poisonous woman

Chapter 460
It rained continuously this year. After summer, there was almost no day when the blue tiles were sunny, and the rain lingered. Everyone jokingly said that maybe Empress Nuwa's sky-replenishing stone had fallen again.

The rain hit the window lattice, sometimes rushing and sometimes slow, sometimes big and sometimes small, Rong Zhao looked out of the window and sighed slightly, probably the day really leaked.

She held Rong Chun who was sleeping soundly in her arms, and there was a pair of boys and girls sitting on the small table beside her, one was writing the homework left by Mr. Today, the other was drawing something randomly.

There were dark clouds outside, and even the room was dim. Rong Zhao was afraid that the two children could not see clearly, so he asked Huayu to light a candle and put it next to the small table to illuminate them.

Today Yin Rou brought Rong Chun over, and when she was leaving, the child was reluctant to leave, so Rong Zhao stayed behind, after lunch, he became sleepy, and Rong Zhao leisurely coaxed him to sleep.

She watched Rong Chun grow up since she was a child, and Rong Zhao loved him very much, no less than Xiao Rongsheng and Xiao Rongnian.

It's just that she is also a mischievous one, but she can play with Xiao Rongnian and follow her behind all day long.

"Mother and concubine, I have finished drawing." Xiao Rongnian raised the drawing paper and shouted without any scruples.

Rong Zhao "hush" at her, and then patted Rong Chun who was almost woken up by her.

Xiao Rongnian tiptoed to Rong Zhao's side, lowered his voice, "Mother, I've finished the painting."

"The painting is finished so soon, mother and concubine, take a look." Rong Zhao took it over and took a look, and couldn't help swallowing. There were four turtles in the painting, and two of the big ones carried a small turtle on their backs. There was a sense of weirdness in the paintings, and Rong Zhao had a bad premonition in his heart, "Is this the masterpiece you've been thinking hard over there?"

Xiao Rongnian nodded cheerfully, "Yes." She pointed at each one and introduced to Rong Zhao, "Look, concubine mother, the biggest one is the father and the smaller one is you. It's me and Yuanxiao, but oh, look more clearly, the prettier one is me."

Sure enough, the premonition was correct, Rong Zhao looked at the four identical tortoises, and asked, "How do you know it's beautiful?"

"Didn't the concubine notice it? There is a small flower on the turtle's head." Xiao Rongnian looked innocent.

Rong Zhao put on a fake smile, "Xiao Rongnian, can I live without you as a daughter?"

"I'm afraid it won't work. The actual operation is very difficult. After all, I am already so old, and the chances of stuffing it back into the mother's belly are slim."

Rong Zhao really wanted to beat her up, she just drew this on purpose to annoy her.

It just so happened that when Xiao Junjue entered the house, it was still raining outside, and even though he was holding an umbrella, his clothes were still soaked.

"Junjue, your daughter bullied me." Rong Zhao pouted and complained, but he found someone who could cure Xiao Rongnian.

Xiao Junjue untied the cloak on his body and threw it to Yuanyu. His face was gloomy and unattractive.Rong Zhao realized what had happened, so he hurriedly asked someone to take Rong Chun away, and then sent Xiao Rongsheng and Xiao Rongnian to another room.

After changing Xiao Junjue's clothes again, Rong Zhaofang said, "What's the matter, what happened?"

Xiao Junjue pulled Rong Zhao to sit down, then sighed in a low voice, as if a thousand words were stuck in his heart, but he didn't know how to say it.

"What's the matter? Tell me." He hesitated, and seemed to have something to say but didn't say anything, which made Rong Zhao anxious.

Xiao Junjue took a look at her, and said in a deep voice, "Yangzhou was hit by severe floods, and now there are countless casualties. According to reports, hundreds or even thousands of victims are killed every day, and we don't know how many people will die in the future." Rong Zhao fell. Taking a breath, Xiao Junjue slammed his fist on the table, gritted his teeth and said, "Natural disasters are beyond the reach of manpower. If these days it was really because of natural disasters that I lost my life, I wouldn't be so shocked. Zhao Zhao, do you know these things?" The dead and injured victims starved to death because they could not receive medical treatment or food."

Rong Zhao was startled, his brows were stained with unresolved sorrow, "Can't get medical treatment and food? Yangzhou has been flooded for almost a month, and should have received relief money and food, how could he starve to death?"

"Nowadays the imperial court is corrupt, and corrupt officials continue to embezzle layer by layer, how much can be left in the hands of the victims. I heard that the victims can't even drink porridge, and there are not a few grains of rice in the big pot. You think it's ridiculous. laugh?"

Xiao Junjue's smile became so terrifying, his face was distorted by anger, "In addition, in the past few years, King Qi and Empress Dowager Liu have been extravagant and dissipated, the imperial treasury is empty, and the disaster relief funds donated are not much. The wild goose has plucked the feathers, you say, how many taels of silver are left in the hands of the victims? And the court, after the next disaster relief, will not do anything, as if all this has nothing to do with them. I am afraid that if this continues , there is only one road left for the victims of Yangzhou."

"What way?"

"Dead end!"

