When the old emperor heard from the crown prince that Xiao Changqi had killed the censor he had sent, he was furious. Later, when an official explained the reason for the censor's death, the old emperor's anger subsided temporarily.
"Where are the military rations that the censor and the prefect of Shuzhou embezzled?"
"Your Majesty, I do not know."
The old emperor frowned deeply and immediately sent people to Shuzhou to investigate the whereabouts of the military rations.
One minister suggested, "Your Majesty, shouldn't the most urgent task be to quickly gather provisions and send them to Tongzhou?"
The old emperor called on the Ministry of Revenue and asked, "How much grain and salary is left in the national treasury?"
The Minister of Revenue stepped forward, his old face contorted with worry, and said, “Your Majesty, this year all regions have suffered from snow disasters, and most of the grain in the national treasury has been used for disaster relief. There is simply no surplus grain to support Tongzhou.”
"If there's no food, go buy some!" After hearing what happened in the court, Yuan Dan squatted on the bed and angrily flapped his wings.
The sparrow, who always followed the lead of New Year's Day, nodded in agreement. Only Jinjin squatted to the side, eating the jam prepared for it by the maid, looking completely indifferent.
"Furthermore, I don't believe that all the grain in the national treasury has really been used for disaster relief," Yuan Dan sneered.
How could a modern person who has watched so many period dramas not know the tricks of these ancient officials?
It's impossible to say that no one embezzled.
As for where the grain sent to Tongzhou went...
The censor was ostensibly sent by the emperor to investigate Xiao Changqi, but in reality, he was a man of the crown prince.
Therefore, this grain must have ended up in the Crown Prince's private coffers. As for why the Crown Prince hoarded military rations...
it goes without saying.
On New Year's Day, he pondered in his room for a long time before finally flying to the table, picking up a brush and writing a note.
"Sparrow, take this letter to the Huo residence and give it to Huo Youcai," she said, folding the note haphazardly.
"Yes, Master."
After the sparrow flew away with the note in its beak, Yuandan stood on the table, lost in thought.
If she were in human form at this moment, her expression would definitely be extremely serious.
Jinjin raised its head, which only had a few scattered feathers, and lazily glanced at her: "Chirp~"
Yuandan Bird paused, turned to look at the little bald bird that was staying at their house, and then looked at the jam it was eating. Suddenly, it realized that raising a bird really costs money.
"When Sun Jianchou comes back, make sure he pays your lodging and food bills, or I'll roast you like a little bird."
Jin Jin didn't care at all: "Chu~"
It knew that this little phoenix was the most hypocritical of all.
Besides, they are both birds, why are they so eager to fight each other?
On New Year's Day, unable to understand what the little bald bird was saying or communicate with it, I stopped arguing with it and patiently waited for the sparrow to return with the message.
She can't turn back into a human now, and she can't help Xiao Changqi with anything, so she can only ask Huo Youcai to help her collect food and send it to Tongzhou.
...
Tongzhou.
After relieving the immediate food shortage, the Li Dan army once again challenged the enemy outside Tongzhou City.
Xiao Changqi personally led his troops to meet the enemy, and Yuan Qing and Sun Jianchou, who had been cooking in the kitchen for several days, finally returned.
As deputy generals, one of the Luo brothers always accompanied Xiao Changqi when he went out of the city to meet the enemy. Today, the one accompanying Xiao Changqi to meet the enemy was Luo Feng, who had been itching to stay put for a long time.
Looking at Sun Jianchou and Yuan Qing, who had changed back into their everyday clothes, Luo Ying teased, "What did you two do to displease the Prince?"
Chang Jiu, who also didn't participate, chimed in, "It's such a pity, we won't be able to eat Chef Sun and Chef Yuan's cooking anymore."
Sun Jianchou glanced at him with a half-smile: "You can even eat poison made by this military doctor himself."
Chang Jiu: "..."
Yuan Qing casually adjusted the ornament at his waist, smiled, and said, "I merely offered a couple of words of advice to the Prince."
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