Chapter 308 The Blind Wife of the Chief Assistant's Family (58)
Qiao Mengyao's chest kept rising and falling, and she gritted her teeth, "That day I just saw the beautiful scenery and improvised and sang a song. It was not as bad as the rumors at all! Forget it if others spread rumors. As my stepmother,
It’s a rumor, it turns out that stepmother is not a good person! I shouldn’t say good things for you in front of my father!”
Stepmother? Princess Duan sneered.
Qiao Mengyao also thinks too highly of herself. Yun Niang is not the wife of the famous matchmaker, and she is not a stepmother no matter what.
"You have made such a mistake and ruined the reputation of Prince Duan. I will definitely not condone you today. I will punish you to go to the small Buddhist hall to copy Buddhist scriptures for a month. Without my permission, you are not allowed to leave the Buddhist hall.
"
Why should Princess Duan punish her?
Simply ridiculous.
"I said I would never do that again, why should Princess be so stubborn? Are you interesting?"
In the end, Qiao Mengyao was not punished because King Duan came.
He not only defended Qiao Mengyao, but also wanted to take Qiao Mengyao to the Queen Mother's birthday banquet under Qiao Mengyao's cries.
The reason why Princess Duan came back at this time was for the Queen Mother's birthday party.
But she didn't expect that Qiao Mengyao would act so ugly in front of the emperor, and that King Duan would dare to take Qiao Mengyao to the palace.
Well, since King Duan wants to commit suicide, there is nothing she can do.
Sure enough, King Duan brought Qiao Mengyao to the birthday banquet and specially introduced Qiao Mengyao to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother only glanced at Qiao Mengyao with a faint look and did not even reward her with anything. It was obvious that she did not want to see Qiao Mengyao.
Qiao Mengyao felt a little unhappy. It seemed that the Queen Mother was not a good person either.
When they were seated, the children of King Duan and Princess Duan sat at the same table as the emperor, the queen mother, the empress and several royal princesses. The rest of the people were seated according to their rank.
Prince Duan did not dare to bring Qiao Mengyao to the emperor at this time. In addition, Qiao Mengyao was of low rank, so she was naturally far away from the emperor's table.
She secretly became anxious. If she gained a good impression in front of the emperor, the emperor would pay more attention to her brother and appoint her brother as the heir apparent as soon as possible.
But now that the emperor is so far away from her, how can she gain favor in front of him?
A girl from the clan next to her saw Qiao Mengyao in a daze and asked, "Sister Yao, why don't you eat?"
Qiao Mengyao stood up and raised her voice, "Can you still eat? How can you eat? Are you still a human being?"
Then he threw a plate of fish in front of the girl.
That girl, "...!?"
I was so scared that I cried.
The others also looked at Qiao Mengyao as if she was crazy.
Qiao Mengyao started her own performance, with a sad look on her face and her voice became louder and louder.
"When I think about the fact that the people are still suffering and not having enough to eat, even if I have this table full of delicacies in front of me, I can't eat it. How can you still eat it? Isn't the life of the people not life?"
"..."
Wait, the table is full of delicacies in front of the emperor. The emperor is enjoying the meal, but you cry and say that the people are suffering and you can't eat it. Doesn't this mean that the emperor is fatuous?
The expressions of everyone present changed.
The noble daughter of the clan next to her kindly took Qiao Mengyao's hand and reminded her not to talk nonsense.
Qiao Mengyao didn't notice it at all and threw away the noble daughter's hand.
"Do you know? When you were well-dressed and well-fed, when you were well-dressed and angry, there were still many, many people who had neither enough to eat nor clothing to keep warm, and who were struggling to survive on the line of food and clothing. They were all like this
People of Xing Dynasty, how can you bear it..."
Qiao Mengyao made such a commotion, and everyone at the emperor's table had already put down their chopsticks.
Prince Duan was also embarrassed at this moment and said quickly: "Brother Emperor, Yao'er has just returned to the palace from the common people. Many rules have not been taught to her. She was just an unintentional remark. I hope Brother Emperor will not take it to heart."
The emperor smiled and asked someone to bring Qiao Mengyao over.
"I haven't been to the people for a few days to understand the people's sentiments, but all the civil and military officials told me that now the world is peaceful and the grain is plentiful, and the people's lives are very good. You come from the people, but you say that the people are suffering. There must be some truth in it.
Yes, tell me now, what kind of suffering are my people suffering?"
Qiao Mengyao felt nervous and excited. Isn't that how it is played on TV?
Everyone else was trying their best to flatter the emperor, but the protagonist was unique and naturally attracted the emperor's favor.
And now, she is the protagonist who is favored by the emperor.
She said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone: "Your Majesty, you don't know. Now the plague is rampant in Nandaofu. The people are miserable and many people have died. If this continues, I am afraid that most of the population of our country will be lost this time."
During the plague, the people of Nandao Prefecture are suffering, but the capital is singing and dancing. It can be seen that corrupt officials in the DPRK and China are rampant, blocking the news of Nandao Prefecture, and watching the people die..."
The entire family dinner suddenly fell into deathly silence.
The queen's face was particularly ugly.
The Yu family is a wealthy family in Nandao Prefecture, and her cousin is the governor of Nandao Prefecture, who happens to be the "corrupt official" in Qiao Mengyao's words.
The queen was trembling with anger, but the emperor still looked calm, "If it is as you said, the plague is rampant in Nandao Prefecture, then why didn't I receive the news? Why did the ministers in the DPRK keep silent?"
"Your Majesty, the ministers and officials of the DPRK protect each other. They only care about profits, but not the people?!"
All the civil and military officials in the dynasty were full of traitors, and the emperor was just a coward who was coaxed around by traitors. Lao Tie, is this what you mean?
Some people at the family dinner began to tremble, thinking that Qiao Mengyao was crazy. Didn't her father teach her to speak properly?
Everyone was frightened, fearing that the emperor would be angry, but they didn't expect the emperor to laugh again.
"I will ask someone to verify what you said."
How could the emperor's mind be as simple as Qiao Mengyao thought? But Qiao Mengyao thought it was very simple.
At this time, she also took the opportunity to take out the plague prescription she had written down when reading novels about Mu Huaiying, saying that she wanted to do her part for the people of the world.
The emperor didn't even read the prescription and asked the eunuch to keep it.
The emperor directly announced the Jin Yiwei and asked the Jin Yiwei to go to Nandao Mansion to check the news. The family dinner broke up unhappy.
Qiao Mengyao is anxious, what else is she investigating? Shouldn't she go to provide disaster relief immediately?
Why doesn't the emperor pay any attention to it? He really isn't a good emperor if he doesn't care about the life and death of the people.
It seems that only when her brother becomes emperor can the people of the world be saved.
And she will definitely do her best to assist her brother in becoming an emperor for eternity.
Jin Yiwei set out overnight to Nandao Prefecture and visited privately. He found that the people of Nandao Prefecture were traveling as usual. How could there be any human tragedy caused by the plague?
Finally, the Jin Yiwei arrived at the Yu family. The Yu family was very confused when they learned that someone in the court was suing the Yu family.
