"I just asked, and the steward said that the grain hasn't been counted yet, so the rankings definitely can't be updated!"
"No, no way! She couldn't possibly have gotten this much grain; the Emperor helped her get it! I don't believe it, I don't believe it!"
Su Xiaoman's face turned pale, and she left in a hurry, not even bothering to talk to her friends.
"I need to go ask my father what exactly happened!"
She wasn't the only one who left; almost everyone present assumed that the Emperor had intervened to help the Empress.
They just didn't know how much the Emperor would help.
Actually, it's not a problem for Her Majesty the Empress to have more food, but the key issue is that we shouldn't exclude everyone.
But the emperor didn't want to bring so many women into the palace all at once. He could accept a few less, but he couldn't accept none at all.
At this moment, Zhou Jie and Han Luoxue were still hiding in the crowd, but they only glanced at each other before quietly leaving.
She found a teahouse, sat down quietly, and began to drink tea. The grain store wasn't far from here; Han Luoxue would go there to replenish her supplies when the grain was running low.
"Oh dear, Xue'er, I think you're really too mean! You have no idea how they looked at you!"
When Zhou Jie first heard people speaking ill of the Empress, she was also very angry.
However, she suppressed her anger only to see them get humiliated.
Well, the final result was actually pretty good.
It's one thing to be proven wrong, but at least you can make some money, not bad.
"It's nothing!" Han Luoxue said calmly.
She was the one who brought this up in the first place, and she will resolve it satisfactorily no matter what!
Deep down, she was still very grateful to these women. At the very least, they had contributed to the national treasury.
But the way to express gratitude is definitely not through a man who has sacrificed himself.
"Sigh, I suddenly wonder what they would think if they knew your real identity!"
The Zhou family's grain, the recently popular grain store, and even most of the army, are all fed by Han Luoxue's grain. I guess those women will be so angry they'll vomit blood.
But what does this have to do with her? She only cares about her younger sister, Xue'er.
"Then let's not let them know!"
Han Luoxue calmly took a sip of tea. She hadn't been in a good mood these past few days, still preoccupied with the situation in Yancheng.
To this day, she still doesn't know who did it, nor does she know what happened to her younger siblings.
They should be fine, as long as they're alive, everything else is minor.
Han Luoxue went back twice more to replenish the food supplies, both times when the food was almost gone.
At this time, the rankings in the national treasury were finally updated, with the grain donated by the Empress hanging high in first place, several hundred bushels higher than the second place.
Many women were unwilling to accept this and searched everywhere for food, but unfortunately, there was no food for sale in the whole city today.
Outside the grocery store, some people came over trying to force their way into buying grain, and some even said they were regular customers, so why shouldn't they sell their grain?
At this moment, the shopkeeper of the general store came out and said, "I'm sorry, we really can't sell the grain today. Our boss still needs it!"
Those people were naturally unwilling to accept this.
"Who is your master? What is his relationship with the Empress?"
"Our boss is none other than the Empress! She funded the opening of this shop, and the grain inside was all obtained through her connections!"
Hearing this, many people were so angry they nearly vomited blood. At this point, what didn't they understand? The Empress was doing it on purpose. She had plenty of grain in her hands, and these fools, unaware of this, were desperately buying grain and sending it into the national treasury.
It's estimated that the Queen had already set everything up from the very beginning, creating a trap for these big, simple-minded guys to fall into!
Many people were furious, and those in power even went to the emperor to demand justice.
Looking at the indignant ministers below, Ouyang Zhen could only smile helplessly: "I'm sorry, I really don't know anything about this!"
"However, in the past, my maternal grandfather's army in Yongcheng was short of food, and the imperial court did not allocate any grain. It was the empress who found a way to help solve the problem!"
"Speaking of which, our country was able to safely overcome this famine thanks to the Empress! The seedlings that the late Emperor found last time were actually provided by the Empress!"
Everyone was stunned!
Isn't the Empress just a country girl? I wonder where she got so many seedlings, and where she got all this grain?
"No, it's impossible!" Some people couldn't believe it.
The Emperor smiled dismissively: "That's simply the truth. The Empress has always been the supplier for the Zhou family's grain shop! However, the Empress is very righteous; she always contributes a portion of her profits to the national treasury!"
When those ministers returned, they were all disheveled and dejected.
They never expected that the usually shrewd group would be outmaneuvered by that brat, the Empress.
But they had promised it all in the first place.
"Alas, I now understand why, when we first discussed donating grain, I specifically mentioned that any donation to the national treasury would not be returned, regardless of whether it was selected or not!"
At the time, they only felt that the national treasury was short of grain and the emperor wanted to get more grain.
But now, the Emperor is clearly making them vomit blood!
"Although the Empress was born in the countryside and is a village girl, her wisdom and intelligence are in no way inferior to our daughters!"
Some veteran officials lamented that they were helpless now.
The Empress came exactly as agreed and did not do anything against the rules, and the Emperor did not help her.
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