Bai Jinjin looked frightened, and her little hands gently pulled at the empress dowager's sleeves. Seeing Bai Jinjin's pitiful and frightened look, the empress dowager scolded the third prince.
"Bai Yan! You're the older brother, how can you be so mean to your sister! Look how scared Jinjin is! Do you still act like a prince?"
When the Third Prince saw the Queen Mother scolding him, he couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved.
"Grandma, you used to love me the most, why don't you love me anymore now that Bai Jinjin is here?"
The Queen Mother sighed when she saw that the Third Prince was aggrieved.
"Grandmother, of course, loves you, but you are my brother and a prince. You cannot forget your proper manners. Moreover, from what I saw yesterday, Bai Lingling didn't seem like a quiet person. You should stay away from her from now on."
The Third Prince was of course not convinced, but he had no choice but to follow the Queen Mother's suggestion. He answered "yes" sullenly, then said he was not feeling well and took his leave.
Bai Jinjin was very proud when she saw the third prince leave. You little bastard, you are still trying to complain to me.
Seeing the Third Prince's unrepentant look, the Queen Mother felt somewhat disappointed in him. After all, he was the child she had spoiled, and she was very sad to see the Third Prince's reaction.
When Bai Jinjin saw the empress dowager like this, she was about to leave when she was stopped by the empress dowager.
"Jinjin, don't blame your third brother. If possible, I hope Jinjin can watch your third brother and keep him away from that girl Bai Jinjin."
Bai Jinjin was very reluctant but agreed for the sake of the empress dowager's face.
After leaving the Cining Palace, Bai Jinjin really couldn't hold it anymore. What was going on?
Unexpectedly, the Third Prince didn't go far. When Bai Jinjin passed by Yunfeng Pavilion, she was stopped by the Third Prince Bai Yan.
"Bai Jinjin, you better not talk nonsense in front of the Empress Dowager, otherwise I will definitely not let you go."
Seeing the Third Prince like this, Bai Jinjin knew that he must have been eavesdropping outside.
She stretched out her voice and said, "Jinjin, why don't you understand what the Third Prince said? Jinjin wants to go play with Brother Ye, so I won't accompany you anymore."
He didn't care about the Third Prince's expression and walked out quickly.
Bai Jinjin originally wanted to go to Ye Jiuge's palace to find him, but when she passed by her own bedroom, she saw Ye Jiuge sitting there waiting for her, so she hurried over.
"Okay, Brother Ye, let's set off now."
Ye Jiuge nodded, as his business had just been completed.
So Bai Jinjin took the people given to her by Bai Juncheng and went to the flood-stricken area with Ye Jiuge.
When I arrived at the location, I saw that the nearby disaster victims had not yet evacuated, and I was worried about how to get them to evacuate.
These were the officials who had blocked their way on the streets of Beijing. They hadn't expected them to show up.
Seeing the increasing number of people, Bai Jinjin thought for a while and decided to use work-for-relief. This would reduce the consumption of the national treasury and also allow the victims in this area to gain something from their work.
Bai Jinjin told Ye Jiuge about this idea. Ye Jiuge listened to Bai Jinjin's suggestion and thought it was a feasible method.
Although this is feasible, Bai Jinjin always has a hidden danger in her mind. She went forward and found that the water from the Grand Canal in Beijing, which originally led to the outside, was actually in the city.
Suddenly Bai Jinjin had an idea and told the officials.
"Some of the people you bring will go find disaster victims who can swim, ask them for help, and then feed them. Another part of you will go with the people I brought to clear the clogged Grand Canal, and the rest will set up porridge stalls."
When the officials heard that it was a good idea, they immediately made arrangements and everything went on in an orderly manner.
Bai Jinjin watched all this with satisfaction. She believed that after this incident was over, many officials would have confidence in the Qin State and everything would improve.
Compared to Bai Jinjin's smooth progress, Bai Lingling was obviously unable to cope, because Bai Juncheng did not agree with Bai Lingling's proposal, so he did not allocate money to Bai Lingling.
So Bai Lingling could only spontaneously raise money from her classmates in the Imperial College, but there were not many guards to guard the soup kitchen.
The silver that Bai Lingling prepared was obviously not enough. The victims had been tortured by the flood and had long since lost their humanity. Now seeing the sparsely guarded porridge stall, the honest victims would abide by the law and line up to wait.
But seeing the porridge in the pot gradually decreasing, the victims behind knew that if they did not rush forward, they would definitely not get anything to eat.
So many of the victims who were lagging behind ran to the front and knocked Bai Lingling, who was distributing porridge, into a mess. She looked extremely embarrassed and could only return to the palace in disgrace.
When the four princes heard that Bai Lingling had returned to the palace, they all went to Bai Lingling's bedroom.
Bai Lingling was in the bedroom, looking at her own dirty face, and remembered the dirty hands of the disaster victims who had touched her face.
Bai Lingling wiped the dirt off her face with a handkerchief in disgust, and saw the arrival of the four princes in the mirror.
She immediately started sobbing. The princes who were preparing to give Bai Lingling a surprise at the door heard the sobbing in the room and rushed in without caring whether they were surprised or not.
When Bai Lingling saw her four brothers coming, she hurriedly wiped away her tears, as if she didn't want them to see her crying.
The eldest prince stepped forward, patted Bai Lingling on the head and said, "Lingling, tell me what happened at the porridge distribution today."
Bai Lingling shook her head and said, "Nothing, big brother, don't ask."
The Second Prince looked at Bai Lingling's forbearing expression and stepped forward to ask, "Did Bai Jinjin bully you again?"
Hearing this, Bai Lingling looked flustered, and said with fear in her eyes: "Second brother, don't talk nonsense. Ninth sister didn't bully me."
When the princes saw the fear in Bai Lingling's eyes, they knew that it must be Bai Jinjin who bullied Bai Lingling.
The third prince slammed the table in anger.
"I knew it! This Bai Jinjin! Not only did she distort the truth in front of Grandma, but she actually framed Lingling at this moment! This hateful woman!"
The Fourth Prince gritted his teeth and said, "It seems that I have to teach Bai Jinjin a lesson!"
Bai Lingling looked at the angry crowd, slowly lowered her head and her shoulders trembled. Everyone thought that Lingling was crying like this because she was bullied by Bai Jinjin.
But when Bai Lingling lowered her head, there was darkness and resentment in her eyes that seemed to be dripping out.
On the other side, Bai Jinjin was also very happy to see the victims gradually recovering their spirits.
Many disaster victims were thanking Bai Jinjin, saying that Bai Jinjin was truly a living Bodhisattva who saved people from suffering. Bai Jinjin's face flushed with praise, and she said, "Everyone, go and have dinner quickly," and ran back to the carriage with a red face.
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