Chapter 498: Famine in the Cold Winter Wax Moon
Dare to love the ladies in this palace are all fairies or how to drop? I saw that she was solemn and dignified, and she was a Guanyin mother.
Good-looking, extravagant and generous. Seeing Zhao Xiaoxi, he was polite and decent, and he didn't take Qiao at all, and directly asked Zhao Xiaoxi to sit down.
At this time, the lady concubine is still in a state of no makeup, her skin is very good, fair and shiny. If you have to say what the disadvantages are in the eggs, it is that the apple muscles are not full, the base of the nose is relatively low, and the face is not very three-dimensional.
But she is a traditional oriental beauty, and she doesn't need to emphasize too much three-dimensionality. The concubine who has not put on makeup looks a little haggard, and if you want to have a stunning makeup, you must emphasize the eye makeup.
Fortunately, Zhao Xiaoxi's cosmetics are very complete, even the makeup brushes.
"What kind of makeup do you want?" Zhao Xiaoxi asked cautiously, and was a little speechless with excitement in front of Concubine Shu's pretty face, "Is it a little more tender, or do you want to have some aura?" You're the main character today, you should ......"
Want to have some aura, right? Before Zhao Xiaoxi could say this, he heard Concubine Shu say softly, "It's good to be more human, just be gentle." ”
Probably because the competition in this palace is too strong, even if it is beautiful, it is not good to show too much, so as not to find someone to hate. Zhao Xiaoxi nodded, and after Concubine Shu finished washing, he began to help her apply skin care products. After all, they all use Hope brand skin care products, and Zhao Xiaoxi is more handy to operate.
In terms of eye makeup, she used the burgundy color commonly used in autumn and winter, because she wanted to be more atmospheric, Zhao Xiaoxi weakened the red of the background color a lot. Her eyelashes are naturally curly and thick, and she looks good without brushing them.
The main thing is to make the three-dimensional sense of the face a little more perfect, Zhao Xiaoxi used the use of a combination of highlights and shadows, and after some operations, a more delicate face was born gorgeously.
Although it is not nude makeup, the lipstick is also a relatively white maple leaf red, but it looks more like no makeup.
When Concubine Shu opened her eyes and saw herself in the bronze mirror, she was so excited that she couldn't speak, and smiled at Zhao Xiaoxi, "It's really worthy of being praised by everyone Zhao Xiaoniang, this makeup skill is really amazing." ”
"Niangniang praised me too much." Boss Zhao Xiaoxi was embarrassed, and smiled heartlessly, "It's all beautiful mothers, otherwise I won't be useful even if I have the ability." ”
"It's the birthday of the main palace today, will you stay in the palace for dinner?"
Forehead! Zhao Xiaoxi waved his hand busily and sneered, "Thank you for your kindness, it's just that my shops are short of people to take care of, and there will be new products in a few days, so I have to rush back as soon as possible." ”
"It's fine." Concubine Shu didn't like to force people the most, so she explained a few more words, and asked Le Linzhi to accompany Zhao Xiaoxi out of the palace gate.
It was only a little more than an hour of work before and after, and Zhao Xiaoxi's forehead was already densely covered with beads of sweat, and he was very nervous. Or Le Linzhi was calm, looked at her, and laughed in a low voice, "You weren't stage frightened at all just now, why are you starting to be scared now?" ”
A certain woman became more and more embarrassed, not because her reflex arc was relatively long, but she didn't realize how nervous she was just now, and her palms were full of cold sweat at this moment. Sure enough, this entrance to the palace is as deep as the sea, and after coming out, I feel that I am really living in this world.
The two walked to the Hope brand supermarket together, sat in the rest room, and chatted one after another.
"I didn't expect the lady to be so good." Zhao Xiaoxi recalled it and still sighed with emotion, "It is really rare for someone who has been in the deep palace for a long time to have such a pair of clear eyes." ”
"Otherwise, how could she be so favored!" Le Linzhi took a sip of tea, and looked like a matter of course, "The ladies in the palace are not young ladies from big families, so they treat people very well." ”
"How nice is that." Zhao Xiaoxi thought of the pins that Le Lin knew she wanted, and quietly opened the Taobao virtual interface and bought a batch, a set of fifteen in total, and simply bought them all, "Miss Le was born beautiful, and her temperament is good, and she will definitely be able to marry a good husband in the future." ”
"Ruyi Langjun?" Le Lin knew that there was something on her mind, and a lonely look flashed on her face, "Not everyone is as blessed as Zhao Xiaoniang, you are good, and the child is also well-behaved." ”
"What good fortune do I have?" Zhao Xiaoxi smacked his lips, thinking of how he had just arrived in this era and was deceived by the old pious woman of Xiao Wang's family, he was suddenly shocked.
Oh my God, the original body was. If she hadn't had a bit of a strain mind, she might have been angry to death.
Now this is a turn of luck, Xiao Jingrui has become the concubine of the Hou Mansion, and she has also become the young lady of Jin Gui. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a small village woman? It's not worth mentioning, where can I compare to the eldest lady in the Prime Minister's Mansion?
