"Wang Zhongshu Ling, read all the disaster reports."
In the Jinluan Palace, at the Great Court Assembly, the Empress on the Dragon Throne spoke with a face as cold as ice, and her words were like frost.
Wang Jin solemnly complied, reading out each of the disaster reports from the six county governments. Each report was not long, but every word was like blood and tears. Beneath the light writings were the pitiful victims of the flood, lives that had been lost or were about to be lost.
The civil and military officials listened breathlessly, each with a grave expression. Suddenly, someone could no longer hold it in and began to cry loudly in the court.
The officials turned to look and saw that the person sobbing was a Minister of the Ministry of Industry. His ancestral home was among the six affected counties, and in this flood, more than half of his family and relatives were drowned.
