The blessing of the Qing Dynasty is difficult to pass

Chapter 159

Yinxiang told Yi Rao to go to the palace to thank Kangxi, and Yi Rao took a carriage to the palace early in the morning of the second day. At this time, Kangxi was still in court, so she went to the Ningshou Palace of the Empress Dowager. Since she moved out of the palace, she It's the first time entering the palace.

It just so happened that Shu Yao was also in Ningshou Palace, and told them why she was here. The Queen Mother and Shu Yao joked with her, saying that Yin Xiang never forgets to take her with her wherever she goes.With blushes on her cheeks, she endured the teasing from the Queen Mother and Shu Yao, but Yi Rao kept rolling her eyes in her heart. She still felt that Yinxiang and Kangxi's heads were caught by the door, otherwise she would not have been allowed to leave the capital. Yinxiang came together to help the disaster.

Both the Queen Mother and Shu Yao were making fun of Yi Rao, but Concubine Min showed dissatisfaction when she heard this, Yinxiang was going to deal with business, what is Yi Rao doing with the past?Besides, what will happen to the many affairs in the mansion?Even if he wanted to bring the concubine Ji who served him, he should also bring Su Qiaoqiao, and it would never be the turn of Yi Rao, the head mistress.

Even though it was Kangxi that Yinxiang begged on his own initiative, Concubine Min still put all the faults on Yirao, and she became more dissatisfied with Yirao.

Concubine Min's dislike for Yiluo didn't take it too seriously, anyway, Concubine Min was under the pressure of the Queen Mother, not to mention setting rules for her, she never even made a show of expression, and treated her with kindness.Even so, Yi Rao pretended to be stupid, anyway Concubine Min didn't dare to do anything to her, so let Concubine Min not like it.

After leaving the palace, Yi Rao went straight back to Thirteenth Elder Brother's Mansion, and was about to go on a long journey, so she had to pack her luggage and explain everything that should be explained.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day of departure, and Yi Rao was sitting in the carriage, accompanied by Hua Hua and Lu Lu, and followed the motorcade out of the capital.The supplies for this disaster relief were mainly food, and it was going to be winter, and some clothes were also brought along. In order to prevent the epidemic, they also brought a lot of medicinal materials.

Yi Rao didn't like Huahua and Lulu serving in front of her, so she let them sit in the carriage behind.The carriage is very spacious and covered with thick mattresses, and the group of people walked on the official road, which was relatively stable, leaning on the soft brocade quilt, Yi Rao opened the box in the carriage, took out two snacks and ate them slowly After eating, he opened the curtains to see the scenery outside.

It is autumn now, and geese occasionally fly by in the sky. All you see along the way are dead branches and fallen leaves, and the green is barely visible. The scenery is really not good.After taking a few glances, Yi Rao retreated back to the carriage again, and ate snacks in peace.

At noon, the team looked for a place to cook and rest. There were more than [-] people in the team, and there were only five women: Yiluo, Huahua, Lulu and two women who did rough work.The targets were all men, Yi Rao simply stayed in the carriage and did not come out, leaving all the affairs to Hua Hua and Lu Lu.

Although the conditions outside were tough, the lunch was still four dishes and one soup. In order to get along with his subordinates, Yin Xiang ate a big pot of rice with other people, and did not eat with Yi Rao.After lunch, the motorcade set off again, Yinxiang didn't ride a horse like in the morning, but got into the carriage with Yiluo.

Yi Rao was about to take a nap, when she saw him coming in, she turned over and closed her eyes to rest.Seeing this, Yin Xiang was not annoyed, and said with a smile on his face, "Rao'er, the journey will inevitably be hard, so you should take care of it." There were only five women in the entire motorcade, and Yin Xiang felt too uncomfortable, so he came in on purpose Comfort Yi Rao.

Yi Rao snorted through her nostrils when she heard the words, she didn't answer, and said to let her relax, but in the end she couldn't even get out of the carriage, she might as well be in the capital.

"It will be fine when we arrive in Henan. When I go out to inspect the disaster situation and distribute supplies, you can stay with the female family members of Henan officials and look around. Henan is located in the Central Plains and has a profound historical and cultural heritage. There are many places of interest."

Yi Rao snorted again, but still didn't respond to Yin Xiang's words. Seeing this, Yin Xiang shook his head and smiled wryly. After sitting for a while, he went out to ride the horse again.

There was nothing to say along the way, the convoy traveled for more than ten days, and finally arrived in Kaifeng. A group of officials from Henan went out of the city gate to welcome everyone in Yinxiang, and arranged a sumptuous feast for them.When sleeping at night, Yin Xiang and Yi Rao lived in the post station, and did not live in the house arranged by the governor of Henan, let alone the governor of Henan's home.

After washing and washing, the two of them went to bed, it was still early, and neither of them felt sleepy, so they began to gossip. Yi Rao recalled the big fish, big meat and delicacies at the banquet, she sighed and said, "I saw hungry people on the road, trembling, unable to eat." Rice, we are, the dishes are exquisite, and the mouth is full of oil."

Yin Xiang was also thinking about this matter, and when he heard Yi Rao say this, he also nodded and said, "That's right, I saw a lot of hungry people on the road, and it doesn't match what was said in the Henan Governor's booklet, I guess there is something tricky about it .”

