When Pei Hengyu returned, he did not see Yuwen Junan. Yuwen Junan had become busy, disappearing for days on end without even sending a message to the palace.
Pei Hengyu had no time to worry about him. This year’s spring drought had persisted into early summer, growing more severe with each passing day.
The officials at the Ministry of Revenue swarmed Emperor Pei Hengyu daily, their abacus beads practically flying as they calculated. They had exhausted all available seed grain, robbing Peter to pay Paul, only just managing to balance the drought situation in the fourteen southern prefectures. Yet, in Tong City, more than half of the seedlings had withered and died under the scorching sun.
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