"A person like him may not be completely useless, just with his enthusiasm, maybe he can achieve a few things, if he really has a wise root, after seeing it, he may be able to know the difficulties in it. Otherwise, if the officialdom is full of people who are in the twilight, no one will dare to speak out. ”

In these few words, Lin Zhixuan's voice was very low, almost whispering in Dongmei's ear, and she felt a little hungry, so she asked Dongmei to pass the meal.

Outside the window, Bai Bai, who was originally indignant in his heart, listened to Lin Zhixuan's previous words, although he still felt as if something was wrong in his heart, and wanted to argue with Lin Zhixuan, but his heart gradually sank.

He began to gradually remember what he came to the capital for, he touched the letter on his chest that was still warm, and remembered his friend's entrustment, he entered the capital to join the regent, without losing his pearl, and seeking a bright future.

It's just that along the way from Shandong to Beijing, I have seen the bleak scene in Shandong and Henan, and I have seen so many lonely widows and children dying tragically, and the officers and soldiers are afraid to avoid it, and there is chaos everywhere.

Besides, I heard about the ice frolic that the regent held for the princess in Shichahai, and when I entered the regent's palace, I saw Lin Zhixuan in the palace to hold a banquet, invite the nobles of the capital, and hold a fifteen-night banquet.

Bai Hui was only filled with righteous indignation, and he just wanted to denounce the injustice of this world, and even for such a luxurious and erosive regent, he didn't want to belong to him at all, and he didn't want to serve him.

But now after listening to Lin Zhixuan's words, although Bai Hui is still resentful in his heart, he is not as extreme as Fang Cai.

Lin Zhixuan seemed to lower her voice and said something to Dongmei, Bai Hui didn't hear clearly, so he only saw that Lin Zhixuan had ordered someone to set the meal in the house.

Bai looked back at the exquisite dishes that went in and out, and the injustice in his heart rose again, one lamented that there were frozen bones on the stinky road of Zhumen's wine and meat, and the other was quite helpless and desperate.

This is the way of the world.

Bai Hui waited for a long time, and the princess inside had lunch, and Dongmei instructed someone to carry the table out, passing by Bai Hui, saying that the mother asked him if he wanted to eat.

Although Bai Hui was hungry, he was not a subordinate, how could he be willing to eat the food that Lin Zhixuan had eaten, and now looking at such a delicate and attractive dish, he actually felt very difficult to swallow, so he sternly refused.

After a while, another little maid came out, saying that it was cold outside, please go back in and drink tea to warm up, and the prince will be back soon.

This time, Bai Hui hesitated for a moment, but finally moved in, and then entered the hall again, Lin Zhixuan asked Bai Hui to give a seat, and also served tea, but Bai Hui did not drink it.

Lin Zhixuan looked at him with a smile indifferently, with a little heaviness and helplessness in her voice: "Mr. said that Cang Liao is honest and knows etiquette, but now Mr. is hungry but still refuses to give up his temperament, so you can know that he is not an ordinary mediocre and ignorant people."

You only see that the two provinces of Shandong are full of devastation, the capital seems to be prosperous, but you don't know that this majestic Kyoto was roughly the same as Shandong two years ago, and now the first emperor has passed away only two years, the border wars are frequent, and the floods in the south of the Yangtze River are continuous.

After all, the territory of our Great Zhou Dynasty is vast, this state is safe this year, and there is an accident in that province, after all, it is different from a small place like North Korea's Jawa, and it is more laborious to be in charge of the bureau, even so, there are still places that cannot be taken into account. This is also the reason why the prince needs talents to share his worries for him.

It's just that the smallpox epidemic is like a natural disaster, and even the imperial doctors in the capital are often helpless, since hearing that such a thing has been confirmed in Shandong, the prince has urgently transferred the doctor who knows how to treat smallpox back to the capital to discuss countermeasures together, but now he has just entered Beijing. ”

Bai Hui listened to Lin Zhixuan's earnest words, and also twisted his eyebrows slightly, before getting up and saluting Lin Zhixuan, and said: " What Niangniang said is not unreasonable, but Niangniang does not know, Shandong Governor Hu Zhe is afraid that he will be blamed by the prince for his incompetence because of the smallpox incident in Shandong, and he did not report the matter at first, but only suppressed and banned it vigorously, but until the people in Shandong fled to Henan for fear of smallpox, and also dyed smallpox in Henan, the governor of Henan reported to the imperial court, and the governor of Shandong reported it together, but at this time the smallpox in Shandong had already been rampant, and Niangniang had never seen the tragic situation, I am afraid that I can't even imagine it! The people have been killed and wounded, the floating corpses are everywhere and no one has taken care of them, and some villages are empty!"

Lin Zhixuan was also shocked when she heard it this time, and then looked at the grief on Bai Hui's face, Lin Zhixuan was also in a hurry, and it took a long time before she said: "Okay, I know, you go to rest, the prince will summon you again when he comes back." ”

Lin Zhixuan instructed someone to bring Bai Hui down, bathe him, change his clothes, and arrange meals.

Bai Hui hesitated, and after a while, he didn't say anything, just followed the maid below

Dongmei was also frightened when she heard Fang Caibai's words, and looked at Lin Zhixuan very worriedly: "Niangniang, do you want to send someone to invite the prince back now." ”

Lin Zhixuan hesitated slightly, and did not speak, but entered Wei Mingxu's study in the west corner, and there were still mountains of folds on the desk, but because it was the New Year's Festival and had not yet gone to the court, the folds were all pressed, and the heartless folds were handed over, and these were all last year's folds that had not yet been sent.

There are only a few letters on the desk, all of which are urgent reports from various provinces, and they cannot be delayed for a moment.

Lin Zhixuan flipped through it slightly and saw three letters from Henan, and two from Shandong.

Wei Mingxu had already opened it and looked at it, so Lin Zhixuan didn't have any scruples, took out the letter to take a look, and her brows furrowed unconsciously.

Lin Zhixuan packed the letter and instructed Dongmei: "You go and pass a word to Du Qin, if the prince finishes dealing with the outside affairs, please go back to the house as soon as possible." ”

At night, it snowed outside, this year's winter was particularly cold, and even the snow was more than in previous years, but Wei Mingxu did not come back for a long time, but at ten o'clock in the evening, Lu Yan personally sent Sister Xin back.

I'm afraid that Lin Zhixuan already knew that Sister Xin secretly went to the Zhenguo Mansion to play, and also sent a little girl over to take a look, the little girl was a little scared, and Lu Yan came to support her.

Lin Zhixuan looked at the little man's nervous appearance and felt funny, just looking at the little blushing, thinking that she had a good time today.

Lin Zhixuan left Lu Yan for dinner, and she was also kind to Sister Xin, only saying that if she wanted to go out in the future, she must ask Lin Zhixuan what she meant first, and Lin Zhixuan arranged for someone to send her there, otherwise she would be worried.

The big stone in Sister Xin'er's heart finally fell to the ground, and respectfully made a loss to Lin Zhixuan, seeing that Lin Zhixuan was not very angry, she affectionately told Lin Zhixuan about what she saw and heard in the Zhenguo Mansion today.