Chu Lin suddenly grabbed the hem of Rong Changan's dress, and begged: "Please ask the queen to intercede! As you said, if something happens to me, what will Fei'er do? I hope the queen will see you and her sisterly relationship." Come on, help me!"
"Let go!" Rong Changan showed a disgusted expression on his face.
Rong Chang'an's words sounded like a thunderclap on the flat ground, Chu Lin quickly let go of his hand and slashed back and forth in the air, not knowing what to do, but Rong Chang'an's knife-like gaze made him feel uncomfortable all over.
"I will show you a way. If you listen to me, you may be able to save yourself."
Chu Lin's eyes lit up, and he asked eagerly, "What way?"
Showing the way for such a corrupt and law-breaking person, Rong Chang'an's conscience was greatly condemned.
"Immediately use all the embezzled money to buy food and help the victims in the capital. Whether they are in refugee camps or just arrived in the capital, I want them to have a bowl of porridge and two steamed buns for each meal. , if you don’t meet this standard, just wait for the emperor to punish you!”
Chu Lin made preliminary calculations, and now the number of disaster victims in the capital has reached 500,000. If people continue to come in these two days, it is estimated that there will be 600,000 to 700,000. The 600,000 to 700,000 disaster victims all depend on Chu Lin to feed them alone, and it is estimated that more than half of the money Chu Lin has accumulated over the past few decades has been consumed.
Chu Lin frowned cloudily, biting his lip, his heart was bleeding.
Rong Changan flicked his sleeves, and said coldly: "Could it be that Lord Chu can't do it? If it can't be done, then I'll go back to the palace and report to the emperor."
"Don't!" Chu Lin broke out in sweat again, "I... I can do it!" Rong Changan felt deeply when he said this, as if someone was cutting his flesh.
"Then it's settled! Tomorrow and two days later, I will go to the refugee camp to inspect again. If I find that the food for the refugees does not meet the standard I said, Master Chu, I will not show mercy."
Chu Lin salivated and looked at Rong Changan eagerly: "Queen, that... that..."
Rong Changan: "The what?"
Chu Lin swallowed his saliva: "If I prepare meals for the disaster victims according to the standard that the Queen said, will the Queen agree to recommend me as Minister of the Ministry of Officials?"
Pooh!
Rong Chang'an's uncontrollable smile made Chu Lin very embarrassed, and the red color smeared on his face, and it went all the way to the earlobe.
Rong Changan didn't know why, but suddenly laughed out loud. Maybe it's because Chu Lin is too brazen! After deducting the victims' rations, they still have the face to ask the officials! It's really thick-skinned to the extreme!
"Emperor Queen, what are you laughing at?"
Rong Chang'an sighed: "You can save your life after Amitabha, but you still want the Minister of the Ministry of Officials? Make your Spring and Autumn Dream!"
Not to mention Chu Lin's corruption, even if he is not corrupt, he is not qualified to be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. The Ministry of Officials is the highest official rank in charge of officials in the world. The appointment, dismissal, and recommendation of officials almost all go through the hands of the Minister, and then the emperor.
If a greedy person like Chu Lin becomes an official of the Ministry of Officials, bribery will become commonplace in the entire officialdom, and the atmosphere will become a mess, and the Great Jing Kingdom will also decline. How could Rong Changan agree!
Chu Lin was still unwilling: "But Queen, I donated so much money..."
Rong Chang'an looked at Chu Lin seriously: "Lord Chu, don't worry, you will never be qualified to be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials."
A gust of fragrant wind blew by, and Rong Changan had already walked out.
Chu Lin gritted his teeth, and murmured: "This Rong Chang'an is really difficult to deal with! He even said that I am not qualified to be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials? Hmph, as long as I have money, I can't be an official! Concubine Ziyan is right. , Rong Changan regards me as an enemy at all, and will never help me. Why don't you go and see Imperial Concubine Ziyan, if she can help me."
After making up his mind, he wanted to choose a time, and in the name of going to the palace to meet Chu Fei'er, he went to visit Ziyan along the way.
Rong Changan returned to the palace and ordered Chuntao to settle down Lianer, thinking about the disaster victims, he couldn't eat. It suddenly occurred to her that she and Yan Li had built a rain prayer altar a few years ago when they went to the northwest for disaster relief. After praying, it began to rain heavily.
Perhaps, God really has eyes, and God will surely fulfill his wish as far as piety is concerned. Rong Changan told Yan Li his thoughts, and Yan Li agreed to temporarily cast a rain prayer altar in the harem to pray for rain for the people in the north.
On the day of prayer, Rong Changan invited monks and Taoist priests to build a water and land ashram under the rain praying altar to pray for rain in the north. Rong Changan took the harem concubines and maids, fasted for a day, and then offered three animals to the heaven together, kneeling on the altar to pray.
Kneeling from noon to You hour. Rong Changan was afraid that Zixuan would not be able to bear it, so he told her to go back to Fengming Palace to rest. But Zixuan refused.
"Nowadays, thousands of miles away in the north, the Queen's sister and other palace people are praying for rain together, but I go back to Fengming Palace to rest alone. How can I feel at ease! Besides, praying for rain is based on sincerity. If God sees that I am pregnant He knelt down to pray for rain, and if he was not sure, he would be moved, and if he was moved, it would rain in the north!"
Rong Changan looked at Zixuan's swollen stomach: "I've been kneeling for such a long time, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it."
Zixuan comforted Rong Changan with a sweet smile: "Sister, don't worry, I know my body, it will be fine."
Rong Changan agreed with Zixuan to continue praying for rain together.
Until the moon came out, everyone was still kneeling on the altar of praying for rain. Rong Changan ordered Chuntao to help Zixuan go back.
"God has seen your sincerity. If you are too tired and your tires move, it will be bad."
Zixuan had no choice but to go back to Fengming Palace.
When feeding the next day, Chuntao came to Fengming Palace with a food box in her hand.
Zixuan pointed to the food box and asked: "What is this?"
Chuntao took out the food from the box one by one, including chickens, ducks and geese, and a bowl of pork head meat.
"This is the lucky food for the water and land dojo yesterday. The queen has already eaten some, and asked me to bring some to you."
Fushi is a meal that rewards those who help when mourning a family or doing a water and land dojo. It is also called Sanfu.
Tianchi country does not have the custom of eating blessed food, but Dajing country has it. Legend has it that if you eat blessed food, you will be blessed by the dead or gods when you do things. Therefore, even if it looks very greasy and you don't want to eat it, you still have to take a bite or two in order to get some "blessing". Zi Yan went back early yesterday, Rong Changan did not distribute the blessings to Zi Yan.
Rong Changan was able to deliver the food, which showed that Rong Changan took good care of Zixuan.
"I'm fine, and it doesn't matter if I'm lucky or not. But for the sake of the baby in my stomach, I'll just eat a little!"
Zixuan picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of chicken wing, turned her back to eat. Chuntao knew that Zixuan was shy and it was not easy to watch her eat, so she turned to leave. But he bumped into Zi Yan at the door.
"Oh, who is so careless! Do you have eyes!" Ziyan's sharp voice was like a fly, which made Chuntao very disgusted.
It was simply that Ziyan bumped into her on purpose and cursed at others!
Chuntao pouted angrily, but didn't speak.
Zi Yan rolled her eyes and scolded at the top of her voice: "As a slave, you are so arrogant and domineering. If you see me being rude and bumping into me, you won't apologize. What rules do you have? What kind of master is there? dog!"