Chapter Forty-Seven: Visiting in Disaster - Sending Love
The two sat opposite each other and ate dumplings, and Ling'er asked casually: "The prince has been very busy recently, and he goes out early and returns late every day, isn't there something big going on in the capital?"
King Heng continued: "This year's winter is extremely cold, the Great Zhou has been hit by several snowstorms, countless houses have been destroyed, the people have been displaced, frozen to death and frostbite, the tragic situation can not bear to look at directly, there is still a trend of getting worse and worse, there are victims pouring into the city for several days, if you do not give timely rescue, the consequences are unimaginable."
When Ling'er heard this, Fang felt that such a tragic thing had happened when she hadn't gone out for a few days, and she felt great sympathy for the people who had been affected by the disaster, and when she saw King Heng's grim face, she was relieved: "Since the imperial court has begun to rescue, the situation will slowly improve."
King Heng Hui Ling'er smiled gently, which was considered comfort, and the two stopped talking. After the supper, they still slept in the same bed as before, but the bowl of water in the middle of the bed was gone.
In the early morning of the next day, when Ling'er got up, King Heng had already left early. Nuo'er came in to serve and freshen up, and when she saw the scene on the bed, she sighed a few times in her heart, pretending not to know, and quickly cleaned up. While sorting out her clothes, Ling'er said to Nuo'er: "You went to find Miss Xin'er to come and have breakfast with me, and you must explain that I invited her."
After Nuo'er finished making the bed, she turned around to Miss De's side, and saw Ling'er pick up a lock of hair, tossing left and right against the bronze mirror, but she finally didn't sort out her shape, and sighed in her heart, "My young lady is such a smart person, how can she never do such a simple thing as combing her hair." He took out the peachwood comb in the young lady's hand and said with a smile: "I think it's better for the slave to help you comb your hair before you go, otherwise the girl will see your makeup, just when we are slaves and maids, we are lazy and don't take care of our masters."
Ling'er grinned and let Nuo'er fiddle with it, and read in her mouth: "It's good to be simple, it's too complicated and time-consuming, and it's troublesome to remove makeup at night."
Nuo'er shook her head and said: "**If you think it's troublesome to comb your hair, the beautiful prince will like it, what is it to spend some effort."
Ling'er stopped answering, these things were not clear to Nuo'er, although she was only one year older than herself, she was like her mother, but it was also a kind of happiness to be able to hear her nagging in front of her every day.
It didn't take much effort, so Nuo'er combed Ling'er's hair in a simple and crisp hairstyle, divided two braids from the forehead and hung down on the shoulders, dotted with some pearls, and a fan of jadeite was inserted on the top. Ling'er was wearing a silver-white silk dress, embroidered with a radiant crane, the sides of the dress were inlaid with fur, especially the collar was the thickest, looking quite comfortable and warm. Ling'er lifted up the sheepskin boots, and suddenly felt that she was not afraid of the cold even if she was going to climb the snowy mountains.
Seeing that Miss was dressed neatly, Nuo'er looked left and right again, and then went out to invite Baili Xin'er with satisfaction.
Baili Xin'er has been very bored these days, and she went to Fangfeiyuan to look for it a few times, but Ling'er sent her away on the grounds that she had found this mess for herself and was eager to hand over to Wang Jiuye. At this time, although I woke up early, I shrunk in the quilt and pretended to sleep, greedy for the warmth and didn't want to get up. Vaguely, I heard the maids outside, and said, "The girl is up, my young lady sent me over to invite her to have breakfast together." The other replied, "Miss Nuo'er is afraid that she will have to run for nothing, and Miss Xin'er has not moved yet, so she must not get up until the time comes." ”
When Baili Xin'er heard this, she hurriedly thought outside and said: "Who said that I didn't get up, why don't you come in quickly and wait for me to freshen up, don't let my sister wait in a hurry."
The maid pursed her lips and smiled at Nuo'er, and hurried into the house to serve Baili Xin'er to freshen up. Nuo'er turned around and went back, only saying that Miss Xin'er would arrive in a while, and asked Miss to wait.
