After being expelled from the palace, she returned with her cub and amazed the whole city

"Prepare the carriage quickly!"

Prime Minister Wei could no longer sit still.

He failed to drive up grain prices, but failed to steal chickens and lost a lot of rice. Now another grain merchant came to Beijing, and his wishful thinking of Xiao Jingzhao came to nothing.

He had to quickly go to the palace to plead guilty, and beg the emperor to show his favor, so as to save the third child from the corvee.

On the surface, the Wei family's grain store has nothing to do with him, and the big family's money is not less.

The third brother was taken away by the Yamen, and the crime of driving up food prices would not implicate the nine clans.

If the emperor followed the Dongling law, the third child would be sentenced to hard labor, and people often lost their lives during hard labor.

The third child is good at doing business, and he will take care of the business for Dafang. If the third child is gone, he will take care of the business.

Part of the Wei family's business has been cut off, and adding fines will only make matters worse.

As soon as the carriage of the Prime Minister's Palace came onto the street, someone with sharp eyes recognized it.

"Look, everyone, people from the Prime Minister's Mansion are coming out."

With a shout, the crowd cheered and surrounded him.

Prime Minister Wei opened the corner of the curtain and saw everyone gathered around him, his expression changed drastically.

"The person sitting inside is Prime Minister Wei! Pull him down and give everyone an explanation." A powerful voice in the crowd shouted.

"Damn it, it's making us unable to eat. This old man still has time to go out in a car for a stroll, so everyone lifted his carriage for me!"

"Get out of here, you crazy guy. If I don't punch you twice today, it will be unforgivable!"

The man cursed angrily and waved his hand, and a group of people rushed forward and pushed the car hard.

The people were so angry that they had no intention of arguing with Prime Minister Wei.

Everyone was at a loss, the carriage was shaky, and the scene suddenly fell into chaos.

Prime Minister Wei was shocked and shouted to the coachman: "Go back!"

The coachman was squeezed out of the carriage by the people who gathered around him, begging for mercy, "Everyone, please calm down. The matter at the grain store has nothing to do with my family. It is all driven by the greed of the third family."

The car curtain was opened, and Prime Minister Wei wanted to jump out of the car and escape.

As soon as he stretched out his head, the cabbage and miscellaneous items in the woman's hand were all thrown at him.

In an instant, Prime Minister Wei was like a mouse crossing the street, holding his head and retreating into the carriage to escape.

"Ouch!"

Prime Minister Wei exclaimed, his face burning with pain. It turned out that a piece of glutinous rice cake had flown into his face.

The sticky glutinous rice cake stuck to his face like a soldering iron, and Prime Minister Wei instinctively reached out to dig it out.

When he threw the glutinous rice cake out of his hand, his fingers were already burned red.

Seeing that the carriage was about to be overturned, the city patrol guards who came after hearing the news stopped everyone in time.

Prime Minister Wei was anxious and angry. He had always been flattered by others and had never felt so useless.

He shook the rotten vegetable leaves on his body and shouted to the patrolling guard: "The truth is wrong. The truth must be brought to justice."

Looking at the embarrassed Prime Minister Wei, the patrolling guard held up his hands in a feigned respect, "Master Wei, are you going to enter the palace? Then let's escort him for a while."

In the palace.

Xiao Jingzhao asked the imperial dining room to prepare wine and food. After dinner, he drank tea and talked with Lin Xianzhi in Linhua Hall.

All the grain he brought was put into the granary to prepare for emergencies.

In the main hall, the two of them sat cross-legged facing each other as before.

Lin Xiangzhi's wheat-colored skin did not affect his handsome appearance at all.

He picked up the glass cup and took a sip, and said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, according to your instructions, Xiangzhi passed by the disaster-stricken place and left part of the food for the county magistrate. He also asked people to watch the county magistrate distribute the food before going there. Coming from the capital, I was delayed for a few days."

