in the sound of swallows

Chapter 81 The Nosy

Qi returned to Qi, when he left the palace, Gu Chaobei was still very worried.Today happened to be a market, and the capital was bustling with people coming and going.The officials who were beaten up by him are all resting at home, maybe the scene that Yaner said did not exist, so what should we do?
The emperor has ordered that after the micro-clothes, those who know that the empress is going out of the palace will all go together, and they are not allowed to leave the palace.No one had the chance to go out and report the news, and neither did Gu Chaobei.

I can only bite the bullet and follow along.

The queen seldom goes out of the palace. She competes for power, which means enjoying the glory and wealth in the palace.The favored ministers are always boastful when they are around every day, reporting good news but not bad news, so it is reasonable for the empress to make this bet with the emperor.She even felt that she had a great chance of winning.

Only Shen Guiyan was confident, told the coachman to go to the outskirts of the city, and then sat in the carriage behind with Gu Chaobei and Gu Chengxiang.

"If the emperor can win, Bei'er's difficulty may be over." Prime Minister Gu said softly, "But the empress must have offended her. Yan'er, have you considered the consequences?"

Shen Guiyan bowed her head: "Gui Yan is reckless and never considered this aspect. But the king is the lord of the country, so naturally he should be loyal to the king first. If he must offend the queen, then Gui Yan has no choice."

Prime Minister Gu was taken aback, and took a deep look at her: "You child, I knew you were different from ordinary daughters... But it may not be a good thing."

Gu Chaobei couldn't help muttering: "I think the lady is pretty good, why is it not a good thing?"

"Shut up." Gu Chengxiang looked at the son, and his face darkened again: "Where is it your turn to speak, if you don't do these stupid things, there is no need to run around for your father and Gui Yan."

After humming twice, Gu Chaobei said nonchalantly: "Why am I such a jerk? When you beat those dog officials, you don't know how many people cheered. They dare not beat them. I dare, and I just Can fight. Otherwise, in court, the officials will protect each other, how many officials can really be accused? Isn't it useless?"

Prime Minister Gu paused, but he didn't know how to refute when he opened his mouth.

He is also one of those officials whom he said protects each other.

"Besides, if I hadn't worked so hard to beat up a dozen dog officials, would the emperor take it seriously?" Gu Chaobei rolled his eyes, leaned on Shen Guiyan, and ate tofu by the way.

Prime Minister Gu didn't speak, and after a while, he let out a long sigh.

This silly boy really thinks that anyone who beats up a dozen officials can see the emperor?The emperor was too busy every day.This method is used too extreme.

Now that the matter has come to this point, there is nothing to say, so Prime Minister Gu just closed his eyes and rested his mind.

"Wars are raging, conscripts lose their way back, and thousands of homes are turned into soil. Once the world is settled, there are rats in the warehouse. Prosperity, the people suffer. Death, the people suffer."

I don't know where I passed by, but there were children running by outside, singing this song together.

The car in front stopped, and the emperor lifted the curtain to look outside. It was an ordinary school.

When the little girl with braids saw the carriage, she hurriedly dodged and shouted, "Uncle Wen Guo is here!"

Uncle Wen Guo?The emperor frowned, and waved his hand to let the guards hug the little girl.

The little girl was so anxious that she cried, struggled but couldn't escape, so she had to be taken into the emperor's carriage.

"Why do you call Uncle Wen Guo?" the emperor asked.

Sixi bit her lip, looked at the emperor and the elder sister with heavy make-up next to her for a long time, and then said in a low voice, "People who ride in carriages will come to scare the people. Haven't you heard of it?" Uncle Wen Guo, nepotism Dear. Use horses and chariots to scare refugees.', My neighbor’s Erniu uncle was kicked by his horse, and he couldn’t get out of bed for half a year, so he has nothing to say.”

The queen's expression darkened, she grabbed Sixi and said, "Whose family are you a child? It's just a girl, but she can speak eloquently. Don't be sent by someone to deliberately slander you?"

Sixi was frightened by her, and she was about to cry again. The emperor hurriedly hugged her and asked cheerfully, "Little girl, where is your home?"

"My house..." Sixi pursed her lips and said, "Go ahead and walk a little further until you see Tian."

"Then take us to your house to have a look?" the emperor asked.

"Okay." Sixi looked at the kind-hearted uncle, hid in his arms, and then glanced at the heavily made-up elder sister next to her.

very scary.

"Since she is a child with a family, it's enough to go to her house to have a look. Why should the empress be angry?" the emperor said: "If someone deliberately slanders, it will naturally be found out."

The queen snorted coldly, looked at Sixi's filthy body, and hurriedly sat back, arming her clothes so as not to get dirty.

The emperor still hugged the little girl cheerfully.

Sixi stayed in the prime minister's mansion for a few days, Shen Guiyan didn't bathe her and change her clothes, but kept her in her current appearance, but only taught her how to speak, children are not easy, it's not so easy to be charming.I thought about talking to the prime minister or even Jing Zhaoyin.But I didn't expect that the one who came up to talk about it turned out to be the emperor.

