally participate in this fundraising!" ”

Seeing that someone had taken the bait, Lu Huaiyu's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light, and he said loudly again: "In order to avoid corruption and perversion of the law in the process of fundraising, I also ask the emperor to send the household department Shangshu as the record keeper of the fundraising, and the silver money will be sent directly from the household department to the south!" ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

In an instant, all the halls were echoed by Lu Huaiyu's voice.

As soon as these words came out, the little emperor was directly dumbfounded, the queen mother meant to collect the money for her own use, but if she asked the household department to make a record, the money was recorded clearly, how could the queen mother withhold things privately?

Moreover, he also knows that he is a stinky stone that is hard and soft, and it is impossible to buy it!

"Your Majesty, the waterlogging situation in the south is serious, and the head of the household department has always been fair, and he will definitely be able to take on this great responsibility, and I also ask the emperor to order him to serve as the record official of this fundraising!"

Hubu Shangshu also stood up at this time and said respectfully: "Please also ask the emperor to give Weichen a chance, Weichen will definitely live up to the emperor's grace and do a good job on this errand!" ”

"Please decree the emperor! Give the Ministry of Household Books as each other's fundraising record officer! ”

The ministers persecuted, and the little emperor was suddenly frightened by this meeting, and even forgot that the queen mother next to him was there, and hurriedly nodded and agreed, and asked the father-in-law next to him to draw up the decree.

This time, the Queen Mother can be said to be stealing chickens and rice, and she wanted to extort a sum of money from the civil and military officials, but she didn't expect to be extorted by someone in turn!

Originally, I was just a little irritable, because of this incident, I was a little angry and bloody, and I fell completely ill.

Because it is a transparent fundraiser, and the reputation of the Hubu Shangshu is well known in the court, everyone is relatively active in this fundraising, and Lu Huaiyu has also raised a lot.

And after the fundraising, there was a strange case in the city that directly alarmed the entire capital!

It turned out that in order to show the emperor's grace, the city gate did not prevent the victims from entering, and there were cases where some people hired the victims to work at a high price.

Someone thought about pretending to be a refugee to earn this money, so he went with the person who called it a day, saying that he could go back on the same day, but he went for three or four days in a row, but no one came back.

The family was anxious, so they went to the refugee office to inquire, and only after this inquiry did they know that none of the refugees who had been recruited before had returned!

The mother-in-law who gave birth to the man was stubborn, and after knowing that her husband might have had an accident, she rushed to the yamen with several refugees on the same day and asked the yamen to give an explanation.

After Lu Huaiyu heard about this, he began to let people investigate: "Has the recruitment foreman who accepted people before appeared in the city recently?" ”

"Back to the master, that person only appeared for three days, and then disappeared!"

Lu Huaiyu's eyes sank: "How many people were taken away before and after?" ”

"The man said a high price, every time he came, he paid a deposit for a day on the spot, and some refugees even fought for this matter, but that person only recruited young and strong men with good physical strength, and took away a hundred people every day, and in three days, there were a total of 300 people."

Three hundred?

Lu Huaiyu took the book in his hand, so many people, even if they were raised, they would have to spend a lot of silver taels, where did they need so much labor?

"You go, find out where there is a mine nearby, and by the way, find a way to find out the whereabouts of the person who recruited the worker!"

The layout in the city has been in place for many years, and Lu Huaiyu and the King of Chu have long had their own private intelligence network, and it doesn't take much effort to find out about this matter.

Less than two hours after the guards went out, news came back again.

As expected, the recent discussion in the city was indeed caused by a private mine recruiting workers.

"Where's the mine, you say?"

"Back to the master, in Yunshan!"

Lu Huaiyu was stunned for a moment, Yunshan, this place, if he remembers correctly, it is the territory of the Queen Mother's family!

Could it be that the Queen Mother was also involved in this matter?

"This matter, maybe it's certain?"

"Master, we followed the clues all the way to the mine, and we also found the man who recruited workers that day, and it was confirmed! However, although that person has taken over in the capital, he is still buying refugees elsewhere! ”

"In this matter, don't leak the rumors first, buy a few refugees, send them to the place where the person recruits, and find a way to get in!"

Before the matter was implemented, I heard news from the palace, saying that Prince Luo had received the news early in the morning, saying that Luo Shuangyi had been arrested when he went out of the city gate, and was now on his way to the palace.

"The Queen Mother, the little girl's captivity is all due to refugees, please give the Queen Mother an order to send someone to the suburbs to save the little girl!"

Lord Luo stood in the Queen Mother's bedroom with a worried look between his eyebrows.

"Lord Luo, the mourning family knows that you love your daughter very much, but now that the south is flooding, the ministers are so busy because of this matter that their feet do not touch the ground, and the people who can be sent out in the palace have also been dispatched, and at the moment, there is really no extra troops to be sent!"

There is a huge palace, how can there be no manpower that wants to be dispatched, the Queen Mother's words are equivalent to directly refusing the request of Prince Luo.

Entering the palace today, Lord Luo was originally holding the attitude of giving it a try, thinking that Yi'er was sent out by the Queen Mother, and if something happened on the way, she might feel guilty in her heart, but she didn't expect the Queen Mother to be so cold-blooded!

Without further words, Lord Luo got up and left the Charity Palace directly with a cold face.