"Zhao Yu, what you said is...well, quite candid."

After the emperor smiled, he immediately waved his hand inside the gauze dragon tent. Fengli Dao and Zhao Jingzhong on the side immediately stepped forward, bent down and lifted up the gauze completely.

Inside the dragon tent, the emperor sitting cross-legged was not wearing a dragon robe, but a very elegant Taoist robe.

"You raise your head!"

Looking at Zhao Yu who lowered his hands and lowered his head at the steps of Jiulong, the emperor said with a faint smile.

When entering the palace to face the emperor, no one can raise his head to face the king without the emperor's will.

This is the rule that Fengli Dao repeatedly emphasized to Zhao Yu before entering the palace.

Raising your head for no reason and looking up at you means you intend to stab the king and kill him, which is also the sin of losing your head.

Zhao Yu slowly raised his head after hearing this, and saw a middle-aged man wearing a Taoist robe sitting under the gauze dragon tent ten steps away.

Although this middle-aged man did not wear a dragon robe, there was an innate majesty between his brows.

"..."

Zhao Yu raised his head and finally saw the face of Emperor Daqian.

However, the moment he saw the emperor's appearance, Zhao Yu thought of King Yun for no reason.

Different from King Yun's standard shoehorn face, the appearance of the emperor in front of him looked more upright.

But Zhao Yu was in Jinyiwei, and although the small family did not have the opportunity to meet the king, they had seen the portraits of the kings of the Daqian dynasty.

To be honest, in terms of appearance alone, Zhao Yu felt that King Yun’s royal blood must be purer than the emperor in front of him!

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Guards are your Majesty's domestic slaves and represent the face of the royal family outside. However, Minister Zhao Zhen ignored these and did such sneaky things. Wouldn't it be an insult to the king and father?"

At this time, Zhao Jingzhong glanced at Zhao Yu, bowed slightly and said to the emperor.

"Eunuch Zhao's words are a bit far-fetched. Seeing the natural disaster, Governor Zhao took the rice from the Yuquan Granary as a temporary measure. Is it possible that hundreds of thousands of victims in the outer city will starve to death?"

As soon as Zhao Jingzhong finished speaking, Fengli Dao on the side immediately blocked the knife handed over by Zhao Jingzhong.

"Oh? The meaning of Governor Yu's words is that he is blaming your father for being slow in allocating relief grains and rice. Does he still need Governor Zhao to use despicable means like stealing to save the people from disaster?"

Zhao Jingzhong stared at Yuhuatian, smiled slightly, and then said lightly.

"Your Majesty is wise and has no fault. This servant did not mean this..."

Fengli Dao quickly turned around and knelt down, kowtowing to the emperor in the dragon tent.

Zhao Yu looked at Zhao Jingzhong and Fengli Dao who were walking around the emperor. Why did he feel like a shrew?

The only difference is that the two shrews, Feng Lidao and Zhao Jingzhong, use more civilized words.

"Boom!!"

Just when Zhao Jingzhong was about to pursue the victory, the emperor rang the bronze chime with an expressionless face.

As the sound of the copper chime sounded, both Zhao Jingzhong and Feng Lizao closed their mouths knowingly.

"Zhao Yu, please tell me why you act like this?"

Seeing that the two men had shut up, the emperor looked down at Zhao Yu again and asked.

"Your Majesty, the snow caused a disaster at the beginning of this winter. Not to mention other prefectures in Beizhili, there were tens of thousands of victims in the outer city of the imperial capital alone.

Although I am stupid, I still know the principle of eating the emperor's salary and worrying about the emperor's worries..."

Zhao Yu lowered his hands at the foot of the steps and began to talk endlessly.

There is only one meaning behind the words, and that is that he initially approached the grain merchant to buy grain.

But those profiteers want to enrich the country and cannot give up even a grain of food.

Saving the people was like putting out a fire, with more and more people dying in front of his eyes. Zhao Yu was forced to make this decision.

"Since we are purchasing grain, the amount of silver required is definitely not something you, the governor, can come up with. But where did this silver come from?"

After Zhao Yu finished speaking, Zhao Jingzhong launched another attack.

There are tens of thousands of victims. Even if they just give up porridge, they still need a lot of grain and rice at the end of the day. Even if a wealthy businessman is willing to sell it to him, how can he, Zhao Yu, get the money to buy it?

