The mistress of the Hou family went crazy after doting on concubines and killing their wives.

Chapter 151 Strange
Lu Wan lit three pots of smokeless charcoal in the room, making the room warm.

As soon as I got comfortable, I felt a little lazy. I started to feel confused when I was lying on the chaise longue. Zhiruo stayed aside while the other maids were busy with other things.

"There's a fight outside." Xi Yan whispered through the window.

"Ah? Who and whom?" Shuyu also suppressed his voice.

"Who else is there? That concubine Meng. As soon as the Marquis returned home, he went to the eldest lady's place. She rushed over immediately and cried for more than an hour."

"For what?"

"For the sake of charcoal. The eldest lady stopped the charcoal in her house, saying that there was a shortage of charcoal in the house and my humble concubine was not qualified to use it."

Shuyu was happy: "That's right! She must be very angry."

"No, even Aunt Liu has a basin of charcoal fire, but she doesn't have one, how can she not be angry?"

"But Aunt Liu's is something that the eldest lady sent to her. If she wants to keep it in the house, it's just the young master who has a pot. Aunt Liu wants charcoal fire, and it can be burned for at most three hours a day."

"The eldest lady said the same thing, so the Marquis couldn't say anything, so he could only say that he would give his own even bits to Concubine Meng Bian."

"Even a small official's house doesn't need charcoal fire. Who is she? If it weren't for the Marquis protecting her, she would be nothing more than a joke."

Lu Wan opened her eyes and moved.

Zhiruo was sitting next to Dunzi taking a nap when he woke up suddenly: "Miss, are you awake?"

"Well, I didn't fall asleep."

Zhiruo's face darkened, she stood up and walked out: "What are you two muttering under the window? It's so disturbing that the eldest girl can't sleep."

Xiyan and Shuyu were startled and did not dare to say anything.

"Let the two of them come in, it's very cold outside." Lu Wan hugged the silk quilt and said.

Zhiruo glared at her: "You spoiled them all."

Lu Wan arched her eyebrows and smiled: "You are the only ones who can afford to pamper me."

"Come in quickly." Zhiruo shouted outside.

Xiyan and Shuyu hurriedly walked in and blessed Lu Wan together: "I disturbed the girl to sleep."

"It's okay, your words reminded me of something. You two go and look around. Are there charcoal fires in the second and third bedrooms? We can't have them all to ourselves. If they are in short supply, let me know. I can help. They find a way. But now the price of charcoal fire is three to four times more expensive.”

Xiyan and Shuyu nodded quickly: "I understand."

Zhiruo looked at her and waited for Xiyan and Shuyu to go out, and couldn't help but ask: "Is the girl trying to make money from them?"

"Not really, but it just lets them know who is more reliable."

When Zhiruo saw that she was thinking about it, he immediately put a thick cotton-padded jacket on her, "Have you thought about going there for tomorrow's thirty-year eve dinner?"

Lu Wan paused: "Of course I don't want to."

But, after all, it’s not time to finally break up, so we still have to do superficial work.

"I really don't want to see those people, with their disgusting faces." Zhiruo said angrily.

"It's okay, you don't have to bear it for too long." Lu Wan lifted up the quilt and said, "Give me some men's clothes. I want to go visit the porridge shed."

After hearing what Dongqing said, there was sudden chaos outside, and she was a little worried about the eldest princess's porridge shed.

"Ah? Didn't the eldest princess tell someone not to let you go? She said it was very chaotic over there."

"It's okay, there are three of them: Mingxiao, Luzhu and Hongzhu." Lu Wan had already put on her shoes and stood up.

Zhiruo had no choice but to call someone outside to get Mingxiao and the others ready to go out, and then help Lu Wan change into men's clothes.

Lu Wan was sitting in the carriage and was surprised when she heard the chaos outside and opened a corner of the curtain.

Unexpectedly, in just one day, Bianjing had almost changed. Victims in ragged clothes could be seen everywhere.

