Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 814
"Why don't you let her follow?" Xia Zijin recalled the scene he had just seen, and couldn't help showing a strange expression on his face. If Dongzao followed, he would always be able to protect her.

"I don't want Dongzao to be beaten." Xia An'an showed a serious expression, "Although they won't do anything to Erchen, they will do something to Dongzao. The last time Dongzao served tea, it was she who accidentally knocked over the tea. Pushing it on Dongzao, Erchen couldn't protect her, so he wanted her not to be with Erchen."

Hearing this, Xia Zijin's suppressed anger surged into his heart again, his eyes were red, "You should have told me earlier when something like this happened."

"I don't want my mother to worry." Xia An'an showed a shy face, but there was an imperceptible gloom in his eyes.

Xia Zijin noticed her depression, and frowned slightly, "An An, no matter who your biological mother is, you are my daughter. Although your biological mother is my maidservant, to me, she is the only younger sister." , so you don't have to take what those people said to heart, as long as I am here, you will be Princess Changning of Dalai, and no one can bully you at will."

These words swept into Xia An'an's ears with the early summer breeze, washing away the mist covering her heart layer by layer, revealing her original heart.She raised her eyes to look at Xia Zijin, the smile on her face was unconcerned, and she said solemnly, "Emperor Mother, I know."

"Go back, as for you..." Xia Zijin's eyes fell on Dongzao. She was asked by herself just now, and she didn't even have a half-sentence to justify. She is a good seed who protects the Lord and takes responsibility. "Turn back and go to Shanggong Bureau Put your name on it, as a second-class female officer."

"My servant thanked the emperor." Dongzao was overjoyed, and knew very well in his heart that the reason why he was promoted was entirely because of Xia An'an. Xia Zijin wanted her to protect Xia An'an, "My servant will definitely serve the princess wholeheartedly."

"Okay, Xiaokui, go and inform the imperial dining room that the food will be brought to Fuxue Palace today, and I will accompany Changning to eat." Xia Zijin turned her head to look at Xiaokui who had been following her, and ordered in a low voice.

Xiaokui stepped back immediately and hurried to the imperial dining room.Xia Zijin then dragged Xia An'an into the room and asked her about her homework.

A quarter of an hour later, Xiaokui came back to report, saying that she had been notified, and that the imperial dining room was already cooking. Half an hour later, the cook came over with food, because she was only enthroned, and Da Lai's current national power was exhausted. , can't afford to waste, so Xia Zijin's food and clothing expenses are reduced to the minimum, which is no different from when he was in the Princess's mansion.

Every time Xu Deren served her meals, his eyes were red. As an emperor, no outsider would look relaxed, but his own master, the emperor, had to work even harder.

Xia Anan likes to eat crystal steamed dumplings, the most important thing in the imperial dining room is to find out the taste of the master in the palace, so when she learned that Xia Zijin was going to eat with Princess Changning, she immediately added such a dish, Xia Anan picked it up with chopsticks Put one in a bowl and eat it with relish.

Xia Shengqing brought food for the two of them from time to time, enjoying themselves, and when the meal was finished, Xia Zijin hurried back to deal with today's memorial, and told Xia An'an to review her homework before returning to the imperial study.Xia Shengqing was afraid that she would be tired, so she helped her review the memorial together.

Xia Zijin opened a book, glanced at it, then sneered, and threw it aside.

Except for the floods in the south of the Yangtze River, there is nothing serious about it now. Xia Zijin took a breath, and his gaze shifted to Xia Shengqing, and he pursed his lips, "Sheng Qing, I have something I want to ask you."

"What's the matter?" Xia Shengqing looked up and saw her hesitant expression, and couldn't help but feel strange.

Xia Zijin bit her lips, "Sheng Qing, I once heard that the former imperial family hid a batch of treasures, is it true?"

"That's fine, why did you ask this?" Xia Shengqing's expression stiffened for a moment, and then he said nonchalantly, "It's true that the mother and concubine mentioned it back then, and the former royal family secretly kept a group of spies. , but they need to have the Jade Seal of Chuanguo to invite them, and it is said that the location of the treasures is engraved on the Jade Seal."

"I want to find these treasures." Xia Zijin hesitated for a while, but still spit out his own thoughts, "Now that the treasury is empty, I always feel uneasy in my heart, as if some war is about to happen. In such a situation, if a war breaks out, I'm afraid ..."

When she said this, her head almost fell to her chest, she was so ashamed, the demise of the previous dynasty was originally done by Ming Shengdi, and now she has the idea of ​​treasures again, no matter what, it is a little bit for Xia Shengqing The feeling of being too deceitful.

Xia Shengqing knew what she meant. With Dalai's current situation, it really couldn't stand the chaos of war.It's a pity that he only knows that the treasure exists, but he doesn't know where it is.He sighed, "Zi Jin, don't think about it, it's not that there is no accident yet, soldiers come to block, water comes to cover up, and there will always be a way. If you are so worried, don't turn around and make yourself sick."

