It rained, and the weather was a lot lighter.

Li Jun entered the house and asked Liu Tienan: "General, hasn't there been a reply from the pickaxe city?" It's been six days, and there is no news at all, which makes Li Jun a little anxious.

Liu Tienan knew Li Jun's past, so it was understandable that he was so concerned about this matter: "No." And if my estimate is right, there won't be an echo from the Pickaxe City. If you don't reply, you are rejecting his proposal.

Li Jun was a little stunned and asked, "There will be no response?"

Liu Tienan shook his head and said, "I don't know about this." It's just that according to custom, if the princess had agreed to my suggestion, she should have replied yesterday. After a pause, Liu Tienan looked at Li Jun and said, "It was the princess's idea to recruit young and middle-aged people among the homeless people to join the army back then. If the princess wanted to have this idea, she would have implemented it a long time ago, and she didn't have to wait for you and me to say it. ”

Li Jun asked: "I don't understand, the princess was able to help us when the northwest was so badly affected." And now that the grain depot still has food, it is fully capable of helping these victims, why don't you want to save it!"

Liu Tienan didn't understand either, and he didn't think about it, just said: "The princess has her own considerations for doing this. "They are only in charge of marching and fighting, and the rest is not under his control. It was also the pity of these victims that he wrote that excerpt. But the princess didn't reply, and it was impossible for him to write a second excerpt.

Seeing that Li Jun's expression was a little depressed, Liu Tienan said: "I, like you, also pity these homeless people, but we can't forget our duties." ”

Li Jun said: "I know. "There was no order from above, and no matter how pitiful he was to these victims, he would not dare to do anything.

At this time, Gu Li walked in and said with a look of urgency: "General, it's not good, I just got the news that many of the displaced people outside the city have been infected with the plague. ”

In this era, talk about the epidemic.

Hearing this, Liu Tienan said with some joy: "Fortunately, I didn't let these homeless people enter the city. "The plague spreads very quickly, and as long as one person enters the city, the entire Linzhou City may not be safe.

In addition to increasing the number of troops on the city wall, Liu Tienan also immediately wrote an excerpt to inform Yuxi of this situation.

Two and a half days later, Yuxi received Liu Tienan's excerpt. After reading the excerpt, Yuxi's face was ugly.

Gang Yuxi was discussing with Tan Tuo, looking at Yuxi's face Tan Tuo asked, "Princess, but what happened to Linzhou City?"

Yuxi said: "There is a plague among the homeless. "Once the plague spreads, it will surely kill and injure countless people.

Tan Tuo said: "Then we have to prevent these displaced people from flowing into the country, otherwise this plague will bring in, and the consequences will be unimaginable." "The garrisons near Hebei and Shandong must be notified as soon as possible, so that they can guard the city gates and not allow the displaced people to enter.

Yuxi nodded, in fact, she didn't need to give orders. As long as the generals of the defending army receive the news that the displaced people outside Linzhou City are infected with the plague, they will strengthen their vigilance.

Because it was not under their rule that the plague occurred, although he was a little frightened, Tan Tuo was not nervous.

For dinner that day, Yuxi went back to the backyard to eat. Liu Er and the triplets keenly sensed that Yuxi was not in a good mood.

Brother You asked, "Mother, what's wrong with you?" It was the first time she saw Yuxi's bitter face, and her intuition was that something was wrong.

Yuxi smiled and said, "It's nothing." ”

After dinner, the triplets and Liu Er did not leave immediately. Brother You'er looked next to Yuxi and asked, "Mother, if you have anything to say, it's uncomfortable in your heart!"

Yuxi touched Brother You'er's head and said, "It's really okay." It's just that there are too many official duties, and my mother is a little tired. ”

Brother You muttered, "Mother fooled me again." "The busyness of official business is at most tiring, but it's not like today, and the brows are almost knotted. As you can imagine, this is very difficult to do. It's just that he's too young to help, and his mother doesn't tell him if there's something. I really hope to grow up soon, so that I can help my mother share the burden.

Seeing this, Liu Er asked, "Mother, when will Dad come back?"

Yuxi smiled and said, "Your father will estimate that he will arrive in Yucheng." As for when she will be able to come back, this mother is not sure. ”

Brother Xuan said on the side: "The eldest sister has an injury, so she should not ride a horse but take a carriage." Come to think of it, there is not a month that you can't come back. "It's much slower to ride in a carriage than to ride a horse.

