"Where does the emperor get the food to pay your salaries?" The emperor glanced at them and pretended to be confused.
"Your Majesty, didn't His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin send food and fodder to Bian Jing?" the minister underground spoke.
"That is the food that Prince Jin gave me for emergency use." The emperor said lightly.
Xiao Dinghan glanced at the civil servants across from him and said loudly, "Didn't you say yesterday that His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin was plotting a rebellion? How come you have the nerve to ask His Majesty for food from the Prince of Jin today?"
The minister lowered his eyes, blushing as he spoke, "Prince Xiao, what you said is true. We misunderstood Your Highness yesterday. Now, the ministers in the court have no food left at home. If we don't do this any longer, everyone will starve to death."
"Yes, yes, we misunderstood His Highness yesterday. Now we know that His Highness is innocent."
"Yes, yes, yes! We shouldn't have misunderstood Your Highness. It's our fault." The ministers were all anxious. If they couldn't get food, all their family members in the mansion would starve to death.
"If you ask me, you should go and ask Prince Jin for food yourselves. Prince Jin only gave Your Majesty a little food, and he also needed to support Jingzhou. The food left is not enough for the palace to use itself. Where would he get the food for you?" Xiao Dinghan glanced at them and said with his arms folded.
"This..." The ministers fell silent upon hearing this.
"And the Prince of Jin is about to return to Bian Jing. You can then ask him for food." Xiao Dinghan said.
The emperor coughed lightly and said, "Prince Xiao is right. I really do not have any surplus food here. You should wait for Prince Jin to return."
"If there is no such thing as retreating from the court!"
The ministers looked up at the emperor, sighed again, and their faces were full of disappointment.
"When will the King of Jin return to Bianjing? What should I do? I only have two kilograms of rice left at home, and that's only enough for one day."
"What should we do? We should quickly ask someone to find out when His Highness will return to the capital."
“Yes, yes, yes!”
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Ruanzhuang, early morning.
A beam of light shone through the window onto the bed. The woman on the bed had skin as white as snow and her eyes were closed peacefully.
The man beside her hugged her, his arm resting on the woman's head.
"Mom and Dad?" The door was gently pushed open, and little Ruanruan poked her head out, hugged her little pillow, and looked towards the bed.
She narrowed her eyes, quietly closed the door, walked barefoot to the bed, and stood on tiptoe to look at the man on the bed.
Ruanruan glared at Ruan Qichuan angrily. Dad is like this again, humph!
Mingming was accompanying Ruanruan to sleep, but as soon as Ruanruan woke up, Dad secretly ran to Mom's side.
Don’t even ask Ruanruan to join you. Dad is going too far!
"Stinky daddy, Ruanruan also wants to sleep with mommy!" Ruanruan put the little pillow on the bed angrily and climbed onto the bed using both hands and legs.
She was so angry that she gently stepped on Ruan Qichuan's handsome face with her little feet, then walked around him and squeezed between Xiao Qingmu and Ruan Qichuan.
Ruanruan placed her little pillow between her father and mother, lay down in the middle, and covered herself and her mother with a quilt.
She turned her head and looked closely at Xiao Qingmu, staring at him for a long time, "Hehe, her mother is really pretty, just as pretty as Ruanruan."
Ruanruan grabbed her mother's hand, turned her head to look at her stinky daddy again, grabbed her stinky daddy's hand again, closed her eyes and fell asleep peacefully.
The sun slowly rose, the sunlight became brighter and brighter, and it felt a little stinging when it shone on people's faces.
The woman on the bed moved her eyelids and her eyelashes trembled slightly.
She slowly opened her eyes. The sunlight was too glaring, and she couldn't help but raise her hands to cover her eyes.
Xiao Qingmu felt someone grabbing his hand. He turned his head and saw a man lying next to him. His eyes moved downwards.
There was a child lying between them. The child had a chubby and slightly flushed face, and her head was resting on her own little pillow.
Xiao Qingmu paused, stared at the child's face, his eyes red.
She had thought about what her child would look like countless times, and even thought that she would never have the chance to see her child grow up.
I never thought that I would be able to wake up and see my daughter in my lifetime.
At a glance, she recognized her daughter.
For Xiao Qingmu, there was no need to recognize the child because he looked so much like her.
Ruanruan's face felt itchy when it was touched. She opened her eyes uncomfortably and looked at Xiao Qingmu's face in a daze.
"Mom?" She called Xiao Qingmu in a baby voice.
"Um..." Xiao Qingmu burst into tears when he heard her call her mother.
Xiao Qingmu held her in his arms, "Soft."
Ruanruan felt the heavy weight and was stunned. She grabbed Xiao Qingmu's clothes and asked, "Mom?"
Her mother woke up!
Mom really woke up.
Ruanruan...Ruanruan is not dreaming.
"Yeah, mommy is here, baby." Xiao Qingmu hugged Ruanruan tightly and choked.
Ruanruan grinned happily, and as she laughed, her eyes were filled with tears. "Mom, you finally woke up. That's great. Ruanruan's mom is awake. Woo woo woo..."
"Mom, Ruanruan has been waiting for you for a long time. Ruanruan talks to mom every day. Mom, did you hear what Ruanruan said?"
"I heard it. Mom can hear everything." Xiao Qingmu patted Ruanruan's back gently. During the time when Ruanruan was treating her, she could hear the sounds outside.
She heard Ruanruan tell her what happened in Gan Country, and heard Ruan Qichuan tell her about Ruanruan's experience of growing from a few months old to four years old.
Ruan Qichuan was awakened by the noise beside him. He looked up and saw the mother and daughter hugging each other, and suddenly sat up from the bed.
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