Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Ten days later.

Shangjing, Imperial Palace, Jingren Palace.

The emperor and the empress were both dressed in casual clothes, sitting on either side of the chess table playing chess.

The emperor played the black chess piece. After placing a piece on the chessboard, he looked at the carved window coffin and said, "I don't know what happened these days. The sun has not been good and it has been gloomy. I don't know when the birthday banquet for my mother will be..."

For a happy event like a birthday banquet, the weather must be sunny and bright to be considered an auspicious day. How can it be celebrated in a gloomy and gloomy weather?

The Queen placed the white piece and smiled gently, "The date was calculated by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory, and there are still several days left. Your Majesty, don't worry."

"There are still a few days..." The emperor looked out the window and pondered, "Queen, you said...Why haven't Shen Qing and Yongning Bo arrived yet? Counting the days, they should be here, right?"

The Queen secretly pondered the time and frowned slightly, saying, "Didn't Lord Wei say... that they would take a ship to the capital? I think the date is almost here... Your Majesty, why don't you send someone to check at the dock?"

Upon hearing this, the emperor sat up and called out to the door, "Hong Banban."

After waiting for a while, no one answered.

Logically speaking, as a personal eunuch, Eunuch Hong should be waiting outside the door.

The queen winked at her personal maid, who obeyed her orders, lowered her head and walked out.

The emperor and the empress, who were supposed to continue playing chess, lost interest unknowingly and put away their chess pieces.

The chess pieces fall into the chess box with a crisp "ding-dong" sound, like morning dew falling on leaves, clean and neat.

"His Majesty--"

Before all the chess pieces were collected, Eunuch Hong was heard shouting outside Jingren Palace.

The emperor frowned slightly, put on his shoes and left the chess table, followed closely by the queen.

"Your Majesty..." Eunuch Hong ran in in a panic and reported: "Your Majesty, Lord Liang Fu of the Ministry of Revenue and Lord Shen Xingjian of the Ministry of Works wish to enter the palace to see you."

The emperor frowned when he heard this and took two steps forward. "Liang Fu? Shen Xingjian? Weren't they sent to Tong'an County? Did they come to the capital with Shen Qing? What about Shen Qing? What about Yongning Bo? Why didn't they come to see me?"

This series of questions made Eunuch Hong break out in a cold sweat.

Unexpectedly, Eunuch Hong knelt down with a "click" and said, "Your Majesty, the two adults said that it was Master Shen who had an accident..."

"Snapped--"

The teacup in the queen's hand fell to the ground.

She was the queen and should not have attended court affairs.

Even when Eunuch Hong came in to report, he should have avoided her.

Even if she didn't avoid it, she should have pretended not to hear it.

But now, the tea splashed on her skirt, and the broken teacup was still shaking slightly on the ground, but she couldn't move her steps no matter how hard she tried.

In a trance, she heard her own voice, a little hoarse: "Eunuch Hong, please say it again... What happened to Lord Shen...?"

Eunuch Hong raised his head and glanced at the emperor, then at the queen, his lips trembling: "The two gentlemen said that Lord Shen... is missing."

Upon hearing this, the emperor felt a buzzing in his ears.

The Queen stepped forward before him and asked, "Missing? Why? How many days has he been missing? Where did he disappear? Have you sent anyone to look for him? Where is Earl Yongning? Where is he now? Why is it that an official from the Ministry of Works and Households is here to see the Emperor?!"

Another series of questions made Eunuch Hong's head lower and lower.

"My Lords... just said that Lord Shen is missing and wants to see His Majesty, Your Majesty..."

The emperor resisted the urge to open the palace gate, and said with trembling fingers: "Pass! Pass! Send the person over now!"

After saying this, he could no longer control his breathing and sat down on the carved round table.

Dark clouds came over the horizon, making the entire Forbidden City dim and dark. The emperor slowly raised his head with trembling eyes.

He said, why is the sky getting darker these days?

The palace maid cleaned up the broken teacups and carefully replaced them with a new set of tea sets.

The queen stood on the table for a long time and felt dizzy.

She suppressed the dryness in her throat, poured a cup of tea for the emperor, and comforted him in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, it will be fine, Lord Shen will be fine... He is just missing. Lord Shen is such a smart person, he must have encountered difficulties, and there is no news for the time being."

Hearing this, the emperor grabbed the queen's hands as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, "Queen, you think so too, right? How could a man as talented as Shen Qing get on a boat and get lost?"

Seeing his eager eyes, the queen tried to hold back the tears in her eyes and said, "It must be so, Your Majesty. Let's not be anxious for now and listen to what the two adults have to say."

Her man is the emperor.

He is the emperor above all others.

But he is not immune to all poisons. He also has emotions. When he hears that the pillars of the country are missing, he will be anxious and uneasy.

But this side of him would only show up in front of her.

When he appeared before all the officials and common people, he was the emperor who was immune to all poisons.

......

Inside the palace, Eunuch Hong led Shen Xingjian and Liang Fu in a hurry.

The emperor said "successor", but the place... was actually the Queen's Jingren Palace.

Under normal circumstances, the emperor would never make such an unwise move, the empress would definitely refuse, and even he, a eunuch, would say "not appropriate".

But today, no one said anything about it.

Eunuch Hong closed his eyes and said, "Let it be spread!"

Behind him, Shen Xingjian and Liang Fu had sallow faces, and their clothes were dusty and wrinkled, but their steps were bigger and faster than his.

After turning left and right, they arrived at Jingren Palace.

Before Eunuch Hong could give any instructions, the two of them stepped in.

The emperor and empress moved slightly and arrived at the Lizheng Hall in Jingren Palace.

Lizheng Hall is the Queen's palace specially used for discussing matters. It is spacious with few furnishings, and looks majestic and grand.

As soon as Shen Xingjian and Liang Fu entered the hall, they knelt down.

Without the emperor asking, Shen Xingjian said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I and my party followed Lord Shen and Lord Bo on a boat to the capital. We passed through Jingzhou Prefecture ten days ago. After leaving Jingzhou Wharf, we were passing an abandoned wharf at night and were assassinated."

Assassinated.

Upon hearing this, the emperor clenched his fists slightly on his legs, and a feeling of cold anger seeped into his heart.

Under the whole world, is it not the king's land, and the coast of leading the land is not the king's ministers.

The person who assassinated Shen Zheng was most likely someone from the Great Zhou.

He felt very disappointed, and at the same time, he felt very ironic.

His subjects, or the common people, assassinated his subjects and the pillars of the entire Great Zhou.

This was no longer a simple assassination of a court official. The other party wanted to bring down the Great Zhou, which had finally stood up!

The Queen sat with her hands folded, suppressing her trembling fingertips, and asked on behalf of the Emperor: "How did Lord Shen disappear?"

Shen Xingjian replied: "Your Majesty, the enemy came prepared, and their target was Lord Shen and Lord Bo. When the enemy first attacked the ship, they were forced to retreat by General Yu, but... the few people who were left alive have all committed suicide."