"Every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite! After tonight, it will be a new year, and everything can start from scratch! I hope there will be changes..."
Feng Lingyu smiled slightly and felt that her wish was a bit too big. What can it do in a year? It is still not the same, and she may not even be able to save her head.
The girl in front of her rarely smiled, and Baili Qingchen could tell whether she was smiling from the bottom of her heart or sneering. At this time, she seemed to have no enthusiasm for life.
She was like a wall clock in this deep palace, watching the time pass by, but she didn't change at all.
"There will definitely be changes!"
The watchman rang the gong at midnight, announcing the end of the year and the beginning of the new year. Feng Lingyu picked up the wine glass on the table and clinked it with him, and said happily,
"Happy New Year!"
"Happy New Year!"
The two chatted very happily and drank a lot of wine. When Baili Qingchen left, he carried Feng Lingyu back to the bed.
Feng Lingyu slowly opened her eyes after hearing the sound of the door closing, the corners of her mouth raised slightly, and she murmured in her heart, this little eunuch is quite interesting.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the Queen Mother suddenly complained of illness, changed Wang Qinghua's name to Yu Nishang, and recruited her into the palace to serve her.
Everyone knew that Yu Nishang was Wang Qinghua, but no one dared to reveal it.
The palace seemed to be enveloped by a mysterious power, and everyone tacitly understood that now that the Wang family was the dominant family, they would definitely cause unnecessary trouble in the future.
General Feng is far away at the frontier, and he can't say when he will come back. Maybe it won't be that easy.
The emperor has been even more busy these days, paying homage to ancestors and organizing various activities. The most important thing is that the new year is about to begin, and it is urgent to solve the problem of people's lack of food.
But no one in the court could solve the problem. There was a severe drought for three years, the land was barren, and many people starved to death. Then it turned into a plague. Even during the Chinese New Year, there were countless beggars everywhere in Fengcheng.
"Your Majesty...I have already investigated and found out that those beggars came from Qingzhou. There has been a severe drought in Qingzhou for three years, and there has been no harvest. The people are fleeing in all directions, and many people have starved to death on the road.
If this matter is not resolved this year, more people will die by the end of the year and riots will occur in various places!"
Li Baihan told the emperor all the information he had collected during this period.
The man sitting in the wheelchair frowned slightly, as if he already knew the situation outside, but was helpless.
"The war has been intense in the past two years, and the national treasury is empty. There is no way to raise disaster relief funds..."
"You have to leave things like raising money to Mr. Wang. You don't have to worry about this matter. Send people to gather the fleeing people together, give them porridge every day, and then think of other ways!"
Baili Qingchen has always been worried about this matter. Although the wars have been raging in recent years, it has not disturbed the normal life of the people. However, three years of drought are enough to ruin the fate of a country.
God is not good, and no one can do anything about this kind of thing.
"The Queen Mother has arrived..."
A sharp and harsh sound interrupted the conversation between the two people, and Baili Qingchen waved her hand to let him retreat.
Li Baihan nodded slightly and left through the back door.
"My son, please see your mother!"
Baili Qingchen came out to greet him and said expressionlessly.
"Your Majesty doesn't seem to be in a good mood lately? I have also heard about some things happening outside the city. If there is a problem, we must solve it quickly.
It hasn't rained in Fengcheng for three years. What does this mean? It means God can't stand it anymore. Someone must have angered God, so I invited a famous mage outside the palace and asked him to pray for rain!
Your Majesty, please make preparations and call everyone in the palace at noon tomorrow to make sure they arrive at the Temple of Heaven!"
The tone of the Queen Mother's order sounded very unpleasant, but she did not dare to refute it.
Baili Qingchenqing sighed and looked at the woman in front of him speechlessly.
"It is necessary to pray for rain every year. Those wizards are liars. I have never seen them asking for rain. Why does the Queen Mother fall for the trick every year?"
"I would rather believe that it exists than that it doesn't exist. These are well-known shamans. They know a kind of witchcraft. I heard that it is very effective.
Even if we can't pray for rain, it still means there is something ominous about our country. Ever since Feng Lingyu was named the Queen, Fengcheng has been in a state of constant decline.
I think I should offer her as a sacrifice to the God of Rain and make her queen!"
As soon as the Queen Mother finished speaking, all the servants in the palace were so frightened that they did not dare to raise their heads. They clearly wanted to kill the Queen Mother, and they used such a high-sounding reason to kill her.
You know, in such an environment, rumors and superstitions are very scary, and once an ominous reputation is registered, you may be burned alive.
The eunuchs and maids are all very frightened. Now the empress dowager covers the sky with one hand and can do whatever she wants. The emperor is like a mere charlatan. If this continues, something will happen sooner or later.
"What does this mean, Queen Mother? Feng Lingyu is a weak woman, but it has something to do with whether it rains or not?"
Baili Qingchen sneered, wishing that she could turn the woman in front of her into ashes. Fortunately, the Queen Mother could think of such a disgusting way to get rid of Feng Lingyu.
"Don't you understand this? I have already calculated the Queen's birth date. Well, the Queen is born to be an unlucky person!"
The Queen Mother sat there and talked nonsense seriously. No one dared to question what he said anyway. There were even people in the palace who believed her words deeply.
"Does the Queen want me to kill my Queen with my own hands? If Feng Lingyu dies this year and there is still no rain, will the Queen be killed next year as well?"
Baili Qingchen's calm words frightened the Queen Mother almost to the point of falling down, and she suddenly became very nervous.
"This... after the late emperor passed away, all living non-poor people will be sent to the imperial mausoleum or sacrificed for love. Perhaps it is because the position of the empress dowager makes God dissatisfied.
Why don't the Queen Mother sacrifice herself for this matter and let the shaman burn the Queen Mother to death tomorrow? This will further show that my belief in God is very, very sincere!"
Baili Qingchen didn't care whether the old guy would be angry or not, and what he said made everyone take a breath.
I won't say whether such words are right or wrong. As an emperor, it would be treason to say such words to his own mother.
The Queen Mother rarely saw him retort like this. She slapped the chair angrily, stared at Baili Qingchen coldly, gritted her teeth and shouted, "Your Majesty, are you talking nonsense? You actually want to kill your own mother, Your Majesty."
Are you crazy?"
"Killing one's own mother is the same crime as killing one's wife. If you want to impress God, killing your own mother may be more sincere!"
Baili Qingchen raised her hand and dismissed all the servants. She sat opposite the old queen and said with a faint smile, "The queen is full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and she is full of family, country and world. In order for our Fengcheng to be able to rain quickly,
Your mother should be very willing to benefit the common people, right?"