Fang Xiu slowly opened his eyes.

What catches my eye is a beautiful face with rippling water in my eyes.

"Your Majesty'......"

Fang Xiu opened his mouth, wanting to say something, and just spoke.

Wu Mingkong suddenly grabbed him by the collar and kissed him fiercely in his surprised eyes.

Last time, it was Fang Xiu who took the initiative.

This time she was replaced by the little empress, and she didn't know what to do, so she just lightly pasted it, and they quickly separated.

"I see you're not feeling well, give you a little comfort......"

A flush appeared on the sides of Wu Mingkong's cheeks, and his eyelashes trembled slightly.

Fang Xiu looked at the little empress, his mouth opened slightly, obviously he didn't expect her to be like this.

When the little empress saw Fang Xiu's eyes, she straightened her face again, and said angrily: "What kind of eyes are you!" ”

Without waiting for Fang Xiu to answer, he snorted again: "Last time, it was you who attacked me, this time I attacked you, we are even!" ”

Fang Xiu, who had come back to his senses, looked at her, a smile hooked up at the corner of his mouth, and he was about to move:

"What does Your Majesty mean, the minister wants to sneak attack His Majesty again, and His Majesty will return it to the minister again?"

The little empress was slightly stunned, and said in her heart: It seems to make some sense.

In a trance, he saw Fang Xiu leaning out, spreading his arms, and holding her in his arms.

The eyes like autumn water, looking at the handsome face that is getting closer and closer.

I felt my face burn, my heart pounding, and my breathing became short.

Finally, unable to withstand the burning gaze, she breathed warmly and closed her eyes tightly.

The slender and delicate little hand tightly grasped the corner of the dragon robe, holding his breath nervously.

Side.

Lin Wan'er looked at the two of them in a daze, and subconsciously swallowed her saliva.

Right now.

The carriage suddenly jolted violently.

Wu Mingkong's little head threw itself into Fang Xiu's arms.

The original charming atmosphere disappeared in an instant.

Fang Xiu hugged the little empress's slender waist, the corners of his mouth hooked into a smile, and he was about to say something when the voice of the guards came from outside.

"Wu Gongzi, Fang Gongzi, it's going to be dark soon, should we go to Anhua County in front of us to rest for one night, or continue to hurry and rest again in Luonan Mansion City."

Anhua County belongs to Nak Nam Province.

But the county seat of Anhua is still some distance away from the city of Luonanfu.

At the speed of this carriage, it would have to go another hour or two.

Fang Xiu thought for a moment and said, "Go to the county seat first." ”

"Yes! Son! ”

The carriage continued to move on.

Wu Mingkong had already returned to his position, put on a defensive posture, and said vigilantly: "Without my permission, you are not allowed to have evil intentions!" ”

Fang Xiu was a little helpless: "Did it be considered that His Majesty had bad intentions towards his ministers just now?" ”

The little empress was silent for a while, raised her little head, and said shamelessly: "I can, you can't." ”

“......”

All right.

Who made the family emperor?

Fang Xiu leaned on the carriage, looked at the little empress, and said casually:

"The minister can not have bad intentions, but His Majesty must promise the minister a condition."

The little empress hesitated for a second and replied, "You say." ”

Fang Xiu said casually: "Since Your Majesty wants to pay a private visit, you must be mentally prepared in advance, when you arrive at Luonan Mansion, you see the real people's suffering, and you are not allowed to cry." ”

The little empress was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Fang Xiu with strange eyes.

"Do you think of me as Emperor Qianhui who doesn't eat minced meat?"

Fang Xiu shrugged and said, "The minister didn't say that. ”

The little empress snorted: "Although I have never left Chang'an Mansion, I have read poetry and books, and I also know the sufferings of the people.

I know that in the territory of Daqian, there must also be the poet who said that the wine and meat of Zhumen stinks, and there are frozen bones on the road......"

Speaking of which, after a pause, he continued:

"Even in places where I can't see, I eat the children and dissect the corpses...... There may be any, and I'm mentally prepared.

Besides, no matter what, this winter, with your sweet potatoes, the situation should be better than in previous years. ”

Fang Xiu didn't expect the little empress to have such an awareness, and glanced at her in some surprise.

For an emperor who has not been on the throne long ago and is still very young, it is not easy to have a general understanding of his own country, which is the so-called self-knowledge.

"Your Majesty is great."

Fang Xiu praised from the bottom of his heart.

Of course!

Wu Mingkong was very useful for the praise from the traitor, and he seemed a little proud, and said in his heart: There are many great places for me! It's just that you don't know.

Side.

Lin Wan'er looked at Fang Xiu, and then at the little empress, and suddenly had a feeling in her heart: she should be under the carriage, not inside the carriage.

"Your Majesty needs someone around you to serve food, clothing, and daily life, and I am not superfluous!"

While instilling such faith in herself, Lin Wan'er picked up the teapot and poured tea for the little empress.

Right now.

Suddenly there was a noisy commotion outside the carriage.

Immediately, the carriage gradually slowed down.

Although I know, the guards around me are all top masters.

But in the face of this situation, the little empress still felt a little nervous, and subconsciously looked at Fang Xiu.

Fang Xiu looked very uneasy.

Because he knew in his heart that from Chang'an Mansion to Luonan Mansion, all the bandits had been swept away by the First Zhuang and the Xuanjia Cavalry.

Even if there are fish that slip through the net, there is no threat.

He lifted the curtain of the carriage, looked at the guards outside, and asked, "What is the situation?" ”

The guard hurriedly replied: "A group of beggars have come, blocking the carriage to eat." ”

Fang Xiu said: "Give them some." ”

The guard said, "Yes! ”

The little empress rarely saw beggars in Chang'an, and she felt a little novel at the moment.

