Qin Chuan could tell that the brother and sister had a story, but since they were going to inspect the porridge right now, he said, "You two come with me first, have a bowl of porridge over there to fill your stomachs, and then have a proper meal when we get back to the Imperial Preceptor's residence."
After saying that, he walked towards the soup kitchen.
The young princess followed closely behind.
Li Aniu and his sister followed silently behind.
Qin Chuan took a look and found that the refugees were queuing up for porridge in an orderly manner, with no one cutting in line or causing trouble. Of course, this was mainly due to his order that each line must have soldiers to maintain order.
When Qin Chuan arrived at the porridge bucket, he saw so many soldiers surrounding him. The servant responsible for scooping the porridge had never seen such a scene before. He guessed that a high-ranking official must have arrived, and his hands trembled. He stammered, "M-Sir."
"Don't be nervous, just do your thing. I'm here to check the porridge."
Qin Chuan grabbed a handful of chopsticks and stuck them into the porridge. The chopsticks didn't float; the porridge was quite thick...
After checking several more porridge buckets, they were all of the same consistency, none of them had chopsticks floating on top. It seems that Zhang Xun did take the task he was told to do seriously.
"Let's put in the porridge!"
Qin Chuan gave a simple answer, avoiding any of the usual platitudes. The key was that everyone was starving, and spouting official jargon would only be torture...
The refugees were soon given a bowl of porridge, and seeing how thick the porridge was, they smiled and cried at the same time.
"I can't even remember the last time I had such delicious porridge!"
"God! You saved me!"
"Fool, it wasn't God who saved you, it was the Imperial Advisor!"
"Yes, yes, yes! I was stupid, it was the Imperial Advisor who saved me!"
"The Imperial Advisor is truly a just and upright official!"
Some refugees wanted to kneel and pay homage to the Imperial Preceptor, but he was nowhere to be found. At this time, Qin Chuan, who had finished inspecting the porridge, had already returned to the Imperial Preceptor's residence with the little princess and the Li siblings.
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