Chapter 256: The First Meeting
After Ji Qirui found that Ji Changye and Song Qian were no longer talking, he understood that his mind had been seen through by them, so he urged, "Is there something wrong? What's wrong? Why don't you speak?"
Ji Changye and Song Qian glanced at each other, but still tacitly agreed not to speak.
Ji Qirui, who felt a little weak because of the silence, was about to say something more, when Ji Changye continued to say as if nothing had happened, "Because it has been too long, it is easy to make a mistake for a while. There must be sufficient evidence that the person is a thief, so that others can believe it, otherwise some people will think that it is perfunctory. When the time comes, it will not be good to lose the hearts of the people and the trust of His Majesty."
Song Qian wanted to speak and stopped, she already knew what Ji Changye was going to do.
Maybe only Ji Qirui didn't notice what Ji Changye meant, and really listened to his words in his heart, and muttered to himself: "The evidence ......" Then he suddenly got up and said: "This prince knows, this prince will definitely investigate this matter and give an explanation to the people and his father."
The most important thing is to let the emperor know that he is here to do his best for the welfare of the people, if he succeeds in doing something, the emperor will be impressed by himself, and then no one will dare to say anything more about his position as the crown prince.
He Yujin looked at him with puzzled eyes, and thought that he was frightened by the desolate scene here, otherwise why did he come to Ji Changye and them in a good voice, and after listening to a few words, it was hard not to doubt.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, this matter is not trivial, if it is really investigated, there are too many people and things involved, and it is easy to cause trouble and discussion. So it's not just lip service, just talk about it and settle the matter. I also hope that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will do his best to solve this matter and solve the drought for the people here, and the people will definitely be grateful to Dade." Ji Changye saw Ji Qirui's careful thoughts, and said very worried for the people.
If Ji Qirui is just to be named in the name of disaster relief and help the world, then what to do is just to make a show, and he doesn't care about the suffering of the people, and the emperor does not know the truth to reward Ji Qirui, so that he has achieved his goal, but the drought has not been solved, and the people's lives are still as poor as ever, and in the end no one cares.
However, Ji Qirui was completely immersed in the fantasy of being rewarded by the emperor at this time, and he also turned a deaf ear to Ji Changye's words, and said perfunctorily: "This prince knows, this matter will be wrapped up in this prince." If the prince has nothing else to do, go back to the imperial capital. Lest others find out, not everyone is like Prince Ben who can help you hide this matter."
In fact, he didn't care what Ji Changye was doing here, he just didn't want anyone to share his credit, so he wanted to use Ji Changye's pretending to be sick to persuade Ji Changye to quit.
Listening to Ji Qirui's words, He Yujin snorted dissatisfiedly, and when he was about to speak, he was stopped by Song Qian in time, and his eyes signaled him not to act impulsively, lest Ji Qirui really tell the emperor about it.
He Yujin reluctantly returned to his original position.
Ji Qirui glanced at a few people conceitedly, and then left with a smile, as if he had forgotten that the housekeeper was still here.
After the people left completely, He Yujin finally couldn't help but say, "Doesn't the prince just want to invite merit? Threaten us to leave so that others will think that he is responsible for all these things. Brother Ji, don't listen to his slander. If he really wants to tell His Majesty about your pretending to be sick, does he need to go through so much effort? So don't let him fool you."
It was Ji Qirui's words that made Yu Jin make up his mind to stay here until the problem of drought was solved, and no matter what, Ji Qirui could not get his wish.
"I know what he's going to do, and I'm just saying this to appease him. Whatever his purpose, the most important thing for us right now is the disaster and the people. So he can do whatever he wants, as long as it doesn't get in our way." Ji Changye replied.
Immediately, the group returned to the housekeeper's room.
Changfeng was guarding here, and when he saw them returning, he hurriedly reported, "Lord Wang, nothing happened just now."
This steward excepted
In addition to refusing to explain anything, he is quite honest.
Because he firmly believed that Tu Ren would definitely send someone to save him.
Ji Changye didn't care about the housekeeper, but said to Changfeng, "It's hard for you to secretly monitor the prince in the past few days, and tell us what happened and what is abnormal. As for the things here, you don't have to worry about them if you can't take care of them, and we have them."
"The prince is serious, and his subordinates have not worked hard. The prince can rest assured that his subordinates will definitely not let go of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's every move." Changfeng replied.
Song Qian found that it was already noon and said, "I'll go make some food, you wait here." No matter what you do, you have to eat something, otherwise you won't be able to survive."
Besides, the environment here is harsh, and the food is not nutritious, and it is either potatoes or wild vegetables that grow well, and there is no oil and water, so several people have lost a lot of weight in the past few days. It can be seen that the people here have survived for so long.
Ji Changye nodded: "It's hard work Song Niangzi, I'll help you." With that, he followed Song Qian out.
Changfeng also wanted to come forward to help, but was stopped by He Yujin, and said to him with a helpless look, "Are you stupid? Isn't it good to leave them alone? You and I just watched him here, don't go and join in the fun."
