Started as a thatched house and ended up as a female figure

There are more and more refugees on the road, and most of them are heading to the capital.

There is an emperor in the capital, and the closer you are to the emperor, the safer you will be.

Ordinary people basically think like this. They are used to regarding the emperor as their heaven.

When encountering disaster, they instinctively want to seek the emperor's protection.

It's a pity that the emperor they respected and trusted like a god was destined to disappoint them.

In the imperial palace in the capital, the Zhengyuan Hall is where the emperor usually meets with ministers to discuss matters privately.

The old Minister of Household Affairs bowed his waist and bowed his head and reported to the emperor above: "Reporting to the emperor, a large number of refugees are coming towards the capital from the south and southwest. When the time comes, they will..."

"okay."

The former King Duan, now the Emperor, impatiently interrupted the Minister of Revenue, "I will send soldiers from the North Camp on the outskirts of Beijing to stop the refugees, drive them away, and prevent them from approaching the capital."

The Minister of Hube raised his head in astonishment. He hurriedly knelt down on his knees and looked at the disgusted emperor pleadingly.

"Your Majesty, we can't drive them away. They have traveled through mountains and rivers and gone through many difficulties and dangers, but they still want to come to the capital just to seek the protection of the Emperor. In their hearts, the Emperor is their father, the Son of Heaven who can protect them, Your Majesty!"

The Minister of Hubu smashed his head on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, you can prevent them from entering the capital, set aside an open space outside the city to temporarily house them, send soldiers to watch over them and prevent them from causing chaos, and then arrange them in batches to different places. It’s not a bad place!”

The newly appointed Shangshu Ling Feng Chu stood aside and glanced sideways at the Shangshu of Hubu who was kneeling on the ground, "I say Master Zhou, the emperor has said that those refugees will not be allowed to approach the capital. It is difficult for you to behave like this." Don’t you want to force the emperor to agree?”

"You have only seen the plight of the refugees, but have you ever seen the emperor's plight. Now that the rebel King An's army has entered Ruzhou, the emperor is already very worried about the war. It's okay if you don't share the emperor's worries, but you also take advantage of it. Such a trivial matter bothers the Emperor!"

Feng Chu bowed his hands respectfully to the emperor, bent down and said, "Your Majesty, I see that Master Zhou is getting old this time, so it's time for him to go home and take care of himself!"

Mr. Zhou, the Minister of Household Affairs, turned red with anger. If looks could kill, Feng Chu would have run out of anger long ago.

Mr. Zhou felt resentful in his heart: "If it hadn't been for this traitor, why would Dingyuanhou's family have ended up with such tragic deaths! When the old Dingyuanhou was serving as minister, he devoted himself to serving the people and worked conscientiously for most of his life. The result! He was killed by this villain. The false accusation was treacherous, and Dingyuan Hou's family was imprisoned, and the emperor gave him poisoned wine the next day! Fortunately, that boy Gu Yan was not in the capital, otherwise, Dingyuan Hou's family would have been exterminated!"

Mr. Zhou tried his best to suppress his resentment towards the emperor. He was not alone. He had a large family and clan behind him. He could not show any dissatisfaction with the person on the throne.

Master Zhou took a deep breath, put back these thoughts, and knelt on the ground again.

"Your Majesty! Everything the veteran said is out of loyalty! Your Majesty, common people."

The emperor threw the book in his hand on the table and said with a gloomy expression, "Zhou Aiqing, go back. You are old, so don't worry too much in the future."

Master Zhou had a dejected face and a lot of unwillingness in his heart, but in the end he just kowtowed to the emperor, bowed and took a few steps back, turned around and left tremblingly.

Apart from the emperor and the emperor's confidant eunuch Li Fu, Feng Chu was the only one left in the palace.

The emperor squinted at Feng Chu, who was standing with his head bowed, and said with unclear meaning: "Have you not caught him yet?"

Feng Chu immediately knelt on the ground, lowered his head and replied cautiously: "I am incompetent and let that kid run away again. However, the kid was injured by an arrow. I beg the emperor to give me some more time. I will bring the kid's head to the emperor." Come."

"I don't care if there are no heads. I just want to make sure that there are no more survivors in Dingyuanhou's family. Do you understand?"

Feng Chu knelt on the ground, "I understand!"

The emperor looked at Feng Chu's leaving figure and smiled in his heart: "He is a good dog."

But when he thought of Dingyuanhou's family, his face immediately darkened.

"Hmph, that old guy Gu Qingshan, relying on his position as minister and the trust of his father, dared to tell his father that I have no people in my heart and am not suitable to inherit the throne! What about now? I haven't sat on the throne now This dragon chair, no matter whether I have people in my heart or not, all the people in this world belong to me! If I let them live, they will live, if I let them die, they will not live!"

The emperor laughed proudly when he thought that all the Gu family members except for Gu Yan had been executed by him.

"Gu Qingshan, just wait until I send your most beloved grandson to accompany you! Hahaha!"

It is naturally impossible for Cheng Wan and others to know about these things that happened in the capital and the palace.

At this time, Cheng Wan was bidding farewell to Village Chief Jia on behalf of his family.

"Girl Wan, please think about it again. Liangzhou is not a good place to go due to the bitter cold. It is better to go to the capital with us. There is an emperor there, and we will be safe under the emperor's feet."

Cheng Wan shook his head and said warmly: "Village Chief, we say goodbye here. We don't know if we will see each other again. You must take care of yourself."

"Ugh."

Village Chief Jia sighed. He actually knew that Cheng Wan would not change his mind, but he still wanted to fight for it.

He wanted the Cheng family to go to the capital together. Firstly, he sincerely felt that it would be easier to live under the emperor's feet, and secondly, it was his own selfishness.

With Cheng Wan following me, I felt at ease.

Village Chief Jia looked at Cheng Wan with eyes full of love and reluctance. He really cared about this girl, and it was a pity that this girl was not born into his family.

"There are few of you, so you must pay more attention when you are on the road. When you get to a place where money is needed, don't be reluctant to spend it. See if you can use money to make a hole so that the higher-ups can allocate you a less exclusive place. In the village. Don’t offend easily when you meet those kind of petty officials, they are difficult to deal with..."

Village Chief Jia talked a lot, as if he wanted to stuff all the work experience he had accumulated over decades of living into Cheng Wan's mind.

Cheng Wan listened obediently without any impatience, nodding her head and saying "ok" and "got it" from time to time.

"If you find that you can't survive in Liangzhou, come to the capital to find us. There are so many of us together, so it shouldn't be difficult to find out."

"Okay, everything that needs to be explained has been explained. Let's go."

Village Chief Jia turned around, waved to Cheng Wan, and walked back to the front of the team step by step with a cane.

Village Chief Jia's second son glanced at Cheng Wan and Mrs. Lin, opened and closed his mouth, and finally nodded slightly, "Take care!"

After saying that, he turned around and chased Village Chief Jia.

Old Mrs. Lin covered her chest and murmured: "I didn't feel that my relationship with those people in the village was that good before, but why...why do I feel so unhappy?"