According to the wishes of the eldest princess, Anjifang set up two porridge sheds at each of the four city gates.

Lu Wan went to the porridge shed at the East Gate. Before the carriage arrived at the watch station, I saw a huge crowd in front of the porridge shed, and it was so crowded.

Dawn frowned: "Girl, it's better not to go down there, there are too many people."

Lu Wan saw a familiar figure, Li Yuyi.

She actually came to share the porridge herself!

"The eldest princess is here, how can I not go?" Lu Wan opened the curtain.

Lv Zhu and Hong Zhu, who were sitting at the front of the carriage, quickly helped her and asked her to jump out of the car.

Mingxiao had no choice but to order Luzhu's two sisters to protect her, and she followed Lu Wan closely.

"Why are you here?" Li Yuyi was surprised when he saw her, and then smiled and said with a straight face: "Didn't I tell you not to come? It's such a mess."

"My sister is here, how dare I not come?" Lu Wan pursed her lips and smiled, returned in a low voice, rolled up her sleeves and took the spoon in Li Yuyi's hand: "Let me come, you rest first."

Although Li Yuyi didn't do it for long, her wrist was almost broken since she had never done this before.

The moment the spoons were exchanged, someone in the crowd started shouting.

"Hurry up, you are taking so long, you are the son of a wealthy family, don't you know what it feels like to be hungry?"

"That's right, wearing silk and satin, you are not helping us victims, are you just showing off?"

Lu Wan frowned and looked up. There were a few people in the crowd who avoided her direct gaze. How could these shiny faces look like disaster victims?
She tapped the big pot with a spoon: "This is a porridge shed set up by the Queen's decree. It is to let those who are really hungry have hot porridge to eat. If there are people who don't want to eat, please get out of the way and let those who really need it eat."

Most of the crowd were victims of the disaster, and everyone was so hungry that their eyes were filled with stars. They immediately became noisy after hearing this.

"It's just that these people are here all the time. They don't make porridge. They just sow discord among us. They don't look like victims of the disaster."

"Get out of here and let us eat porridge."

Lu Wan raised her voice: "The better the order, the faster everyone will get food. Moreover, the porridge shed is guaranteed to remain open so that everyone can eat hot porridge and steamed buns every day."

After hearing this, the victims all lined up obediently. Lu Wan and Ming Xiao took turns holding the spoons, while Lu Zhu and Hong Zhu helped distribute the steamed buns.

The heads that had just caused trouble gathered together and muttered.

Lu Wan frowned and looked around, but found no trace of Cang Lang or Qing Ming.

She handed the spoon to Mingxiao, grabbed Luzhu and whispered: "Go to the Imperial City Department quickly and tell me something might happen here."

Lu Zhu glanced around quickly nervously: "It's a mess here."

"Go back quickly. Aren't there still city guards here?"

Luzhu quickly turned around and ran out of the porridge shed.

Lu Wan returned to Mingxiao and asked in a low voice: "Qing Ming is not nearby?"

Liming shook his head: "I don't know, they usually don't show up easily. However, they were asked by Master Yan to protect you, so they should be nearby."

Lu Wan glanced at Li Yuyi, who was sitting and resting in the porridge shed, and had a bad feeling.

She turned around and went in: "Sister Yuyi, will the prince come?"

"Well, he said he was coming today."

Lu Wan's heart sank: "Is it public or private?"

"Publicly. Haoyu said that since his mother has done great good deeds, he needs to let everyone in the world know about it, so he will come in person today."

"Sister Yu Yi, there were a few people in the crowd who were not victims of the disaster just now, and you asked someone to go find the prince quickly and tell him not to come."

Li Yuyi's expression changed slightly: "I don't think something is right either. I came here for half an hour yesterday and nothing happened, but today I feel like there are twice as many people as yesterday."

She quickly whispered to the female officer beside her. The female officer went out to find a eunuch and asked him to go to the East Palace to stop the man.

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