Aunt Mei said sternly: "Zhao Ge, the Queen wants to completely break up with Xiao Yu. If you are reasonable, you should be patient. If you are unreasonable, we don't care! The Queen is kind-hearted, but I am not!"
Zhao Ge's face was full of misery, and he was worried about her husband's body. Only the Queen could save Xiao Yu.
Aunt Mei said in a rude tone: "If your Majesty and Xiao Yu go to meet each other today, I tell you that the plague is rampant right now and the state affairs are heavy. If your Majesty gets a reputation as an unworthy and thief, after being offended today, the Xiao family Zhao
The family is not in good health, and the mother-in-law is in trouble! I advise you to comfort Xiao Yu more, and don’t let the trouble come to an end. Then everyone will not look good! Please leave immediately!"
"Yes. The queen's reputation is much more important than Xiao Yu's life." Zhao Ge was disheartened, so he wiped his tears and left, "From now on, whether he lives or dies, he will never bother the empress again.
"
Luo Changan felt extremely uncomfortable. He felt depressed in his heart and was about to cry without tears. He said softly: "I am not ungrateful. The people who cross rivers and demolish bridges do not think that Brother Xiao is a scourge and trouble. I always feel that I owe him
, I myself was born into a family of merchants, how could I dislike my old merchant friend, let alone hope that he would die immediately. The emperor told me not to touch the bottom line, and Brother Xiao is so heartbroken that it is difficult to get rid of it. I am not a human being. If there is anyone willing
Just give in and things won't end like this. I hope that both of these two people will do well."
Aunt Mei pressed Luo Changan's hand, "There is no need to be in a dilemma, you have one choice, guard the emperor! The life and death of others has nothing to do with you! Just live your life well!"
Luo Changan's eyes were red, and tears almost burst out of his eyes.
Aunt Mei said in a deep voice: "If these tears are for the emperor, let them fall. If they are for Xiao Yu, swallow them back!"
Luo Changan lowered his eyes and stood up, "Follow me to Bu Pavilion. The people are suffering, and we should try our best to share the country's worries. Other things are not worth mentioning."
Aunt Mei sighed: "You are here to worry about the emperor, but there are goblins trying to distract the emperor. You have become a hateful wife, and others are only responsible for the cuteness and beauty!"
***
Yang Qingling came to the door of the royal study and whispered to Eunuch Hai who was on duty outside the door: "Eunuch Hai, I have a message."
Because the emperor stopped and looked back, Eunuch Hai couldn't neglect Yang Qingling for the time being. After three dynasties, he knew how to watch people's emotions. Before things became unclear, he had to be polite. In case this person went up in the future, he was neglecting him now.
People are in trouble when old scores are brought up.
He just smiled and said, "Miss Yang, please tell me."
"The matter of the Queen's hairpin." Yang Qingling said in a deep voice outside the window lattice, "I have sent it back to the Queen. I also talked to the Queen and... Mrs. Xiao for a while."
As soon as Haiyin heard the word Xiao, which was no different from a taboo, his expression immediately changed and he lowered his voice and asked: "Mrs. Xiao?"
"Yes, I don't quite recognize her. She seems to be the wife of an old friend of the Queen's, Xiao Yu. What's wrong, Eunuch Hai?" Yang Qingling looked innocent, "Is there something wrong? Are your eyebrows cramped?
?”
Haiyin immediately put his finger to his lips, "Shhhhhhhhh! Stop talking. Don't kill your head!"
In the study, Di Qianao listened to the conversation between Hai Yin and Yang Qingling through the window, and his heart suddenly tightened.
The ministers were reporting the situation of the plague.
Lao Qing said: "There are more than 300 villages of various sizes along the Xichong River. Countless people have died of the disease, and the severity of the disease is increasing every day. The winter snow is getting worse, and there is an urgent need for a large amount of food and emergency cold-proof clothing."
Qiu Yan said: "The imperial granary alone is no longer enough to support long-term disaster relief. I'm afraid we need to encourage the people to donate generously and donate food and materials. However, the plague has made people panic, and the people have too much time to take care of themselves. I'm afraid they all want to cover their pockets with rice jars. It's not easy to raise money on a large scale."
of donations and materials.”
Cangmiao analyzed: "The plague came fiercely without any warning. I suspect that someone put rat plague into the Xichong River and polluted the drinking water source. The water used by the imperial capital came from another source, so no one fell ill."
Di Qianao made his hands into fists, "Cangmiao, Qiuyan, you two work together. Qiuyan will lead the troops to protect the major drinking water sources, eliminate rats, bury the dead bodies, and prevent the source of the disease from spreading. Cangmiao will lead the entire imperial doctor
Your Excellency, you are responsible for controlling the plague among the people, Lao Qing, you are responsible for the various grain stations, opening the warehouses to store grain, and weathering the difficulties. This matter cannot be delayed. We must strictly guard against it."
"Yes!" Everyone admired the emperor for his decisive emergency measures.
"Everyone, go down." Di Qianao ordered, rubbing his brows, the conversation between Hai Yin and Yang Qingling outside the window still echoed in his mind.
Cangmiao said to Qiu Yan while checking out the library: "With the national crisis now, your marriage cannot be discussed."
Qiu Yan nodded, "Well, Tong Han said we can only exchange tokens first."
Cangmiao was startled and blurted out: "No exchange allowed!"
Qiuyan: "Why."
Cangmiao said displeased: "In the current national crisis, why are we talking about a private marriage?"
Qiuyan felt that Cangmiao's image had suddenly become majestic, and she clicked her chin, "I see. Then we can talk to Tong Han when the national crisis is over, right?"
Cangmiao was speechless: "...You can talk to me."
Qiu Yan: "!"
"Hai Yin." After Di Qianao waited for several of his beloved generals to leave the study, he looked exhausted. Hearing Xiao Yu's name, he felt even more upset. All his life, he only wanted Luo Changan to stay in the harem wholeheartedly. Is it so difficult?
Yang Qingling came in to answer."
When Haiyin heard that the emperor was passing on people, he sighed repeatedly and whispered to Yang Qingling: "Don't talk nonsense, that name cannot be mentioned."
Yang Qingling looked puzzled and asked innocently, "Which name is it? Eunuch Hai?"
Haiyin couldn't help but give explicit reminders, lest he make the emperor unhappy by describing him in a darker and darker light.
The two of them entered the house. Yang Qingling stood in front of the dragon case. She felt that the air pressure in the imperial study was so low that it made her breathless. It was the first time she came to the imperial study and she felt that she was very different. Among the women who had ever entered the imperial study, I am afraid that except the queen.
, is it me?
"The queen has an old friend named Xiao Yu." Di Qianao rubbed his painful eyebrows and asked softly, "His wife is Zhao Ge. I arranged for them to get married. What did they talk about?"
"Oh, we didn't talk about much at all. Just some boudoir gossip and homely gossip."
Di Qianao pursed his lips and smiled, unable to tell the difference between happiness and anger, "What kind of routine is this? I'm curious."
"Brother, are you curious about me?" Yang Qingling asked innocently.
"No." Di Qianao said softly, "It's the Queen's common words."
"..." Yang Qingling felt embarrassed. The smile on his face was so captivating that he couldn't help but feel moved in his heart. He liked it so much, "Oh, Mrs. Xiao said that her husband was seriously ill and wanted to invite the Queen to see him for the last time. After all, he returned home