A farmer's daughter who traveled through time: Marrying a sickly man

It has not been found out yet whether there is a traitor in Jinglanyuan.

Xia Tian first asked someone to keep an eye on him to see if he was involved with anyone from the Liu family.

There is no best, if there is it would be hard to keep it.

As for Shen Nian, he dressed neatly in the morning and went to the morning court with Marquis Wu'an.

Sure enough, when the court was almost done discussing important matters, an imperial censor came forward to impeach the Lingxiu Marquis's Mansion.

The person impeached this time was not Lingxiu Bo, but the third master of Lingxiu Bo's mansion, that is, Lingxiu Bo's third brother and Liu's third brother.

This Mr. Liu San is now serving as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Shen Nian found out that he had been found to have embezzled and accepted bribes in previous official assessments, and the circumstances were quite serious.

The main reason is that he has a good relationship with the Liu family. The last assassination attempt outside the city was caused by this Mr. Liu San.

This is the clue found by Marquis Wu'an.

This time, we will naturally start with him.

The materials used by the censor to impeach him were also provided by Shen Nian. Of course, they were not handed over to the censor openly, but someone was secretly placed in a place where the censor could get them.

After the censor finished speaking, he presented the evidence.

When the emperor saw it, he immediately became furious.

The Third Master Liu, Minister Liu, immediately came out to protest his innocence, and Earl Lingxiu also stood up to plead for his brother.

Just as the emperor was about to detain the person and deal with him after verifying the evidence, Marquis Wu'an stood up.

He handed over the memorial and evidence that Minister Liu had sent people to assassinate Shen Nian and Xia Tian.

Shen Nian was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect his father to produce this evidence at the morning court.

Although the impeachment memorial submitted by Marquis Wu'an was not the same as Minister Liu's accusation of corruption and bribery, the emperor would not think so.

Since you dare to send people to assassinate officials of the current dynasty, is there anything else you can't do?

He was immediately stripped of his official uniform and thrown into prison to be dealt with after the facts were verified.

Lingxiu Bo pleaded for mercy on the spot, but was also reprimanded by the emperor, who asked him to reflect on his actions behind closed doors for three days.

Lingxiu Bo left the court in a daze. When he met Wu'an Hou, he questioned him angrily.

"Marquis Wu'an, I never thought you would not even spare your own brother-in-law, and even add fuel to the fire."

Marquis Wu'an snorted coldly, "Haha, as an uncle, you actually sent someone to assassinate your own nephew, and you think you're justified? Even if he's not Liu's biological son, he's still legally entitled to be your uncle. Did you let him go?"

He found this evidence within a few days. He had been suppressing it for two months for Liu's sake, but he didn't expect that Liu would become more and more excessive and even sent someone to assassinate Xia.

If his guard hadn't reported this, he wouldn't have known about it.

When Shen Nian asked him to come last night, he thought they were talking about this matter, but it turned out not to be the case. Since the boss wanted to impeach Liu San, he naturally had to help.

Compared to a biological son, what is a brother-in-law?

"You, aren't you afraid of hurting my sister's feelings by doing this?" Uncle Lingxiu warned painfully.

"Oh, don't you know what your sister has done? I haven't settled the score with her yet. If it weren't for the three children she gave birth to, would she still be able to sit firmly on the position of Marquis's wife? Is she still disappointed?" Marquis Wu'an said disdainfully.

Once a hole is opened in suspicion, everything will be connected.

Last night, Marquis Wu'an sat in the study all night, going over every detail from the moment Shen Nian was poisoned. He then realized that he didn't know Liu at all.

I thought she was virtuous and kind, and was good to his children, but I didn't expect that her shadow was behind everything that happened.

How could he trust her?

"You! I didn't expect that, Marquis Wu'an! My sister has been with you for almost twenty years, and you actually said something like that?"

"Hmph! You'd better persuade your sister to be obedient, otherwise don't blame me for disregarding the relationship between husband and wife!" Marquis Wu'an said with a cold face and strode away.

Uncle Lingxiu was so angry that he stood there with his beard puffing and eyes glaring!

In the emperor's study.

"Chu Xuan, why didn't you tell me about the assassination?" The emperor asked Shen Nian who was standing in front of him with a calm face.

"I'm fine! Your Majesty is busy with all kinds of affairs, how can he bother me with such a small matter?" Shen Nian replied respectfully.

"If you have any problems in the future, feel free to ask me for help. It will be easier for me to investigate than you." The emperor patted Shen Nian's shoulder.

This study partner’s growth experience was really bumpy!

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shen Nian clasped his fists in thanks.

"How are the refugees outside the city? The situation in the south is not optimistic right now. You need to pay more attention to the capital."

The emperor felt a headache when he thought of the memorials submitted by the southern officials during the morning court session!

It is said that there is a shortage of food, and the court needs to continue to allocate food for disaster relief.

The south was originally the granary of the Daqian Dynasty. The disaster there was like the granary being emptied and more had to be put in.

How can he allocate the funds?

Although the north suffered less damage, it could only sustain itself, and it was a bit difficult to provide disaster relief to the south.

But he couldn't just ignore it. This was the first time such a large-scale drought had occurred since he ascended the throne!

Seeing the emperor rubbing his brow with his hand, Shen Nian knew that he was worried about the disaster and refugees in the south recently.

Then he spoke to comfort her, "Your Majesty, the refugees outside the city are fine. The wealthy families in the city have set up soup kitchens outside the city. There is no problem for the time being. As long as they can get through this winter, they will definitely be fine when the weather gets warmer."

"Well, the weather is getting colder and colder. We have to make sure the refugees are well settled. Relying on the wealthy families for support is not a long-term solution."

The emperor was still worried that the number of refugees would increase and the capital would not be able to accommodate them all.

Moreover, most of the refugees are coming from the north. The weather is cold and people have already frozen to death.

Shen Nian understood the emperor's concerns and suggested, "Your Majesty, regarding the cold weather, why don't the court organize all civil and military officials and families in the capital who have spare money to donate their old cotton-padded clothes and other items.

It can also be distributed to refugees to help them get through the winter."

It was Xia Tian who complained to him that she had prepared a lot of cotton-padded clothes, cotton shoes and other things, but she didn't know how to give them away.

If we give them directly to the refugees, we're afraid that others will snatch them away. After all, we can't give one to everyone.

That's why he came up with this idea.

It won't lose face for the wealthy family. They're just a few tattered clothes. I believe they will be happy to give them to you.

The emperor's eyes lit up, "Well, this is a good idea."

This way, it does not require funding from the Ministry of Finance, nor does it cause dissatisfaction among civil and military officials and wealthy families. It can also temporarily relieve the pressure on the court. It is indeed a good idea.

The emperor's brows relaxed a little, "Chu Xuan still has a solution. I will arrange for the Ministry of Revenue to do this now."

"Then I will take my leave first!"

"Well, let's go."

The emperor waved his hand in a good mood and let Shen Nian go first.

"Go and get the Minister of Revenue and the Minister of Rites."

As soon as Shen Nian walked out, he heard the emperor giving orders.

Without further delay, he went straight back to his duty station.

Logically speaking, as he was the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, this matter was not his responsibility, but he really couldn't bear to see those refugees suffering from hunger and cold every day.

He was also afraid that if refugees gathered together in the freezing cold and were hungry and cold, trouble would easily arise, which would be troublesome!

Hopefully this will provide some temporary relief.