Chapter 74

"Gao Yang, you are simply bold and reckless. Locusts are so dirty, yet you dare to let Your Majesty eat locusts; your crime deserves death!"

The Minister of Justice, Lei Yun, was suddenly furious and reprimanded.

He looked righteous and was the first to step out.

This also made the officials in the Imperial Study speak out one after another.

Prime Minister Xu Xuanji stepped forward and said: "Locusts are pests, and Your Majesty is the Supreme Ruler; how can you eat these pests!"

"This Gao Yang is too rude; I implore Your Majesty to punish him severely!"

Wang Zhong's face suddenly turned happy, and he said repeatedly, "Your Majesty, this Gao Yang's heart deserves to be punished; I implore Your Majesty to punish him severely!"

For a moment, a group of officials stood out, and they scolded Gao Yang one after another.

Gao Feng also looked at Gao Yang in disbelief.

"Unfilial son, stop spouting nonsense!"

It's fine that you are a living King of Hell to locusts.

But you also want to be a living King of Hell to your own family, wanting to send your entire nine generations away?

Letting the Empress eat locusts—even if Wu Zhao really ate locusts for the sake of the disaster victims, and the people of the world really survived this great disaster.

But will the Empress settle accounts after the autumn?

Serving the Emperor is like serving a tiger; his son's political sensitivity is still too poor!

Yan Zheng also widened his eyes.

The court and the public all said he was bold, but compared to Gao Yang, he was simply a dwarf compared to a giant.

He didn't dare to say these words either.

On the dragon throne, Wu Zhao was also stunned.

"What?"

"Let me eat locusts myself?"

In Wu Zhao's mind, the ferocious and ugly face of a locust suddenly appeared; let alone eating it.

Even if she just took a look, she felt deeply disgusted.

Facing the scolding of the crowd, Gao Yang's expression remained unchanged, his gaze fixed straight on Wu Zhao.

"Your Majesty, what Minister Yan said is indeed a big problem."

"The commoners believe in the so-called Locust Immortal, or that the locust plague is a punishment from Heaven, and human power cannot stop it. So many commoners just kneel by the fields and watch the locusts sweep by, which will undoubtedly lead to more and more locusts!"

"The commoners' cognition must be broken, otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Gao Yang's voice rang out.

Wu Zhao took a deep look at Gao Yang, and she took a deep breath.

She is the Emperor of Da Qian, the master of all people.

The millions of people in Guanzhong are all her, Wu Zhao's, subjects.

Although locusts are disgusting, and she even wants to vomit just thinking about it, for the sake of millions of people, so that the tragic scene of trading children to eat does not appear after the locust plague.

She, Wu Zhao, what does it matter if she eats them!

Following Gao Yang's continued speaking, the officials continued to scold.

"Gao Yang, you are bold!"

"Your heart deserves to be punished!"

But Wu Zhao suddenly said, "Enough!"

"For the sake of the people of the world, I am willing to eat locusts in public!"

Wu Zhao took a deep breath, and her phoenix eyes swept over the officials.

Once spoken, it stirred up a thousand layers of waves.

All the officials looked at Wu Zhao in shock.

They didn't expect Wu Zhao to really go all out. Those are locusts; let alone Wu Zhao is the Empress of Da Qian, a woman.

Even they, as men, would find it hard to swallow.

Gao Yang couldn't help but look at Wu Zhao with higher regard. For the sake of the people of Guanzhong, Wu Zhao actually went all out.

This Empress is quite loving to the people.

Seeing this, Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help but say, "But Your Majesty, Guanzhong is far from Changan, and right now the court still needs Your Majesty to sit in command. How can you go to Guanzhong?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Zhao's brows also furrowed tightly.

She had only just ascended the throne, the government was unstable, let alone the feudal princes of the world, even within Changan, there were undercurrents.

At this time, she absolutely could not leave Changan.

Wu Zhao's gaze landed on Gao Yang.

"Gao Yang, I must sit in Changan and cannot go to Guanzhong in person. Is there any other way?"

Gao Yang frowned, "I did miss this point; this is truly difficult."

"If Your Majesty cannot go to Guanzhong, the commoners will still believe that the locust plague is a punishment from Heaven, a natural disaster, a punishment from the Locust Immortal, and will not be willing to eliminate locusts."

"I fear that under the sweep of the locust plague, not only will the land of Guanzhong suffer, but even the three surrounding counties, with tens of millions of people, will not be spared."

Wu Zhao clenched her fists, and in her mind, only the three counties and tens of millions of people were buzzing.

Wang Zhong didn't know why, but looking at Gao Yang, who looked troubled, a bad premonition surged in his heart again.

Cui Xinghe also realized something was wrong.

This reaction didn't quite look like Gao Yang's style.

What kind of evil was this guy hiding in his stomach?

At this time, Gao Yang's gaze suddenly looked at Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong happened to look at Gao Yang, one old and one young, their gazes intertwined in the air.

"You little child, why are you looking at me!" Wang Zhong said angrily.

He, the dignified General who Breaks the Captives, had become the Great General of the Ducks, and he was still looking at him?

Wang Zhong moved his steps backward, but Gao Yang's gaze followed Wang Zhong.

Wu Zhao's gaze also suddenly looked at Wang Zhong, her phoenix eyes flickering.

"I have another plan. Since Your Majesty cannot go in person, then Great General Wang Zhong, holding Your Majesty's imperial decree, is like Your Majesty's personal arrival. If he eats locusts in front of the commoners and claims to be the reincarnation of the Locust-Eliminating Immortal, and all the sins of eliminating locusts are added to him, it is not impossible."

"It's just that locusts are ugly and uncomfortable, and I don't know if Old General Wang is willing."

Gao Yang asked with a bit of green tea-like attitude.

Wang Zhong's eyes widened.

If it weren't for the fact that this was the Imperial Study, he would have wanted to curse.

Damn it!

Did he have a choice?

Wu Zhao, an Empress, was willing to eat locusts for the sake of the people, and he wasn't willing?

Did he still want to live?

If this spread, the spit would drown him!

"Old General Wang is advanced in years, this..."

Wu Zhao took a deep look at Gao Yang, understood everything, and looked at Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong's old face twitched violently, and finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "For the sake of the people of Guanzhong, this general... this general will not shirk!"

"A mere locust, Your Majesty need not worry. When this general goes to Guanzhong, I will eat a catty with wine first!"

Wu Zhao was moved, "Old General Wang is truly a good general of Da Qian. I am deeply moved. When Old General Wang returns, I will personally welcome you!"

Wang Zhong bowed, "This general thanks Your Majesty for your grace!"

In any case, he was tricked, so it was better to be straightforward and get some benefits.

But the Great General of the Ducks, and this eating locusts, he would remember it.

Damn it!

He must take revenge for this grudge!

The officials' expressions changed, and the way they looked at Gao Yang changed.