Chapter Seventy-Nine: Ready to Move
The drought is getting worse than it was in the previous life. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info But the difference is that the disaster relief strategy and deep-water trucks in this life have helped a lot in the drought.
At the beginning of the drought, the operation to clear the river began. Although a lot of people have been recruited, it is not a day's work due to the huge amount of the project.
Through the courtiers' discussions, several areas far away from the dredging of the river were first organized to dig wells, and local carpenters were gathered to make deep-water wheels.
Drilling wells also needs to be explored, and not all places can get water. So a group of people with experience in this area were also called up. Drilling wells is free, as are deep-water trucks. However, these workers were able to receive money and rice from the imperial court.
The emperor smiled for the first time in nearly half a month. Ma Gonggong on the side couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Your Majesty, it's not early, where are you going tonight?" Because of the drought, the emperor was not in the mood to go to the palace of the concubines, and he had been staying in the Palace of Nourishing Heart recently. Now that the emperor is in a good mood, Ma Gonggong boldly opened his mouth.
The emperor stood up and looked at the sky outside, "Let's go to the Empress's Fengqi Palace." The crown prince went to supervise the distribution of disaster relief money and food, and the queen must have been a little worried. ā
Ma Gonggong answered the "yes" and said loudly, "The emperor is driving the Fengqi Palace." ā
The emperor is perhaps the most tired person in this world, and it is not a secret that even which concubine he went to sleep with will be recorded.
Concubine Rong couldn't help but sink her face after getting the news. "Your Majesty has never been to the harem for half a month, and as soon as you come back, you will go to the queen. ā
Mama Cheng is the old man next to Concubine Rong, so I don't know what she is thinking. So he comforted, "If Your Majesty goes to another place over the queen's mother, I am afraid that others will say it, after all, you have to take care of the face of the main palace." ā
Concubine Rong sneered and frowned, "The crown prince has been growing up more and more recently. I'm afraid it's a bit chaotic when it's approaching outside, isn't it? If there is a disaster, it's easy to cause chaos, and there are a lot of people and bandits, right? Tsk, I hope the prince won't meet these chaotic people. ā
Mama Cheng still doesn't understand something, "There are a lot of people around His Royal Highness the Prince." ā
"Opportunities are reserved for those who have a heart. Concubine Rong glanced at Mama Cheng with a smile, "I heard that Meiqian has been unwell recently, I'm afraid that I'm tired of learning rules and etiquette, you can go in person and give her a few gadgets to make her happy." ā
"Yes, the old slave obeys. Mama Cheng didn't show it on her face, but she couldn't help but sigh in her heart. Who doesn't know that Rong Gui's concubine is not satisfied with her future daughter-in-law? Under such a banner, I am afraid that some people will also be suspicious. It's better not to be too eye-catching.
Ruan Jingxin didn't go out much in the past half a month, but enjoyed a rare leisure time at home. She got up early this day, followed Liu Shiniang to practice martial arts, and took a comfortable bath.
"Miss, the second lady went to Madame to report and said that she wanted to go to Ciyun Temple to offer incense. Cuiluo came in with rock sugar bird's nest and whispered.
"Huh?" Ruan Jingxin raised her eyebrows, this Ruan Jingli has been very safe since she left the house. In addition to going to my mother every day to say goodbye, I don't go out of the yard for half a step. "Why do you suddenly want to go to incense?"
"It is said that I have had nightmares for several days in a row. Cuiluo didn't care, "I don't know what I've done to lack morality, I think I'm scared." ā
Ruan Jingxin chuckled twice, "She is the person who hides the deepest, even if she is afraid, she will not let people know." It's just an excuse. "Is this woman really just looking for an excuse to go out and get some air?
Ruan Jingxin suddenly felt that her whole body was full of a taste that belonged to gossip. She stood up and waved her hand, "Change me into men's clothes, let's go out for a yo!"
Erui was wiping Ruan Jingxin's long hair with a soft cloth, and when she heard this, she suddenly petrified, and asked uncertainly, "Miss is talking about men's clothes?"
Ruan Jingxin never stopped the Xiao family from going out, and the current world is not the most true, as long as she takes the maid and the mother-in-law, she is not unable to go out. So Ruan Jingxin has never dressed as a man.
"Isn't it good?" Ruan Jingxin touched her nose weakly, "Didn't the master teach it?" "Liu Shiniang's disguise technique is not at the master level, but it's still okay to fool ordinary people.
"But men's clothing ......" is not easy to find for a while!
Ruan Jingxin smiled knowingly, "Then forget it, let's go and relax together." ā
It is slightly easier for a young girl to be dressed as a young woman in her twenties than to be a man, at least without having to flatten her chest.
Cuiluo and Xiangbo both combed their foreheads, blocked the small half of their faces, changed their skin color, and dotted some freckles and other things.
Ruan Jingxin was a little unsure. In various modern martial arts films, no matter how close people are, they will never be recognized as long as they change their clothes and cover half of their faces. She's never been optimistic.
So Ruan Jingxin took matters into her own hands and used modern makeup techniques to retouch it again. Only then did he nod a little reassuringly, "In this way, people who are not very close to each other should not be a big problem if they don't look carefully." Be careful when you two talk, and don't go face to face with people. ā
Xiangbo looked at the bronze mirror, "Miss is too careful, the slaves and maids are all quick to know themselves." ā
Ruan Jingxin looked at the blurry bronze mirror, although she had been used to it for so many years, she couldn't help but sigh every time she looked in the mirror. "That's it, you two come with me. Let's go out the back door and hire a humble carriage. ā
In this way, Ruan Jingxin followed Ruan Jingli all the way to Tsz Yun Temple.
Tsz Yun Temple is also very famous, many ladies and ladies love to incense here, but because there is a release pond here, it is said that throwing copper coins into the wish, if the copper coin happens to fall in the center of the lotus pattern at the bottom of the pool, you can make your wish come true.
Ruan Jingli was a little worried along the way, and the carriage that came to Tsz Yun Temple was not small, so she didn't notice that the somewhat simple carriage was following her. She got out of the car, did not make any stops, and went directly into the main hall of the temple, kneeling and praying sincerely.
"Are you really here to worship the Buddha?" Xiangbo couldn't help muttering.
"It's only been a long time, wait and see. Ruan Jingxin didn't believe it.
After a while, a little novice walked into the main hall, looked around a little and walked over to Ruan Jingli, "Amitabha, female donor, someone has been waiting in the meditation room for a long time. ā
"Thank you. Ruan Jingli got up and followed the maid to the meditation room.
"Miss, what now?" Cui Luo was a little anxious when she saw that the people had already walked away.
"Easy to do. Ruan Jingxin smiled, "You come with me." ā