Liao Tingyan sat next to Sima Jiao, listening to the quarrels among the ministers below, and felt that what Sima Jiao said before was actually correct. Indeed, he was just here to watch the fun. Even the emperor came to see the fun. Of course she, the humanoid pendant, was just sitting there in a daze. She couldn't understand what these people were going around about about revising the official evaluation system and about the independence of the foreign tribes in Yunzhou and Huizhou.
Jin De, the eunuch next to him, looked at the two people and found that their wandering postures were subtly similar, so he secretly sighed in his heart, they were worthy of being His Majesty and the Concubine.
"Your Majesty! Officials should be dispatched to deal with the flood in the Mi River as soon as possible! This matter cannot be delayed!"
This shout from the palace woke up Liao Tingyan who was in a daze. When she heard the word Mihe River Flood, she even reacted faster than Sima Jiao and suddenly looked at the minister who was speaking.
The man was still talking about the flood in Mihe River, and his worry was palpable. The Mi River is extremely long and flows through more than a dozen states. Even under the river where Liao Tingyan was before, there are tributaries of the Mi River nearby. However, what made Liao Tingyan react so strongly was not the flood itself, but the signal it conveyed.
Liao Tingyan remembered that in the original book, the country's demise started with this flood. Yes, even though Sima Jiao was a tyrant who loved to kill, he only killed those who had contact with him, so those ordinary civilians lived a pretty good life. The beginning of the country's downfall was this natural disaster, the Mihe River flood.
At first, only a few areas suffered from flooding, but heavy rains continued, and the Mi River burst its banks one after another. Soon, all nearby states and counties were affected by the disaster, and tragic incidents involving the destruction of countless homes and lives occurred all the time. However, there were overt and covert fights in the court, and Emperor Sima Jiao did nothing. He never paid attention to matters thousands of miles away, causing the situation to become increasingly serious day by day.
Not only that, but next year, drought and small-scale plague will break out, which will make things even worse. Thousands of corpses will be scattered across the land, and many people will not be able to survive. Only then will the grassroots people gradually revolt, and several forces will rise rapidly - the male protagonist Chen Yun is One of the rising forces at that time. Because he was attracted by the only daughter of King Qin Nan, he married the princess, who was the female supporting character in the original work, and received the support of King Qin Nan. Therefore, he successfully integrated the remaining small rebel forces and fought all the way to Luojing. He burned Taicheng and killed Sima Jiao.
This flood is like an introduction. For Liao Tingyan, this is also an important time scale, just like when she meets the male protagonist, she knows that the plot has officially begun. When you hear the words "Mihe River Flood", you know that the subsequent plot development is getting closer.
This made her feel nervous and anxious.
This feeling still made her frown when she returned to Furong Hall after going to court. In the past, Liao Tingyan always ate well, drank well and slept well. Even if Sima Jiao tormented her, she could adjust herself. Her mentality was excellent. This was the first time she was so worried. Guiye didn't know what happened to her, so she served her carefully and deliberately presented her favorite food, but she couldn't make Liao Tingyan look happy.
Liao Tingyan had to be nervous because she was basically tied to Sima Jiao now. Before she entered the palace, she originally thought that even if she got to Sima Jiao's harem, she would be a low-key little concubine. If the male protagonist of the original book really came to kill Sima Jiao in the future, she would find an opportunity to escape. Maybe she would be lucky. I can successfully return to the river to find my biological father. But who knew it would develop like this and directly become Sima Jiao's 'favorite concubine'. In this way, if Sima Jiao died here, she would probably die here too.
Sima Jiao was definitely the kind of person who would drag her to die with him if he was going to die.
She could almost foresee her own death, which made her so happy. It's like knowing that you will die, but not yet, so you can still live day by day. But once the time of death is clear, it is like a sharp sword hanging over your head, which is unbearable.
The dinner was tasteless, so Liao Tingyan went to Sima Jiao's dormitory to rest as usual. Sima Jiao also quickly discovered something was wrong with her. She was too silent and could not hide the melancholy between her eyebrows. She was not like her usual self.
