On this day, breakfast was served at the Queen Mother's place as usual, and the Queen Mother was in good spirits after a few days of meditation and recuperation.

"Hua Rui Niangniang, Feng Yi heard that Niangniang went out of the palace with her father, but there are many adventures." As soon as I entered the Qinghe Palace, Feng Yi came to pester me.

"In the future, as long as the imperial grandmother and your father agree, I will take you to the mercy house to visit the lost children." I smiled and took her hand into the table.

"Good! All right! Feng Yi clapped her hands and applauded, and Xuan Zhe also coaxed to go with her.

The Queen Mother also smiled when she heard this: "The mourning family also heard Chang'er mention Concubine Xu's preparation for the construction of the Compassion Academy, which is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and the accumulation of blessings and virtues, well, it is quite commendable." ”

Listening to the Queen Mother's praise in public, I was a little uncomfortable for a while, and replied softly: "Rui'er is ashamed to be praised by the Queen Mother!" There is something I want to ask the queen mother to show me today. ”

"What's the matter? You tell the mourners. The Queen Mother put down the dishes and chopsticks and looked at me with a pleasant face.

"Rui'er privately thought, after the Chengdu earthquake the people's houses were destroyed a lot, the reconstruction of the funds is very expensive, if the daily expenses of the Compassion House are withdrawn from the household, I am afraid that it is not appropriate, although the Ling Mansion is willing to provide the needs, I am afraid that it will be difficult to support it for a long time, and this kind of thing is done by the cloth family with all its might, it is difficult to see the kindness of the heavenly family, so the concubine wants to take out half of the example, and give it to the Compassion House every month...... Please also ask the queen mother to play. ”

"Well, the mourning family understands Concubine Xu's meaning, if it is allocated from the treasury, this Compassion House is originally raised by the Ling Mansion, and it will definitely attract criticism among the courtiers...... Concubine Xu is not only thoughtful for the emperor, but also has such kindness, so the mourning family will be approved. It's just that Concubine Xu's share is limited, and she may not be able to count it on her own, so the mourning family is willing to come up with some monthly examples......" The Queen Mother nodded and agreed.

"The Queen Mother is holy, and the children of the House of Compassion thank the Queen Mother for her grace." I got up happily and saluted and thanked the Queen Mother.

The concubines present, seeing the Queen Mother's generosity, also expressed their willingness to donate from the example, but the expressions on their faces were wonderful.

After breakfast, the Queen Mother left Jinyan to speak, and we waited to retire.

Out of Qinghe Palace, Jingyi and I walked side by side, and Li Yanniang and Liu Huilan followed all the way.

Before the guard of honor arrived at the Yishen Pavilion, Li Yanniang sneered: "Mrs. Hua Rui is so generous, I don't know how many rewards the emperor has received on weekdays, and that little monthly example is just a drop in the bucket for Niangniang." But my Li Yanniang doesn't have such good blessings, and she has a child, and Sister Huilan is not rich...... Niangniang is begging for tricks from the Queen Mother, why bother dragging us into the water......" Luo Luo is full of vulgar words.

I didn't want to pay attention to her, I just didn't hear it, I didn't want Jingyi to be impatient, I looked back at her and said, "Sister Xiuyuan, what you said is too much." ”

"Yo yo yo, it's only been a few days since I left Yingxian Palace, and Sister Jingyi is out of one nostril with others. Presumably, the cat has gained a lot of benefits from spinning around the pot, right? Speaking of this, Li Yanniang covered her lips and chuckled, and then said: "Come to think of it, my sister is the most knowledgeable and has a belly, not like I haven't seen anything in the world, so my sister can endure the lights of Changchun Hall every night, and it is difficult to see Junrong when it is close at hand...... My sister's measure, my sister, I'm really out of it. He laughed even more wildly.

Jing Yi heard the words and suddenly turned white.

I didn't want to entangle with this vulgar woman, but I couldn't be humiliated, so I immediately lowered my face and shouted: "Presumptuous! ”

Seeing that I was angry, the entourage of the palace people threw themselves on their knees, Li Yanniang was still not afraid, but looked at me with a sneer.

I suppressed my anger and said: "Li Yanniang, in the past, I tolerated you, and I thought about the division between the emperor and Yu'er, but I didn't think that mercy would cause trouble, but you had no national law, no respect and humility, and you were so rampant. ”

"Madame Blossom, such a majestic majesty, it frightened me. It's just the ancestral training that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, I don't know if Mrs. remembers? Li Yanniang patted her chest in a fake way and said provocatively.

"You don't have to insinuate that the palace oppresses people with power and interferes in government affairs. The preparation for the construction of the Compassion Institute is proposed by the palace, but it is also approved by the emperor and the queen mother. ”

"You, you, you!"

