Three days later, in the imperial study, Yuwang Yuecao cooperated with the Ministry of Workers and the Second Department of Households, and presented to the Emperor Yuehuang the draft of the county's water control policies, and solved many details in the agenda to appease the displaced people.

After setting the day of leaving Beijing, the household department began to step up the preparation of materials, and because of the urgency of time, it first rushed to the five counties of Liangzhou, which were seriously affected by the disaster, according to the holy will.

Looking at the list of materials presented by the household servant, Yue Cao's eyebrows were slightly raised, and he thought of other aspects, in fact, he had also looked at the monthly chronicles reported by Liangzhou in previous years, as well as the content of Yan Yun's return to Beijing in recent years, and found that there had never been a large-scale unstable water level in Liangzhou in the past, so this year was very strange, so he felt that this might be one of the reasons why the Moon Emperor sent him to Liangzhou.

"I would like to ask the squire to tell Lord Shangshu that there is a shortage of materials at present, and after discussing with other 'holy envoys' today, the king decided to extract fifty percent of the materials transported to Liangzhou and supply them to several other 'holy envoys' to be transported to other disaster-stricken states and counties, so as not to be criticized by the world for favoring one over the other, and the rest of the materials are also requested by Lord Shangshu to be sent to the camp on the outskirts of Beijing within five days, and General Xiahou will send people to escort them to Sanzhou." Yue Xiao closed the list in his hand, looked up and said to the head of the Tobe squire.

"His Royal Highness understands the righteousness and treats the people equally, but it is Gao Shan Yangzhi who orders the officials to be happy and convinced, but ......" The household servant first flattered, and then his words paused slightly, and he quietly raised his eyes and glanced at Yue Xiao with an unknown expression.

Yue Xiao caught his hesitant look, but quietly stroked his sleeves, and then pushed the boat down the river and asked, "Lord Shilang, but you haven't finished speaking?" Or does Lord Squire feel that there is something wrong with this king's arrangement? ”

When the household servant heard this, his face was anxious, and he hurriedly responded: "The lower officials don't dare, His Royal Highness has insight into the situation, and the lower officials have no doubts about His Royal Highness's intentions, but the lower officials and others are under the order of today's edict to supervise the collection of materials and give priority to the supply of Liangzhou that has been seriously affected. Now His Royal Highness suddenly wants to distribute the materials, I am afraid that it will blow the good intentions of today, so if it is blamed today, the household is not good, and His Royal Highness has hurt the relationship between father and son is great, so please think twice. ”

The household servant clearly knew that there was nothing wrong with King Yu's arrangement, and it was beneficial to the household, and the Moon Emperor was in the court, and it seemed that King Yu had the intention of entering the East Palace, just because he also took into account the prime minister and the king of the south, it was not easy to say clearly, but I was afraid that it was only a matter of time, so King Yu must not be guilty.

It's just that although the emperor and the prince are father and son, they are also monarchs and ministers, first cut and then played, still in disagreement with the law, the emperor and his son can communicate privately, but the people's hearts are turbulent under natural disasters, but if there is a mistake, the disaster must be the entire Nanyue, and the first person to bear the brunt of the court's inquiry is the household department.

Hearing him say this, Yue Cao smiled secretly in her heart, this household servant Liu Zhuo is really a well-known 'little abacus', it seems that the words are sonorous and touching, and what he said is indeed the truth, but he never mentioned the difficulties of the household department, but he was worried about him everywhere, which still made people feel a little less sincere.

But having said that, this Liu Zhuo has been immersed in officialdom for decades, and has won the appreciation of the household department, and has been sitting firmly in the household department for several years.

"Du, Du, Du" Yue Cao tapped on the edge of the table, raised his eyebrows and thought deeply, after a long time, Liu Zhuo felt a little drumming in his heart, knowing that although King Yu was young, he was not shallow, and now the time was pressing, he had to rush back to supervise other matters, and he was a little anxious in his heart, and even his face was a little revealed.

Fortunately, Yuexiao didn't delay for too long, and seeing that Liu Zhuo was in a hurry, he got up and walked in front of him, with a modest attitude, "What Lord Shilang means, this king understands, he only cared about planning the pacification of the people in the disaster area, neglected the process, and really didn't think about it, which made it difficult for Lord Shilang, but this king has already discussed it with other 'holy envoys', and the gentleman has already said it, and it is inconvenient to change it. ”

Liu Zhuo was a little stunned when he heard this, he had heard that King Yu was modest and sharp-minded, but he had never had the opportunity to actually contact him, but now he found that he was indeed as everyone said, he was elegant but not obvious, and he felt that most of them were a humble gentleman with beautiful scenery, but Liu Zhuo also saw that this King Yu had something different from what everyone said.

After all, he is also a young general who has fought on the battlefield with his uncle for two years, and his perseverance and self-confidence in his chest are indeed enough to infect anyone, so at this time, Liu Zhuo couldn't help but have a little more respect in his heart, and bowed his hand and said: "Thank you Your Highness for your compassion, Your Highness's move is to save the household department from fire and water, and also let the household department not have to be suspected of favoritism. ”

Yue Cao raised him and said: "Lord Liu's words are serious, Nanyue state affairs are all matters within the courtiers' share, this king and adults are the same as the lord, you must not be unreasonable, if there is nothing to do, this king will go to ask for a decree, and he will be lost first." ”

"Your Highness is polite, the officials have nothing to do, so I will go back to the household department, and please dare to go with His Highness for a long time."

