Snowy Chang'an Road

Wei Shao broke the news about going to Henan County for disaster relief at the lunch table.

The reason why he chose to say it on this occasion was to let his grandfather understand that this was what he meant, and that Pei Ying was only coerced by him.

"Shao'er, has the Wei Dynasty withered like this?"

After listening to Wei Shao's words, Deng Guogong couldn't help but ask.

"Grandpa, what do you mean?"

"Wei Yuan's subordinates can't even find a disaster relief official? He left the civil and military affairs of the dynasty alone and let his son take the lead in everything. As an emperor, he is really selfless."

It was obvious that Deng Guogong's tone showed his dissatisfaction with Wei Yuan's decision, and he did not want to hide it at all.

"This disaster relief was requested by my grandson himself."

"Why is this? Isn't it comfortable to stay in Chang'an?"

Wei Shao did not directly answer his grandfather's question, but said to himself: "The Yellow River overflowed, the farmland was destroyed, and the people were homeless. They had no choice but to rely on the imperial court. I took over the disaster relief work for the sake of the people. When we were in Lu'an Kingdom, we also went around raising grain and opening warehouses to distribute grain to help the people. This was a meritorious thing, and my grandson was naturally obliged to do so."

"When did I tell you to refuse? I just said you don't have to take the initiative to take this job."

"Grandpa, I don't know, but His Majesty asked in the court if anyone was willing to go to provide relief, but no one came forward."

"Then you stand up?"

Wei Shao nodded firmly. Even while he was concentrating on eating, Pei Ying could feel that her grandfather was deeply powerless.

"Okay, don't talk about court affairs at home. The food is cold, so eat it quickly."

Mrs. Deng Guogong spoke at the right time and ended the conversation.

"I'm full, ma'am, are you full?"

Pei Ying had just taken a bite of the food and was chewing it. She looked at Wei Shao and he winked at her.

"Am I full?"

The sound of the word "?" is very small.

"Now that you're full, how about you invite your wife and husband to go for a walk in the garden?"

"it is good."

Seeing the couple leaving, Deng Guogong couldn't help but sigh.

"What are you sighing for?"

"This kid is really heartbreaking."

"He has always been stubborn. Don't you understand your own grandson?"

When his wife asked him this question, Duke Deng was at a loss for words.

Mrs. Deng Guogong continued: "Your grandson going to provide disaster relief is just for one thing. Can't you see? He wants to take Ying'er out to relax."

"Relax? I see that Ying'er has been in a good mood recently."

"What's better? We and Shou'er have been urging them to have children all day long. Do you think they will be happy?"

"There are three kinds of unfilial piety. The greatest is not having children. They have been married for such a long time and have no children. It cannot be justified. As elders, we should pay a few words of care to the children. Is it wrong?"

"That's right, you can't help your mother when you are older, let alone those of our maternal grandparents. Forget it, let them do it. If they don't have children and don't take concubines, the two of us can only envy other families."

There are gardens in many places in Chang'an's mansion. There is always a lotus planted in the pond in the garden. Every midsummer, the lotus blooms, and the hot breeze blows gently. You can drink a few glasses of sake and admire the lotus from a distance. , don’t have a taste.

Before lunch, Wei Shao had arranged for Yunrou to prepare wine, as well as a plate of snacks and iced watermelon.

In the past, these were Pei Ying's favorite things. While drinking wine, eating iced watermelon, and having a snack, her life was very happy.

But today, Pei Ying looked at the things in front of her and had no appetite at all.

"Yunrou, ask the chef to make some dough according to the method I taught you before. Add more vinegar and less spicy oil."

"No." Wei Shao originally wanted to toast her, but seeing that she didn't seem interested, he drank by himself.

"Did you not have enough to eat just now?"

Pei Ying rolled her eyes at him and said, "What do you think?"

Wei Shao handed the watermelon to Pei Ying.

"Eat some watermelon."

"No appetite."

"This time I am going to Henan County to provide disaster relief. Xiao Shen will go with me."

"That's good. You two have each other to look after."

"Pei Ying, you are wrong."

Pei Ying looked at Wei Shao doubtfully and asked, "What's wrong with me?"

"Why didn't you say you wanted to go with me? Every time I went on an expedition last year, you always clamored to go with me."

If Wei Shao hadn't brought it up, Pei Ying wouldn't have thought there was any problem.

Yes, why didn't she take the initiative to ask Wei Shao to take her with him? She thought about the reason and said, "Maybe it's because I'm getting older and I've become lazy."

Hearing what he said, Wei Shao couldn't hold back, stretched out his hand and pinched her cheek and said, "If you are older, then based on my age, shouldn't you be considered an old person?"

"Wei Shao, your cold joke is not funny at all."

This made Wei Shao a little embarrassed. He cleared his throat and said, "Let's get down to business. I want to go to Henan County for disaster relief. Are you willing to go with me?"

"willing."

"Okay, madam, please feel free to give me a toast to your husband."

After saying that, Wei Shao picked up the wine glass and motioned for Pei Ying to drink with her.

Pei Ying held the snack she had eaten in her hand and lightly touched Wei Shao's wine glass. This was the first time Wei Shao had seen such an operation and he didn't understand.

Pei Ying took a bite of the snack and looked at Wei Shao's hand frozen in mid-air.

"Drink."

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The departure date was set for three days later. Xiao Shen spent the whole day busy with food and money. With his previous experience in Lu'an Kingdom, Xiao Shen was already very comfortable doing these things.

Zhong Yang came to Wei Shao with a pot of wine and said to help. The two of them sat in the shade and looked at Xiao Shen who was busy.

"Brother Wei, you must pay more attention to safety during this disaster relief operation. These hungry people are much more powerful than the common people."

"Thank you, Brother Zhong, for your concern. I am sensible. Pei Ying will go with me this time. We will take care of each other, so there will be no big problem."

Zhong Yang always felt that he had something to do with Wei Shao today, but after chatting with him for a long time, he didn't remember that important thing. Now after Wei Shao reminded him, he remembered what happened that day in Qianxiang Tower.

"Brother Wei, let me ask you, have your siblings been to Qianxiang Tower a few days ago?"

Wei Shao was shocked, but his expression remained calm.

"Qianxiang Tower?"

"Oh, don't you know this? It's the best brothel in Chang'an City. I really don't know what you do every day. You don't even know about a place as famous as Qianxiang Tower."

"It seems that Brother Zhong is a regular customer of Qianxiang Tower?"

When he asked him this question, Zhong Yang smiled and said, "I'm not a regular customer. I just had a good chat with a few beauties there and I'm very close to her."

There are also a few beauties, and Brother Zhong is having a great time.

"Speaking of my brother and sister, what are you doing to me? Really, I was very drunk that day. Suddenly a man broke into the room, looked at me, and he left in a hurry. What did I think of that look? It looks familiar, just like the disguises my siblings made when we went out to fight."