Empress: The Old Emperor's Way to Pursue His Wife

Chapter 111 Shaking (7)

The night wind was slightly cool, Mo Yanxiao stood in the middle of the door, a gust of cool wind blew by, bringing a refreshing coolness.

For Xiao Yi, this was very refreshing, but Mo Yanxiao just... "Ahem..."

Seeing the situation, Xiao Yi pushed Mo Yanxiao into the room with both hands, slipped in by herself, and closed the door along the way.

"It's dark and cool at night, Mr. Mo's body is better to get into the room quickly, don't let the wind blow it to pieces."

These words were high-sounding, and Mo Yanxiao was speechless to refute them, since Xiao Yi had already entered the house, it was difficult for him to say anything to drive her away.

"Chen, thank you for your concern, cough cough." Forced to suppress the boredom in his chest, Mo Yanxiao still stood by the door, while Xiao Yi sat down on her own.

"Master Mo, please sit down."

"Wei Chen dare not."

At this time, the status of an emperor and empress and a minister are very different, so they cannot sit on an equal footing.

"Master Mo, please sit down." Xiao Yi smiled, one master and one apprentice raised Mo Yanxiao's seniority at once, and when compared with each other, no one would lose their status and go beyond the rules.

Mo Yanxiao coughed twice, bowed and curtseyed: "Since the empress is sympathetic to this humble minister, please quickly explain the purpose of the empress's visit. The imperial physician has specially told me not to stay up late."

Xiao Yi's face turned dark, like a shameless Mo Yanxiao, the toast is not tasty, so let's try some fine wine.

"Master Mo Xiang is taking the fate of the king outside? Huh, fortunately, my palace is right in front of you, so you dare to be so disrespectful. Master Mo Xiang is deceiving me and no one to protect me outside."

Both soft and hard, Mo Yanxiao is not easy to take this move, but she is very relieved, she is no longer the domineering girl she was back then, she knows how to advance by retreating and oppress others by order.

Mo Yanxiao was stunned and speechless, which made Xiao Yi smile smugly and said, "Okay, Master Mo should take his seat quickly, and it is inconvenient for me to stay here for a long time. You and I still need to discuss the matter of the disaster. some."

Hearing Xiao Yi talk about disaster relief, Mo Yanxiao no longer cared about other things. It was a matter of state affairs and the safety of the people, and he should not be neglected because of the personal relationship of his children.

After discussing in the middle of the night, Xiao Yi ordered Li Zhong, who had been hiding in the dark to protect her, to find Qiu Yuwei and Imperial Physician Bao who were sleeping, and after some explanations, they went back to their rooms to rest.

Before dawn the next day, Xiao Yi dragged Qiu Yunzhu, who was still flying in her dream, to leave the county mansion in a hurry, and came to live in an inn on Dongxing Street, named 'Xixiao Tower'.

"Hey, I said Sister Xiao, you dragged me to an inn early in the morning and opened a room to check in. What are you going to do?"

Qiu Yunzhu didn't wake up from her sleep, and complained again and again: "This Dongzhou is my territory after all, how can I let sister Xiao stay in an inn? Look at this inn..."

Qiu Yunzhu opened her sleepy eyes to look at the layout of the house, and fell silent. This is far more polite and luxurious than her brother's state and county mansion.

"Sister Xiao, where is this?" Qiu Yunzhu followed her brother to be diligent and thrifty since she was a child. Although she loves to play around, she still rarely goes to these places where gold is consumed.

The ostentation of the prefectural and county mansions is not as impressive as that of the prefectural and county mansions, because Qiu Yuwei, in order to save money, exchanged the saved money for some white rice and gave it to the victims to survive the time.

Xiao Yi originally didn't want to bring Qiu Yunzhu here, and was afraid that she would talk nonsense with her mouth, so she decisively brought her along.

After discussing with Mo Yanxiao last night, she decided to divide the investigation into two parts, because they still don't know why those people changed the disaster money into stones on the way, but the most common reason is...they This crime should be placed on Mo Yanxiao's head.

Inevitably, the whole army was wiped out, she had never left the capital with drums and gongs, and she had never announced that the world would go to the disaster area as a spare, so she took care of it and took the place of Mo Yanxiao, the well-known real baby at any time.

"This is my Xixiao Building. Why, my little sister thinks that my place is not as good as the county mansion?" Su Niang came in with her hands in her hands. At this time, she had already taken off her bright and charming fireworks girl dress, She has become the appearance of a lady of every family.

Qiu Yunzhu stared and said in surprise: "You you..."

"What's the matter, little sister recognizes my family?" Su Niang put the breakfast on the table one by one, holding back a smile at the corner of her mouth.

Qiu Yunzhu's face turned red, Xiao Yi found out after that night, it was purely unexpected, Su Niang probably didn't know about it, then she...can't say with a cheeky face, 'I have peeped at you'.

