C6 Within the Palace Perimeter(2)

"Thank you, Royal Grandmother."

Dugu Jingyu saw that Dugu Zhao's gaze was on Dugu Anyang, who was in the first row of the hall, and bowed. "Jingyu greets Mother and all the Imperial Uncles."

At this time, the nephews and nieces of lower status than Dugu Jingyu also bowed to her.

Ever since Dugu Jingyu had entered, Dugu Anyang's gaze had never left her. Dugu Anyang was Dugu Zhao's eldest daughter, Pearl Country's eldest princess, Dugu Jingyu's biological mother.

Dugu Anyang was already over forty years old. Although her age had left a mark on her face, it couldn't hide the charm on her body.

"Today, Princess' Mansion has prepared Yuyu's favorite lotus pastry. In a while, Yuyu will return to Princess' Mansion with her mother!"

Dugu Jingyu did not say that she would go or that she would not go. Instead, she bowed to Dugu Anyang again.

Dugu Pingyang saw the unwillingness in Dugu Jingyu's eyes, stood up and said, "Royal Sister, I'm afraid Yu can't go. These past few days, there has been a plague in Lin'an, and many disaster victims have fled to the capital. I made an agreement with Yu yesterday that we would investigate the disaster victims together today. "

"Is that really the case?"

Dugu Anyang looked at Dugu Jingyu with an inquiring gaze. Actually, Dugu Jingyu only found out about the disaster victims escaping to the capital this morning when she returned to her residence and saw the disaster victims blocking the government. She did not have an appointment with Dugu Pingyang.

Dugu Jingyu said without changing her expression, "Reporting to Mother, it is indeed so."

"This... Alright. "

Dugu Anyang closed her eyes in disappointment. Twenty years ago, Dugu Anyang had been sent to Liang Country as a hostage not long after she gave birth to Dugu Jingyu.

Dugu Zhao was also not used to the stalemate between the mother and daughter. Compared to the current mother-daughter relationship, Dugu Zhao wanted to know what everyone thought about the disaster.

"Now that the capital has been surrounded by a large number of disaster victims, what does Princess Anyang think about this matter?"

Dugu Anyang restrained her emotions and said, "The disaster victims surrounded the government only because they wanted to be treated. If every disaster victim could eat, drink, and be warm and healthy, they wouldn't block the government. So I think we should treat them with virtue and set up a disaster victims' shelter on the outskirts of the city and send imperial physicians to treat them."

After hearing what Dugu Anyang said, Dugu Zhao turned her gaze to Dugu Pingyang. Sure enough, it didn't take long for Dugu Pingyang to walk forward.

"I think there are many things wrong with following Royal Sister's method. First, if they were to open a refugee camp, they would definitely open up the granaries to distribute the food. However, three months ago, it was snowing heavily in Guangling and all the crops had frozen to death. The government had already distributed a large amount of food to Guangling. Now that the country didn't have much food, they probably wouldn't be able to last more than a few months. Secondly, many of these people had been infected with the disease. If they were infected by the disease, even the capital would become a city of disease like Lin'an City. Thirdly, Lin'an City was recently reclaimed by our country after we destroyed the State of Wei. If the spies of the State of Wei are involved, it won't be worth it. "

The corner of Dugu Zhao's mouth raised in satisfaction as she asked, "Then, Pingyang, how do you think we should deal with it?"

"Three months ago, His Majesty had already decreed that Lin'an City was to be sealed off and sent the best imperial physicians to treat them. The escape of these victims violated the laws of the country, so it would be better to kill them all. First, we can announce to the world that the might of our Pearl Country cannot be offended. Second, we can prevent people with ill intentions from mixing with the victims. Third, we can stop the spread of the plague and protect the safety of the people of the capital."

At this time, many of the royal relatives began to discuss amongst themselves. Dugu Zhao's gaze fell on Dugu Jingyu, and she asked, "What does Princess think?"

"The disaster victims are also victims of the plague. If they weren't desperate, they wouldn't have risked their lives to escape from Lin'an. Since they have fled to the capital, they hope to obtain the help of the government and have recognized Pearl Country as their motherland. If they were to massacre the people, I'm afraid the people's sentiment would be unstable."

Dugu Zhao continued to ask, "Then does Jingyu have a foolproof plan?"

"Two shelters for refugees, one for healthy refugees, one for plague refugees, and one for plague refugees. As for whether there will be spies from the Wei State, that will be easier to deal with. We just need to send a few experts to the healthy refugee camps to investigate them one by one. "

"Then how do we deal with the food shortage?"

Dugu Jingyu knew that the officials in the capital and the imperial family had a lot of food stored. If everyone donated half of the food, it would definitely be able to stabilize the disaster victims.

"This..."

Dugu Jingyu hesitated for a moment. If she were to speak of her method, she would definitely offend the powerful. Just as Dugu Jingyu was hesitating about whether or not to speak, Dugu Anyang walked forward, because Dugu Anyang had also thought of this.

"Your Majesty, I have a thousand stones of grain in my house, and I am willing to give it to the victims."

With Dugu Anyang's introduction, many people handed over their stored grains to show their loyalty.

"Your Majesty, if the country needs it, I am willing to give it to you."

"This son is also willing to offer it."

When Dugu Zhao saw this, she raised her eyebrows in joy. "Alright, if the entire Pearl Country's royal family can show such concern for the people, the day when Pearl Country unifies the five countries will be just around the corner."

Looking at Dugu Zhao's proud face, Dugu Jingyu suddenly realized that the Royal Grandmother beside her only wanted the officials and princes to offer her food. She had already achieved her goal when she asked Dugu Anyang how to deal with this matter. No one dared to say no, so long as the royal family began to offer their grain.

"After talking about all these complicated things, it's time for me to tell you a piece of good news. I just received a piece of good news from eight hundred miles away. The Northern Barbarians have already been destroyed by the Great General, and now the territory of the Northern Barbarians belongs to Pearl Country."

Everyone knelt down and bowed. "Congratulations, Your Majesty. Congratulations, Pearl Country."

"All of you, stand up!" Dugu Zhao raised her hand and asked everyone to stand up.

Of all the people present, only Dugu Zhao's Eldest Prince, Dugu Ruyun, had an unusually happy expression on his face. Dugu Ruyun stood up and walked to the center of the hall.

"Your son congratulates Your Majesty. With Northern Barbarians destroyed, Pearl Country has nothing to worry about. Does this mean that Qingluo can return to Pearl Country? As her father, I haven't seen her for three years."

At this time, Dugu Jingyu's gaze enlarged by several times, Qingluo! Dugu Qingluo, was a name that made Dugu Jingyu extremely afraid.

Dugu Zhao frowned slightly and said with some hurt, "Back then, I really couldn't let Qingluo marry into the Northern Barbarians. Now that I think about it, I really regret what I did back then. I also wanted to bring Qingluo back to the capital, but when the two countries went to war, I didn't have the slightest bit of news about Qingluo... Even the reports of victory only said that Qingluo's whereabouts were unknown. "

Dugu Ruyun directly collapsed to the ground. Dugu Jingyu also felt that it was a pity, but for some reason, she heaved a sigh of relief.