After being forced to marry the prince

"It's contempt for them to step on bones."

Gu Bai looked at Chu Wu very seriously, with distress in his eyes, the same compassion as Chu Wu's eyes, and a little bit of relief, "You are different from them."

Gu Baiji said, "Ah You, your heart is compassionate. In their eyes, the common people are ants, but in your heart, they are responsibilities."

The evening breeze was cool, Gu Baiji hugged him a little tighter, and gently placed a comforting kiss on Chu Wu's neck, "Don't worry, Ah You, I will take care of what you care about, and I will definitely give the victims an explanation. , promise me now, don't torment yourself, okay?"

Chu Wu shook his head, knowing what he wanted to do, "General, the emperor... I'm afraid he won't be able to say anything in a few words. I know him well, and I'm used to listening to him with my eyes closed. Only someone who puts the truth in front of him bloody will fall in love with him." With two eyes, there will be such a moment to remember that I am still the monarch of a country."

It was precisely because of understanding that the emperor was moved by Chu Wu's conditions and let go of Gu Baiji, a general who stood on the front line of the Dazhao border.

Chu Wudao: "So general, don't rush to send the news up, just wait for me for two days."

From the second day, Chu Wu locked himself in the study for two days and two nights, except for Gu Baiji who couldn't hold back in the middle and forced his way in and brought him out to rest for two hours, the rest of the time he was almost sleepless.

Two days later in the early morning, it was the emperor's new appointment to go to court once a week. Chu Wu came out holding a scroll and handed it to Gu Baiji, "General, I know you must have made other arrangements, but before that, you can send the scroll to Gu Baiji." Show the picture scroll to the emperor, if he takes it into his heart, that's fine, if he doesn't take it into his heart, then use your original method."

Gu Baiji nodded, took the scroll and put it aside without looking at it, then hugged him in his arms, and kissed him lightly, "Leave the rest to me, you go to rest now."

Chu Wu nodded.

Gu Bai was extremely worried, "Don't get up until I come back."

Chu Wu nodded, and said with a slight smile: "General, I'm too worried, I'm so sleepy now, I'm afraid you won't wake me up even if you come back."

"It's better like this." Gu Baiji said a few more words, watching the person lie down on the bed, before turning and leaving.

I thought it would take a lot of energy to let the emperor open his eyes to see the people's livelihood in the world, but what Gu Baiji didn't expect was that before he opened his mouth, someone would take the initiative to bring up the drought in Yuzhou.

Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Sun Yan, who was once called the last upright official of Dazhao by Lin Huan, came out and said:

"Report to Your Majesty, I have something important to report."

The emperor was a little impatient, raised his hand, "Say!"

In the eyes of all the ministers with deep meaning, Sun Yan looked calmly, and talked about a series of tragedies such as the severe drought in Yuzhou, the lack of income of the people and the exorbitant taxes, and finally the famine everywhere and thousands of miles of starvation.

The details are exactly the same as the three stick figures received by the General's Mansion.

Gu Bai observed the people in the court very calmly, although they were all old foxes who showed no emotion, but because Sun Shangshu said it suddenly, except for him, the eyes of others more or less showed some ignorance There are a few more, but there is a kind of hidden anger that the secret is suddenly revealed.

Gu Baiji realized in his heart that there was no one else who received the portrait except him and Sun Yan.

It seems that it is not much different from what Lin Huan said. The name of this Shangshu is also rumored among the people, so that person chose Sun Shangshu besides him.

After Sun Yan finished speaking, one of the angry people came out first, and retorted: "Your Majesty, Sun Shangshu heard some news from somewhere, and came to His Majesty to scare you."

One person spoke, and two or three people followed, all talking about the peaceful and prosperous world, how could such a situation happen.

"Sun Aiqing." The emperor's complexion was also not very good-looking, and his cloudy eyes narrowed slightly, "God bless me, Shengshi Anle, are you trying to scare me?"

A few days ago, Sun Yan had euphemistically advised the emperor not to indulge in pleasure and try to increase the number of court visits.

Sun Shangshu frowned, but after many years of ups and downs in the officialdom, he was a little calm after all, and he only said, "Your Majesty, I dare not speak falsely. There is a famine in Yuzhou, and I have sent someone to investigate clearly."

This is also the reason why he didn't speak until today when he heard about it.

Sun Yan is a clean and honest person, and everyone in the government and the public knows what he said. Some people in the court believe it. After all, the court is not really rotten. At that time, there was a slight discussion in the court hall.

"Sun Shangshu." Chu Jun came out and questioned, "It's not because others don't believe you, but because you have nothing to prove, even if there is a famine, local officials should report it layer by layer, why have you never heard of it before? "

"What do you mean, Your Highness?" After Sun Shangshu finished speaking, he suddenly felt sad.

In a vast country, natural disasters are ruthless, famine is rampant, the king closes his eyes and does not see, and the prince makes things difficult to hide. If this continues, the country will not be a country.

Sun Yan was tearful, kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, if I deceive you a little bit, I would like to apologize with death."

"Sun Shangshu." Hubu Shangshu looked at him with dull eyes, "You really don't know how to commit the crime of deceiving the emperor?"

"You..." Sun Yan was about to speak, but Gu Baiji took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I can testify that what Sun Shangshu said is absolutely true."

Since Gu Baiji returned to the court, he rarely spoke in the hall, but at this moment he suddenly appeared, and the court was almost quiet, even Sun Yan himself was stunned for a moment.

"Gu Baiji?" The emperor was even more displeased, "What kind of fun are you joining in?"

"Your Majesty." Gu Baiji said, "I'm not just joining in the fun. When I was out before, by chance, I met a beggar from Yuzhou. The Yuzhou he said was exactly the same as what Sun Shangshu described."

The emperor frowned, "Is it true?"

Gu Baiji nodded, "It's absolutely true. Based on the lessons learned from the past in southern Xinjiang, I was afraid that the people would be driven to a dead end and riots, so I sent people to Yuzhou to investigate. What Sun Shangshu said is indeed true."

The emperor was probably afraid of the war, so he did take it seriously when he heard the words, and asked, "Why didn't you report it in the first place?"

Gu Baiji said: "The news has not been confirmed, so I dare not speak nonsense."

This remark was a refutation of what those people had said before.

As Gu Baiji said, he took out the scroll and said, "The famine in Yuzhou has reached its extreme. The envoys to Yuzhou specially drew pictures of the hungry people. Your Majesty, please have a look."

The emperor said: "Submit it."

The inner tube took a step forward, took the scroll and displayed it in front of the emperor.The emperor looked at it for a moment, his face sank completely, he slapped the armrest of the dragon chair with his palm, and said to the internal official:

"Take it down and show it to all the lovers to take a closer look."

The inner tube nodded, and presented the unfolded scrolls in front of everyone one by one.

The picture scroll is no longer than an arm's length, but the scene on the painting is completely thrilling and shocking.

Not to mention others, it was the first time for Gu Baiji to see the real face of this painting, and he was shocked for a moment.

He never knew that Chu Wu, who was known by everyone as being great, might not be the best, besides his excellent medical skills, Danqing was also so superb.

His Ah You, his kindness, always surpassed his expectations time and time again.