Chapter 2095: Drought
Taozhi looked at the handsome man in white brocade robe in front of her, and she felt something flash through her mind. When she thought about it again, her head started to hurt, so she covered her head and said:
"I can't remember!"
Fox San was shocked and immediately spit out a puff of white mist, causing Taozhi to fall into a brief coma. He then used magic to spy on Taozhi's memory, and then he gritted his teeth and cursed, "despicable."
You can imagine who he was scolding!
Hu San was a little angry. He felt that Ling Xuanyu was obviously taking advantage of Taozhi's misfortune and deliberately misleading her into committing herself to him. He was extremely shameless. However, what he had to do now was to help Taozhi recover her memory first.
Just at this moment, Taozhi's personal maid came to change the candles and found that there was someone in her master's bedroom. She immediately screamed and also alarmed Hu San who was casting a spell on Taozhi.
Fox San's figure flashed and he had to turn into a cloud of smoke and leave. This was the imperial palace, and with the protection of dragon energy, he was still suppressed to a certain extent. For Taozhi's sake, he didn't want to alarm too many people.
The scream of the head palace maid attracted the patrolling soldiers. Soon after, Ling Xuanyu, who was still reviewing memorials, rushed to Lianyan Pavilion and immediately blocked the news from this side.
At this time, the senior palace maid was kneeling on the ground, trembling, answering the emperor's questions.
"You said you saw someone in Concubine Tao's bedroom?"
“Yes, yes!”
Ling Xuanyu asked with a sullen face:
"Is it a boy? Is it a girl? What's his body shape? What was he doing when you found him?"
He suspected that someone was trying to assassinate Concubine Tao.
The senior maid recalled and said:
"Your Majesty, I saw that the figure was a man. He was wearing white clothes and was very conspicuous in the dark. He was standing at the head of the bed. When I screamed to warn him, he…he…he turned into a puff of white smoke and disappeared!"
The head maid's lips began to tremble as she spoke to the end. If she had previously thought that those ministers of the previous dynasty who said that Concubine Tao was a monster were pure slander, now she also began to doubt it. She really couldn't help but doubt it, but she didn't dare to show it.
Ling Xuanyu's eyes darkened. It seemed that this palace maid could not be kept. However, he did not express it at the moment. He just gestured to his personal eunuch, who immediately understood his master's hint and nodded slightly.
"You go down first! Don't tell anyone about what happened tonight. Just say that you screamed because Concubine Tao suddenly fainted."
"Yes, I've made note of it."
The head maid then breathed a sigh of relief and quickly retreated.
After a while, the imperial physician came to reply to Ling Xuanyu:
"Your Majesty, Concubine Tao just fainted. She is fine. No medicine is needed. She will wake up naturally tomorrow morning."
"Okay, go down."
After sending the imperial physician away, Ling Xuanyu stayed by Taozhi's bed, looking thoughtful with a frown on his face.
The next morning, Taozhi finally woke up slowly. After waking up, she looked at the gorgeous bed curtains above her head and was stunned for a long time.
Ling Xuanyu immediately asked softly:
"Princess Tao, are you awake? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Taozhi slowly sat up from the bed, then rubbed his forehead and asked:
"Who are you? What is this place? Why am I here?"
She remembered that she had tricked a woman from the bandit's lair into marrying the leader on her behalf, and then she sneaked away through a path in the back mountain.
But just as she ran a short distance, bandits started chasing her from behind. In her haste to escape, she missed a step and fell, hitting her head on a tree stump and she passed out. She couldn't remember what happened afterwards.
Ling Xuanyu's heart skipped a beat, then he pretended to be calm and said:
"Taozhi, you forgot that it was me who saved you when you were injured. In order to thank me for saving your life, you pledged your love to me and returned to Kyoto with me. You are my concubine now."
Taozhi was a little confused after hearing this, but she insisted:
"No, this is impossible. I remember that I have a lover. How can I be your concubine? I don't even know you!"
The chief eunuch standing by couldn't bear to see the emperor being wronged, so he shouted:
"How dare you speak to the Emperor like that? Your life was saved by the Emperor. If it weren't for the Emperor, you would have been..."
"Shut up!"
Ling Xuanyu interrupted the personal eunuch with a cold face.
The eunuch shuddered, then immediately shut up and stepped back, not daring to speak any more.
Taozhi's memory was a little confused at this time. There were memories of what happened before she fainted, and also things that happened in the harem after the man in front of her reminded her. These memories mixed together, making her face even uglier.
Just as Ling Xuanyu was about to continue to comfort Taozhi, a guard came to report that important news had come from the disaster area in the northwest and was waiting for the emperor to make a decision.
It was time for the morning court session, so Ling Xuanyu couldn't stay in the harem for long. He changed into court clothes in Lianyan Pavilion and went to the court session.
After the emperor left, the palace maids and eunuchs helped Taozhi wash, change clothes, and eat. Anyway, the queen was under house arrest and Concubine Tao didn't need to pay her respects, so everyone was quietly doing their own things. Only the head maid was a little absent-minded, but Taozhi, who was lost in her own memories, didn't notice.
When the emperor was attending the morning court, the eunuch read out the urgent memorial sent by the Northwest Disaster Relief Minister. After hearing it, the court officials were worried. This was not a drought that occurred in just one village or town, but in all the counties in the northwest. The victims who could not survive had begun to flee to the south. If the situation could not be controlled, it would probably affect the entire Ganfeng.
"Your Majesty, the messenger said that the northwest has suffered from drought and no crops have been harvested. In addition, the water supply has dropped sharply, and the people are fighting over water to survive. Although the government has sent people to deal with it, it still continues.
In addition, the number of people dying of thirst and starvation is increasing, and no one is collecting the bodies. A plague has already occurred in one village, and the plague is still spreading, causing a large number of victims to flee.
The refugees may have been infected with the disease without knowing it. If they bring the plague to the south, the disaster will continue to spread. Your Majesty, please make a decision as soon as possible!"
There was a buzz in the Qinzheng Hall. All the court officials realized the severity of this natural disaster. If the victims went further south, they would enter the territory of Kyoto. If these victims came, would they accept them or not? If they accepted them, how would they settle them? If they didn't accept them, how would they face the people of Ganfeng? In short, the situation was very tricky.
At this moment, a different voice emerged:
"Your Majesty, you have pampered the evildoer and angered the heavens, so they will punish you!"
Ling Xuanyu slapped the armrest of the dragon throne and angrily shouted:
"This is ridiculous! This is a natural disaster, how can it be linked to the concubines in the harem?
Why does the court support you? Instead of thinking about how to solve the crisis at hand, you push the responsibility onto the women in the harem whenever something happens. You are really out of your mind!"
"Your Majesty, you must not let the evildoer dazzle you!
You can calculate whether the strange changes in the northwest started from the day that Concubine Tao entered the harem. It was only because the news was transmitted slowly and the drought did not happen overnight that His Majesty thought that the incident had nothing to do with the evil concubine in the harem!"
Good night~
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