Rong Zhao resentfully said, "Yangzhou is still the vassal of King Qi, he can keep his ears closed, he is really ruthless." Looking at Xiao Junjue, he comforted him: "It's useless for you to sulk here. .”

Xiao Junjue lay down on the bed, twirling his fingers on both sides of his temples, and the veins on both sides of his temples throbbed, making his whole brain ache.

"I'm just chilling. The foundation left by my father is squandered by them like this. Water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn it. If this continues, I'm afraid that Da Zhou will not be far from perishing." Xiao Junjue said with melancholy all her life. .

Rong Zhao put Xiao Junjue's head on her lap and gently rubbed it for him, her eyes flickered slightly, she pondered for a moment, Fang said: "To be honest, the more they do this, the better it will be for us. "

Xiao Jun quickly got up and stared at Rong Zhao's face for a moment, as if questioning how she could say such a thing.

Rong Zhao admits that she is different from Xiao Junjue, she doesn't have Xiao Junjue's heart for the world, she only has the selfishness of her little girl.

Rong Zhao held Xiao Jun Jue in his arms and pushed him down again, while rubbing the blue veins on his forehead, he said: "Water can capsize a boat, and it can also carry a boat. When we win the hearts of the people.”

"Win the hearts of the people? How should we win? Do you want to make things worse?" Xiao Junjue looked straight at Rong Zhao.

"Am I that bad?" Visibly feeling the twitching veins in her fingertips slow down, Rong Zhao's strength also eased, and her voice was as soft as a cloud, "I'm not trying to make things worse, I'm just trying to help. Sending charcoal in the snow has always been unforgettable. Even if we send a bowl of porridge at this time, the victims will be grateful to us. In the past few years, we have won over the people in Sichuan, and it is time to expand our territory. Yangzhou is a good place. As long as we can Grab the hearts of the people in Yangzhou, won’t Yangzhou belong to us?”

Flames danced in her eyes, "And this might also be an opportunity, an opportunity to promote you, King Chu, for the country and the people, and an opportunity for people to lose faith in the court."

Xiao Junjue seemed to understand Rong Zhao's thoughts, but he had thought about it before, "What do you mean?"

Rong Zhao looked at him firmly, and Xiao Junjue could clearly see the flames frowning in her eyes, which were so dazzling and shone into his heart, "For disaster relief, the imperial court doesn't pay for disaster relief and rescue the people, so let's do it. As long as there is This time, people all over the world know that the King of Chu is benevolent and righteous, and he cares about the common people, and at the same time it highlights the corruption of the current imperial court. Comparing the two, the hearts of the people in the world will naturally know how to choose in the future."

After all, he paused for a while, and smiled again: "This is just my humble opinion as a little girl. I just think that this time, God gave us a chance to buy people's hearts. I know that if it comes to disaster relief, you must be wholehearted Wanting to help people, I don’t have such noble sentiments as you, so I thought of this idea that can help people and get benefits.”

Xiao Junjue got up quickly, and hugged Rong Zhao tightly in his arms, "Wangfei's words are just in line with my king's wishes."

Rong Zhao struggled to break away from him, his strangled arm hurt, and he didn't know what to eat to grow up, so much strength.

The next moment, the smile on Xiao Junjue's face faded again, his brows still frowning, "But disaster relief requires money, and it's a huge sum, which is enough to make people worry."

Rong Zhao said: "We also do what we can, don't force too much, just see how much we can raise."

Rong Zhao kicked off his shoes and took out a key from the closet, then got on the bed, opened the bedside cabinet, took out a beautiful small box, and took out an extra stack of thick silver notes, "This is almost enough There are 9 to [-] taels of silver, which I have been saving for so many years. Don’t worry, this is not from my embezzlement. It is the profits from the shops I married in Changge City over the years. Last year and the year before last, I I sold a few more shops and accumulated the money. I originally planned to marry Rong Sheng a wife and use it as a dowry for Rong Nian, but they will have to spend it ten years later. Hurry up. Since you are in a hurry, go ahead take it."

Xiao Junjue looked at the pile of money, but didn't reach out his hand, it was Rong Zhao's own money, how could he want it.

"You keep these, I will find a way for the disaster relief fund."

Rong Zhao frowned, and stuffed the money into Xiao Junjue's hand, "What are you doing, I tell you to take it, and you can take it. If this little money can buy people's hearts, I will spend it well."

He gathered up her pile of jewelry and put them on the bed, "I don't like these styles anymore, so you can also sell them to others. These are all good things, and they can be worth a lot of money."

Xiao Junjue took out a hibiscus hairpin from the jewelry, "I remember when you first got married, you liked to wear this the most."

Rong Zhao didn't take it seriously, and said, "Yes, but it doesn't suit me to wear such pink and tender things now, and it's useless to leave them anyway, so it's better to exchange some money."

"Zhao Zhao." Xiao Junjue called her emotionally, and Rong Zhao hurriedly covered his mouth, "Don't say thank you to me, I'm a person who doesn't benefit early, and I do this for my own sake." Queen's seat."

Rong Zhao said it easily, but his eyes were still nostalgic and he turned around on the jewelry, and then quickly moved away.She was afraid to look at it again, and she would be reluctant to leave these things away from her.

(End of this chapter)