20 Chapter 20: Troubles are as plenty as the sands

Enemies really meet on a narrow road.

Ah fudge, what she mean is that the moment you try to go out the office for lunch, is the moment your boss will clock in.

That is why, be ready to say goodbye to your lunch.

"What is the empress doing outside with just a guard?" Jiang Yu murderously question.

Wei Yi Yi turn her head away and pretend not to notice.

"Zhen is talking to you! Just when will you change this habit of yours?!"

Even if Wei Yi Yi try to disguise herself as a man countless times, Jiang Yu would immediately notice her from the crowd. It's not like this is the first time she did questionable things.

"Coincidence! A coincidence! This young one is absolutely not stalking you!" she immediately denied. Wei Yi Yi even exaggerately shake her head multiple times.

That's 'Wei Yi Yi'. This bro is innocent!

She then observed the attendants following Jiang Yu as she was thinking for excuses.

Wei Yi Yi thought, 'What a parade'. Boss is the emperor, alright. Stupid her actually did not notice, ah!

"Hehehe, Your majesty, are you out for a meeting?" she asked.

With a snort, Jiang Yu turn and refuse to talk any longer with Wei Yi Yi. No matter what she's implying, it is not her turn yet to restrict him.

"Eh?"

The fudge? Why are they always angry when she talk? Should she really study poetry and spoke words that could bloom flowers?

Trying to ease the situation, Eunuch Lin explained, "Greetings your majesty. With the incoming winter, our southern territory will need a large amount of supply else they would suffer. Some ministers are taking advantage of this to collaborate with merchants to withhold the stacks and raise the price. His majesty right now is disguising as a young noble to investigate and check the market."

You're actually here incognito?! Ohmygawd, this is a joke!

With them shouting 'your majesty' and calling himself 'zhen', let's not even talk about this amount of manservant, just that is enough to announce their identity!

Don't tempt the villains please!

"No need to tell her unnecessary things. You," indicating to a guard at the back."Escort the empress back to the palace."

"But I'm on break ah! This is force labor!" Wei Yi Yi rub her eyes so that they would looked watery.

Seeing the emperor ready to reprimand the empress at public, Eunuch Lin jumped to saved the situation again.

"Emperor, it's about time for lunch. This servant, reserved a place at a restaurant nearby. Why don't you and the empress stop for a while there to relax?" he said.

'It seems that the empress is still suffering from her fever.' Xiao Lin Xi felt his back damp with sweat as he face this emperial couple.

Now, having a mediator,Wei Yi Yi push thru and follow up, "That's right ah! Xiao Lin Xi is absolutely correct! Your majesty it's not good to work so hard. If you fell ill, your pay won't be enough----"

'---enough to cover your hospital bills....'

Wei Yi Yi stopped herself from blurting out things that people from her timeline always said.

"If working hard could feed all the hungry mouths of my citizen then zhen will not hesitate to die working." Jiang Yu said seriously.

The ministers are corrupted. The people are fools. The south is too cold in winter and the north suffer a drought in summer.

Problem pile up one after the other. It's not good to just maintain the balance. He wanted his nation to prosper and end the suffering. It's not enough to just endure and heaved a sigh of relief once it passed. The problem remains and would continue the cycle.

Looking at the solemn Jiang Yu, Wei Yi Yi felt she have a good boss, ah.

'No. Wait... that's not it!'

"Boss! Don't speak lines that will raise red flags!" Wei Yi Yi said.

Saying you will die is just asking to be killed!

"What did you just call zhen? Just where did you learn those unrestrained words!"Jiang Yu's murderous air came back two folds just now.

Isn't that what those thugs call their owners and landlords?

"Ah! ah! It's for the occasion boss! The occasion! Aren't we young masters from humble bearing right now?" she depend herself.

Wei Yi Yi decided, she would just shut up and refrain from angering her superior. Anyway, the more she talked the more parched she felt.

Let's not suffer needlessly, ah.

"Wei Yi Yi!!!"

It was too late for Jiang Yu though. The emperor mused a belly full of irritation the whole afternoon from then on.

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"Eunuch Yuan, the imperial nephew is currently at the lake pavillion with his eunuch, eunuch Wang." A small eunuch reported to Xiao Yuan Xi on his way back to Xian Feng Palace.

"Who allowed him to room around? Go get him! Don't let the brat create any trouble for her majesty." With a fling of his sleeves, Xiao Yuan Xi decided he have better things to do than looked after some kid.

"This... Eunuch Yuan, the empress did not instruct us to restrict the little prince. Is this really proper? Gonggong, we ought to go over." The small eunuch worriedly try to pursue Xiao Yuan Xi.

Remembering that his mistress left him to babysit instead, Xiao Yuan Xi mood turn for the worse.

It's just some brat that been used and abandoned!

Who, inside the palace truely care for him? If not for his mistress taking an interest with him, he would already be toyed to death by some maid or consorts!

"Head Eunuch!! Trouble! There's trouble! The little prince crossed with imperial consort Feng!"

A eunuch running from the direction of the lake pavillion, startled everyone.