Pingfu was where the army was stationed, and all matters had to be reported to the superiors, and then the news was delivered to the little emperor and the empress dowager layer by layer.
As luck would have it, the biggest superior in Ping Mansion was Lu Changxin. Naturally, Lu Changxin reported the news of the drought to Shen Yan.
Therefore, when many refugees appeared on the streets of the capital, many officials almost thought they were seeing things.
After tracing the responsibility, it naturally came back to Shen Yan.
The atmosphere in the Golden Throne Hall was as cold as an ice cellar. The usually good-tempered Queen Mother swept all the memorials on the dragon table in front of her to the ground in front of everyone, and pointed at Chen Yan with trembling fingers, "Okay, okay! You are really a good minister of the Emperor. If it weren't for the city defense seeing the refugees appearing, I would still be kept in the dark about such an important matter."
However, Chen Yan seemed to be oblivious to the Queen Mother's anger. He calmly bowed his hands and then said, "The Queen Mother has wronged me. I have already reported the drought in Ping Prefecture to you three days ago."
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The Queen Mother's anger had not yet been released, and it stopped abruptly in an instant. She looked at Shen Yan fiercely and asked coldly, "What did you say?"
Chen Yan smiled slightly, "What I mean is that I submitted a memorial to the emperor three days ago. If the queen mother doesn't believe it, you can find the memorial I submitted that day and examine it carefully."
Naturally, the empress dowager did not need to take any action on this matter. After a while, a young eunuch found the memorial that Shen Yan mentioned and presented it to the empress dowager.
When the Queen Mother finished reading the memorial, she was so angry that her face almost twisted. She threw the memorial on the table, looked at Shen Yan angrily, and said, "You did it on purpose!"
Chen Yan did not refute on his own behalf, but just had such an indifferent expression. Who wouldn't be angry when seeing this?
Lu Wan was watching the empress dowager with great interest, she knew exactly what Chen Yan had done these days, and she was not spying on him on purpose, but Chen Yan told her everything about what he was planning to do and what had happened in the Southern Xia Dynasty.
At this point, anyone who knew that Shen Yan deliberately submitted the petition knew that he did it on purpose, but they had no evidence, and without evidence, they could not convict Shen Yan.
This is a blatant conspiracy.
Lu Wan looked at the situation in the court and couldn't help but laugh in his heart. So many people were fooled by Chen Yan.
The Queen Mother could naturally think of what Lu Wan could think of, but no matter how strange this matter was, it could not be blamed on Shen Yan.
As soon as the incident happened, he submitted a memorial to himself, but it was I who ignored his memorial, which led to the situation of so many disaster victims becoming worse and worse. Perhaps those victims are already complaining now.
After taking a few deep breaths, the Queen Mother managed to suppress her anger and frowned, saying, "Where is Xuchang, the Ministry of Revenue?"
As soon as the words fell, a man in a crimson official uniform stood out. He had a very extraordinary demeanor. When the empress dowager saw him, her anger faded a little, and she ordered, "Open the granaries and release the grain immediately. Also, allocate another 5,000 taels of disaster relief money to the Yun Mansion, and another 2,000 dan of disaster relief grain. Tell the officials in the Yun Mansion that if they can't handle the disaster with so much money, they will be beheaded."
When Lord Xu of Xuchang heard this, he quickly accepted the order and went down to do his work.
The matter was almost resolved, and the Queen Mother finally had time to look at Shen Yan. Her expression was cold, as if she was going to drag Shen Yan away and beat him to death immediately.
"As for you——"
After a moment of silence, the Queen Mother said in a cold voice, "Go to the Ministry of Justice and receive thirty lashes of the cane."
As soon as the Queen Mother gave this order, there was a commotion in the court, and then a tall man stood up and said to the Queen Mother, "Your Majesty, I think Prince Shen is innocent and should not be punished."
Hearing this familiar voice, Lu Wan took a breath and stood on tiptoe to look forward. When he saw the back of the person who was speaking, he suddenly understood.
Good fellow, not only did Shen Yan come alone to irritate the Queen Mother, he even found himself a companion and came in a group!
Moreover, Shen Yan’s teammate is his elder brother Lu Changxin.
Although he knew it was wrong, Lu Wan still looked at the Queen Mother with sympathy.
If it was just Chen Yan, the Queen Mother, who was in a high position, could naturally crush Chen Yan with just her power. But if Lu Changxin was added, the military power in the hands of the two would be enough to make the Queen Mother drink a pot and dare not act rashly.
While Lu Wan sympathized with the Queen Mother, he also lit a candle for her.
No wonder Lu Changxin, who often did not attend court, suddenly appeared here. It turned out that it had been discussed long ago.
As soon as Lu Changxin finished speaking, the court fell silent.
The Queen Mother seemed to have anticipated this situation. When she heard this, she just sneered, "General Lu must have forgotten a saying. If the monarch wants his subjects to die, the subjects must die. I want Prince Shen to accept the punishment, so he should go. Why do you have so many excuses?"
Hearing this, Lu Wan almost burst out laughing.
If it were any other time, the empress dowager would naturally not say such words, but today she was already very angry, and with Lu Changxin's presence beside her, she spoke without thinking. If it were any other time, it would be fine, but now is a critical moment. If the empress dowager's every move was spread outside by someone with ulterior motives, who knows what kind of uproar it would cause.
I don’t know if other people are interested, but Shen Yan and Lu Changxin must be willing to be the interested parties.
The ministers were standing in their seats, and when they heard this ridiculous remark, they couldn't help but look at the Queen Mother in surprise.
After the court was silent for a while, Shen Yan suddenly spoke up, "I will obey the Queen Mother's order."
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