Chapter 189: Ye Wang's Mansion
Chi Yue sneered, "Seeing that you like this can so much, I think those victims will like it too." Gu Han, let's distribute them to the victims outside the city now, okay? β
Only then did Gu Han understand that Chi Yue's intention in making these canned fruits was not to make profits for herself, but to help those victims.
Chi Yue's mind of helping the world and saving people, even as a prince, should have worked for the welfare of the people's livelihood, and he also admired himself for saving the people's livelihood from fire and water.
Gu Han looked at her in a daze for a while before he said, "Chi Yue, I have long wanted to ask you, where did you get these out-of-season fruits?" β
The smile on Chi Yue's face froze.
Did Gu Han question her in the end? She never thought of using any excuse to prevaricate and get by!
She thought he would keep one eye open and one eye closed, and never puncture her secret...... It's that she's too naΓ―ve.
"I ......" she was stumbling, and she didn't know how to say it.
She thought that Gu Han would not force her to explain clearly when she saw her so embarrassed, but this time she was wrong again.
Gu Han stared at her intently, although his gaze was soft, in her eyes, it was like an eagle, and there was a posture that would not stop until the goal was reached.
"When things are done, I'll tell you in detail, okay?" In a panic, Chi Yue clenched her hands into fists in front of her chest, blinking a pair of pitiful big eyes, and begging all over her face.
Finally, in Chi Yue's coquettish begging, Gu Han's heart finally hardened and completely softened again.
When he obediently summoned all the attendants and made them completely obey Chi Yue's orders, Gu Han secretly blamed himself, how could he not even stand the slightest coquettishness of this girl?
thinks that his sister is also numerous, and as far as his favorite pious princess is concerned, her coquettish ability is beyond reach. But no matter how coquettish he is, he can also be unmoved.
Chi Yue is his nemesis in his past and present lives!
When the victims received cans of canned food, they were very excited. When the wonderful taste penetrated their stomachs, they seemed to dissolve all the resentment and distress in their hearts, so that they couldn't help but raise their arms above the top and shout "Long live the emperor's grace, long live long live!"
There were tens of thousands of people affected by the disaster, and knowing that there were still many people who had not received canned food, Chi Yue asked the hired people in the space to work harder, and at the same time asked Silhouette and others to do everything possible to find porcelain bottles.
As for the canned food eaten by the victims, Chi Yue collected it and washed it, and after drying it, it was immediately filled with fresh fruit pulp and juice.
The silhouette lived up to her expectations, and thousands of porcelain vases were delivered to her that afternoon.
"I shipped this from a porcelain factory thirty miles outside the city, and the boss said that we can hurry up the work, and we can send thousands more tomorrow."
Chi Yue nodded, these two thousand porcelain vases were enough to help the two or three thousand victims outside the city.
She is not a bodhisattva, she cannot help all sentient beings, she only does what she can.
Since Chiyue made canned fruits, even their own meals are indispensable for such a "dish".
Gu Han loved the canned tomatoes very much, and he would definitely order it at every meal, tasting it slowly, as if he was tasting the excellent agar jade dew.
It's a pity that Chi Yue has not been by his side for the past two days, which has made him lose a lot of appetite.
Chi Yue deliberately avoided Gu Han, for fear that he would ask where the fruit came from again. When it came to dinner, she would try to eat too much canned food and not be hungry, or simply order two meals to enjoy in her room.
And so it passed for five days.
Seeing that all the fruits in the space were picked, and the strawberries with the fastest growing season had to wait for ten days and a half to bear fruit again, Chi Yue had no choice but to stop working.
Thinking of entering the capital as soon as possible and clearing his grievances after the investigation was clear, Chi Yue couldn't help but say to Gu Han: "Why hasn't the emperor's decree been issued yet?" How long do we have to wait? β
Gu Han knew her thoughts and said, "Why don't we go to the capital first, we can't interfere in the affairs here." β
Chi Yue felt the same, and made up her mind to set off the next day.
I don't want this day, there are distinguished guests to welcome the door.
"King Rong, King Ye has just returned from an inspection from the east today, and when he learned that you are here, he will definitely invite you to the palace to talk about it, and also ask King Rong to give King Ye this face and move there." The visitor saluted respectfully.
Gu Han knew that this request could not be refused, so he had to take the silhouette and Chi Yue and follow them to Ye Wangfu.
The Ye Wangfu is towering and magnificent, just like a palace.
King Ye greeted Gu Han in the splendid hall, and when he saw him coming, he hurriedly rushed to come and make a noise, "Haha, I learned that the third brother is here, and I can't wait to rush back before my affairs in the east are completed, fortunately, it's a great luck to be able to see the third brother while the third brother has not yet set off!" β
Gu Han also politely said a few words.
King Ye smiled again and said: "When I came back this time, I heard that the relief food in the capital has not yet been distributed, and the third brother, what kind of canned fruit have you made, and you have helped thousands of people!" Third brother, you regard the people as children, and help the little brother to sympathize with and appease these victims, the little brother is really grateful! β
Chi Yue sneered in her heart.
