This year, the drizzle continued, after entering the summer, there was almost no day was a sunny day, and the rain did not go, and everyone joked that maybe it was Nuwa Niangniang's mending stone that fell again.

The rain hit the window lattice, sometimes urgent, sometimes slow, sometimes big and sometimes small, Rong Zhao looked out the window and sighed slightly, this day is probably really leaking.

She was holding the sleeping Rong Chun in her arms, and a pair of boys and girls were sitting on the small table next to her, one was writing the homework left by her husband today, and the other was drawing something randomly.

There were dark clouds outside, and even the room was dim, Rong Zhao was afraid that the two children would not be able to see clearly, so he asked Huayu to light a lamp and candle and put it next to the small table to illuminate them.

Today, Yin Rou took Rong Chun over, when he left, the child was reluctant to go, and was left by Rong Zhao, after lunch, he was sleepy, and Rong Zhao leisurely put him to sleep.

Rong Chun was raised by her since she was a child, and Rong Zhao loved him very much, no less than Xiao Rongsheng and Xiao Rongnian.

It's just that he is also a naughty mischievous, but he can play with Xiao Rongnian, and follow her ass all day long, her sister is long and her sister is short.

"I've finished drawing it, Concubine. Xiao Rongnian raised the drawing paper and shouted without any scruples.

Rong Zhao shouted at her, and patted Rong Chun, who was almost woken up by her.

Xiao Rongnian tiptoed to Rong Zhao's side and lowered his voice, "Mother, I've finished drawing." ”

"It's been painted so quickly, take a look. Rong Zhao took a look at it, and couldn't help but swallow and spit at the mouth, there were four turtles painted on the painting, two of which had a small turtle on their backs, and the whole painting was full of weirdness, Rong Zhao had a bad premonition in his heart, "This is the masterpiece you meditated on and completed there?"

Xiao Rongnian nodded happily, "Yes." She pointed to Rong Zhao one by one and introduced it to Rong Zhao, "Look, concubine, this is the biggest one is the father, and the younger one is you, as for the ones on their backs, it is naturally me and Lantern Xiao, but oh, you can see it clearly, the one who is more beautiful is me." ”

Sure enough, the hunch was correct, Rong Zhao looked at the four turtles that looked the same and asked, "How can you see that it is beautiful?"

"Didn't the mother notice? The turtle has a small flower on its head. Xiao Rongnian looked innocent.

Rong Zhaopi didn't smile, "Xiao Rongnian, can I live without your daughter?"

"I'm afraid not, it's very difficult to operate, after all, I'm already so old, and there is little chance of stuffing it back into my mother's belly. ”

Rong Zhao really wanted to beat her, she just deliberately drew this to anger her.

Coincidentally, Xiao Junjue entered the house, and it was still raining outside, although she was wearing an umbrella, her clothes were still drenched.

"Junjue, your daughter bullied me. Rong Zhao pouted and complained, but he found someone who could cure Xiao Rongnian.

Xiao Junjue untied the cloak on his body and threw it to Mandarin Yu, his face was gloomy and not good-looking. Rong Zhao realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked people to take Rong Chun away, and sent Xiao Rongsheng and Xiao Rongnian to another room.

After changing Xiao Junjue's clothes again, Rong Zhaofang said, "What's wrong, what happened?"

Xiao Junjue pulled Rong Zhao to sit down, and then sighed lowly, as if he was speechless in his heart, but he didn't know how to say it.

"What the hell is going on? He hesitated, and he didn't say anything, so he was in a hurry.

Xiao Junjue looked at her, and her voice was deep, "The flood in Yangzhou is serious, and there are countless casualties, and it is reported that hundreds and thousands of victims are killed every day, and I don't know how many people will die after that." Rong Zhao gasped, Xiao Junjue slammed his fist on the table, gritted his teeth and said: "Natural disasters are beyond the reach of manpower, if these days are really because of natural disasters to lose my life, I will not be so angry." Zhaozhao, do you know? These dead and wounded victims starved to death because they had no medical treatment and no food. ”

Rong Zhao was shocked, his eyebrows were dyed with unquenchable sorrow, "Can't get treatment and food? It's been almost a month since the flood in Yangzhou, and it should have been a long time ago that the disaster relief food should have been obtained, how could you starve to death?"

"Now that the court is corrupt, and the corrupt officials continue to embezzle layer by layer, how much is left in the hands of the victims. I heard that the victims can't even drink gruel now, and they can't find a few grains of rice in a big pot, don't you think it's ridiculous?"

Xiao Junjue's smile became so terrifying, and his face was distorted by anger, "In addition, in the past few years, King Qi and Empress Dowager Liu have been arrogant and lascivious, and the treasury of the imperial court is empty, and the disaster relief money taken out is not much. After the goose plucked its feathers, you said, how many taels of silver are left in the hands of the victims? And the imperial court, after the next disaster relief was issued, did nothing, as if all this had nothing to do with them. I'm just afraid that if this continues, there will be only one way left for the victims of Yangzhou. ”

"What way?"

"Dead end!"

