Luan's return today

Chapter 40
Li Xing was stunned for a moment, they set off from the capital at the same time, why didn't he know when Jiang Yue stocked up on food.

Jiang Yue looked at Li Xing with great interest, feeling a little proud in her heart.

Before, she always said half a sentence, and Li Xing knew what the follow-up would be. Finally, there was such a chance that Li Xing couldn't figure it out, so she had to have a good time.

However, Li Xing was more calm than Ming Yu. Even though he was puzzled, he didn't ask, but Ming Yu had already been chattering in Jiang Yue's ear.

Jiang Yue really had nothing to do with Ming Yu, so she didn't compare with Li Xing who was more stable, and told what happened.

Both Ming Yu and Li Xing showed astonishment. They thought that Jiang Yue just killed two people that time, but they didn't expect to stockpile food. They couldn't help admiring her, and they expected this result early.

Seeing that it was getting late, Jiang Yue hurriedly urged Mingyu to deliver the letter, and she called a few government servants, and they all headed for the mountain in Shangkou Town.

At this time, Li Yuan also just arrived at the capital, and entered the Pingnan Palace overnight over the wall.

Heading towards Chu Yao's bedroom, he knocked on the door three times and shouted, "Master."

I saw the lights inside immediately lit up, and Chu Yao opened the door in less than half a moment, "Why are you back? Where's Jiang Yue?"

He was just lying on the bed thinking about what happened to Jiang Yue and his party in Jiangnan after walking for so long. He had no conscience at all, and he didn't even have a letter. He didn't expect to hear a familiar voice.

"It was the princess who asked his subordinates to come back. We made a big discovery." Seeing Chu Yao's nervous expression, Li Yuan hurriedly said.

Hearing that something happened to Jiang Yue, Chu Yao felt relieved, "What did you find?"

Then Li Yuan told what happened to them along the way.

As Chu Yao listened, the hand holding the teacup became tighter and tighter, with blue veins popping up, until Li Yuan finished speaking,
Snapped--

The teacup was crushed directly, pierced into Chu Yao's palm, and bright red blood flowed out, falling drop by drop onto the table.

But there was no reaction on his face, only the deep hatred in his heart.

"Master, your hand is bleeding..." Li Yuan exclaimed.

Chu Yao reacted, and said lightly, "It's not in the way."

Then he left Li Yuan in the mansion, and headed towards the palace before dawn.

In the imperial study room, the emperor put on a piece of clothing casually and yawned all over his mouth. Seeing Chu Yao's seriousness, he thought it must be an extremely urgent matter, so he couldn't help but look serious.

"But what happened?"

Chu Yao repeated what Li Yuan told him.

"Heavy and bold!"

I saw the emperor threw the memorial on the chopping board, and shouted orders towards the door angrily, regardless of the three sevens and twenty ones.

"Come on, go to Ningguohou's mansion immediately..."

"Wait..." Chu Yao stopped the emperor and said, "To catch a thief and seize the stolen goods, what reason does the emperor use to go to pick him up?"

Seeing the emperor's appearance like this, Chu Yao must have been expected by Jiang Yue, otherwise he would not have asked Li Yuan to come to him directly.

"I am the Son of Heaven, so is it possible that I still need a reason to kill someone?" The emperor was already impatient, otherwise he wouldn't be so unreasonable.

"Because the emperor is the son of heaven, every move of the emperor is under the watchful eyes of the public. The reason the emperor needs is not to convince himself, but to convince the people of the world."

"Otherwise, you will be criticized by others, and it will be of no benefit to the court and the world. I think Jiang Yue thinks the same way. Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

The emperor sat down sullenly, without saying a word, but obviously calmed down a lot.

"Besides, this matter is not necessarily the work of Shen Chong alone. Why don't we follow the vine and take them all at once."

"What way?" asked the emperor.

Chu Yao pondered for a while, thought for a while, and spoke to the emperor in detail.

Early the next morning, above the court.

Sitting on the dragon chair, the emperor looked at the group of people with salaries who only thought about enriching their own pockets all day long, and couldn't help but feel chilled, but he still didn't show it on his face.

"The chief of the Dushui Department said that the rain in the south of the Yangtze River has stopped, but now the people are starved of food, and the people are struggling to survive. I want to allocate funds for food relief. What do you think?"

Everyone in the court secretly thought that Jiang Yue was lucky, and the rain stopped as soon as she left, but the woman is so delicate, she actually walked for more than half a month...

However, since the emperor has mentioned it, it is inconvenient to stop this good thing for the country, and he repeatedly says yes.

It's just that Xu Ke, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, came out at this time. He had already received a heavy hint that grain must not be transported to the south of the Yangtze River.

"There is not much food in the emperor's palace, so it is really not suitable to open a warehouse for food relief now."

"The imperial court has transported 30 dan to the south of the Yangtze River before and after. I have never heard of the situation that the people are starved of food. How could such a situation happen once the water department left? I really can't figure it out!"

Everyone felt that it made sense when they heard it, and they couldn't help secretly doubting Jiang Yue in their hearts.

The emperor and Chu Yao looked at each other, thinking of Xu Ke's son Xu Wen.

Xu Wen is currently in the south of the Yangtze River. This is a good opportunity for his son to be promoted. Logically speaking, he should spare no effort to support him. How could he refute?

This could not help but make them doubt Tsui Hark's position.

"Xu Qing's intention is that the capital should be taken privately by the Secretary of Water?" The emperor picked out the words clearly.

Tsui Hark avoided answering, but that was what he meant.

At this time Chu Yao came out, "It's hard for Mr. Xu to think of so much, but why don't you think about how long it has been since the last three food reliefs?"

"For three whole months, how many people do you have in Mr. Xu's family? How much food do you need every day? And what is the population in Jiangnan? How long can you eat 30 Dan?"

Even children can do this kind of arithmetic, so naturally Chaotang figured it out in his mind, nodded and couldn't help turning his eyes to Tsui Hark.

Tsui Hark reacted, his face flushed slightly, and he was a little embarrassed, "It's because I didn't think carefully, but even now the food relief is powerless."

The emperor cast an appreciative look at Chu Yao, and faced Xu Ke's remarks, he replied, "What Xu Qing said is also unreasonable. Since this is the case, it is indeed inappropriate to use the treasury's granary!"

Before Xu Hark had time to be happy, he heard the emperor's voice again.

"The people's worries are my fault, so I took the lead in withdrawing 1 taels of silver from the private treasury to buy grain from the people and transport it to Jiangnan."

Before the courtiers could realize what the emperor wanted to do with this move, Chu Yao took the lead to stand up.

"The emperor is benevolent in his heart, and I am willing to share the worries of the emperor. I am willing to donate 3000 taels, hoping that Jiangnan can tide over this difficulty!"

The emperor clapped his hands and applauded, "Chu Qing really has the same heart with me and the people. Then I will definitely set up a merit monument to publicize Chu Qing's good deeds."

Chu Yao thanked slowly.

This move made the rest of the courtiers very difficult, who would be willing to take out their silver, and if they didn't take it, according to the emperor's intention, they had a different intention, and they couldn't help looking at Chu Yao with resentment in their eyes.

(End of this chapter)