Chapter 447: The Brutal Little Emperor vs. the Beauty Killer (53)
At the morning court two days later.
Gu Guifan's followers finally took action, and the leader, Lord Feng, was the first to stand up:
"Your Majesty, Jinchang has been hit by drought recently, coupled with a locust plague. The people have been displaced, and thousands of victims are now heading towards the capital."
"The city of Beisheng has been hit hardest by the disaster, with people already starving to death."
"The locust plague is a sign of the wrath of Heaven. I implore Your Majesty to offer sacrifices to Heaven and pray, and to practice in the National Temple until the disaster ends."
Another official stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Lord Feng's words are quite reasonable. Our most pressing task now is to stabilize the people's hearts and minds to prevent them from rising in rebellion. Your Majesty, please enter the National Temple to practice."
"I second the motion."
All of Gu Guifan's followers agreed.
"Absurd!" Li Taifu couldn't suppress his anger and said:
"The most important thing now is to deal with the locusts and gather enough food to send to the disaster area!"
"What nonsense! Believe it or not, I will sacrifice you to the heavens!"
Lord Feng's face darkened: "You are vulgar!"
"The national treasury's granaries have been emptied due to disaster relief efforts, and Your Majesty has been unable to find food. Praying is the best solution at the moment."
"I believe that your Majesty's sincerity will surely move heaven to send down rain and end the disaster."
Although he said this, a gleam of light flashed in Lord Feng's eyes.
Prime Minister Gu gave them an order last night, forcing Helian Lu to enter the National Temple to practice.
This is the only way to incite the people and pull him down.
After all, the people only care about whether they can have enough to eat. Whoever makes them hungry is the enemy.
Anyway, Prime Minister Gu's people have now taken control of Beisheng City. Even if the plan fails today, they can secretly kill a group of victims and put the blame on Helian Lu.
The monarch's inaction is enough to arouse public anger.
Lord Feng pretended to be worried: "I also want to end the disaster as soon as possible, but without food, more people will starve to death."
"Pray for blessings and practice, there is still a glimmer of hope..."
The young man's clear voice interrupted Lord Feng.
"If there is not enough food, the nobles can donate."
Lu Cha looked at Lord Feng leisurely, with a hint of meaning in his eyes: "As officials in the court, you were the first to learn about the drought. I'm sure you all have stored food at home."
"Jinchang is now in trouble, and you should lend a hand and overcome the difficulties together."
Li Taifu spoke first: "This old minister is willing to donate 800 kilograms of grain, plus 1,000 taels of gold to purchase the grain."
As students of Li Taifu, they immediately stepped forward to offer their donations, including officials who supported Lu Cha.
In less than a moment.
Only a dozen of Gu Guifan's followers had not expressed their attitude, and they were pushed to the back by the officials, appearing out of place.
Lu Cha deliberately waved his hand to separate the officials, revealing Lord Feng and others in the back:
"Lord Feng, how much grain do you plan to donate?"
Lord Feng looked away guiltily. "I would like to donate, but I never have the habit of hoarding food. I always buy food as I eat it. The servants in your house haven't gone shopping yet, so I estimate there's only one or two kilograms of rice."
The other gang members also made excuses.
Suddenly, the guards waiting outside the hall rushed in and held down all of Gu Guifan's followers without any explanation.
The scene of the little emperor's blood-stained throne room was still fresh in his mind. Lord Feng was frightened and broke into a cold sweat. He tried to calm down:
"Your Majesty, what are you doing?"
"My dear ministers, don't be nervous. You haven't made any mistakes. I won't do anything to you, but..." Lu Cha suddenly smiled and said harmlessly:
"Today, only officials who donated grain can leave the Golden Throne Hall."
She really has no food left, but she can still get some food!
Lu Cha walked down from his high seat and looked at Li Taifu: "Teacher, let's go out together."
Li Taifu, who had already known about Lu Cha's plan, nodded and said to Lord Feng in a sarcastic tone:
"When I return home, I will have no choice but to lie down on the bed and sleep. I don't have the blessing of Lord Feng, who can rest in the Golden Throne Hall."
Lord Feng was so angry that his lips were trembling.
Who could have thought that His Majesty would not play by the rules and actually planned to imprison them in the Golden Palace!
Some officials were dissatisfied and boldly blocked Lu Cha's way: "Your Majesty, we are imprisoned simply for not donating grain. Who will dare to be loyal to you in the future?"