Xia Zijin knew that she was indeed worrying unfoundedly, but the uneasiness in her heart was piled up one after another, disturbing her for the past few days, and she couldn't sleep peacefully, but Xia Shengqing obviously didn't know where the treasure was, so go on It doesn't make any sense, but makes Xia Shengqing difficult.

She stopped talking and nodded following Xia Shengqing's words, "Well, I know, it's not that you haven't been with me these few nights, I live alone in this deep palace, it's really unsafe, since you promised to stay with me all the time By my side, I naturally don’t have to be afraid.”

Xia Shengqing looked at her with a smile, brushed her fingers over her forehead, and smiled slightly, "I will always be with you in the future, so you don't have to worry too much."

Xia Zijin blinked and sighed again, "I've been thinking about it for the past few days. It's just that there is a sudden flood in the south of the Yangtze River. The more I think about it, the more I feel something is wrong. It seems that something very bad is about to happen."

Just as she was saying this, Rong Yu had already walked halfway, and Wu Youwei had already reached the boundary of Jiangnan with the whip on his horse.The first place was the floating city. As soon as he entered the city, he saw pitiful women and children huddled in a corner.

The terrain of this floating city is fairly high, so the loss is not big. Most of those lying on the outside streets came from other places to take refuge, and their clothes are wet. Fortunately, they can still light a fire, so they are not too cold.

Wu Youwei went directly to see the prefect of Fucheng. The prefect of Fucheng was only in charge of the embankment inside the city. The accident happened in Yu County below. He couldn't find out even if he wanted to.The magistrate of Fucheng heard the report from the yamen servant, saying that someone from the capital had been sent over, and he hurried out to greet him before he even had time to change his clothes.

Seeing that the body of the prefect of Fucheng was covered with mud and water, Wu Youwei couldn't help nodding in secret. Naturally, a good prefect would not make such a mess in the mansion. Seeing that there are many disaster victims in this floating city, all of them are safe and secure. He walked all the way, The clothes were expensive, but there was no accident, and no one came to rob him of his belongings, so it was all due to the magistrate.

"My lord has met my lord." Yang Qun, the magistrate of Fucheng, swept his sleeves, bowed his hands earnestly, with a frightened expression on his face, "Your lord came from the capital, and he must have not rested yet. Why don't you follow the official into the mansion, eat the meal first, and then Allow the officials to report in detail."

No wonder he was flustered, it wasn't long before the court's documents were issued, Wu Youwei went all the way, eating and sleeping without any pause, a full three days earlier than expected, but he wasn't ready yet, so he was terrified.

"Alright. I'll trouble Master Yang then." Wu Youwei cupped his hands and bought the government office with a smile on his face, but the worry on his brows was so heavy that he couldn't get rid of it at all, "You can do whatever you want."

Although it looks good now, I am afraid that if we continue to see such a peaceful scene, the floating city can accommodate some victims, but after all, the space is limited, and after a long time, it will definitely not be able to support it.

After he finished eating the last bite of bean dregs omelette, Yang Que came over with a thick booklet and put it in front of him, "My lord, these are the situation of the victims in the city in recent days, and the disaster situation of the nearby towns collected by the lower officials. And the grain harvest and storage situation in the past year."

"The area affected by the disaster in Fucheng is not large, but some people can be treated, but if there are more people, the lower officials will be helpless." Yang Que sighed, and then there was a look of indignation on his face, "The lower officials originally wanted to recruit Wealthy households in the city donated some silver taels, but they just didn’t want to, and they took advantage of this time to raise prices wantonly, it’s really pissing me off.”

He couldn't help blowing his beard and staring, and when he came back to his senses, he realized that the person sitting in front of him was not his grumbling master, but an official from the capital.

But Wu Youwei not only did not show any displeasure, but sneered instead, "They don't worry about having nightmares when they make such a fortune."

Speaking of which, the national treasury is empty, and this time the disaster relief money has to be thanked to the king of Lin who failed to rebel and ended up beheaded everywhere.It’s just that such a large sum of money was definitely not accumulated overnight, but in the last snowstorm in the north, King Lin was penniless, and was still crying poor in front of the emperor at that time. Fortunately, such a person who had no people at all did not ascend to the throne.

Wu Youwei's thoughts turned and he clenched his fists tightly, "Master Yang, do the wealthy households in this city usually have a leader?"

"Of course there are. It is the Yu family in the east of the city. It is precisely because of this that it is difficult for the lower officials to deal with it." Yang Qin was helpless. These wealthy merchants were tied into a thread, and they all locked their mouths. They refused to say a word. Spit out, if he strikes casually, he is afraid that it will affect his whole body.

Therefore, although he was jealous of the money, he didn't dare to make a move.Wu Youwei pondered for a moment and said, "Please give me a letter of divorce, saying that I want to see them."

Subconsciously, Yang Que was about to ask him what's the matter, but Wu Youwei had already turned his face away, picked up the cup, and brushed his fingers over the rim as if unintentionally.

(End of this chapter)