Ci Jinzhi

That's all for Pei Zuo, the servant of the household department. It is a common practice to send officials of the household department to relieve disasters. It is intriguing for King Qing to become an imperial envoy.

The ministers present were all good people, guessing that the emperor wanted to give King Qing a chance to make meritorious service and plan for the future.

Emperor Xingyuan really had the intention of tempering King Qing.

Speaking of which, it has something to do with Miss Kou.

Emperor Xingyuan was a little disappointed when King Qing competed with Miss Kou for wine at Princess Zhaoyang's birthday banquet.

With such frivolity, it is difficult for him to rest assured that he will hand over the country to this son in the future.

Emperor Xing Yuan was not the kind of loving father who doted on King Qing. The reason why he treated King Qing differently from his other sons was mainly because he felt it was appropriate.

Emperor Xingyuan didn't like the eldest son King Xiu, and the other princes were too young, so King Qing was the only one.

King Qing was summoned into the palace, and after learning that he was appointed as an imperial envoy for disaster relief and was going to Dingbei tomorrow, he went to Hanyu Palace.

Concubine Shu didn't get the news in advance, and she was a little surprised to see King Qing coming: "Why is Yi'er entering the palace at this time?"

The sky is going to be dark.

"Father sent his son into the palace, and asked me to go to Dingbei tomorrow with Pei Zuo, the minister of the household department, to provide disaster relief."

Concubine Shu was stunned: "Disaster relief? What happened to Dingbei?"

"There was an earthquake yesterday. It is said that Dingbei was severely affected, and some counties were completely in ruins..." King Qing frowned while talking about the news he just heard.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and it is so cold to travel far away, and you may see many dead people with missing arms and legs... Thinking about it, King Qing is very annoyed.

"The whole county is in ruins?" Concubine Shu couldn't believe it, her face turned pale.

King Qing nodded: "There should be no false reports from the urgent report."

Concubine Shu grabbed King Qing's wrist, her eyebrows frowned: "I'm leaving tomorrow? It's too urgent. Will there be aftershocks?"

"My son doesn't understand this." King Qing shook off Concubine Shu's hand and rubbed his face irritably.

Seeing Father's appearance, if it wasn't getting dark soon, I wish he could leave immediately.

On the contrary, the son's irritability made Concubine Shu calm down: "Yi'er, your father thinks highly of you."

Go to the disaster area, even if you don't do anything, you will have a deserving achievement after you come back.

"I know." Prince Qing was not stupid, he acted positively after hearing the news in front of Emperor Xing Yuan, and he didn't have to hide it in front of Concubine Shu, "It's a bit annoying to think about going out in such a cold day."

"Be careful, safety is the most important thing..." Concubine Shu urged earnestly.

King Qing thought she was too wordy, so he left quickly.

After King Xiu heard about it, he stayed alone in the room for a long time, and on the second day he saw off the disaster relief team with others as if nothing had happened.

Dingbei is not too far away from the capital, yesterday a team of Qingqi went to check the situation first, today's team is much larger.

Seeing this scene, the people in the capital gathered together to discuss.

"What happened? Why are there so many officers and soldiers?"

"I heard that there was a big earthquake in the Dingbei area, and many towns and villages were flattened!"

"really?"

"Who would talk nonsense about such a thing? Even the prince has gone out."

"Dingbei is more than two hundred miles away from the capital, no wonder even the capital felt the shaking."

"Hey, how many people will be killed or injured. Our capital is better, nothing will happen."

"You don't know this, I heard that all the houses in the Beiloufang area have collapsed. Fortunately, Miss Kou..."

As soon as the people who were behind heard the news, they raised their feet and walked in the direction of Qingsong Bookstore: "Miss Kou is so kind-hearted, I will buy a book to support her."

"I'll go too. Miss Kou rescued so many people by accident, which shows the profound blessings. I'm going to reap the blessings of Miss Kou."

So some went to support, some went to get lucky, and most of them went to have a look out of curiosity. Shopkeeper Hu was almost squeezed out of the bookstore by the crowd.

Most of these people didn't go for the book, but they all came. A book is only two hundred words, so it's only natural to buy a copy.

Shopkeeper Hu quickly became dizzy with his busy schedule.

Standing by the side of the street, King Xiu looked at the crowded Qingsong Bookstore and was in a daze for a long time.

An earthquake far away in Dingbei gave the second younger brother a chance to make political achievements, and also made Miss Kou's reputation for kindness and blessing spread far and wide.

And he didn't do anything, something was further away from him.

King Xiu pulled his lips into a smile, turned around and was about to leave, when he saw a carriage stop at the door of the bookstore, and two women got off.

Xinyou came from the garment workshop.

When such a disaster occurs in the twelfth lunar month of winter, no amount of warm clothing can be too much.

"Why are there so many people?" Xiao Lian accompanied Xin You and walked to the bookstore together.

Xin You also saw the crowds of people in the bookstore, and got out of the car because she was worried about what happened.

A sharp-eyed person spotted Xin You: "It's Miss Kou!"

Following the shout, everyone in the study hall looked out.

"Girl, they seem to be coming for you!"

Xin You also came to his senses, seeing that these people were about to rush over, he lifted his skirt and ran away.

"Hey, where is Miss Kou?" The person who rushed out first looked around blankly.

Not far away, King Xiu was stunned, and then fell into deep thought.

Miss Kou's running speed is not like that of an ordinary lady.

Remnant snow piled up on both sides of the street, and the road surface was swept clean. King Xiu walked over and bent down to pick up a bead flower.

It took several days for the bustle of Qingsong Bookstore to resume, and a rumor was quietly spread in the Imperial College.

"Do you know that it's not a coincidence that Ms. Kou saved those people, it's because Ms. Kou is a fortune teller, and she calculated that Gu Yu would be bloody!"

"Cough cough."

Hearing Meng Jijiu's cough, the gathered supervisors hurriedly said hello: "Master Jijiu."

"What were you just saying?"

"nothing!"

"Ok?"

A clever student hurriedly said: "Students are chatting about the situation of this monthly exam."

Seeing that he couldn't come out with the question, Meng Jijiu walked away with a straight face.

Don't think he's too old to be deaf, these brats are clearly talking about Miss Kou.

Miss Kou can read faces?

Meng Jijiu laughed and shook his head.

On the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, the Imperial College was closed for a ten-day holiday, and Zhang Xu, who had won the first place in the monthly exam results, returned home and lingered to see his grandfather and grandmother.

"Xu'er is back." Zhang Xu's grandmother, surnamed Zhu, valued her precious grandson more than her eyes. "Hold the qin, and serve the young master a bowl of stewed mutton soup."

Although the mutton soup is delicious, Zhang Xu is still worried about reporting the results of the monthly exam to his grandfather: "Grandmother, where is grandfather?"

Today is also the official day off.

Mrs. Zhu sighed: "The imperial court is devastated by the Dingbei earthquake, how can your grandfather be free as the chief assistant?"

Zhang Xu opened his eyes wide: "Grandpa isn't on vacation anymore?"

"Yeah, just rest in the attic."

"That's great—" Realizing that it's inappropriate to be so happy, Zhang Xu hurriedly stopped, then his expression was shocked, and he murmured, "It's really amazing!"

Mrs. Zhu didn't understand: "Xu'er, what are you talking about?"

Little Yuzi is about to meet his scumbag father.