Will collection system

"Oh? I didn't expect the local gentry to be so sympathetic to the people." Zhao Gui rolled his eyes, "I see that the local disaster is serious and the relief supplies are insufficient. How about you donate generously from the squires? Don't worry, I will speak well in front of the emperor. sentence."

"This—" The squires present here looked at each other, but couldn't make up their minds.

"Don't worry, my lord, they will definitely agree. This is for the benefit of the country and the people. Are you right?" The magistrate's triangular eyes glanced at them, and everyone nodded in agreement.

"Hahaha, good! You are all righteous men, I offer you a toast!"

"Thank you, sir." The country gentry drank a glass of wine bitterly, only feeling that it was more bitter than Coptis chinensis.

After drinking for three rounds, when it was time to add to the fun, the magistrate clapped his hands, and a group of dancers appeared, fat and thin, with thin clothes, which aroused people's imagination.Knowing that this was specially prepared for Mr. Zhao, everyone stood up and said goodbye wisely.Zhao Gui's eyes were straightened, and he pretended to ask the county magistrate, "What's the meaning of this?"

"My lord, you don't know. Long before you arrive, the local people know that you are coming. It feels like seeing a Bodhisattva alive. The girls are grateful for your hard work, so I invite you to serve me." The county magistrate said with nose and eyes , I almost believed it myself.

"It turned out to be like this. Since I can't refuse the wishes of the people, I just accept it reluctantly." He hugged one of the women in his arms, and signaled the magistrate to retreat quickly with his eyes.

Old pervert, I haven't enjoyed it before, it's really cheap for you!The magistrate cursed secretly, and on the surface he stepped back with a smile on his face.

At noon the next day, Zhao Gui woke up quietly.The end result of excessive indulgence is a sore waist. Looking at the scene of corruption around her, she was startled at first, and then relaxed again.Now the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and that tigress can't control him.Zhao Gui's current state is that he has been controlled for a long time and has bottomed out, and his behavior is even more unscrupulous.

Hearing movement inside, the servant guarding outside asked in a low voice: "But is Mr. Zhao awake?"

After getting the answer, he called a few maidservants to come in to serve Mr. Zhao. The chaotic situation in the room made the faces of the unmarried girls blush.So the imperial envoy Mr. Zhao appeared in front of the people with a face of kidney deficiency.

"Did Mr. Zhao rest well last night?" Wu Zhixian approached with a smile all over his face.

"Okay, ok, Mr. Wu has a heart." Xu Shi was very satisfied with the service last night, Zhao Gui said three good words in a row, and his attitude became much more cordial.

"That's good, that's good, if your lord is satisfied, you will be happy when you step down from office."

"Okay, the people are waiting impatiently, hurry up and help the victims." The yamen servant responded and directed the victims to take a team. Adults get a bowl of porridge and two steamed buns, and children get a bowl of porridge and a steamed bun.The big guy was very hungry, so he stuffed it into his mouth as soon as he got it, and he didn't care about tasting it, and it went into his stomach in a blink of an eye. At least some of them who ate slowly felt that the buns scratched their throats, and they couldn't chew them no matter how much they chewed. If you don't say it, you will inevitably whisper in your heart.

Zhao Gui looked at the submissive victims below with satisfaction, just like looking at a pile of gleaming gold.

"Everyone came here to line up after dinner. Mr. Zhao brought you cotton clothes. Thank you Mr. Zhao soon."

cotton coat!The originally listless victims cheered up again.Many people have froze to death in the past few days, and now they have cotton padded clothes, they will be able to survive this winter!

"Don't grab it, don't grab it!" The yamen servant commanded the crowd with a stick, but when they couldn't wait to put it on, they didn't feel the slightest warmth.Maybe it was because he was too cold and lost the warmth in his body, so everyone comforted him like this.

Zhao Gui went all the way to relieve disasters. For him, it was not a job but a public trip. Following his praises and reprimands, his life was more nourishing than the emperor for a while.

It was nearly the end of the new year, and with the joint efforts of Shen Jiajun, enough supplies were finally prepared to survive the cold winter.

Li Jinxi didn't bother the prince's rare silence after washing up, because today is the empress's memorial day.The prince stared blankly at the snow scene for a while, then suddenly said: "What do you think Father is doing now?"

Li Jinxi didn't say anything, he was just spending time with his wife and young son.

The crown prince didn't seem to intend to listen to Li Jinxi's answer, and started talking about the queen on his own.

"The year my mother died, there was also such a heavy snowfall. Although the house was burning with earth dragons, I felt cold in my heart. At that time, Eunuch Ge went to ask his father to see his mother for the last time, but he didn't come because Concubine Zhao was sick. Sudden discomfort. The queen mother has always been a very cheerful person, with a heroic spirit that ordinary women do not have, and she is very kind to the palace people. Even the concubines like her. If she hadn't entered the palace at the beginning, she should be the most beautiful Gesanghua in the frontier. "

Li Jinxi just quietly listened to the prince talking about the past that he had never participated in, and gradually pictured the appearance of the queen in his mind.According to the system data, the empress died at the hands of the imperial concubine, but it was not because of the emperor's indifference.Perhaps the emperor really wanted to marry the empress, but in the end he couldn't resist the temptation of the imperial concubine.Perhaps death is not something to be feared by the queen, but she is just reluctant to part with the immature prince and the family who love her.

"Xixi, you say it's ridiculous. He actually celebrates the birth of the concubine's son, as if the royal heirs are withered. It's not that the concubines in the palace have never given birth to a prince, and my mother's queen is not a jealous person, but the father. I let the noble concubine hurt the prince's life, so the noble concubine's son is the prince, aren't we? Poor Xiao Liu likes me the most, but I didn't protect him."

Li Jinxi felt sour after hearing this, and put his hand on the prince's shoulder: "Prince, don't blame yourself, one day you will avenge them."

"Xixi, you must have never imagined that the current Ninth Prince is not the father's son, but the son of Zhao Gui, that picky bastard. Do you think this is retribution?"

It turned out to be Zhao Gui's son?Li Jinxi frowned physiologically.He has heard a lot about Zhao Gui's actions in Jiangnan from his subordinates recently, and he feels that this person is extremely disgusting.Knowing that the noble concubine is bold, but did not expect her to be so desperate, this is the crime of Zhu Jiuzu.

"How did the prince know?"

"When I sent people to keep an eye on Zhao's mansion, I found that one night they quietly carried out a person from the mansion. Seeing that she was a woman, they followed. It turned out that they stopped at a mass grave and said it was Because the mistress dislikes a woman’s death at home, it’s bad luck. Later, the two of them took advantage of the woman’s coma to plot against her, so they were rescued by us, and it turned out that she was Zhao Gui’s concubine.”

"Is this woman the birth mother of the Ninth Prince?" Li Jinxi had a flash of inspiration, Mrs. Zhao didn't have the ability to conceive a pearl.

The crown prince nodded, "It is impossible for the imperial concubine to be pregnant. Zhao Gui suddenly took a concubine abnormally, and the newborn child disappeared. It is hard for me not to doubt the life experience of the ninth prince." All the impossible, the rest is the fact.

"But how did you know that the imperial concubine is infertile?"

"The queen mother said before she died that from now on, I will be His Majesty's only child."