Chapter Twenty-Four: The Past
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Zhao Yuliang probably understood his difficulty, and said with a smile: "You have made a great contribution this time, and this palace will reward you." Then he ordered his personal guards to fetch two pieces of silver.
Shen Zhu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "The little one deserves it." ”
Zhao Yuliang said: "This is what you deserve." ”
Shen Zhu had no choice but to take it.
Zhao Yuliang took out three ingots from his pocket and said to him, "This is for you to entangle into Beijing." ”
For those who have excellent performance, Zhao Yuliang has always been generous in rewarding.
Shen Zhu hurriedly pushed it back and said, "You can't ask for this." ”
Zhao Yuliang had already grabbed his hand and stuffed the ingots in.
Shen Zhu was inexplicably moved, and hurriedly knelt down and thanked him.
Zhao Yuliang said: "You have been helping out at the disaster relief station recently. ”
Shen Zhu immediately understood that the prince wanted him to supervise the flow of disaster relief money and grain.
"Okay", Shen Zhu agreed.
Zhao Yuliang leaned close to his ear and said: "Once you find something suspicious, immediately report it to Lord Jiang and Lord Liu, if they dare not deal with it, you will send a letter directly to the palace." ”
"Yes."
"When the post-disaster reconstruction work in the disaster area is over, you can prepare for the township test, I hope you can play well, and strive for the opportunity to have the entrance examination and the palace examination."
"The little ones must do their best."
Zhao Yuliang waved him back.
By this time it was already dark.
Zhao Yuliang's personal guard stepped forward and asked, "Your Highness, are you going to bathe and change your clothes?" ”
They had already brought back two large vats of spring water for him.
Zhao Yuliang nodded, got up and entered the inner room.
The personal guard hurriedly followed up and said, "The little waiter is waiting for you to bathe." ”
On weekdays, the palace maids wait for him to bathe, but now when he goes out, he can only be done by personal guards.
Zhao Yuliang waved his hand and said, "No need, the palace will come by itself." ”
The personal guards did not dare to be reluctant, and obediently retreated to the outside room to wait.
There is no bath bucket here, so Zhao Yuliang can only use a towel to get water on his body, but in this way, he feels that the washing is not very satisfying, so he simply lifts the whole bucket of water and drenches it on his body.
Seeing that there was still an hour before dawn, Zhao Yuliang, who had taken a bath, hurriedly lay down on the bed to rest.
The day's rush and the overnight busyness did consume a lot of his energy, and he fell asleep as soon as he got into bed.
However, his sleep was light, and he was always thinking about the victims who had been placed in the safe zone and who were still waiting to be rescued under the rubble.
In the early morning, he was already dressed and sat in the main hall of the yamen to listen to the magistrate's report.
"Your Highness, the money and grain transported from various places have been counted and put into storage and supervised by special personnel, and the victims of the disaster have also set up camp in batches according to your instructions last night, and the rescue work on the first and second sides of the ruins is still ongoing, but it is almost over. The work on Ruins No. 3 is in full swing......" the magistrate surnamed Jiang reported respectfully to Zhao Yuliang.
Zhao Yuliang nodded and said, "The palace will rush to Boryeong after breakfast, and the aftermath work here will be exhausted." ”
The official surnamed Jiang hurriedly said: "We will definitely go all out, Your Highness, please rest assured." ”
Since Wu Bailong and his gang were reported for embezzlement, these local officials have secretly congratulated themselves that they had not been with them before, and they also secretly admired the young prince's sophistication and fairness, so they were also very respectful when facing the prince.
The prince ate a steamed bun with cold boiling water, and when he saw that the sky was getting brighter and brighter, he ordered his subordinates to pack their belongings and prepare for the road.
The magistrates and a large number of local people sent them to the entrance of the village until they were no longer visible.
It takes a day and a half to ride from Zunyi to Boryeong, so they can see the scenery far away when they hit the road early in the morning. However, after the earthquake, the once good scenery has been replaced by ruined walls, uneven pits, and animal carcasses.
At a bend, a cry was heard, and everyone was busy protecting the prince.
Zhao Yuliang sent two people to take a look.
The two men quickly replied: "It was a man and a child crying, as if someone had died in the family." ”
The group continued on their way, and when they came close to the cry, they saw a man in his twenties and a boy of two or three years old, weeping and burning paper money in front of a new grave.
Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, the man hurriedly took the little boy into his arms, and at the same time looked at the well-dressed pedestrians with a wary expression.
"Don't be nervous, we're not bad people." Zhao Yuliang said.
They relaxed a little.
Zhao Yuliang took out two silver ingots from his pocket and tossed them to the man, then rode away on horseback.
The crowd followed.
But in the subsequent journey, Zhao Yuliang was a little in a trance.
If the little emperor and grandson were alive, he would be as old as that little boy, right?
Zhao Yuliang still remembers the pink and tender appearance of the little emperor grandson when he was born. Because it was a premature baby, the little emperor grandson weighed less than four pounds when he was born, his eyes were closed, and his crying voice was also weak. When Wen Po put the cleaned little emperor grandson on the bed/, he couldn't help but lean over to look, his eyes were full of surprise, the surprise of the arrival of a new life, and the joy of having just been upgraded to a father.
At that time, because the crown princess fainted after giving birth to the little queen's grandson, the crown princess was arranged to recuperate in another room.
Zhao Yuliang went back and forth between the two rooms.
He still remembered that it was in the afternoon, and the little emperor grandson, who had only been born for less than three hours, suddenly had difficulty breathing, and his little face had changed from the original pink to white. At that moment, even though the little emperor grandson was surrounded by Wen Po and several experienced nursing staff, Zhao Yuliang still had a vague premonition of something.
Zhao Yuliang stood in front of the bed of the little emperor's grandson, looking at him motionlessly, this newborn with his own blood flowing in his body, his heart hurt like a pinprick.
The little emperor and grandson were breathless in Zhao Yuliang's arms, and he looked peaceful when he died, as if he was asleep. Zhao Yuliang looked at him quietly for a long time, as if he wanted to completely engrave his appearance in his mind.
Child, you should have taken root in your mother's womb on that spring/night with a smooth breeze, I remember the night of that night, I remember the shyness on your mother's face that night, I remember the strong fragrance of flowers wafting out of the window that night, and I remember the decision in my heart at that time - to respect your mother as a guest, and love you until you are old. Before that, you must have looked for us in the starry sky until you found us and let us be your parents. Have you ever been proud of your choice? Have you ever regretted this choice?
Finally, Zhao Yuliang's tears could no longer be held back. He buried his head in the little emperor's grandson's small, still slightly warm body, and wailed.
That evening, the little emperor was buried in the prince's mausoleum.
Zhao Yuliang still remembers the appearance of the small coffin, and remembers the pain/feeling in his heart as if it had been torn apart when he looked at it for the last time.