Chapter 461 The Miserable Border!
After Shen Ninghua familiarized herself with the political affairs, she handled them smoothly. Especially after showing his decisive and cold wrist, the officials of the old school did not dare to act excessively anymore, coupled with the support of the newly promoted officials, for a time, the political affairs of the court were smooth, and the various decrees were carried out in an orderly manner, with almost no major turbulence.
News about Baili Junyi’s army came over one after another, Shen Ninghua looked at the latest report and her brows tightened slightly, “Bizhu, how are the provisions prepared?”
“Reporting back to the Empress Mother, now that the snow has blocked the road and we don’t know how long the disaster will continue, many of the country squires have listened to the Emperor’s call to come up with a portion of food, but for the army, it’s like a drop in the bucket.”
“Everywhere in the official warehouse of the food situation has been reported up, these years father management is not strict, the official warehouse in the food can not last until the end of the snowstorm is still a problem, can not help to the army this side, and then wait and see, if it really can not be, special times can only be used in a special way.”
Said Shen Ninghua, the bottom of her eyes flashed a trace of coldness, she took over the treasury in the statistical ledger, handed over to the side of Bizhu, “Bizhu, you count the treasury silver, this time there is no need to stay, some time ago confiscated the official’s family property, the amount of silver gained is huge, the first to use the usual price and the squires and grain merchants and other people to negotiate, there are people who can be reasonable, the Palace for the emperor to issue the decree of commendation, if no one responds, present the list to me.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
The snow gradually stopped everywhere, but the snow did not melt so quickly, although Huajun Pharmacy tried its best to control it, but the panic about food gradually spread. Shen Ninghua selected a few of the most severely affected prefectures and ordered the opening of warehouses to release grain, and then spread the news so that everywhere could see the importance that the Royal Family attached to this snowstorm.
Such a move had worked, at least there were no riots. And Baili Junyi had already rushed to the northwestern border with his men.
At this time, inside the tent of the Great Yue Country, Bu Yong Han was wrapped in fox fur and holding a hot tea to drink slowly. Suddenly the tent curtain was lifted. Her body shook unnoticeably, and the tea shook out a bit with her movements, causing her face to become more and more ugly as she said nonchalantly, “Sixth Imperial Brother, what are you doing here?”
The person who came in was none other than the Sixth Prince, Bu Jinglan, his face was exceptionally grim, and after entering the door, he stared at Bu Yonghan dead in the face, the bottom of his eyes full of disgust, “What have you done?”
Bu Yonghan put the tea down and lazily raised his eyes, “What did I do? I didn’t do anything, I stayed peacefully in the tent the whole day, what does imperial brother mean by that?”
“Stay in peace? Then who ordered the beating of Fay Lin?”
“Oh, that woman ah, imperial brother this is to stand up for her, not bad, I ordered the beating, but it’s just a woman, what’s the matter imperial brother, don’t tell me that you like Lin Faye now?”
Bu Jinglan gritted his teeth in death, his eyes staring at her with indignation, “But a woman? Do you know that she is now pregnant with my flesh and blood, and was miscarried by a whip from you?”
Bu Yong Han blinked her eyes, revealing a surprised expression, “I really didn’t know, I’m really sorry that you’re pregnant, it’s really a good fortune, but I’ve never been able to get pregnant in my life.” Saying that, she couldn’t help but touch her stomach, the sinister poison in the bottom of her eyes slowly flowed.
“You can’t see anyone else having a baby when you don’t have the means to get pregnant?”
“I don’t even have the means to get pregnant, why would your woman even give birth!” Step Yong Han’s voice sharp up, the emotion also ups and downs, in Qi Guifei’s palace, she tried to escape, but the pre-torture still left her a great hidden trouble, the empress called all the eunuchs, have not found a good symptomatic medicine, only said that the disease of the heart also needs the medicine of the heart doctor. Therefore, the Empress of the step Yong Han more and more indulgence, only hope that she will hurry to the heart of the depression dispersed out, it is not possible so that the disease will be able to get well.
Bu Jinglan clenched his fists in death, if he didn’t try to restrain himself, he would have been unable to hold back a slap, “Bu Yonghan, you’re really so vicious!” After saying that, he turned around and headed out, with the Empress protecting her, no one could do anything to her, he could only endure this tone of voice, only, it was his first child, the child that he had been looking forward to for a long time even though he disliked Lin Feiqian!
Bu Jinglan hooked up the corner of his lips and lazily tipped the tea on the table onto the ground, “Imperial brother, if you like women, the palace maidens around me are at your disposal, or if you have your eye on anyone’s young lady, you tell me and I’ll directly let the Queen Mother help you bestow a marriage, and when the time comes, a group of children, a group of children, will be born for you.”
Bu Jinglan’s footsteps lurched, and then lifted the curtain and walked out quickly, unwilling to stay another minute, he was afraid that he couldn’t help but pull out his sword and kill her!
Bu Yonghan laughed, then shouted, “Someone come!”
The maid at the door rushed in, “Princess.”
Bu Yong Han picked up the whip from the table and hit the maid head on face, the maid didn’t dare to beg for mercy, she could only curl up her body as much as possible. The corner of Bu Yong Han’s eyes jumped, “Good backbone ah, even do not beg for mercy, good ah, then I will see how much backbone you have!” Saying this, a whip lashed at the maid’s face, the whip carried barbs, instantly leaving a bloodstain on the maid’s face.
