Don't help me, I can sit up by myself

The emperor's health was getting better day by day, and the queen mother liked it so much that she immediately rewarded the harem with rewards.

The imperial doctors waited on him every day with almost no sleep, and each of them watched the moon for half a year.

Du Jiyan also got two ingots of gold.

I went to the Shenxing Division for a few days and gained two ingots of gold.

It’s not like this job can’t be done.

Du Jiyan's eyes were shining with two ingots of clear yellow gold.

The emperor sighed: "Money addict."

It’s not like I was obsessed with money the first day. As a woman, having a little gold and silver around is not a bad thing. After all, men will die, love will disappear, but gold will not.

Another pass was handed in from outside. When Gao Rang saw that it was from Yong Xingcheng, his expression changed drastically.

Sure enough, there were about a dozen ministers following behind Zhezi.

As far as Du Jiyan knew, Yongxing City was close to Yelang and was considered a frontier fortress of Chen State.

Although Yongxing City is not considered stable, due to its barrenness and remoteness, there are very few discounts except during holidays. Even if you hand over a note, it is an ordinary note to express greetings to the Emperor and the Queen Mother.

When Gao Rang saw the information handed over by Yong Xingcheng, he felt as if he was facing an enemy. A dozen ministers also followed him. It seemed that something had happened.

The emperor asked Du Jiyan to hide behind the screen and say nothing.

Through the screen, one could see about a dozen ministers carrying their robes into the palace, and the whole room was filled with darkness and a sense of oppression.

The emperor turned over the book and sat back behind the case.

"All my dear friends are here." The emperor said calmly as usual.

"I heard that the emperor is ill." The minister at the front said.

"Thank you, Aiqing, for caring about me. I'm fine now."

"I don't care about the emperor, I care more about the people of Yongxing City." The minister said.

Through the screen, it was vaguely possible to see the faces of these people, but listening to the minister's words, it was clear that they were just here without thinking. The emperor is almost sick and has finally recovered. As a minister, you just met the emperor and you shouldn't have asked him for his greetings first, okay? This half-hearted person even said that he didn't care about the emperor.

This half-hearted voice is still a bit familiar.

On the screen, there is a smiling concubine riding a red dust. No one knows that it is the pattern of lychees. The strings of bright red lychees make people salivate. But it also blocked the line of sight.

Du Jiyan's eyes were pressed against the screen, blurry and shadowy, but he couldn't see clearly.

"Yongxing City is so far away from the capital. In the past year, locusts were infested and the rice fields failed to harvest. In the autumn, a hailstorm killed the corn in the ears. Farmers had no food left. This year, although there were no locusts and hailstorms, there were several heavy rains. The heavy rains passed through. The rice fields were washed away, and compared to the previous year, there were no grains left this year. Although there was a famine in the old year, fortunately, the court provided relief. Although the court provided relief this year, it was only a drop in the bucket. Now the people of Yongxing City are living like a year, and the price of rice in Yongxing City has actually increased. The price has increased a hundred times compared to previous years. If the farmers cannot afford rice, are they going to riot?" The minister was filled with indignation.

He heard the courtier next to him curse in a low voice: "Master Du, you are just a supervisory censor, just do your job of supervising all the officials. The affairs of Yongxing City are under the jurisdiction of our household department. Aren't you overstepping your bounds?"

"No, he said everything we said. It seems that we are incompetent."

Mr. Du wondered if this minister's voice sounded familiar. Could it be that this half-hearted person was his biological father. My father used to be an errand and it was obvious that he was doing it. Could it be that the more he became, the more he returned?

Du Jiyan felt a little nervous, fearing that her father would talk nonsense again.

As expected, Eucommia ulmoides was not idle: "If the disaster relief work is not handled well and the people suffer, Your Majesty will have a bad reputation. I must remember your virtue, Your Majesty."

"Master Du, the emperor is recovering from his illness. Why are you threatening the emperor? Doesn't the emperor deal with it? The emperor cares so much about the people. It is because he cares so much about the safety of the people that he got this disease."

"But now the price of rice and noodles in Yongxing City remains high. Because the harvest has stopped, the people are already living a hard life. Now the money left is not even enough to buy rice and noodles. The people's life is not easy."

The ministers seconded the proposal.

"Does your Majesty have any good ideas? The price of rice and noodles in Yongxing City is urgently needed to come down."

If the emperor had a good plan, he would not suffer from this illness.

Yongxing City is far away from the capital. In the past year, Yongxing City had reduced production and had no harvest. The capital not only allocated silver, but also asked neighboring cities to send some rice and noodles as an emergency. This year there has been another famine in Yongxing City. Although the imperial court has appropriated the money, it has been exploited at all levels and only a limited amount has reached the hands of the people. In addition, the price of rice and noodles has soared, and several cities around Yongxing City are not rich. The people There are some complaints.