Yue Cao nodded, raised one hand slightly, Liu Zhuo leaned sideways to give way, and also gave a salute to the nobleman to go first.

Arrived at the emperor's road, after the ceremony, the moon was brought into the inner hall, at this time the moon emperor only wore deep clothes on the side couch to rest, the incense burner on the case green smoke curled, the smell of soothing incense lingered in the sky, lingering for a long time.

The Moon Emperor heard the sound and half-opened his eyes, looked at the Moon Cao, and asked what he meant, after the Moon Cao stood up and asked for peace, he was clear about the truth, and the Moon Emperor nodded when he heard the words.

Looking at the moon in front of him, Xu is soothing incense had an effect, the Moon Emperor squinted tiredly, and then waved away the idle people and others, leaving only Yue Cao and him in the inner hall.

Slowly getting up, without saying a word, the Moon Emperor picked up a dark color coat and draped it behind him, walked towards the long table leisurely, followed by the respectful Yue Cao, and when he walked to the long table, he took off his robe and sat down slowly.

The weather in mid-August has long been dry, the breeze slowly enters through the open window, bringing a faint earthy smell before the rain, tomorrow is the moon and the evening, which should be the day of celebration of the whole country in the southern moon, but unfortunately...... With a light sigh that was almost inaudible, he pulled back the moon that was staring at the window lattice slightly, "What worries does my father have to worry about, can I tell my son, so that my son can share the burden for my father." ”

The Moon Emperor's face was blank, he just stretched out his right hand and picked up a brocade box on the edge of the table, opened it and glanced at it, and slowly closed it, and then turned to Yue Cao with deep eyes, staring at him tightly, as if he wanted to see the bottom of his heart through his eyes, Yue Cao looked at him, but was covered with a thin sweat on his back by the complex eyes with love, inquiry and hesitation, but he never avoided it.

In the middle of the night, the Moon Emperor smiled faintly, his eyes contained the complexity of scrutiny, and his face showed a father's love for his son. ”

Yue Cao stretched out his hand suspiciously, took the brocade box, opened it and saw that a majestic half-toothed tiger talisman was lying in the center of the brocade box, and his hands trembled a little in shock, what does this half-toothed tiger talisman mean, of course he understands it, but he is not sure of his father's intention to hand over the tiger talisman to him at this time, because he is unpredictable, and he subconsciously feels that this thing can't be held, so he hurriedly covered the brocade box, bowed forward with both hands, and after the thing returned to its original owner, he lowered his head and took two steps back respectfully.

And the moment the Moon Emperor handed it out, he took in the look and movements of Yue Cao, and the panic, shock and even the slightest surprise in common sense were undisguised in front of him, and there was almost an invisible trace of doubt in his eyes, and the mind that had been clenched all the time became relaxed, took a deep breath, and said slowly: "What does this mean? ”

Yue Xiao had eased her mind a little at this moment, put her hands in front of her forehead, and replied with her head down: "Back to my father, my son is puzzled, and I ask my father to make it clear, otherwise my son will not dare to accept this thing." ”

"What did you just look at this thing carefully?"

"Erchen, Erchen hurriedly skimmed it, but he also saw it clearly."

"Did you really see it clearly?"

Yue Cao was a little puzzled, raised his head and looked at the Moon Emperor, only to see him wave his sleeves and say, "That's it, you come over and take a closer look." ”

Yue Cao straightened up, stepped forward with doubts and took the brocade box again, opened it and looked at it carefully for a moment, and then found something strange, looked at the Moon Emperor, saw that his face was not turbulent, and turned his gaze back to the half-toothed tiger talisman, hesitated slightly, raised his hand to pick it up, put it in front of his eyes and considered it repeatedly, the incomprehension and anxiety between the eyebrows became more and more intense with the observation, and then he checked it in his hand, as if he remembered something, and suddenly looked at the tiger tail, and his face instantly turned pale.

Yue Cao bit his lower lip slightly, looked at the Moon Emperor with a frightened expression, and saw that he was holding one hand against his forehead at this time, staring at himself with a wry smile on the corner of his lips, and suddenly felt that the half-toothed tiger talisman spread on his right hand was like a mountain of ten thousand mountains that made his body tremble, but he didn't dare to throw it, he couldn't hold it, like a hot potato, and his burning palms hurt.

Seeing that his son was so frightened that he couldn't speak, he was a little out of shape, and the Moon Emperor, who had never seen him like this, sighed in his heart, after all, he was still younger, and it was normal to not be calm when he encountered such a big thing, even if he had been in power for many years and was used to seeing the wind and waves, he was shocked and speechless when he first found out that something was wrong.

Thinking of this, he got up one by one and walked to Yue Cao's side, wanting to get back the half-toothed tiger talisman, but who knew that Yue Cao suddenly held his hand and held the thing tightly in the palm of his hand.

The Moon Emperor was stunned for a moment, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that under that pale complexion, his eyes full of anger and determination looked at him fixedly, and then, with a soft sigh, he patted him on the shoulder, wanting him to ease his mind.

When Yue Cao relaxed a little, the Moon Emperor gently broke his hand, took out the thing and put it back in the brocade box, and then took him to sit on the side couch, and only after his mood was completely eased did he say quietly: "Ah Cao can also see it, don't panic, I found out as early as half a month ago." ”