Origin System, I have a barren mountain

Grain, take it as you please?

Cheng Yunmo glanced at Lord Liu, a hint of doubt rising in his heart.

For something as valuable as grain, this minister who came with the empress should not have had such a channel.

When the other party mentioned grain, it was as if they could easily obtain a large amount of it.

Lord Liu glanced at Cheng Yunmo, then gestured to the servant to open the door to the woodshed.

The man was sitting on the ground. Although his hands were bound and he had no injuries, he was not in any immediate danger. However, his words just now suggested that he had suffered something.

When the two of them appeared, the man's expression turned extremely awkward.

"Why are you two here?"

Lord Liu looked at the person who had been sleeping with his head down, but now he looked like a completely different person.

He was completely different from how he was a few days ago, staring defiantly at Lord Liu.

"What you just said to my servant, is it all true?"

Lord Liu asked.

The person sitting on the ground subconsciously looked at Cheng Yunmo, seemingly not wanting her to know about this matter.

Cheng Yunmo frowned slightly. Logically speaking, even if he knew about this, it wouldn't be a big deal, but the other party still seemed very cautious.

That can only mean one thing: when the other person was talking about this, someone had already warned her not to know about it.

Lord Liu understood immediately and looked at the other party coldly.

“Do you know that you are still a citizen of Xu? If you really have grain, there is no problem with normal trade. But the way you are now is not normal.”

The person sitting on the ground finally realized a problem: Cheng Yunmo might be simple, but Lord Liu was not.

Lord Liu looked at the person on the ground. After Cheng Yunmo was killed by the Empress Dowager's people, he had thought since that day that if he were given another chance, he must protect this junior carefully.

If he hadn't felt that Cheng Yunmo trusted the Empress too much and that something was amiss, he wouldn't have discovered these things.

"Why do you care so much? Even if we find the Empress, she would be willing for us to do this. Even the Empress Dowager knows about this."

The person sitting on the ground hadn't expected that Lord Liu would care so much about certain things.

He also knew that if there was no answer today, Lord Liu might not be willing to release him for a long time, and if he was released too late, the Empress might even begin to have doubts.

For the sake of my own life, there are some things I have to say.

“Cheng Yunmo, I know your abilities, but compared to the Empress and the Empress Dowager, do you have the strength to fight them? I advise you to pretend you don’t know about this matter.”

Cheng Yunmo looked puzzled. In fact, she had no idea what the person meant when he started talking, but she didn't expect that the other person would still act as if he knew it.

But why? Why is she so sure she knows?

Cheng Yunmo couldn't understand it, but a few days later, when he accompanied Lord Liu to manage some matters, he suddenly understood what the other party meant.

Lord Liu was still talking to someone when he asked with some surprise, "Is it really true that the Empress ordered people to prepare the grain?"

"Yes, we also find it strange. The Empress just took office, so the national treasury shouldn't have much grain. How can the Empress use so much?"

"Oh dear, it's not a good thing either. I heard that in our village, anyone who received the Queen's grain always seems to encounter all sorts of bad things for some reason."

At this moment, Cheng Yunmo, seemingly thinking of something, asked suspiciously, "Is it about the weather, those bad things?"

"Yes, although we received the grain, the weather suddenly turned very bad, and it turned back into that burning heat. I don't know why."

Lord Liu looked completely bewildered upon hearing this.

"Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case. It's been raining a bit in this area lately, so how could the extreme situation you described occur?"

Lord Liu's words clearly indicated disbelief.

The man who had just been speaking, seeing that Lord Liu did not believe him, said somewhat defiantly, "If you don't believe me, I can take you to the village to see for yourself whether I'm lying or not."

Lord Liu didn't believe it, so he took Cheng Yunmo with him.

As they approached, Lord Liu frowned deeply and said in a low voice with some worry, "I didn't expect all of this to be true, but why did it happen like this?"

A bad feeling welled up in Cheng Yunmo's heart, and he subconsciously looked at Lord Liu.

"Sir, do you remember what the man we arrested said? He said I wasn't allowed to handle this matter, which means they knew about it."

Lord Liu originally thought this was a trivial matter, but now he doesn't think so at all.

"Lord Cheng, let's go find the Emperor."

Cheng Yunmo knew the matter was serious; otherwise, Lord Liu wouldn't be acting this way.

The Grand Eunuch heard that Lord Cheng had entered the palace and hurried out.

Upon emerging, he bowed to Cheng Yunmo.

Cheng Yunmo quickly returned the greeting, "It's been a long time, how have you been?"

The head eunuch nodded repeatedly, "Good, good, I know you've come to see the Emperor, and I've already informed you in advance."

Upon hearing this, Lord Liu remarked from the side, "That's good, something big has happened."

The chief eunuch usually had a good relationship with Lord Liu, but now that he heard about the incident, he looked very serious.

"My lords, please come with me."

Cheng Yunmo hadn't been here for a few days and was surprised to find that the palace had changed a lot.

If I didn't know the location hadn't changed, I would have really thought it was a different palace.

"Your Majesty, you mentioned Lord Cheng to me a few times. Did you offend Your Majesty?" The head eunuch couldn't help but ask in a low voice as he led the way.

Cheng Yunmo thought of the Empress's father and couldn't help but tell him about her father.

The chief eunuch had no idea that such a thing had happened.

"Don't worry, Lord Cheng, if I have the chance, I will definitely put in a good word for you."

The head eunuch felt that there should be no misunderstanding. The emperor valued the empress highly, and it would be a bad thing if Lord Cheng displeased her at this time.

"Thank you."

Cheng Yunmo trusted the chief eunuch's abilities, and since he was the one who brought up many things, she was unlikely to make a mistake in the palace.

Having not seen the Emperor for many days, Cheng Yunmo followed behind Lord Liu. When the Emperor told them to get up, Cheng Yunmo noticed that the Emperor's appearance had changed significantly.

"What business do you have with me?"