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The more Xue Su thought about it, the more panicked she became, her sharp nails slashed at her palm, she took a deep breath, and forced herself to calm down.

At present, the turning of the earth dragon is about to happen, and the news has not yet reached the capital, even if His Majesty really plans to send Chu Qinghe to suppress the bandits, with her, the things in the previous life will still not happen.

Without the intention of walking, she turned around and walked towards the main hall, and commanded, "Go and call Steward Li, I have something to discuss with him." ”

Steward Li is old, not as sloppy as a young man, he has a stable temperament, and some things can only be relieved when they are handed over to him.

After sitting on the Eight Immortals chair for a while, Steward Li hurriedly walked into the hall, with a respectful look on his old face, bowed down and asked, "The old slave greets Madame, I don't know what you command?" ”

The woman's well-trimmed eyebrows frowned slightly, her soft little hands clutched the cuffs, and she whispered, "Yan Ruyu has been in business for a long time, I have saved some silver in my hands, and I bother the housekeeper to buy some food and come back, so I put it in the Hou Mansion, and the more I buy, the better." ”

While speaking, Chunlan stood in front of Steward Li with a wooden box, who opened the box and saw a neatly stacked stack of silver tickets, his eyes showed a look of surprise, and asked, "Madam, there are tens of thousands of taels of snowflake silver here, do they all have to be used to buy food?" Our Hou Mansion only has a few hundred bites, I'm afraid we won't be able to finish it. ”

Steward Li said this very tactfully, although the firewood and rice in the capital are more expensive than elsewhere, but it is also limited, one or two lines of silver can buy a stone of grain, if the silver money in the box is replaced with rice and noodles, the entire Hou Mansion can be eaten for three or five years, if it is not stored properly, maybe it will be moldy and rotten, isn't that a bad thing?

Xue Su didn't think about it so much, she only knew that after a while, the price of grain in the capital would rise wildly, and in order not to make trouble, the prefectures were bound to open warehouses to release grain.

"The housekeeper doesn't need to scruple so much, the food will not be wasted when he buys it, if he can't eat it, it's a big deal to sell it in the spring next year, it's best to buy all the food within ten days, it's best not to let too many people know about it, remember."

Although Steward Li didn't understand what his wife thought, as a slave, he naturally couldn't disobey his master's orders, so he answered and left directly.

After Xue Su bathed at night, her hair was wet and damp, she didn't let the maids wait, but sat alone in front of the dressing table, wiping it with a soft cloth in her hand. The woman in the mirror has fair and plump cheeks, soft and bright apricot eyes, which is completely different from the thin and yellow appearance of the previous life. She didn't dare to think about what she would become if something happened to Chu Qinghe.

With a creak, the door was pushed open from the outside, and the man with broad shoulders walked up to Xue Su, took the soft cloth, carefully wiped the water droplets from his hair, and asked in a dumb voice:

"Did you ask Steward Li to buy grain?"

The hand holding the flower dew paused slightly, even if he had known that he couldn't hide it from Chu Qinghe, but Xue Su hadn't made a good excuse yet, so he could only talk nonsense, "I don't know what's going on, I'm always a little uncomfortable in my heart, so I want to buy some food in case of emergency." ”

Glimpsing the little wife's slightly flickering apricot eyes, the man's eyes became darker and darker, although he was a military general, his mind was very detailed, how could he not see that Su Niang had something to hide? But she didn't want to speak, and he couldn't force it, otherwise it would be more than worth the loss to push people farther and farther?

Even if his mind can remain clear, there seems to be an evil fire burning in his heart, he hopes that Su Su belongs to him from head to toe from the inside out, but the woman seems to be an invisible and formless wind, unable to grasp it, unable to hold it tightly, this feeling makes Chu Qinghe extremely anxious.

He leaned slightly, his big thick palm pressed against his slender shoulder, rubbing it lightly and heavily. After practicing martial arts for many years, the man's palm has an amazing heat, coupled with the proper technique, but the fatigue on Xue Su's body is slowly removed, she can't help but sigh softly, just like a cat who has just woken up, her eyes are half open and half closed, and her porcelain white face is amazingly beautiful.

At this moment, the earth dragon was burning in the bedroom, and the warmth was comparable to that of late spring, and she was wearing only a silk coat, revealing a delicately shaped collarbone and water-red frenulum, and her skin and flesh were white and tender, like an egg that had just been shelled.

Taking this beautiful scenery into his eyes, coupled with the light fragrance he smelled in front of his nose, Chu Qinghe's breath was slightly unstable, his eyes were crawling with dense bloodshots, and his heart was surging with monstrous waves.

He endured and endured, but after all, he still didn't hold it down, and hugged the person horizontally in his arms, because the action was too eager, Xue Su was startled, and he bit his lip and asked, "What are you crazy about?" Put me down. ”

Holding the person in his arms with strong arms, the slight struggle was completely ignored by him, Chu Qinghe strode to the bed, carefully put Xue Su on the brocade quilt, and did not give her time to react, and his thin lips were slammed on, leaving no gaps.

The crimson bed tent was put down at some point, and the candle flame moved slightly, reflecting the overlapping figures of the two, like mandarin ducks crossing their necks, butterflies playing on the water, and they couldn't be more intimate.

