Chapter 168: Lovesickness and tears (second update)
A natural disaster involving more than a dozen cities is related to the national destiny of the entire Daliang.
Natural disasters are often accompanied by the death of countless people, the reduction of food, and the depletion of the national treasury, but it is not just that.
If it is not handled promptly and well enough, the people will be unstable and the world will be in turmoil, which can easily be taken advantage of by people with ulterior motives. The most serious result may even cause people to rise up and create a situation that is even more difficult to control.
It would be even more unimaginable if someone with more ambition took the opportunity to destroy the emperor's reputation, weaken the country's power, disrupt the court, and then rebel and threaten the imperial power.
This is the reason why Zhao Yi had to cease the war. He attaches great importance to this natural disaster and is even more afraid that people with intentions will use the natural disaster to deal with him.
Although there was no war anymore, half of Prime Minister Ye's family property was still taken away by Zhao Yi, but this time it was used for disaster relief. Zhao Yi publicly praised Prime Minister Ye for his righteousness, his great benevolence and righteousness for the country and the people, and made Prime Minister Ye the Duke of the country.
Half of the family wealth was exchanged for the position of a prince, no matter what others thought, at least Prime Minister Ye was satisfied. This was the Lord he had longed for, and now he finally got what he wanted, in this completely unexpected way.
Suddenly, he no longer felt sorry for the half of his family wealth that he had lost. He even felt windy when walking, and he became more loyal to Zhao Yi.
Not only that, Prime Minister Ye was extremely dedicated and personally involved in this disaster relief effort, with unprecedented diligence and seriousness.
Of course, such a big thing cannot be accomplished by Prime Minister Ye alone. All civil and military officials in the dynasty were busy with this. Countless documents flew into the imperial study like snowflakes, and various supplies were sent to the disaster area.
Zhao Yi stayed up in the royal study for several days without much sleep. Finally he was free. He was so exhausted that his first thought was not to fall down and sleep immediately, but to go to Guanju Palace.
Guanju Palace still closed the door to prevent others from entering, but how could the emperor be stopped if he could stop others? The palace officials did not have the courage.
Zhao Yi went in directly. Ye Wanwan was not in the hall, so he didn't need to ask. He went directly to the garden, and sure enough, he saw Ye Wanwan there, sleeping soundly on the swing.
The garden, swings, flowers, and beauties are as beautiful as an unreal picture.
Ye Wanwan was very haggard when she came back. She was sick from traveling all the way. She lost twice as much weight and was almost skin and bones. She looked a little embarrassed. After raising her for more than half a month, she finally gained some meat.
Her cheeks are plump, her skin is white and translucent, and her eyebrows are delicate. Even without makeup, she is so beautiful that people can't take their eyes away, as if a fairy from the sky has landed among the flowers to take a rest.
Qingsha on the side wanted to wake up Ye Wanwan, but she couldn't offend Emperor Yang, so she could only worry.
Zhao Yi didn't want to wake Ye Wanwan up. She was awake on weekdays, but it made him worry a lot. It was better to be quiet and look at her soothingly.
After being tired for so many days, he couldn't sleep well, but seeing Ye Wanwan like this, he suddenly wanted to have a good sleep.
He bent down and gently picked up Ye Wanwan, carried her to her bed and laid her down. He also took off his clothes and got into bed, pulled up the quilt to cover her, and fell asleep within a moment.
Qing Sha carefully went up and lowered the curtain. In fact, her hands were shaking at the moment. The empress did not want to sleep with her, but now it has become like this. What should she do?
Aunt Lin was quite pleased. She stood at the door and smiled: "Your Majesty, you are lucky after all."
In Aunt Lin's view, Ye Wanwan was still the emperor's concubine. It was okay to lose her temper, but sleeping with her and giving birth to children were inevitable and natural.
Therefore, it is a good thing that Zhao Yi is good to Ye Wanwan and the two of them sleep in the same bed.
Good thing?
Ye Wanwan did fall asleep before, but she woke up when Zhao Yi carried her to the bed. She was not a pig, how could she sleep so deeply.
She just didn't move. She just waited until she heard the sound of Zhao Yi falling asleep before slowly opening her eyes. She didn't move her body or get up, she just lay there.
She hates Zhao Yi, but at least she can't offend him completely yet.
Zhao Yi slept soundly indeed, but he didn't sleep for long. Within an hour, someone came calling, asking for an audience with the minister.
Zhao Yi woke up. Ye Wanwan had already dressed and was sitting to eat. She didn't intend to get up when she saw Zhao Yi going out.
"Your Majesty is awake, do you want to use some?"
It was not a particularly polite but natural attitude, as if he was not an emperor, but just her husband.
As soon as this idea came out, it immediately touched Zhao Yi's heart. He couldn't help but move and didn't bother to deal with the matter. Instead, he walked to the table and sat down.
The palace attendants immediately prepared the dishes. Fortunately, they were smart and prepared two portions.
The food was the same as Ye Wanwan's. It was not a delicacy, but even this ordinary thing had an indescribable deliciousness when eating it at this moment.
Zhao Yi looked at Ye Wanwan while eating. Ye Wanwan ate very gracefully, but occasionally her mouth would bulge and she looked very cute. Suddenly she felt more appetizing. This is probably called beautiful food.
"I'll come over later."
A sentence blurted out unconsciously. After finishing speaking, Zhao Yi remembered something and his face became a little dark.
Ye Wanwan was also a little surprised. The food in her mouth immediately lost its flavor. She swallowed it slowly and looked at Zhao Yi: "That... okay..."
After Zhao Yi left, Ye Wanwan was holding a bowl and eating dessert. She was not in a hurry. Zhao Yi would come if he didn't feel uncomfortable.
Sure enough, Zhao Yi didn't come until dawn one night, saying that he had too many things to do, so he discussed it until late at night and went to sleep in the imperial study room.
Probably in order to make his dislike less obvious, he sent a lot of flowers to Ye Wanwan to add to her garden.
Ye Wanwan didn't care at first, but when she looked at the flowerpot, it became more and more familiar to her. She called out to the eunuch who stopped the flowers: "You planted these flowers?"
"Go back to your Majesty, this is not planted by the slave, but... planted by Guanshi Yan. The slave is responsible for helping to maintain it on weekdays."
It turned out to be a flower planted by Yan Chen.
Ye Wanwan raised her hand and picked one: "What is this flower called?"
"I would like to inform you that this flower is called Bu Gui Ke. According to legend, three hundred years ago, a lady named Yu was very good at growing flowers. Her husband got an unknown flower seedling for her from somewhere else. Later, her husband
When she went on a business trip and asked when she would return, he said, wait until the flowers bloom and the flowers will bloom."
"Later, her husband met a woman he was more interested in outside, and they got married and had a child. When she found out that she was looking for her, her husband had died unexpectedly. When he came back, the flowers were blooming, so he was named "The Unreturning Guest".
This flower is white with a hint of red, and some people call it the color of lovesickness."
No return guest... lovesickness and tears...
Neither are pleasant names.
Why did the little eunuch have to plant such a thing? Now it's better, he really has become a non-returning guest.
"Keep it and plant it far away. I don't want to see it."
I kept it because it was grown by Yanchen, but it was also true that I didn’t want to see it.