Chapter 2095 Drought
Taozhi looked at the handsome man in white brocade robe in front of her. She felt something flash through her mind. When she thought about it carefully, her head began to hurt. So she covered her head and said:
"I can't remember!"
Hu San was shocked and immediately spit out a white mist, causing Taozhi to fall into a short coma. He used magic to spy on Taozhi's memory, and then he gritted his teeth and cursed "despicable".
You can imagine who he was cursing!
Hu San was a little angry. He felt that Ling Xuanyu was obviously taking advantage of others' misfortune and deliberately inducing Taozhi to commit herself to him. It was extremely shameless. However, what he had to do now was to help Taozhi recover her memory first.
At this time, Taozhi's personal maid came to change the candles and found that there was someone in the master's bedroom. She immediately exclaimed and also alarmed Hu San who was casting a spell on Taozhi.
Hu San's figure flashed and he had to turn into a cloud of smoke and leave. This was the imperial palace, and he was protected by the dragon spirit. He was still suppressed to a certain extent. For the sake of Tao Zhi, he didn't want to alarm too many people.
The scream of the head maid attracted the patrolling soldiers. Soon after, Ling Xuanyu, who was still reviewing the memorials, rushed to the Lianyan Pavilion and immediately blocked the news here.
At this time, the head maid knelt on the ground shaking and accepted the emperor's questioning.
"You said you saw someone in the bedroom of Concubine Tao?"
"Yes, yes!"
Ling Xuanyu asked with a gloomy face:
"Is it a man? Is it a woman? What's his figure? What was he doing when you found him?"
He suspected that someone wanted to assassinate Concubine Tao.
The maid recalled and said:
"Your Majesty, I saw that the figure was a man. He was wearing a white robe and was very conspicuous in the dark. He was standing at the head of the bed at that time. When I screamed to warn him, he...he...he disappeared in a cloud of white smoke!"
The maid's lips began to tremble at the end. If she had thought that the ministers of the previous dynasty who said that Concubine Tao was a demon were slanderous, she would now begin 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 maid could not be kept, but he didn't say anything at the moment. He just gestured to his personal eunuch, who immediately understood the master's hint and nodded gently.
"You go down first! Don't tell anyone about what happened tonight. Just say that you screamed because Concubine Tao suddenly fainted."
"Yes, I'll remember it."
The maid breathed a sigh of relief and quickly retreated.
After a while, the imperial physician came to reply Ling Xuanyu:
"Your Majesty, Concubine Tao just fell asleep, there is nothing serious, no need to take medicine, she will wake up naturally tomorrow morning."
"Okay, you go."
After sending the imperial physician away, Ling Xuanyu stayed by Taozhi's bed, with a thoughtful look on his face and his brows furrowed tightly.
The next morning, Taozhi finally woke up slowly. After waking up, she looked at the gorgeous bed curtain above her head and was stunned for a long time.
Ling Xuanyu immediately asked softly:
"Concubine Tao, are you awake? But are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Taozhi slowly sat up from the bed, then rubbed her forehead and asked:
"Who are you? Where is this place? Why am I here?"
She remembered that she had tricked a woman from the bandit's lair to marry the leader for her, and then she sneaked away from the back mountain path.
But she had just run a short distance when the bandits chased her. She stepped on the air and fell down in a hurry. Her head hit a tree stump and she fainted. She couldn't remember what happened afterwards.
Ling Xuanyu's heart skipped a beat, and then he pretended to be calm and said:
"Taozhi, have you forgotten that I saved you when you were injured? In order to thank me for saving your life, you promised me your body and returned to Kyoto with me. You are my concubine now."
Taozhi's mind 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 on the side couldn't bear to see the emperor being wronged, and he shouted:
"Bold Tao Fei! How dare you talk to the emperor like this? Your life was saved by the emperor. If it weren't for the emperor, you would have been..."
"Shut up!"
Ling Xuanyu interrupted the eunuch with a cold face.
The eunuch shuddered, immediately shut up and retreated, not daring to speak again.
Taozhi's memory was a little confused at this time. There were things that happened before she fainted, and there were things that happened in the harem after the man in front of her reminded her. These memories were mixed together, making her face even uglier.
Just as Ling Xuanyu was about to continue to comfort Taozhi, a guard came to report that there was important news from the disaster area in the northwest, waiting for the emperor to decide.
It was also time for the morning court, so Ling Xuanyu couldn't stay in the harem for a long time. He changed into court clothes in the Lianyan Pavilion and went to court.
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After the emperor left, the maids and eunuchs served Taozhi to wash, change clothes, and eat. Anyway, the queen was under house arrest, and Tao Fei didn't need to pay respects, so everyone was quietly doing their own things. Only the maid was a little absent-minded, but Taozhi, who was immersed in her own memories, didn't notice it.
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 Qianfeng area.
"Your Majesty, the messenger said that the northwest has no harvest due to drought, and the water source has dropped sharply. People are fighting for 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. There has been a plague in a village, and the plague is still spreading, causing a large number of victims to flee.
The fleeing victims may have been infected with the disease without knowing it. If these victims bring the plague to the south, this natural disaster will continue to expand. Please make a decision early, Your Majesty!"
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, how would they settle them? If they didn't accept them, how would they face the people of Qianfeng? In short, things were very tricky.
At this time, a different voice came out:
"Your Majesty, you favored the evil spirit and angered the heaven, so the heaven will punish you!"
Ling Xuanyu slapped the armrest of the dragon throne and shouted angrily:
"It's ridiculous! This is a natural disaster, how can it be related to the concubines in the harem?
What do the court keep you for? You don't think about how to solve the crisis in front of you, and you push the responsibility to the women in the harem when something happens. You are really promising!"
"Your Majesty, you can't let the evil spirit blind you!
You can calculate whether the northwest has changed since the day when Concubine Tao entered the harem. It's just because the news was transmitted slowly, and the drought did not happen overnight, so Your Majesty thought that this matter had nothing to do with the evil concubine in the harem!"
Good night~