The First Daughter Reborn: The Snake Queen is not easy to mess with

Chapter 176 Repression (3)

"Reporting to the Emperor, the local officials have sent me a series of memorials recently, saying that because of the flood, the damage to the seedling fields was minor, and the people suffered heavy losses. Because the disaster has not been relieved, many people have drowned. Now the local officials are following suit. escaped."

The imperial censor, Mr. An, walked to the center of the hall with a frowning face, and said in all kinds of distress.

The emperor frowned tightly after hearing this, his face was a little ugly. "What? Didn't I send people to deal with the disaster earlier? Why did such a thing happen?"

The emperor's words came out, no one dared to speak, and each other looked at me and I looked at you, and they couldn't tell why.

"Censor, tell me, who is responsible for this matter!" the emperor said, narrowing his eyes slightly.

The censor lowered his head, a little trembling, he hesitated for a long time, and then slowly said: "Return to the emperor, you have left the disaster relief to Lord Qi."

For a moment, all eyes were on Qi Sheng who was silent at the side, and even Qi Sheng himself was slightly taken aback.

The emperor then turned his eyes to Qi Sheng, squinted his shrewd eyes, and suddenly sneered for a long time, and teased in a cold tone: "I sympathize with Uncle Qi's experience, but because of this, the people's Putting your life aside, Uncle Qi Guo thinks how should I deal with this matter?"

When the words came out, Qi Sheng suddenly knelt down on the ground, kowtowed to the emperor and said, "The emperor puts such a heavy responsibility on this humble minister, but this humble minister failed to manage the disaster well because of family affairs, and let the emperor once again... Anxiety, it's my negligence, I ask the emperor to think about my past contributions, and let me forgive this time."

After Meng Zhong and Lou Jing fought each other about the disaster, Qi Sheng took the opportunity to block this matter on himself, and later, because of some trivial matters, he handed over this matter to his confidant officials. Take care, if it wasn't for the sudden mention of this matter in the court today, Qi Sheng would have completely forgotten about it, and it was only when it was brought up that he came to his senses.

"As the saying goes, if the emperor breaks the law, he should be as guilty as the common people, but because Uncle Qi has lost a pair of sons and daughters one after another, it is not good for me to punish him severely at this time, but if he does not punish him, it will be difficult for the common people. "The expression on the emperor's face eased a lot, he frowned slightly and thought for a moment, and then said: "Then take back the Qi family's fertile land and take back three houses of twenty mu."

The emperor said it lightly, but Qi Sheng's complexion instantly changed after hearing this.

Basically, the most land a minister has is only about 40 acres, and he also occupies more than [-] acres of land, which is not a lot. Now the emperor said that he took away [-] acres, which is equivalent to this year's harvest Everything fell short, and what was lost was not only good land, but also a lot of money and food.

However, at this moment Qi Sheng couldn't say anything, endured the pain in his heart, kowtowed his head and thanked him after a while and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En!"

"Okay, since you haven't done a good job in this matter, let other people do it. It is estimated that Uncle Qi Guo doesn't have much mind to care about other things. During this period of time, you can just live in the mansion and wait until it gets better. Then go to the palace and go to court."

As soon as the emperor said these words, Qi Sheng sensed the slightest clue that the emperor had intentions against him this time.

Just as Qi Sheng was about to say something, Lou suddenly stood up, walked to the center of the hall, raised his hand towards the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to replace Uncle Qi to solve the disaster in the south of the Yangtze River, and please make an order from the Emperor!"

The emperor nodded after seeing it and said: "I think it's very good too, then you will manage the floods in the south of the Yangtze River and calm the hearts of the people sooner!"

"Wei Chen accepts the order!"

No matter how stupid Qi Sheng was, he knew that it would be futile for him to continue talking. After Lou Jing took over the disaster and went down, Qi Sheng slowly stood up from the ground, patted his robe, and his face was still a little ugly.

After coming down to court, Qi Sheng and Lou came together unknowingly. Lou didn't know whether it was intentional or not, so he smiled at Qi Sheng and said, "Uncle Qi Guo's complexion is not very good. You must rest well after you go back." It is."

Qi Sheng snorted coldly, and replied in a flat tone: "Please trouble Prime Minister Lou Zuo, I am very good."

After speaking, Qi Sheng quickened his pace, flung his sleeves and left the palace.

Qi Sheng had just returned to the mansion when he was told about the confiscation of the fertile land and the mansion, so he was so angry that he broke several vases in the living room.

However, at this time, he had no reason to blame the emperor, because he was the one who provoked this matter first, and the emperor just gave some punishment. Even if it was resentment, there was no reason at all. Sheng was aggrieved.

After that, Qi Sheng went directly to investigate the matter, only to realize that his so-called confidant actually handed over the matter to the officials below, and he withheld most of the disaster relief money, and after spreading the remaining little money, he got it. There is nothing left in the hands of the common people.

When he heard this, Qi Cheng was so angry that he almost didn't faint.