Here Baili Xin'er urged the maid to quickly dress herself and rushed towards Fangfeiyuan, before anyone entered, the laughter like a silver bell came in, "Sister is going out with Xin'er today?"
Ling'er saw that Baili Xin'er was wearing a lilac dress, and the hair on the side of the dress was several times better than her own, and the hair was still two buns with simple ribbons, and with the red daze, she was really a heroine. Such a heroic woman is really enviable, and she can't help but love and pity: "Come and sit and eat breakfast, what's the hurry, it's still early."
Baili Xin'er smiled at Ling'er like a child, then sat down next to Ling'er, and the two began to eat. Ling'er sandwiched a crystal bag into the Baili Heart Plate and said, "Try this." This crystal bag was made by the kitchen chef that Ling'er taught, it looks particularly crystal clear, and it is filled with wild game sent from outside in the past few days, and it is even more delicious to eat.
Baili Xin'er saw that this crystal bag was cute and tight, and took a bite and praised: "This must be my sister's craft, you can definitely open a restaurant by yourself, Wang Jiuye is really an old man, and he has to pull you into his door."
Ling'er pouted and said: "Don't talk about Wang Jiuye, this is also indispensable to your credit, you hurry up and eat, send him something after eating, and you can help people to the end, and send the Buddha to the west."
Baili Xin'er suddenly lost her spirit, and said with white eyes: "I just said why I was so kind to invite me to eat, it turned out that he wanted to summon me."
Ling'er saw her child's temperament, and couldn't help laughing: "Don't play tricks, this matter has to be yours, but I was going to prepare food today to visit the prince, if you really don't want to go, I have to run by myself, alas, it's just that the poor prince has been tired these days but there is no one who feels distressed." Ling'er's words, coupled with a distressed expression, were realistic, and she was so anxious that she panicked: "I'll go immediately, it's rare that you want to care about my senior brother, husband and wife should be like this." Listening to Baili Xin'er's old words, Ling'er was amused, and said: "Xin'er is better than my sister and I understand the way of getting along with husband and wife, I think I usually have a lot of research, I don't know if there is a suitable candidate in my heart, sister, I am so good that your senior brother will help you go to the door."
Baili Xin'er listened to Ling'er's words, her face was red with shame, and she got up and said angrily: "I was originally for my sister's good, but you arranged me like this, and I will take care of your husband and wife's affairs in the future." After saying that, he ran out of the door with a cigarette. Ling'er hurriedly shouted behind him: "Remember to go to my room and get the drawings to give to the ninth master." After saying that, I continued to eat breakfast slowly, and after Baili Xin'er made such a fuss, I felt that today was a good start, and my appetite was better.
Nuo'er looked at her young lady with a comfortable look on the side, shook her head and said, "Miss, don't blame Miss Xin'er, she is also kind-hearted, why do you laugh at her."
Ling'er smiled mischievously at Nuo'er and asked, "I'm almost ready to eat, you go and see if the ginseng soup in the kitchen is ready, let them be sure to wrap it tightly, it won't taste good when it's cold." Nuo'er was overjoyed to hear this from the young lady, and walked briskly towards the kitchen.
Since listening to the scenes that King Heng said last night, Ling'er has a lot of feelings in her heart, so when she got up this morning, she instructed Nuo'er to prepare ginseng soup in the kitchen, and after preparing breakfast, she took it with her to see what the situation of the victims of King Heng was.
At one point, Ling'er finished breakfast and took Nuo'er to the second gate of Hengwang's Mansion together, and when she turned the corner, a woman suddenly flashed out. Ling'er and Nuo'er were frightened, and they looked at it, but it was King Heng's personal attendant condensation. Na Ninglu bowed and said, "The slave has seen Princess Heng, I don't know where the princess is going so early?" When Ling'er heard this, she had already guessed a few points in her heart, and said calmly: "The prince has been working very hard to resettle the victims recently, I have prepared ginseng soup to send to him, if you have nothing to do, you might as well go with you, but you can do something to wash rice and cook porridge."
