"You fool!"
"Jiang Shaohua had just left the Capital City when I, the Prime Minister, entered the palace to lodge a complaint. And the reason I used was so absurd and nonsensical. Do you think the officials at court are idiots? Or that the Emperor is young and ignorant? That the Empress Dowager in the harem is old and easily deceived?"
Prime Minister Wang rarely showed anger, but he pointed at the astonished Zuo Yue and berated him: "In recent days, there have been consecutive memorials from counties suffering from locust plagues submitted to the court, numbering over a dozen. The Emperor has been so troubled by this that he hasn't been able to eat for several days."
"Famine victims fleeing to the Capital City need to be properly settled to display the Emperor's benevolence and demonstrate the power of the Emperor."
