Zhou Qiongyue had already lain down, but when she heard Gu Yu say this, she jumped out of bed and said, "Take me to see it!"
Gu Yu immediately took Zhou Qiongyue to the front yard.
When Zhou Qiongyue arrived at the front yard, everyone around her immediately saluted, and even Gulan struggled to stand up and salute.
Zhou Qiongyue held down Gulan, who was struggling to get up, and said, "Just lie down. What are you doing?"
The usually lively Gu Ju saw Zhou Qiongyue coming. She had been crying silently beside Gu Lan's bed, but she immediately threw herself at Zhou Qiongyue's feet, grabbed the hem of her skirt and cried sadly, "Princess, Princess..."
Zhou Qiongyue looked at the disheveled appearance of the girl Guju, whose hair was disheveled, not to mention her clothes.
Zhou Qiongyue let Guju pull her skirt while crying. She first confirmed Gulan's injuries with the court doctor next to her. Fortunately, they were only superficial injuries and just looked serious.
When she heard the court doctor say, "Gulan's most serious injury is a sprained foot," Zhou Qiongyue finally relaxed her worries.
After Zhou Qiongyue carefully understood Gulan's injuries, she turned around and pulled up the silly girl who was crying at her feet.
Only then did Zhou Qiongyue feel like asking what had happened. "What happened to you guys?"
When Gu Ju heard the princess's question, she stopped crying instantly, and her face was full of indignation, "Miss, your kindness is in vain. Those disaster victims in the village are not satisfied at all.
A few people joined forces with some others and first said that the food in our village was not good. Sister Gulan has been dealing with them.
Today, a large group of people rushed into the village with sticks, demanding a daily grain increase. Our village already provides three times as much grain as the surrounding villages, yet these people are still not satisfied.
We were so angry that we started arguing with them. During this time, few people spoke up for us. They were all ungrateful and said... They also said that since the princess wanted to be known as a good person, she shouldn't be so stingy.
It's so infuriating. They were the ones who pushed Sister Gulan down. They really wasted so much of the princess's food.
If you hadn't sent someone to pick us up, Sister Gulan and I probably wouldn't have been able to see you."
The more Gu Ju spoke, the angrier she became. She now wished she could go out and fight with them.
Zhou Qiongyue was also very angry, but she looked calm on the surface. However, Gulan and the others knew that their princess was angry.
"Did they take action?"
When Zhou Qiongyue asked this question, she even managed a smile. In her heart, she felt that this was completely out of the question. She had finally softened her heart for once, and then encountered such a thing.
This question was not only addressed to Gulan and Guju, but she also looked at the palace soldiers who went with them.
Seeing everyone nod in unison, Zhou Qiongyue chuckled, "That's really good."
Zhou Qiongyue felt that this was truly a case of repaying a debt of gratitude with a vengeance.
Gu Ju now had Zhou Qiongyue's support, so she cursed even more vigorously, "That's right, they are a bunch of ungrateful people. If it weren't for the princess, would those people still have the strength to pick up sticks?"
Zhou Qiongyue patted Guju's hand and said, "Don't worry, I will avenge you."
Gulan and Guju felt sad when they saw the princess's angry face, but they couldn't help but worry that the good reputation the princess had accumulated in the early days would be wasted because of them.
The two said in unison: "Then there's no need!"
Zhou Qiongyue looked at the two people who responded enthusiastically in surprise. Gulan paused and added, "This servant's injury will heal after a while. Princess, there's no need to make things complicated for us. You can't give us so much food in the early stages and then end up with a bad reputation."
"You and Guju don't have to worry about these. Just take a good rest."
Zhou Qiongyue didn't care about reputation at all. Perhaps it would be safer if her reputation wasn't too good. All reputations in the world should belong to the royal family.
Zhou Qiongyue comforted Gulan and Guju for a few more words, then left with Guyu, leaving Gumei in the front yard to look after Gulan for a few days.
Although Gulan's injuries were not serious, Zhou Qiongyue was still worried about the wound getting infected because the weather was hot recently.
After Zhou Qiongyue brought Gu Yu back to the main courtyard, he sat under the corridor in a bad mood, looking at the scenery in the main courtyard garden, thinking about what to do.
Gu Yu quietly arranged for someone to place the ice basin next to her. She took a fan herself and began to fan gently.
When Zhou Qiongyue came back to her senses, she was very surprised to see Gu Yu so calm, "Why didn't you ask me what I wanted to do?"
Gu Yu replied to the princess seriously, "It is enough for me to know that the princess will protect us."
Gu Yu felt that, with Sister Gu Lan worrying about them, she and Gu Ju were inevitably a bit naive. But these days, she started following the princess in and out, and she saw a lot, and she knew even more about how good the princess was to them.
She just needed to know that the princess would protect them. The rest of the things were not something that slaves like them should consider.
When Zhou Qiongyue heard the ancient saying, she felt that the people around her were becoming more and more considerate.
"Starting tomorrow, the palace will remove the free porridge at the city gate. Everything on the farm has been packed up, and no one will be hired. We'll tell everyone that the palace has no more food, and that the farm has been hit by refugees, with many injured, and we can't afford to hire any more workers.
Let Gu Yu arrange it!"
Gu Yu happily agreed. She felt particularly happy that the princess did this. She handed the fan to the servant next to her and immediately went down to pay her respects and make arrangements.
Zhou Qiongyue believed that these people would regret it soon. Although she had not planned to recruit them because her food reserves were running low, she was sure to go down the stairs now that she had such a good excuse.
Zhou Qiongyue acted like a good person for once, and even though others didn't appreciate it, she didn't want to regret it. After all, regret was the most time-wasting thing.
If she had the time to regret, she might as well take advantage of the opportunity when wealthy businessmen left Yuan'an and buy a few more houses and shops!
Of course, Zhou Qiongyue would not have dared to be so generous before, but now that she is in charge of the palace, she is more generous.
Every failure is a lesson learned! After all, she had often donated money in her previous life. But now she was also doubting how many of those who had always received her help in her previous life were truly grateful to her.
On the second day, many people lined up outside the city gate early in the morning, waiting for the porridge from Prince Fu'an's Mansion. After all, among all the porridges, the porridge from Prince Fu'an's Mansion was the thickest.
So even though the waiting time is longer, many people are willing to wait.
But before they had queued for long, someone came out and said that Prince Fu'an's palace had run out of food and would not be distributing porridge from that day onwards, so they were told to queue elsewhere.
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