Lu Shuo pursed his lips tightly, furrowed his brows slightly, with his hands clasped behind his back, and walked quickly toward the main hall.
Second Uncle's family... that is to say, his uncle and aunt, along with his two male cousins, a total of four people, had all come from their hometown to the capital city.
Along the way, Lu Shuo had been wondering why they had come to the capital, and a vague guess gradually rose in his mind.
Last autumn, the Longxi region had suffered from devastating floods, destroying a large number of houses and farmlands.
The court had sent relief officials to the area to provide disaster relief, but no matter how much they did, it was just a case of locking the stable door after the horse had bolted. Countless commoners suffered from the natural disaster; those who survived had no homes to return to and no food to eat, giving the court a massive headache for quite a while.
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