Hot water had already been prepared in the warm room, and a mist was swirling behind the screen. Two palace maids stood quietly by, holding clean clothes. When they saw Jiang Jiang enter, they immediately stepped forward to greet her.
"Excuse me, just put down your clothes and leave."
Jiang Jiang was not used to having someone beside her while bathing. When the palace maids heard this, they glanced at Sun Jinlu beside her, nodded, and then bowed and left.
Sun Jinlu: "The maids are waiting outside the door. If the master has any requests, just ask directly."
Jiang Jiang nodded.
As the door was closed and she was the only one left in the room, Jiang Jiang took off her clothes that had been soaked by the rain. The originally light gauze became extremely heavy after being soaked in water. Taking it off was like taking off a thick layer of shackles.
Jiang Jiang's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she sank into the water, letting the warm water wrap around her. Taking a hot bath after being caught in the rain was simply one of life's greatest pleasures.
Especially since entering the palace, although the concubines can take a bath, they are limited to four times a month and each bath cannot exceed two quarters of an hour. There are also female officials supervising them, which always makes people feel uncomfortable.
Moreover, it is hot in the summer. Even though there are ice pots in Chuxiu Palace, people don't go out often, so they can't avoid sweating and feeling sticky and uncomfortable.
I don’t know when I can move out of Chuxiu Palace.
10086: [As soon as I got on him, he was fine]
Jiang Jiang: “…?”
Jiang Jiang was shocked: [My dear system was finally changed because it was nothing? Who are you! ]
10086: [?]
10086: [Don’t you think what I said is right? ]
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When Fu Yao learned that Jiang Jiang came to the Yangxin Palace to visit him, his heart felt like something had pierced it and began beating violently.
He also couldn't help but worry that she got caught in the rain on the way here. Young ladies from aristocratic families are already weak due to being pampered in the boudoir, and they might catch a cold. So he ordered Sun Jinlu to take her to bathe and change clothes first.
Although the Minister of Revenue, who was standing below him and being scolded, did not hear what Eunuch Sun whispered to the emperor, he could keenly feel that the tense atmosphere in the Hall of Mental Cultivation had eased.
What happened?
The Minister of Revenue quietly raised his eyes and saw that the emperor's originally cold brows suddenly relaxed, the corners of his lips slightly raised, and his jade-like delicate face suddenly became like a spring breeze blowing across an ice lake, rippling the waves, and revealing some of the fresh charm that only young people have.
When had he ever seen His Majesty look like this?
So I felt even more surprised about what had just happened.
But the emperor quickly regained his usual solemn expression. "Chuzhou has been flooded for over three months. The court has allocated 800,000 taels of silver for disaster relief, yet some victims are still trading their own children for food."
The Minister of Revenue no longer dared to gossip in his heart. He lowered his head and said politely, "Your Majesty, the officials involved in this corruption have been identified and are all detained. It was the Chuzhou prefect who colluded with the governor of the river to embezzle all the disaster relief funds. I have ordered the evidence to be compiled into a book..."
Fu Yao's soft voice came from above, interrupting him: "Officials are protecting each other. Do you think I don't know? When something goes wrong, they push a few scapegoats out, and then wait until the storm is over before stirring up trouble again?"
The Minister of Revenue bowed his head, not daring to speak again. In the past, when the Empress Dowager was in power, these matters could still be fooled. After all, the Jiang family...
For example, after the emperor came to power, the first people he wanted to use as a whetstone were those aristocratic families.
Fu Yao instructed Xia Xuan on all the matters that needed to be handled, and he couldn't help but sneer in his heart. The Queen Mother really left him a mess.
Fatigue and anger gave him a splitting headache, but he couldn't show it in front of his ministers. He could only glance at the time occasionally, thinking that Jiang Jiang was still waiting for him in the side hall, and he finally felt a little comforted.
But this sense of comfort was quickly overwhelmed by other emotions.
What would she think if she knew that I was going to take action against the Jiang family?
Fu Yao stood outside the side hall door, and for the first time in his life he was afraid to go in.
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