"You guys go and guard outside." Shen Yan ordered the government officials.

"Yes, county lord."

After the yamen officer went out, Shen Yan directly asked the villager, "Who ordered you?"

The villager replied, "I don't know what you are talking about."

"Although it was Zhang Laosan who came to ask me just now, you brought those people here later. If my guess is correct, it was you who encouraged Zhang Laosan to ask me, right?"

Shen Yan observed the expressions of the villagers. As expected, the expressions of the villagers changed and they were a little at a loss.

"After everyone gathered around, you were the loudest. Every word you said aroused everyone's anger towards the court and me."

The villagers were unconvinced, "With so many people talking, why does Princess Anping say it was me? There are so many people talking. Could it be that you heard wrong?"

"Do you think I might have heard wrong?" Shen Yan asked back.

The villagers were speechless.

When the villagers gathered around and started making trouble, Shen Yan didn't stop them from the beginning. She just wanted to see who was taking the lead.

Soon, she discovered the leading villager, and to prevent the situation from escalating further, she quickly ordered the arrest of this person.

"Heping Village, Zhang Dagui, there are five people in the family. His father is dead, his mother is paralyzed, his wife is disabled, and there are two children. You are the only labor force in the whole family. Before the flood, you supported the family by doing hard work for others. Now the flood Once you lose your job, your family will be hungry, right?"

Listening to Shen Yan telling her family situation in such detail, Zhang Dagui looked panicked and his eyes were full of fear.

"Princess, you...how do you know..."

"I know better. I also know that you were instigated by someone. As long as you tell the truth, I can not hold you responsible and falsely accuse the court. That is a death penalty. If I take you back to the capital for trial, your mother, Wife, the children will starve to death!"

Shen Yan threatened coldly, and before she finished speaking, Zhang Dagui knelt on the ground with a plop.

"Princess, please forgive me, the grass-roots people didn't do it on purpose. The man gave the grass-roots ten taels of silver and asked the grass-roots people to take the lead in making trouble. As long as the princess can get you to kill people, after the incident is completed, he will give the grass-roots another one hundred taels of silver, and the grass people's family The young and old want to eat, and the common people are forced to have no choice."

Zhang Dagui crazily kowtowed to Shen Yan, "Princess, you have a lot of people, please spare the life of this poor commoner. If I die, my mother and the others will have to starve to death."

He wept bitterly.

"Who is the person who gave you the money?" Shen Yan asked.

Zhang Dagui burst into tears and said, "I don't know him."

"Do you remember his appearance?" Shen Yan asked again.

"Remember, remember." Zhang Dagui cried even harder.

"Come here, be penned!" Shen Yan ordered.

After a while, Shen Yan quickly drew a portrait based on Zhang Dagui's description.

"is it him?"

"That's him!" Zhang Dagui pointed to the portrait and said, "Princess, the common people have told you everything they know. The common people deserve to die. They are so jealous when they see money..."

"Enough!" Shen Yan shouted.

Zhang Dagui was frightened and shut up quickly.

"Haosheng, keep an eye on him. He is not allowed to leave this house until the court's money arrives here!" Shen Yan ordered.

"Yes, Princess." The officer replied.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Dagui knew that Shen Yan would not kill him, so he quickly kowtowed to thank him.

"Thank you so much, Princess Anping, you are a good person, you are a living Bodhisattva..."

Shen Yan was too lazy to listen to these compliments. She left the room and handed the portrait to Yun Jin.

"Let the people below check and find out who this person is!"

"Yes, Princess." Yun Jin took the portrait.

At this time, people from Shanda who were busy on the other side came after hearing the news.

"Princess, was there a riot just now?" Shanda looked nervous.

"It's been taken care of." Shen Yan said.

"These people are really irritating. The princess has been thinking about them, but they retaliate with kindness." Shanda Ren looked angry.

"Okay, Mr. Shanda, you still have to keep showing off." Shen Yan didn't want to say more about this matter, so she changed the subject, "How is the situation over there?"

"A pregnant woman is about to give birth, but she can't find a midwife. It seems like it's difficult to give birth again..."

"Come on, take me to have a look!" Shen Yan interrupted Magistrate Sheng before he could finish his words, "Talking while walking on the road."

at the same time.

Royal study.

"What? The disaster relief money was lost?" Emperor Xuande looked at Xie Chengxuan and Xie Chenglin kneeling in front of him and wished he could beat them to death.

"Not only was the money lost, but you also brought back the people you brought to the rescue! How could I give birth to you two idiots?!"

Emperor Xuande's face turned livid, he grabbed the teacup on the table and hit Xie Chengxuan hard on the forehead.

Instantly, blood flowed from Xie Chengxuan's forehead, but he remained motionless, gritting his teeth and enduring the severe pain, letting the blood flow from his forehead along his cheeks and nose.

Within a few moments, his face became bloody, like a ghost.

When Xie Chenglin saw that Emperor Xuande did not hit him with a teacup, he felt happy and immediately started to complain.

"Father, this is all my fourth brother's fault. If we had listened to my son's orders and moved forward bravely, we might have reached the disaster area by now."

"Then why are you coming back?" Emperor Xuande asked in a deep voice, "When he comes back, you will come back with him? What's the difference between you and him?"

"Father, please calm down. I want to come back and take the money with me to help with the disaster." Xie Chenglin said matter-of-factly, "It won't take more than a few days to go back and forth. Besides, Princess Anping is so capable, and she has many ways... …”

Emperor Xuande was so angry that he grabbed the inkstone in front of him and hit Xie Chenglin hard.

The inkstone was extremely heavy and hit Xie Chenglin on the head. In an instant, he and Xie Chengxuan became the same.

The blood flowed into his mouth, but he still felt warm.

Fortunately, he was a little far away from Emperor Xuande, otherwise this inkstone would have directly killed him.

Emperor Xuande had murderous intent in his eyes.

"Do you think the treasury has endless money? Losing the disaster relief money is a capital crime! Why don't you risk your lives if you even think about coming back to get the money again?"

Emperor Xuande was furious with thunder.

"The natural disaster in Huainan was so severe. Princess Anping did not bring any supplies, but only a few rescue workers. How could she explain to the people when she went to the disaster area?"

"She will definitely explain that the imperial court's disaster relief materials and rescue personnel will arrive soon. Because of your delay, the imperial court's disaster relief materials and rescue personnel cannot arrive on time. The victims must think that Princess Anping is lying and that the imperial court is not caring about them. They will vent all their anger towards the imperial court on Princess Anping."

"You are putting Princess Anping in danger and killing her!"

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