After traveling through time, I became the aunt of the loyal dog emperor

Near noon, news that disaster victims had arrived from Nanye spread throughout the palace.

The people in the palace described the news they heard vividly, as if they had seen it with their own eyes. It turned out that since the emperor ascended the throne, the Chu Kingdom had never truly entered peace, especially in recent years, the dispute with Tumo had intensified and lasted for a long time. Since there was a war, it was natural to ensure the supply of food and grass on the battlefield, so before and during each war, food would be collected from the people all over the country. After a few years, the people had reached the brink of collapse and were struggling to maintain a fragile balance.

The most typical example is a place called Sangcheng. Although it is called Sangcheng, it does not grow mulberry leaves, but is a large grain producer. Therefore, every year Sangcheng needs to pay much more grain than other counties, and has long run out of grain reserves. The people of the entire county are waiting for this autumn harvest. According to the output of previous years, it will not be a problem to survive the new year.

Unfortunately, the temperature this year was much higher than usual, and there was no rain for a month, which led to drought. All the crops dried up in the fields, resulting in a serious harvest failure. In this situation, even if the people in the city tightened their belts and lived frugally, they could only barely survive for a short period of time. If they did not borrow food from other places, they would have a hard time getting through the winter.

However, the court had received reports from Sangcheng that everything was going well, and had never mentioned this, so the court did not take any action. As expected, Sangcheng soon fell into famine, which was horrible. If they continued to stay here, they would only die of starvation or illness. In order to survive, the people in the city began to form groups of survival teams, leaving their hometowns, begging all the way and leaning on each other to come to Nanye, just to survive.

After all, Nanye is the place closest to the emperor and the place with the greatest hope of getting shelter.

As night was about to fall, the group of survivors finally reached the city of Nanye after much hardship. At this time, their team had lost more than half of its members. The remaining people were ragged and staggering, supporting each other, hoping that they would have a chance to survive once they entered the city.

The soldiers guarding the city were also very shocked, but they could not decide whether to allow these victims to enter the city. If these beggars really entered the city and disturbed the public security in the city, they would not be responsible. So they reported it to higher authorities, and finally the officials guarding the city received instructions to close the city gates and prevent these victims from entering Nanye City.

But what kind of people are outside the city gate? They pinned all their hopes of survival on reaching Nanye. They had no food along the way, and some of their companions collapsed on the way here. Only those who survived by chance were qualified to arrive here, but now they were stopped outside the city gate.

So the completely desperate people frantically rammed the city gates in the early morning, clashed with the officers and soldiers guarding the city, and tried to force their way in. At this time, the officials guarding the city saw that the situation was gradually getting out of hand and could no longer be concealed, so they submitted a memorial to the higher authorities.

On the night of the incident, the memorial was first sent to the emperor, and then transferred to Ziheng the next morning. Ziheng originally planned to go to dinner with Wan Ning after reading all the memorials, but after reading the contents of the memorials, he was furious and wanted to pull down all those who were doing nothing and punish them on the spot.

But the most important thing at the moment was how to properly resettle the victims, so Ziheng put aside everything and immediately went to the city gate with his personal bodyguard Fang Xiong.

It was a cold and dewy early morning in late autumn. When we arrived at the scene, it was still dark and the city gates were still closed. However, there were more soldiers waiting inside than usual, ready to start a battle. What I heard through the thick city gates was the low wailing and faint crying outside.

The leading official stood in front of the soldiers, not daring to act rashly, and could only pace anxiously at the city gate. He waited and waited for instructions from the palace, but no order came. He waited all night until the sky was a little light, and the anxious sound of horse hooves came from the fog in the distance. Wei Yu looked up anxiously, and saw that the sound of horse hooves came with two young men.

Although he had never seen the emperor, he had a keen eye and saw that the two people who came were dressed in rich clothes and had extraordinary demeanor. They were likely messengers from the palace. He hurried to greet them anxiously and respectfully, saluted at the city gate and waited for them to dismount.

"But is he a messenger from the palace? What instructions does the emperor have?" Wei Yu asked loudly before the two men dismounted.

"Open the city gate and let the victims in." Fang Xiong followed Ziheng on horseback and said sternly.

But Wei Yu clearly heard it, but he just stood there without taking any action, with an embarrassment on his face.

As they were talking, Ziheng and the others had already arrived at the city gate. After getting off their horses, they went around Wei Yu to observe the current situation. Fang Xiong stood in front of Wei Yu and asked angrily, "Didn't Lord Wei hear you? Why don't you open the city gate and let the victims in?"

After these words were spoken, Wei Yu bowed even lower in a respectful manner, and although he was polite, he asked back: "I wonder if you two gentlemen have proof of the order from the Emperor Emeritus in the palace? Otherwise, it would be difficult for me to obey your order. If the victims come in and offend the important people in the imperial city, it is not something a small character like me can bear the responsibility for."

Ziheng turned his back angrily. Fang Xiong received the instruction and stopped arguing. He directly took out the emperor's token to show that he was here on the emperor's orders to pass on the emperor's orders: "Sir Wei, can the emperor's order still not move you? Just open the city gate. I will be responsible for anything that happens."

Wei Yu thought about it and realized that all of them were important figures. As a small figure, he naturally couldn't afford to offend anyone, so he gladly accepted the order and said, "I will open the city gate right away, but how are we going to accommodate the victims who are coming in?"

"The emperor has ordered the establishment of a temporary resettlement point in the square on the west side of the city gate, and distributed warm clothes and food at Liuxingtai. After Lord Wei opens the city gate, you will need to lead your men to escort the victims there," Fang Xiong replied.

Lord Wei no longer had any concerns. He walked to the city gate and shouted to the outside, "The emperor is so gracious. The emperor has ordered the city gate to be opened to let you in. He has also prepared warm clothes and food in advance. When the city gate is opened, please come in in an orderly manner and don't bump into the people in the city."

After that, Wei Yu ordered the officers and soldiers around him: "Open the city gate! Open—the—city—gate—"

With a muffled sound from the heavy city gate, the huge door in the middle slowly opened, and the miserable situation of the victims slowly appeared in front of Ziheng: the number of victims was more than he had imagined, mainly middle-aged men and women, and some children. At this time of year, everyone was wearing thin and worn clothes, covered with dust and dirt, and some people who were already naked were tightly wrapped together by their companions to keep warm.

Because there had been no food for a long time, the victims' eye sockets and cheeks were sunken, their frail arms stretched out listlessly from their sleeves, and their distinct ribs and slightly protruding abdomen could be seen through their clothes - that was the bloating caused by eating something difficult to digest because they had no food.

When the victims saw the gate open, they had hope in their eyes, but they looked inside tentatively and did not dare to take any action. It was not until a few brave ones tried to stand up and slowly walked inside that the others also started to stand up.

Ziheng stood by with grief as he watched the frail victims enter the city gate in an orderly manner, with their heads down and not saying a word as they passed by.

Suddenly Ziheng noticed a little boy in the middle of the team, who was led by a young woman with a unique temperament, but her eyes were full of defiance.

He walked forward slowly, but his eyes were always fixed on Ziheng.