Shen Yuerong felt a little distressed when she saw the people trembling but still insisting on queuing.
If it weren't for this natural disaster, their lives would have been much more prosperous.
But now I can only live by relying on others.
Even if they were hungry and cold, they dared not say a word.
Although standing far away, Shen Yuerong. You can actually see the muddy water in their hands which cannot even be called "porridge".
Even the color is a little gray, probably because some dust has gotten in.
But those who have been hungry for a long time don’t care whether this thing is clean or not. They just know that without this thin porridge, people will die.
She clenched her palms tightly, suppressing the urge to rush out and speak for these people.
First the old people, then the children. Perhaps these people still knew to be kind to young children, as there were still a few grains of rice at the bottom of the children's bowls.
But the situation for adult men who do the work is a little different.
Although their bowls were almost half full of rice, it was obvious that there was a lot of sand mixed in, and almost all of it was sunken rice from previous years.
When you get closer, you can smell a rotten smell.
"You officials are a bit too bullying."
Finally, someone couldn't help it and stood up to speak for justice.
The man who was sitting aside with a pipe in his mouth stood up, walked in front of him, and looked at the man who was making trouble with indifference.
"What?"
He spat on the ground and looked at the burly men in front of him.
"Not only is your porridge getting more and more deceptive every day, but why does it taste wrong today? It looks like it was left over from yesterday and has gone bad."
"It's gone bad?"
The man leaned forward and sniffed it, but the next second he knocked the porridge in his hand to the ground.
"I don't smell anything, but you are the one who is trying to pick a fight? Then don't drink it."
As the man spoke, a group of people surrounded him. Although they were wearing plain clothes, they all had knives in their hands.
"I'm telling you, the food is right here. Eat it if you can, and throw it away if you can't. No one is indulging your bad habits."
Shen Yuerong really couldn't stand it anymore, and just when she was about to walk out, Chi Mu grabbed her, and he was the first to walk out.
"The imperial court allocated 700,000 taels of silver so that the people who had suffered the disaster could live freely, and to help them rebuild their homes and return to their original lives as soon as possible. However, you corrupt officials pretended to obey but secretly disobeyed the government, which made people look really hateful."
Chi Mu stopped not far from them.
The man didn't care at all. If nothing unexpected happened, he probably thought of him as a brave but powerless country bumpkin.
"Bah, the imperial court? Do you think you are so rare that you can be appreciated by the nobles in the capital? I'm afraid you know that if it weren't for me, you wouldn't even be able to eat this rotten rice."
The burly men looked at the porridge poured on the ground and felt a little regretful.
After all, this is their food ration for the day.
"Please don't talk about how much hard work is ahead. When you were distributing porridge, there was almost no rice in the bowls of the elderly, and there were only a few children. Only the adult men who worked had half a bowl of porridge, and the rice they gave was rotten. Aren't you afraid that the court will send someone to investigate if you do this?"
"Send someone to check? Who? The prince who just sits in the house all day and can't even figure out the accounts and still has to rely on a woman? How ridiculous."
He never thought that people outside would look at him like this.
Chi Mu stared, and just as he was about to speak, the old man next to him tugged at the corner of his clothes.
"Forget it, young man."
The old man waved his hand and lowered his voice, "Don't offend them, or you won't even have this rice soup to drink tomorrow."
"The court gave so much money, how could it be possible..."
"young people."
He tried his best to signal Chi Mu, fearing that the conflict would be too great and they would end up falling out.
But he did not pay attention to these things. Instead, he wished he could execute the person in front of him right there and then.
"Every profession has its own expertise. The reason why the prince couldn't understand those accounts is because he had never been involved in business matters, but it doesn't mean that he has no expertise in other matters."
Shen Yuerong also walked over from not far away.
When he saw that the woman's clothes did not match those of the other women, he immediately thought of the woman who followed the prince.
"Who are you?"
"I am...Shen Yuerong."
Shen Yuerong looked at the porridge in the women's hands and found it even more ridiculous.
"I have really broadened my horizons today. I didn't expect to see people being divided into different classes here, and what kind of treatment they should be given!"
After all, Shen Yuerong came from the capital.
I have been staying with Chi Mu and the other person during this period of time.
Sure enough, when he saw her figure, his arrogance just now disappeared a little.
"Why are you suddenly silent?"
“Why is Miss Shen here?”
"Where should I explain to you? The prince asked me to go out for a walk and take a look at the daily lives of these people. I didn't expect that you usually feed them these."
He quickly took two steps forward, changing his previous indifference, "Miss Shen, you are joking. How could we restrict your freedom? I am just afraid that you will get lost. Why don't I take you back?"
Shen Yuerong shook her head and then walked behind Chi Mu.
"It's okay, I have the prince to protect me."
As soon as these words were spoken, the man fell to his knees, his eyes filled with fear and evasion, begging.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please forgive me."
With such little courage, he dared to do such cruel things. It seems so ridiculous now.
"Now you can tell me who told you to treat these innocent people like this."
At some point, someone had already slipped away and called a few ministers to help.
Now those ministers also came over one after another. They thought it was just ordinary people making trouble, but they didn't expect that Chi Mu would see all this again.
The housekeeper's expression was even uglier. After all, you had been there for a long time, but were still discovered by them.
"Meet the prince."
"Lord Liu came quite quickly, why don't you give me an explanation."
Looking at the sunken rice in the pot, Lord Liu spoke quickly, "It is because of the poor management of Xiaguan. I will investigate what kind of villain dares to do this and make these innocent people suffer."
He looked at the man who had spoken out about the unfair treatment at the beginning, "Brother, can you tell me if this is what you have been eating from the beginning until now?"
The man was also a little dazed, but nodded subconsciously.
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