The next day, Yu Jinxi had just finished breakfast when news came from outside.
Yu Changnian entered the palace.
Yu Jinxi guessed that there was no news that could really be hidden from the emperor at his feet. As long as he wanted to find out, there was nothing he couldn't find.
So Yu Changnian didn't hide it. He arrived in the capital last night and took the initiative to hand over the invitation to the palace this morning.
As for where he went to the capital last night and who he met, no one knows.
Yu Jinxi sat in the room, watching the time go by. On the surface, she looked calm, but in fact, she was more anxious than anyone else.
It's a pity that she can't reach the palace, so she can only worry.
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At this time, Emperor Xuan dismissed everyone in the imperial study and summoned Yu Changnian alone.
"You and I haven't seen each other for several years. You are still as beautiful as ever, but I am looking older."
Emperor Xuan stood in front of Yu Changnian, with a faint smile on his majestic face.
"Weichen's daughters are all married. How can Weichen still look like a beautiful tree in the wind? His old bones are almost buried in the earth."
Yu Changnian was not polite at all. After speaking in a mocking tone, he bowed to Emperor Xuan and saluted respectfully, "The emperor is in his prime, and his heroic appearance is still as good as before. He is not aged at all."
Seeing him opening his mouth and mentioning Yu Jinxi, Emperor Xuan looked slightly depressed, but he didn't have an attack.
"We have been joking for a long time. You and I are the same age. You are both old and bones. How can I be young?"
Emperor Xuan waved at him, motioning for him to come closer.
Yu Changnian immediately took a step forward.
Emperor Xuan looked at him and said sadly, "You must have heard about what happened in the capital, and I won't hide it from you. I made the decision to marry your daughter back then, but unexpectedly, that Gu Qiheng was not a person who could be trusted." .”
"Not only did he buy and sell officials in the court, but he also accepted bribes from everywhere. If it hadn't been for the remonstrance from Mr. Inspector Shi Qi, I wouldn't have known that he would have done such ugly things."
"I thought that your Yu family would contribute to the imperial court every year, but I allowed your only daughter to be deceived by such ambitious people. I am sorry for you..."
When Yu Changnian heard this, he immediately knelt down, "Your Majesty's words are serious. Your Majesty is determined to promote the Yu family, and everyone in the Yu family is grateful. However, it is really abominable that Gu Qiheng deceived the emperor."
Emperor Xuan did not help him up. Instead, he bent down slightly and said in a deep voice, "Gu Qiheng's crime is so heinous that he will naturally be sentenced to death. Therefore, I am the one who decides to grant peace and separation. I will also grant your daughter the title of Princess of Roujia County and a permanent residence in the mansion." what do you think?"
Although the voice was calm, Yu Changnian could certainly hear the underlying meaning. But he was not in a hurry to thank him, and said, "The emperor is busy with state affairs, and his daughter's marriage is not of any concern. How can the emperor be worried? The ministers are even more frightened about the title... The Yu family is unworthy of it."
When Emperor Xuan heard this, a stern look flashed in his eyes.
He straightened up, put his hands behind his back, and his expression was no longer soft, "I did something wrong in this matter, and I will end it naturally. Don't worry, even if your daughter is divorced, she will not suffer any harm in this capital." If she feels wronged, I will treat her as a princess and make up for her."
Yu Changnian thanked him and did not continue the stalemate.
"Rise up forever!"
After Emperor Xuan finished speaking, he turned around and walked to the imperial table to sit down.
Yu Changnian stood up without being humble or overbearing. His attitude was obviously respectful, but Emperor Xuan was very unhappy.
"I've been coming to the capital for a long time. What can I see along the way?"
Emperor Xuan sat on the dragon chair, tapping his fingers on the dragon chair. His majestic face looked calm, but Yu Changnian knew that this was a sign of danger.
Yu Changnian said respectfully, "Wei Chen indeed has some knowledge, but I don't know whether I should report it to the Emperor Ming?"
"oh?"
Emperor Xuan was slightly interested and said calmly, "Just speak out!"
"Your Majesty, I came to Beijing from my hometown all the way, passing through Cangzhou, Anshan, and Linzhou. To be honest with you, everything is devastated. Now the refugees are approaching the capital."
"What?"
Emperor Xuan had a look of surprise on his face. He slapped the table and stood up suddenly, "Isn't it only Linzhou that is suffering from the disaster? How come it's also in Cangzhou and Anshan?"
"Your Majesty, there's more than that!"
Yu Changnian's tone was very sad, "Since the emperor summoned Wei Chen, Wei Chen has been on his way, but he is still late. It's not that Wei Chen deliberately delayed, but it's just that the road is really difficult."
"Linzhou is the farthest away from the capital and has suffered the most severe disasters. First, there were insect pests during the spring planting, and there were floods in the summer. This year's snow disaster was even more serious. If Wei Chen hadn't passed by Linzhou's territory, he wouldn't have known that there was no grass growing inside Linzhou's territory. .”
"No grass grows? What about the people?"
Emperor Xuan's face was full of surprise, and Yu Changnian said in a deep voice, "After the floods in the summer, corpses were everywhere in Linzhou. The weather was hot. These corpses were not treated and diseases were frequent. How could the people survive? They finally survived the winter. A heavy snowfall has made things even worse. Now people in several state capitals have been displaced, and the epidemic that has not disappeared in Linzhou has spread again, and is now almost reaching the capital."
The summer epidemic has not been eliminated until winter, and he, the emperor, is not aware of it at all?
"The flood in Linzhou, the imperial court provided disaster relief, why did it become so serious?"
Not a blade of grass grows?
What does it mean when a state is barren of grass?
Emperor Xuan's face turned blue.
"Your Majesty, someone must have concealed the situation in Linzhou and deliberately suppressed it, otherwise no news would have been spread."
Yu Changnian ordered it to end, but Emperor Xuan knew very well that the person who concealed the matter must be very powerful and had many canines in the court, otherwise the news would not be hidden at all.
Emperor Xuan was furious at this time. The person who deceived him simply did not take him as the emperor seriously and regarded him as a blind and deaf ornament.
"How is the disaster situation in Cangzhou and Dingzhou?"
"Your Majesty, the situation in Cangzhou and Dingzhou is much better than that in Linzhou, but the situation is urgent. People must be sent for disaster relief immediately, and epidemic prevention must be carried out immediately."
Yu Changnian lowered his head and said the matter was very serious.
Finally, he said in a desperate manner, "The epidemic in Linzhou is really serious. If it spreads wildly in the capital, I'm afraid the capital will become the second Linzhou!"
With a "pop" sound, an inkstone was thrown to the ground and fell into pieces.
Emperor Xuan's face was ashen, and the veins on his forehead popped out, looking particularly terrifying.
Yu Changnian immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. It's the humble minister who used the wrong words. With the emperor sitting in the capital, there is no way it can be the second Linzhou."
After saying this, Emperor Xuan did not respond. Instead, he searched frantically on the imperial case. After throwing away the papers all over the floor, he finally found a few memorials and gritted his teeth and said, "These wine bags and rice bags are simply abominable. What a disaster." It was so serious, but they downplayed it and brushed it off."
"There are corpses everywhere, but what is written is that tens of thousands of acres of fields and thousands of houses were destroyed."
Emperor Xuan read angrily while flipping through the pages, "Where are people? Human lives... written in the thousands!"