He came back this time, not because of the disaster here, but because of Gu Han, and the people in this jurisdiction were unlucky enough to get him, an official who didn't take them seriously at all.
Gu Leng narrowed his eyes and said lightly, "I don't know if there is an echo in the capital?" β
King Ye sighed helplessly, "I haven't received the holy decree yet, I think there will be an answer in two days." β
"In the past two days, Brother Xian, don't you have anything to appease the victims?" Gu Han asked reluctantly.
King Ye was embarrassed, probably unexpectedly that Gu Han, a foreigner, cared more about the livelihood and hardships of the people here than the prince of his fiefdom.
"Probably Master Du has already told you that all the food in this warehouse was distributed to those victims, and I don't want it to be enough." King Ye didn't blink when he lied, and he said it solemnly, so that people couldn't help but believe it.
If it weren't for Gu Han personally sending someone to visit, he learned that King Ye and Du Wenguang had never distributed food at all, and reasoned that it was impossible for such a large amount of food to be used up in two or three days, I am afraid that I would really have to believe what he said.
"There is no food here, so is there no food in Beppu under the jurisdiction of the virtuous brother?" Gu Han asked unexpectedly.
King Ye smiled bitterly and said embarrassedly: "In the past two years, in addition to drought and floods, the harvest in all directions has been extremely bad, and Beppu has no time to take care of itself, where is there surplus grain to relieve here?" Therefore, we can only wait for relief from above. β
Seeing that this was a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, Chi Yue couldn't help but feel angry, she couldn't imagine that Gu Han's younger brother was so selfish and shameless!
But now she is just a small follower of Gu Han, so she can only lower her head and lower her eyebrows, just holding her anger in her heart.
After a while, a graceful and luxurious woman dressed in a gorgeous brocade robe stepped out from behind and saluted King Gu Han respectfully.
Gu Han saw that this half-aged who was nearly forty years old was Concubine Qiao, the favorite concubine of the former father, and said politely: "Concubine Qiao, I haven't seen you for a long time, you still look as young as before." β
Concubine Qiao said with a smile: "King Rong has grown up, and when he is separated, he is still as old as King Ye." It's a time flies. β
"Mother, you're not feeling well, what are you doing here? If you don't come out to visit, the third brother won't blame him if he wants to. King Ye thoughtfully asked someone to move the soft soft collapse, and helped Concubine Qiao to sit on it.
Concubine Qiao patted his hand lovingly, and smiled bitterly at Gu Han: "Since I gave birth to King Ye, I have a sore back from time to time, so it's not strange." King Rong is a distinguished guest, and I must come to meet him, otherwise if my sister knows that I am disrespectful to King Rong, I am afraid that I will have to blame him. I am already a concubine of the previous dynasty, it doesn't matter what, but King Ye is now in a prominent position, and I must not offend the Queen Mother, and I will lose my future. β
Chi Yue listened to the taste in these words, how could she have a resentment? Thinking about it, there must have been a lot of suspicion between this concubine and the queen mother in the past.
said this in front of Gu Han, did this concubine respect him or not?
When the Empress Dowager was mentioned, King Ye's eyes flashed with a touch of fierceness that he was almost imperceptible.
"The queen mother has always been kind, and she won't be as small-bellied as Concubine Qiao said." Gu Han couldn't help but defend his mother's innocence.
Concubine Qiao knew that she had made it, and immediately smiled and agreed, "Yes, yes, I said the wrong thing, and I hope that King Rong is not strange." β
As he spoke, the atmosphere was always weird. The hall was clearly lit with warm charcoal fires, but Chi Yue just felt that there was a chill around him, and he couldn't disperse it.
Concubine Qiao and King Ye insisted on keeping Gu Han for dinner, but Gu Han simply stayed.
Chi Yue saw countless delicacies on the side, not only did she not covet it, but she became more and more angry with King Ye.
There are so many people who are on the verge of starvation outside, but he is still extravagant and wasteful here, and he does not shy away from suspicion.
Gu Han simply ate some, as if he had no appetite, so he put down his chopsticks. The daughter of those decades was red, and she was stunned that she had not touched a drop of wine.
After dinner, when King Ye asked Gu Han to stay overnight, Gu Han unexpectedly agreed.
Chi Yue raised her eyebrows, didn't Gu Han say that he was never very close to this younger brother, just like a stranger? Why did people ask him to stay overnight, and he didn't refuse and agreed? I think I am tired of living in a cold and crowded inn, here is noble and gorgeous, elegant and quiet environment is more like his home in the capital, suitable for his taste, right?
Since Chi Yue was a subordinate and did not have her own guest room, Gu Han simply asked her to live in a small room next to her house and listen to his call at any time.
The two houses are connected, and what Gu Han says, Chi Yue can hear it clearly.
"Yue'er, I didn't eat a bite of dinner, there are pastries here, but can you try them?"
Gu Han's call of "Chi Yue" for a while, and "Yue'er" for a while, Chi Yue was used to it, and she didn't feel how uncomfortable.
Hearing that there were pastries to eat, she wanted to come to the Ye Wangfu and the pastries in the palace should be indistinguishable, so she immediately got up from the bed and quickly ran over here.