The daughter of a general is reborn to save the whole family of the marquis

The emperor sat on the chair and looked at her incredulously: "You said that there was little rain this year and the people's harvest was poor, so you want to dig a canal from the Qingya River to Shengjing City?"

Chu Heyi replied: "Yes."

"The purpose of digging the canal is to divert water from the Qingya River to facilitate irrigation for the people next year?"

Chu Heyi said with a serious expression: "When I was in the countryside, I also encountered a drought. One day, a monk passed by and told us that if we repair the ditches early, there will be water next year.

"Everyone was skeptical. Although they were unwilling to work hard, they were afraid that the drought would continue next year, so they really started to build ditches. As a result, there was abundant rain the next year! I think the monk's words are quite credible."

...Of course, she lied to the emperor.

The actual situation is that due to continuous heavy rains in the summer of the following year, half of Shengjing City will be submerged, the accumulated water cannot be drained, and a large area of ​​houses and granaries will be submerged, causing heavy losses.

It was just because there was not enough rain this year, so when it started raining the next year, everyone was caught off guard and thought it would be over in a few days.

As a result, the continuous heavy rains claimed many lives. First, the continuous heavy rains caused the Qingya River to surge, washing away houses, people, and livestock; then, all the crops in the fields were drowned; and finally, a plague was triggered.

The death toll was quite tragic.

However, how can we talk about something that will happen next year?

If she told this, the emperor would certainly think she was crazy, or that she wanted to embezzle the national treasury and that was why she asked the emperor to spend money again and again.

Maybe before her father and brother returned victoriously from the battlefield, she would be burned alive as a lunatic to prevent her from making alarmist remarks.

Therefore, she could only say that it was the words of the monk.

The emperor was most likely to believe such nonsense.

Chu He thought that the emperor was silent because he was reluctant to part with his hard-earned treasury, so he added fuel to the fire.

"Your Majesty, I was inconsiderate last time. The families of the soldiers in the north were taken care of, but the families of the soldiers guarding the south and west were not taken care of. This has led to a lot of public resentment. If this continues, I'm afraid something will go wrong."

The emperor was stunned when he heard this!

In front of him, the ministers only talked about how grateful the families of the northern soldiers were to him!

They did not mention a word about the remarks made by the families of the soldiers to the south and west.

After listening to Chu Heyi's words, the emperor felt that the families of the soldiers in the south and west would indeed feel psychologically unbalanced when they saw that the families of the soldiers in the north were taken care of while they were not.

"You are so good, Chu Heyi! How dare you deceive me!" The emperor was furious and threw the inkstone in his hand away.

The eunuchs and palace maids serving in the palace all knelt down.

The hall was eerily quiet.

The inkstone didn't hit Chu Heyi's back, but only hit her side. However, the loud noise was still very scary.

It felt like what fell to the ground was not the inkstone, but her head.

Chu Heyi shouted in horror: "I am just a girl in the boudoir, with a dull mind, how can I deceive the emperor?"

That tone sounded more wronged than Dou E's.

The emperor stood up, walked down from the high platform, walked in front of Chu Heyi, and looked down at her: "Raise your head."

Chu Heyi raised his head tremblingly, not daring to raise his eyelashes, and could only keep his eyes drooped, not daring and not being able to look the emperor in the eye.

"Look at me!"

The emperor in a rage was extremely majestic and had a natural aura.

Chu Heyi's long eyelashes trembled, and she raised her eyes nervously and looked at the emperor weakly. The moment she met the emperor's gaze, her eyes turned red with fright.

"Don't think that I won't know what you are up to just because you're pretending to be decent! Your first step is to ask me to use the silver from the national treasury to open a Moon Sleeping Workshop, so that the families of the soldiers in the northern border can be taken care of with a monthly salary of four taels.

"The first step is accomplished. The second step is that you tell me that the families of the soldiers stationed in the south and west are dissatisfied, forcing me to follow your advice and dig a canal in Shengjing City. The people who dig the canal must be the families of the soldiers stationed in the south and west!

"You are so brave, Chu Heyi, you are playing a series of tricks in front of me! Do you want to give me white silk or poisoned wine?"

In his last sentence, the emperor showed his full power and was extremely cold.

Chu Heyi knelt on the ground, her frail body swaying, and she looked frightened.

Crystal clear tears instantly filled her eyes and burst out, leaving two tear marks on her fair face.

"Your Majesty, if I had such a plan, I would be able to protect my elder brother and prevent him from losing his legs. If I had such wisdom, I would be able to keep my engagement with His Royal Highness Prince Cheng and avoid being cruelly broken off..."

The emperor looked at her tearful face and her miserable crying appearance, and couldn't help asking himself: Did I think she was too smart?

Chu Heyi looked so fragile and didn't seem like the type who could come up with a series of tricks.

And she was obviously scared of herself, but she still didn't change her original statement, which shows that she really didn't lie.

"Get up, those sad things are over, why are you still talking about them? If you don't have such a heart, I won't blame you, why are you crying!"

The emperor walked back to the platform and sat down.

"Your Majesty, everything I said is true. It was the monk in the temple who said we should dig a canal in Shengjing. The monk also said that if the soldiers guarding the border of Daqi are partial to some and neglected to others, there will be chaos."

The emperor took this to heart, but did not immediately agree to Chu Heyi's request. "You go back first. I will consider this matter!"

"My maid, please retire!"

The emperor first sent someone out of the palace to find out what the families of the soldiers in the south and west were talking about. Then he sent someone to call the imperial teacher to ask him about digging ditches in Shengjing City.

The Imperial Master said, "I observed the sky at night and indeed found something strange. I thought it was the invasion of the Northern Zhou army that caused this situation. Now it seems that what Miss Heyi said makes some sense. The people's complaints can pile up like a mountain, which will cause all kinds of unrest in the future. If we can dig canals to properly appease the people, the strange phenomenon will disappear, and the unrest will dissipate before it gathers."

What the emperor actually wanted to hear was the voice of denial from the imperial teacher, mainly because he wanted to protect his rarely full treasury.

As a result, the imperial teacher described the situation as so serious that he had no choice but to open the national treasury with great reluctance, summon the families of the soldiers in the south and west, and dig ditches in Shengjing City.

However, Shengjing City is the capital and where the emperor resides.

Starting construction was a big deal. If you were not careful, you might damage the dragon's energy. Therefore, the emperor attached great importance to it. He had to find a Feng Shui master to choose a location and also had to find very professional people to design the ditches.

However, this was a headache for the emperor and his ministers, so Chu Heyi continued to go to the stable to practice riding and archery.

It was very strange that when she was riding and shooting arrows today, she missed every shot, not a single arrow hit the center of the bull's eye, and once the arrow even brushed past Song Ju's ear.

Song Ju paused her training and asked her, "What are you upset about?"

Chu Heyi looked at him steadily, with twinkling lights in his eyes, and deep expectations: "Come on, will you help me?"

Song Ju looked back at her and said, "Three days ago, you rode Benxiao to the gate of the palace, but you came back and told me that Benxiao thought the stable was too small and you had no choice but to let him go out and run wild.

"But in fact, three days ago, when the Imperial Master entered the palace, the horse's hoof raised high under your crotch almost crushed the Imperial Master into a pulp."