Rong Zhao was dumbfounded, "Yangzhou is still the domain of King Qi, he can keep his ears closed, it is really ruthless and unjust." He took a look at Xiao Junjue and comforted: "It's useless for you to sulk here." ”

Xiao Junjue lay down on the bed, his fingers twisted on both sides of his temples, and the green tendons on both sides of his temples jumped suddenly, making his whole brain hurt.

"I'm just chilled, the inheritance left by my father was squandered by them like this. Water can carry boats, but also can overturn boats, if this continues, I am afraid that the Great Zhou Dynasty is not far from destruction. Xiao Junjue has been melancholy all her life, and said.

Rong Zhao put Xiao Junjue's head on his lap and gently rubbed it for him, her eyes flickered slightly, pondered for a moment, and said: "To put it mildly, the more they do this, the better it will be for us." ”

Xiao Junjue got up neatly and stared at Rong Zhao's face for a moment, as if questioning how she could say such a thing.

Rong Zhao admitted that she is different from Xiao Junjue, she does not have Xiao Junjue's mind for the world, she only has the selfishness of her little woman.

Rong Zhao hugged Xiao Junjue and pressed him down again, rubbing the green tendons on his forehead while saying: "Water can overturn the boat, and it can also carry the boat, those who won the hearts of the people in ancient times won the world, and now the court has lost the hearts of the people, it is the time for us to win the hearts of the people." ”

"How can we win the hearts of the people? Do you want to make it worse?" Xiao Junjue looked at Rong Zhao straight.

"Am I that bad?" obviously felt that the green tendons that were throbbing at the tips of her fingers slowed down, Rong Zhao's strength also followed, and her voice was as soft as a cloud, "I don't want to make matters worse, I want to send charcoal in the snow, and sending charcoal in the snow will always be unforgettable, even if you send a bowl of porridge at this time, the victims will be grateful to us." In the past few years, we have gathered the people of Shudi, and it is time to expand the territory, Yangzhou is a good place. As long as we can capture the hearts of the people of Yangzhou, won't Yangzhou belong to us?"

There was a flame in her eyes, "And maybe this is also an opportunity, an opportunity to promote your King Chu for the country and the people, and an opportunity to make people lose faith in the court." ”

Xiao Junjue seemed to understand Rong Zhao's thoughts, in fact, he had thought about it before, "What do you mean?"

Rong Zhao looked at him fixedly, Xiao Junjue could clearly see the flames that were crushing under her eyes, so dazzling, shining into his heart, "Disaster relief, the court will not pay for disaster relief and save the people, let's do it." As long as there is this time, everyone in the world knows that the king of Chu is benevolent and righteous, cares about the people, and at the same time highlights the corruption of the current court. ”

After that, he paused for a moment and said with a smile: "This is just my humble opinion of a little woman, I just think that this time God gave us a chance to buy people's hearts." I know that when it comes to disaster relief, you must be wholeheartedly trying to help the people, and I don't have such noble sentiments as you, so I thought of this idea that can help people and get benefits. ”

Xiao Junjue got up and hugged Rong Zhao tightly in her arms, "The princess's words are exactly what this king wants." ”

Rong Zhao tried his best to break free of him, and his arm hurt when he strangled him, and he didn't know what to eat to grow up, so much strength.

In the next moment, the smile on Xiao Junjue's face faded again, and she was still worried, "But disaster relief needs money, and this is a lot of money, and it is enough to make people worry." ”

Rong Zhao said: "We are also doing what we can, we don't have to force it, let's see how much we can raise." ”

Rong Zhao took his shoes and went to the ground, took out a key from the wardrobe, went to bed again, opened the bedside cabinet, took out a beautiful small box from it, and took out a thick stack of silver tickets, "This can be almost eighty or ninety thousand taels of silver, which I have been saving for so many years." Don't worry, I didn't embezzle. It's the profits I made over the years from the shops that I married in Changge City, and I sold a few more shops last year and the year before last, and the money I accumulated together. Originally, I wanted to marry Rong Sheng's daughter-in-law and use it as a dowry for Rong Nian, but how to say that they would have to use it ten years later, urgently. Since you're in a hurry, take it first. ”

Xiao Junjue looked at the stack of money, but didn't stretch out his hand, this is Rong Zhao's own money, how can he ask for it.

"You keep these, and I'll find a way to get the disaster relief money. ”

Rong Zhao frowned, and stuffed the money into Xiao Junjue's hand, "What are you doing with grinding and chirping, let you take it, you can take it, if this money can buy people's hearts, I can spend it." ”

Picked up a lot of her jewelry and hugged her to the bed, "I don't like these styles anymore, you can also take them and let people sell them, these are all good things, they can be worth a lot of money." ”

Xiao Junjue took out a hibiscus hairpin from the jewelry, "I remember when I first got married, I liked to wear this the most." ”

Rong Zhao didn't care, and said: "Yes, but now I don't wear this kind of pink and tender thing anymore, it's useless to put it anyway, it's better to change some money." ”

"Zhaozhao. Xiao Junjue called her movingly, and Rong Zhao hurriedly covered his mouth, "Don't say any words of thanks to me, I'm a person who can't afford to be unprofitable, and I do this just for my position as the queen." ”

Rong Zhao said easily, and looked at the jewelry with nostalgia, and quickly moved away. She was afraid to take another look, so she was reluctant to leave these things from her.