Chapter 42 Countermeasures against Natural Disasters
Soon, night fell, Ouyang Ziruo sat quietly in the Heart Cultivation Hall alone, and the palace maid guards outside the hall stood upright.
"See Grandpa Li."
Seeing Li Fuxi walking over slowly, the palace maid hurriedly saluted respectfully.
"The emperor hasn't slept yet?"
The palace maid nodded in response, and then Li Fuxi pushed the door in, and kept persuading Ouyang Ziruo, which made him slowly get up.
"Drive the Kunning Palace."
With Li Fuxi's shout, the little eunuch carrying the chariot immediately turned around and went in the direction of Kunning Palace.
And Ouyang Ziruo sat quietly on the chariot with a sad look.
Soon Bu Yuan stopped, and Li Fuxi, who was on the side, quickly turned around and bent over to speak.
"Your Majesty, Kunning Palace has arrived, do you want to call the concubine Niangniang out to pick you up."
Ouyang Ziruo glanced up and waved his hand directly, and Li Fuxi was silent.
Seeing that they arrived at Kunning Palace, the eunuchs gently put the chariot on the ground, and Li Fuxi hurriedly stepped forward to support Ouyang Ziruo, and cautiously stepped down.
After entering the Kunning Palace, the eunuchs and palace maids immediately knelt on the ground and met the emperor.
This Kunning Palace is the residence of Concubine Zheng Guifei, and she is also the emperor's favorite concubine.
"Niangniang, the emperor is here."
Zheng Guifei, who was still unhappy, immediately came to her senses when she heard this, and quickly asked the personal palace maid to quickly make up her makeup, and then walked out of the palace gate quickly.
"See the emperor, the concubines didn't know that the emperor had arrived, and they missed the welcome, so they asked the emperor to atone for their sins."
Seeing this, Ouyang Ziruo hurriedly stepped forward to help Zheng Guifei, only to see Zheng Guifei wearing a light blue floor-length dress, tied up with a fine brocade around her waist, her hair was casually draped around her waist, her face was white, her delicate cherry lips were slightly upturned at the moment, and her eyes looked at Ouyang Ziruo with affection.
"Is the emperor tired? Let's go inside and rest. ”
Concubine Zheng Guifei looked at Ouyang Ziruo with a worried expression, her voice was sweet but not greasy, which made the emperor's heart tremble.
Since entering the palace, this Concubine Zheng has conquered Ouyang Ziruo with her beauty and her unique gentle voice, and then walked to the position of concubine step by step.
But after so many years in the palace, Concubine Zheng still has no heirs, you know, even if the concubine who is favored in the palace has no heirs, she will definitely be squeezed down.
Of course, Concubine Zheng also understands this truth, so she has been attracting the attention of the emperor and using various methods to keep him in her bedroom.
After entering the palace gate, the palace maids gently closed the door of the house, and then they all quietly guarded the door.
"Your Majesty, I'll rub your shoulders."
After that, Concubine Zheng gently walked behind Ouyang Ziruo, and a pair of slender and white water gently stroked Ouyang Ziruo's shoulders, and slowly and gently rubbed his shoulders.
"It's still my Concubine Zheng who will be considerate."
After that, Ouyang Ziruo gently took Zheng Guifei's hand, and with a sharp pull, Zheng Guifei fell into Ouyang Ziruo's arms, with a very shy look.
Immediately, the two rested, and the red candle was not extinguished all night.
In the early morning of the second day, Zheng Guifei got up early to wait for the emperor to dress and wash, and then the emperor went to the early court, Zheng Guifei also sat quietly in the courtyard, thinking about her past and couldn't help sighing.
Since he lives in the palace, he has to live this boring life every day, and only when he looks forward to the emperor coming can he have some fun.
Zheng Guifei slowly walked to the lotus pond, lowered her head and looked into the water, only to see that the figure in the water had red lips and white teeth, which was very good-looking, but between her eyebrows, she was a little less pure and more sad and sentimental.
Suddenly, a wrinkle at the corner of her eye attracted the attention of Concubine Zheng, and she asked the palace maid to bring a bronze mirror in disbelief, and took a closer look at her face, although the wrinkle at the corner of her eye was not very obvious, but it hit Concubine Zheng Guifei hard.
She slammed the bronze mirror on the ground, covering her face tightly with one hand, in the palace, if there is no beauty, there is nothing, and she has no heirs, such a discovery makes Zheng Guifei very afraid.
"Someone, invite Li Fuxi's father-in-law."
After thinking about it, it seems that the only way to solve the problem is to win people's hearts and expand their power, so that they can always be by the emperor's side.
The palace maid immediately answered and went out, trotted all the way to find Li Fuxi, and brought Li Fuxi to Kunning Palace.
"Li Fuxi meets the concubine."
Zheng Guifei, who was originally worried, immediately changed her face when she heard this, and hurriedly helped Li Fuxi up with a smile on her face.
"Father-in-law doesn't have to make such a big salute, come and sit down, this palace has something to say to you."
As soon as the words fell, Concubine Zheng Guifei made a look, and all the palace maids and eunuchs retreated in a funny way.
"The minion should stand, after all, this is not in order."