“Ah, spare your life, Princess, spare your life!”
“Noisy, genuinely noisy.”
She had been beating that maid for most of the hour, and finally the flesh on the maid’s body was smashed, before she stopped, smelling the tent full of blood slowly hooking up a smile, “Come on people, drag this bitchy maid down.”
The guards hurriedly entered the door and dragged away the maid who was no longer alive, and then someone else came in to wipe the blood on the floor, a series of actions running smoothly, obviously not the first time they had done such a job.
Garrison in the center of the tent, a queen’s gorgeous clothes Dazhou country empress Jin is leaning on the soft couch, kneeling beside two courtesans to help her carefully dyed fingernails Dancao, the chamberlain into the door even kneeled down, head touched on the ground did not dare to lift, “Report to the Empress Mother, Princess Yonghan punished an errant servant girl.”
Empress Jin raised her eyes and held up her freshly dyed vermillion nails, hooking her lips in satisfaction before saying, “Beaten to death?”
“Yes.”
“Well, allocate ten more maids to go over there, so that the princess can be properly coached and tempered.”
“Yes, Your Highness.” The chamberlain hurriedly responded, and then hurriedly retreated.
The Sister standing behind Empress Jin suddenly spoke out, “Your Highness, I heard that the new Emperor of the Great An Empire has arrived at the border.”
“An imperial expedition?” Empress Jin couldn’t help but snicker, “In the end, he just ascended to the throne, his heart is just as high, does he think that the imperial expedition is just a game? Does he really think that as an emperor, he can make the four directions submit to him with a single shake of his body? Oh, come better, the emperor and this palace are personally come to the border, he does not come is not look down on this palace, go to invite the emperor to come, say this palace has something to find him to discuss.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
Baili Jun Yi came to the northwest of Suicheng, into the eyes will see a desolate, because I know that the emperor is coming, Suicheng has been prepared in advance, but in this bitterly cold land, there is really nothing that can be taken out of the city, guarding the city officials to see the imperial chariot, far away from the ground will kneel on the ground, do not care about the ground of the ice ice ice dirt, the head of the general Han Qi, “The last general Han Qi see the emperor, the emperor long live, long live, Ten thousand years old.”
Baili Junyi dismounted and personally helped Han Qi up, “General Han has worked hard.”
Han Qi eyes excited, even some at a loss for words, he is a military man, I am not good at talking at all, would like to say some pleasing words, but the excitement of seeing the emperor let him for a time more and more open-mouthed, and finally can only red-faced dry standing.
Baili Junyi patted his shoulder and asked bluntly, “How is the situation in Suicheng?”
“Your Majesty, the generals of Suicheng swear to die with the city!” Speaking here, Han Qi’s face was filled with determination.
“Into the city!”
After entering the city, Baili Junyi’s complexion became more and more gloomy, there are people on both sides of the street, only all the people have yellow muscle face, especially the children, they look more like bean sprouts, black, black and yellow, which makes people extraordinarily heartbroken.
“General Han, are the provisions in Suicheng tight?”
Han Qi’s lips trembled, and the tall and sturdy man even directly reddened his eyes, “Report back to the emperor, the grain and grass … is still enough for half a month.”
Baili Junyi’s brows furrowed and his eyes sharpened as he looked at him, “Half a month? Are you sure?”
“… Yes, Endgame …”
“Take me to the barracks.”
“Your Majesty … you have just arrived in Suicheng, it’s better to take a rest first … the last general has already prepared a place and a banquet … ”
Baili Junyi frowned and waved his hand at Ye Yi behind him. Ye Yi stepped forward to detain Han Qi and rushed towards the camp along with Baili Junyi.
Han Qi was silent all the way, and when Baili Junyi arrived at the edge of the camp, he saw the camp’s cooking smoke, “The soldiers should be eating at this hour, right?”
“Yes, Your Majesty.” Han Qi lowered his head, knowing that it was too late to stop at this time, and could only nod.
Baili Junyi strides into the barracks, and the guards at the entrance hastily raise their spears to stop them, “Who are you people?”
Han Qi hurriedly shouted, “His Majesty is here, so hurry up and back off.”
“Ah, Minion …”
Baili Junyi didn’t care about him and walked directly into the camp, coming to the open space at the back of the camp, at this time, there was a cauldron set up over there to cook something, obviously cooking for the soldiers.
Seeing Baili Jun Yi and his party coming over, the cooks in charge of the food were already dumbfounded. Baili Jun Yi went forward and directly opened a pot, only to see the pot was full of water, the water was boiled with a mass of yellow weeds, and even roots, bark and so on, next to the pot, there was also a bag of rice, just the cook was about to grab the rice, he reached out and copied a handful of rice up, and then frowned with a deathly grimace, the rice was mixed with sand, and even some of the rice was already spoiled.
“General Han, you say there’s still enough rations for half a month?”
Han Qi slammed down on his knees, the eight-foot-tall man even cried out directly, “Your Majesty, the last general deserves to die, the army has been without food for five days.”
Baili Jun Yi’s pupils shrunk violently, “Why did you just hide it from me?”
“The last general made the decision to distribute the grain to the people of Suicheng, they even ate all the roots of the trees, and now they are just about to eat the soil on the ground, the last general took the initiative to ask the emperor to punish!” The army grain belongs to the military supplies, can not be easily mobilized, even if Han Qi is a general, move the grain in accordance with military law will be executed.