Looking at Fang Xiu, he said softly, "I want to go down and have a look." ”

Fang Xiu hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay." ”

The little empress looked a little excited, lifted the curtain of the carriage, and walked down.

Fang Xiu thought for a moment and followed.

Both sides of the official road.

Dozens of ragged beggars, stretching out their hands to wrap around the guards, begging for all kinds of demands.

The guards took the food from their bosoms and placed it on their hands.

They stuffed the food they had begged for into their tattered clothes and continued to beg for it.

These beggars are not very old, some are eleven or twelve years old, and some are six or seven years old.

It's a sunny moon and the weather is cold.

A bitter north wind howled by.

Although the little empress was wearing a fox fur, she still felt a little chilly, and she had to hold the stove to feel warm.

And these skinny, skinny, little beggars, with tattered clothes on their bodies, can only barely cover their bodies.

A cold wind blew.

The little beggar's dirty face, purple lips, and trembling body.

The sides of the cheeks and the ears on both sides were frostbitten.

Wu Mingkong looked at them, as if he had poured a basin of water in the cold winter wax moon, and the original novelty and excitement disappeared in an instant.

My mind went blank, and my lips trembled a little.

After a while, he came back to his senses from his trance, and there was only one thought in his mind.

"How can they stand it?"

Wu Mingkong opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he felt that something was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't spit it out.

And those little beggars, with a light in their eyes, stared at the pockets of the guards, stretched out their little hands full of chilblains, and begged for things over and over again.

This time.

Lin Wan'er on the side seemed to have discovered something, leaned over beside the little empress, and said softly: "Your Majesty, look, there are adults behind these little beggars!" ”

"The slave maid listened to the subordinates in the palace that there are some people outside who are really hateful, deliberately abducting children and letting them go out to beg to make profits for themselves!"

"Those few people, could they be such people?"

The little empress still understands, and when she heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up.

"It turned out to be a human tooth......"

Compared to Anhua County, which is so close to Chang'an, there are so many beggars.

Renyazi uses abducted children for profit, but it is more acceptable to her.

"Fang Xiu, Wan'er told me ......"

The little empress grabbed Fang Xiu's arm, stood on tiptoe, and repeated what Lin Wan'er had just said.

Fang Xiu listened, looked at the little beggars, and sure enough, behind them, he saw several adults who were also in rags.

He thought for a moment and said in a deep voice:

"The premise of seeking profit is that it is profitable, and these beggars can only barely satisfy themselves by begging for food.

What's the point of that man taking the risk of abducting them and leaving them to do the work to support themselves? It is better to sell them to large families as slaves. ”

Hearing this, the little empress fell silent, her expression became a little dazed, and she suddenly felt unable to lift her strength.

The hand stove didn't even hold it and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu sighed in his heart, picked up the hand stove, and handed it to Lin Wan'er.

He took the little empress's slender and tender little hand, leaned over her ear, and whispered:

"It's cold outside, if you have anything to say, let's talk about it in the carriage first."

Then, with the little empress, returned to the carriage.

Seeing this, Lin Wan'er followed.

In the carriage.

The stove exudes warmth.

After Fang Xiu and the three of them came in, they felt a lot warmer.

The little empress sat beside Fang Xiu, turned her head, looked at him, and asked softly:

"How many beggars are there?"

Fang Xiu was silent for a while, and said slowly: "There are countless of them. ”

Hearing this, the little empress felt a chill in her heart, and her whole person was like falling into an ice cave.

Her mouth trembled, she looked at Fang Xiu, and asked again, "Are they...... Will you survive this winter? ”

Fang Xiu also looked at her and said in a deep voice: "The minister said that since Your Majesty has decided to pay a private visit, you must be mentally prepared. ”

There is no positive answer, but it is equivalent to a positive answer.

After receiving this answer, the little empress suddenly felt that her body was very cold, she pasted it to the side, snuggled into Fang Xiu's arms, and her voice trembled a little.

"I feel so cold, Fang Xiu, you hug me......"

Fang Xiu sighed in his heart, reached out and took her in his arms, hugging her tightly.

I want to be comforted, but I feel that this is something that the little empress must experience.

As the emperor of Daqian, she always knows what kind of tragic situation a few words and sentences in the book are in reality.

Any scholar can read out in a sad and indignant tone, "Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road", and read "Yi Zi eats, and the remains are dissected and planed".

However, only when you see it with your own eyes can you know how shocking it is and how unbearable it is to witness.

At this moment.

Fang Xiu could feel that the little empress in his arms was trembling slightly.

Obviously she was wearing warm clothes.

There was a warm fire in the carriage.

Her body was still shaking.

It's not that the body is cold, it's that the heart is cold.

"Your Majesty."

Fang Xiu didn't comfort her, he just called softly and hugged her tighter.

Side.

Seeing this, Lin Wan'er wanted to say something, but she still didn't open her mouth after all.

Time passes.

Soon, the carriage moved slowly.

Gradually, the little empress seemed to be relieved, looked at Fang Xiu, and asked:

"Why can't I see such a beggar in Chang'an City, I know, it must not be Chang'an that is richer, right?"

Fang Xiu was silent for a moment and replied, "The Chang'an Mansion's Catchers will regularly drive out beggars and drive them elsewhere. ”

The little empress asked, "Why is that?" Just don't want me to see it? ”

Fang Xiu was silent for a long time, and then he said: "The public is kind-hearted, and I can't see the suffering of the people......"

As soon as this remark came out.

Once again, the little empress fell silent.

Long.

As if she had figured something out, she pressed her little head against Fang Xiu's chest, as if she felt that this would make her heart feel more stable.

His lips opened slightly, and he said slowly:

"Tell me how to make the world ...... the same"