Chapter 272: Accompaniment

"Boom—" There was a sudden thunderclap, followed by a dazzling blue light that flashed very quickly. After a while, the sound of the rain suddenly became louder and crackled on the ground. For a while, the wind was roaring, the thunder was roaring, the rain was roaring, and the storm was coming!

Xiao Ranzi shook his half-wet clothes, hurriedly lifted the curtain and ran in, didn't care about the wet water stains on his feet, wiped a handful of the rain splashed on his face, and said anxiously: "The master and slave went to see the master and the master, and he has not come out since noon." When Fang Hui was about to come back, Father-in-law Lu happened to be out of the house, so he asked the servant to invite the master over, and it was best to bring some food. ”

At that time, Huizhu was standing against the window, and when she heard the words, she looked back, and saw Xiao Ranzi in a mess, and frowned: "This palace knows, you go down to drink a bowl of ginger soup and change into dry clothes, and you don't have to follow after a while." As he spoke, his eyes frequently looked at the pendulum clock, which was a moment before he was at 16:45, and he couldn't help but add a little sadness to his eyebrows.

Before long, Huizhu had packed up a few small porridges with green vegetables and a plate of chicken peel rolls and a plate of imperial bean yoliang (饽饽饽), and went out of the yard in the pouring rain. Fortunately, the place where Yinzhen lives is not far from here, bypassing a nine-curved corridor, and a winding warm stone path, which is the courtyard where Yinzhen lives.

In front of the hospital, more than a dozen yellow-clothed guards and palace eunuchs stood outside, and when they saw Huizhu coming over wrapped in a cloak, they knelt down and asked for peace: "The slave invites Concubine Xi Niangniang Jin'an, Niangniang is auspicious." Huizhu waved her hand casually and called the nearest palace supervisor and said, "Go and pass the word, this palace wants to ...... No, I went to Gonggong Lu and said that the palace had sent food to the emperor. The palace eunuch shivered in the rain, and hurriedly ran down the courtyard corridor after receiving the words.

I don't know how the palace eunuch passed on the words, Huizhu stood outside for half a cup of tea, and no one replied to the news, the bean-sized raindrops floated straight to the body and face along the wind, Rao played an umbrella and wore a cloak, and it didn't matter for a long time.

"Master, there is no rain shelter here, why don't you go to the pavilion at the other end and wait?" Xiao Juan pointed to the water pavilion not far away and said.

Huizhu looked sideways, weighed it in her heart, and was about to nod her head to agree, when she suddenly heard a loud "pop" sound, and subconsciously stopped, and immediately heard Yinzhen's angry voice: "I have raised you for a hundred years, and the shanty riot has not been resolved, and now there are hungry people...... In the Gyeonggi region, there are actually homeless people begging in the Gyeonggi region, how do you let me face the people of the world...... He also dared to close the city gates and prevent the displaced people from entering the city......"

Huizhu was shocked when she heard this, and saw Xiao Luzi running with an umbrella, and accompanied her: "Let the mother be wronged, quickly follow the slave into the house." Your Majesty, this is still ...... On the head, the mother still needs to wait for a while, and I think it's almost over. As he spoke, he had arrived at the bottom of the courtyard corridor, and Huizhu temporarily handed over the food box in his hand to the palace people, and went to the cloak and dusted off the raindrops on his body.

was taking care of himself, only to see the Zhu door of the upper hall opened, and several ministers of the court came out with dishes on their faces, Huizhu couldn't avoid it, so he had to retreat and half-hang his head. The ministers were severely criticized by Yinzhen because they were depressed, and when they saw Huizhu here, they hurriedly saluted Qian'er, and then there seemed to be a wind under their feet, and they went out with an umbrella.

Huizhu was secretly frightened when she saw it, and looked at the half-closed door and suddenly became timid. Xiao Luzi saw it in his eyes, wrinkled a bitter gourd face and said: "Niangniang, the slave is counting on you, the emperor has not eaten a drop of rice for a day." Huizhu sighed, took the food box, and ordered Xiaojuan to wait outside, and pushed the door in alone with the food box.

As soon as the front foot stepped into the upper hall, "snap" a piece of music and fell to the tip of the toe, Huizhu was stunned before she could react, Yinzhen had already scolded with her head and face: "Bastard thing, and the face to see me, look at what is written!" If you don't think about the floods and hungry people, what's the use of trying to please me! Hmph, upgrading Prince Yong's Mansion to a palace can solve the flood! ”

The anger was still not over, and when I looked up, I saw that it was Huizhu standing stiffly in front of the door, her face was a little softer, and her tone was still not good: "Concubine Xi, what are you doing?" Huizhu reluctantly suppressed the sorrow in her heart, glanced at the debris and other things on the ground that had not been cleaned up, and said as she walked: "There is a mess on the ground, the concubines let people clean up, and the emperor also happened to rest for a while and use some food prepared by the concubines." ”

Hearing this, Yinzhen raised her eyebrows, stared at Huizhu coldly, and said angrily: "Eat? This year, there was no harvest in Zhili, Baoding and other places, and almost all the people around the capital were hungry. My people eat and sleep in the open, but I can't do it in this gorgeous costume! Knocking on his heart word by word, Yinzhen's tone was a weakness that could not be hidden, Huizhu listened to the sour nasal cavity, and regardless of Yinzhen's anger, he walked to the case, silently opened the food box, set the dishes and bowls on the table one by one, and served porridge and vegetables to Yinzhen.

The anger in Yin Zhen's eyes rose, and he said in a deep voice: "Concubine Xi, it seems that you don't understand what I'm talking about!" As soon as he spoke, he stretched out his hand to sweep over a table of food.

