But how did Zhao Linglong escape?

Zhong Xiaoshu couldn't help but ask with some doubts: "Princess, how did you have time to leave the palace today?" ”

"The legs are long on the legs of this princess, so naturally you can go wherever you want." Zhao Linglong sneered: "Mr. said, you were praised by your father and praised you for being a strange woman, this princess naturally wants to come to see where you are smart." ”

Zhong Xiaoshu saw that Zhao Linglong was still talking like a thorn, so he followed her, and after the two chatted for a while, Zhao Linglong hurriedly returned to the palace.

Zhao Linglong clearly came to help her because she was worried, and she was so arrogant when she spoke, she was really a child.

Zhong Xiaoshu shook his head and glanced at the hall, there were more and more people coming in, and he was relieved.

These days are really tiring enough, Zhong Xiaoshu is thinking that now he should send someone to Cangzhou for disaster relief, now, it is not clear who will be sent over to do this, but she thinks it is very likely to be the prince, after all, the old emperor is now starting to get old, whether it is cultivation or temptation, it is all related to those princes.

Sure enough, within two days, news spread outside, saying that it was the Cangzhou earthquake, and the emperor sent the second prince to relieve the disaster.

Hearing this news, Zhong Xiaoshu just wanted to laugh, this is completely the father of the pit son!

Now that the war ahead is tight, the money in the treasury is naturally tight, and the treasury is now empty, and the amount of money allocated is limited, and the silver used to buy food, even if it is used to buy food and not any other medicines, I am afraid that it will not last for a few days, and even if there are donations, it is only a drop in the bucket.

To tell the truth, the errand of the second prince is thankless, and maybe he will be punished for doing something, this is simply a change of method to toss the second prince.

Zhong Xiaoshu shook his head, they all said that tiger poison does not eat children, it seems that in front of absolute interests, the old emperor is even more reluctant to his throne.

Zhong Xiaoshu can be regarded as having put the matter to an end, and finally stayed comfortably for an afternoon, but saw Nianwu's solemn face, lowered her voice and said in her ear: "The second prince is here, I want to see Mrs." ”

Zhong Xiaoshu was stunned for a moment, and the second prince came to find him, thinking that he had encountered something tricky, so he nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Nian Wu took Zhong Xiaoshu to the study, and saw the second prince frowning and looking at a place in a distracted place, Nian Wu took the door and stood outside the door, Zhong Xiaoshu saluted the second prince: "The concubine has seen the second prince." ”

The second prince came back to his senses at this time, and he didn't see the kind of playful smile he had seen before, there was a faint bruise under his eyes, and his spirit was not very good, Zhong Xiaoshu said tentatively: "I don't know if the second prince ......is looking for a concubine."

"Zhi Ge said that he can consult you with something while he is away." The second prince met Zhong Xiaoshu's eyes, he didn't want to come to find a woman, but he really couldn't do it.

It turned out to be Yin Zhige's words.

Zhong Xiaoshu's heart couldn't help but feel warm, it can be seen that Yin Zhige's respect for her is really something that others can't give in this era.

"If the second prince has something, just talk to the concubine, if the concubine has a way, she will help the second prince." Trust or distrust is one thing, Zhong Xiaoshu didn't plan to agree to it with all his mouth.

Seeing Zhong Xiaoshu's calm face, the second prince pondered for a moment before saying the words that had been brewing in his heart for a long time: "This palace was sent by his father to be a disaster relief person, do you know?" ”

Zhong Xiaoshu nodded, and also guessed the intention of the second prince: "Is it a matter of disaster food?" ”

"This silver is not enough for disaster relief, but the treasury is empty, and I am afraid that I will not be able to take out so much silver." The second prince tapped the table with his knuckles, making a "tuk-tuk" sound, and his face was full of anxiety.

Zhong Xiaoshu is not a big money, otherwise she would have given tens of millions of taels of gold without blinking her eyes, but obviously, she was not.

After thinking about it, Zhong Xiaoshu said: "If the second prince can trust the concubine, the concubine will dare to talk about his own methods." ”

The second prince said with a rare wry smile: "You are the woman who holds Zhige on the tip of your heart, and this palace naturally believes in you, and he must have your superiority if he can be like this for you." ”

Zhong Xiaoshu nodded and said: "Your Highness is good for the concubine, according to the concubine's humble opinion, replace the white rice with sweet potatoes and fine bran, and one pound of white rice can buy ten catties or more of sweet potatoes and fine bran." ”

When the second prince heard this, he didn't want to think about it and said, "No, are those things for people to eat?" ”

Zhong Xiaoshu nodded solemnly, and the second prince couldn't help frowning when he saw that she didn't look joking: "Those things are used to feed livestock, how can they be eaten?" ”

"Then is there a better way for Your Highness to exchange these white rice for more white rice?" Zhong Xiaoshu asked the second prince rhetorically, and the second prince was stopped by this rhetorical question, and he couldn't answer for a long time.

Zhong Xiaoshu said calmly: "The second prince was born in the royal family, he has never experienced hardship, and he doesn't know the feeling of being hungry if he can't eat, he can only tighten his belt and starve. ”

Seeing that the second prince was still a little hesitant, Zhong Xiaoshu hooked the corners of his lips and sneered: "Has the second prince eaten grass roots and gnawed tree bark?" Have you ever seen a hungry person change his son and eat? ”

"Easy to eat?" These four words, he had seen in the book, were just four fluttering words, but he had never imagined that scene.

Zhong Xiaoshu has quite a feeling, when she was in modern times, the founding of the People's Republic of China was less than 100 years old, and her grandparents were all starving, and she had heard a lot of tragedies.

"That's right, at first, it was eaten by children, then by the elderly, then by women, and when there was nothing to eat, they ate Guanyin soil. If you eat it, you won't digest it at all, and you'll die of stomach swelling the next day. Second prince, compared to these, sweet potatoes and fine bran are simply good things to save lives! ”

Several questions came one after another, and the second prince was speechless.

Zhong Xiaoshu sighed secretly, the second prince loves the people enough, but he always wears the halo of the prince, and he will not understand those people at the bottom after all.

Seeing that the second prince no longer directly refuted, Zhong Xiaoshu softened his tone and said, "Your Highness, what is the main point of disaster relief at the moment?" Is it to keep more people alive? If I were a disaster victim, I would rather have a meal of coarse grains every day than receive a very small amount of high-quality rice and noodles, and then eat the last meal without the next meal, and I can only wait for death in despair. ”

The second prince listened to Zhong Xiaoshu's words, and couldn't help but feel moved.

Zhong Xiaoshu saw that he was silent, and knew that he was also thinking about her words, so he hit the railway while it was hot: "Your Highness, if the conditions in the disaster area allow now, the concubine knows that you want to make the people feel better, but people are hungry, eating people, and violent. Chaos, what can't be done? This is not alarmist, so I hope that His Highness will think twice, which is more important, and I hope that His Highness will think clearly, so as not to cause a tragedy. ”

These words moved the most secret place in the heart of the second prince, and when he looked at Zhong Xiaoshu, his eyes were a little more firm, and he also recovered the ruffian and smile he had when he first saw him before: "No wonder Zhi Ge wants to put you on the tip of his heart, if you are really a wonderful person, waiting for Zhi Ge to come back, this hall will definitely invite the two of you to go to Wuxianglou for a good meal." ”