Chapter 264: Qiao Jingyuan is blind
After dealing with Xu Lianyi's affairs, Mu Yunting hurriedly returned to the imperial study, there were still many things waiting for him to deal with, especially the affairs of his father and mother, which worried him the most, although he knew that it was useless to worry, but these were the two people he loved the most, how could he not worry.
He sent someone to look for him, but there was no news, and he disappeared inexplicably, and he could only show a calm appearance in front of outsiders, but only he knew in his heart how much pressure this incident brought to him. Although he has become a father, he still needs a father to help him make some decisions, and he will always be at ease in front of his parents.
Early in the morning of the second day, after the court, he came to the imperial study, and the guards sent stood in the imperial study, and when he saw him saluting, he told him the good news, "The emperor is relieved that the emperor and the queen mother are fine, but they are lost and lost these days, so there is no news of them, they asked me to bring you a message, so that you can rest assured." ”
Hearing this, Mu Yunting was full of joy, fortunately they had nothing to do, he was still a person loved by his parents. The stone in his heart finally fell, and he felt that he was now full of strength, so he summoned the eunuch and asked him to pass the news to Xu Lianyi.
Qiao Jingyuan thought about it, and finally decided to take the initiative to show weakness to Xu Lianyi, after all, now his younger brother is still relying on the blessing of Xu Mansion, and he has nothing in the palace now, if he doesn't find someone to cover himself, I'm afraid that even the maids in the palace will dare to bully him in two days.
She knew in her heart that with the relationship between her mother, Xu Lianyi would not embarrass herself. Besides, her mother had told herself before that her aunt was unwilling to break with them, Xu Lianyi was the queen, if these unbearable things spread outside the palace, she couldn't hold it on her face, and grabbed this handle, Qiao Jingyuan came to Weiyang Palace, looking well-behaved.
"Sister, sister has come to greet you. Qiao Jingyuan had a harmless smile on her face, and she successfully won Xu Lianyi's favor, but she was the queen, and besides, Qiao Jingyuan had done so many things that she hated before, she still had to hold it.
"Okay, get up, how can you do such a formal etiquette in the morning?Is there anything wrong with coming to me?" Xu Lianyi said the witty words standing on the side, and helped Qiao Jingyuan who was kneeling on the ground in time.
"Yesterday I thought about it, and my mind was full of my sister's kindness to me, from childhood to adulthood, the time we spent together. It's all because I'm not sensible, I used to be wrong, I moved my mind, and I ask my sister not to care, I'm willing to be by my sister's side from time to time, and wait for my sister with Punch Talk. Qiao Jingyuan's eyes were full of tears, and Xu Lianyi was embarrassed to say anything about her.
She knew what Qiao Jingyuan's purpose was when she came to her, and now that Qiao Guogong's Mansion had lost its power, if she was truly repentant, of course she would be willing to help her, but if she was just looking for someone to bless her, then she couldn't refuse.
When her mother entered the palace before, she pleaded for her, of course she knew that her mother was for his good, the emperor married their sisters, and it was well known that if they were too stiff, it would not be good for her, so she turned a blind eye to everything. Qiao Jingyuan was sure that she couldn't refuse.
"Okay, if you sincerely regret it, of course I will forgive you, but this big harem is not what I said alone, you must remember not to be too public, otherwise I won't be able to keep you. I don't need or lack a handmaiden, just don't trouble me. Xu Lianyi finally chose to forgive, because she didn't have a choice.
"I remember, I will definitely be cautious in the future, thank you sister for your generosity. Qiao Jingyuan was grateful again, in fact, he had been insulting Xu Lianyi in his heart, and he wanted to tear her apart.
Although Xu Lianyi chose to forgive, Mu Yunting has always been unwilling to compromise, she has done so many things that annoyed him, and also destroyed the relationship between him and the queen, although the queen is related to her, but he does not.
Qiao Jingyuan just came back from the Yang Palace and saw the eunuchs next to the emperor standing in the main hall, seeing her come back, he hurriedly read out the holy decree, Mu Yunting decided to deprive her of the custody of Mu Xiaoci and raise Mu Xiaoci in the prince's office.
It was the last card in her hand. If there was no Mu Xiaoci, Mu Yunting would not have looked at her, if she did something wrong in the future, Mu Yunting would have looked at the little prince lightly, but now she has no last card in her hand.
"Don't, my child, don't, your majesty, you can do whatever you want, don't take my child. Qiao Jingyuan knelt on the ground, tugging at the corner of the skirt of the palace maid who was holding the little prince, crying hoarsely.
"Mother, please don't embarrass us. The eunuch gave the people around him a look, and those little eunuchs stepped forward one after another to pull them away.
"Son, you give back my child. Qiao Jingyuan crawled on the ground, trembling all over. It's not the little prince who took away, but her shield.