"Whether there is nonsense in this palace or not, you know it in your own heart. The construction of the Compassion Institute is beneficial to the present generation, and it is beneficial to the livelihood of the people in the Shengshang Society. As the saying goes, the family and the country are all over the world, the people are uneasy, a country is safe, the emperor has all the opportunities, and we should always remember the duty of the concubine, in addition to serving the saint, we must share the worries of the emperor. ”

"You don't talk about these big truths, I only know that we paid for it, and you are the one who is good." Li Yanniang is still blindly earning.

It was useless to talk to this foolish woman, but it also reminded me, and turned to look at Jingyi and Liu Huilan and said, "Sister Jingyi, Sister Huilan, do you two also have this intention?" ”

"Please Niang Mingjian, we are sincerely giving." Jingyi and Liu Huilan hurriedly bowed down and replied, with a sincere attitude.

"Hurry up," I stretched out my hand to support the two of them, and said, "I don't mean to blame you, but I have doubts in my heart, so I ask, this palace thanks you for those lonely children." "I blessed them both.

"Oh, sister, don't do this, torture me and other sisters." Jingyi hugged me and said: "The Queen Mother often says that she wants us to cultivate virtue and accumulate blessings, and my sister's proposal was originally to give us the opportunity to accumulate blessings......"

"Humph! Hypocritical. Li Yanniang snorted coldly in disdain.

"Really?!" I sneered: "I know that Xiu Yuan is not convinced, but since you promised to donate in front of the Queen Mother, the money is indispensable." Today I will make it clear to you, in addition to the emperor and the queen mother in the palace, the palace is high, in the past I was unwilling to oppress people with a position, but now it seems that the palace is wrong. That being the case......" I pondered for a moment, squinted at her and said: "Words and teachings are not as good as examples, Xiuyuan Li Yanniang has no respect and humility, good words are right and wrong, and there is a loss in virtue, how can I take the responsibility of educating the prince, wait for me to be the emperor, Xuanyu moved to Changchun Hall and was personally raised by me, do you understand?!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Yanniang's face turned white, and she said in a trembling voice: "You, you, you dare...... Why are you? ”

"It's up to me!" Bao Yuan's clear voice came from behind him, but it frightened me, and everyone present was busy kneeling to welcome the holy car.

Bao Yuan stretched out his hand to help me up, and raised his hand to let everyone calm down.

Li Yanniang wanted to get up, but she only heard Bao Yuan say: "Li Xiuyuan, did I say that you can get up?" ”

That Li Yanniang's legs were weak and she knelt down again, her face had long lost her arrogance, and she trembled her lips and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty's Mingjian!" ”

"I don't let you go for a day or two, every time you have something in the palace, I think that Yu'er is young and can't leave her biological mother, but I don't want to indulge you in being so lawless. Rui'er is right, words and teachings are not as good as examples, are you worthy of being a mother with this virtue? Bao Yuan's face was full of anger, and I was shocked when I saw it, I wanted to teach Li Yanniang that it was true, but I didn't want to hurt her life because of it. Seeing this, he hurriedly shook Bao Yuan's hand and shook his head to signal him not to punish him too heavily.

Bao Yuan looked back at me for a moment, and said: "You have no words, you collide with Mrs. Hua Rui, read it for the first offense, you will be fined for half a year, and you will be grounded in Yingxian Palace for reflection, and you will not be able to come out without a will." The prince Xuanyu was raised by Madame Hua Rui. ”

Li Yanniang still wanted to intercede after hearing this, but saw Bao Yuan staring at her and said, "If you don't repent again, I will give you a different place to live." ”

"Go back to the palace!" With that, Bao Yuan took me and turned to leave, no longer looking at her.

Back in Changchun Palace, when Ming'er was changing my clothes, she couldn't help but say, "Sister, today is really relieving." ”

Jingyi also echoed: "I don't want my sister to bluff people, but she is still full of momentum." ”

I was depressed in my heart, unable to lift my spirits, and sighed: "I only hope that she will learn a lesson from this and be more restrained." ”

"The country is easy to change, but the nature is difficult to change. Li Yanniang didn't bump into her sister like this once or twice, if she was a long-term memory, she wouldn't have reached this point today, after all, she felt that her sister was kind and soft-faced, and she refused to worry about her. Jing Yi said quietly, and put a small hurdle on my shoulder.

"Be forgiving and forgiving, I just have room with myself." What Jingyi said made me feel very uncomfortable, I really understood the hearts of the people in this harem?

