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Chapter 41 Guanzhou Flood
After receiving the message from the young eunuch, Concubine Xian asked Qiuyue to prepare food.

She entered the palace at the age of fifteen and has now been in the palace for thirty-five years. Although she is not as old as the other concubines in the palace, Emperor Qi would also spend a few days in every month to sit in her palace. .

The flutter between the two of them in the early years has long since disappeared, and what remains is just a mutual respect. He respects her and is willing to talk to her more, just because she is the only old man in the palace. .

Concubine Xian stood up and sat in front of the dressing table. The woman in the bronze mirror was dressed in gorgeous clothes, with black hair mixed with some white hair, telling the ruthless passage of time.

"Qiuyue, if I didn't have so many obsessions back then, wouldn't the Zhao family be destroyed because of this?"

She raised her hand and stroked the white hair on her temples, with a bit of sadness in her expression. The reason why Emperor Qi was unprepared for her was because her mother's family had been ransacked following that disaster. Beheaded.

None of the Zhao family survived.

"My Lady, don't think about these things anymore. Now you have His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Although His Highness has an unpredictable temperament, he is very filial to the Queen Mother. When His Highness ascends the throne in the future, you will be the well-deserved Queen Mother."

"Everything in the world is unpredictable, and even the queen can't stop it."

Qiuyue knelt aside to comfort Concubine Xian. She followed Concubine Xian from the Zhao Mansion to the palace.

The Zhao family was a famous family in Beijing, but in the end, the Zhao family collapsed overnight due to the crime of treason. Thinking of what happened that year, Qiu Yue sighed in her heart.

The emperor was angry and his body was scattered thousands of miles away, but no one could stop anything. The empress had always felt sorry in her heart because this incident also implicated the third lady and the Yongning uncle's house.

"When I dream back at midnight, I can still dream about Yang Yang. She hates me as her sister. It is me who has caused them trouble."

Concubine Xian lowered her head and her eyes turned red. Qiuyue reached out and patted her back and said, "My queen, please don't be sentimental."

"That's all, let me change my clothes."

She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and asked Qiuyue to change her clothes. Qiuyue nodded and went to get the clothes.

At night, Emperor Qi came to Zhongcui Palace. The table was already full of food. Concubine Xian leaned over to salute. Emperor Qi reached out to hold her: "No need to be polite, just sit down."

Concubine Xian smiled and sat down next to him: "Your Majesty seems to be in a good mood today. Is Huaiwei coming back soon?"

She raised her hand to fill a bowl of soup for Emperor Qi and put it over. Her words were gentle. Time seemed to have left no trace on her face. Her face still looked as if she had just entered the palace.

Emperor Qi turned the spoon and said, "That's right. He's not a child anymore. You'll have to worry about him wherever he goes."

"After all, I have watched Huaiwei grow up. How can I not miss him? Even if he gets married and starts a business, I will always remember him in my heart."

Concubine Xian shook her head helplessly, and Emperor Qi looked at her with a somewhat probing look: "Shu'er, if I told you that Minmin is still alive, what would you do?"

When he finished speaking, there was only a crash, and the soup bowl placed in Concubine Xian's hand almost fell to the ground. A hint of panic flashed in her eyes, and then she quickly took it back.

"Your Majesty, are you kidding? Isn't Minmin dead long ago?"

How could such a young child survive in a fire?
Emperor Qi smiled and said: "My personal guards once met Pei Wenyu and Shu'er in Guanzhou. It has been so long. Even if they are still alive, I will not pursue them."

"What's more, Minmin is a child connected to you by blood."

He stretched out his hand to cover her hand on the table, and said these words with a bit of tenderness. Zhao Shu pursed her lips and said nothing after a long while: "What happened back then was the fault of my concubine, Your Majesty. I have not pursued my concubine, but I have spared my life, which is already a kindness."

"Stop talking about this, Your Majesty, please eat quickly, the food is almost cold."

She took out her hand, used her chopsticks to pick up a piece of food for Emperor Qi and put it into his bowl. Emperor Qi didn't say much and left Zhongcui Palace after dinner. After leaving the gate of Zhongcui Palace, before Chai Guangfu came up to ask where he was going, he walked to Fengyi Palace.

Fengyi Palace has been vacant since the death of Queen Zhuang Hui. However, people come to clean it every day. Over the years, it still maintains the appearance it had before the Queen Mother passed away.

Emperor Qi stood at the door of Fengyi Palace, looking at the darkness in the palace. Chai Guangfu stepped forward and asked: "Your Majesty, will you go and light the lamp?"

"No, don't disturb her purity."

He turned around and spoke in a calm tone, with no hint of happiness, anger or sorrow, but Chai Guangfu felt that he was in a bad mood.

"You have been with me for more than thirty years."

Listening to Emperor Qi's question, Chai Guangfu leaned forward and replied: "To answer your Majesty's question, it has been forty-five years. When you were still in the Prince's Mansion, your servant has been following you."

"It's been so long, it's been so long."

Emperor Qi sighed. He had only loved one person in his life, Zhuang Wenjun. Unfortunately, they had only been married for ten years. The one he cherished was Zhao Shu. Unfortunately, he was the one who ruined her family. She only had love for him. Respect, no more love.

Obviously he has taken the position of the Nine-Fifth Master, but there is no one around him to accompany him.

Chai Guangfu always followed him without making a sound.

"Your Majesty, urgent report from Guanzhou!"

After arriving at Zichen Hall, they saw an official standing at the door with an anxious look on his face. Emperor Qi walked over calmly: "Come in and talk."

"The Guanzhou Dam was washed away by the upper reaches, and the water of the Longjiang River poured down, submerging three villages downstream!"

After Wei Qicai received the news of the flood in Guanzhou, he hurried into the palace without even dressing up. The Guanzhou Dam was only completed and put into use last year. Logically speaking, this situation should not happen.

Moreover, it is not the rainy season, and the water in the Longjiang River should not rise and rush into the dam. Unless the dam is being built and materials are cut, the dam cannot withstand it.

Even the most ordinary amount of water is difficult to resist.

The more Wei Qicai thought about it, the more frightened he became. Emperor Qi also thought of this and threw the papers on the table to the ground and shouted angrily: "Wei Qicai, as a supervisor, you are not strict in your governance. I order you to go to Guanzhou immediately to deal with the aftermath of the disaster." It’s a failure.”

"Chai Guangfu has drafted a decree for the prince to go to Guanzhou and summon Xiao Fengan, commander of the Jinyi Guards, to investigate the case."

Wei Qicai hurriedly knelt on the ground and responded repeatedly.

Chu Yan received the imperial edict when he was trying Ma Chaoyang in Yunzhou. The Guanzhou dam was washed away and tens of thousands of victims were displaced. This incident was much more serious than Ma Chaoyang's incident.

When Ma Chaoyang heard about the incident in Guanzhou, he lowered his head and looked strange in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty wants you to leave immediately."

The person who conveyed the message was none other than Xiao Fengan, the commander of the Jinyi Guards. He was a personal guard of the Emperor and only listened to the Emperor's orders.

He was wearing a flying fish suit, with a spring knife embroidered on his waist to add to the chill. When he saw Chu Yan, he saluted respectfully.

"I know."

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