And before Qi Sheng had time to talk to the queen about it, something happened to the queen in the palace. The reason was that a concubine was pregnant with the emperor's child, but later she had a miscarriage because of taking the wrong medicine. The concubine insisted that it was The empress killed the unborn little prince. Originally, according to the past habits, even if the empress killed him, the emperor would not anger the empress because of a concubine. However, this time, the emperor seems to be different from the past.

He came to the Fengluan Palace in person, his body full of anger could not be suppressed, as soon as he entered, he provoked a group of court ladies and eunuchs who did not even dare to speak out.

"As a majestic empress, is it possible that my heirs still need you to control them? Is the surname Qi or Li in this world?"

The emperor's furious words instantly knocked the queen, who had not yet come to pay her respects, to her knees on the ground in shock, and hurriedly kowtowed: "My concubine dare not!"

"Don't dare? Is there anything you dare not do? Queen!" The emperor almost squeezed his voice through his teeth, squinting his eyes at the queen.

The empress raised her head to look at the emperor aggrieved, her eyes were full of mist, and said with a choked voice, "Your Majesty, how could you come here to accuse me of a concubine's one-sided words! As the lord of the six palaces, how can I be so angry?" They will specifically persecute the heirs of the emperor! This matter must be someone who wants to slander his concubine!"

As she said that, the queen cried very pitifully, as if she had been wronged by the sky.

But the emperor snorted coldly when he heard it again, looked at the queen crying expressionlessly, and said loudly: "Bring it up!"

After finishing speaking, the door of Fengluan Palace was opened soon, and then a palace lady walked in tremblingly under the pressure of the guards, glanced at the queen who was kneeling on the ground, and hurriedly lowered her head again.

"Come on, tell my good queen why she drugged my concubine." The emperor looked at the queen expressionlessly and said coldly.

The servant girl nodded, and said in a trembling voice: "That day, Mistress Qiu accidentally blocked Empress Empress in the imperial garden, Empress Empress sent someone to beat Mistress Qiu, and Mistress Qiu begged for a child in her womb. The empress spared her, and the servants heard that the empress ordered the servants in private to get rid of the child in the womb of the empress Qiu, so as not to show off in front of her in the future."

"Who on earth gave you the courage to talk nonsense here to confuse the emperor and frame me!" The queen's eyes looked at the maid, with a hint of threat.

When the maid heard the queen's threat, she immediately knelt down in fright, and said in fear: "Your servant dare not! Although my servant has been by your empress's side for a while, she still feels very pitiful looking at the appearance of Mrs. Qiu. Empress Empress already has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, why would she kill the child in Empress Qiu's arms!"

"you!"

"Enough! The matter has been explained clearly enough. Don't tell me that this matter has nothing to do with you. Before entering the palace, Qiurong was just an ordinary lady, not enough to buy off the maids around the queen. Although I am a bit older, But not confused!" The emperor narrowed his eyes and said with a hint of danger.

"Your majesty, my concubine is wronged! Why does the emperor prefer to believe the words of a servant girl than the words of my concubine!" The queen cried, and everyone who heard it was sad. There was no trace of the usual queen's aloofness, but the more This is the case, the emperor's heart became more and more depressed.

He kicked the queen who was hugging his thigh, and fell to the side.

"Eunuch Li."

"The servant is here."

Hearing the emperor's call, Eunuch Li walked in from the door and came to the emperor. The emperor looked at the empress coldly and said: "The empress is the lord of the six palaces, but she acts recklessly and violates the empress's law." Status! Punish the empress to move out of Fengluan Hall, and concubine Yu will take care of the affairs of the harem for the time being! I will hand over the phoenix seal to Concubine Yu at a certain date!"

Hearing this kind of punishment, the empress didn't react for a while, until after the emperor left, she suddenly realized that the elegant and generous empress was dressed messily and had a dull expression on her face, until Yan Yan who hurried in The father-in-law helped the queen up from the ground, and the queen suddenly woke up.

She looked at Eunuch Yan ignorantly, and said suddenly, "Is this palace abolished?"

After hearing this, Eunuch Yan hurriedly linked: "No, no, you are still the Empress Empress. In the huge palace, no one can shake your position as Empress Empress."

"No one? Move out of Fengluan Hall and hand over the Phoenix seal to take power. Could it be that this indirectly took away the position of empress from this palace? Isn't this personally handing over the position of empress to Concubine Yu Gui?" The queen suddenly laughed while talking, and that smile was extremely bitter.

Eunuch Yan listened and stopped talking. After all, the emperor's decree just now is the truth, and the empress at this time is really just an empty shelf.

While Eunuch Yan was thinking about it, the queen suddenly struggled to go out, and murmured: "I want to leave the palace, I want to find my brother! No, no one can take the position of the queen from me!"

While speaking, the queen had already reached the door, and Eunuch Yan hurriedly rushed up. Before the queen stepped out of the threshold, he said: "When the emperor punished Uncle Qi just now at the court today, the empress will go , Uncle Guo may not be able to help you at this time."

The meaning of these words could not be more obvious, that is to say, the queen's current situation, even if it is a low point, must be carried by herself.

(End of this chapter)