If he didn't go to Yueshan, but he and the emperor left the imperial city one after another, could it be a private meeting outside the palace? When you think about it, it feels ridiculous!

Duan Shengyi quietly glanced at the Queen Mother's face and didn't dare to stay longer, so he got up and retired. Mu Qingwan saw that she got up to leave, so she also retreated. Out of the Chaolu Palace, Mu Qingwan caught up with Duan Shengyi in a few steps, "Sister Shengyi, please stay." ”

Duan Shengyi looked back at her suspiciously, "What advice does the princess have?" ”

Mu Qingwan said with a smile: "I heard that my sister stopped Lord Xiao He Xiao and talked for a while, but I didn't know that my sister and Lord Xiao also had a personal relationship. I wonder what you're talking about? Mu Qingwan didn't seem to care about her deliberately unfamiliar attitude, but asked her straight to the point.

After Mu Qingwan stopped Duan Shengyi, she didn't care about her deliberately unfamiliar attitude at all, but asked with a smile: "I heard that my sister stopped Lord Xiao He Xiao and talked for a while, but I didn't know that my sister also had a personal relationship with Lord Xiao. I wonder what you're talking about? ”

When Duan Shengyi heard this, his brows frowned, and then he rolled his eyes again, a smile was hidden at the corner of his mouth, and he raised his head and said to Mu Qingwan: "I just asked if Lord Xiao likes Longyang as rumored in the outside world, and specially picks up men with noble status and pastes them?" ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she was slapped by Mu Qingwan with a wave of her hand, and her voice was crisp and loud.

Surprised, she widened her eyes, looking at this Mu Qingwan, who was obviously younger than herself, but had royal majesty in every move. I don't know when, she actually has a chill when she looks at people, and her expression is very similar to the Queen Mother's aunt.

Let Duan Shengyi only suffer this dumb loss, and suffer her slap alive. Now she is a princess, and she is just the lord of the palace, but if she can marry into the harem one day and become Mu Churan's queen. That identity is naturally above her, and this slap will be returned to her sooner or later.

Duan Shengyi thought silently in his heart, so he stood up straight, covered his still hot face, and bowed to her to leave.

After Duan Shengyi walked away, the palace maid A Bi behind Mu Qingwan stepped forward, with a palpitating expression on her face, and said weakly: "Princess, I'm afraid this slap will make the county lord hate us." ”

Mu Qingwan sneered, "Have you ever been afraid of her?" ”

However, the slave maid heard that the emperor had just appointed the prince as the prison country, and then he would marry the county lord and enter the palace. There is no wind and no waves, I can't say ......" Abi told her master the news she had heard from the palace maids and eunuchs who served in the previous court, and she was a little apprehensive.

Mu Qingwan said disapprerovingly: "What kind of nonsense is it that likes to chew the root of the tongue, I don't believe that the imperial brother can take a fancy to her shrew!" ”

Hearing the princess use such vulgar words to describe Duan Shengyi, Ah Bi couldn't help but burst out laughing, but couldn't help but remind with some concern: "The princess will say this kind of thing in front of Ah Bi, you can't say it anywhere else, if the queen mother hears it, we should be punished for teaching the princess badly." ”

Mu Qingwan showed an innocent smile and poked Abi's head, "Got it, human spirit." ”

On the official road leading to Huaizuo, the carriage that Mu Churan and Xiao He were riding was speeding all the way under Liu Zixin's driving.

Xiao He changed several sitting positions back and forth, mainly because she fell to the floor the night before and her buttocks were still hurting, and she sat on this hard board all the way, plus Liu Zixin seemed to be deliberately against her, and chose an uneven place to walk. The road was full of potholes, and as soon as the carriage passed, she was about to jump up in the carriage.

Mu Churan almost laughed when she saw her body twisting around and adjusting her posture. He forced a smile, looked sideways and saw a three-way intersection in front of him, and a small teahouse on the side of the road, so he instructed Liu Zixin, "Stop at the teahouse in front of you, drink tea and then leave." ”

Xiao He breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that he was going to stop.

The four of them sat at the same table and waited for the shop to serve tea. From time to time, Hongzhu glanced from Mu Churan to his son-in-law, and from Xiao He to Mu Churan. When Mu Churan saw her like this, he asked, "What are you looking at?" ”

Hongzhu saw that her actions were broken by Mu Churan, and said with a sad face: "Slave...... The little one thought that if it weren't for my son-in-law, the little one wouldn't have had the opportunity to sit at the same table with Mu Gongzi in his life. I felt a lot of things at once. ”

When Mu Churan heard her say this, he smiled lightly: "If you have been following your son-in-law, there will only be more opportunities like this in the future." As he spoke, he also glanced at Xiao He meaningfully. But when these words fell on Xiao He's ears, the taste changed, and she was shocked in her heart, could it be that Mu Churan fell in love with Hongzhu, indeed, Hongzhu is so clever and intelligent, people can't help but look at her a few more times.

But for some reason, at this time, Xiao He's thoughts were a little sour. She raised her gaze to glance at Mu Churan, but it happened to collide with the wave of his eyes that was looking at her, and she was a little embarrassed, panicked away, and turned to look elsewhere.

