Nan Yan was sitting in the side hall, and she felt an inexplicable heart palpitation for some reason. She couldn't help getting up and walked to the door to look out. Seeing her like this, Ruo Shui immediately said: "The maid is worried about the princess? "

"she-"

Nan Yan was about to say something when he heard footsteps outside.

Immediately afterwards, Xin Ping rushed to the door in a hurry.

"Mother concubine!"

Seeing her coming back, Nan Yan immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly squatted down to see if there was anything wrong with her daughter. At a glance, she found Xinping's eyes were red, her nose was also red, and her face was clearly stained with tears. He even kept sobbing at himself. Immediately frowned and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you crying?"

Xinping said tearfully: "Mother, someone is hungry!"

"what?"

Nan Yan was stunned for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, another group of people trotted to the door of the side hall. Looking up, it was the little eunuchs Delu and the big monk Shikong who had just led the people out to find Princess Xinping, and the little monk Mingxin with a The fat, strong and shiny monk also came over. When they saw Xinping and the noble concubine, everyone was a little panicked and hurriedly knelt down and bowed.

"Miss."

Nan Yan frowned and said, "What's going on?"

Shi Kong and the others were still a little hesitant, but Delu didn't dare to neglect, he hurriedly knelt on the ground, and told Nan Yan what he had just seen. Shi Kong: "Are there hungry people here?"

Monk Shi Kong could only kneel on the ground and said honestly, "If you go back to the concubine, yes."

Nan Yan said again: "You hid them in the temple?"

Monk Shikong said, "Yes."

Nan Yandao: "Where do the hungry people come from? Why hide in the temple?"

Seeing this, Shi Kong didn't dare to hide it, so he could only tell the whole story. This year, the Huaihe River flooded, and several counties were hit. People there couldn't survive and had to flee the famine. Some people came to Jinling City.

If it was in previous years, the government would naturally allocate food to help the victims, but the strange thing is that this year, the government did not take out a grain of food. The people drove the victims out of the city.

Some of the victims were driven out, and they didn't know whether they were dead or alive now, while others knew that they could only starve to death without food after leaving the city, so they simply hid in various places in the city, as long as they had a bite to eat, they could live. down.

The monks of Daci'en Temple were merciful and took in some of them.

It's just that the monk Shikong also knew that when the emperor came to Jinling City this time, it was very likely that he would go to Daci'en Temple to pay homage, so he planned to lock these people in the alley outside the second gate for the past few days. , do not let them speak, only let the kitchen steam a steamed bun for each of them every day and send them over, and let them out after the emperor is gone.

Unexpectedly, the existence of these people was discovered by Her Royal Highness the Princess.

Hearing these words, Nan Yan's face sank, but her anger rose. She paced back and forth a few steps, really not knowing what to do, and then turned to the door and pointed at Shi Kong and said angrily, "Hello. Great courage!"

Xinping did not expect that even her mother-in-law was angry, and her eyes widened in fright, like a frightened bunny.

At this time, the little monk Mingxin knelt on the ground, took two steps towards Nanyan, and kowtowed: "Niangniang, it's the little monk who is not good, it's the little monk who brought Her Royal Highness to see those hungry people, master, Just pity those people, afraid that the government will expel them again, these people really have no way to live. Please don't blame the goddess, if there is any guilt, the little monk is willing to bear it."

Nan Yandao: "You do it all? How capable are you? What can you afford?"

"…"

"Bengong thought you were a governor, but I didn't expect you to be so ignorant!"

Ming Xin was terrified and kowtowed again and again.

Although he was angry, this was not the time to be angry, not to mention that Mingxin was once the princess' savior, and he couldn't count on him anymore, but Nan Yan was really overwhelmed right now. You know, although Zhu Feng is magnanimous, as long as he is an emperor, his magnanimity has a bottom line. Every emperor has his own evil scales, and their common evil scales are things like starvation and starvation.

How to deal with the hungry people, how to manage the famine, all dynasties and dynasties are very sensitive, whatever the government below can do, but to let them rush in front of the emperor is to slap the emperor in the face.

Today, Zhu Feng made a special trip to Daci'en Temple to worship Emperor Gao and Empress Renxiao, and more importantly, his biological mother.

At times like this, something like this happens—

If he is really furious, the people here will probably lose a layer of skin!

She took a deep breath to calm herself down, looked out again, and asked, "Where are those people?"

The monk Shikong said: "It's still outside the second gate, and the poor monk dare not let them go around."

Nan Yandao: "Close the door and keep your mouth shut!"

Shi Kong said: "Yes."

Nan Yan walked out again. Fortunately, the people around Zhu Feng stayed outside the Chong En Pagoda, and there were only a few guards and the accompanying **** maids outside this side hall. Nan Yan said with a sullen face: "No matter what happened just now. , if any of you dare to chew the tongue in front of the emperor, this palace will cut off his tongue, chop it up and feed it to the dog!"

Several people immediately knelt down and said, "Yes."

Nan Yan waved to Shi Kong and the others again: "Go back and do what you should do."

With the imperial concubine on bail, Shi Kong and the others were relieved, and they all hurriedly left the side hall, and the monk Buji also left.

In fact, Nan Yan also knew in his heart that it was impossible to hide this matter. It was a mess just now, and Chong Enta must have heard it. As soon as a few words spread, Zhu Feng must also ask. But at least, at this time, make a good face.

So, she squatted down and looked at Xinping, who was tearful, and said, "No matter what you just saw, you are not allowed to talk nonsense in front of your father."

Xinping timidly said: "Why?"

Nan Yandao: "Because your father is angry, everyone here will be beheaded!"

Xinping flinched in fright.

She thought about it for a while, and then said to Nan Yan, "Mother, why are there still so many hungry people in the world? Yes, is it because the royal father is not doing well?"

Nan Yan's face suddenly turned blue.

But she didn't get angry, she just thought about it for a while, and then looked into her daughter's eyes a little tiredly and said, "Sometimes, it may not be that your father is not doing well, but—"

"But what?"

"But, your father, it's also difficult."

"Isn't the father emperor the emperor? How could he be in trouble?"

Nan Yandao: "Being an ordinary person will have a dilemma, and your father, the emperor, he is the emperor, he is in charge of thousands of people in the world, he will have all kinds of difficulties."

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