Seeing her like this, Sima Jiao slowly frowned. He stretched out his hand to touch Liao Tingyan's eyebrows and rubbed her brows away forcefully. "Why are you looking like this? Has anyone made you angry?"
Liao Tingyan felt the pain between his eyebrows when he pressed her, but she had no intention of scolding him. She forced herself to smile and said, "No."
Sima Jiao looked at her carefully, squinted his eyes and thought for a long time, and suddenly said: "You seem to have lost your energy since the Great Court Meeting. It should be that you have been acting strange since... we started discussing the Mihe River floods."
Liao Tingyan: Aren’t you always in a daze? How did you notice such details
She lowered her head and sat under the quilt, picking her fingers and saying nothing.
Seeing that she was silent, Sima Jiao understood that this was the reason, but he couldn't figure it out, "It's just a small flood. It can't flood Luo Jing, and it's still far from the river. Why are you looking like this?"
Liao Tingyan couldn't explain that I had read the original work and said that you were going to subdue the country because of this 'little flood', so he could only prevaricate a few words.
But there was something wrong in her mind, and she couldn't sleep that night. The only thing she kept thinking about was this incident. She still had no sleepiness in the middle of the night, which was much later than the time she usually fell asleep. Sima Jiao was silent next to him. Liao Tingyan did not dare to disturb the old man's rare sleep, so he forced himself to lie there without moving.
Suddenly, a hand stretched out from the darkness and covered her open eyes, and then Sima Jiao's sober but sleepless voice came, "Are you really so worried that you can't sleep?"
Sima Jiao didn't rest well, and he was easily awakened and dreaming when sleeping. Liao Tingyan, who always slept well tonight, couldn't fall asleep, so he couldn't sleep even more. He quietly observed Liao Tingyan for a long time, watching her frown and worry. . As he watched, he also felt irritated, and couldn't help but reach out to cover Liao Tingyan's sad eyes.
He always felt that there should be no worries there and should be as lively and comfortable as usual.
Liao Tingyan was startled by him and wiped his eyelashes on his palm, "Isn't your Majesty asleep too?"
After she said this, she suddenly heard Sima Jiao sigh, which was so rare.
"You don't need to worry. Go to bed quickly. I will solve this matter tomorrow." Sima Jiao said.
What solution? Before Liao Tingyan could figure out the reason, he felt himself being dragged over by Sima Jiao and held in his arms, and his head was pressed to his chest.
"Go to sleep."
Liao Tingyan smelled a light fragrance. He didn't know what it was. It was very light and very special. The distance was too close, and he was forced to lean into Sima Jiao's arms. After a while, Liao Tingyan gradually felt the body temperature pressing against his body. She couldn't move, and before going to sleep, she couldn't help but think that Sima Jiao was warm after being touched for a long time.
As for Sima Jiao, although Liao Tingyan had been sleeping next to him for a while, this was the first time the two of them slept together. Different from Liao Tingyan's feeling, not long after he held the person in his arms, he felt the heat from her body passing through her in waves. In this late autumn night, it was like a warm stove, still fragrant.
The doctor who took care of him in the past said that human body temperature comes from the blood. If Liao Tingyan is so warm, the blood in her body must also be boiling hot. Unlike him, who is covered in dirt and cold blood, and cannot be warmed up no matter what.
Sima Jiao frowned, then slowly let go, holding the sleeping person in his arms tighter.
Because he went to bed late, Liao Tingyan woke up late that day, but Sima Jiao woke up early. He came to the east hall of Tai Chi Hall and first summoned Gao Taibao.
After hearing a few words from him, Gao Taibao was surprised and said: "What your Majesty summoned the slaves to discuss is the Mihe River flood? This matter is not serious and the affected area is not large. Yesterday, Ma Yushi took charge of the matter... "Generally speaking, if someone has already dealt with it, Your Majesty will not interfere again. No, His Majesty doesn't care about many things, especially this kind of thing. He has never paid attention to it. Why did he suddenly pay attention to it this time? Could it be that there is some secret in it
Gao Taibao thought to himself, how could he know that the reason why Sima Jiao wanted to specifically ask about this matter was because Concubine Liao was so worried that she couldn't sleep most of the night.
