Chapter 207 Isn’t that your princess?
Chunzhi thought of this and looked at Gu Yuanjia in front of her with some displeasure. "If Master Gu really needs someone to take care of him, I will ask Madam Wang to assign two maids to you."
Gu Yuanjia noticed that the way the princess looked at him was a little different from before, and there was inexplicably a hint of displeasure in her eyes.
Mr. Gu didn't know what he said wrong. Was he trying too hard to be pitiful?
Gu Yuanjia quickly said, "Thank you for your kindness, Princess. I'm not used to being served by strangers so please don't bother me."
Chunzhi didn't insist. She picked up her brush, dipped it in ink, and said calmly, "Mr. Gu looks a little tired. Go back and rest early."
Gu Yuanjia wanted to say something else.
Haruji has already lowered her head and started writing a letter.
Mr. Gu stood outside the window for a moment, then bowed and said, "I'll take my leave."
Then, he turned and left.
Even Mr. Gu, who was very smart, could not understand the princess's mood.
A woman's heart is as unfathomable as the sea.
When Chunzhi wrote to Yuzhu, she thought for a moment and just said that Gu Yuanjia was doing well and still had time to think about other things. She asked Yuzhu to take good care of herself and Nian'er, and they would return to the capital after the war in Xizhou was settled.
After writing the letter, Chunzhi asked someone to send it back to the capital.
The attendant took the order and left.
Chunzhi stood up and stretched. She wrote three letters in a row. She went outside to take a breath and slowly walked to the front yard.
The snow in the yard had not melted yet, and Mrs. Wang called many people to the front yard and was arranging for them to set up tents to provide porridge to the people.
When Chunzhi heard this, she went up to Madam Wang and said, "Madam, you want to set up a tent to give out porridge to the people, right? I can also help."
Madam Wang paused, then quickly said, "How can that be possible? A princess is a daughter of gold, how can she possibly show her face in public and do such a hard job?"
Chunzhi said, "What's the point of being worth a fortune? I'm just sitting around doing nothing, so if I can do something for the people of Xizhou, I'll feel at ease."
When Mrs. Wang heard the princess say this, she looked hesitant.
Chunzhi immediately added, "Before I became a princess, I was selling tofu. You know, selling tofu is hard work, working from dawn to dusk. If you compare it to that, giving porridge to the people isn't such a hard job."
Princess Chang'an brought up the past so naturally that Lady Wang felt that the princess was a sincere person who was not afraid of others talking about her past.
"Since the princess has said so, let's go together. I'll go too."
Madam Wang instructed the people in the general's mansion to go there whenever they had time. After arranging all matters, Mu Kaiji and the others came over.
Seeing Chunzhi was about to go out with Madam Wang and the others, Mu Kaiji couldn't help but walk over to her and asked, "Sister, you've been traveling for so many days, why don't you take a rest?"
Chunzhi said, "I've rested and had enough sleep. They're short of help out there, so I'll go do what I can."
Mu Kaiji knew he couldn't persuade him, so he said, "I'll go too."
When his sister first arrived in Xizhou, there was a war outside the city. The guards who accompanied her advised her to leave this dangerous place first and come back after the fighting stopped. But Chunzhi not only did not leave, she dismounted and began to rescue the wounded.
Many women and children in the city were originally terrified and trembling, but they were mobilized by her to bandage the wounded and stop the bleeding. Mu Kaiji still remembers that scene vividly.
Now Chunzhi is going to give porridge to the people. Mu Kaiji doesn’t find it strange at all, and even thinks that this is what Chunzhi would do.
He was just a little worried about his sister's injuries.
"It would be great if brother could go too." Chunzhi walked out with Mu Kaiji.
Mrs. Wang had a tent set up at the city gate. Chunzhi led the maids to wash rice, cook porridge, and make steamed cornbread. Mu Kaiji led people to inform the refugees that they could come and get food, and asked them to line up to maintain order.
There is strength in numbers.
The straw hut was quickly erected, and the rice was put into the pot and cooked into porridge, and the aroma of the porridge wafted into the air.
More and more refugees heard that porridge was being distributed here and gathered here, forming a long queue.
Some young refugees bullied the old woman who was in tattered clothes and hungry, pushed her away and forced their way into the queue.
"You...you..." The old woman staggered to the ground and couldn't get up for a long time. She didn't even have the strength to curse.
The people behind were in a hurry to get their food, and no one stood up for the old woman.
"Why are you pushing that old woman?" Chunzhi saw it and immediately scolded her.
The young refugee was unconvinced and said, "She's so old and doesn't have many days left to live. Why waste food? If you want to save her, save us young ones first!"
"Whose life isn't life? Why should yours be more valuable than others?"
Chunzhi walked out from behind the porridge stall and confronted the young refugee with a single word.
Chunzhi reached out and helped the old woman up. "Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?"
"Hungry...and in pain..."
The old woman was trembling and couldn't utter a complete sentence.
Madam Wang came over with her maidservant. "How dare this refugee offend the princess! Someone, drag him away!"
The young refugee was stunned when he saw Chunzhi's simple clothing, which was only clean and warm. He could not tell that she was a princess. He was about to kneel down and beg for mercy when he heard the princess say, "He may be confused because of hunger. There is no need to drag him away. Let him go to the back of the queue."
Madam Wang immediately said, "My princess won't bother with you. You're lucky! Hurry up and get in line at the back!"
"Yes, yes... Thank you, Princess! Thank you, Princess..."
The young refugees quickly rolled to the back and lined up.
Chunzhi and the maid helped the old woman who had fallen into the porridge shed and let her sit on a bench to rest for a while.
Mrs. Wang had a bowl of rice porridge and two steamed buns served. Chunzhi took them and handed them to the old lady, saying gently, "Be careful, they're hot."
The old woman held the porridge in one hand and the steamed bread in the other, tears of gratitude welling up in her eyes, "Thank you, Princess... You are such a kind person!"
Chunzhi said, "It was Madam Wang's idea to set up the tent to distribute porridge. Madam Wang is a very kind person."
Madam Wang quickly said, "No, no, no... This was the prince's idea. I dare not take credit for it."
Chunzhi paused for a moment, then continued, "Madam is kind-hearted and deserves to be called a good person."
Mrs. Wang felt a little embarrassed. In fact, if the princess had not wanted to come out in person to give porridge to the people, she would not have planned to come.
But now that she sees so many refugees having enough food to eat and everyone calling her a "good person" and a "kind-hearted person", Mrs. Wang feels that all the hard work is worth it.
After Chunzhi settled the old woman, she continued to provide porridge to the refugees. She was busy until the evening. Even at noon, she had to drink a bowl of porridge and eat two steamed buns in the porridge shed.
When dusk fell, Huo Zheng led everyone back to the city. When he passed the city gate, he saw Chunzhi, who was dressed in plain clothes and busy distributing porridge.
Shao Feiyang, who was traveling with him, saw this and couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, isn't that your princess?"
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