The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 220 It's Hard to Find a Concubine Daughter

"Madam, stay here for now, don't send it off! I'll come back to bother you some other day!"

In front of the Hanging Flower Gate of Marquis Zhaowu's Mansion, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai are leading some maidservants to send two elegantly dressed women off.

It wasn't until the two women, supported by the mothers-in-law, got on the green-veiled oil truck and gradually went away, that Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai led people back.

Lin Daiyu breathed a sigh of relief, "It's not a good thing that there are too many people coming to visit, just picking up and sending them off is a lot of work!
But regarding Sister Yingchun's marriage, I don't know what Brother Jing thinks, how many families have come to inquire openly and secretly! "

Xue Baochai who was next to him smiled and said, "It's true that the people who came to visit recently are too frequent, but this is what our Marquis Wu's mansion should look like!"

Lin Daiyu couldn't help laughing when she heard the words, "What should I look like? I'd rather be as leisurely as before!"

talking room.

In the distance, the green curtain oil truck has already left Wuhou Mansion.

In the carriage, one of the women couldn't help saying with emotion, "Sure enough, seeing is worth seeing. Look at Mrs. Xue, even though she is a concubine, her performance in the Marquis' Mansion is no worse than that of the Marquis." How much!

People say that Marquis Zhaowu likes beauty and rare treasures, and now it seems that it is true! "

The other woman also nodded, and said with a smile: "There is indeed a maverick in Wuhou's mansion!"

The woman before said with emotion: "However, who would have thought that the old lady in charge of the Rongguo Mansion is so confused!
He only blindly favored the second room, but pushed out a grandson who had made military achievements as a marquis so abruptly!Now it's still like an enemy! "

The words were full of indescribable gloating.

The other woman rolled her eyes, "You're still gloating over there, why don't you think about it when you go back, the trip for the two of us was wasted today!

I never thought that it would be so difficult for our majestic Duke's Mansion to come to marry a concubine..."

"After all, she is Marquis Zhaowu's biological sister, and it is inevitable that the two of them have a deep love for each other..."

In the carriage, there was silence again.

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the other side.

After returning from Daying, Jia Jing looked at Feng Ziying who followed all the way, and couldn't help frowning.

"You followed Benhou all the way here, but what are you going to do?"

Seeing Jia Jing's unwavering expression, Feng Ziying's expression froze, with a little blush on her face, she stepped forward respectfully and said, "So that the governor can know that when the general was invited by Brother Baoyu of Rongfu, he accidentally met Miss Yingchun. The demeanor and demeanor, can't help but fall in love with it..."

Jia Jing frowned, "And then?"

Feng Ziying faltered a few words, "Then? This... I will think about it at the end, and ask my parents to invite a matchmaker to come to the door..."

Speaking of this, seeing Jia Jing's frown, Feng Ziying's voice couldn't help but become smaller and smaller.

Suddenly, it seemed as if he suddenly remembered something.

Feng Ziying hurriedly took three steps at a time, and took out two boxes, one large and one small, from the pocket next to her saddle, "This is a gift for the governor, it is a scorching summer, and it would be good to put it in the back house to cover mosquitoes and flies! "

After finishing speaking, he put it in Jia Jing's saddle pocket, and without waiting for Jia Jing to speak, he jumped on the horse and fled as if flying.

Looking at Feng Ziying who was gradually going away, Jia Jing's eyes flickered, "But I still have to take another look!"

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Very hot day in June.

The sun above the sky seemed to be plucked off and hung above people's heads, and the people who were scorched by the heat wave were complaining endlessly.

It's like putting people alive in the oven.

Looking up, there is nothing in the blue sky except the white, dazzling sun.

Before the clouds appeared, they were already evaporated by the scorching sun in an instant. As for the rain, don't even think about it!

on the ground below.

Ponds and rivers have already dried up, and even the riverbed below has been completely dry; one after another, deep wells have also announced that they have completely cut off water...

Throughout the Guanzhong Plain, there is a dry scene of loess everywhere.

As for the crops, they had already dried up and died in the field, turning into a piece of withered yellow!
On the official road leading to Hanzhong Mansion.

The weeds on both sides have long disappeared, replaced by pale human bones that can be seen from time to time.

On the trees along the way, all the bark, leaves and so on have been robbed, leaving only the hard-to-bite thick branches, exposed to the scorching sun.

Countless people in ragged clothes struggled forward on the official road.

They used to be civilians in the Guanzhong area. Now, they only have a unified name.
Victims!

The faces that had long been numb showed a slight difference only when they looked at the Fucheng in front of them.

That is the desire for life!

In the crowd, some people fell to the ground from time to time, some were able to get up tremblingly after doing their best, and many more never got up again.

And every time someone fell down, the surrounding crowd would be refreshed, and their bloodshot red eyes were filled with inexplicable longing!
Soon, there will be a pair of scattered and clean human bones beside the official road...

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Under the city walls of Hanzhong Mansion, there were crowds of disaster victims.

Looking around, the disaster victims even stretched several miles away.

But even so, there are still a steady stream of disaster victims, constantly gathering.

The few porridge sheds set up by the prefect of Hanzhong seemed so pale and powerless in the face of the endless victims.

Yizi and eat, dissect the bones and cook!

When this scene really happened in reality, even the Hanzhong garrison, who was in charge of the military of Fucheng and was used to life and death, felt chills down his back!
Under the disaster situation, letters asking for disaster relief from the imperial court were sent to Shenjing one after another.

In hidden corners, figures wrapped in white cloth and dressed in cassocks often appeared among the victims.

The voice of "No birth mother, a vacuum hometown" is getting louder and louder!

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In the eighth year of Hongde, June [-]th, Shenjing.

The Hall of Supreme Harmony, looking forward to the sun.

Emperor Hongde sat silently on the high platform, while Qiu Shi'an next to him read aloud the scriptures of the severe drought in Guanzhong and the governor of Shaanxi requesting the imperial court for disaster relief.

In the hall, there was silence.

After a while, Qiu Shi'an finished reading the scriptures.

The ministers still bowed their heads in silence, and needles could be heard in the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony.

On the high platform, Emperor Hongde glanced around, and then said: "My dear friends, please tell me, how should we deal with the governor of Shaanxi's request for disaster relief?"

The method of disaster relief?
Hearing Emperor Hongde's inquiry, all the civil servants felt their scalps go numb.

After looking at each other, they all lowered their heads again. No matter what, just shrink your head and hide in the crowd!
the other side.

Because the matter had nothing to do with them, although many military officers were also bowing their heads in silence, their faces were all relaxed.

It is in stark contrast with the civil servants next to him who are bitter and bitter.

The eyes of the civilian colleagues who kept sneaking glances at the side were full of ridicule.

Let you see the jokes of our military attache when the conscript army was defeated last year, no, retribution is coming!

As for what is mentioned in the excerpts, what about disaster victims and disaster relief, in the hearts of many military officers, that is the court's business, so what does it matter to me?
Above, Emperor Hongde naturally took into account the performance of both sides.

Disappointed, he couldn't help but sighed deeply.

It is said that being an official is for the country and the people, but how many people in the current court can do it?

a long time.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Yang Xiuchen, the chief assistant of the cabinet, had no choice but to bite the bullet and stand up.

　It's three o'clock...

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(End of this chapter)