Chapter 293: Out of the City
After a long period of heavy rain, the sky finally cleared, and it made people feel a lot better.
But the good mood didn't last long, and the drought came as expected.
The drought will have no effect on the people of the capital, but it will be fatal to the common people. Fortunately, Yun Wanqing was smart, and she had already issued death orders to the county orders in various places, asking them to appease the people's mood and help them get through this difficulty as much as possible.
Although the drought was menacing, the people were able to save their food with the foresight of the clouds and the evening. And in addition to irrigating the crops, the rainwater was also used for food when the villagers couldn't survive anymore.
Yun Wanqing didn't know this at the time, but even if she knew, she couldn't stop it, could she really watch the village names die of thirst?
During this time, Yun Wanqing stayed in the Prime Minister's Mansion and never left a single step. Every day, in addition to teaching Yun Sizhe to read and write, he plays with Yun Zijie's daughter Yun Sihan. Of course, Situ Chenyi would take the time to come to see her every day and talk to her before leaving.
But neither of them tacitly agreed that they would not mention the current situation outside. Yun Wanqing hid in the Prime Minister's Mansion, just because she didn't want to hear about the disaster of this drought, which would make her uncomfortable, so she just didn't know.
But even if she hides in the Prime Minister's Mansion every day, she can still tell from the chatter of her subordinates that the situation outside is very bad now. She felt guilty that she had no way to help them. Even though she is very smart and carries the memories of her previous life, she is not omnipotent. In the face of natural disasters, she could do nothing.
Time passed day by day, and the situation outside was even more severe, and many people had already left their hometowns and fled to other places to avoid disasters, and the capital was naturally the first choice for all displaced people.
But the people living in the capital are all nobles, who either have power or money. In order to prevent these outcasts from rushing into these people, the defenders of the city tried their best to prevent these people from entering the city and stopped them all from the city gates.
These displaced people traveled thousands of miles to the capital, but they were stopped outside the city gates. After running for a long time, they have long run out of food, and their faces are yellow and thin, and they look extremely pitiful.
This matter finally reached Yun Wanqing's ears, she knew that she could no longer hide in the Prime Minister's Mansion, although she couldn't save too many people, but she could help these displaced people who came to the capital.
Yun Wanqing didn't say a word, she found Yun Ziheng and Yun Zixuan to accompany her, and wanted to go out of the city in a carriage. I didn't want to, but I was stopped by the guards at the city gate.
"Young Master Yun, you can't leave the city now. There are countless people outside the city now, and if they hurt you, it will be troublesome. "The soldiers guarding the city naturally know Yun Ziheng and Yun Zixuan who are riding horses, and they know that they are the fourth sons of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and they are also the younger brothers of the current queen's mother, in case something happens, his head on the neck will not be saved.
Yun Ziheng will listen to his words to have a ghost, and directly waved his hand and said, "Don't talk nonsense, the master is going to go out of the city now, and he will take care of everything himself, you don't have to be nosy." ”
Cold sweat continued to break out on the forehead of the general defending the city, where did he dare to care about the idle affairs of Yunfu, but he didn't dare to let Yun Ziheng and them out of the city without permission, after all, it was really too chaotic outside the city now, and if they went out together, if there was a good one, he really couldn't afford to take this responsibility.
"General, we have an urgent matter, my young lady knows that you are well-intentioned to worry about us, but we still have the ability to ask ourselves to protect ourselves, so the general should let us go quickly." Knowing that this general was out of kindness, Yun Wanqing didn't embarrass him, and let Bingxuan say to him in a good voice.
Yun Wanqing is usually very low-key, and the general naturally doesn't know Bingxuan, but the general is extremely familiar with the token in her hand.
This is the token of the princess of the protector, which means that the person sitting in the carriage is the princess of the protector. The general almost knelt down directly, not because he was afraid of Yun Wanqing, he was afraid that Yun Wanqing would also go out of the city. There are more and more displaced people outside the city, and he is really worried that they will be hurt by those displaced people when they go out, so he will really be responsible for his death.
You know, this princess who protects the country is the person on the tip of the heart of the six princes, and he can't imagine what the capital will be like if this princess of the protector mainly makes a mistake.
