Chapter 229: The Pingnan Disaster
Everyone doesn't know what the emperor will do with the concubine, and now that the human and material evidence is here, it is useless for her to say anything now.
The concubine was stunned in place, she didn't expect that she would be framed by such a method, and she was a little unwilling in her heart, but it was too late to say anything now.
She didn't speak, just looked at the emperor and waited for him to continue.
The emperor didn't expect things to develop like this, he knew that the concubine was innocent, but there was no way to keep the concubine. He does attach great importance to the child in the womb of the noble lady, and perhaps it is confirmed that this situation will develop now.
"Perran, is there anything else you'd like to say?" The emperor looked at the concubine, his tone was a little solemn, and his eyes were a little indescribable.
The concubine sighed faintly, looked at the emperor and said, "Is it still useful for the concubine to say now?" There is no word for the sin you want to add. ”
"There is no word for a crime that wants to be added, and now the human and material evidence is here, do you still say that it is not you?" The queen looked at the concubine with a little sarcasm, and her eyes were clearly provoking the concubine.
The concubine was angry in her heart, but the nameless fire couldn't be released.
At this moment, Du Zihuan's subordinates, Yue Lin, hurriedly came in to find the emperor, saying that they had something important to discuss.
"Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, it has been raining heavily in Pingnan for days, and now the surroundings of Pingnan and Pingnan have been flooded, and all those ordinary people have gone to Jinsui, and now Jinsui has begun to lack food." Yue Lin's face was covered with sweat, and even the clothes he was wearing were already wet with sweat.
As soon as the emperor heard this, the top priority now is to send people to transport grain and grass to Pingnan for disaster relief, where can he take care of the bad things caused by the jealousy of the harem women.
"But someone sent to Pingnan?" The emperor can't take care of it much now, after all, the disaster is urgent, so he directly discusses it in the imperial garden.
"The minister also just got the news, and now Lord Du doesn't know about it." Yue Lin's voice was a little anxious.
"Zihuan is there in Yueyatou, even if there is a flood in Pingnan now, it won't be that everyone will run to Jinsui, right?" The emperor frowned, not knowing why the situation on Pingnan's side had become like this.
It stands to reason that there should be no shortage of grain and grass reserves among the big families in Pingnan, and the silver allocated by the imperial court every year is enough for them to deal with such a sudden disaster.
But now that such a thing has happened in Pingnan, there is only one possibility, that is, the officials in Pingnan are holding the disaster relief silver issued by the imperial court to fill their pockets.
"Who is the prefect of Pingnan?" The emperor asked with a cold face.
Although the emperor may not remember the position of every official, Yue Lin knows it, at this time, Yue Lin raised his head and glanced at the queen, and seemed to be a little hesitant.
The emperor didn't need to guess to know that it must be someone from the Duan family's side, if so, this time would be a good time for the Duan family's power to weaken.
Even if it is not for the fame and fortune of the court, it must be for the sake of the common people in the world.
Yue Lin was actually not afraid of the queen, after he saw the queen, he said to the emperor: "If you go back to the emperor, the prefect of Pingnan is the cousin of the queen's mother." His name is Duan Xi. ”
The emperor didn't look at the queen at all, but just had a cold face and said with a murderous aura: "Send someone to arrest this Duan Xi for me, and I will interrogate him well!" I want to see what the Duan family, which has no teacher, will degenerate into. ”
The pride in the queen's heart was all extinguished, and when she thought of this greedy and lustful cousin, her heart began to burn. And now the emperor is directly scolding them by name, and now he has long had a grudge against their Duan family.
She had no choice but to say to the emperor with a pale face: "Your Majesty, things don't have to be what you think, why don't you let Yu'er go to this disaster relief......"
"Presumptuous! Is it your turn to speak here, do you really regard Dayu as your Duan family's world? Do you think letting Nan Xuanyu go will shield your greedy cousin? I'll tell you that this time, I'm going to cut off all the side branches of your Duan family. ”
The emperor looked at the queen and scolded out loud, if it weren't for the Duan family's single-handed cover of the sky and the selfishness of the officials under his hands, the people of Pingnan would not be displaced now, let alone have no home now, they can't eat enough and don't have warm clothes, and they have to leave their hometown to make a living.
Everyone didn't dare to make a sound, now there is nothing more ugly than the queen's face, this time it's not just Duan Xi's side branches, I'm afraid that even Nan Xuanyu will be implicated.
"Come on, go to the Heart Moon Pavilion and let Master Du come over, be quick!" The emperor gave an order, and no one dared to delay, after all, it is a national event now, and naturally it cannot be neglected.
As for the jealous mess of women here, the emperor has no time to take care of it.
Yun Zhexuan also knew that the next words were not something that he could listen to, so he immediately asked the emperor to resign.
However, the emperor let Yun Zhexuan stay, after all, Yun Zhexuan also has a relatively good understanding of life outside the palace, not to mention that Yun Zhexuan is not a straw bag, many people have multiple ideas, but it can be regarded as being able to contribute to the majority of people affected by the disaster.
The emperor seemed to have remembered something, and at the same time sent someone to invite Nan Xuanjue over. If it weren't for the fact that Nan Xuanjue really didn't intend to have this position, he really considered giving this position to him.
The queen stood here, a little at a loss for a while, on the one hand, she wanted to see what the emperor would do next, and on the other hand, she had to tell her brother quickly, these things were not a joke.
"What are you doing here if you don't leave? Do you want to participate in the politics of your country here after that? "The emperor issued an expulsion order, and his attitude towards the queen is obvious.
The queen's face turned pale, now the emperor will definitely not let them go, and now she can only tell her brother to break off the relationship over there, otherwise she is afraid that the city gate will catch fire and affect the pond fish.
"Your Majesty, the matter of the concubine's murder of the imperial heir......" The queen had not given up framing the concubine until this time, and asked on the side.
"There is no actual evidence of this matter now, anyway, nothing happened to the noble Yuan, Pei Lan will reflect in the palace for three months." The emperor was a little bored.
"This slave ......," the queen continued.
"How long do you have to ask, whether you are the queen or I am the queen, how to deal with it, do you still have to ask me? If that's the case, I don't think there's any need for you to be the queen. The emperor looked at the queen and said in a cold voice.
The queen's face was as pale as earth, and she didn't dare to say anything else, so she took the nurturing aunt and left in a hurry.