Rong Yan, who had been deliberately stimulated just now, turned red in the face, Xiao Ran didn't need him to answer: "It's a pity that I didn't see him this time, and I don't know if your emperor's butt is on fire or something, so anxious. Urge us to go back.”

Rong Yan coughed lightly: "Aunt Xiao, after we send Yan Lu back, can you accompany me to Fuyuan Village again?"

Xiao Ran raised an eyebrow and said jokingly: "Do you want to bring a betrothal gift?"

She originally wanted to tease this serious boy who grew up, but he said seriously: "Yes."

Oops, the iron tree is blooming.

This is a good thing: "Do you want me to accompany you to prepare?"

Rong Yan was a little shy but nodded firmly.

Xiao Ran slapped her thigh and said, "Okay, I will recognize her as my goddaughter when the time comes."

Even if he is no longer favored, as a prince, it is just a fantasy to marry a little girl with no status, but if he has the status of General Xiao's adopted daughter, everything will fall into place.

Rong Yan originally planned this, but unexpectedly Aunt Xiao took the initiative to bring it up first. He bowed respectfully, and Xiao Ran accepted it. After that, the army regrouped outside the imperial city without disturbing the people. , entered the city.

In the imperial city, in the Qinzheng Hall, the emperor in bright yellow dragon robe looked at the queen with a smile but not a smile. The queen stood up confidently: "Your Majesty, don't worry, our Yan family has always been strict, how can it be possible for us to enrich ourselves? Master Yan is busy preparing for you. Surprise, I was deceived if I didn’t check for a while.”

The emperor's smile seemed to be engraved on his face. It looked warm, but if you look closely, you couldn't find the warmth.

"Since someone was deceived, why didn't you report it after you found out?"

The Queen immediately knelt down and said: "Your Majesty is aware that if this matter spreads, it will definitely make the people of Luozhou panic and live in panic. It may even cause civil unrest. Master Yan also thinks about the overall situation..."

The emperor's smile faded: "So, I still have to thank him?"

The queen stiffened and immediately knelt on the ground: "I don't dare, I am guilty. If I hadn't privately ordered Yan Lu to do things for me, he wouldn't have..."

The emperor was so rested: "Oh, so this matter is related to the queen?"

Cold sweat broke out on the queen's back. The emperor had become increasingly unpredictable in recent years. The Yan family was so powerful that he must have been disgusted with it for a long time. If he got the opportunity this time, he would definitely use it to his advantage.

Because of this, they have to find a way to keep Yan's rules - that's the Yan family's face!

The queen admitted her mistake, but never mentioned a word about what the "surprise" was. This actually made the emperor really curious - what on earth could make the queen and Yan Dang certain that he would pardon Yan Lu for this? ?

Even if a scapegoat is found, it is an indisputable fact that failure to enforce strict laws under strict rules can lead to catastrophe. Unless a miracle happens, there will definitely be no room for this person to speak in the court in the future.

After helping the queen up, the emperor sighed: "That's all. It seems that as long as the queen has made up her mind not to let me know something, it is useless for me to ask. Then I will wait for the third child to come back with peace of mind."

The queen was so frightened by these words that her movements when she stood up were not very smooth: "Yes, I will leave."

After the emperor helped the person up, he turned around and went to the desk to continue dealing with political affairs. He didn't seem to notice it, and he had just said it casually. However, the queen's eyelids kept jumping when she left. After returning to Fengqi Palace, she couldn't help but call for confirmation from her confidants. .

"Yan Lu's place, is it really foolproof?"

The man nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, Madam, Mr. Yan is very careful and has already prepared the farmland for 'planting new rice seeds' and various evidences. The rice seeds have also been secretly sent to the capital. Although there are many people in Fuyuan Village who know nothing about it, they can't." They will all be wiped out, but whoever stipulates that they can grow new rice seeds, others cannot."

"As for those officials, haha, after hearing about the reputation of the Yan family, they all shut up long ago. No one except Shen Congyun dared to continue investigating..."

The queen finally found an outlet to vent her emotions: "Shen Congyun? Like Chen Yong, are you a disciple of Lu Chen's immortal disciple, right? Now in the court, he is the only fool of his group who dares to go against our Yan family."

"Wait until the prince ascends the throne, huh."

Not long after, Rong Yan and Xiao Ran came to the emperor with Yan Lu. Yan Lu changed his composure on the road and wanted to burst into tears: "Your Majesty, I am guilty!"

This pretentious virtue made Xiao Ran feel nauseous, but the emperor sat down as usual: "Oh, tell me carefully, where is the crime?"

Along the way, Yan Lu had gone over and over again to clarify his rhetoric. He made an impassioned speech and put all the blame on his general judge. He then concluded: "I was not strict in my rule. I was busy with other things and failed to restrain my subordinates. As a result, the money for the construction of the dam was pocketed by traitors!"

The emperor asked calmly: "Oh? Yan Aiqing means that this is all your fault and has nothing to do with you?"

Yan Lu's head hit the ground with a thud: "I don't dare, it's all my fault, please forgive me!"

The emperor had enough time to watch him perform for a while before he asked slowly: "Then what do you think is better? Is it better to punish the Queen of Autumn or to banish her to the army, or to implicate the nine tribes?"

Yan Lu said "Ah" and was a little stunned.

The emperor's face suddenly turned cold: "Don't be so pretentious in front of me, and if you want to talk to me, then you can play hard-to-get with me, pretending to be hesitant to talk, then go straight to the prison of the Ministry of Punishments and wait for your head to fall off. You If you can't say it out loud, you can leave it to the King of Hell to talk about it."

Yan Lu hadn't seen the majesty of the emperor for a long time, and he was instantly frightened and fell to his knees. The sound was so real that Xiao Ran felt like his kneecaps were going to crack, and he almost couldn't help shouting again.

"Guilty minister, guilty minister is secretly planting new rice for Your Majesty. The yield of new rice per acre can reach a thousand kilograms per acre, which is more than three times that of ordinary rice. Sinful minister, guilty minister is because he is too focused on That new rice seed, that's why it was accidentally overlooked, and the general judge took advantage of it and almost caused the dam to collapse. However, when the guilty official found out about it, he immediately took action to remedy the situation, so the dam remains intact until now. hinder."

The words he originally used to claim credit suddenly turned into begging for mercy when the emperor threatened him. Yan Lu raised his head and glanced at the silent emperor, and immediately added: "The guilty minister made a big mistake, but he didn't deliberately conceal it. It was because after inspection. I found that the problem with the dam was not serious and could be repaired, but I was afraid that if the incident spread, it would cause civil unrest, so, then..."

His mind was frightened and he suddenly couldn't remember the word.

Xiao Ran coughed lightly and reminded him: "You know what you know but don't report it? Do you deceive your superiors and hide it from your subordinates?"

She clapped her hands: "The crime of deceiving the emperor!"

Yan Lu was sweating profusely, but fortunately the emperor had been successfully attracted by his words: "How much do you think the yield per mu is?"

Yan Lu calmed down a bit and said, "Your Majesty, I conservatively estimate that the yield per mu can reach one thousand catties."

Unlike those drunkards, Emperor Xia valued farming, so he had long understood the value of grain output. Yan Lu's words really subverted common sense, and even he couldn't help but get a little excited.

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