Besides, Yun Wanqing, as a princess who protects the country, has done a lot of practical things for the people in recent years, and in the hearts of the people, Yun Wanqing's status is not much lower than that of the emperor. But Yun Wanqing is low-key, there are no people who know her at all, if those homeless people hurt her, they will definitely cause public anger, and then they will be chaotic.
"Princess, you better not go out of the city, do you? If those homeless people are hurt, the little ones won't be able to explain to the prime minister. The general whispered.
Yun Wanqing replied softly, "It's okay, those people can't hurt us." The general just let him go. ”
Yun Wanqing's voice was gentle, but the tone was unquestionable, how could the general not be able to hear the firmness in Yun Wanqing's tone when he had been dealing with all kinds of people for a long time.
He sighed helplessly and secretly ordered his subordinates to let him go, just in case, he personally led a team of people out of the city with Yun Wanqing and the others. In this regard, Yun Wanqing and the others did not say anything, and they also knew that he was kind-hearted.
As soon as they left the city, those homeless people surrounded them and begged Yun Ziheng to save them.
The general Wang who went out of the city with them was also from a poor family, and he felt very uncomfortable when he saw this scene, but in order not to frighten Yun Wanqing and them, General Wang asked his subordinates to drive the displaced people away.
Those homeless people are all hungry, and when they see Yun Wanqing and them at this moment, they are naturally like grabbing a lifeline, and they refuse to leave anything.
"Hurry away, or don't blame us for being rude." General Wang shouted loudly, trying to scare the displaced people away.
But no one was willing to listen to him at all, and they all surrounded Yun Wanqing and others. It was the first time for Yun Ziheng and Yun Zixuan to see such a situation, and their faces changed slightly.
Seeing this, General Wang was worried that if he continued like this, he would get out of control, so he had to say ruthlessly, "You guys, drive them away, and if you don't comply, you will be killed." As soon as he finished speaking, his own eyes turned red.
The homeless people were frightened when they heard this, but if they continued like this, they would starve to death sooner or later, so they still didn't move, and they still gathered around.
General Wang just opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted by Yun Wanqing. Although she didn't say anything in the carriage just now, she could see the situation outside clearly. Originally, she wanted to see Yun Ziheng and Yun Zixuan's ability to handle things, but the two of them obviously took care of Yun Wanqing's safety and didn't speak. She knew that if this continued, these people would be beaten, so she had to speak out to stop General Wang.
"General Wang, let your people stand down and don't hurt them." Yun Wanqing's voice was not loud, but it was quiet at the moment, and everyone heard her words.
"Princess!" General Wang clasped his fists and said to the carriage, extremely disapproving, "This is too dangerous, these homeless people have been hungry for a long time, and they have done anything to survive." ”
Yun Wanqing walked out of the carriage, stood outside, looked at these yellow-skinned homeless people and said, "General Wang, this palace knows that you are for our safety, but in fact, the purpose of this palace is to come for them. They are already forced to leave their homeland, not only do we not help them, but we can't bully them. This is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, if you can't even protect these people, let alone protect other people. ”
General Wang didn't expect Yun Wanqing to say such a thing, and he couldn't come back to his senses in a daze.
Yun Wanqing didn't wait for him to reply, and said to those homeless people, "Folks, this palace came here today to help you, this palace has brought some food, although it is not much, but it is still okay to deal with today." Next, the palace will order someone to help you build a few temporary residences, and will also have someone bring you food, and the palace will promise that you will not starve to death. But you also have to promise this palace that you will never make trouble. At this time, you always have to help each other to get through the difficulties, don't you? ”
Those homeless people were already stunned, they didn't expect that this little girl with a masked face was so noble, but she thought about them wholeheartedly and brought them food.
Everyone was stunned for a while, and suddenly knelt down for Yun Wanqing and thanked him sincerely, "Thank you, Your Royal Highness Princess." ”
Yun Wanqing was startled, hurriedly jumped out of the carriage, picked up the nearest homeless person, and said in a loud voice, "What are you doing here?" Hurry up, this is the only thing this palace can do for you. Get up quickly. ”
Seeing that she really cared about them, and didn't want her to have too much pressure, the homeless people stood up one after another.