The little emperor recognized the jade ring, which was the one he had seen in the Chajiu Palace before.

There is an adulterous affair between the regent and the queen mother!

After perceiving this great secret, the little emperor returned to his carriage with a pale face, and murmured: "It's over, it's over." ”

If these two people get together, will he still be able to sit on the throne?

After hearing His Majesty's worries, Xiao Luzi, who was waiting on the side, hurriedly comforted: "Your Majesty, don't be impatient, the relationship between the Queen Mother and the regent may not be affectionate." ”

The little emperor was anxious: "Are you blind?" Along the way, how did Zong Yue shush the Queen Mother, pour tea and pour water? What's more, the queen mother's jade pendant is still hanging on him, the two are not in this relationship, what kind of relationship can it be? ”

Xiao Luzi analyzed: "With the kindness of the first emperor, the queen mother is still towards Your Majesty." Otherwise, she won't let go of the witchcraft turning into a cat, and she will help you take the regent to leisure. Now I am afraid that the regent has lowered his price for the power in his hand and flattered the queen mother. ”

The little emperor said suspiciously: "You mean, it was Zong Yue who took the initiative?" He climbed into the queen mother's bed for power? ”

"Exactly."

The little emperor recalled Zong Yue's courteous doglegs along the way, and Cha Jiu's indifferent appearance of accepting the other party's service, so he felt that Xiao Luzi's guess was very reasonable.

"The dignified regent is shameless to betray his hue and be willing to be a male favorite!" He sneered, feeling a little relieved in his heart.

At this time, Zong Yue, who was following the Chajiu carriage, suddenly sneezed.

Cha Jiu's hand supported the edge of the car window, looked at him with his cheeks, and smiled with apricot eyes: "It's so cold outside, does His Royal Highness the Prince Regent want to come in the carriage?" ”

Zong Yue thought she was teasing herself, so she lowered her head and smiled: "If the minister goes in, then some secrets will not be hidden." ”

Cha Jiu looked at him calmly, his apricot eyes serious: "I'm not joking. ”

Zong Yue was surprised.

"So do you want to come in?" Cha Jiu's apricot eyes were smiling, and they were even more dazzling than the exquisite snow scenes on both sides of the road.

"The minister, but it is disrespectful."

Zong Yue's thin lips were slightly hooked, and he immediately got off the horse and got into the carriage of the Queen Mother in the surprised eyes of everyone.

……

The holy car soon arrived in Dongzhou.

The governor of Dongzhou and Lin Minfeng, who supervised the relief of the silver, had been waiting for a long time.

The little emperor was no longer surprised when he saw Zong Yue coming out of the Chajiu carriage, but disdain flashed in his eyes.

The governor and all the officials knelt down and saluted.

"The ministers knock on Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, and His Royal Highness the Regent. The masters have been tired all the way, and they must have been hungry. There are some coarse tea and light rice prepared in the house, please enjoy it later. ”

Surprisingly, the little emperor waved his hand and resigned.

"No need, the drought in Dongzhou is important, I will go and see the people first."

Does the little emperor really care about the people?

Of course not.

This was taught by Lin Guogong, as soon as he came to Dongzhou, he would go straight to the people and spread the reputation of loving the people like sons.

Sure enough, the historian who followed nodded approvingly and recorded it in the booklet.

Cha Jiu seemed to be smiling, and Zong Yue's eyebrows were indifferent.

Both of them seemed to have seen through the little emperor's calculations.

The governor and Lin Minfeng exchanged glances with each other, and calmly took the little emperor to inspect the porridge shed built nearby.

……

The winter is cold, but the porridge shed is full of warmth.

There is thick rice porridge boiling in the pot, which is crystal full and fragrant.

The people lined up with bowls to receive porridge, and everyone had a grateful smile on their faces, constantly admiring His Majesty's Shengming and saying good things about the court.

The little emperor was very satisfied: "You have done a great job on this errand, and when I return to Beijing, I will reward you for your meritorious deeds." ”

The governor thanked him repeatedly.

