Chapter 43 Arrival at the City

What does it have to do with him?

Pei Xuanyi didn't care.

After all, he knew in his heart that the noble lady must be Qin Xixi, and Zhou Fangyu just took up this title, so it didn't matter whether he took her or not.

And these two siblings are really annoying.

They come to him for everything, does he look like a kind person?

Pei Xuanyi kicked Zhou Fangyu away expressionlessly.

Qin Xixi was secretly happy.

[The little grandson is still okay, I blamed him wrongly before! ]

Zhou Fangyu was shocked.

"Your Highness, I'm still a child, how can you be so rude."

Pei Xuanyi glanced at her coldly.

"I'm a child too."

His face was full of impatience.

But these words almost broke Fu Qian's plan.

It seems to be true, His Royal Highness the Grandson is indeed still young. It's just that his mind sometimes makes people ignore his childish appearance.

Zhou Fangyu:...

I always feel like I'm under magic attack.

Pei Xuanyi didn't care what they thought, picked up Qin Xixi, turned his head and signaled to Fu Qian.

"I will only take Xixi with me, and the others will be decided by Lord Fu."

This means that he doesn't want to take Zhou Fangyu with him, and wants Fu Qian to take care of her himself.

Fu Qian couldn't help but think of the sleepless night of the Lantern Festival...

He didn't want to take her either, but he couldn't disobey

the emperor's order. He complained to the little His Royal Highness the Grandson bitterly.

"The Imperial Master said that Zhou Fangyu is a noblewoman. We must take her with us on this trip, otherwise there will be a disaster."

Zhou Fangyu raised her head proudly when she heard this.

[What Imperial Master, are you blind? How can Zhou Fangyu be a noblewoman? 】

Qin Xixi rolled her eyes.

Thinking about the fact that she had to travel with Zhou Fangyu because of her "noble lady" identity, Qin Xixi couldn't help but think that the national teacher was a big liar.

Pei Xuanyi didn't buy it.

"Zhou Fangyu may not be a noble lady, what if the noble lady is Xixi. The national teacher just said that there is a noble lady between the two of them, but he didn't point out which one."

Qin Xixi felt much better after hearing this.

[It seems that this national teacher is not particularly blind, he still has something. 】

Fu Qian also understood in his heart that Zhou Fangyu might not really be a noble lady.

Her actions during this trip showed that she was not as smart as she had shown before.

But after all, she was only one year old and could speak.

In comparison, Qin Xixi, who looked adorable but a little silly, looked even less like a noble lady.

Fu Qian sighed.

"Forget it, I'll take Zhou Fangyu with me."

Pei Xuanyi nodded nonchalantly. Since he didn't have to take her, it didn't matter.

Zhou Fangyu felt very uncomfortable hearing herself being kicked around like a ball.

But now that she could go along, she hurried to curry favor with Fu Qian.

"Thank you for taking me with you, sir. Otherwise, the disaster in Liancheng... I'm just afraid of the unexpected."

Then she pretended to be

concerned about the country and the people. [What a white lotus! Obviously, she wanted to curry favor with the powerful, but she had to pretend to be concerned about the people. 】

Qin Xixi rolled her eyes. This Zhou Fangyu is so scheming!

After all this commotion, only Zhou Fangze and his servants stayed behind.

Early the next morning, the team escorting food and grass set off again.

This time they had enough rest, and the soldiers were full of energy.

Everyone was thinking about going to Liancheng as soon as possible to rescue the disaster victims.

The speed of transportation this time was indeed much faster than before.

Two days later, they arrived in Liancheng.

I had only heard about the severity of the disaster before, but now that I have come to the outside of the city, I know how ruthless and terrible the disaster is.

Outside the city, there are not only crying refugees, but also corpses of people who died of starvation, covering the ground.

The smell of decay is everywhere. Fortunately

, the weather is good, and it is not raining at this time.

It was impossible to enter the city directly, and the refugees outside the city were really pitiful.

Pei Xuanyi calculated how much food the residents in the city would need to survive the flood, and roughly counted the number of refugees outside the city.

With a wave of his hand, he asked his men to take out the corresponding amount of food and distribute it for free in a place far away from the city gate.

After the arrangement was completed, he asked people to shout at the city gate, announcing that someone in the west of the city was distributing food for free.

In a blink of an eye, there were not many living people outside the city gate.

Even if there were, they were the old, weak, sick and disabled who could not even walk.

Although Pei Xuanyi felt sympathy, the food was limited, so he could only wait until the people in the city were settled before settling the refugees.

In this way, several people entered the city smoothly.

They came quietly.

Even though it was late, Pei Xuanyi still ordered his men to build sheds in various locations in the city, and began to distribute grain and grass, and make porridge for the people.

At first, some people didn't believe that huge cakes would fall from the sky, until some people couldn't stand the hunger anymore and tried the newly distributed grain and grass in the city. Nothing happened. Then the people began to believe it and started queuing up to get food.

But there were always some stubborn people who didn't want to believe it.

The little grandson of the emperor personally visited the victims and told them that he was the grandson of the emperor of the current dynasty, and that he was ordered to come to the disaster relief this time. The grain was purchased with the money in the national treasury, so they could go and get it without worry.

After this, the people in the city began to scramble for food.

However, each person could only receive one portion of food, and everyone had to register, so they could not receive more than they wanted. This allowed for a fair distribution of food, and there was even some left over.

Pei Xuanyi also allocated some to the refugees outside the city.

But this time, the rations were not distributed outside Liancheng, but outside other cities that were closer.

If they were distributed in Liancheng twice, it would attract more refugees, which would cause riots.

After these ration distributions, the victims knew that it was a handsome little grandson of the emperor who came to help them, and everyone praised him endlessly.

They said that the little grandson of the emperor was young, very smart, and had a royal style.

The victims were also grateful to the royal family for helping them.

After two days of distributing rations, they met the county magistrate of Liancheng.

He was round and fat, but his clothes were tattered and had many patches on them.

As soon as he saw Pei Xuanyi and his group, he hurriedly saluted with tears.

"I would like to thank all the benefactors on behalf of the disaster victims in Liancheng!"

After saying this, he wiped away his tears.

"Liancheng was hit by a flood, and the people had a hard time. As a county magistrate, I am also heartbroken! Fortunately, with the help of all the benefactors, we were able to successfully overcome the danger!"

He was a little embarrassed to cover the patches on his body.

"In order to rescue the disaster victims, I sold all my land. I am not in a decent manner to meet you gentlemen. I hope you will forgive me."

Fu Qian hurriedly said that it was okay. Hearing this, he had some respect for the county magistrate.

"Have you eaten? Do you need to take some food and grass?"

The county magistrate looked grateful.

"Thank you, everyone. I have not had any food to eat these days because of the disaster relief. I heard that someone in the city was distributing food and grass these two days. I just realized that it was the little royal grandson who came!"

Qin Xixi snorted in her heart when she heard the county magistrate's vague complaints.

[This fat county magistrate is really pretentious. If I didn't know the truth, I would have been deceived by him! ]