Chapter Seventy-One: Relief Food Arrives
"The emperor is angry...... Gonggong Li saw that the emperor was angry, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade, "Otherwise, look for it again, Dongcheng is so big, you can always find it if you write it for a long time." ”
"You also said that Dongcheng is so big, if Wu Zhidong is a little snack, you won't be able to find a big living person?" The emperor remembered the incident of the little gangster last time, and his face was slightly gloomy, "In my opinion, this Wu Zhidong didn't bother to look for it at all." ”
Gonggong Li lowered his head and kept silent, the emperor became more and more angry when he saw this, and with a cold snort, he directly pushed all the scrolls on the corner of the table to the ground, "Gonggong Li, I order you to dismiss Wu Zhidong tomorrow, detain him in Dali Temple first, and wait for his fate." ”
"Yes." Gonggong Li not only did not say a good word for Wu Zhidong, but even felt that the emperor's punishment was light. Thinking of the scene of going to Wu Mansion today, Gonggong Li couldn't wait to add more oil and vinegar.
However, he knew that the emperor didn't like to chew people's tongues, so he opened his mouth and swallowed it back. After getting down, he saw that it was not early, so he took the tray next to him and stepped forward, "Your Majesty, you haven't been to the harem for a few days, and the ladies have complaints." ”
The emperor glanced at the sign in the tray, reached out and picked up Zheng Guifei's brand, and suddenly somehow thought of what happened to him and the woman that night, they were originally strangers, but they were familiar as if they had known each other for a long time......
She is different from the women he knows, atmospheric, unrestrained, comfortable, and enviable. Born in the emperor's family, this word has been related to him almost from the beginning, so when he sees his most longing expression in another person, he cherishes it very much and wants to keep it by his side.
Zheng Guifei and his childhood sweetheart, Zheng Guifei was as innocent as that woman when she was a child, but I don't know when, she became the same expression as countless concubines in the harem, because of unscrupulous means to compete for favor, because his own purpose can be exhausted, he is already very tired in the court every day, and when he goes to the harem at night, he only hopes to simply talk about some light topics, rather than a cautious concubine......
Seeing that the emperor was holding the sign for a long time, Gonggong Li thought he was hesitating, so he stretched out his hand and pushed the tray forward again, "The emperor wants to change another person?" ”
"No, the weather has been too hot lately, and I want to be clean and clean." casually put the sign in the tray, got up and came to the window, "Gonggong Li, how long have you been following me?" ”
Gonggong Li didn't know why the emperor suddenly asked this, so he lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and said with a smile, "Time flies so fast, it's been a long time before you know it." The emperor is still magnificent, but the slaves are old. ”
"You are the old man next to my father, and I followed me after I ascended the throne, and you have been in the palace for some years." The emperor remembered that when he was a child, Gonggong Li was still a little eunuch next to his father at that time, and unconsciously so many years had passed. As Gonggong Li said, he is old, and his father has also passed away. He's not the same person he used to be.
Things are wrong, why does he ask everyone to not change......
Outside the palace, the eunuch who had been waiting retreated at this time, and went directly to Kunning Palace after leaving the imperial study, Zheng Guifei was enjoying the cool in the courtyard, and when she saw the eunuch coming in in a hurry, she raised her head unhappily. Seeing this, the palace maid beside Concubine Zheng hurriedly stepped forward.
"There are no rules, what needs to be so frizzy, beware of the mother's reward for your board."
"Concubine Niangniang, slave...... The slave has something to tell the mother," Concubine Zheng looked at her carefully, but she didn't have any impression, and the palace maid saw this and stepped forward to remind, "Niangniang, this is the little sixth son next to the emperor." It was also the eyeliner they placed next to the emperor.
After the palace maid reminded her, Concubine Zheng remembered, "It turned out to be you." Coming in such a hurry, but what's the matter? ”
Xiao Liuzi leaned over and saluted, and then told the matter of the imperial study just now from beginning to end, and after speaking, he glanced at her with some concern, "Niangniang, the emperor has been worried about Jiangnan recently, you know." So ......"
"That's enough." Concubine Zheng Guifei looked displeased, what Jiangnan matter, in her opinion, the emperor was deliberately avoiding him. "Little Sixth Son, you go back now, and then tell Ben Guifei everything you heard. You know? ”
"Yes." Xiao Liuzi came in a hurry and left in a hurry. Kunning Palace calmed down again, and Concubine Zheng Guifei was lying on the recliner with a very unsightly face. Seeing this, the palace maid stepped forward to persuade, "Niangniang is angry, although the emperor didn't turn over your brand, didn't he also turn over other Niangniang?" Besides, the emperor will take Niangniang's as soon as he takes it, which shows that the emperor is still worried about Niangniang in his heart. ”
"Really?" When Concubine Zheng heard this, she felt a little more comfortable, "Do you really think the emperor thinks so?" ”
Seeing that she listened, the palace maid smiled and agreed, "Niangniang thinks, if the emperor doesn't care about Niangniang, why are the brands of all palace maidens there, but the emperor only took Niangniang's, so obvious, do you still suspect that Niangniang got it?" ”
"But the emperor didn't choose this concubine in the end......" Speaking of this, a touch of loss crossed Zheng Guifei's face.