Lin Minfeng lowered his eyebrows and said: "The minister didn't dare to take the credit, and the disaster in Dongzhou was controlled, relying on His Majesty's holy decision-making and love for the people, and the minister just obeyed orders." ”

The little emperor liked such a courtier who was not proud of his achievements, and he was coaxed into joy, and said: "Okay, good, I will reward you with a hundred taels of gold when I return to Beijing!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zong Yue had no interest in these braggadocio scenes.

With eyes like a falcon, he keenly examined the details of the soup kitchen, and finally noticed that something was wrong.

"See?" He asked Cha Jiu in a low voice.

Cha Jiu was actually observing the surroundings all the time, and nodded in response: "I see." ”

These hungry people in front of them lined up calmly and orderly to wait for the soup porridge, although their faces were beaming, there was no trace of longing for rice porridge in their eyes.

Cha Jiu said slowly: "Hungry people shouldn't be in such a calm state, they will desperately squeeze forward, wanting to hurry up and drink hot rice porridge." ”

Moving her gaze downward, she continued, "And their clothes, though plain, have no patches, and their hands are very clean. ”

Zong Yue took her words: "Hungry people who really can't eat, their fingernails are not clean, because they will dig wild vegetables, grass roots, and even eat Guanyin soil. ”

Cha Jiu nodded: "That's right." ”

Zong Yue's eyes sank, and he concluded: "These are hungry people in disguise. ”

So where did the really hungry go? Did they receive relief food from the imperial court?

Cha Jiu immediately decided to go around the surrounding counties.

The governor and Lin Minfeng's faces suddenly changed.

"Queen Mother, it's not early, why don't you go back to the mansion for dinner, have a good night's rest, and see how about tomorrow?" Lin Minfeng persuaded.

The governor also chimed in: "Yes, if you are tired of the noble people's golden body, it will not be good. ”

Their attitude of obstruction made Cha Jiu even more determined to go.

Seeing that things were going uncontrollable, the governor pulled Lin Minfeng in a panic and whispered, "How can this be good?" We drove all the hungry people here to a few nearby counties, where there is not enough rice porridge! ”

Lin Minfeng was also flustered for a moment, but quickly calmed down: "It's really not good, just push someone out for the dead ghost, we don't know." ”

The carriage came to the neighboring county.

The scene in front of me is completely different from what it was just now.

It was desolate, everything that could be eaten had been dug up, the land was pitted, and the leaves and twigs of the trees had been removed.

Everyone has yellow faces and thin muscles, and their eyes are blank, surrounded by layers of dilapidated and simple porridge sheds, salivating at the hot air of rice porridge.

There are more than five to six times as many hungry people here.

But the rice porridge in the bucket was sparse, and there were almost no grains of rice in everyone's bowl, all of which were light porridge water.

But the people were satisfied.

"What's going on?" The little emperor was furious and immediately asked people to find the magistrate.

After looking for a long time, I learned that the magistrate was wearing coarse linen at this time, and he personally distributed rice porridge in the porridge shed.

The guards brought him in.

The little emperor looked at him and sneered, "Are you giving porridge or water?" There are rules for the imperial court to give porridge for disaster relief, and the porridge must be so thick that it can be inserted into the chopsticks without floating, otherwise the heads of the porridge relief officials will fall to the ground, do you know? ”

The surrounding people looked at it one after another.

In order to establish his authority, the little emperor did not wait for the county to argue, and he drew a knife on the spot to make his head fall to the ground.

"Wait!" Cha Jiu hurriedly said.

Zong Yue strode forward, his fingertips caught the blade that was about to be chopped down, and broke it alive.

……

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There is only one chapter left today, and three chapters tomorrow. The little emperor will be tomorrow, and I feel uncomfortable writing.

pS: Actually, if I had passed the little emperor's death process at the beginning, wouldn't it be better to let the male and female protagonists have children as soon as possible? Feel like it's too verbose to write like this now?