Chapter 500: The People's Heart

Zeng Rong learned the news that Yu Bing might be pregnant from Li Ruolan's mouth five days later, Li Ruolan said that she followed the emperor to see Yu Bing, Yu Bing had early pregnancy and vomiting, and announced the imperial doctor, the imperial doctor said that it was still early, and did not dare to confirm that it was a slippery pulse, but the emperor had ordered someone to prepare dried plums and dried apricots for Yu Bing to prevent vomiting.

Reasoning, this is a great thing, but what Zeng Rong saw from the emperor's face was not all joyful, and he seemed to be worried.

Also, since it was determined that Yu Bing was pregnant, the emperor did not summon concubines to sleep for several days, nor did he go to Yaohua Palace, but only went to Kunning Palace twice to visit the queen, most of the time he was either reading books or painting, and sometimes he would call Zeng Rong and Chang Dezi and others to accompany him to the imperial garden to eat.

The imperial garden in winter is not only deserted but also a little solemn, but Zhu Xu's favorite is to stroll by the lake, under the warm sun in the afternoon, there are a lot of lazy wild ducks and mandarin ducks lying on the ice, and there are also staggering through the ice, walking and suddenly sliding on the ground.

There are also idle little eunuchs who also slide on the ice with two bamboo poles or branches, and there are also those who directly use a small bench to turn upside down, and people sit in it and slide on the ice.

At first, Zeng Rong thought that the emperor would be angry when he saw these people idle, but he didn't expect him to laugh when he saw the funny, which is quite rare.

Zeng Rong only heard from Chang Dezi later, saying that the emperor's favorite game when he was a child was to chase wild ducks and mandarin ducks on the ice to play, for the sake of safety, he must not be allowed to play alone on the ice, so there are often five or six eunuchs to play.

In this way, the eunuchs who are not on duty in the palace have the tradition of learning to skate and play, and Zhu Wu and his princes occasionally have fun when they are resting, but they don't play often.

Because the queen is old, she can't go to Laba soup porridge this year, and after Tong Yao learned the news, she walked out of Yaohua Palace on Laba and received this errand.

Zeng Rong also participated in the soup kitchen on this day, but she did not go to Puji Temple, but accompanied Zhu Heng and others to a homeless shed built by the Qian family outside the city, and the Qian family wanted to give porridge here for three days.

When Zeng Rong and Zhu Heng arrived, Uncle Qin had already taken a group of people to get busy, setting up pots and pots, lighting fires, washing rice, and carrying water.

I didn't see Qian Yi, but I unexpectedly saw that Qian Hong and Ouyang Si were also helping, and the two were helping to hang a banner with the book "Qiantang Qian's Soup Kitchen".

"How did you two end up together?" Zeng Rong was not surprised to see Qian Hong, but it was Ouyang Si who was surprised.

"Brother Qian and I met when we got off the boat at the dock in Kyoto, and then went to the Qian Mansion together, Brother Qian is worthy of being born in a Jiangnan family, and his knowledge and talent are all models for my generation, and I often talk to Brother Qian to discuss knowledge." Ouyang Si explained.

"Brother Ou's words make me embarrassed, and Brother Ou's knowledge and talent can only be relied upon, and I ask Brother Ou to correct him more." After Qian Hong finished speaking, he smiled and gave Ouyang Si a fist salute.

"One of you two is my cousin and the other is my husband, do you have to talk so sourly?" Zhu Heng was a little uncomfortable.

After all, he still has too little contact with outsiders and is not used to this way of speaking.

"Sour?" Ouyang Si and Qian Hong glanced at each other, nodded, and smiled.

"With so many displaced people, is there enough food?" Zhu Heng saw that many ragged people had gathered in the audience, and took the initiative to line up while inquiring.

"Back to the Second Highness, there are not so many homeless people every day, but I heard that we were going to give porridge here for three days and rushed over from the neighborhood." Uncle Qin heard the question and replied loudly on the side.

"Second Highness? This is the second highness, the second prince of the emperor, but isn't this the porridge shed of the Qian family? When the people heard this, they began to talk about it, and some of them had the audacity to ask directly.

Without waiting for Uncle Qin to speak, someone in the small house said that the Qian family was the former queen's maiden family, and this good deed was done by the second prince and the Qian family together.

As soon as he said this, one of the homeless people was old and echoed, saying that the former queen was indeed surnamed Qian, and that the former queen would come out to give porridge to do good deeds every winter solstice, Laba, and Xiao Nian, but unfortunately he fell ill early and lost Yunyun.

As soon as the old man spoke, several older people suddenly recalled that they had also eaten the porridge of the former queen, so when they learned that this porridge shed was related to the former queen, some people wanted to kowtow to Zhu Heng in tears, and Zhu Heng was busy ordering the guards to help people up.

"I'm ashamed, most of this year's money and food will be donated to the northwest for disaster relief, and the limited amount that can help you is limited, I hope that the wind and rain will be smooth in the coming year, and you will all have a place to live and have enough to eat." Zhu Heng had never seen this kind of scene, and he felt a little teary-eyed.

Zeng Rong saw that many of them still had a bit of labor, not like widows and lonely people who couldn't support themselves, so she discussed with Zhu Heng in a low voice, she knew that Zhu Heng had a few Zhuangzi, and the Zhuangzi should be able to accommodate these dozens of people, and they couldn't go to the ground to do heavy physical work, but it was okay to raise some chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle and sheep, and no matter how bad it was, they could take care of some fruit trees or something.

Of course, Zhu Heng didn't understand these things, so he could only leave them to Uncle Qin to take care of.

"So, I also have an idea, I don't know if I should do it?" Ouyang Si heard the conversation between Zhu Heng and Uncle Qin and interjected.

"I can't ask for it, Brother Ou, please speak." Zhu Heng said with a smile.

Ouyang Si definitely meant more than these dozens of displaced people, and someone would definitely come after learning the news, so he proposed to buy a barren mountain in the name of the Qian family or the second prince, raise these people, and plant medicinal materials while collecting medicinal materials, which would definitely support themselves.

However, the premise is that the initial investment is a bit large, but this big one depends on who Ouyang Si can't do, but for the Qian family and His Royal Highness, it is definitely a small deal.

Ouyang Si also saw that there were too many barren mountains here, and there happened to be these idlers, so he helped come up with such an idea.

"I think it's okay, it just so happens that our Qian family's pharmacy and medical center business are about to open." Qian Hong smiled and agreed.

When Zeng Rongcai heard this, he glanced at Zhu Heng, and Zhu Heng smiled back at him.

It turned out that Qian Yi did not give up, and after learning from Uncle Qin that Zhu Heng's leg was not incurable but was delayed by the imperial doctor in the palace, he opened a large pharmacy and medical center in the capital in the name of the Qian family, and at the same time secretly ordered someone to visit a famous doctor who specializes in treating bruises.

It's just that because of Uncle Qin's reminder, the Qian family didn't dare to be in a hurry, they just wanted to make a name for themselves first, and then focus on this matter after rolling out several businesses of the Qian family.

And the reason why Ouyang Si proposed to plant medicinal materials is indeed for Zhu Heng, when the meridians on Zhu Heng's legs are opened, he needs to use a large number of medicinal materials to smoke the bath, and it is not a day or two, it is perennial, but it is difficult to purchase these medicinal materials without alarming the people in the palace, rather than so, it is better to plant them yourself.