I don't know what Le Lin is worried about, and now she is beginning to envy a little woman who came out of the ravine.
"Naturally, there are good fortunes." Le Lin glanced at Zhao Xiaoxi meaningfully, and took another bite of purple potato balls: "Otherwise, why are there so many girls in the capital who want to become Zhao Xiaoniang, you?" ”
And what's going on? Zhao Xiaoxi didn't know at all. She didn't answer either, and confused past.
After about seven or eight days, the north wind officially descended on the capital. Day and night, hula and la.
At the same time, the people sent by Song Guangfu to Pingling County also returned, and the news brought back was even more jaw-dropping. There was hunger on the way, ghosts cried wolves, and it almost became a dead city.
As for the magistrates, they all fled, without exception.
This is not a trivial matter, Song Guangfu changed into court clothes that afternoon and hurriedly entered the palace.
"The magistrates just left? Nobody cares? Zhao Xiaoxi sat in his yard and looked at Xiao Jingrui with wide eyes, "It's ridiculous, leaving the people and running away like this, their lives are fate, and the lives of the people are not fate?" ”
"Probably forced to be helpless." Xiao Jingrui touched Zhao Xiaoxi's little face soothingly, and his eyes were heavy, "In a place like Pingling County, it is not easy to survive in ordinary times, let alone a famine." If the local officials run away like this, the court will also be held accountable, and they don't even care about the head of the item, they should be frightened by something or someone. ”
What's the matter? Who?
Unlike Zhao Xiaoxi's imagination, Pingling County is not a small place, but a big city.
Although it is not as prosperous as the capital, the area is comparable to the capital.
Pingling County, which has tens of thousands of people, once it becomes an uprising due to famine, it will not be a matter that can be solved by the imperial court allocating disaster relief money or distributing rice grain.
In the early years, there was a large influx of outsiders in Pingling County, apparently because of the war. All in all, the people in that area now have complex morals, high and low, high and low.
Because of this, those magistrates don't know where to start. Even if there is a dispute and a life lawsuit, they only care about being a turtle with a shrunken head one by one.
As for the famine this time, it was both a natural and man-made disaster. First, there was a great drought for months, and then there were rampant bandits, destroying the land and destroying the fields.
As for the magistrate, he is just a puppet of the bandits, and he is robbed at every turn. So over the years, as long as the officials sent to Pingling County basically died without a problem, they just died.
Soon, the news of the famine in Pingling County spread in the capital. Zhao Xiaoxi, as a person in the business field, has more or less heard about the trader in Pingling County.
According to the big guys, there used to be snack businesses in Pingling County, but now they are all running out one after another. But the people of Pingling County, who were born and raised, basically have nowhere to go, and they all point to their own one-third of an acre of land to live.
However, this year's year has been extremely poor, bandits are rampant, and they are stunned to let the crops they grow wither and die, and in the end, there is no harvest. Nowadays, those who starve to death and those who commit suicide commit suicide are in a mess, unorthodox, and without rules.
I don't know how the emperor handled this matter, but probably a few days later, I heard the news that a large number of officials had been dismissed. There are also several Jingguan children who have a good reputation, and they have been sent to Pingling County. Probably there were more bandits over there, and there were generals who went north with 2,000 soldiers. Look at this momentum, it's going to do something big!
However, this did not delay Zhao Xiaoxi from doing business or anything, the business of the restaurant and the business of the garment shop are still thriving. It's just that because the weather is cold, the appetite of the big guys is getting stronger and stronger, and I hope that the brand restaurant will be full every day, and many ingredients will be in short supply.
The business is good, the silver is making a lot of money, and Zhao Xiaoxi wants to do charity again.
When Xiao Yecheng died before, Zhao Xiaoxi had already donated the five hundred taels of silver he left. Now that Pingling County is in trouble, Zhao Xiaoxi doesn't want to sit idly by. Within the scope of my ability, I still want to help or something.
This is not a trivial matter after all, Zhao Xiaoxi took advantage of lunch to discuss with Xiao Jingrui and Song Guangfu.
"The lady's idea is of course excellent, but this Lingjun is different from other places." Xiao Jingrui slowly helped his lady to distribute vegetables, with a calm expression, "Instead of giving silver, it is better to give rice and vegetables." ”
That is, supplies? Zhao Xiaoxi frowned, looking puzzled. If you give money, it's quite convenient to send someone to send it. But if it's supplies, it's going to take a lot of people, not to mention the time and effort, maybe when you get to the territory of Pingling County, you'll encounter bandits or something.
The brigade of carriages and horses is still very eye-catching.
"I'm afraid that if I encounter some accidents during the transportation journey, I won't be able to help the refugees at that time, and I will feed the jackals."
"No, it won't." Song Guangfu opened Chrysostom and sighed, "I just didn't expect that my daughter-in-law is more ambitious than the men above the court, and that group of people doesn't care about anything except filling their own pockets!" ”