The Great Grandson of the Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the slaughter of General Tiance's mans

Chapter 234 After the drought came the locust plague!

Qingli Palace.

Today, Chang Zhengran, Changsun Yunlu and Huyanrena are all gathered here.

It has been nearly two months since Changsun Wugou entered the palace. Perhaps because of her age and maturity, she has unexpectedly become very popular after entering the palace, and her relationship with the concubines in the palace is very harmonious.

Zheng Ran and Hu Yanrena often came to her Qingli Palace as guests.

In the palace garden, the sun was shining brightly, colorful butterflies were flying, and the garden was full of flowers.

Changsun Wugao was painting in the pavilion, and Zheng Ran was sitting there as her model. Huyanrena and Changsun Yunlu looked on.

"All right."

Changsun Wugou put down the brush in his hand, and then said with a sweet smile.

When the three girls heard the words, they immediately came over and saw that Changsun Wugou's sketch was very good. He made Zheng Ran's face lifelike, which was many times higher than the previous level.

"Sister Zhangsun, you are really good at painting."

Looking at the sketch in her hand, Zheng Ran couldn't put it down and praised it.

"Why can't I learn it?"

Huyanrena let out a long sigh, her pretty face full of frustration.

She had tried to learn sketching before, but her drawing was worse than Changsun Wugou's first drawing. It was too miserable.

Yunlu, the eldest grandson, laughed when he heard this and said, "Everyone is different. Huyan Xiuyi, you are good at riding and shooting. You are the only one among all the concubines in the harem. Why do you insist on painting?"

Huyanrena was lying on the stone table, with her perfect body curves on full display, and said, "Because I want to learn sketching well, I also asked Your Majesty to present a poem to me. I am so envious."

When this matter was mentioned, both Changsun Yunlu and Zheng Ran were a little dumbfounded.

"Your Majesty really likes you, sister. He personally wrote a poem to praise your beauty, sister."

Zheng Ran's face was full of envy. Li Chengdao gave his eldest grandson a poem to Wugu. All the concubines in the harem knew about it and they were all envious of it.

In their opinion, this poem is better than any favor or treasure.

The eldest grandson, Wugou, had a slightly red face and said, "The imperial concubine is overly praised. I am no longer young, but the imperial concubine is still in her youth. In a few more years, she will be your majesty's exclusive favor."

"That's what I said... But Sister Zhangsun doesn't need to call me a royal concubine. Just call me sister."

Zheng Ran felt slightly happy and said to her eldest grandson Wugu.

Zheng Ran has a gentle and kind temperament, very similar to her eldest grandson Wugou. Although she has the highest status in the harem, she does not have any arrogance. On the contrary, because she is the youngest, she is very humble towards any concubine.

Because of this, the concubines all treated her as half a sister.

Changsun Yunlu was happy to see her eldest son Wugou and Zheng Ran getting along so well. However, when she looked at the warm sunshine outside, she couldn't help but sighed and said, "It has not rained for four months in a row. Recently, it has not rained." There is a severe drought in the Guanzhong area, and I don’t know what the situation is.”

Changsun Wugou thought for a while and said, "I heard from my brother that His Majesty had made preparations for drought relief long before the severe drought, so this drought has been contained to the greatest extent. Yunlu, you can rest assured."

When it came to state affairs, the topic was a bit heavy. Zheng Ran said carefully: "But recently when I was serving my aunt, my aunt was in a very bad mood and was even sick. I heard from my aunt that there was a rumor among the people that your majesty was not worthy of his position. So there was a drought..."

"It's just nonsense!"

Changsun Yunlu's jade face suddenly became cold, "There have never been droughts in the past that have not starved to death tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people. Your Majesty's timely relief this time has reduced the number of people to starve to a minimum. Such wise people Is the monarch's virtue worthy of his position?" "Those who spread these rumors have a terrible heart!"

Zheng Ran and Changsun Wugu both agreed. Huyanrena didn't know the situation and couldn't comment, but she always felt that the atmosphere was very bad.

She accidentally looked outside the pavilion, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she said in surprise: "Your Majesty?"

With one sentence, the eyes of eldest grandson Wugou, Zheng Ran and eldest grandson Yunlu were attracted.

I saw Li Chengdao, accompanied by the eunuch, walking towards the pavilion.

"See Your Majesty."

The four concubines stood up and saluted.

"Get up, I just said that there is no one in your palace. I didn't expect that they are all here, Guanyin."

Li Chengdao walked into the pavilion and sat down, smiling lightly.

He picked up the sketch on the table and took a look at it, and recognized that it was Changsun Wugou's technique. He couldn't help but be surprised and said: "Guanyin, your paintings are much better."

"Your Majesty is wrong."

Changsun Wugou smiled slightly and said softly.

"Your Majesty, why do you have time to come here today? Don't you need to deal with government affairs?"

Zheng Ran poured a cup of tea for Li Chengdao and asked curiously.

Li Chengdao pinched her fair cheeks and said angrily: "I'm not a tough guy. I stay in the imperial study room all day. You want me to tire myself to death."

"Hug, I'm sorry, it was my concubine who made a mistake..."

Zheng Ran was embarrassed and said with a red face.

Changsun Yunlu had been observing Li Chengdao, and when she saw that his face was thinner than before, she couldn't help feeling a little distressed. She couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, are the rumors... true? The current drought..."

Changsun Wugou couldn't help being shocked when he heard this. The harem was not allowed to interfere with politics, and Changsun Yunlu's words had already crossed the line.

However, Li Chengdao didn't take it seriously and said calmly: "The rumors are not pity. I have never taken them to heart. It's just that the drought has not ended yet and the locust plague has broken out again, which makes me a little worried."

"The plague of locusts?"

All the girls were shocked when they heard this.

In ancient times, locust plagues, droughts, floods, and earthquakes were known as the four major natural disasters. Droughts and famines were often accompanied by them. Unexpectedly, locust plagues have occurred again now, which is simply adding insult to injury!

"This is a state matter. Just let me worry about it. You don't have to worry about it."

Li Chengdao saw the expressions on their faces and couldn't help but smile and comfort them.

Changsun Wugou sighed in his heart and looked at Li Chengdao with a look of distress. As the king of the Tang Dynasty, his responsibilities and pressure were too heavy.

At this moment, an eunuch hurriedly came outside the pavilion and bowed to report: "Your Majesty, General Yue has returned to Chang'an and wants to see your Majesty."

(End of this chapter)