And it's still in that kind of place, now she is obviously a woman from a good family, she can't say 'I know you, you are the prostitute in the land of flowers', right?

Su Niang, who had thought of Qiu Yunzhu, was going through all these twists and turns in her mind, and she greeted Xiao Yi for breakfast, and the two of them chatted about some irrelevant trivial matters.

It was still Xiao Yi who noticed that something was wrong with Qiu Yunzhu, and couldn't help but sneered and said, "Okay, Yunzhu, you think Sister Su won't know."

"Ah!" Qiu Yunzhu heaved a sigh of relief, so she knew everything, so she was afraid of being ashamed.

"Sister Su, you are not authentic. You didn't say anything when you knew it. It was in vain that I hesitated here for so long."

"So, it's my fault for being peeped?"

"Yes, uh... no... well, it smells so good, I'm hungry." Qiu Yunzhu picked up the chopsticks and started eating. The meal last night was not full at all. If it wasn't for Su Niang, she would have eaten sooner When I smell the aroma, I feel hungry.

After breakfast, Qiu Yunzhu felt drowsy again, and after greeting her, she lay down on the bed and fell asleep.After a while, Xiao Yi heard her snoring, and couldn't help but sigh.

Su Niang comforted: "Pavilion Master, don't worry, this medicine is not heavy and will not cause any harm to Miss Qiu's body."

"Well, Sister Su, I don't worry if you do things. I asked you to check the matter, how is it going?"

That night, she read the existing information in the news pavilion, most of which had nothing to do with Dongzhouba, but more about some secret information about the merchants and officials' homes on Dongxing Street.

"I have asked people to investigate the flooded West Street, and I have found many local residents who have nowhere to live because of the flood. In the past, the West Street, where the flood was relieved, can be said to be a bustling place. At that time, the East Street There's simply no comparison to that."

"In this way, the repair of the dam is due to the tricks of the merchants on Donghang Street." Xiao Yi couldn't agree with it. You must know that the land of Dongzhou is a place that merchant ships must pass through. Different management plans have been specially made for this place.

Just talking about Qiu Yuwei's prefecture and county, why it ended up like this is because Dongzhou prefecture and county change every three years, and this year happens to be his third year.

According to the Dongzhou County who served in the past, he was sent to various places to hold important positions after three years of office. Qiu Yuwei alone had no political achievements, and no other officials in Dongzhou would recommend him, so he would be arbitrarily arranged. Post, leave Dongzhou.

The matter of repairing Dongzhou Dam is not under the jurisdiction of Qiu Yuwei.

Dongzhou has its own land and water armies stationed here. Considering that Dongzhou Dam is related to the country's economic pillar, the imperial court entrusted the repair of Dongzhou Dam to this army, and handed over the money to the Dongzhou River Transport Officer for management.

Intricate management and personal connections have led to today's situation, and the court has made a big mistake.

There is also the disaster relief money, after the checkpoint is blocked, the money in Qiu Yuwei's hands is not even one-tenth of it.

Thinking that Qiu Yuwei didn't cooperate, that's why he was rejected by that group of moths who hid deeply. These moths saw that he was peaceful and quiet, and thought that he just wanted to live in peace for the past few years, so they let him be. With a leisurely official.

Who knew that Qiu Yuwei heard an old man talk about the repair of Dongzhou Dam because of a rice distribution, and he went to check it afterwards, only to find that Dongzhou Dam was dilapidated and dilapidated, with no trace of repair at all.

Qiu Yuwei didn't care about this matter at all, he was allowed to secretly search for evidence for a long time, but in the end it was fruitless.He could have waited for his term to expire this year and just leave this place of right and wrong. Unfortunately, with his pure nature, he would not see the people displaced.

He also wrote several articles asking the court to send people who are good at water conservancy to come to Dongzhou to solve the flood problem. After a long time, there was no news from the court. Later, he went to Kyoto to attend the wedding of emperors and empresses, and he even noticed the depth of the water.

He originally wanted to ignore this matter for the safety of Qiu Yunzhu, but the frequent floods, and more and more people died in the floods, made him resolutely go to Beijing to sue imperial certificate.

Unexpectedly, because of Qiu Yunzhu's mistake, it attracted the emperor's attention.

Xiao Yi thought, if Qiu Yuwei were to sue by herself, she might end up in vain, and maybe even lose her life.

Who is it that dares to deceive the superior and the subordinate.

Su Niang frowned, and said worriedly: "General Wu of the Dongzhou garrison must be involved in this matter. If it's Sister Xiao and you... when they are forced, they might jump over the wall in a hurry."

"Sister Su, don't worry, since I dare to come, I will definitely be able to retreat unscathed."

Now, just wait for the big team to deliver the relief money.

(End of this chapter)