Hearing her question, Hu Xiao shook her head, and said softly: "Let’s ignore them for now. There are so many of them, so how can I possibly move them with just my mouth!"
Hu Xiao stretched lazily as she leaned against the window, looking at the refugees who were hurrying away, the complex expression on her face clearly showed.
The horse carriage continued moving forward. After a long while, Xue Mier then asked: "Then tell me, where are we going now? They are all running towards the capital.
Xue Mier asked worriedly. If all the commoners in the south left, then what else would they save?
"Go to the local magistrate court. The people have run away. The magistrate will not stop them. He is the biggest sinner." Hu Xiao said in all seriousness. The commoners had escaped, and even though they were the orderlies of the imperial government, they were allowed to run to the north without stopping the commoners!
Xue Mier did not understand her words. She rolled her eyes lightly and then asked: "Hu Xiao, why do you dare to come here? You don’t have any experience in this area, if you mess up this matter, you will end up learning from the ginseng."
This question troubled her for a long time. However, she did not come up with a suitable reason. Why would the empress of a country come to this place to suffer instead of stay in the palace to enjoy herself?
If not for being affected by Hu Xiao, Xue Mier would never even have come here.
"Who else could it be other than your cousin!?" Hu Xiao slowly said these words. When the words came out, Xue Mier’s face flushed red, but she did not have the heart to retort.
Indeed, other than the Minister Wen s, no one above the imperial government considered Hu Xiao as their mortal enemy.
Hu Xiao glanced at her and continued, If we don’t try, how would we know if we can do it? Women are not worse than men, what men can do, women are also fine. If we don’t come, Qin Shuo will definitely send someone else over.
Xue Mier loved to hear these words the most. She listened with relish, she completely agreed with Hu Xiao’s point of view.
"Also, there are some officials who have to think about ways to deal with water. In order to gain credit, they might throw the water on the ground into the river at all costs. When that happens, I’m afraid it will lead to an even greater disaster, so I’m worried about them."
Hu Xiao said seriously. The water calamity in the south had troubled the East Court for many years, so Hu Xiao wanted to see if there was a way to solve this problem once and for all.
No matter what the result was, he just had to try his best!
"Why do you want to come to the south?" Hu Xiao rubbed her chin and asked suspiciously, she could not guess what Xue Mier was thinking.
Such a delicate person, she thought, might even begin to regret it now.
After listening, Xue Mier arrogantly raised his head and replied: "I’ve received your inspiration. You’re right, a woman shouldn’t be a caged canary.
The reason that Xue Mier’s thoughts had truly changed was because of that trip to the Flower House. At that time, her entire body and mind had become free, and she was very happy.
"Ha!" It seems like my words weren’t meant for you and Professor Bai. " Hu Xiao smiled and narrowed her eyes, she was happy to see the change in her thoughts.
As the two of them were speaking, the rough voice of the driver could be heard from outside the carriage. "Empress, we have arrived."
Hu Xiao got off the car and looked outside. It was extremely desolate outside the door of the town, with the door half closed, without even a guard officer guarding the door.
"What’s going on? Taking the official’s salary and secretly giving himself a vacation?" Hu Xiao’s face sank. She had never seen a county magistrate like this.
The city was in such a mess. The Prefect had even shut the door to the magistrate court. Did he want to die?
Xue Mier followed closely behind. Hu Xiao pushed open the door and entered, opening the door wide, she shouted at the door: "Where are you, have you all become cowards?"
Her piercing gaze traveled back and forth between the Prefect and the constable, who were slumped on the steps, looking as if they had nothing to live for.
Hu Xiao was shocked. He had thought that they would rather sit here than go out and manage the people. The salary for East Court was just too easy to get!
At this time, the Prefect was leaning against a red wooden chair. His cloudy eyes looked at Hu Xiao and then shifted her gaze to the Master Master, as if asking if the Master Master knew this person.
The Grand Master shook his head. Seeing an outsider come, the constables looked at each other in dismay. At this time, didn’t the people in the city run away? Who would come to the county magistrate!
If it wasn’t for the prefect giving them a death order, they would have left this place as soon as possible.
Hu Xiao took out the order badge from her waist, and said fiercely: "What great authority the Prefect has. When I came, I couldn’t even kneel down in respect."
Hu Xiao’s voice was cold and powerful. Her words scared the hell out of the Lord Prefect, the Empress? The Empress came in person?
The Prefect was so frightened that his face turned white. He quickly stood up and attempted to bow to Hu Xiao with trembling hands, but was stopped by Hu Xiao.
"What’s the most important thing to do? Prefect, don’t you know this better than I do?" Hu Xiao said coldly. The most important thing to do now was naturally to deal with the civilians escaping.
Along the way, he saw that the citizens’ faces were yellow and their bodies were thin. Their stomachs were rumbling with hunger. If he didn’t solve the problem of food and drinks, then the south would probably not be able to hold on.
He suddenly kneeled on the ground, crying until his nose was wet. "Empress, it is not that this official does not want to give the refugees good food, but that there is not much food left in the city. They all ran to the capital city, and even if I wanted to stop them, I could not stop them!"
The Prefect’s head was buried in the ground, and his voice sounded as if he had suffered a great grievance.
The food in the city was running out, but the food in the other areas had yet to arrive. What could he do other than wait and do nothing?
Fortunately, at this critical moment, the Empress arrived. The Empress’s words had more weight than his own. Thinking of this, the Prefect felt more at ease.
Hearing his words, Hu Xiao’s face became stiff, the food was almost gone, forget about the County Magistrate, even she was helpless.
But now, things were urgent. Even if he couldn’t solve it, he had to think of a way.
Hu Xiao sighed, she did not have the nerve to force him.
She helped the Prefect up from the ground and said lightly, "Stand up, it will be hard on you all."
Hearing this, the magistrate was overjoyed. With the Empress supporting him, it would not be his fault if he could not manage the water and the refugees.
"The Empress has just arrived. Do you want to rest for a while?" He was not clear about Hu Xiao’s temper, so he did not know what kind of person Hu Xiao was.
"No, I’ll go outside and take a look." Hu Xiao’s expression turned gloomy, right after she finished speaking, she turned and left.
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