Agent Abandoned Concubine: Tyrant, beg for favor

Chapter 259
Su Ruoqi originally didn't intend to join in the fun, but Yun Xi wanted to see what happened, so he followed closely to see what happened.

As they got closer, the voices of those people's conversations could be heard more clearly.

"God is not open, he won't give us a way out!" An old woman in ragged clothes said angrily, holding a scrawny child in her arms.

From Yun Xi's perspective, the child's empty eyes were lifeless, and he just looked at the people around him indifferently, that gaze made Yun Xi feel a little palpitating.

Surrounded by a middle-aged man, he threw the agricultural tools in his hand to the ground, and he also had a look of displeasure: "The people above don't treat us ordinary people as human beings, and they don't care about our life or death. They are full. and here we are starving!"

"That's right!" A group of people became more emotional after hearing these words, and even Yun Xi, who was just watching to see what happened, felt that she was infected by this emotion.

But this scene...is really weird.

Yun Xi turned her head and looked at Su Ruoqi, and found that the latter was also lost in thought.

She thought it would be better for her to ask, but after asking a few people, they all ignored her, which made Yunxi a little embarrassed.

But in the end an old woman took care of her.

"Old lady, what happened here?" Yunxi asked.

The old woman looked her up and down and said, "Are you a foreigner?"

Yun Xi hesitated for a moment, but still nodded. There should be no pursuers threatening them here, so they don't need to be as cautious as before.

"Young man, my old lady advises you to leave as soon as possible. You can go anywhere, as long as you don't stay here anymore." The old woman's tone was a little bit sad, "There is no way out here, even if you live, you may not be able to live." Live!"

"Grandma, what do you mean by that?"

Yun Xi wanted to clarify the situation, but the old lady had already gone back to talk to other people, and Yun Xi couldn't get in the way, so she had to go to discuss with Su Ruoqi first.

Seeing her coming back, Su Ruoqi asked, "How is it?"

She shook her head slightly: "I'm not very clear, but it seems that the people's hearts are not peaceful. I'm afraid that something happened to Lin Guo, but I didn't find anything useful."

After all, she glanced at Li Ran next to her. The child still had the same expression. It seemed that when he was in Lin Guo, he might have had some psychological shadows.

After hearing this, Su Ruoqi was silent for a moment, and then asked Xu Wei, "General Xu, where is this place in the Lin Kingdom?"

When his name was called, Xu Wei hurriedly replied: "This is Hanbei Province, bordering Duolin County, which can also be regarded as the border between Daxia and Lin Kingdom."

"Then what's going on here? It's like this... a look of grief." Su Ruoqi asked with a frown.

Xu Wei took a look at the people and the surrounding scene, and the sentence "Ai Hong is everywhere" is not a bad description.

"Although the general has some understanding of this place, he doesn't know much about it." Xu Wei pondered for a moment before saying, "Before Hanbei Province suffered from natural disasters, there was a severe drought for several months, and the harvest was very limited. Many people were severely affected and could not eat enough. such a situation.”

Hearing this, Li Ran's expression also changed, becoming more and more mournful.

Su Ruoqi and Yun Xi also frowned, they didn't expect this situation.

"Then, won't the imperial court take care of such a major event?" Yun Xi hurriedly asked, "The people pay taxes for their food and lodging. Such a major event must be disaster relief!"

Xu Wei sighed and said: "The empress's words are very true. The people are affected by disasters, and the imperial court should reduce their control, but... there are always some unexpected situations."

Unexpected situation...

Those present were all sensible people, and they themselves could figure out what it meant in such an unexpected situation.

There is nothing like the imperial court being fatuous and incompetent, deceiving people too much.

Seeing that they wanted to continue listening, Xu Wei continued, "You don't know that the Emperor Lin passed away not long ago, and now the new emperor is sitting on the throne."

When the new emperor came to the throne, many things had to be overthrown and restarted, and even the confidantes in the court had to be reinstalled by themselves. There were too many things to do, so it was indeed possible to ignore the famine in a small border area.

Thinking of this, Yun Xi glanced at Su Ruoqi, not knowing how the Queen would act in the imperial city, presumably those ministers in the court had also been replaced in all odds.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Yun Xi said: "The new emperor's succession, even if there is a big change of blood in the court, he should not sit idly by when there is a disaster. This is against the way of benevolence, and it is also against the way of kings."

After finishing speaking, the expressions of the three people next to her changed a little.

But this person who was staring at him panicked, Yun Xi's scalp was numb, and she couldn't help but said: "I said, why do you all have such expressions? Did I... say something wrong?"

The corners of Su Ruoqi's eyes twitched slightly, he thought about his words, and said earnestly: "So, you are still very kind."

"..." If it wasn't for the presence of someone nearby, Yun Xi felt that it would be impossible for her not to fight him. No matter how she heard these words, she was flattering and derogatory, so what if she was stupid and couldn't hear it?

And Li Ran who was beside him listened to Su Ruoqi's words, and nodded in agreement: "What the emperor said is very true, the empress is indeed very kind."

One sentence made Yunxi choke enough, if Su Ruoqi's words made Yunxi have the urge to slap him, then Li Ran's words gave her a critical blow of [-] points.

"You..." Yun Xi patted her chest, telling herself to be patient, "Wait, you're belittling me like that."

Su Ruoqi squinted at her, his provocative eyes were a little doting. Of course, Yun Xi only saw the former but not the latter, or just ignored it, while Li Ran only looked behind General Xu Wei. Zhan, with an innocent look, a man who knows the current affairs is a hero, there is nothing wrong with this saying at any time.

Xu Wei, who kept this scene in his eyes the whole time, smiled secretly. He didn't know Yunxi, the empress, but he seemed to have a strong relationship with the emperor, and he also had his own heart, which was quite admirable.

If this delicate scene is not accepted, there is no guarantee that the topic will go far. Xu Wei hurriedly came out to coordinate and said: "The empress is supposed to be a mother in the world, and she behaves in a benevolent way, which is admirable."

Yun Xi nodded in satisfaction, although she still had the intention of belittling herself a little, but her tone was very sincere, unlike Su Ruoqi who owed her something, and wanted someone to pat her when she opened her mouth.

Su Ruoqi just gave Yunxi a funny look, and then listened to what Xu Wei wanted to say.

"However, the empress made a mistake." Xu Wei looked at the victims with deep eyes.

(End of this chapter)