The materials for fifty carriages were actually nothing, because the governor of Henan said that the disaster was not very serious, so Kangxi did not allocate too many materials, and sent Yin Xiang, a young elder brother, and even allowed Yi Rao to come.

However, it seems that the governor of Henan has concealed the disaster. Since entering the border of Henan, there have been many beggars along the way, and there are even unburied corpses on the side of the road. They were starved to death.

"What's tricky?" Yi Rao asked, her expression becoming tense.

"It's nothing more than fear that Huang Ama will blame me, so I lighten the disaster, and now I'm entertaining us with good wine and good food. I want to please us. Let's tell us less about the truth when we return to Beijing, and talk more about whitewashing peace." speech."

"How can this be done? You can't lie to Huang Ama in the slightest." Yi Rao hurriedly said, Kangxi is such a shrewd person, and he is also a person who likes to settle accounts, so he must not be caught by his pigtails.

"I know, you don't have to worry." Seeing Yi Rao's eager tone, Yin Xiang hurriedly said a few words to comfort her.

"If they do this, it can be seen that they are not good officials. In front of Huang Ama, they should tell the truth." When an official does not make decisions for the people, it is better to sell sweet potatoes at home and not do practical things for the people. Such an official should step down as soon as possible.

"It's natural. Don't you know my temperament? I'm very straightforward. But you, when dating those female relatives, don't take their things, and don't promise them anything, you know?"

"I know." She is short-handed and short-mouthed to eat people. She has everything, so she doesn't want the filial piety of these people.

"These are just our guesses at the moment. I am the imperial envoy sent by Huang Ama. I can thoroughly investigate this matter and see what's going on." Yinxiang actually already has the answer in his heart. He had seen too much in his previous life, and he had done a lot by himself, but now he still had to get the evidence, and with the evidence in hand, he could speak with a straight back after returning to Beijing.

"Don't take these words to heart. This trip is to let you relax, not to make you worry about the people. I will go to check the disaster situation in the past few days. You can take a rest, and then go to various scenic spots. Kaifeng City, the ancient capital of the Seven Dynasties, has many places of interest and historic sites, so you don’t need to go to other places, just one place in Kaifeng is enough for you to visit.” Yin Xiang held Yi Rao’s white and tender jade hand, and said carefully.

By this time, he had already regretted taking Yirao out. He thought it was an easy job, but he didn't want to hide a dark secret in it. Yirao's eyes were so clear and clear, he didn't want them to see any sadness in the world .

"Walk around as you like." Yi Rao breathed out as she said, the common people were suffering, so she had no interest in wandering around.Before leaving, she kept Yinxiang's words about the title of title in her heart. Her title of Gushan Gege was all because of Kangxi's love for her. She herself did not do anything that benefited the Qing Dynasty and the common people. Yes, she actually deserves this title.

In the past, it was fine if she didn't see the victims in the mansion, but now she came to the disaster-stricken area, how could she take care of herself and have fun, if she could, she also wanted to do her part for the people.

On the second day, Yi Rao went down to Kaifeng City accompanied by a group of female relatives, and visited several historic sites. She had something on her mind and was not very interested. Her anomaly, just keep introducing it to her.

During lunch time, someone gave Yi Rao a gift. The gift was quite expensive. It was [-] acres of land plus three farms and three shops. Although these farms and shops were all in Kaifeng, they were considered precious to Yi Rao. Gifts, she doesn't know calligraphy, painting and antiques, so she thinks that these land shops that actually earn money every year are valuable.

Yi Rao hastily declined, she would not be rewarded for nothing, and even if this man didn't ask her for anything but just wanted to build a relationship, she couldn't bear such a heavy gift.

After Yinxiang came back in the evening, the husband and wife talked about what they had seen and heard today, and Yirao told Yinxiang about it. After hearing this, Yinxiang showed a sneer and said, "It's really generous, I'm just a bald man." Brother, you don’t even have a title, yet you deserve such a heavy gift from them.”

"It seems that these people are really rich." Yi Rao said with emotion.

"Who gave it to you? Where are the other wives?" Yinxiang asked again.

"The governor of Kaifeng, his wife, she gave it to him, but others don't know. But the governor of Henan, his wife didn't give it." After all, giving gifts is disgraceful, and we can't give them together. Besides, everyone has their own thoughts, and some Some want to have a good relationship with her, some don't.

"The governor of Kaifeng, he belongs to the prince, the governor of Henan, this is the elder brother's man, the governor of Kaifeng pleases you, it makes sense."

"So that's how it is." Yi Rao nodded clearly, Yin Xiang followed Yin Zhen to work for the prince, the dispute between the prince and elder brother has already been brought to the fore, no wonder.However, as the magistrate of Kaifeng, the Governor of Kaifeng is not the same as the governor of Henan, the chief executive of Henan, which is quite interesting.

Yinxiang sighed and talked about what he had seen and heard today: "Yesterday when I entered the city, I noticed that there were no refugees and beggars in the city. When I left the city today, I realized that all the refugees and beggars who flocked into the city were driven out to welcome us." No wonder the governor of Henan has been pulling me to have a drink with him today."

"No wonder, I didn't see it either, and I'm confused." Yi Rao suddenly realized that it was like this, the governor of Henan was doing too much, and he created a peaceful and prosperous world, who is he fooling?

(End of this chapter)