Second-hand wife: Wang Ye's cute pet

Chapter 133 Appease the Victims
An Liuyan pushed open the door early in the morning to check the weather today. Although the sky was dark, luckily it wasn't raining.She is dressed very plainly today, and the material of the clothes is very ordinary. If the people of the Sheriff's Mansion see her, they will be surprised, because she is wearing the formal attire of a servant girl in the mansion.

Today, the government opened food warehouses in a big way to distribute supplies to refugees. An Liuyan is a person who can't sit still, so she decided to go to the distribution point to see the supplies.

Xuan Muqing went to discuss state affairs with the sheriff and other local officials early in the morning. Xuan Yehua was also taken by Xuan Muqing to listen in. An Liuyan was left alone. She asked the maid for a set of clothes and took a look. Go out of the mansion to check the distribution of supplies.

The street was very desolate, the big family was alright, there were servants cleaning up the stagnant water and throwing away the rotten plants, but the further An Liuyan walked out of the city, the more desolate he felt.

The civilian areas in the city do not have good drainage facilities. The torrential rain for several days has caused the already fragile houses to collapse. The sanitary conditions in the civilian areas are also very poor. There was a foul stench from the mixing sludge.

An Liuyan covered her nose and passed through the civilian area. The heavy rain was supposed to wash away the dust and dirt, but once it became too much, it turned into a disaster.

An Liuyan thought that the place with such harsh conditions had been abandoned, but after walking dozens of steps, she suddenly found that there were still seven or eight children hiding in the half-tilted wooden house.

Because the clothes on their bodies were wet, they were shivering in the cold weather in the morning. Two or three of them huddled together, but their lips were still purple and their faces were sallow.

"You guys are here, where are your parents?" An Liuyan couldn't bear the suffering of the children, and when she saw them, she would unconsciously wonder what she would do when Xuan Yehua was in such adversity one day.

Little children.

Her compassion is not charity, but caring for her people. After all, she is the concubine of Weiyang Kingdom. Although she is a female, she has responsibilities and obligations for the safety and suffering of all living beings.

"The government has opened a warehouse for food relief. Parents and the others have gone to collect the supplies." A little girl answered An Liuyan's words with trembling lips. Her hair was sparse, and her yellow hair had no color. , who smelled musty, and had lice growing out of his hair from the damp.

The children looked at An Liuyan timidly, because although An Liuyan was wearing maid's clothes, the clothes were clean and dry.In the eyes of the children, An Liuyan is not something they can touch, because she is too clean, and the concept of class is formed in the hearts of the children spontaneously without explanation. Because of their embarrassment and inferiority, when facing An Liuyan When smoking, dare not be as vulgar and presumptuous as usual.

"Do you have another place to live? Are you and your parents crowded in this room?" An Liuyan looked around the half-destroyed room that wasn't even a house.She had already made very bad plans, but seeing these children now, she was still very shocked.

"The house in this area is better than this one. There is no place to live for my parents and I don't want to leave here, so we will live here for the time being."

An Liuyan sighed inwardly.

She saw the children huddling together to keep warm. One child soaked a shriveled steamed bun with rainwater and put it in a bowl with a corner missing. Everyone took turns to drink a sip.

The last child whose turn came was only a bit of steamed bun foam in the bowl, and he, who was only three years old, took care of the bowl and cleaned it up.

Looking at them, An Liuyan's eyes became moist.

She bid farewell to the children and went to the base where the food supplies were distributed. There were many refugees and victims, and a team of soldiers was maintaining order. The victims lined up to receive relief food and clothes one by one.

Each person can only receive one liter of rice per day because there are too many victims and the current food supply is really insufficient.

There were several bases for distributing supplies, and the one An Liuyan went to was the one closest to the Lingnan County Sheriff's Mansion.The person who was arranging the distribution of materials was Zhao San, the official in charge of the county guard's mansion. This Zhao San was good at observing words and expressions, and flattering, so the county guard put a lot of emphasis on him and sent him to supervise the distribution of materials.

Although it's not a fat job, Xuan Muqing is in Lingnan County, so the issue of dealing with the victims must be done well, otherwise Xuan Muqing will blame him, and the officials of Lingnan County will have to go around.

Zhao San had seen An Liuyan in the Sheriff's Mansion, and he was arrogantly telling the soldiers who distributed supplies not to fill a liter of rice too much, when he glanced inadvertently, saw An Liuyan's figure, and was immediately frightened. He had to lower his posture, and then quickly walked to An Liuyan's side.

"See empress, empress is not the place you should come to. Your status is too noble and this group of refugees really offends empress."

An Liuyan waved his sleeves nonchalantly, "Go on with your work, let me see everyone, they are all my Weiyang's subjects."

Although Zhao San agreed, he still stood behind An Liuyan and did not dare to leave. If something happened to An Liuyan, he would not be able to chop off even a hundred heads.

"Why don't you go, you are the person in charge, why don't you arrange the distribution of supplies and follow me."

Zhao San wiped the sweat off his face, "The safety of the empress is the most important thing, the servant must protect the empress."

"There is no empress here, you are fine, I am here to inspect the distribution of supplies, not to just go through the motions, this palace is saying once, you go back to work immediately, otherwise this palace will report to the emperor that you have left your post without authorization." An Liu There was sullenness in Yan Yan's eyes.

Zhao San was frightened by An Liuyan, and immediately went back to command with a pale face.

An Liuyan walked by the victims. The victims had just noticed Zhao San's flattery to An Liuyan, so they treated her very respectfully. After all, the poor do not fight the rich, and the people do not fight the government.

The expressions on the faces of the victims were very bad, gloomy and gloomy.An Liuyan looked at them and knew how hard their life was now.