Ning Lu was overjoyed when she heard Ling'er let her follow, and she was full of resentment when she heard that she let herself do that rough work, but she was reluctant to give up the opportunity to see King Heng, and couldn't help but say: "It is the slave and maid who can relieve the prince's worries."
Ling'er was just talking angry, but he didn't expect that he really agreed to go out with him, so he glanced at Ning Lu coldly, turned around and continued to walk forward.
Qian Duo had already waited at the second gate, he got this messenger, and Ling'er paid the salary in advance, because the carriage has been decorated again, and the car is equipped with a stove and other things to keep out the cold, and it is also very comfortable to sit. Ling'er waited to get in the car, and when the two pillars of incense were gone, they arrived at a remote place in the corner of the capital, but saw a large number of ragged people huddled together and kept warm by their body temperatures.
Although I had already imagined this situation in my heart, I was still sad at first glance. Looking closely, I saw a baby in swaddling clothes, crying in its mother's arms, and the cry was like a kitten. The cotton clothes on the mother's body were no longer complete, so she had to bend her body as much as possible to completely wrap the child in her arms. Ling'er stepped forward a few steps, untied the pink fox fur draped on his body, and covered the child. The mother was so shocked that she opened her cloudy eyes and looked at Ling'er, and she had forgotten how to say even a word of thanks.
Ling'er couldn't bear to take a closer look, turned around and left the crowd, and went directly to find King Heng. When Nuo'er saw that the young lady gave Dayu away, she was worried that she would catch a cold for a while, but fortunately, she was thoughtful and prepared some warm clothes in the carriage. Then he handed the crockpot containing the soup in his hand to Ning Lu, and turned to the carriage to get it.
At this time, King Heng was in a temporarily requisitioned house to check the rice noodles and cotton clothes and quilt bills he had entered today, and a plate of side dishes and a bowl of gruel in front of him looked cold, but he had not moved. The guards guarding the door were the two brothers Han Yong and Han Meng, and when they saw the princess coming, they were all happy for the princess and did not ask. Ling'er walked in lightly, and when she saw King Heng's concentration, she didn't want to disturb. Na Ninglu followed the ginseng soup into the door, and when she saw the food and drink in front of King Heng, she couldn't bear it for a while, and hurriedly said: "The slave maid sent the ginseng soup to the prince, how can the prince's daughter be so uncherished."
King Heng looked up and saw Ling'er standing on one side, his tightly knit brows immediately relaxed, and he said softly: "Why are you here, in such a cold weather, since you are wearing such thin clothes, come over and get warmer." Ling'er leaned over with a grin, sat on a chair next to the brazier next to King Heng, and said, "I'm sorry to disturb you on business." The two of them were close, not paying any attention to the condensation standing next to them.
After a while, Ling'er looked at the porridge bowl and said: "This porridge is also cold, I brought you ginseng soup, so many victims are still pointing at you, you have to make up for it, so that you can have more energy to do things for them."
Ning Lu hurriedly put down the ginseng soup, poured a bowl, handed it to King Heng with both hands, and watched King Heng drink the soup with expectant eyes.
Ling'er looked at the situation in front of her helplessly, and coughed lightly: "Condensation, there is nothing for you here, you go down and see if there is anything to help, there are so many victims outside, and the manpower must be tight."
Although Ning Lu was very reluctant, he had to retreat at this time, but he had a little more resentment towards the princess in his heart.
Ling'er then asked, "How is the disaster relief going?"
King Heng put down the soup bowl, frowned, and said worriedly: "Jingzhong can be considered for the time being, but the disaster is getting more and more serious, and the silver in the treasury is already tight, and it may be difficult to survive this winter smoothly."
Ling'er couldn't help but wonder: "This big Zhou is so rich, how can it not relieve a snow disaster?"
King Heng said: "You don't know, although the Great Zhou Dynasty looks at the peace of the country and the people, in fact, there is no war, the border harassment is continuous, and the treasury tax and silver are already stretched thin only to deal with these every year." After that, he thought that saying this to his princess was just to relieve the depression in his heart, and smiled gently at Ling'er as before, and said, "This is not suitable for you as a boudoir woman, hurry back to the house."