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On December [-]th, heavy snow fell for eight consecutive days and finally stopped, but what Li Xiao had been worried about also happened: many houses collapsed under the weight of snow in various places in the north.

Naturally, this situation mostly occurs in poor families, but precisely because of this, the lives of the people affected by the disaster are even more difficult!

The people's houses collapsed and they lost their shelter from the wind and snow; the livestock and poultry they had raised at home were also dead and injured.

Even because it was too cold, some of the food stored in the cellar began to freeze, which was simply adding insult to injury.

And in early December, the price of winter charcoal began to rise.

In the big family, enough winter charcoal is prepared in advance every year, so the impact is not big.It is difficult for ordinary families. When they realize that there is a severe cold this year and want to buy more charcoal for fire, the price of charcoal has risen a lot.

After receiving news of the snow disaster, the imperial court immediately dispatched officials to various places for disaster relief, and the three brothers of the Li family were among the officials dispatched.

Without shelter and food, victims began to flock to cities and towns.Fortunately, local governments temporarily rented idle courtyards of local wealthy households, so they were able to resettle victims in a timely manner.

It was not until December [-]th that the heavy snow stopped, and the government had the opportunity to build shelters for victims and porridge sheds outside the city walls in various places.

When the disaster broke out, after the price of charcoal fires increased, as expected, the price of food increased day by day.

Li Xiao and Ouyang Yiyun combined, and in the grain store under Ouyang Yiyun's name, all grain prices remained unchanged, but only ordinary people could buy them in limited quantities every day.

At the same time, in the name of the Wangfu and the Li family, porridge sheds were set up in several towns on the outskirts of the capital.

It was freezing cold, so Li Xiao didn't go out in person, but she cared about the victims and was always paying attention to the situation of the victims outside the city.

Fortunately, in recent years, Dali's treasury has been rich in food, so there is no problem in dealing with this sudden snow disaster.

Coupled with the operations of Ouyang Yiyun and his wife, the price of food on the market slowly fell back after rising for a few days. Although it was still slightly higher than before the disaster, it was still within a reasonable range.

Due to the snowstorm, this year's New Year's Eve palace banquet was canceled. It was a rare opportunity for the whole family of the royal family to get together to celebrate New Year's Eve.

After the meal, the adults sat together and talked about this year's snowstorm, while the children played together, laughing and laughing.

Before the first lunar month, the disaster situation in various parts of the north had stabilized. However, within a few days, bad news came from the palace: the Queen Mother was not well.

Since last year, the Queen Mother's health has been deteriorating. She spends most of the day lying in bed.

After winter, because of the cold weather, I didn’t even leave the house. I basically stayed on the kang except for defecation.

On the morning of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Queen Mother was unable to stand up on her own. Even with the help of the nuns, it was extremely difficult.

After diagnosing the pulse, the imperial doctor said that the symptoms of stroke in the elderly have worsened, and depending on the situation, they will continue to worsen.

After the emperor learned about it, he ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to start preparations for relevant matters.Sure enough, on February [-]th, the Queen Mother died.

When the Empress Dowager died, the whole country mourned her death, and banquets were banned for a month.

When the Queen Mother passed away, Li Xiao was very sad. She cried so much that her eyes were swollen into walnuts.Since Li Xiao met the Queen Mother for the first time, she felt that this old man was very kind, and she could clearly feel the Queen Mother's preference for her.

Maybe there is a possibility of "love the house and the bird", but it is undeniable that the Queen Mother has been really good to her over the years.

There are also three little ones. After they can leave, they always come to the palace from time to time to accompany the Queen Mother, and every time they return, they bring a bunch of rewards.

In the words of the Queen Mother, she was saving dowries and betrothal gifts for the three little treasures, which shows her love for the three little ones.

Now that the old man is old and gone, the three little ones, who are only a little over one and a half years old, still have trouble speaking, but they always ask everyone when they meet, "Where is my wife? Where is my wife?" Li Xiao couldn't help crying.

After sending the Queen Mother away, Li Xiao returned to her parents' home more frequently every month because she was afraid that "the son wanted to be raised but would not be kissed".

On the last day of March, a sunny day, Li Qingsong's eldest son was finally born. The fat boy weighed only [-] pounds, but his mother was extremely considerate. He came out obediently with almost no trouble.

A certain novice father who was always carrying the baby gave the boy a very special nickname - Xiaoguai, which shocked everyone in the Li family at the time.

There was no big deal with Xiaoguai's third baptism. Although it had been a month since the death of the Queen Mother, the Li family was used to keeping a low profile, so they simply went through a ceremonial baptism.

Xiaoguai's full moon banquet was held by the Li family in a big way. Many people came to see the eldest son of Li's family, Full Moon.

At Xiaoguai's full moon party, Li Xiao also saw an unexpected person.

She never thought that she would see Miss Fan Qi again. No, to be precise, she should be called Mrs. Xu now.

She had accidentally heard her husband mention it before that after Fan Ruoqi had been raised in Zhuangzi for a year, Prime Minister Fan decided to marry her to his protégé, Mr. Xu, the prefect of Siping Prefecture, as a second marriage.

Siping Mansion is not far from the capital. It takes more than six hours by carriage.

But Mr. Xu was already in his thirties at the time, and his late wife had a daughter for him, who was already over ten years old. He also had many concubines in the backyard, including five or six concubines, but he had no children for many years.

Ouyang Yiyun said that Mr. Xu's political achievements have been good in recent years. He was a disciple of Prime Minister Fan back then, so he had the opportunity to marry this lady from the prime minister's house as his second wife.

In fact, becoming a stepmother at such a young age is not the most pitiable thing about Miss Fan Qi. The most pitiful thing is that it is said that this lady is good at everything, except for bed matters, her needs are a bit too high, and she is too heavy-handed. It is said that, It seems that this is how the original wife disappeared...

Li Xiao recalled that when he heard the news, he felt sympathy for Fan Qi. He never thought that he would meet Fan Qi as a married woman today.

At this time, Mrs. Xu Fan Ruoqi was standing in front of her eldest brother Li Qingsong, crying.

Because they were far away, Li Xiao couldn't hear what Fan Ruoqi said, but looking at his eldest brother's brow that could kill a fly, Li Xiao could guess that it was definitely not a good thing.

Li Xiao was just thinking about whether to step forward and help his eldest brother out of the siege, when he saw his eldest brother said something quickly and left without looking back, taking the book beside him.

Li Xiao's position was diagonally behind Fan Qi, so Fan Qi couldn't see her.After seeing his eldest brother leave, Li Xiao also planned to leave.

Unexpectedly, before she had time to leave, Fan Ruoqi completely destroyed the flowers in the flowerbed next to her, then twisted her face and led the maid out of the Li Mansion. (End of chapter)