After a conversation, Yuxi said: "You go back to the yard first, my mother is a little tired and wants to rest early." In fact, she was really in a bad mood, and she didn't want to spread this emotion to a few children, so she wanted to be alone.

Out of the main courtyard, Brother Rui said: "Mother must have encountered something very difficult. Even Brother Rui, who is rough-leaved, can see it, but it is conceivable that Yuxi really didn't have a good mood this time.

Brother You'er nodded and said, "Second sister, second brother, I'm going to write a letter to my father, so that my father can come back as soon as possible." "My mother didn't tell them about something because they were young and didn't think they could help. But my father is different, my mother will definitely tell my father if she has anything embarrassing.

Liu Er said: "Tell grandpa about this, please ask grandpa to help deliver the letter." "It's not that they can't find someone to deliver the message, it's just that the speed can't do it.

Brother You wrote a letter and went to find Huo Changqing.

Huo Changqing already knew about the plague, so after listening to Brother You'er's words, he would naturally know why Yuxi was in a bad mood. For the sake of the overall situation, she can't help these homeless people, but she can't bear it, so she will be entangled.

After receiving the letter, Huo Changqing said very happily: "I'll have someone send the letter to your father now." ”

Mama Quan brought a glass of warm water into the house, handed it to Yuxi, who was in deep thought, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Yuxi took the water, took a sip and put it on the table next to him, and said in a low voice: "Some of those homeless people under Linzhou City have been infected with the plague. Presumably, it will soon spread in a large area. "Infected with the plague and lacking medical treatment, it is basically a dead end.

Quan Mama moved a small stool to sit next to Yuxi and asked, "Are you feeling uncomfortable because of this?"

Yuxi nodded.

Quan Mama was silent and said, "If you really can't bear it, then help them!" With Yuxi's status, it is not very difficult to help these homeless people.

Yuxi shook his head and did not speak.

When Mama Quan saw this, she knew that this matter was not as simple as she thought: "Don't think about it, it's rare that there is nothing to do today, so you can rest early!"

Yuxi hummed and said, "Mama, I want to soak in a medicinal bath." "It's still early, and she can't sleep when she lies down now.

Mama Quan nodded and told Tong Fang to prepare, while she stayed in the house to accompany Yuxi: "Don't think about it, it's useless to think more." If you want to blame, blame God for being too ruthless. "If these people had not been plagued, they would not have become outcasts, and there would have been no pestilence. So it's God who doesn't give the people a way to live, and it has nothing to do with Yuxi.

Yuxi shook her head slightly, still not speaking.

Quan Mama said helplessly: "Don't drill the tip of the horns." Many of our people have also suffered, but because of you, they don't have to leave their homes and become homeless. Speaking of which, it is still the inaction of the imperial court, and it has nothing to do with you. "It's the incompetence of the imperial court, which has nothing to do with them.

Yuxi said: "Mama doesn't need to comfort me. Since I've made such a decision, I won't think much about it. ”

"Ahem......" is in a high position, which means that he has more responsibilities and cannot act as he pleases. Otherwise, she would have helped the homeless.

Mama Quan thought for a while and changed the topic: "Princess, I heard that the Feng family and the Han family have set a wedding date, and it will be set on November 27. "Talking about the marriage of these juniors can also make Yuxi relaxed, don't be so tight.

Yuxi asked: "Then the marriage date between Brother Shun and the girl of the Liu family has been set?" Brother Shun is also eighteen this year, and he will be nineteen after the New Year, and it is time to get married.

Quan Mama shook her head and said, "I haven't heard of this yet, maybe the wedding date hasn't been set yet!

Yuxi shook his head and said, "It's too far away, and there are a lot of things this year, so the eldest brother doesn't have time to come back." As for her mother, she is not in good health and should not travel long distances, and her eldest brother will not let her come back. ”

Quan Mama said: "If the elders don't come back, will the Feng family have any ideas?"

Yuxi smiled and said, "What can you think?" Because you can't get away from official business, and you don't mean not to come back, I believe General Feng can understand." ”

Mama Quan nodded, and said, "The Ye family has been gone for four years, shouldn't my uncle also remarry?" If Han Jianming remarried his wife, then Han Ying's marriage should be handled by the wife who married later.

