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The voice of the little Shamei who had opened the door earlier reached Jin Xiaoyi's ears. She was about to fall asleep, but that cry caused him to wake up from his sleep.

She dusted off a set of clothes and walked out of the courtyard to investigate the situation. However, she bumped into Feng Liancheng. It turned out that Feng Liancheng had also heard the voice from the front. Thus, the two of them headed towards the front courtyard. He wanted to see what was going on.

The front yard was brightly lit as little Shamei walked past. Jin Xiao Ai stopped a little Shamei and asked what was going on. The little Shamei only said that a few people had come to Ci En Temple, but nobody knew the specifics.

Jin Xiaoyi frowned slightly. He remembered that the abbot had said that Ci En Temple was waiting for people from the imperial government to arrive before it was made especially free. Could it be someone from the imperial government?

But how could this be? Why would people from the imperial government come at this time?

For a moment, Jin Xiao Ai could not figure out the identity of this person. It seemed that she could only inquire about it during the day. If it really was someone from the imperial government, then it would really be a blessing in disguise.

The next day, when the sun had just risen, Jin Xiaoyi was already up. She was prepared to discuss the matter of the porridge in the city with the master of the house.

When he arrived at the door of the meditation room, Feng Liancheng, who was in front and Feng Liancheng behind, knocked on it. However, no one came to open the door, and not long after, a little Shamil passed by. Little Shamil mentioned that he was not in the meditation room, but was in another courtyard treating the injuries of the person who came yesterday.

Another courtyard?

"Young master, you don't have to care which courtyard the master is at. Yesterday, the master said that he would come to the city to discuss the matter of the porridge."

When little Shamei heard about the matter of the porridge, the host, Fang Xun, had indeed informed her about it yesterday. Thus, he brought Jin Xiao Yi and the rest to the yard where the grand master was.

Ignoring the fact that the Great Master was treating the people who came to the courtyard last night. Those people were injured.

After a night of suffering, the group of people had long since fallen asleep in exhaustion.

Ignoring the report from the master, he recalled that he had indeed made an appointment with Jin Xiaoyi to discuss the matter of the porridge. However, due to an unexpected accident, he had almost missed his business.

"Miss Jin, I'm really sorry for making you wait for so long."

"It's alright, the people in the courtyard are …"

Ignoring the fact that the Master seemed to be intentionally hiding it, "He is also someone who has the same kind heart as the Lady. However, something happened on the way here. "Come, Miss Jin, let's go and see how much porridge the current crop can cook."

"Alright."

Before leaving, Jin Xiaoyi took a suspicious glance at the unlocked room, but didn't see anything.

The situation was much worse than Jin Xiaoyi had expected.

Tzu En Temple didn't have that much food stored in it. The monks in the temple needed food, and the food that Jin Xiao Ai and the others brought was just a drop in the bucket.

There were too many people who needed help. People here have been starved for too long, and if they don't open up enough porridge, it could cause a robbery.

Otherwise, if all of them were distributed within one day, they would still starve the next day.

Because the entire south had been affected, some black-hearted merchants took advantage of this time to stock up their grain and set their prices.

The problem was too serious.

Jin Xiao Ai could not help but hate those officials.

It had already been almost a month since such a disaster had occurred in the vast Heavenly Imperial Kingdom, but so far, no official had sent food down. This was simply too much. It seemed like there was a large tumor within the Heavenly Imperial Family.

It was a pity that she was just an ordinary woman here. She couldn't care less about matters related to politics.

The food that she bought with her silver would probably not save many people.

For a time, they were trapped in a situation they had never been in before.

"Miss Jin, I'm afraid that it will be a few days before the porridge is cooked." In our current situation, we are not optimistic enough. "

Ignoring the master's words was exactly what Jin Xiaoyi wanted to say.

"Didn't you say that the people of the imperial government are about to arrive? Then, wait for the people of the imperial government to come. Then, we can solve our predicament."

Ignoring the fact that the master seemed to have something to hide from him.

"Master, what's wrong? Did something happen?"

Jin Xiao Ai faintly felt that this incident was not as simple as she had imagined. Such a huge event had occurred in the entire Heavenly Imperial Palace, but even if the Emperor was at a distance, he shouldn't be completely unaware of it. It looks like the hand behind this is a huge tumor.

"Miss Jin, it's inconvenient for this old monk to speak of this matter." The imperial government has already sent someone to the capital. They should be arriving in three days. "

Three days later, the imperial government would still send someone over. Jin Xiaoyi was even more certain that the person who came last night was related to the imperial government. Otherwise, why would there be such news today before they received the news yesterday? Jin Xiaoyi decided to find an opportunity to investigate. She wanted to see who the people in the yard were.

Breakfast was porridge, not even steamed buns. However, Jin Xiaoyi was already satisfied. There were even some commoners who were unable to drink the porridge outside.

Little Shamei prepared a separate meal and brought it to the courtyard.

Jin Xiaoye was more interested in the people in the yard.

In the afternoon, Jin Xiaoyi finally found an opportunity. At a fixed time in the afternoon, all the monks in Tzu En Temple would have their afternoon class.