Li Fuxi didn't listen to Concubine Zheng's words, but stood in front of Concubine Zheng seriously, and he knew what Concubine Zheng wanted to do when he saw her appearance today.
"By the way, Gonggong Li, I heard that your parents in your hometown are seriously ill, and I have sent someone to your hometown to treat them with the best medicine."
Zheng Guifei said this kind of thing, which caused Li Fuxi to be disgusted for a while, but she didn't dare to show it, so she had to quickly kneel down and thank her.
"Thank you Guifei Niangniang, but I have already sent money and medicine before, so I won't worry about Guifei Niangniang."
Concubine Zheng paused when she heard this, and then stopped beating around the bush, she hesitated for a moment and then told Li Fuxi the real purpose of calling him here.
"Gonggong Li, this palace called you this time to let my father-in-law use me, after all, this palace is getting older and older, and there are no heirs around me, only my father-in-law can help me sit firmly in this Kunning Palace."
Concubine Zheng said the words in one breath, and then clapped her hands, and a palace maid slowly pushed open the door when she heard the sound, took a box in, and put it in front of Li Fuxi.
"Father-in-law, you accept these, a small amount of money, not a tribute."
Li Fuxi secretly sneered in his heart, then slowly stepped forward and gently opened the box, which turned out to be a small box of gold bars, it seems that this Zheng Guifei has hidden a lot of money in private.
However, Li Fuxi was not too surprised, and directly closed the box and pushed it in front of Zheng Guifei.
"Niangniang should take it back, the slave can't afford this, the emperor is almost over, the slave has to go back and serve quickly, so I won't bother Niangniang."
After saying that, Li Fuxi slowly retreated, and after going out, he strode out of Kunning Palace directly.
He couldn't help but laugh mockingly, this Concubine Zheng is really stupid, she actually wants to win over herself, and it depends on herself if the general concubine wants to keep her position, and it is useless to rely on others to speak well in front of the emperor.
After getting off the morning court, An Mingchen came to the Zuixian Building as promised, went straight to the second floor, and after pushing open the door of the room, he saw Hu Yuzhi sitting in it early.
"Brother Hu, I'm late."
An Mingchen hurriedly made an apology and entered the door with an embarrassed face.
"It's okay, Brother An, sit down."
An Mingchen responded and immediately sat down, now the south of the Yangtze River is flooded, the lives of the people are miserable, and none of the ministers in the court have a way, and the emperor is also in a hurry.
Immediately, the two discussed the solution to the flood in the south of the Yangtze River.
"Brother Hu, this Jiangnan flood, the house grain must have been washed away, this first has to collect grain, although the emperor sent someone to send some grain, but it is far from enough, this year, there is no bumper harvest of grain, every household has limited food, how is this good?"
An Mingchen analyzed carefully, his brows furrowed, and the anxiety on his face was seen by Hu Yuzhi.
"Indeed, this year's grain is not rich, if you want to collect grain, you must start from the businessman's family."
Hu Yuzhi's words reminded An Mingchen, but the power to control the food at home is in the hands of Huang Fuxue, so it seems that he can only go back and talk to Huang Fuxue properly.
The two were talking, and there was a sudden knock at the door, and in an instant, the hearts of the two immediately rose to their throats, but when they heard that the outsider was the king of Qi, they quickly opened the door, and then welcomed the king of Qi in.
"Why is His Royal Highness King Qi here today?"
Hu Yuzhi looked puzzled, he remembered that the King of Qi should have returned to the Qi Palace's mansion to deal with family affairs today, and this speed was too fast.
"Alas, the things in the house are really annoying, so I came out directly, and now you have a way to solve the Jiangnan flood?"
King Qi immediately withdrew the smile on his face, sighed, and looked at the two in front of him helplessly.
"There's no way, I think it's definitely going to send a governor to Jiangnan to preside over the overall situation, but it's one thing whether you go to Jiangnan or not, so the ministers in the court are silent, and they must all know the stakes involved."
After listening to An Mingchen's words, King Qi and Hu Yuzhi both fell into deep thought, An Mingchen's words were indeed good, but the governor was not easy to be.
King Qi suddenly thought of something, immediately raised his head, looked at the two people in front of him with a serious face, and said slowly.
"Since no one is willing to go to the Jiangnan flood, then Xie Wuyi and the others will definitely make a big fuss about it, and they will definitely use this matter to deal with us, An Mingchen, you have to be careful, the person Xie Wuyi is most likely to target is you."
An Mingchen nodded immediately after hearing this, he had already guessed this, and Xie Wuyi stopped him that day, looking at the hatred in his eyes, An Mingchen knew that he was the primary target he was dealing with.
But fortunately, An Mingchen was prepared, and he slowly spoke, "King Qi can rest assured, I have long expected that Xie Wuji will deal with us, so I have already arranged someone by his side, and he will help us keep an eye on Xie Wuyi." ”
Immediately, An Mingchen told them everything about Wu Hu, telling them that he now has Wu Hu's handle in his hands, so Wu Hu will definitely be loyal to him.
King Qi and Hu Yuzhi couldn't help but give An Mingchen a thumbs up after hearing this, but they didn't expect that An Mingchen not only knew people, but also this strategy was very powerful.
Now that they have Wu Hu, they have slowly put their minds at ease.