When Leng Lanzhi arrived at the prince's mansion, the prince had already entered the palace and had not yet returned.

Leng Lanzhi guessed that his father should also discuss with the crown prince about cooling down this year.

Although they had all speculated and taken precautions, when the natural disaster really came, no one dared to take it lightly.

She wanted to follow her into the palace to have a look, but the crown princess insisted on keeping her for breakfast.

Liusha also took the opportunity to persuade: "Princess, the imperial doctor said that you must eat on time and maintain a regular schedule, otherwise you may have a head disease at any time." ”

Leng Lanzhi was silent for a moment and responded.

The breakfast in the Prince's Mansion was naturally very rich, but the Crown Princess didn't seem to have much appetite, so Leng Lanzhi couldn't help asking, "What's wrong, sister-in-law?" Isn't it appetizing? ”

The crown princess shook her head and smiled bitterly: "Since I was pregnant, I have never had much appetite. ”

Although Leng Lanzhi has never given birth, he knows that women will lose their appetite in the first three months of pregnancy because of morning sickness.

Some reactions are serious, and they may even vomit for the entire pregnancy, she wrinkled her eyebrows: "Is there nothing the imperial doctor can do?" ”

The crown princess said: "This is a normal reaction, not to mention that you can't take too much medicine during pregnancy." I guess it will be fine after a while. ”

Suddenly, her expression changed, and she looked at Leng Lanzhi seriously: "Little sister, I apologize for wanting you for my stepmother." ”

A few days ago, her stepmother came to her and asked her to match Leng Lanzhi and her stepbrother.

Not to mention that her relationship with her stepmother and stepbrother and stepsister is not good, even if she is really close to them, it is impossible to push her sister-in-law into the fire pit.

You know, her stepbrother is a fool!

In fact, she didn't know that her stepmother would come to the door that day to block Leng Lanzhi, so she didn't prepare in advance, and she didn't expect that her stepmother would play tricks with her-

The stepmother herself came to her and dragged her, and asked her foolish brother to go to the garden to find the princess.

If it weren't for her maid who was clever and heartfelt enough to find out the clues in time and protect her sister-in-law for her, I am afraid that it would be irreversible now.

In the past two days, every time she thought of that result, she couldn't help but sweat coldly.

Leng Lanzhi sighed: "Sister-in-law is not to blame for this matter, you don't have to apologize, there is someone else who should apologize." ”

Strictly speaking, the sister-in-law is also a victim.

If you want to blame those who have the idea of not fighting!

After breakfast, Leng Lanzhi estimated that the prince should also come out of the palace, but she waited for the prince to wait for the left and right and did not return to the house for dinner.

The crown princess said with some dismay: "The prince is very busy these days, and he goes out early and returns late every day, not only does he not have time to eat breakfast at home, but he can't come back even for dinner." ”

Leng Lanzhi was a little surprised.

But thinking of the current situation in the city, she also understood: "Sister-in-law, have a good rest, I'll go and see." ”

The crown princess said, "Then you can help me bring some food for your brother." ”

Leng Lanzhi was helpless: "Sister-in-law, the royal brother is an adult, and he won't starve himself!" It's you, it's cold outside now, sister-in-law must take care of your body and don't get sick,"

That being said, Leng Lanzhi still brought the food box that the crown princess had packed herself.

The food box contains hot xiao long bao, two plates of pastries, and a small cup of steaming soup.

There is a charcoal fire in the carriage, and when you arrive at the place, if the soup is cold, you can still heat it up in time.

At that time, the prince was taking the lead in counting the damage in the city.

Although he had encouraged the people in the city to prepare for the charcoal fire in advance, and many of them had listened to the persuasion, a considerable number of them felt that it was still early and that it would not be too late to prepare after a while.

There are even many people who think that it is not enough for the imperial court to collect their taxes, and now they think of this alarmist way of selling charcoal to fool them in order to take away the copper in their pockets.

As a result, after the night cooled down, some people who were not prepared directly froze to death.

Leng Lanzhi's chariot was walking on the street, and he heard the cries of grief coming from many people's homes.

And outside all the medical centers in the city, there was a long queue.

She wrung her eyebrows.

After a while, the carriage stopped in an alley, and Liusha said, "Princess, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is ahead!" ”

Leng Lan got out of the car and walked towards the prince with the food box in person.

She was wearing a fiery red cloak, which was extremely conspicuous, and the prince and his party quickly discovered her, and the prince greeted her: "Little sister, why are you here?" ”

Out of the corner of Leng Lanzhi's eyes, he caught a glimpse of a slender figure walking into a people's home: "When I woke up and saw that it was snowing, I came over to take a look." Then he asked, "What's the situation?" ”

The prince sighed: "Many people did not listen to persuasion, dozens of people froze to death this morning, and there are not a few people who are frostbitten. ”

Leng Lanzhi frowned: "What is the situation outside the city?" ”

"The people who went out of town to count have not returned, it is not clear. However......" the prince was worried: "This is still the case in the city, and I am afraid that it is even more difficult to be optimistic outside the city." ”

He immediately said: "However, this result is already very good, if it weren't for the long-term you thought, we made arrangements in advance, and the situation in the city would be even more unoptimistic." ”

In fact, many of those who froze to death and became ill with frostbite were people who had hoarded charcoal in advance under the persuasion of the imperial court, but although they bought it, these people did not pay attention to the strong wind last night and felt that they could survive it.

As a result, they lost the bet.

As the saying goes, good words are hard to persuade damned ghosts, and this kind of thing can't be blamed on these people.

Leng Lan Zhi: "I estimate that many merchants should have hoarded charcoal, just waiting for a natural disaster to make a lot of money, the current priority is to control the price of charcoal, do not let some profiteers sit on the ground to raise prices, make a fortune." ”

The prince said: "Don't worry, I know." ”

Seeing that Leng Lanzhi's little face was frozen white, the prince put her cloak and said, "You are not in good health, go back to the house, just leave it to me here." ”

The moment the prince approached, Leng Lanzhi seemed to smell a very faint sweet aroma.

Just as a gust of wind blew, the breath disappeared, and at this time, the prince opened the food box again, revealing the rich aroma of food inside.

"I've already eaten it just now, but let's put this food box first, if you can't go back at noon, just eat the contents hot."

As he spoke, he closed the lid again.

Leng Lanzhi took two deep breaths quietly and briefly, still not smelling the smell just now, only the smell of ambergris on the prince's body mixed with the aroma of food.

It seems that she was too nervous during this time, so she smelled wrong.

On the way back, the carriage passed a courtyard with a queue, and the long queue completely blocked the street.

Liusha was about to let people go to drive people, Leng Lanzhi remembered the situation in the city now, and was worried that it was a medical hall inside, so he stopped: "Forget it, let's take a detour, don't disturb people to see a doctor." ”

At this time, there was an angry roar in the courtyard: "Yesterday there were four copper plates and one pound of charcoal, and today there are ten copper plates?" You're trying to grab money?! ”

"If you can't afford it, get out! Don't delay others to buy, poor! The two strong men said disdainfully.

"You guys! You are driving up the price, aren't you afraid that the yamen will come to you? ”

"How dare the yamen control us?" One of the strong men sneered: "Our backer is the Pingnan Hou Mansion!" ”

Leng Lanzhi stopped the carriage: "Wait! ”