While they were waiting for tea, Liu Zixin suddenly caught a glimpse of the owner of the tea house adding something powdery to the tea pot, his expression changed greatly, and he immediately stepped forward to grab his hand and shouted, "You old man! What's added to the tea we're going to drink? But what is it going to do? ”

His strength was so great that when he grabbed the old man's hand and lifted it up, he screamed in pain.

"Good man, let go! Little old man's bones are about to break! ”

Mu Churan and Xiao He also came over to see when they heard the voice, and Liu Zixin let go of his hand and listened to his defense.

"The heroes don't know, this goes to the southwest of more than 100 miles, there is a village on the edge of the Langjiang River is making a plague, I am afraid that the water source is not very quiet, so I add a few herbs, can detoxify and dispel dampness, and there is no harm to the human body."

Hongzhu grabbed the remaining medicinal powder on his desk and smelled it, and compared it with the remaining medicinal powder in his palm, and then said to Xiao He: "Childe, it is indeed some beneficial herbs, which can be added to the tea soup and drunk." ”

But after listening to the old man's words, Mu Churan's face sank, and he asked, "Why is there a plague?" ”

The old man explained that some time ago, when the torrential rain hit, the river embankment collapsed, and every county and town along the river was affected, and many people died for a while, and after the flood receded, there was a famine, and more people died. The dead were piled up everywhere, and they couldn't deal with it, so the plague was caused.

Xiao He glanced at Mu Churan, then turned to the owner of the tea house, and added, "Has the government ever come forward to deal with it?" ”

"Official? If the government can be trusted, sows can go up the tree! The old man didn't know that the person under him was the source of all officials, and he criticized the government's inaction in front of him, Xiao He was afraid that he would say too much and anger Mu Churan, so he hurriedly signaled Hongzhu to persuade one or two, and stuffed him with a silver ingot to appease.

After a few moments, they finally drank their tea.

Liu Zixin heard that there was a plague ahead, so he suggested that it would be better to turn back. But Mu Churan's expression was solemn, and he kept thinking about the old man's words.

The so-called Tiangao Emperor is far away, even if he has the heart to govern local government affairs, if he entrusts a non-person, such a situation will occur. For a while, it made Mu Churan feel a little powerless.

He wanted to be a good emperor, wanted his people to live and work in peace and contentment, and ruled a peaceful and prosperous world, but it backfired. Like a person who is full of enthusiasm and hard work, after a lot of hardships, he finally reached the peak, as far as the eye can see, but it is not the scenery he wants.

After a long time, after a long sigh, he said slowly: "Don't change the route, I want to see with my own eyes." ”

Xiao He looked at him with a look on his face, and his heart was touched. The look of compassion in his eyes was similar to the color in Ji Changge's eyes that day, he was really worried about the people of Limin. How so? Shouldn't he just care about his throne, his power? Shouldn't he just treat human life like a mustard?

He even has a heart, and he even cares about others, and cares about ordinary people who seem to have no direct connection with his high throne. He was willing to take off his boots and stand in the mud to see this mortal world.

Xiao He stopped talking for a long time, and after getting back into the carriage, she was also like Mu Churan, her face was calm, as if she was thinking deeply. It's just that the thoughts of the two of them are a little different, Mu Churan is thinking about how he should put things right in the future and reform the rule of officials, while Xiao He is reconsidering the person in front of him.

She has always regarded him as an old enemy, put him on the opposite side of herself, and constantly reminded herself that the deep hatred in the sea of blood cannot be forgotten, and the faint king must die. But now, Mu Churan's image has gradually become flesh and blood in her heart, and she is no longer a cold and ruthless emperor.

When she realized this, she began to panic in her heart, as if the belief that had always supported her was like a pillar of heaven with gravel constantly falling, staggering, and no longer stable.

As they passed through the next town, Hongzhu Cai bought some emergency medicine against the plague and made it into a medicine bag for them to carry with them. At nightfall, they arrived at the plague-plagued village.

There is an official at the intersection in front of the road to close the road to let people pass. Mu Churan insisted on going inside to see, Liu Zixin stepped forward and showed a token, for fear of scaring them, he used the official order of a fourth-rank general in the court.

The two officials saw it and knew that it was a big man from the imperial capital, so they hurriedly gave way to them, and did not forget to remind them to wear masks.

When they entered the village, they saw a scene like purgatory on earth. Everywhere lay people who were dying or dead, and most of the remnants that remained were withered and ragged. Now in this late autumn season, under the lack of food and clothing, even healthy people can't last long, let alone a group of patients.

Xiao He quietly asked Hongzhu that there was a way to cure this kind of condition. Hongzhu frowned tightly and replied quietly: "If the disease is in the heart, the chance of cure is very low, such as the kind of person with a sallow face and coughing up blood, Hua Tuo is afraid that it will be difficult to save him in the next life." However, if the infection time is still short, timely medication may still be viable. ”

She looked around the surroundings and sighed: "It seems that the government has isolated this place together, so no matter how severe the condition is, they will be locked up in one place, so repeated infections will only aggravate the condition." ”