"If Your Majesty does not revoke your order, I will die here..."
Without waiting for the official to finish speaking, the little emperor's face turned cold. He directly drew the sword of the guard beside him and chopped off one of the official's arms.
With a scream, the official fell to the ground, covering his bloody shoulder.
Lord Feng and his companions, who had originally wanted to protest together, immediately shut their mouths.
"If you are in the mood to threaten me, why don't you think about how much food to donate?"
Lu Cha let go and stuck his sword into the official's fallen arm: "If you think it through, you can tell the guards outside at any time."
"Otherwise, you'll just starve to death here."
Lord Feng was stunned: "Your Majesty means..."
Deer. Little Rascal. Tea. Feigned melancholy: "Food is scarce right now, and the palace doesn't have any extra food to share with you."
"Everyone, tighten your belts and stand up straight."
After saying this, Lu Cha took Li Taifu and others away and ordered the guards to lock the palace door from the outside.
Xiao Shan, who was following Lu Cha, asked hesitantly, "Your Majesty, what if these dozen people need to go to the bathroom?"
"Should I prepare a toilet for them?"
"But this will make the throne room dirty."
Lu Cha thought for a moment and said, "Send them all to the cold palace."
"Anyone who doesn't cooperate will be killed on the spot."
"Remember to take the injured official with you. There's no need to treat him."
Save it to scare other dogs!
Xiaoshan immediately did as he was told.
Master Li, who was standing by, guessed that Lu Cha wanted to make an example of someone and sighed in his heart while stroking his goatee.
When it comes to being insidious, it still depends on Your Majesty.
At this time, An Jin came over and showed a rare look of joy: "Your Majesty! Good news!"
"I just found a lot of food outside the palace wall! It's piled all over the road! There must be at least fifty loads! It's..."
Seeing that Master Li was there, An Jin paused and didn't dare to continue.
But Li Taifu was very perceptive and said, "Then this old minister will go to the Imperial Study to wait for Your Majesty first."
Lucha: “Okay.”
After Li Taifu left, An Jin whispered again: "It was the man named Ying Yi who was beside Shen Zhaoyi who sent the food."
"Ying Yi originally disguised himself and led people into the palace to deliver food, but he was too conspicuous and was discovered by his subordinates."
"I saw that Ying Yi was sneaking around, probably because he didn't want us to know, so I didn't show up to expose him."
"Send people to collect the grain, and when we get the grain donated by the officials, we'll send it to the disaster area." Lu Cha took off a jade pendant from his waist and handed it to An Jin.
“Pick out some jewelry and give it to Shen Zhaoyi along with this jade pendant.”
"Tell him I'll go see him in a few days."
She also had to discuss the disaster with Master Li and had no time to visit the little villain, so she could only give him a gift.
After dealing with the remaining followers of the male protagonist, she will be free.
Dark Gold nodded and left.
It takes about a cup of tea.
Shen Yi, who was resting in Chaoyang Palace, received a reward from the palace servants.
Hundreds of expensive and exquisite jewelry filled all the tables in the main hall.
After all the palace servants left, Ying Yi stepped out from the shadows and asked, "Your Majesty, why would you give the Pavilion Master so many rewards for no reason?"
"Could it be that His Majesty knows that it was the Pavilion Master who sent the food, and is here to thank you?"
Shen Yi, however, did not listen to Ying Yi's words, but was staring intently at the objects on one of the red cloth trays.
It was a jade pendant engraved with dragon patterns.
In the middle of the jade pendant is a small deer character, representing that this is the little emperor's personal jade pendant.
Sejun sent the jade pendant over and asked the palace servant to pass on the message. Was he afraid that he would be unhappy?
Shen Yi picked up the jade pendant with random thoughts, and in a trance, he felt the remaining warmth on it.
He carefully traced the word "deer" on it, and unconsciously raised the corners of his lips.
On the contrary, he can coax people.
[Ding—Villain Favorability +3.]
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Four days passed in a flash.
More than a dozen officials imprisoned in the cold palace could not hold on any longer due to lack of water and food, and they cried and shouted for to see His Majesty.
Lu Cha finished his breakfast and then came over slowly.
She waved her hand to ask the guards outside to open the locked palace door, and a pungent stench came over.
The next moment, several pitch-black shadows rushed over madly.
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