She walked to the higher steps and looked at the victims and shouted, "Father and elders, you are all people of our Weiyang Kingdom. As long as the palace still has food, I promise you on behalf of the emperor that you will have food, your majesty." I will not give up on you, now our relief is being implemented, and after a few days after a large amount of supplies arrive, everyone can eat two meals a day, it is rice, not porridge!"

At first, the victims looked at An Liuyan and didn't know her identity, but when they heard her address and represented the emperor, they immediately knelt on the ground and called out Wanfu, the empress.

"Now that the water control plan has been finalized, the government will start drainage and construction of water conservancy on a large scale from the day after tomorrow at the latest. At that time, we will arrange work for everyone, so that you can support yourself and your family. There is also a post-disaster reconstruction plan that has been proposed. You have to believe it. Your emperor loves his people. In the next five years of Lingnan County, the tax will be reduced and the tax will be reduced. The government will also send relevant technical personnel to help rebuild your homeland and restore the corn and grain of Weiyang Kingdom. Production base!"

The victims were very excited by what An Liuyan said. Seeing that An Liuyan had a heart, some women and old people were so excited that they even called An Liuyan a Bodhisattva, a Bodhisattva who saved suffering.

As the representative of the palace, An Liuyan's promise gave the victims a reassurance. The victims had hope, and their eyes began to shine, instead of being as dead as before.

Afterwards, An Liuyan went to several locations where the supplies were distributed, and also assured the victims of the government's relief, giving them hope and encouraging them to face their difficulties positively.

It was not until the afternoon that An Liuyan rushed to the sheriff's mansion from outside the city.

The original rice in the field has rotted, and An Liuyan shook his head in pity.

Xuan Muqing was waiting for her on the road she must pass through the fields.

"Why are you here?" An Liuyan smiled.

Xuan Muqing wiped the sweat off her face with her sleeve, "You're exhausted, I heard the report from the underground steward of the Sheriff's Mansion that you were appeasing the victims at the distribution point, so I'll wait here for you when you're done. "

"Did you wait long?"

"No, I just arrived."

Xuan Muqing and An Liuyan walked side by side in the field, the humid air was not mixed with a rotten smell.

Xuan Muqing quietly stretched out her hand to hold An Liuyan's hand, clenching her fingers tightly, An Liuyan glanced at Xuan Muqing and blushed.

"There are a lot of rotting corpses of animals and plants. The government has to deal with these to prevent the spread of the epidemic." An Liuyan looked ahead to cover up her discomfort, and she hurriedly found a topic.

Xuan Muqing knew An Liuyan's careful thinking but did not expose it, "The matter of the epidemic will unfold tomorrow, and the lime has already arrived." Speaking of the epidemic, his brows frowned.

An Liuyan nodded, and then felt a little dizzy, so she shook her head.

"what happened?"

"It's okay." As soon as he finished speaking, his stomach rolled and he lowered his waist and vomited.

Xuan Muqing immediately gave her obedience. "What's wrong?" He looked anxious.

It took An Liuyan a long time to straighten up, "Maybe I caught a cold in bad weather."

"Go back and let the doctor show you."

An Liuyan nodded without paying attention. She suddenly remembered the poor children she saw this morning, "I saw some poor children in the civilian area this morning. They couldn't eat, run or wear clothes. Three years old."

Both of them had heavy thoughts, Xuan Muqing firmly held An Liuyan's hand, "Believe me, it will pass and everything will be fine. There is no way to avoid natural and man-made disasters, we can only reduce the degree of damage."

An Liuyan also understood this truth, she took Xuan Muqing's hand and walked towards the sheriff's mansion, the rare time they spent alone was beautiful and peaceful.

Many years later, when An Liuyan was already gray-haired, she would still talk to Xuan Muqing about the time when they controlled the water in Lingnan County, and would mention that they walked on the path in the field, and Xuan Muqing took the initiative to pull her hands, her heart pounding with tension and happiness.

When the two returned to the sheriff's mansion, the sheriff's party came out to greet her from a distance. After Xuan Muqing's family had a meal, they took a bath and changed their clothes. Xuan Muqing called a doctor to feel An Liuyan's pulse.

An Liuyan thought it was a cold that hurt his stomach, but he didn't expect the doctor to feel the pulse for a while, then knelt on the ground and said, "Congratulations to the emperor and the empress, the empress is fine, she has a happy pulse."

"What?" An Liuyan's eyes widened.

Xuan Muqing hugged An Liuyan on the bed in ecstasy, "Great, great." He stroked An Liuyan's belly, "We have a baby again."

"Come here, there will be a lot of rewards for taking the doctor down!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty."

"Mother, do I have a younger sister?" Xuan Yehua ran to the bed and put his little hand on An Liuyan's stomach, "When will my younger sister come out?"

Mo Moxuan Yehua's hair that An Liuyan loves, "The baby will come out in nine months, how do you know it's my sister?"

"Because I want a sister, so it must be a sister."

"Whether it's a younger sister or a younger brother, Father is very happy."

When Xuan Muqing and An Liuyan were alone, Xuan Muqing's eyes kept lingering on An Liuyan's face and stomach, and she put her hands on An Liuyan's stomach from time to time with a gentle expression.

"The child in your belly can't run away, why do you look so cautious." An Liuyan covered her mouth and smiled at Xuan Muqing's strangeness.

"I was not by your side when you gave birth to Xuan Yehua. I owed you in the past, but now I feel that you are pregnant with my child by my side. I am very happy and afraid of losing you."

An Liuyan took Xuan Muqing's hand and said affectionately, "As long as you never leave, I will depend on you forever."

(End of this chapter)