A few days ago, the discounts in Yongxing City were one after another. The emperor was trying to think of a way day and night, but he couldn't come up with any good ideas that could lower the price of rice and noodles.

In the few days since the emperor passed out from the fever, the news from Yongxingcheng was suppressed.

Now that the emperor has just recovered from his illness, the pressure has been handed over again.

A dozen or so ministers knelt down in front of the emperor. Some of them were flattering and some were flattering. In short, the emperor needed to think of something to do about Yongxing City.

"The price of rice and noodles is related to people's livelihood. If the people don't have enough to eat, there will be some incidents of roosters, dogs and robbers. In serious cases, they will not hesitate to burn, kill and loot. Your Majesty, you want the Holy Judgment."

"Your Majesty, you are young after all. You have never experienced such a big event many times. If the late emperor was still alive and relied on the late emperor's methods, it would be impossible to say." A minister raised his head.

The emperor did not tolerate him either: "Luo Aiqing believes in the late emperor so much, why not send you to serve the late emperor."

The minister surnamed Luo quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, you don't dare to make such a joke. It has been many years since the late emperor passed away."

"Or, send you over there and ask the late emperor how to solve the problem in Yongxing City and how to lower the price of rice and noodles. Didn't you say that the late emperor has means?"

The minister named Luo pursed his lips and did not dare to mention it again.

"Zhou Aiqing, do you have any ideas?"

The minister shook his head.

"Du Aiqing, do you have any ideas?" The emperor asked Du Zhong.

Du Zhong also stuttered: "Your Majesty, I am just a supervisory censor. The price of rice and noodles does not belong to my scope."

"Then why are you still fooling around with them?" The emperor looked askance at the dark ministers, what should he say? When they are not allowed to come up with ideas, such as what to call the child born after the queen is pregnant, these ministers are so embarrassed When they were asked to come up with ideas, their mouths closed tighter than the other.

"If there is a dear friend who can solve the problem of feeding the people of Yongxing City, I will promote him to an official position. If you can do it, take a step forward."

No one stepped forward.

"Aren't all my darlings very capable? Don't any of them dare to take a step forward?" The emperor glanced at everyone, his deep eyes flashing with cold light.

The ministers felt a chill on their backs. You looked at me, I looked at you, and they all took a step back in unison.

Du Zhong was thinking with his head down when he suddenly realized that everyone around him had retreated to the back, and he was the only one standing in the front row like a bird in front of him. He thought badly and was tricked by this group of people. They obviously asked him to come to the imperial court, saying that it was such a big matter, and an outstanding supervisory censor like Eucommia must be there to keep records, but they didn't expect that they sold him.

"Du Aiqing, do you have an idea so soon?"

"without"

"Why are you standing forward if you have no idea?"

"I will serve them" Eucommia ulmoides was unable to argue.

My father is in trouble.

You can't abandon your biological father.

"Your Majesty, I have a plan to keep Star City safe."

The emperor was delighted, my beloved has made progress?

But if you take a quick look, you can see that these ministers are all shrinking their necks like quails, and they don't look like they are responsible.

But Du Jiyan came out from behind the screen: "Your Majesty, I have a plan."

"I'm discussing business with my dear friends. Du Chang, please go back." The emperor gave Du Jiyan a look, which meant that I was working on something and why did you come out?

Sure enough, these ministers have something to talk about.

"This is Du Changzai? I heard that the emperor favors Du Changzai. Since Du Changzai has great opinions, why not tell him and listen to him. If he can save the people of Yongxing from misery, it will be regarded as Du Changzai's blessing." "Du Changzai." Chang Zai is just a palace lady, how much knowledge can she have? None of us talented people can come up with a solution, but Du Changzai can think of it? It’s just grandstanding." The minister surnamed Luo looked at the eyes A flip: "If a little girl like Du Changzai can come up with a solution, I can also come up with a solution."

The emperor didn't tolerate him either: "Since Luo Aiqing can come up with a solution, come on, come on, you say it first."

A minister named Luo.

Du Jiyan often has evil ideas, and the emperor knows it.

But when Zhongxing Star City fails to produce crops year after year, it is no joke that the people's situation is in dire straits.

As the courtiers said, Du Jiyan was just a woman living in a deep palace. No matter what good solution she could come up with, the emperor had no hope.

"Since Du Chang is saying that she has a plan, then listen to what she has to say. If it doesn't work, treat it as a joke. If it works, then she has done a great thing."

This is more like a sentence.

The emperor sat upright and looked at Du Jiyan expectantly: "Tell me."

"My concubine's plan will, firstly, ensure that Yongxing City will not be short of food, and secondly, it will bring down the price of food in Yongxing City."

"What's the plan?"

"A woman's plan."

Minister

The emperor smiled lightly, and when he saw the dark faces of the ministers, he waved his hands: "My dear friends, please go back. I see that Du Changzai's method is feasible, so I will do as she says."

Everyone, look at me, and I'll look at you.

Your Majesty, are you hearing hallucinations?

