Amazing Pastoral World: Unparalleled Medical Queen

Shi Chenxing shook his head: "I have been to their temporary residence and asked the people there. Some people who know them said that they are not planning to go to other towns to make a living because they think the conditions in Jinji Town are better than those in other towns."

Lu Ke'er somehow thought of Chen Xiaoyong's brother.

It also means finding a job, but then he leaves and disappears without a trace.

"Are there any other refugees missing in the town?" Lu Ke'er asked.

Ye Feng's face was solemn.

He glanced at Zuo Yi, who nodded and left quietly.

Shi Chenxing was slightly stunned: "That's not very clear. I met those big brothers some time ago, so I paid attention to them. I didn't know many of the refugees, so I didn't pay attention to them."

Lu Ke'er frowned deeply, and she looked at Ye Feng: "Xiao Xiao, I have a bad feeling."

Ye Feng asked, "Are you worried that this matter is not simple?"

"One person going missing could be an isolated incident. Now there are several. I suspect it's not an isolated incident."

"Refugees have no household registration, and their information has never been registered with the government, so there is no evidence to verify." Ye Feng was a little annoyed.

Qi State has almost no measures to manage refugees and beggars. I didn't think it was a big problem before, but now Ye Feng has followed Lu Ke'er. After what he has seen and heard during this period of time, he gradually understands that if the refugee problem is not handled properly, it will also cause certain turmoil and unrest. Moreover, refugees are a labor force that cannot be ignored. According to Lu Ke'er, labor is a key force to develop Qi State's economy and improve people's livelihood.

Lu Ke'er frowned and said, "As far as I know, many people in Pingzhou and Chongzhou lost their land and became homeless due to natural disasters and man-made disasters. Many people gradually became refugees. King Chen has been sealing off his fiefdom and prohibiting a large number of refugees from leaving. He has big plans."

Shi Chenxing asked, "Does King Chen want to take advantage of these refugees?"

Lu Ke'er glanced at him approvingly. "That's right. If I'm not mistaken, King Chen deliberately dragged it out for nearly a year to make the refugees desperate and with no way out. This way, they would be more likely to accept any move made by King Chen."

Shi Chenxing's face turned pale: "What exactly does King Chen want to do?"

Lu Ke'er replied: "Whatever you want to do, you should have taken action in the near future. Oh, no, you should have taken action a long time ago, but you just did it very covertly."

Ye Feng looked at Lu Ke'er with complicated eyes, a hint of appreciation and admiration flashed in his eyes, and said, "Yesterday, I just received news from Pingzhou. King Chen began to recruit many refugees to his garrison in his fiefdom on the grounds of resettling refugees, replenishing the army's personnel who died of epidemics, and resisting riots by bad refugees, which greatly expanded the size of his army."

"What?" Shi Chenxing exclaimed, "There are limits on the size of the garrison in a fiefdom. What is he trying to do?"

"Isn't this obvious?" Lu Ke'er sneered, "As the legitimate son, he has no right to inherit the throne. Is he willing to watch the throne fall to his nephew? Not to mention that his nephew is still a young boy."

When it comes to the royal family, Shi Chenxing would not dare to make any comments no matter how brave he is. But Lu Keer did not have such concerns. She turned to look at Ye Feng and asked in surprise: "What's with that expression on your face? Am I wrong?"

The "young brat" she was talking about looked at her with a hard-to-describe expression: "Just say this in front of me, but don't speak so freely in front of outsiders in the future."

Lu Ke'er curled her lips and said, "I know. I don't care about these things. These are the things that give the old emperor a headache."

Night Breeze sighed.

Grandpa Emperor must be very heartbroken at this moment, right?

He received the news yesterday, and the Emperor probably also learned about what Prince Chen had done. Although the Emperor was dissatisfied with Prince Chen, as a father, he still did not want to see his son go down a path of no return.

Grandfather Emperor will still give Prince Chen a chance.

I just hope that Prince Chen won't go even further and end up killing himself.

…………

Beijing.

Royal study room.

Emperor Zheng'an threw the secret memorial in his hand onto the table with a solemn expression.

The chief eunuch Li Fuquan stood at the table with his head bowed. He raised his eyebrows quietly, stole a glance at the sullen face of Emperor Zheng'an, and then closed his eyes again, not daring to breathe.

In front of the table, kneeling to honor the ancestors.

After the morning court session today, he did not leave, but asked to see Emperor Zheng'an alone and presented the secret memorial he had received to Emperor Zheng'an.

As the Grand Commander in charge of the army, he had spies stationed in various places where the army was stationed. Therefore, it was no secret that he could collect information about the fiefdom of King Chen.

However, after reading the secret memorial, Emperor Zheng'an's reaction was strange.

He was neither furious nor relaxed, but had a sullen face that made it impossible to see into his heart.

But Yaoyaozu knew that Emperor Zheng'an's mood at the moment was like an undercurrent beneath the calm sea, surging with waves.

"Your Majesty, please make a decision as soon as possible." Rongyao Zu said in a deep voice, "Prince Chen's actions are in violation of the ancestral system. There are restrictions on the garrisons of each prince's fiefdom, and they cannot recruit troops privately, otherwise it will be tantamount to treason. Prince Chen knowingly violated the rules, and he should be killed!"

Emperor Zheng'an put his hands behind his back and walked back and forth in front of the table twice, his eyes flickering.

Just as he was about to say something, he heard the eunuch outside the study room cautiously report: "Your Majesty, the Queen wants to see you."

Emperor Zheng'an was startled and was about to refuse, but he heard the eunuch Li Fuquan whispered: "The Queen has been asking to see Your Majesty every day recently, saying that..."

He paused.

"What did you say?" Emperor Zheng'an couldn't help but ask.

Li Fuquan bowed his head and replied respectfully, "It is said that there is some clue about the poisoning of the Crown Prince."

Emperor Zheng'an was stunned.

When Ye Feng was born, he was already poisoned. His mother, the then Princess Jing, died after only two months of giving birth to him.

He handed the case over to the Ministry of Clan Affairs and the Dali Temple for thorough investigation, but after more than ten years, nothing was found.

Now, the queen actually said that she had a clue, which surprised and unexpected him.

He once suspected that it was the Queen's family, the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion, who did it. Unfortunately, there was no evidence.

He pondered for a while, then nodded: "Let her in."

Shi Hanyu walked in slowly.

She is over fifty, but she looks like she is just over 40. She is dressed beautifully, looks dignified, and has a reserved demeanor. She is still as arrogant as she was when she was young, as if she doesn't take anyone seriously.

When she married Emperor Zheng'an, who was still a prince, people inside and outside the court said that she was the woman who most resembled the mother of a country.

Later, she became the queen as she wished, but she never entered the heart of Emperor Zheng'an.

The discord between the Emperor and Empress was no secret in the harem or the court.

Empress Shi stopped a few steps away from Emperor Zheng'an, raised her chin slightly, and looked at him with aloofness and coldness.

Looking at the most powerful man in the world before her, Queen Shi felt a complex mix of love and hate, pity and anger in her heart.

Although Emperor Zheng'an gave her the highest honor for a woman in the world, he gave his lifelong love to the deceased Concubine Yu.

When he was forced to marry her, he told her clearly: "I don't love you, and I will never love you in this life. Even so, do you have to marry me?"