In silence, I saw that Bao Yuan had changed into his regular clothes and came in, he looked me up and down for a moment, and said with a smile: "This dress is good, there is no need to change it, Rui'er will go out of the palace with me." ”

"Your Majesty......" Before I could ask, he smiled first: "Just now, Ling Xuan came to ask me to show me, saying that the Ling family has chosen a place in the industry to be used for the construction of the Compassion Academy, I think you should want to go and see it." As he spoke, he instructed Ming'er to prepare a wind cloak and a stove for me to accompany me out of the palace.

When I went to the Deling Mansion for a while, Master Ling and Ling Xuan led me to the proposed place.

Along the way, through the car windows, you can see people everywhere cleaning up the rubble and building new houses. After about two moments, I arrived at a place, and when I got out of the car, I saw that the courtyard gate was empty. Master Ling said that this place was originally used by the Ling family to build a new medicine storehouse, and now he is willing to donate it for the construction of the Compassion Hospital.

If you look closely, the courtyard enclosed by the blue brick wall is open, planted with a few cypress poplars and some resembling storehouse huts, and there are herbs in the courtyard......

Although it is close to the downtown area, it is surrounded by many people and sporadic shops and restaurants, and the environment is simple, so it is the most suitable for building a mercy hospital.

Thinking that this Ling family is really thoughtful and proper, Yang Baoyuan is set here, and Baoyuan's smile is exactly what he wants, so the site of the Compassion Courtyard is decided.

Entering the courtyard, I sat down on the stone table in the courtyard, only to hear Ling Xuan say to me: "Niangniang, the brothers and sisters of the Cao family heard that Niangniang was coming, and asked Niangniang to see me." ”

"Where are the two of them now?"

"It's in this courtyard."

"Then don't you bring me to show it."

Ling Xuan responded, and after a while, he led the two brothers and sisters to me. When the brother and sister came close and bowed their heads, I asked Ming'er to help them up and asked Ling Xuan, "Why are they here?" ”

"After the brother and sister buried their mother, they begged me to allow them to help at Tzu Chi Hall, saying that they wanted to do something to repay the kindness of saving their lives, but I couldn't help it, so I had to arrange for them to come here to help dry the medicinal herbs."

After hearing this, I smiled at the corner of my lips and said to Bao Yuan: "I didn't expect that these brothers and sisters, although they are young, know how to repay their kindness. ”

"Yes, when the Compassion Academy is built in the future, I will send a few scholars with good learning to teach here, and I will definitely be able to cultivate a lot of talents for the court in less than ten years." Bao Yuan is also very happy.

Seeing that everyone was very restrained in front of Bao Yuan, I asked him to allow me to take the Cao brothers and sisters to this courtyard for a walk, and Bao Yuan wanted to listen to the Ling family's report, so he ordered Xie Xingben to accompany him to protect.

Ming'er and I, led by the Cao family brothers and sisters, took a look in the courtyard, only to hear the voices of people outside the south courtyard wall, and asked, "Where is this wall?" ”

"Madam, oh, back to my mother's words, there is a food street." Cao Wu replied carefully.

"Hehe, you don't hate me anymore?" I deliberately tried to tease this stubborn little boy.

"Cao Wu doesn't dare, Niangniang is my family's life-saving benefactor." The little guy knelt down as he spoke, and I reached out and pulled him up and said with a smile: "Your brother and sister will call me sister in the future, I have already recognized you as my brother and sister in my heart." ”

"Really? Can it really be? Xiao Yan'er was childlike after all, and she was pleasantly surprised when she heard this.

"Swallow, don't be unreasonable in front of your mother." Cao Wu looked like an adult, blushing and obstructing.

"It's okay, it's not in the palace, and I'm going to recognize you myself." Saying that, I stepped forward and kindly hugged Xiao Yan'er in my arms, and asked with a smile: "Yan'er is willing to recognize me as a sister?" ”

The little girl's face was full of joy, her head nodded like a chicken pecking rice, but when she raised her eyes, she saw Cao Wu's eyes red, staring at me blindly.

"What's wrong, you don't want to?"

"Sister, when Wu'er grows up and learns the skill, she will definitely repay her sister and protect her sister."

"Well, I believe." I patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Then now protect my sister to go to that food street to have a look!" ”

"Niangniang, there are a lot of people on the street, I'm afraid it will ......" Xie Xingben was a little uneasy.

"It's okay, with Xie Guard, I'm sure it's hard for anyone to hurt me, and besides, I just want to go and take a casual look and know how the people are doing after this disaster?"

As he spoke, the group walked out of the corner gate and into the street.

I didn't expect that the food street after the earthquake would still be so lively, with all kinds of teahouses and restaurants doing thriving business, and there were many small food stalls on the street, and the cries of selling came and went.