But these eunuchs and palace maids have been in the palace for a long time, and they have seen a lot of this kind of picture, so they won't sympathize with her at all, and they will leave with the little prince in their arms, ignoring Qiao Jingyuan who is crawling on the ground and crying bitterly.
It would be impossible to say that there was no emotion at all, these days she stayed with the little prince every day, the child was very smart, and when she was unhappy, she would smirk at her appropriately, she was used to seeing the child every night before going to bed, telling him stories, so suddenly lost, her heart was resistant.
In the past few days since the little prince left, she seemed to have lost her soul, lying next to the little prince's crib all day long, in a daze and crying. It's not that serious, but she still has selfish intentions, she wants to use this way to exchange the emperor's sympathy and return the little prince to her, which is her ultimate goal.
I didn't eat or drink for three days and three nights, and I never heard tears. Suddenly, on the morning of the fourth day, she squinted her eyes for a while, and when she opened them again, she couldn't see anything, and she began to panic. She screamed, "Hong'er, Hong'er, open the curtains, why is this so dark." ”
Hong'er looked at the abundant sunlight in the room and told her truthfully: "Niangniang, the curtains have been opened all the time, and they are very bright." Qiao Jingyuan blinked in disbelief, but after a while she still couldn't see anything.
"Hong'er, Hong'er, my eyes, I can't see anything. After saying that, she began to cry loudly, and Hong'er comforted her, but it didn't have the slightest effect.
The people in the palace were talking about this matter, some people said that she did it herself, and these words reached Xu Lianyi's ears, Xu Lianyi sympathized with her for losing the little prince and being blind, and sent the imperial doctor to heal. She also came to Qiao Jingyuan's dormitory in person, and when she saw Qiao Jingyuan in such pain, she instructed Hong'er to take care of her and leave precious medicinal materials.
It's July, and time flies. There are many heavy rains in summer, and Mu Yunting has been sending people to Henan since summer to do some protective work. The frequency of the Yellow River's bank bursts has become more frequent, with five times in the past 30 years alone.
At the time of this year's sacrifice, the wizard had already said that there would be too much rain this year, and the Yellow River might flood again, so Mu Yunting was ready to protect himself early.
Every time the Yellow River bursts its banks, the people on both sides of the river will be wiped out, and the forces of man and nature cannot be resisted.
The rainy season in June has passed, the Yellow River has not flooded, although the northern sediment is silted, fortunately there is no river water to burst the embankment, I thought this year passed peacefully, who knows that a heavy rain in July still broke the embankment of the Yellow River.
Many people's houses and fields have been washed away, many people have no fixed place to live, many people have no food, and many people have been swept away by the river. Every time a natural disaster comes, if it is not dealt with in time, there will be a plague, with countless deaths and injuries, Mu Yunting can't bear to go on like this, so he tries his best to pray.
As early as possible, Mu Yunting decided to cancel the draft. "The people on both sides of the Henan River are still suffering, and although we are now in the capital, how can I still draft a draft when the people are suffering? This is tyranny, and it will be despised by the people of the world. ”
Hearing the emperor say this, most of the ministers are supportive, and they admire this young emperor for having such a bearing. But some people with ulterior motives, those ministers who have daughters in the boudoir, of course they are not happy, but Mu Yunting's excuse is appropriate, and they can't say no, so they have to keep their heads down and don't speak, and in the end no one refutes.
Qiao Guogong was defeated, and although Qiao Jiming, who was the hero of this matter, was not punished, he was also implicated to some extent, and now he can only send people under the fence.
Ouyang Jing took Qiao Jiming to Xu's mansion after Qiao Guogong's affairs were dealt with, but fortunately, Xu Jihang also liked this child, and did not embarrass him, but loved him like his own son.
The Yellow River burst its banks, and the people on both sides of the river suffered, of course Xu Jihang couldn't stay out of the matter, so he took the initiative to ask the emperor to send Xu Mingde and Qiao Jiming to Henan to deal with the flood. This is a good opportunity to exercise, although Xu Mingde will sometimes follow him in the southern and northern wars over the years, but it is useless to be alone, and there is still a plan.
When the two came to Henan, they were shocked and sad when they saw the hunger everywhere, where could they see this scene in the soft honeypot. Although Xu Mingde had been on the battlefield, all the soldiers who died on the battlefield were strong soldiers, and the people in front of him were skinny, and some of their bodies had been bitten by wild dogs.
Although the emperor sent people to send grain and rice at the first time, Henan has a large population and a vast geography. Most of the people in this flood have been left homeless and have no food to eat, and the food distributed is only a drop in the bucket.
The two looked at each other and decided to control the water first, the people were very important, but if this embankment could not be controlled, more and more people would die.
But two men disappeared after just two days here.