Love on the Pillow: Pampering the Unscrupulous Queen

Chapter 30

In the early morning, mist lingers in the capital.

Su Qing and Feng Jun changed into plain clothes and rode horses out of the city at a leisurely pace.The guards escorting the food and grass followed, and Shi Shu, Hong Ling, and Zi Xiao also changed into convenient clothes and followed behind.

"I have met His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince." Although the soldiers at the gate of the city did not know the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, they did recognize the banners hanging behind the convoy.

"Excuse me." Feng Jun calmly said with a paralyzed face under Su Qing's hint.

The soldiers defending the city immediately retreated after hearing the words, moved away the wooden horses placed at the gate of the city, and lowered their heads to let Feng Jun and his party leave the city.

"The refugees were resettled in Qiushui Temple, ten miles away from the city, and now more and more refugees are coming after hearing the news. Even with the financial resources of the Prince's Mansion, it is still a drop in the bucket to help so many refugees." Zhou Ping Road on horseback.

Su Qing was silent when she heard the words.

It’s fine if you don’t do this kind of thing, but if you do it, it’s anticlimactic and it’s a shame.It is impossible to stop, but if you continue to fill this big hole, even filling the entire Prince's Mansion may not be enough.

After leaving the city, the scene outside the city became more and more desolate.The grassland on both sides of the official road is not even a little green, and many trees have lost their bark. They look as clean as if they have been ravaged by locusts.

"What's going on outside the city?" The servant was stunned and couldn't help asking.

Zhou Ping, who was next to her, kindly explained to her: "Girl, you may not know that the refugees outside the city can't find food in the compound, and there is an order not to let a victim into the city, otherwise they will be punished. Refugees have nothing to eat, bark and grass roots can fill their stomachs."

Hearing the words, the servant waited for a long time before he came back to his senses, and looked up at Su Qing blankly: "Miss..."

Su Qing was calmer than Shi Shu, her expression didn't change much when she heard Zhou Ping's words, but she didn't feel well in her heart.

Although she lived two lifetimes back, they were all in high-ranking aristocratic families in Beijing or in the backyard of the imperial palace. She had heard of disasters among the people but had never seen them with her own eyes.Even if she saw it with her own eyes, she would not be able to imagine such a thing as eating grass roots and bark.

"Ahead is the Taoist temple of Qiushui. The Taoist priest of Qiushui took in many refugees. His Royal Highness also sent a few people here to help." Zhou Ping said it very cryptically, but Su Qing could still hear the meaning behind his words.

If it weren't for the people left by Feng Jun, I'm afraid this place would have been looted by refugees long ago.

Su Qing and Feng Jun got off their horses and walked a few steps forward. They saw a large-scale Taoist temple located in the mountains, and hundreds of ragged refugees wrapped in shabby cotton clothes were clearing up wasteland in the mountains.

Seeing a large group of people coming here, even though both Su Qing and Feng Jun have changed into fancy clothes, the elegance and nobility in their gestures cannot be concealed.

"The poor Taoist will meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and join the Crown Princess." A young Taoist priest in a blue Taoist robe was standing in the field holding a hoe in his hand. Li put the hoe on the ridge beside the road, patted the dirt on his clothes, and walked to the road in straw sandals to salute the two.

"The priest is exempt." Su Qing said softly.

This Taoist Qiushui was only in his twenties, but his face was quite handsome. After seeing Su Qing, he showed a big smile: "I have long heard that the Crown Princess is the most beautiful woman in the capital. It really lives up to its reputation.”

Hearing this, Su Qing frowned slightly. This Taoist Qiushui said he was informal, but he was too rude.How dare you say such words in front of the crown prince?
But before she could open her mouth, Taoist Qiushui picked up a stone from the ground and began to jingle it on the hoe, shouting loudly as he knocked: "Hey, everyone, come here. Your Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Crown Princess are doing it for you." Everyone sent food over here, everyone came over to thank His Royal Highness and the Crown Princess!"

His voice was so loud that even the people standing on the top of the mountain picking wild vegetables could hear it, and the scattered crowd immediately gathered towards the Taoist temple.

A few children who were picking wild vegetables by the side of the road looked over timidly, and saw Su Qing and Feng Jun standing in the crowd, they were both stunned for a long time.

One of the little girls carried a smaller child on her back, about one year old, perhaps frightened by the loud voice of Master Qiushui, she immediately opened her small mouth and began to cry at the top of her voice.

Su Qing was also taken aback, and when she turned around, she saw a bunch of dirty children staring at her curiously and nervously.

"Xiaoshan, coax your younger brother, go back to the Taoist temple and heat some rice cereal for him to eat." Priest Qiushui didn't mind, and ordered again.

Su Qing's heart ached when she saw it.

The girl with the child on her back had a small face but was so dirty that she couldn't see her original appearance. She had a basket in one hand with some wild vegetables in it.Her age was not much different from Aunt Su Qing's two daughters, Yuxiu and Yurong, but her fate was very different.

As if seeing Su Qing's strangeness, Taoist Qiushui was very calm: "His Royal Highness, this is the normal state of ordinary people, and it is naturally incomparable with nobles. If you want to survive, you must do your best. If you encounter a natural disaster Man-made disasters make survival even more difficult.”

He stretched out his big hand and rubbed the crying child, a gentle smile appeared on his handsome face: "But although they need help now, they don't need sympathy. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, they can be tenacious." survive."

Su Qing looked at the newly reclaimed wasteland on the hillside, and nodded slightly after a while.

"Are you the princess concubine? My mother said that the eldest lady of the Su family is a living Bodhisattva. She gave us food and saved us. Uncle Daochang said that elder sister Su is now the concubine concubine, concubine concubine, you are so beautiful "The little girl with the child on her back raised her head, timidly hiding behind Taoist Qiushui and whispered.

"His Royal Highness, Empress, we thank you." Another elderly man walked up to the guard and said, "No one cares about us now, only His Royal Highness and the Crown Princess are kind-hearted and still miss us. Our life and death. If someone wants to speak ill of the Crown Princess, we cannot agree!"

Surrounded by this group of people, Su Qing didn't know how to answer the words, and Beidi's accent sounded a bit unrecognizable, so she frowned and glanced at Taoist Qiushui.

Taoist Qiushui laughed: "Uncle Wu, go get busy. I'll call His Royal Highness and Princess Princess to rest in the Taoist temple for a while. The two nobles know everyone's wishes, and His Royal Highness will not ignore you."

Hearing this, Su Qing glanced at Taoist Qiu Shui lightly.

This person is not a fuel-efficient lamp. If a big hat is put on him, the prince's mansion can't take over this mess.

Director Qiushui noticed Su Qing's gaze, and immediately smiled innocently.

(End of this chapter)