Chapter 131: Disaster Riots
As soon as Xiao Xiwei returned to the palace, the reward in the palace arrived. Gold, silver, jewelry, antique jade, silk and satin filled with eight large boxes of red lacquered wood and black nails, and the chief eunuch who came to announce the decree was the most favored by the emperor in front of the emperor.
After sending off the people in the palace, Xiao Xiwei took Ruosu's hand and sat back on the couch, raised his eyes and solemnly stared at Hongyu's eyes and said, "Hongyu, you put these rewards from your father and the emperor into the treasury, and lock the treasury after counting, remember to be careful." Also, from this day onwards, let all the people in the house be vigilant, and whoever has much to say will be punished with forty boards with a rod, and then driven out of the house. ”
"Yes." Hongyu hung down for a moment, and then led someone up to carry out the red lacquered wood and black nail boxes in the hall.
Ruo Su listened to Xiao Xiwei's instructions, and his heart that was still hanging suddenly relaxed.
It seems that the prince really didn't marry the wrong person.
After Hongyu left, Xiao Xi raised his hand slightly and pressed his temples, and his eyebrows couldn't help but show a little tiredness.
At present, the heavier the Holy Grace, the heavier the suspicion and vigilance that will follow.
Xiao Xiwei was thinking about it, when suddenly a pair of hands gently rubbed her temples, and when she opened her eyes, she heard Ruosu's voice above her head.
"When the concubine Niangniang was young, she often had headaches, so the slave maid followed the Taiyi medicine to massage the acupuncture points. Princess, is the slave and maid so powerful? ”
Xiao Xi smiled, "I'm tired of Mama." ”
Ruo Su also smiled, and the movements of his hands remained unchanged.
Xiao Xi closed his eyes slightly, and as soon as his tense nerves relaxed, Ziyan came in.
"Princess."
"How?" Xiao Xi opened his eyes slightly, and the comfort just now faded away.
"The secret guards hidden around the palace have increased again." Ziyan said with a calm face.
Xiao Xi's eyebrows twisted slightly, his eyes drooped slightly, raised his hand and subconsciously stroked his still flat abdomen, and sighed in a low voice, "I was really careless." ”
If she could have found out that she was pregnant earlier, she would definitely try her best to hide the news, but she didn't notice it at all, and what was even more stupid was that she let the imperial doctor in the palace diagnose the pulse, and now she couldn't hide it, so she came to this situation. It's really a wrong step, a wrong step, and she puts this child in danger, and she is even more afraid that the person in Chongde Hall will threaten her and this child, which is what she is most worried about.
"How can this be blamed on the princess, some things have their own destiny in the dark. At present, the most important thing is to take good care of your body, pregnant women should not think too much in the first three months, and other things have their own concubines to worry about, and please relax the princess. Ruosu persuaded softly.
Xiao Xi exhaled slightly and nodded slightly.
At this point, it is useless to think too much, so you can only watch out.
"Princess, before leaving, the prince ordered the 'dark night' to secretly protect you, although you can rest assured, it's just ......" Ziyan raised her eyes and glanced at Xiao Xiwei, "Princess, do you want to go to Suyang to report the good news to the prince?" ”
"You sent someone?" Xiao Xi raised his head slightly and stared at the purple flue.
"Nope." Ziyan hurriedly shook her head, "The slave knows that this matter is very important, and she doesn't dare to make decisions on her own." ”
"Princess, look at the slave, let's let Ziyan report a message to the prince, firstly, this is originally a happy event, and secondly, it is good for the prince to be prepared." Ruo Su looked at Xiao Xiwei's eyes and said calmly.
Also, in case the person in Chongde Hall wants to make a fuss about the child in her womb, at least she still has a preparation in her heart, and besides, she just takes this opportunity to let people go and see what the disaster is going on in Suyang.
Thinking of this, Xiao Xi turned his head slightly to look at Ziyandao, "You can arrange this matter." ”
"Yes." Ziyan answered, turned around and retreated.
Suyang.
The city gate was closed, and the soldiers guarding the city were guarding the city gate with spears, and the thousands of victims in front of the city gate confronted the soldiers defending the city angrily.
Chu Xizhi stood under the porch in front of the house with his eyes closed and his hands in his hands, feeling the scorching temperature of the sun enveloping him.
It has been more than a month since he came to Suyang.
"Lord Wang, it's not good, those Diao people are making trouble again, why hasn't Chen Gongzi transported the grain for so long!" Cui Zhihe, the prefect of Suyang, ran over in a hurry.
Chu Xizhi opened his eyes, squinted at Cui Zhihe, raised his sharp sword eyebrows, with a forbearance of murderous aura, "What are you panicking about?" ”
"How can you not panic! Those people, they, they're going to rebel. Cui Zhihe said anxiously.
"Rebellion?" Chu Xizhi smiled coldly, and swept towards Cui Zhihe with a sharp gaze, "Is Lord Cui joking with this king, just rely on some disaster victims who haven't eaten or drunk for three days to rebel?" Do the soldiers in Suyang City eat rice? ”
Swept away by Chu Xizhi's gaze, Cui Zhihe's heart was cold, but he still didn't support himself on his face, "But those people ...... Those people didn't eat or drink for three days, and they were crazy with hunger, just in case they ...... What if the city is attacked? ”
"Then Lord Cui, the prefect of Suyang, can only go here." Chu Xizhi glanced at him coldly, and then raised his feet and walked out.