Huizhu hurriedly pressed Yinzhen's arm, and her eyes couldn't help but redden: "Your Majesty, do you also have some scruples about yourself?" You spared no effort to fight against the Eight Princes and the party, and dealt with the Nian family, both forces are fighting back, and you have to keep your strength to deal with them. Besides, there are many hungry people in Gyeonggi, so if they don't eat for a day, will you accompany them, Your Majesty? ”

Without waiting for Huizhu to finish speaking, Yin Zhen shouted: "Concubine Xi! Huizhu was suddenly silent, facing Yinzhen's torch-like gaze, seeing that there was a faint dark blue under his eye sockets, he finally bowed his head and said: "The concubine is also worried about your ......" The voice gradually faded away, Huizhu sighed deeply, took a step back, and said: "It's the concubine who has crossed the rules, please let the concubine retire." With that, he didn't look up, grabbed the food box with one hand, and put away the dishes.

A large palm with a slight callus covered with delicate white soft wattles, Huizhu's hand movements stopped instantly, and her drooping eyes stared closely at the two hands that touched.

Yin Zhen felt a slight tremor from the warm skin under the palm of his hand, and couldn't help but shake it heavily, and said in a slightly stiff voice: "I know your intentions, you don't have to take it back, you can accompany me to use some." Huizhu responded in a low voice, withdrew her hand, and waited for Yinzhen to eat, but she was not without fear in her heart. Fang Cai lost his words for a while, and told Yinzhen about dealing with Yun Zhen and Nian Qianyao, which was really too much.

After finishing the meal and drinking tea, Yinzhen gradually calmed down, suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled Huizhu, and said, "Prepare a set of clothes and accompany me out of the palace tomorrow." "Where is this? Huizhu twisted her eyebrows and looked back, and Yinzhen groaned: "I plan to go out on patrol tomorrow and go to Baoding." ”

At this moment, Huizhu's heart jumped suddenly, and her eyes looked at Yinzhen with admiration, this man endured what others couldn't bear in order to seize power, and he couldn't give up what others couldn't give up, he should be a person with a lust for power. In fact, otherwise, he has his own hills and valleys in his heart, and he is a man who stands up to the sky and the earth in righteousness, and he is not in vain for a generation of emperors.

Turned to the next day, within three watches, Huizhu was already dressed as an ordinary noblewoman, took Xiaojuan to follow, and walked through the night rain with the palace eunuch sent by Yinzhen to guide the way.

After about a quarter and a half of an hour, I saw several men dressed as domestic servants and thugs standing in a simple carriage with serious expressions, the night was vast, the rain and fog were misty, and Huizhu couldn't see clearly, so he didn't look too much, and stepped on the stool directly to get on the car.

Lifting the curtain into the carriage, I saw that the lights inside were brilliant, and then I saw that in addition to Yinzhen sitting in front of the door, there was also a person sitting on the left, as if it was the thirteenth brother of the emperor Yunxiang after disguise.

Huizhu showed a look of surprise on her face, and Yunxiang's eyes flashed with surprise, but she was only slightly stunned for a moment, then she touched her nose and smiled, got up and said to the arch hand: "Brother Chen has seen Concubine Xi." Huizhu retracted her surprise, replied with a half-salute, and said a few polite greetings, and sat down beside Yinzhen in a restrained manner.

Yin Zhen glanced at the two of them lightly, and then fell on Huizhu and said, "I asked the thirteenth brother to follow, so that he could take a look at the situation over there first, and also tell him what I mean, and then he will be in charge of the affairs of the displaced people...... While I plan to solve the starving people, I will see if I can open up paddy fields, so that I am not afraid of flooding and destroying the land. Huizhu didn't know anything about Yinzhen, so she nodded silently.

Yunxiang, who had no way to interject on the side, saw the interaction between his brother and sister-in-law, especially the purpose of Yinzhen's words to explain his line, and his views on the governance of Gyeonggi after telling him, and thought of the situation in the harem of the court in recent years, he couldn't help but be secretly alarmed, and then he was a little proud, Zhaojia's family had already planned to have an intentional relationship with this Concubine Xi, and now it seems to be good.

Yun Xiang was thinking about it, when he suddenly heard Yinzhen call his name, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, please speak." Yin Zhen asked: "The lower-level officials who have access to water conservancy and reputation, but have they been arranged?" Yunxiang was a pair of colors, and said: "The younger brother has already visited secretly, and this time I found three officials, all of whom are Hanchen with five grades or less, and they have a lot of experience in water conservancy and farmland. After listening, Yinzhen nodded, and closed his eyes without saying a word.

For a moment, the three people in the car were relatively speechless. The horse-drawn carriage sped forward in the night rainstorm until the sky turned white, and it had already driven onto the official road of the small counties around Gyeonggi.

Suddenly, only to hear the coachman's loud crow, the carriage staggered to a stop. Yin Zhen immediately opened his eyes and said in a deep voice: "What's the matter?" Xiao Luzi, who was squatting in the compartment outside the carriage, looked at it and replied: "There are too many displaced people outside, and the road is impassable." You need to evacuate before you can continue walking. Yin Zhen frowned unhappily and said, "As soon as possible, don't delay the trip." Xiao Luzi was busy talking.

At this time, Huizhu was also sleepy, yawned with a brocade in one hand, and lifted the curtain with the other hand to look out. At first glance, the shock is beyond measure, the previous life was in a peaceful era, and this life is full of wealth, even if you have heard about the situation of the victims, it is far less than what you see with your own eyes now.

I saw that on both sides of the official road, the trees that should have been leafy had been stripped of their bark and gnawed leaves, and only the bare trunks were still shaking in the storm. When the line of sight was closer, there was a crowd of people not far from the carriage, all of them in ragged clothes, with yellow faces and thin muscles, and a sluggish expression.