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Steward Li quickly bought the grain, because his wife was in a hurry, and he didn't want to be heard by too many people, he directly sent the trustworthy little guy to the towns around the capital to buy, these towns were already rich in grain, and they had supplied several rice shops before, because the Hou Mansion bid high, they were also happy to do this business.

The house in Tonghua Lane occupies a large area, and there are still a lot of free places in the warehouse, and grain is usually stored here, but there has never been such a time before.

Others felt distressed when they spent money, but Xue Su felt very relieved when he heard the news from Steward Li.

After another day, the news of the land movement finally reached the capital, and with it nearly 20,000 victims. It's cold outside, the north wind is cold, if you don't find a place to shelter from the wind and cold, many people will lose their lives after a night, the capital is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and Your Majesty loves the people like a son, how can this kind of thing be allowed to happen? He sent the Ministry of Industry to step up the construction of wooden sheds, resettle the displaced people, and sent the Ministry of Households to release grain.

However, although there are many displaced people who have flocked to the capital, more people who have been affected by the disaster are still in their hometowns, and the head of the household is not a fool, so he naturally does not dare to put all the food in the treasury, otherwise the refugees in Jindi will not be able to eat and clothe themselves, and they are afraid that the evil thing of changing children and eating will happen.

The court was anxious about this matter, and the queen came up with a good way to feast the ministers and the ladies of the back house in Ningshou Palace.

What is the purpose of the banquet at this time, you can see it at a glance.

The post of the palace banquet was sent to the Hou Mansion, even if Xue Su was physically inconvenient, he could not shirk it.

At this moment, she sat on a round stool, dipped her fingertips in some peach-colored lipstick, slowly melted on her lips, and outlined a peach blossom with red paint at the center of her eyebrows, only slightly larger than her fingernails, as if there were really peach petals falling on her forehead.

Xue Su was almost as good as he was, Chu Qinghe also changed into court clothes, and the husband and wife entered the palace in a carriage, and when they arrived at the palace gate, a female official came over and bowed. Following her to Ningshou Palace, Xue Su's body was heavy and he couldn't take a step, Chu Qinghe hugged his little wife's waist, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he was obviously very dissatisfied with the queen's actions of tossing everyone.

Secretly tugging at the man's cuffs, she couldn't help but glare at the man, signaling him to restrain himself. The latter understood what she meant, and his expression returned to normal, and he no longer showed anything wrong.

Ningshou Palace is not far from the palace gate, and after entering the main hall, Chu Qinghe went to the men's seat, and Xue Su stayed with the female dependents.

Catching a glimpse of her raised belly, Xiao Yingnian secretly gritted her teeth, with obvious resentment in her eyes, but she still remembered that this was Ningshou Palace, His Majesty and the Queen were there, and she couldn't make a mistake, so she withdrew her gaze and stopped looking.

The mother and daughter of the Tan family sat next to Xue Su, even if they broke up unhappily last time, Mrs. Tan still held her hand with a smile, shushing the cold and asking for warmth, and caring for her, as if something at the flower banquet had never happened.

Xue Su was not as hypocritical as her, the smile on her face was slightly stiff, and she didn't withdraw her hand until the emperor and queen walked into Ningshou Palace and everyone stood up to salute.

There were still many hungry people outside the city, and His Majesty's expression was not good, so he said a few words hastily, and then went straight to the point, and took the lead in taking out 100,000 taels of silver from the private treasury to buy grain. After the saint spoke, the concubines and the prince responded one after another, among which the most generous was the prince and the five princes, each of whom took out 80,000 taels of silver, if it was not for fear of crossing the saint, maybe he would take more silver money out.

When attacking the Xiongnu in the border city earlier, the fifth prince saw that Chu Qinghe was not pleasing to the eye, and at this moment, a trace of malice crossed his eyes, and he said with a smile, "I heard that the Fuguo Hou family has a lot of wealth, I don't know how much it will donate this time?" ”

When he spoke, the five princes did not lower their voices, and it spread throughout the hall, and everyone focused their eyes on him.

When he was in the carriage, Xue Su had already told Chu Qinghe the amount of grain stored at home, and at this moment, the man's face did not change, and he said in a deep voice, "Weichen's family does not have much money, but there is a lot of food, and if you take out 10,000 stones, you can last for a while." ”

Even if the nobles of the court did not care about the livelihood of the people, they also heard about the soaring price of grain, which could buy one stone for one tael of silver, but now it costs five taels or ten thousand stones of grain, which is equivalent to fifty thousand taels of snowflake silver.

There was a look of satisfaction in the eyes of the saint, and even the crown prince was smiling. Contrary to the two of them, the fifth prince had a gloomy expression, staring at Chu Qinghe for a moment, but did not attack.

He's a smart guy and knows when to do something. After a few perfunctory praises, the fifth prince looked away, because the men's seat happened to be opposite the women's seat, and he saw a familiar face, which was the woman he had seen in Fengle Building before.

She was wearing a concubine-colored skirt, the corners of her eyes were slightly red, and her skin was flawless.

Picking up the wine glass, the five princes drank the wine in one gulp, but the heat in their hearts intensified.