Xiao Ci's question stunned everyone in the room. These people had received orders to coax Xiao Jingchuan, Xiao Jingtong, brother and sister back to the capital. As for Prince Rui and his wife, someone had already sent a message saying that they would not be able to come back alive.
Yes, it means that there is no food and grass, and there is no silver in disaster relief. Who knows what the hell it is.
On the way back home, Xiao Ci had already listened to Liu Jianjiang's explanation of what had happened in the past few days, and naturally he knew that there was no food, grass or silver for disaster relief.
Seeing the expressions on these people's faces at this time, they became even more murderous.
The flood in Ruizhou Prefecture was a natural disaster, but the backflow of river water was not a simple natural disaster that occurred once in a century.
Just because Empress Dowager Jiang was suspected of being seriously ill, she ignored the lives of people in the state capital and sent people to plant gunpowder, creating such a huge natural disaster.
Although the water has receded now, countless people have died due to this disaster.
Seeing that these people were silent, Xiao Ci sneered in his heart, but asked kindly: "What's going on? No one replied?"
The leader of these lackeys sent by Empress Dowager Jiang said: "Your Majesty, we did not bring any money or food for disaster relief. We only followed the order of Empress Dowager..."
Before this person could finish speaking, Xiao Cimeifeng became cold and scolded: "Come here, take them all down for me."
The entire Prince Rui's Mansion belonged to Xiao Ci. When he gave the order, seven or eight guards immediately came in and captured all of these officials.
These people were all confused by this sudden scene, and they all said: "Prince Rui, what do you mean? How did we violate your taboo and treat each other like this? Don't forget,
We were all sent here by the Queen Mother."
Xiao Ci seemed to have pulled the wound, and said "Ouch", covering his heart for a while before saying: "You are not the Queen Mother's people at all."
The man who answered the call just now was full of anger: "Prince Rui, if we are not the Queen Mother's people, who do we belong to?"
Xiao Ciyi said sternly: "The Queen Mother has always cared about the world. Since you said that you were sent by the Queen Mother, then the Queen Mother knows that the king and the princess are missing. She must also know that the people of Ruizhou Prefecture have suffered from natural disasters, and all of you have been killed."
It's impossible that we won't get food, grass, and silver when we're dispatched."
The man was so angry that he quickly defended himself: "We are here..."
"Oh, I see..." Xiao Ci ignored what the man had not finished and continued to talk nonsense: "The Queen Mother must have known about the natural disaster in Ruizhou, and the money and food for the disaster relief must have been allocated. It's you,
When you saw that the king and his concubine were missing, and that there were only two little children in the entire palace, you got together and stole all these things, right?"
It is not a small crime to covet money and food for disaster relief. Several people were frightened and hurriedly defended: "We didn't do it, we didn't do it..."
When these people came to Ruizhou on an errand, they thought it was just a matter of sitting back and enjoying the fruits of their labor, but who knew it turned out to be a hard-core thing. At this moment, all of them had severe headaches.
This place is Xiao Ci's territory, and now that he is not dead, he is back in good health. If he wants to settle accounts, he will not make it easy for them by placing any accusation on them.
Not to mention, if this errand was not completed, even if he was safe and sound, he would probably be punished by Empress Dowager Jiang.
Xiao Ci didn't care whether these people had a good life or not. Since they could bully him, he would definitely not let these people have a good time.
The letter asking for disaster relief had been sent to Kyoto a long time ago, but there was no news for more than half a month. When he fell into the water and disappeared, these people came very quickly.
There was no nonsense at the moment, and he gave an order: "Take them all down, and wait until I write a note and go to Beijing before making plans."
"Prince Rui, we came to Ruizhou on the order of the Queen Mother. Food, grass and disaster relief funds are not under our jurisdiction, and we did not escort them. Prince Rui, you can't do this..."
Despite the various excuses made by these people, one from the left and one from the Queen Mother to the right, Xiao Ci was not frightened at all.
It turned out that she had lived under the nose of Empress Dowager Jiang for so many years and was still not doing well. Now she is thousands of miles away from her. If she can still be asked to take care of him, then these thirty years of life have been in vain.
The noisy sounds gradually dissipated, Xiao Ci looked sideways at Liu Jian: "Look at everyone, I will send it as a big gift to the Queen Mother later. If this errand can't be done well, what will happen to your family?"
I really can't say I'm going to divorce you."
Liu Jian swallowed hard and almost knelt down with Xiao Ci, cupping his fists with both hands: "Your Majesty, please leave a way to survive."
Seeing Xiao Ci snort, he grinned again and hurriedly pressed everyone down to take care of them.
After dealing with several officials sent by the Queen Mother, Xiao Ci turned his attention to a pair of children.
Xiao Jingchuan looked haggard, but he seemed to have grown up a lot, and his eyes were more steady than before.
Xiao Jingtong may be worried because the little man's appearance has lost a lot, but his eyes are still sparkling.
Xiao Ci struggled to get up from the bamboo couch, and asked a pair of children to support him on the left and right before he sat down on the carved yellow pear wood chair.
After wandering around for the past few days, I haven't even had time to clean up when I returned home. The smell of sweat, blood, and the earthy smell of dead branches and leaves mixed together was really unpleasant.
It was rare that Xiao Jingchuan and Xiao Jingtong didn't dislike each other.
Xiao Ci had been smelling it for several days and didn't think it was anything. He even stretched out his hand to rub Xiao Jingtong's head and coaxed: "You go back to the inner house first. Dad and your brother have something serious to talk about. We'll be free later."
I'll see you again."
Xiao Jingtong has experienced a lot in the past few days. Now he knew that business was important, so he nodded obediently and said, "Okay, then I'll go find my mother first."
Xiao Ci nodded, but then he was stunned for a moment when he came back to his senses, but Xiao Jingtong had already gone out.
He then looked at Xiao Jingchuan: "When did you change your words?"
Ever since Song Qinghuan married Xiao Ci, Xiao Jingtong had always only called her princess. Now that she suddenly changed her title, he couldn't help but be curious.
Xiao Jingchuan pursed his lips and smiled slightly: "I just changed it."
Xiao Ci responded, but didn't say much. He only asked about what happened to the people in Ruizhou Mansion after the flood.
These matters were handled by Xiao Jingchuan along with Magistrate Lin, so he was able to answer them and explained the decisions he had made in the past few days with some caution.
Resettling victims, distributing food and medicine, rebuilding destroyed houses, and building dams.
Many of these were ordered by him, and the expenses involved were huge.
Xiao Jingchuan said with some anxiety: "I found the key token left by my mother and paid a lot of silver out. There wasn't much left in the warehouse, and it wasn't enough..."
The imperial court has not issued grains and money. Since it wants to defend Ruizhou Mansion, it must not ignore it.
Xiao Jingchuan didn't think too much at the time, he just felt that the money was used as soon as it was needed, but now that his own father had returned, he was a little scared, fearing that he would not make a good decision and waste the money in vain.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Ci didn't care at all. He waved his hand and said, "If it's not enough, ask your mother for it."
