"Didn't the empress not allow me to take a wife?"

Of course, Zhao Cuo would not be stupid enough to agree to her words and treat the fire-raiser as his maid. A hundred of him combined would not be qualified to do so.

"These are two different things."

The Queen Mother Zhao stood up and stretched her body in a carefree manner, then walked up to Mr. Zhao with a soft smile, raised a pair of lotus-rooted arms that bullied the frost and snow, and hooked them around his neck.

"How many concubines do you want to have and can I stop you?"

"I'm not that kind of person."

Zhao Cuo refused.

Concubines in this world can basically be regarded as slaves, and can be given away or bought and sold by their masters at will. The wife a man marries is the mistress of all concubines.

Therefore, it is not false that the Empress Dowager allowed him to take concubines, but he really did not have such thoughts. He would not take home a woman he did not like, and conversely, he would not let his beloved be a concubine. Zhao Cuo was

Xiang Jing is recognized as a gentleman!

"Really don't want it?"

The Queen Mother stood on tiptoes and came closer to him.

"I want as many wives as your Majesty allows me to take."

Gentlemen show their true colors!

"snort!"

The smile on her face suddenly collapsed, she lowered her hand and pinched Zhao Cuo's waist, and sneered:

"You still think of yourself as an emperor, why don't we give you three palaces and six courtyards, and a queen in the east palace and west palace?"

"I'm just joking."

"Ah."

Of course, Empress Dowager Zhao would not be angry about this, she just took this opportunity to tease him, and the two of them played around for a while before getting down to business.

"My imperial envoy has already gone to Guangping Mansion. The flood in the Bajiang River is probably true. It really is because the house leaked and it rained all night."

She wrinkled her delicate little nose and said.

"Corruption in the official style of Guangping Prefecture is a trivial matter. It's just a matter of changing a group of people. But if this flood disaster is not cured, we don't know how many people will die."

Zhao Cuo pursed his lips and said, "According to the victims who complained, the 200,000 people in Hanoi County had suffered countless casualties."

"It is not difficult to prevent temporary floods, but the imperial court allocates heavy funds to control the bad water in the Bajiang River every year, but it still cannot be stopped."

Queen Mother Dayu was as sinking as water. As she spoke, she glanced at the handsome young man beside her and said suddenly:

"If the officials I sent to Guangping Mansion this time do not do their job well, you can come over and control the floods. Is it okay with you?"

"I?"

Young Master Zhao fell into deep thought. Although he knew that if the entire Guangping Mansion was flooded, it would definitely ruin Dayu's national destiny, but he never wanted anyone to lose their life because of him.

"This kind of thing should be handled by experienced seniors. I haven't read many classics on water control. You can't make fun of the lives of all people."

He shook his head decisively and said.

"When I know the specific situation there, I will let you go there to study and accumulate some experience."

Empress Dowager Zhao said in a tone that left no room for doubt.

"As commanded."

What she said played into Zhao Cuo's hands. He didn't want to be stuck with the female devil all day long, so it would be best if he could act alone. The southern patrol team moved forward in an orderly manner, and there was no problem until nightfall.

While the camp was being repaired in the barren mountains, Mr. Zhao was forced to go to bed.

The bad woman used him as a human pillow as if heading to a frozen river.

"I will reward you with the most famous golden green crab here."

Queen Mother Luanjia successfully arrived at Anling, Yannan Prefecture, on the next day. This city was close to Xiangjing, so it only took one day to arrive. It was still half a month away to Guangping Prefecture.

Zhao Cuo was originally looking forward to Anling City's world-famous aquatic products, but when sitting at the same dining table with Queen Mother Dayu, he always had to eat food with teeth marks. Fortunately, he was used to it.

The imperial chariot stayed here for two days before setting off again.

"It's raining."

Zhao Cuo sat on the horse and looked up at the gray sky. He had been traveling for several days. Although he was still some distance away from Guangping Mansion, it was already difficult to see the clear sky.

"The flooding in Quang Binh Prefecture is not due to the continuous heavy rain, right?"

It turns out he was right.

"The imperial envoy to Guangping Prefecture, Mr. Liu Yue, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, sent a secret package at a cost of 800 miles..."

"Send it up!"

The messenger outside the screen was interrupted. The Empress Dowager Zhao, who had just woken up, took the secret box delivered by Fei Wu. Zhao Cuo, who was also on the phoenix chariot, handed her the key. The sealed box was made by

It is said that the ministers and the Queen Mother each hold a key, and Mr. Zhao has recently become responsible for finding the key for the Queen Mother.

He now knew that there were 420 ministers in the Yu Dynasty who had the power to submit secret reports.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Queen Mother, with so many ministers taking orders, has complete control over this four-hundred-year-old dynasty.

"It's actually reached this level..."

Empress Dowager Zhao never relaxed her brows after opening the memorial. Zhao Cuo was now very bold, and he sat behind her without any hesitation and looked at what was described in the memorial.

He accurately found the key points from thousands of words. The heavy rain in Quang Binh Province continued intermittently, and the most severely affected Hanoi County and its surrounding areas were littered with corpses.

Natural disasters are a severe blow to the dying dynasty!

"Zhao Cuo, you should be ready to go today."

The Queen Mother pondered for a moment and then said coldly.

"I will give you some instructions. When you arrive at Guangping Mansion, you will directly take off the hats of governor and river governor. You will be in charge of the power of the government. You may not be able to do things like water control, but you can do things like disaster relief.

you can do."

"yes."

Zhao Cuo couldn't be happier with this sealed envelope filled with moisture.

"You won't let me down, right?"

Empress Dowager Zhao looked at him with majestic pale golden eyes.

"Please rest assured, Madam."

Zhao Cuo nodded lightly.

"So good."

The young queen mother suddenly smiled brightly and stretched out her hand to hold his face, and moved forward to seal it, as if she was a reward in advance.

"Guangping Mansion has been controlled by the people sent by this palace. You should not encounter any danger during this trip, but I will still give you a hundred soldiers as guards. In addition, I will arrange a powerful personal attendant for you. You

Whatever you want to do, just go ahead and do it.”

"I understand."

Zhao Cuo suddenly felt that the female devil is really a comfortable boss. When assigning tasks to you, she can also help you solve future problems and give you all the power so that you can really have the final say.

The time quickly came to the dark evening under the drizzle.

A small team headed by a four-horse carriage braved the night and left the southern patrol.

"It's great to have Ji Ming's name written on the list of officials accompanying the Southern Tour before departure. It's also understanding that the Queen can agree to let me take several colleagues from the Execution Department to Guangping Mansion, but she gave me a special gift.

The escort arranged...'
Chapter completed!