The carriage entered the middle gate, and Li Huang led the woman to the main hall.
After sending Wu Gan and others away, Li Huang sat at the top and asked: "Why don't you go to the government office to redress your grievance? Are you here to stop my car?"
The old lady knelt down, tears streaming down her face: "Your Royal Highness, the eldest princess, my name is Xiyao, and she is from Dianzhou."
Li Huang was startled: "Dianzhou?"
He remembered that the first job she took for Gu Chenzhou was related to Dianzhou.
The woman named Xiyao nodded: "Yes, it's just because of this matter that she has some connection with the eldest princess, so the civilian woman has the courage to stop the eldest princess's car, hoping that the eldest princess can uphold justice for the civilian woman."
After hearing this, Li Huang unfolded the blood letter again and read it carefully.
It was densely packed with fingerprints and names, and it was hard to tell what the specific grievances were.
Xiyao said: "Your Highness Princess, two years ago, a strange disease occurred in Dianzhou. Tens of thousands of people died at that time. The governor of Dianzhou concealed the matter forcibly because of the black gauze hat on his head.
It was not reported to the court."
"In order to prevent the strange disease from spreading to the capital, the governor of Dianzhou ordered the city gates to be closed. Those villages that were seriously infected were immediately ordered to be burned down."
"That year, the sky above Dianzhou was filled with flames, and tens of thousands of people died of illness or were burned to death."
"Later, the governor of Dianzhou wrote to the court, saying that there was a riot, and the court sent people to quell the rebellion, including Prince Gu of Pingyang Marquis."
As she spoke, Li Huang's mind began to work rapidly.
She remembered that when Gu Chenzhou was able to follow him to quell the chaos, it was the opportunity she had obtained through various requests in front of her father.
She didn't know what was going on there. She only knew that after Gu Chenzhou came back from there, he officially entered the court and received his errands.
Although he was not the commander-in-chief, he really played a big role in putting down the chaos. Therefore, after returning to Beijing, the general who led the army took the initiative to praise him in front of his father.
If it weren't for that experience and merit, how could he be sent to deal with King An's rebellion this time.
Li Huang looked at the woman with sharp eyes: "It has been two years since this happened, why did you come to Beijing to file a complaint now? How can you be sure that I will make the decision for you?"
It cannot be said that everyone in Dayuan knew about her past love for Gu Chenzhou, but at least many people knew that she had been obsessed with Gu Chenzhou for many years.
This woman came here to redress her grievances. Wasn't she afraid that she would protect Gu Chenzhou?
But this woman is not an ordinary person, and she doesn't have much timidity when facing Li Huang's majesty.
She straightened her body and said: "The eldest princess is your majesty's favorite princess. A few days ago, in order to raise money for Yizhou, she also sold the bracelet used by the late queen. The women believe that the eldest princess is very important to the people."
I love you and will never let such grievances be buried underground!"
"Furthermore, the common woman heard that the relationship between the eldest princess and the Marquis of Pingyang is not very good, so she came here to make a bet."
If the bet wins and the emperor's favorite eldest princess comes forward, will she still worry that there is no hope of redressing her grievances?
Even if she loses the bet, she will risk her life and go underground to reunite with her relatives.
Li Huang took a deep look at her, but did not see any calculation on her face, so he asked: "Then how did you escape?"
This woman looked to be at least fifty. If it was true that what she said was true, and the Dianzhou governor had done such a thing, he would not have let him out of the city so easily.
Unexpectedly, when the old woman heard this, she directly took off the hair cover on her head in front of her, revealing her waterfall-like black hair.
Then, she wiped it on her face with her hand, and instantly revealed a delicate face in her twenties.
Li Huang was surprised. She didn't expect that the old woman who risked her life to stop her driving was actually a master of disguise.
Come to think of it, she must have some skills.
This can explain why she, a weak woman, was able to escape from the many restrictions and come to the capital.
The woman solemnly kowtowed to Li Huang several times: "The husband, children and parents-in-law of the common woman were all burned to death in that strange disease. If your highness likes the ability of the common woman, she is willing to serve as the eldest princess."
All I want is for Your Highness to uphold justice for women and the people of Dianzhou!"
Li Huang's eyebrows skipped a beat. This woman was very smart and knew what she was looking for.
"Get up first and tell me the details of that time. How did Prince Gu and his entourage treat you after they left."
Xiyao thanked her, stood up, and slowly told her everything about that year.
It turned out that Gu Chenzhou went to Dianzhou with the loyal and brave general Wu Tian. Before he entered the city, he was stopped by the Dianzhou assassin who had received the news in advance.
He first gave each of them a hundred thousand taels of silver notes, and then he turned his tongue very laboriously, and then persuaded General Zhongyong to stand on the same line as him.
At that time, some people in the city were dissatisfied and protested to leave the city. The Dianzhou governor suppressed them with force.
With Dianzhou's military strength, it was still a bit difficult at first, but after Wu Tian and his party arrived, the people were powerless to fight back.
For as long as a month, the people of the entire city were forced to stay in their homes, unable to go out to seek medical treatment, let alone make a living.
Although they did not use violence, this kind of endless confinement almost drove the entire city crazy.
Later, they compromised.
"It is said that Prince Gu had the idea back then. Therefore, after he returned to Beijing, General Wu took the initiative to express his merit for him in front of His Majesty."
"After the imperial troops withdrew, the Dianzhou governor picked out the people who had made trouble before and sent them all to work in the mines as coolies."
"The imperial court has food. It stands to reason that when encountering natural or man-made disasters, it should open warehouses to store food."
"But the governor of Dianzhou controls the granary and refuses to put food in it. Those people who have no surplus food can only buy extra food, but the profit is very high. Until now, everyone has not been able to pay back the food."
"Your Highness, the eldest princess, we really had no other choice, so we thought of escaping and filing a complaint!"
When Li Huang heard this, he immediately became angry.
"This group of people, with their salary from the imperial court, do such unscrupulous things!"
What Xiyao said is really shocking.
Since ancient times, when there were infectious diseases, people had to report them to the court and ask for better doctors to be sent to help them. The principle was to cure the patients as much as possible.
But the Dianzhou governor was so good that he burned them all with a single fire.
Those are all living lives!
What's even more outrageous is that he actually dares to use the food provided by the imperial court for personal gain and make some shady money!
It's really abominable!
She looked at Xiyao: "You can settle down in the mansion. When I come into the palace to report to my father and queen, I will pass on the edict to you."
Xiyao felt a kick in her heart and quickly bowed down: "Thank you, Princess."