"Given by Commander An..."

As soon as Zhao Jingzhong finished speaking, Zhao Yu threw An Jianqing out without even thinking about it.

Puppet, if you don’t need it at this time, when will you wait for it?

"Where did Commander An get his money?"

Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, even the commander An Jianqing could not afford it.

"Well, Eunuch Zhao is now a bit embarrassed by the official. Where does the money for Commander An come from? It is not under the control of the official!"

Zhao Yu looked innocently at Zhao Jingzhong beside the emperor, but a very hidden murderous intention flashed in his eyes.

This bitch, does he really think that without those secret letters, he can't do anything to him?!

At this moment, a eunuch on duty walked in quickly, knelt down beside Zhao Yu, held up a booklet in both hands and said: "Your Majesty, Zhou Qing, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, wants to see you!"

"allow!"

…

The eunuch on duty received the emperor's permission and turned around to leave the Yongshou Palace. A moment later, he walked in with a thin middle-aged man.

"Your Majesty, Zhou Qing, comes to see you!"

The middle-aged man held a roll of rough silk in his arms and knelt down beside Zhao Yu.

"What is in Zhou Aiqing's arms?"

The emperor looked at the rough silk in Zhou Qing's arms and asked curiously.

"Your Majesty, this is a message from hundreds of thousands of victims of the disaster in the outer city of Kyoto to your father!"

Zhou Qing said, holding up the coarse silk with both hands.

The emperor nodded, and Feng Li Dao and Zhao Jingzhong, who were waiting on both sides, immediately stepped forward, took the thick silk and slowly unfolded it.

On the rough silk, there are some disgusting words in praise of the emperor, and underneath are densely packed tens of thousands of handprints.

The collapse of all the people has happened before.

It's just that in the past, the people either cried out to the emperor to complain about their grievances, or the state and county governments encouraged the people to ask the emperor for money and food.

But this time, it was obviously different from before. All the people were singing praises to the emperor!

"Back to Your Majesty, this winter has caused a disaster due to snow, and countless people have been affected. Thanks to Your Majesty's wisdom and prowess, you have set up a porridge factory in the outer city to save the people from the fire and water. All the people are grateful for the kindness of your father, and hereby spontaneously offer all the people's greetings..."

When Zhou Qing kowtowed and stated, he looked at Zhao Yu at the side from the corner of his eye.

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Inside the Dragon Tent, the Emperor Longyan was delighted.

Throughout the hundreds of years since the founding of Daqian, no emperor has ever received such a message from all the people!

Seeing the emperor's happiness, the others knelt down and shouted long live the emperor.

And Zhao Yu felt slightly relieved, having this big hat placed on the emperor's head.

The emperor will never hold on to this matter of stealing food no matter what!

Zhou Qing left Wanmin Tie behind and left Yongshou Palace.

The emperor directly rejected Fengli Dao and Zhao Jingzhong, leaving Zhao Yu alone in the Yongshou Palace.

Just when Zhao Yu was wondering what trouble this guy was trying to make, the emperor spoke.

"Zhao Yu, I'm here to ask you, did King Yun... die at your hands?"

After everyone retreated, the first words the emperor spoke made Zhao Yu feel frightened.

What was supposed to come, finally came...

Zhao Yu lowered his head and tried to keep his voice calm as he said: "Your Majesty, no matter how courageous I am, I would not dare to capture and kill the vassal king without purpose!"

What Zhao Yu said was not that he did not dare, but that he had no intention...

The implication is obvious, that as long as the emperor issues an order, he will not hesitate.

"You are a frank and smart man." The emperor obviously heard the implication of Zhao Yu's words.

He was very satisfied with Zhao Yu's answer.

Jin Yiwei is the emperor's domestic slave and only takes orders from the emperor. If Zhao Yu said today that he just doesn't dare, then it means that Zhao Yu is not a person who can be used in a big way.

"The disaster relief work was done well this time. Although you collected the silver, but given your temper, the silver still returned to the hands of the victims..."

Average silver?!

When Zhao Yu heard these two words, he was shocked again.

Everyone said that this emperor was stupid, but they didn't expect that he knew all about the dirty deeds among his ministers!

"Your Majesty, Holy Ming!"
To be continued...