Chapter 990: The Storm is Coming
Lu Cancan walked around the street with a veil covering his face, and saw a long queue at the entrance of the rice shop, the price of rice was still a liter yesterday, as long as two yuan, and today it has risen to four yuan, even so, there are still many people who buy rice.
There was a mother, who looked young, and she stood in front of the rice shop with her two children, begging the boss if he could sell her some rice cheaper, but the owner of the rice shop impatiently told her to leave and not disturb her business.
"How can you double the price in just one day?"
Lu Cancan couldn't stand it, so he went over to reason with the owner of the rice shop, the prices in the capital are all set by the officials, and the hawkers can't raise the price privately, doesn't he know the law of Dayan?
But the boss said that they were not the only rice shops that had risen in price, and now everything in the capital was rising, and if she felt that her price was not good, she could go to other stores to buy it.
"Four coins is today's price, and if it comes tomorrow, maybe it will be what the price will be."
As he spoke, the boss waved his hand and asked Lu Cancan not to disturb his business if he had nothing else to do.
Lu Cancan was helpless, so he took out two pieces of silver and handed them to the boss and bought some rice.
This rice is not new rice, it is old rice.
"You can take it back and cook some food for the child first."
Seeing the listlessness of the two children, Lu Cancan felt distressed.
The mother knelt down and kowtowed to Lu Cancan to thank her, Lu Cancan hurriedly asked her to get up, and asked by the way what was going on, why was everyone coaxing things, what happened?
"Recently, rumors have been circulating everywhere in the capital that a catastrophe is about to happen."
She pulled Lu Cancan aside and whispered that many people have been saying that the reason why the celestial phenomena have changed now is because the emperor has angered the heavens, and the heavens will punish Dayan, and the disaster will come soon.
The people believed it and hurried to stock up on food at home to prevent them from going hungry in the future.
Lu Cancan felt that this was simply nonsense, what did the celestial phenomena have to do with the emperor, now that the four seas have been leveled, the war between Jin Guo and Dayan has stopped, how can there be a catastrophe.
"I don't know, but everyone says that, so I guess it's not groundless."
With that, the young woman hurried away with the child.
Lu Cancan inquired a little on the street, and sure enough, he heard similar words from many people, and they all said that the emperor was definitely not the true dragon son and could not protect Dayan, so he would make the heavens dissatisfied.
If only a few people said this, Lu Cancan might think it was a lie, but there were so many people who said it that even Lu Cancan himself felt a little suspicious that it was true.
When she returned to the Lin Mansion, she saw that the housekeeper was directing his subordinates to move things, all of which were vegetables and grains.
"Butler, why are you hoarding so many things?"
The butler whispered that he had heard the rumors outside, and he felt that he would rather believe it than not, so he hurriedly saved something in case of emergency.
Seeing that the housekeeper was panicked, Lu Cancan suddenly sobered up.
She felt as if someone had done it on purpose.
The recent celestial phenomena are indeed a little strange, but since the founding of Dayan, it is not uncommon for similar celestial phenomena to appear in the capital, and it will be good to wait for a while, and it has never caused such a big panic as this time.
Everyone said that the emperor was angry with the heavens, but it seemed that someone deliberately spread this kind of rumor in the market.
Lu Cancan had read a story in the book before, about a person who wanted to be an emperor, so he hid a book in the belly of the fish, wrote his name, and said that he could be an emperor in the future, so as to win the hearts of the people, she felt that this time she seemed to have a similar feeling.
"Lin Yi, you assign some forbidden troops to reprimand in the capital, if you want people to continue to spread rumors, they will be arrested in the prison and see where these rumors come from."
Even rumors always have a source, and if someone behind them manipulates the words, it will be even easier to find out something.
Lin Yi has also noticed the recent changes in the capital, but he doesn't think as thoroughly as Lu Cancan, and after Lu Cancan's on-demand, he also feels that something is wrong.
"The mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is full of buildings, and I think the capital may be about to change."
Lu Cancan looked at the black oppressive sky and muttered to himself.
The people in the capital were panicked, and even the officials in the court were aware of it, and when they went to the court, everyone was talking about the things in the capital today, and Yang Yan stood there and listened, his face expressionless, as if this matter really had nothing to do with him.
After the emperor came out, the entire court immediately became silent.
Some ministers wanted to make a break, but the emperor yawned lazily, saying that he was very tired today, and if the ministers had something to do, they would wait until tomorrow to play.
Originally, a few ministers wanted to tell the emperor about the recent rumors in the capital, but they didn't dare to speak when they saw that the emperor was not in good spirits, for fear that they would touch the emperor's bad head.
"Hey, the emperor seems to have been very fond of Ye Cainu who just entered the palace recently."
"Yes, it is already unruly to let the daughter of a criminal minister enter the palace beyond the system, and the emperor is still so favored."
The two old ministers were sighing, the emperor really chilled them like this.
Yang Yan laughed when he heard their words, it seemed that it was really a wise choice to send Ye Qing into the palace, she did better than she imagined.
"I'm sorry, Concubine Niangniang, now the emperor is accompanied by Ye Cainu, and no one is seen."
It was the first time that Concubine Shu had eaten a closed door, and in the past, even if the queen was accompanying the holy driver, the emperor would not turn Concubine Shu away.
Li Yuesheng bent down to stop Concubine Shu, she has been serving by the emperor's side for so many years, she should know the emperor's temper, if she breaks through now, it will definitely make the emperor unhappy.
Listening to the laughter like silver bells coming from the hall, Concubine Shu felt that her heart was blocked up.
"The palace knows, and tells the emperor that I have been here."
Seeing Concubine Shu's angry appearance, Cui He hurriedly followed and waited carefully.
"The emperor is just greedy for freshness for a while, and when the freshness comes over in a few days, he will naturally think of the benefits of Niangniang, don't worry."
"Yes, I think the emperor is moved by his true feelings."
Concubine Shu sneered, who in the harem now doesn't know that Ye Cainu has served the emperor for three days in a row and is a big celebrity in the palace, she sees that Ye Qing will threaten her status sooner or later.
In the dormitory, Ye Qing was lying beside the emperor, and she smiled coquettishly and danced for the emperor.
"The emperor has been with his concubines, will it make other mothers unhappy?"
"So what, isn't it good for me to pamper you only now?"
The emperor stroked Ye Qing's smooth back, looking dizzy.