Yuxi shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

"There's no hostess in this house, and she doesn't look like a woman after all. Can't the third young master and their marriage be handled by the second uncle and wife in the future, right?"

"It's not my turn to worry about this. "If this kind of thing is managed well, everyone will be happy, and if it is not managed well, you will have to complain. Moreover, she has so many things to do, and she has no time to take care of Han Jianming's private affairs.

Tong Fang walked in and said, "Princess, the medicinal bath is ready, you can soak it." "The medicines are all prepared by the whole mother, as long as you master the heat time.

Yuxi took a bath, then applied balm to her body, and then fell asleep. I usually fell asleep when I fell into bed, but today Yuxi was lying on the bed and turned to her side, and she couldn't sleep. I didn't go to sleep until midnight.

Meilan heard a cry of pain in a daze, and immediately got up from the bed and rushed into the bedroom.

When I lit the lamp, I saw Yuxi curled up in a ball with his hands on his knees. This situation scared Meilan so much that her soul was almost gone: "Princess, princess, what's wrong with you?"

Yuxi looked up at Meilan with a frightened face, and said lightly: "It's nothing, you don't have to worry, it's just a nightmare." She dreamed again that she was burned to death by a fire. It's also because Yuxi is now well focused, like when he was a child, every time he had this nightmare, it took half a day to recover.

Meilan was a little shocked, looked at the beads of sweat on Yuxi's forehead and asked, "Princess, what dream scared you like this?" The princess has always been Taishan collapsed in front of her and her face did not change, but a dream frightened her face turned pale and sweated profusely. One can imagine how terrifying this dream is.

Yuxi didn't answer this question, but just said, "Let people prepare water, I want to bathe." "She's all wet, slimy, and she can't sleep without a shower.

Such a sound naturally woke up Mama Quan. Seeing that Yuxi's expression was not very good, he asked, "What's wrong?"

Yuxi said: "It's nothing, it's just a nightmare." "It's not a nightmare, it's something she's experienced in her own life.

Every time I dream back to that scene, I repeat the feeling that life is worse than death.

After putting on his clothes, Yuxi got up and said, "Mama, you should go back and rest so late, don't get sick." "She is young and can withstand the toss, but Mama is in her sixties and can't stand it.

How can Mama Quan rest assured to sleep: "I can't sleep when I go back, so I might as well talk to you." ”

Yuxi shook her head and said, "No, I'm fine, go back to sleep, Mama!" She didn't want to talk now, she just wanted to be alone.

Mama Quan hesitated, but nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go back to rest, just call me if there's anything." ”

Ok-hee lay on the bed after taking a shower and did not sleep again. I kept looking out the window until dawn. When I woke up the next day, I had a big dark circle under my eyes.

didn't use eggs anymore, Yuxi went directly to the front yard with this dark circle. Xu Wu was startled when he saw Yuxi's haggard face: "Princess, what's wrong with you?" Even if it was rumored that Yunqing and the Liu family had happened at the beginning, the princess had never been so haggard.

Yuxi waved his hand and said, "I sent someone to invite Tan Tuo, An Zike, and Shen Chunting to come over." After thinking about it for a night, Yuxi finally decided to help the victims.

In half an hour, twelve ministers were summoned. When everyone arrived, they entered the study together.

Seeing that Xu Wu was about to retreat, Yuxi said, "You can stay and listen to it too!"

Xu Wu was a little surprised, but he still nodded and said, "Yes, princess." "On weekdays, he won't stay here. Today is so abnormal, I think there should be a big event.

Everyone was thinking about what was happening outside, otherwise they wouldn't have summoned so many of them. Unexpectedly, Yuxi summoned them to discuss the rescue of the victims who did not belong to their rule.

Tan Tuo was a little puzzled, in his mind, Yuxi had always had a big picture, but this time he was a little out of proportion. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Tan Tuo suppressed the doubts in his heart and asked, "Princess, Hebei and Shandong are areas under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and they should also be rescued by the imperial court if they are affected by disasters." If we come to the rescue, we are helping the court to lighten the burden. "As Zaisuke, he naturally took the lead in standing up at this time.

Shen Chunting immediately added: "It also adds a burden to ourselves." "They still have millions of victims in need of help, so how can they have the spare energy to help the victims in Hebei and Shandong.

Of the twelve ministers who were summoned, all of them were against it, and none of them were in favor.