Naturally, Sima Jiao would not explain, but just laughed, "Ma Yushi, Ma Dazui, his mouth is greedy and cannot swallow the flooded river water, but he can swallow up all the disaster relief funds. He still has some abilities, but he is getting more and more I usually don't want to take care of him if he gets too much, but since I want to take care of him this time, I won't use him and just pick him off."
Gao Taibao bowed and asked, "Who will your Majesty be sending to control the flood this time?"
Sima Jiao paused and said, "Have someone release Chen Shi, who has been imprisoned for two years, and promote him to a fourth-grade Dushui envoy, making him fully responsible for this matter."
Gao Taibao was even more surprised now. Shen Shi was imprisoned two years ago for offending His Majesty. Because of his status, His Majesty did not kill him, but was prepared to imprison him for the rest of his life. Unexpectedly, he was now willing to let him out. However, Shen Shi was indeed good at water conservancy matters, he was honest, and he had a family background, so it was appropriate for him to handle this matter.
"Let Xie Shisan from the Xie family go with General Ling." Sima Jiao gave another command lightly.
Gao Taibao thought for a moment and expressed admiration, "Your Majesty, if these two people go together, they can control and help each other, and we will get twice the result with half the effort." Everyone thought that His Majesty ignored political affairs, but who knew that he actually cared about the people in the court? Everything is well understood. He knew who could and who could not be used, and who should be used. It was a pity that His Majesty did not want to care about these things. This kind of indifference had already started when he was a few years old and watched the fire burn down the Tai Chi Palace. Show clues.
Sima Jiao pinched his forehead, his expression unhappy, "We still have to resolve this matter as soon as possible." Otherwise, Liao Tingyan would have to worry about it for how long, which would be really troublesome.
Unrolling a roll of silk, Sima Jiao wrote with a pen, and then stamped it.
"Tell Shen Shi that if he can't handle this matter, he doesn't have to come back and just fill the river with his body, otherwise he will only die a worse death."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Liao Tingyan didn't wake up until almost noon. She was just thinking about whether she was in Stockholm and sleeping so soundly in Sima Jiao's arms, when she saw Sima Jiao striding in.
Reaching out to pinch her face, Sima Jiao said, "Don't be so sad anymore. I have already sent people to deal with the flooding issue."
Liao Tingyan: Haha, who do you think you are, that you can solve it if you say it can be solved? Do you think the original work is just floating clouds
Even though she, as the heroine, changed her plot, she never thought that she could change Sima Jiao and his bad future. It’s ridiculous to think about it. Ordinary people find it extremely difficult to support themselves in another world. Can we save the world by changing the world
So after Sima Jiao said this, Liao Tingyan didn't take it to heart at all. She had seen that the emperor Sima Jiao usually didn't care about things and said he would send people to solve the problem. Who could he send? Just the ministers he sent randomly. They might be corrupt officials. How could they really solve this kind of problem.
As a result, news came not long after that the flooding in Mihe River subsided.
"Thanks to the timely control of the water by the Du Shui Envoy, if he had not turned the tide and quickly diverted the floods, the continuous heavy rains would have washed away more embankments and caused a greater disaster. Now the victims on both sides of the disaster-stricken banks have been temporarily resettled. When the floods recede, they will Can return home.”
Liao Tingyan was dumbfounded when he heard this at the court meeting.
What, the Mihe River flood was solved before it had any further impact?
So, what about the plot behind it? The cause of the disaster victims' uprising. Is the fuse gone
Not only Liao Tingyan, but Chen Yun, the male protagonist of the original novel who is still an ordinary hunter far down the river at this moment, also raised the same questions as her.
"Has the flood in the Mi River been cured?" Chen Yun gritted his teeth, "It's okay if the heroine's plot deviates. Now that the important plot like the flood in the Mi River is gone, how can I start an uprising in a logical way?!"