At this time, Jin Xiaoyi found the time.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to her, she gave Feng Liancheng a brief conversation before secretly walking into that courtyard.

Since the monks were all in afternoon class and there were no guards in the yard, it was easy for Jin to enter.

There were several rooms in the courtyard, each with its doors closed.

She looked from room to room, each door tightly shut.

Jin Xiaoyi carefully poked a small hole in the window paper to see what was going on inside.

The first room was empty, and the second was occupied by a man in black. But his face could not be seen. She could only keep walking until she reached the room in the middle. She saw a familiar face in the room.

It was the emperor.

She did not guess wrong. The person who had come was the Emperor.

The emperor's body was wrapped in bandages, some of which were blood-red. The Emperor was injured?

Jin Xiaoyi frowned.

The emperor and his men arrived so late. Now, the emperor was injured on his body. Could it be that something happened to them while they were on their way here?

He didn't know why Jin Xiao Ai couldn't help but be concerned about the emperor.

The last time she saw him, she was right in front of him. She was completely naked, and the image of his robust figure was still flashing in her mind. His figure was really not bad at all.

However, he was lying here right now.

He seemed to be sleeping soundly. He must be exhausted from the journey. Jin Xiao Ai did not want to disturb him, so she turned and left.

The emperor's group only appeared on the second day. He ignored the introduction of the grandmaster and said that he was Young Master Nangong.

It seemed that he had only secretly visited her this time.

After a simple introduction, the abbot and the monks went to busy themselves. Meanwhile, Jin Xiaoyi found a reason to be alone with the emperor.

The two of them walked on the limestone path, one in front of the other.

Neither of them wanted to speak first. It was only when they arrived at the buddhist pagoda that Jin Xiaoyi broke the silence.

"Your Majesty …"

"Lady Jin, I am only Young Noble Nangong here."

Jin Xiao Yi was stunned for a moment before changing his words: "Young noble NanGong, when I was in the capital, I heard that you had come to the south. Why did you come to the south yesterday?"

"There's been some trouble."

Just some trouble? He was hurt and not light.

"Is Young Noble Nangong's injury alright? It looks very serious."

The emperor faintly smiled and nonchalantly said, "This injury was caused when we were fighting with wild beasts on the way up the mountain."

Fighting with wild beasts?

The corner of Jin Xiao Ai's mouth twitched. If it wasn't for someone guiding them up the mountain, they might have become the food of wild beasts. It seems that the Emperor is just too unlucky.

Luckily, however, they were able to survive the journey to the Temple of the Blessing.

"Young noble NanGong will definitely have a blessing after surviving a calamity. Master Fang Chang said that this time, you are also here to help the civilians in the south.

When he mentioned the Flood Emperor of the south, he couldn't help but frown.

If it weren't for the fact that a spy had told him about the flood in the south, he would probably still be in the dark. It was only after coming to the south this time that he realized how much the people of the south had complained about him, the emperor.

Jin Xiayi noticed that the emperor seemed to be deep in thought and his expression looked especially grave.

"Young Master Nangong, Grandmaster Fang Dang said that the relief materials will arrive in three days. There shouldn't be any problems this time."

In fact, the Emperor had also sent people to provide disaster relief before, but in the end, the relief materials did not even reach the people's hands. If it wasn't for the fact that he had inadvertently heard about the water calamity in the south causing many deaths and many of the people didn't have enough to eat, in order to confirm this matter, he sent a spy to go and get the news that the relief materials that should have been sent to the people did not reach the people at all.

This time, in order to help the people in the south, he had no choice but to use the warehouses in the surrounding cities.

They were supposed to gather directly from the capital, but they didn't have enough national treasury. The previous batch of relief supplies had already consumed too much of the treasury.

"Young noble NanGong, don't worry, I think this matter will be resolved eventually."

Jin Xiaoye believed that since the emperor had personally come, those people definitely wouldn't dare to act rashly again.

"Young noble NanGong, if there is anything I can help you with, feel free to tell me."

"Oh, Lady Jin, why did you come to the South?" The emperor was very curious. Most people would try their best to stay far away from the disaster zone, but Jin Xiaoyi was trying her best to get in. This didn't make sense.

"There was a flood like this in my hometown, and my parents died in that flood. "I've been an orphan since I was young. I grew up in an orphanage. I know how hard it was to live without hunger, so …"

Before he could finish his sentence, his tears had already started rolling down his cheeks.

She thought back to her childhood.

Although she was taken in by the aunts of the orphanage, but at that time there were too many children in the orphanage and not many people came to support her, so she didn't have enough food to eat.

Jin Xiaoye had never known that he would be so easily agitated. How could she suddenly become weak in front of the emperor?

The emperor didn't say anything as he watched Jin Xiaoyi's shoulders slightly shake. He only quietly embraced her shoulders.

Jin Xiaoyi didn't reject such intimacy. This sadness was menacing and completely flooded her heart. She leaned into the emperor's arms and began to cry.

She had been a stubborn child since she was young. She liked to be optimistic when things happened, but this time, she could not stop her tears. It was like a river that had been slugged, eventually pouring down and unable to be retrieved.

The emperor caressed her soft hair, but didn't comfort her. He only allowed her to cry freely on his shoulder.