At the beginning, I beat Lazy, and the host is cruel.

Zhang Wanhong took the drawing and looked at it carefully, looked up at Cheng Erhong, opened her mouth and was about to speak.

Suddenly she remembered that outsiders still didn't know about these things. She glanced around the ladies who were listening with their ears pricked up, and frowned slightly.

"Empress De Fei, could you please lend me a moment to speak?"

Cheng Erhong smiled, glanced at Zhang Wanhong, and waved casually,

"Everyone else, please step aside."

The married women stood up and bowed reluctantly and left. They listened to half of the gossip and were kicked out before they could understand it. They felt really unhappy.

What is the Mountain God Cave?

They simply shouldn't be too curious about why the Mountain God Cave was sealed and what it had to do with the disaster suffered by the villagers.

Eunuch An followed the married women, and after everyone left, he closed the door of the main hall.

The old lady and Xia Houjie were locked at the door like this, and no one told them to get up.

The ladies looked at the old lady who was still kneeling at the door, bowed slightly, and quickly retreated to the corner of the yard to wait.

The old lady was so angry.

The little concubine actually dares to treat her face like this. Isn't this just stepping on her face and rubbing it on the ground?

Xia Houjie, young and energetic, lifted up his robe and stood up, "This is too much!"

"Your Majesty!"

The old lady frowned and looked at Xia Houjie, and said in a stern tone.

They are the ones who are unlucky when they are fighting for a moment.

Now is the time for Concubine De to be favored. If they don't give Concubine De the face, they won't give the emperor face.

The protector of the country was summoned to the harem by Concubine De, and he died when he arrived at the palace. The emperor didn't even give an explanation, let alone their mother and son.

Their mother and son were not as good as the Protector. Even if she didn't want to admit it, this was a fact.

If Concubine De killed their mother and son in a rage, the compensation would only be given to that bitch Zhang Wanhong.

"I----"

Xia Houjie bit his cheek, his eyes red with anger.

He was about to say "I won't kneel" when he met the old lady's stern eyes.

Xia Houjie was frightened, his knees softened and he knelt down again.

He was kneeling on his knees, but his neck was raised high, showing his dissatisfaction.

The old lady breathed a long sigh of relief, rubbed her knees, and straightened her back.

She endured the calm for a while, but she couldn't bear to take a step back.

Just wait, according to the emperor's temperament, he will get tired of it soon, and then Concubine De will die.

.........

"Empress De Fei, as far as I know, these mountain caves have taken in many young girls. Those girls -----"

Seeing that Concubine De was not angry, Zhang Wanhong felt relieved and continued,

"Are those girls still there now?"

Cheng Erhong glanced at An Fahai.

An Fahai bent down and replied respectfully,

"Back to Madam, our family has taken good care of the girl we have adopted in the past month."

"The girl from a month ago----"

An Fahai paused and said softly,

"It's all gone."

Zhang Wanhong frowned, "How many people are missing? Which villages are they from? Is there any statistics?"

An Fahai wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Our family has been registered. This is the register. Madam, please take a look."

Zhang Wanhong took the registration book from An Fahai and looked at it page by page.

The more he looked at her, the more frightened he became.

A total of 1089 girls were registered in the register.

36 of the girls have died, and the remaining 1053 girls are being raised in An Fahai's private residence.

The famine in each village only occurred in the past year. At the beginning, every household still had some food left over to survive.

Only when he couldn't stand it any longer did someone suggest going to the Mountain God Cave to ask for help.

Then there was the matter of sending girls away.

At first, the villagers were reluctant to sacrifice their daughters, preferring to go to the mountains to cut firewood to sell and eat wild vegetables to survive.

Later, no crops could be grown in the fields, and the villagers couldn't bear it any longer, so they reluctantly began to sacrifice their daughters.

If one person is exchanged for the whole family to live for half a year longer, what if the land is revitalized in this half year?

The number of people giving gifts has increased dramatically in the past month, because when it comes to paying taxes, the villagers have no choice but to give up their love.

After Zhang Wanhong read the registration book, she knelt down with a plop.

"Empress De Fei, I sincerely request that all 1053 girls be sent back."

Cheng Erhong raised his hand,

"Get up, these girls are all handed over to you. If they are willing to go back, you can send them back when you are providing disaster relief. If they are not willing to go back, you can keep them by your side and train them carefully. Those who are capable can also become female officers in the future."

"My wife thanks Concubine De on behalf of the girls."

Zhang Wanhong kowtowed and stood up with the help of the little palace maid.

This auspicious suit is gorgeous to wear, but it is not very convenient.

An Fahai was eager to send these girls away quickly.

Although the little girl didn't eat much, she could make do with a steamed bun, but she couldn't handle the large portion.

The little private money he had to support these girls was almost gone.

In the past, when his adoptive father He Peizhong was alive, he would also allocate funds to him.

Who will fund him now? He doesn't have the guts to tell the emperor and concubine De.

If it weren't for Concubine De, more than half of these more than a thousand girls would have been spoiled by the emperor.

Concubine De was so meritorious that she single-handedly stopped the tyrant's cruelty.

An Fahai raised his eyelids and glanced at Concubine De, feeling more and more afraid of her.

Small body, big energy.

The dead soldiers of the Protector were not even afraid of the emperor's secret guards, but in the hands of Concubine De, they were treated like little chickens.

Those who died were in pieces, completely dead soldiers.