Cui Zhihe looked at Chu Xizhi's cold and arrogant back, the corners of his mouth moved, and he still didn't follow after all.
No matter what the Holy Lord thinks about His Royal Highness King Yan, he must not have picked it on the bright side, so he still has some scruples about him, at least he can't tear his face openly. However, at present, the food sent by the Chen family has been exhausted, and now the son of the Chen family is delayed in the future, so he must be afraid that he will not be able to send the food on time, but the victims of this city can't wait!
Thinking of this, the corners of Cui Zhihe's mouth couldn't help but show a smug smile.
Immediately, he waved a servant, put his face into his ear and whispered, "Go, let them agitate those people again." ”
"Yes, the little one will go and inform Ah Liu."
"Go ahead." Cui Zhihe smiled and waved his hand.
He wanted to see how His Royal Highness King Yan, who was pampered in the capital, coped with the current situation.
As soon as Chu Xizhi left Cui Zhihe's sight, a figure quickly walked to his side, "Lord Wang." ”
"How's it going, can you find out?"
"Got it checked. In addition to those who were installed by Cui Zhihe, there were also many servants in the mansions of the major wealthy merchants in Suyang City. ”
"Huh." Chu Xizhi sneered, "It's really hard for them." ”
Long before he came to Suyang, he had repaired a book to Chen Mubai and asked him to prepare food and secretly send it to Suyang, although there will be people who will obstruct the food on the way to Suyang, but the Chen family has been entrenched in the south of the Yangtze River for many years, and there will always be a way to send the food to Suyang safely, at most it will take a little more twists and turns. But he didn't expect that there were so many victims in Suyang, and he was suspicious at the time, his report could not be wrong, unless someone did something to the victims. Since the person from the Chongde Hall sent him to Suyang for disaster relief, he naturally thought that the Chen family would help him, how could he watch it? Thousands of 'disaster victims' were blocked outside the city gate of Suyang for more than a month, even if the Chen family was rich and rivaled the country, it was impossible to get so much grain at once, not to mention that there were people secretly raising prices when the Chen family purchased grain. So, he's been waiting, waiting for an opportunity......
"Can you find out where the grain in the city is hidden?" Chu Xizhi said again.
"It's been checked. As the prince expected, Cui Zhihe actually hid the grain in the palace where the prince lived. ”
"Zhao Yi's people have arrived?"
"They've all been lurking into the city in disguise."
"Now that everyone is here, let's go out of the city." The corners of Chu Xizhi's lips hooked, and he raised his feet and strode forward.
Outside Suyang City, the sound of the victims was boiling and the black pressure was impacting the protective perimeter composed of the soldiers defending the city, seeing that it was about to approach the city gate, suddenly a rough sound came, the closed city gate was opened, and a man in purple strode out, only to see that he was wearing a white jade crown, and under the sword eyebrows of the front was a pair of slender phoenix eyes, although the corners of his lips were a little smiling, but there was a natural sense of honor and nobility all over his body, which made people feel ashamed of themselves after just one glance, and did not dare to look at it again.
The reputation, which was still boiling, suddenly quieted down after Chu Xizhi came out.
"Lord Wang." The leading soldier wiped the sweat from his forehead, and hurriedly greeted him and saluted Chu Xizhi.
Chu Xizhi didn't look at him, and swept straight towards a soldier with a gun, his expression was a little cold, "What are you doing?" ”
The soldier was startled, and before he could come to his senses, the spear in his hand was thrown to the ground. When he came to his senses, he saw His Royal Highness King Yan, who was like a god, raised his hand and tore off his clothes, and bandaged the wound of the victim who was stabbed by him with a calm face.
"Wang ...... The soldier ......was startled and hurriedly knelt on the ground.
Not only this soldier, but everyone who saw Chu Xizhi's movements was shocked. As soon as this soldier knelt, the other soldiers also knelt down, and then four or five disaster victims knelt down, and then more and more disaster victims knelt down, Cui Zhihe sent these people who pretended to be disaster victims really didn't expect the situation to take a turn for the worse, seeing that all the people knelt down, they looked at each other and finally knelt down.
"Lord Wang, please save my grandson, give me a stutter......" The old man who was saved by Chu Xizhi from the gun suddenly knelt down in front of Chu Xizhi and cried and pleaded.
Some people took the lead, and others followed suit.
"Don't worry, with this king here, naturally I won't watch you starving, and the grain will be transported to Suyang tonight at the latest." Chu Xizhi raised his hand to help the old man up and said.
"Really...... the old man had tears in his eyes, and his voice was excited with irrepressible tikto.
"Really." Chu Xizhi smiled and nodded.
"Great."
"We have salvation."
The crowd erupted in excitement.
"Lord Wang, but I heard that there is no news from the Chen family who transported the grain, are you lying to us!" Someone in the crowd suddenly raised their voices.
Chu Xizhi raised his eyes, Ling Li's gaze swept over suddenly, and quickly locked onto the person who spoke.