After realizing Yu Jin's words, Changfeng scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Look at my brain, why did you forget this? Then let's not go over, let's stay here."
With that, the two of them sat down with smiles on their faces.
The butler sitting on the edge of the bed looked at the two of them and said helplessly: "Otherwise, you should go out, isn't this the place for me." Don't worry, I won't run away." He just wanted to stay here quietly, but he didn't expect them to leave.
He Yujin opened his mouth at this time and said, "Why do you talk so much? We've already been arrested, and there's so much more to do. The people here are skinny and emaciated, but you have this fat-headed and big-eared appearance, which shows how happy you and your master's family are. If you can have such a family background when the drought is raging, you don't have to think about it to know why, and you can tell you all by one."
Hearing these words, the butler's face changed, but he still refused to speak.
At this time, He Yujin continued, "So we all know what's going on, so don't hide it. If you have anything to say, you should explain it now, otherwise when we find out the details of your master's house, what will you do then? Do you want to protect your master's house?"
The housekeeper was still unmoved, and Changfeng wanted to persuade He Yujin to give up, because he knew that no matter what the housekeeper said, he would not waver.
"Besides, it's been so long, hasn't your master's family come to save you? This shows that he doesn't care if you live or die." He Yujin still refused to give up.
"You're talking nonsense! The lord must not know that I am here, I know all about him, how can he abandon me? Don't try to deceive me, if you want to kill me, you have to listen to the respect, hurry up and do it."
Seeing that he was unmoved, He Yujin no longer bothered to dissuade him before he gave up, and turned to Changfeng and said, "Okay, let's go." Anyway, no matter what he says, he won't say it. Leave him here, and let's go eat."
With that, the two of them left.
Because Ji Changye had ordered that he should never be tortured, he could only wait for the housekeeper to speak himself, but he was desperate, so he could only lock him up like this until he figured it out himself.
The housekeeper didn't expect the two of them to leave so simply, and when they wanted to catch up and say something, they had no chance, so they could only go back to the bed and sit down again.
At the same time, in the kitchen.
Song Qian and Ji Changye were cleaning up wild vegetables.
"Song Niangzi, why don't you leave all of this to me." Ji Changye looked at the wild vegetables that were still a lot of wild vegetables that were difficult to clean up, and said to Song Qian.
"It's okay, we'll clean it up soon." Song Qian refused to say.
At this time, Ji Changye's eyes fell on her, and he stopped talking.
Song Qian found out what he wanted to say, so he said, "What does the prince have
To put it bluntly."
"Mrs. Song, do you remember the first time we met in Sulou Town?" Ji Changye hesitated to speak.
Although he didn't know what Ji Changye was going to say, Song Qian still agreed: "Naturally, I remember. It was the prince who was poisoned and fainted, and I rescued you. I didn't expect fate to be so wonderful, and it all came to this."
Unconsciously, she has been in this generation for so long, she never thought that she would be involved with Ji Changye, and she was about to become a princess by mistake.
Hearing this, Ji Changye subconsciously denied it and said, "That's not the case, our first meeting......
Although it was also because he fainted because of poisoning, it was Song Qian who saved himself, but Song Qian didn't seem to remember this incident anymore.
Sure enough, Song Qian looked at him suspiciously and asked, "What's wrong? Could it be that I am mistaken? But I remember it clearly." She felt that it was impossible to remember.
But Ji Changye's expression was strange, as if it was really Song Qian's own mistake, but he didn't continue to say anything, after all, the things at that time couldn't be said directly, and looking at Song Qian's appearance, she must not believe her words.
So Ji Changye still chose to bury what he wanted to say in his heart, prevaricated and said, "It's nothing, I remembered it wrong. Now as soon as Song Niangzi said it, I remembered it. sighed for a while, and didn't mean anything else, don't misunderstand, Song Niangzi." After that, Ji Changye quickly went to clean up the wild vegetables, and didn't give Song Qian a chance to ask about this matter again.
Song Qian didn't ask anymore.
In less than half an hour, Song Qian made wild vegetables into wild vegetable soup and wild vegetable dumplings, and also made mashed potatoes and shredded potatoes.
Seeing this, He Yujin and Changfeng couldn't help but praise Song Qian and said, "Song Niangzi is ingenious, I didn't expect that the wild vegetables that are difficult to swallow can be made so delicious. If we have this skill, it is not impossible for us to eat wild vegetables every day."
"How can you eat wild vegetables every day? Without oil and water, malnutrition, the body can't stand it. Therefore this drought must be resolved as soon as possible, and the people must not be allowed to suffer any more." Song Qian replied with a smile to the words of the two people, and then he looked sad again.
Others followed suit.
At the same time, Ji Qirui returned to Tu Ren's mansion.
Seeing that the people came back, Tu Ren thought that Ji Qirui had finished solving the trouble, so he stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, have you solved the problem? Isn't that a small problem solved?"