Maybe in the eyes of others, the emperor has already looked at her differently, but her love for the emperor is not comparable to anyone, they grew up together since childhood, they like each other, and later she became his concubine, she thought that because of the love since childhood, he would be very different from her.
But gradually, she found that he was the same to everyone, as if those feelings didn't exist at all. Coupled with the fact that she has been unable to come out, her heart has become more and more uneasy. That's why she is so sensitive, paying attention to the situation on the emperor's side all the time, for fear that he will like someone else again, and then she will really never turn over again.
"Niangniang, the hour is not early, you are a little unwell today, the imperial doctor specially reminded you to rest early, saying that this is good for your health." Seeing that she didn't say anything, the palace maid stepped forward and helped her to the house......
In the imperial study, the emperor stood in front of the window for a long time, until the cold wind blew, and the emperor withdrew from his thoughts, turned around and walked to the desk and sat down, "Where is the fold handed by Lord An?" ”
Seeing this, the father-in-law hurriedly took the fold on the table and handed it to him, the emperor opened the fold and took a quick look, and after a while, his brows frowned slightly, "I didn't expect this Liu Runlian to be so bold, lying about the disaster, and killing many innocent people, I must deal with him heavily." ”
With a snap, he closed the fold, "Lord An has lived up to my hopes, and when he comes back from Jiangnan, I will definitely reward him heavily." ”、
As the night darkened, An Mingchen sat in the study, counting the victims of each village one by one, the last donation of food has been almost distributed, if there is no new food delivered in the past few days, I am afraid that the victims will starve again. This is the last thing An Mingchen wants to see, but it is also the last thing he can't do.
The hour had passed, the light in the study was still on, the guard was a little worried, knocked on the door and came in, "My lord, the hour is not early, rest early, and tomorrow I will go to the nearby village to inspect." ”
"The official knows, you go to rest first, and the official will go to rest later." An Mingchen sent away the guards and stayed in the study for a while before returning to the house to rest, early the next morning, the guards came to look at his door, An Mingchen hadn't woken up yet, and said in a daze, "What's wrong?" ”
"My lord, Madame has sent food, and there are several carts full of them." The guard's words were full of excitement, An Mingchen heard this, only felt that he woke up in an instant, lifted the quilt and opened the door directly without taking care of his clothes, "Where is the food, take the official over to take a look." ”
"Yes." The rhyming carriage stopped at the door of the post station, An Mingchen saw it as soon as he went out, looking at several large carts of grain, his worried heart finally let go of a little, "Take someone to tap it, and wait for the distribution of disaster relief food with this official." ”
"Yes." The guard commander Huangfu's little servant entered the post station from the back door, An Mingchen turned around and was about to go back to wash and then go to the village, when suddenly the trousers under his feet were pulled by someone, and when he looked down, he saw a thin and weak, seven or eight-year-old boy lying on the ground pulling his trouser tube, with big eyes open, looking at him pitifully. With just a glance, An Mingchen knew what was going on. ’
"Little brother, where are you child, where is your father?" Leaned over and pulled the little boy up, but the little boy must not move, holding his trousers and staring at her.
"Little brother, are you hungry?" An Mingchen said guessily, and after finishing speaking, he saw that the person who didn't have a trace of expression just now suddenly had an expression, and wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth with some distress, "You get up, my brother will take you to eat." ”
The little boy let go of her, and then obediently followed him to the inn. Breakfast was ready, and when the guard saw him coming in with a child, he hurriedly asked, "My lord, what ......is this?"
"The official doesn't know, it should be the victims nearby, it looks like they're hungry, you add a pair of chopsticks." An Mingche carried the little boy to the stool and sat down, then took the chopsticks and handed them to her, "Eat, eat whatever you want." Don't be afraid. ”
The little boy did not move the chopsticks immediately, but looked at him tentatively, looked around again, and after making sure that there was no danger, he quickly put down the chopsticks, and then picked up a big bowl on the table, and put all the breakfast on the table into the big bowl. An Mingchen took the lead and waved his hand at her.
After filling the bowl, the boy jumped off the stool, carefully guarded the bowl, and ran out of the inn with a puff of smoke.
"My lord, this ......"
An Mingchen thought for a moment and stood up, "Follow and take a look." An Mingchen walked in front, the guards followed, and a quarter of an hour later found the little boy in the ruined temple outside the city, only to see the little boy kneeling on the ground, sitting next to a woman, the woman was thin and scary, and there was a little girl next to her, the little girl looked smaller than the little boy, and she was grabbing a bun and gnawing desperately. The woman stood aside for fear of choking.