"Thank you for your hard work. The autumn exam is coming soon. You stay in the capital to prepare for the exam. There are too few people around me, especially those in charge of money and food. I can't trust anyone else."

The people serving in the palace were all far away, and Xiao Jingzhao was still the same as before, not calling himself me.

He could have directly arranged for Lin Xianzhi to join the Ministry of Household Affairs. He had just abolished the recommendation system and the donation system. At this time, it was inappropriate to arrange an official position for Lin Zhi.

Prime Minister Lin paid attention to the emperor's announcement along the way, and of course he understood Xiao Jingzhao's intentions.

"Xiangzhi also has this intention. He has been reviewing his homework along the way. He hopes that one day he will be named on the gold medal list, which will make his father and uncle happy."

"By the way, when will the prince and the princess come to Beijing?" Lin Xiangzhi also knew that Xiao Jingzhao's enthronement ceremony was coming, and asked with concern.

Xiao Jingzhao took a sip of tea and said: "Yesterday, I received a message from my father Fei Ge, saying that the change of dynasty in Dongling might attract invasion from neighboring countries. He will guard Yannan to prevent Liang Guo from taking the opportunity to invade."

Xiao Jingzhao did not say that his mother-in-law would bring her sisters to Beijing in the future.

"The prince has lived in Yannan for many years and has deep feelings for it. This time he went to the Liang Kingdom. The Liang Kingdom royal family fought to the death for the position of crown prince. They really had no intention of provoking Dongling."

Speaking of Liang Guo, Xiao Jingzhao smiled with interest and asked, "Did you find out any interesting news this time?"

Lin Xiangzhi knew what Xiao Jingzhao wanted to know by looking at his expression.

"Xiangzhi specifically inquired about it, and the matter is indeed true. The legitimate son born to the Queen of Liang was lost in Dongling."

"This has been going on for more than 20 years. I'm afraid it will be difficult to find traces."

Xiao Jingzhao nodded slightly, "Yes, but you have to try your luck. Once the enthronement matter is over, I will send a few secret guards out to check."

"You live in the palace first, and I will arrange a residence for you after Qiu has tried it."

"Can I live in the palace? Jing... Your Majesty, you are so kind to me." Lin Xiangzhi smiled broadly and almost called him by his first name if he wasn't careful.

The two of them were already very outrageous, and Lin Xiangzhi secretly decided that he must change this habit in the future.

Now that his friend is the emperor, he must set a good example and not let people say that people from Yannan have no rules, let alone be arrogant.

The two were chatting enthusiastically, and Ma Liang reported at the door of the palace, "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister wants to see you."

Xiao Jingzhao raised his eyebrows slightly, "Isn't he sick?"

"Your Majesty means not to see him? I'll send him away right away."

"Wait, call him in."

A moment later, Prime Minister Wei appeared in the hall in a mess and depressed.

There was a bump on his forehead, and his cheeks had obvious burns. I don't know if there are water stains or oil stains on his robes.

Lin Xiangzhi, who didn't know the truth, widened his eyes.

How could the prime minister, who was above everyone else, become like this?

While he was confused, he saw the man kneel down with a "thump".

"Greetings, Your Majesty. Long live the Emperor!"

Xiao Jingzhao did not ask him to stand up, and let Prime Minister Wei kneel down to speak.

"Your Majesty, it is not that I am disrespectful to dress like this, but it is the people who are rude and almost overturned my carriage. If the patrol guards had not arrived in time, I would not have seen Your Majesty."

Prime Minister Wei lowered his head and prostrated himself on the ground, almost crying.

"There are many court officials appearing on the street every day, why do the people only want to overturn your carriage?

Xiao Jingzhao had no expression on his face, and a dignified aura was breathtaking.

The aura of looking down on the world was intimidating without anger, and Prime Minister Wei was afraid just by hearing the voice.

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. It was all because I did not discipline my clansmen strictly. Your Majesty, forgive them this time, and I promise that they will never dare to do high-priced business again in the future."