Did Du Chang say any method?

She didn't seem to say anything. Your Majesty, where did you hear this?

The emperor had his own words: "Du Changzai is in sympathy with me. I know what she is thinking without saying it out loud. I just follow her plans as a woman."

"But."

"My words don't count?"

"Long live the Emperor. I don't dare."

"Go back."

"Yes."

The ministers were filled with indignation and rushed out of the Palace of Supreme Harmony.

Just after leaving the Taihe Palace, on the corridor around the corner, people from the Ministry of Household Affairs surrounded Eucommia ulmoides.

Eucommia ulmoides laughed along, a little embarrassed.

"Master Du, the good daughter you raised has charmed the emperor. She said she had a plan for the national affairs we discussed just now, but we don't even know what the plan is. You are Du Changzai's father. You Do you know?"

"I don't know, I don't know." Eucommia laughed.

"Mr. Du has raised a good daughter. Now, because of her, the emperor doesn't even care about the important affairs of the people of Li, and only cares about having fun."

What the people in the household department said makes sense.

Because they walked out of the Taihe Palace, they went to Nanfu to summon more than 20 singers. The singers wore green off-shoulder shirts and high buns and walked past a group of ministers with a smile and makeup. The fragrance is very strong.

"That makes no sense."

"Master Du, look at it, look at it, you are such a good emperor, tsk tsk tsk."

"When I came out just now, I heard the emperor say that the singer from Nanfu should come over and continue drinking and dancing. The people of Yongxing City still don't have enough to eat."

The emperor recovered from his illness, and the queen mother finally put down the shiny Buddhist beads on her plate. She had not read two pages of the sutra when she heard that a group of singers had held a party in the Palace of Supreme Harmony. The crowd was so crowded that the emperor coaxed them away. Minister, Du Jianyan was left alone to accompany him to drink and watch performances for two or three hours, and the singing and dancing in Taihe Palace never stopped.

It’s true that businesswomen don’t know how to hate the country’s subjugation, and they still sing as flowers in the backyard across the river.

The Queen Mother rubbed her Buddhist beads again, unable to calm down, so she took off the gold hairpin from her hair, asked Aunt Guan to open the cabinet, took out a box of bracelets, earrings and gold ingots, and placed the gold hairpin in it.

In the heavy carved box are the gold and silver items kept privately by the Queen Mother.

"Send it to the emperor, saying that the people of Yongxing City are living a hard life, and the Ai family can't bear it. Let the emperor collect these gold and silver things, and send them to the hungry people together, so that they can exchange for some rice and flour. It can also be considered as the Ai family's heart. .”

Aunt Guan took the box and quickly brought it back.

"The emperor said that he accepts your wishes, Queen Mother, but now the price of rice and noodles in Yongxing City has skyrocketed. The contents of this box may not be enough to buy two kilograms of rice. Queen Mother, you should keep it and wear it."

The Queen Mother almost choked.

The contents of this box are worth at least several hundred taels of silver.

The emperor actually said that he could not buy a few kilograms of rice? Does the emperor want to kneel down in the Ancestral Temple again?

"What else did the emperor say?"

"The emperor said that he has been ill for a while and is still weak. He needs to watch singing and dancing performances, listen to operas and other things to make up for his shortcomings in the past few days. He asked Du Changyu to serve him in the Palace of Supreme Harmony in the past few days. Stay here, don’t disturb others."

The Queen Mother patted the beads on the small table.

For most of my life, I have been someone else.

The emperor should have a certain degree of love for Du family.

Even if Du saved his life, he couldn't be so used to it.

What does it mean to inconvenience others?

Are you abandoning the people of Star City and ignoring them?

Determined to be a faint king?

It is said that it is easier to conquer the world than to defend it. The empire has been passed down so easily from our ancestors. Your Majesty, you must be cautious.

The emperor did not go to court early the next day.

Civil and military officials were discussing the matter in court.

The Queen Mother came to the gate of Taihe Palace leaning on her golden nanmu crutch. All civil and military officials also knelt down. Outside Taihe Palace, there were already crowds of people.

When Gao Rang saw the Queen Mother coming up the stairs, he quickly knelt down and said, "Queen Mother, I would like to pay my respects to the Queen Mother."

"Step aside."

"Queen Mother, the Emperor said that no outsiders will be allowed in except Du Chang."

"You dare to block the Ai family's road, Gao Rang, you are really getting better and better at being an errand."

Gao Rang lay on the ground, with a thin trickle of sweat on his ears.

In the singing and dancing life of Taihe Palace, today there are six new dancers compared to yesterday. Two more musicians were added to play the flute and drum.

Grape wine luminous cup, you can drink one cup at a time.

The Queen Mother listened to the drumbeats and laughter coming from the palace, and the crutch in her hand fell heavily to the ground.

All the mighty officials are watching.

Does the emperor not care about his own image at all?

What a stupid witch, this is really unreasonable.