Fortunately, although the emperor was suppressed by the queen power for a long time, he was still considered a wise emperor.Holding Sixi in his arms, he coaxed her to say everything she wanted to say, and then went to her house again.

There is no preparation in advance, and no people avoid it. The countryside is what it should be, and there are still women picking up waste.The tax official was taken care of by Gu Chaobei, but some local gangsters acted as "tax official" temporarily and continued to collect grain at the entrance of the village.

"It is clear that ten stones will be handed over to four stones, why do you want to take away the rest of my family?" Sixiniang was holding her rice bag and did not let go after being kicked several times: "We have already paid the tax that should be paid. I can't take these anymore..."

"Stinky woman, do you understand the rules?" A local ruffian wearing the official uniform of a tax official slanted and kicked Sixiniang on the wrist: "We come here to collect grain, so it's a new rule. How much? I don’t count if I didn’t see it. But taking two stones from you is like grabbing the lid of your coffin!”

Sixi Niang wailed loudly, while Sixi's father knelt on the side and kowtowed non-stop: "Our family of three will eat this amount of food for half a year, the official is so honorable, so honorable!"

"Fuck you!" The local ruffian kicked over, spat, dragged the bag of rice and called people.

"Mother!" Sixi's eyes turned red from seeing the carriage, and she broke free from the emperor's hand and rushed down.

The emperor followed down with a gloomy face.

Everyone got out of the carriage and stood in the countryside, looking very eye-catching.The person who collected the grain also noticed it, and thought it was an official from somewhere, so the leader hurried over to greet him: "Which adult is here to inspect? We have harvested enough grain! Hey, the master wants to There are many."

The emperor glanced at him, and asked with a half-smile, "I want a hundred shi, is there any?"

The ruffian was taken aback, patted his leg and said: "Yes, this village has less land, and the next village will help you take it away. But you are a big talker, and you have more money than the head of the household department, presumably the official Also older than his old man, right?"

One hundred shi of grain is the prime minister's salary for one year.A little ruffian, even opened his mouth to say yes.The emperor chuckled and looked at the queen.

The queen said with a sullen face: "My master's official is naturally bigger than the master. I would like to ask you one more question. Is it okay to collect a hundred shi of grain and move it into your own home?"

As soon as he heard the official announcement, the ruffian was overjoyed, he bent his back a lot, and smiled obsequiously: "Okay, this is called a tribute, you bring the official seal, we promise to receive it for you, you have to put it at home Or set it on fire, it's up to you!"

Shen Guiyan supported Gu Chaobei to stand behind, listened to these words, and looked at the face of the emperor and empress, and felt that this ruffian was out of luck today. up.

Sixi helped her mother and father to get up, looked helplessly at the bagged food, and asked in a low voice, "Mother, is the rice running out?"

Sixiniang hugged her with red eyes: "It's okay, let's... let's eat other things."

That voice made people feel sad. The queen is just fighting for power, and she is not a cold-blooded person. Looking at this scene, she inexplicably remembered the sixth prince she had lost. She was angry for a while, and said angrily, "Arrest these people to me!"

Sixi's family was taken aback. Sixi's father was stretching out his hand to protect the mother and daughter, when the tax collectors were pushed to the ground by the crowd.

"Put it in the dungeon and let it go."

"Yes."

The ruffians were frightened and stupid, and they never thought about why it was so serious that they went to the prison.Before he could yell, he was taken away.

People waiting to pay taxes are also stupid.

The emperor looked at the ragged peasants, turned to Prime Minister Gu and said, "The Prime Minister stays here and listens to the opinions of the people. He must copy it word by word and give it to me. It is inconvenient for me and the empress to stay for a long time, so I should go back to the palace."

Prime Minister Gu stepped forward and said yes, but hesitated.

The emperor glanced at the queen and said: "As for the matter of Gu Tijutsu, first find out who he beat. If they are all corrupt officials, then reward Gu Tijutsu for eliminating harm for the people and be promoted to be a good general. If there is one of them If he is innocent, he will be punished with ten court sticks, what does the empress think?"

I have already lost the bet, what else can I do?The Queen pursed her lips and said, "Just follow what Your Majesty said."

Gu Chaobei was overjoyed, this was really going well, the emperor said a word casually, and he could change from the eighth-rank general to the fifth-rank general, it was like heaven and hell.

It's good to be king.

After this group of people got into the car and left, the common people realized what they had just heard.

"Long live the emperor!"

I don't know who shouted, and then overwhelming voices came from behind.

Sitting in the carriage, the emperor raised the corners of his mouth in a very good mood.

However, the queen was not very well, and when the emotion passed, she felt that something was wrong.

Today, it seemed as if someone was waiting on purpose and set up such a trap for her.Now that she has lost, not only Gu Chaobei will not be punished, but will be promoted, and the noble concubine will be promoted to the imperial concubine every year.

How did that happen?

After thinking about the reason for a while, the queen figured it out.

All because of one meddling man.

(End of this chapter)