No one expected the scene before them. Several servants in the warehouse were busy pouring water out of the granary with basins.
Seeing the eldest princess and Si Ning coming, the steward rushed to greet them.
His hair and body were all wet from the rain, and he couldn't care less about it at the moment. When he saw the two of them, he knelt down directly on the ground.
"Princess, Madam Lu, something's wrong, the granary...the granary is leaking!"
boom!
These words were like a huge stone stirring up the calm water, and everyone was shocked.
"Is it serious?" the eldest princess asked anxiously.
The steward did not dare to answer hastily, and pointed at the contents inside and hesitated for a long time.
The eldest princess walked in quickly, followed closely by Si Ning.
The scene inside was worse than imagined.
There are several large vats in the center of the granary. The vats are filled with rice grains, and they are covered with a layer of bamboo hats. However, the rain was too heavy, and the lid of the granary was lifted off, let alone the bamboo hats. Even if there are magical tools such as umbrellas, they may not be able to block the rain.
The eldest princess's eyes darkened and she attacked the people in the granary.
"What's the matter?"
Everyone was so frightened that they all knelt down, not daring to take a breath.
The eldest princess became even more annoyed, "Tell me, how could this happen..."
The person in charge could only bite the bullet and said, "Elder Princess, it's raining heavily today. The brothers originally took precautions, but... they never expected that Fangshan's tiles were exposed. When the subordinates found out, this... It's too late."
"A bunch of idiots!"
The eldest princess scolded angrily, squinting at the people below, and finally her eyes fell on Si Ning little by little.
"Did I ask Rosin to remind you that there has been a lot of rain recently, so you need to take more precautions?"
When Si Ning saw that the eldest princess was pointing the finger at him, he knelt on the ground in panic.
"Reporting to the eldest princess, yes, but Si Ning took precautions, I..."
"Presumptuous, you still dare to quibble at this point. You said you took precautions. This is the result of your precautions. I have said more than once that this matter is of great importance and there cannot be any omissions. You will Did my words fall on deaf ears?”
"Princess, I didn't..."
"How dare you talk back!"
The eldest princess scolded harshly, interrupting Si Ning's next words.
She looked distressed and nodded towards Si Ning.
"Kneel down here and reflect carefully. I gave you a chance. It's okay if you don't cherish it. Now you've made a mess. So much money is everyone's wish. You have ruined it like this. And those people are waiting. You are still General Lu’s wife while you are saving lives with this food. How could he, such a good son, marry a fool like you who can’t do anything?”
Si Ning wanted to retort, but the eldest princess had ordered someone to watch her from the sidelines, and she was not allowed to get up until she came back.
She went to the palace. The emperor was a little tired after dealing with the papers today. The weather happened to be bad, so he took a nap for a while, not wanting to be disturbed.
When he was tired, he rubbed his forehead and stood up.
The eldest princess was waiting outside the royal study, and was called in after a while.
Once inside, the eldest princess knelt down.
The emperor asked puzzledly when he saw it.
"Sister Huang, what are you doing?"
Although both of them are no longer young, the emperor always remembers the friendship back then. He has not treated this imperial sister badly in all these years, and he has also given many more rewards to the Qin family.
Seeing the eldest princess like this and hearing the emperor's words, the eunuch in charge hurriedly stepped forward and helped her up from the ground.
"Eldest Princess, what are you doing? Please be careful. If you get bumped, the Emperor will be very distressed."
"Your Majesty, I have failed you."
The eldest princess was helped up, with a look of pain on her face.
The emperor was even more confused by what she said, "What are you doing? What happened?"
"The disaster relief I talked to the Emperor about a few days ago, everything was originally going well, but today it rained heavily, and the granary where the grain was stored was mismanaged due to poor management by the supervisors, so the grain was soaked..."
"How could this happen?" The emperor was also surprised.
He remembered that his imperial sister had raised a lot of silver, which should be a lot of rice.
"How much more can be saved?"
The emperor's thoughts were naturally different from those of the eldest princess. The first thing he thought of was to save her.
The eldest princess did not expect that the emperor would ask such a question, so she answered vaguely.
"It's all soaked."
This loss is huge.
The emperor was unhappy, but after all, it was a matter of spontaneous organization, not something ordered to be done, so he couldn't say anything.
It's just a pity that the Ministry of Household Affairs is short of money now, so they can't open warehouses to release grain casually. The grain can at least relieve some pressure on the court, but now there is nothing that can be done.
The eldest princess raised the emperor's head to his knees, knelt down again, and said solemnly.
"Please punish me, Your Majesty."
The emperor waved his hand when he saw it, "Get up, this is not intentional."
"Your Majesty, my starting point is good, and I don't mean to do so, but the same cannot be said for others."
The emperor heard the overtone, "What do you mean, sister Huang?"
"Your Majesty, when I invited all the ladies in the city to come to my house to discuss countermeasures, Mrs. Lu took over the matter alone. She said at the time that she was qualified, so I gave her a chance to practice. The money came to my house before. I asked Mrs. Lu to come and count the money in my house. The maid said that although she took on this job, she didn't do it well enough. The important task of counting the money was left to an old servant she brought to do it. …”
"I originally thought that she, a boudoir girl, is not good at this kind of thing, so if she doesn't like it, forget it, but I never thought that she would not even take my repeated warnings seriously. I will definitely ask my personal maid to remind her that these days It will rain heavily that day, so be careful and pay attention to the storage of food, but she didn't take my words to heart at all. The granary has not been repaired for a long time, which is why today's disaster happened."
"Your Majesty, I am responsible for this matter, and I am willing to accept the punishment, but Mrs. Lu's punishment must not be less!"
The emperor understood the purpose of the eldest princess's visit to the palace, and came to attack Si Ning.
He fumbled with the ring on his finger thoughtfully and said nothing for a while.
The eldest princess doesn't know the emperor's plan, but Si Ning must not be alone in this matter today.
"Your Majesty, Mrs. Lu has a noble status, but the other ladies have spent a lot of money. If we don't give them an explanation for this matter, I'm afraid there will be trouble."
"Everyone has good intentions. Now that the money has been wasted, who will feel better? As well as the people, the things after the disaster relief are as important as the treatment of the epidemic. I know that she was successful in treating the epidemic, but the things after that cannot be It's been written off, and who can be sure that the prescription for the epidemic was written by her, I heard that Ren Zhongyuan is in her medical clinic."