I took Yan'er's hand and looked around with interest, only to see that Cao Wu seemed to remember something, and ran out happily, and after a while, he ran back with a small bag.

"Ouch" didn't want to break out of the slope of the ground a drunk, and collided with Xiao Wu, the drunk staggered and staggered, but Xiao Wu fell to the ground.

Yan'er saw her brother falling, so she hurriedly ran forward to help, but she didn't want the drunk man to lift Xiao Wu up like a chicken, as if he was scolding, Yan'er was also pushed to the ground by him when he pulled it......

"Stop." Seeing this, I was angry and walked forward to stop him with a loud voice.

When the drunk man heard this, he turned his head to look at me, and burped: "Where did the little wild seed come from, and it broke Uncle Ben's wine." You, you, what kind of person are you, don't care about the uncle's nosy ......"

"You want to be shameless, it's obvious that you knocked down the child." Ming'er raised her eyebrows on the side and said angrily.

"Where did this girl come from?" The drunk man left Xiao Wu and walked crookedly to the front, pointed at Ming'er and said, "Who do you say is shameless?" ”

"Say you." Ming'er Xu was smoked by the wine, and covered her mouth and drank.

"You, so bold......" The drunk man threw the wine bottle in his hand and wanted to pull Ming'er, Xie Xingben stepped forward and pushed him away with his hand, and pulled Ming'er behind him.

Ming'er was shocked, and suddenly whispered to me, "Why is he?" ”

"What?"

"Sister, he is the reckless man we met in Yuandong that day." I was shocked when I heard this, and I looked closely, and it was indeed the person who asked me to talk at the Yuandong Racecourse that day. How did he end up here? And drunk.

The drunken man also leaned his face to look at me, and I took a big step back, and suddenly the expression in my eyes changed dramatically, and I shouted, "Is that you?" Okay, you tell me, you tell me, why did Begonia marry someone else, why? Is Royal Great? You say, you say! As he spoke, he pushed one palm to Xie Xingben, who was blocking him, and the other hand was about to pull me.

Where would Xie Xingben let him get close to me, hooked his hand, reflexively pulled and sent, and with a kick of his foot, the person was thrown out.

The man flew out of the air, only to see him twist and spin sharply in the air, landing on both feet, although his steps were unsteady, but he did not fall.

"Oh, it's still a practitioner." Xie Xingben saw that this person knew martial arts, and he was on guard, and asked Ming'er to take me away quickly.

But the way to go was already blocked by the onlookers, and they couldn't get out.

At this moment, I only heard the man shout, waving his fists and pounced, Xie Xingben stepped to meet the enemy, I didn't want that person to walk in a trance, flashed Xie Xingben and rushed straight to me, when I retreated in shock, I only heard the man shouting: "It's you, it's you, you must have not brought the words to Begonia, you return me ......"

The palm wind came with the smell of wine, but it disappeared in the near moment.

When I looked again, I saw Xie Xingben holding the drunken man's collar with one hand and pressing his belt with the other, and forcibly took him away from me. At this moment, Xiao Wu ran in front of him covered in mud and stretched out his arms to protect me.

The drunk man was restrained behind him, and reflexively swung his fist to fight with Xie Xingben, but he was not Xie Xingben's opponent at all, and he was knocked to the ground in three or two strokes. For some reason, he still got up again and again, staring at me with a pair of bloodshot red eyes, as if I was his enemy......

There were more and more onlookers, and Xie Xing was unwilling to fight with him, so he knocked him to the ground with a ruthless hand, and stepped on his back with one foot to restrain him.

However, the man didn't know how much wine he poured into his stomach, and in this fight, the wine didn't wake up, and he fell asleep to death on the street at Xie Xingben's feet.

Xiao Xie sighed and shook his head, and said to me again: "It's not easy to stay here for a long time, please leave quickly." ”

I listened to him reasonably, and squeezed out of the crowd with Ming'er and Xiao Wu and Yan'er.

Xiao Wu opened the road all the way in front of me and was afraid that I would be squeezed out, Yan'er also protected me with her little hands, her heart was warm, and when she looked back at the man, she saw him lying on the ground, and was dragged to the side of the road by Xiao Xie......

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, Xie Xingben also hurried over, I was afraid that Bao Yuan would know what was going on, so I asked him not to alarm everyone, Xie Xingben nodded after thinking for a while, and there was nothing else after that.

In the winter of the fifth year of Guangzheng (942), the Compassion Yuan settled in Yangma City, and the displaced people were properly resettled.

In addition to the children in the courtyard and the enlightened children, school-age children from poor families in Yangma City can also study here. Although I am in the deep palace, I am always relieved when I think of the compassion that has been built up by all people, so that the children will no longer be cold and will not be displaced.