After the rebirth, the queen took the Meiqiang tragedy script

Chapter 153 Desolation
What should come will come after all.

Ye Qinghuai sighed very tiredly, and said distressedly: "The state affairs are busy recently, and I have no time to take care of him. You know that your brother led the army to conquer Yunzhou, right?"

This move was very successful in changing the subject.Hearing the emperor mention Gu Haiwang, the empress looked nervous, and said, "I have heard about it."

"Your elder brother's expedition this time is to contribute to the imperial court and to relieve my worries." After Ye Qinghuai finished speaking, he looked at the queen kindly and said, "You are in the harem, and you should also relieve my worries."

The queen was startled, not understanding what Ye Qinghuai meant.

"On the day of your wedding, I granted you the queen's seal, which means I have given you the power to manage the harem. The third day of the next month is the Empress Dowager's Day. As usual, you have to lead the concubines and concubines in the palace to Ciyun Temple to serve as the Empress Dowager." Praying for the blessing of the spirit in heaven, are you ready?" Ye Qinghuai asked persuasively.

"The concubine heard that Eunuch Li mentioned this matter, but the concubine didn't know that the concubines and concubines were required to participate..."

Ye Qinghuai interrupted her: "This year is the mother's first memorial day, not only concubines and concubines will participate, but also several princesses who are underage."

Her voice was displeased.

Ye Qinghuai grew up in the palace for 13 years as the fourth prince who no one cared about, and it can be said that he lived with Empress Jingmin for 13 years, so the relationship with Empress Jingmin was very close.

The queen also heard about it.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the concubine will definitely make arrangements for this matter." The queen quickly assured Ye Qinghuai.

"There is a war in the north recently, and there are many places where money is used. Don't waste extravagantly in the ceremony of the mother." Ye Qinghuai instructed again.

Therefore, the second half of the meal was happily spent in the discussion of the Empress Dowager's ceremony, and the Empress never mentioned the matter of staying overnight.

It wasn't until the queen and the maids disappeared outside the palace gate that Ye Qinghuai put away the smile on his face, and his expression suddenly turned serious.

"Li Baoquan, check the people below you, who is delivering the news to Kunning Palace."

As soon as she returned to Jingshou Palace on her front foot, the queen arrived on her back foot. She even cooked the braised beef, so she knew her whereabouts like the back of her hand.

After all, Li Baoquan was an old man in the palace, he was very transparent and immediately understood what the emperor meant.

"Your Majesty calm down, it's the old slave who didn't discipline the people below, so the old slave will go and investigate."
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The next day, Li Baoquan sent back news from Yingwei.

Tao Yuan personally wrote the reply, but it was very concise——

true.Hope to meet you.

Tao Yuan is not rash, he can reply like this, he must have something to explain in person.

The matter of Bingliang cannot be delayed, Ye Qinghuai decided to go out of the palace to find Tao Yuan after receiving the news brought back by Li Baoquan.

"You stay in the palace. If anyone comes to see me, tell me that I'm not feeling well. I won't see you today." Ye Qinghuai instructed Li Baoquan.

"Your Majesty wants to go out of the palace alone, this old slave can't let it go." Li Baoquan persuaded.

"Qin Yang just went out with me, and he is familiar with the road outside the palace. I won't be relieved if you don't stay in the palace." Ye Qinghuai said.

Apart from Li Baoquan, I am afraid that no one can stop the courtiers and the queen who are meeting with them.

"Aunt Fanghua, change my clothes for me." After speaking, Ye Qinghuai led Aunt Fanghua to the bedroom without looking back.
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She hadn't been out of the palace for a while, but what she saw when she left the palace today was quite different from what she saw a few times before.

The street market is much depressed.

"I remember that there used to be a lot of hawkers here." Passing a street intersection, Ye Qinghuai asked Qin Yang, "Why is there not a single hawker today?"

"My son, after the recent war, there were profiteers reselling goods at high prices. The government has strictly investigated, and all the vendors in this area have withdrawn."

Outside the palace, Ye Qinghuai always referred to herself as the Fourth Young Master, and Qin Yang also called her that.

"Baishui River is nearly two thousand miles away from Shengjing, so far away, even the middle of the capital is already jittery." Ye Qinghuai said with emotion.

She listened to the ministers arguing endlessly to solve various problems arising from the war every day in the court, but it was only at this moment when she saw the streets with few pedestrians that she really felt that the people's livelihood was dying.

The impact of the war was far beyond her imagination.

This war must end quickly.

Ye Qinghuai said to herself from the bottom of her heart.

"It's a pity, there used to be a stall selling peach blossom oolong cakes here, I quite like it." Ye Qinghuai murmured.

Not only was the scene in the market very different, but even the scene in Huisheng's pawnshop was very different from the last time Ye Qinghuai came.

The pawn shop is overcrowded, full of people who come to pawn things, it is very lively.

The shopkeeper Lao Fang and a waiter busily deal with the customers behind the counter.Seeing Ye Qinghuai, Lao Fang immediately nodded to her across the crowd and pointed to the back door.

Qin Yang protected Ye Qinghuai, squeezed his way out of the crowd, and entered the backyard through the wooden door behind.

As soon as the door was closed, the noisy voices were suddenly cut off.

The courtyard door of the main hall has been repaired, the door is open, and a man in black is sitting in the hall, tinkering with three palm-sized rice bags in front of him.

It was Tao Yuan.

Seeing Ye Qinghuai, he immediately stood up, bowed and saluted.

Ye Qinghuai quickly stepped into the hall door, and said to Tao Yuan, "There's no need to be too polite."

She looked down at the bag of rice in front of Tao Yuan, and asked curiously, "Commander Tao, what is this?"

"Young master, these are three different types of grain stored in the granary on the plateau."

Tao Yuan reached into the bag on the far left, grabbed a handful of rice, and let the rice flow slowly from between his fingers.

The luster is full, and it is all good rice.

"This is from the main warehouse, and it is filled with rice from within the year." Tao Yuan said, "My subordinates found out that the various inspections of the imperial court basically inspect the main warehouse, so the rice here is the best rice. fineness."

After speaking, he reached into the middle bag of rice again.

This bag is full of corn.Tao Yuan didn't let the rice flow down between his fingers, but spread his palms in front of Ye Qinghuai so that she could clearly see the corn in his hands.

The golden corn is mixed with dark yellow impurities.

"What is this?" Ye Qinghuai asked.

Tao Yuan picked out the dark yellow straw-like impurities with his other hand, twisted them on his fingertips and showed Ye Qinghuai: "This is bran."

Afterwards, he picked out another empty husk the size of a bean and said, "This is a rice husk."

"These are food for livestock." Tao Yuan concluded.

He weighed the corn in his hand again, and said, "Probably only [-] to [-]% of it is corn."

After speaking, he threw the rice in his hand back into the bag, grabbed a handful of rice from the last bag, and spread his palms.

This time without him saying it, Ye Qinghuai could tell at a glance.

The rice is mixed with white sand, even more white sand than rice.

Ye Qinghuai's face changed suddenly.

She did not expect that military rations were adulterated so much, so blatantly.

What was even more frightening was Tao Yuan's next words.

"This kind of grain has the largest storage capacity on the plateau, accounting for about [-]% of it."

(End of this chapter)