Not only did the Queen receive the news, but the Fifth Princess also received the news soon. She listened to her subordinates' report and broke off a corner of the table. "What did you say?"
She looked at the person kneeling below her with a gloomy expression.
"The Third Princess also contacted people to intercept the supplies of the Crown Princess. When our people threatened the local bandits, the Third Princess promised to give them accurate information and half of the supplies."
"So, Her Highness the Crown Princess encountered two attacks, and Her Highness the Third Princess once. But... Her Highness the Crown Princess seemed to have made arrangements in advance, and there was no loss of supplies. Her Highness the Third Princess was caught off guard by us, and suffered heavy losses. Moreover, she herself was injured while protecting the supplies."
The fifth princess clenched her fists, so the winner this time is.
"Gu-Jin-Ke!" She uttered the name through gritted teeth.
The issue of disaster relief supplies was of great concern to both the government and the public, and the fact that the supplies had been looted by bandits could not be concealed. Moreover, ordinary bandits did not dare to attack the imperial court's supplies, as this would be a provocation to the dignity of the royal family and the imperial court. But this time, they even stole two batches of supplies. They were so bold!
So, what gave these bandits the courage?
Therefore, before the court session the next day, the ministers gathered in groups of three or five to discuss the matter of the bandits, and everyone had a frown on their face.
Prime Minister Gongzhong, Grand Tutor Jiang, and several Shangshu were all silent, each thinking about their own affairs.
They didn't have to wait long before they heard the Queen's procession arriving. A servant shouted, "The Queen has arrived!"
The ministers knelt down and saluted. From the corner of their eyes, they saw the empress walk step by step to the phoenix chair and sit down. Then she called out in a calm tone: "Stand up."
Fang Rui stepped out of the line and said according to custom: "If you have something to say, please report it. If not, please leave the court!"
Prime Minister Gongzhong took a step forward first and said, "I have a report."
The queen glanced at her and nodded slightly.
Gongzhong then told the empress about the attack on the relief supplies, especially the heavy losses suffered by the third princess, and requested the empress to allocate another batch of supplies to be sent to Qingcheng Prefecture as soon as possible.
The Minister of Revenue Li Qi followed the third princess to Qingcheng Prefecture. The current head of the Ministry of Revenue is the Assistant Minister of Revenue, Lord Gong. Hearing Prime Minister Gongzhong's request, she looked slightly bitter and stood up: "Your Majesty, no more supplies can be withdrawn."
Winter is coming soon. What will the next year be like?
They couldn't move all their stored belongings below the danger line, and they had to keep them for emergencies.
In this world, it’s not just the people of Qingcheng Prefecture who need to eat.
There was a moment of silence in the hall. The empress was playing with a string of beads in her hand and suddenly said, "Old Five."
The fifth princess was slightly stunned: "Queen Mother?"
She felt a little guilty for a moment. Because in the original book, the imperial court did not lose any food. The only losses were the reputation of Her Royal Highness Princess Gu Jinke and the millions of people in Qingcheng Prefecture.
Because these people had died in her previous life, she did not hesitate to take action this time. But now, at the morning court, she heard with her own ears the difficulties faced by the people from the Ministry of Revenue, the silence of the court and the public, and the fact that the Empress called her, and for some reason, she suddenly felt helpless and guilty in her heart.
The Queen glanced at her calmly and said, "You are a military commander who has always aspired to make achievements and protect your country. Now the bandits are rampant and dare to seize the relief supplies. Then you should go and suppress the bandits. Make sure to take the supplies back and send them to Qingcheng Prefecture!"
The fifth princess, Gu Jinyun, was shocked and felt weak in her heart. She almost wanted to look up at the empress.
Let her go to suppress the bandits? Does the Queen Mother know?
No! impossible!
But the guilty feeling she had just felt was still in her heart, so she obeyed the order without hesitation.
When the Queen saw that she had responded to the order, her eyes flashed and then she couldn't help coughing.
…
Qingcheng Prefecture.
After Gu Jinke and his ambushers successfully killed two waves of bandits, they not only preserved supplies but also achieved a good deterrent effect.
The first thing was to make He Chang's team, who were escorting the goods, completely silent and only obey Gu Jinke's orders. After all, no one knows if they are not obedient, they will be killed like those bandits by the princess's ambushed reinforcements.
Secondly, it reduces the number of prying eyes on the road. Gu Jinke did not follow the law and immediately kill all the survivors left by the bandits this time. Special times require special treatment. After all, Qingcheng Prefecture is short of strong manpower. Gu Jinke tied up all the living bandits and followed them behind the convoy to serve as an example to them. For a while, the journey was indeed very smooth. These bandits had their own information channels, and after a little inquiry, their desire to take advantage of the situation to rob was chilled.
So Gu Jinke spent nearly twice as long as it did when he came here, and finally delivered the supplies to Qingcheng Prefecture. And the cheers of the people in Qingcheng City were heard.
Gu Jinke smiled slightly, then returned to the temporarily renovated mansion to rest. And began to think about the subsequent impact and development of this incident.
Although the news was a little slow, it was not difficult for Gu Jinke to guess the fate of the second batch of supplies from the information obtained from the attack on his own convoy and the interrogation of the captured survivors.
This made her a little worried.
She also knew about the situation of the national treasury. It was not that the third batch of supplies could not be assembled, but based on the loss of the second batch of supplies, and with the bandits eyeing them covetously, it would be very difficult to get the third batch of supplies out of the national treasury.
After all, in winter, if some poor areas suddenly suffer from disasters, the imperial court will be responsible for providing some subsidies. The rest of the people in the Ministry of Revenue must consider these aspects from many aspects to avoid not having enough supplies later.
So the fact facing Gu Jinke was that she had to lead Qingcheng Mansion to open up its sources of income. At least we cannot rely entirely on the imperial court. Then wait for the court's response, either to send the second batch of supplies in full, or to wait for the third batch of supplies to be delivered delayed after the various parties in the court had haggled over their options.
At this moment, she particularly hoped that the Third Princess and the Fifth Princess would stand in front of her. Gu Jinke's hands were itching and he really needed a sandbag at the moment.
She sat on the corridor of the mansion thinking about this matter, her brows furrowed.
Li Yuxin, who had been exhausted and drowsy for several days, changed into a cloak. Still covering himself tightly, he came out holding the door frame and saw Gu Jinke with a frown on his face.
Ever since he gave the evidence to Gu Jinke and he fell asleep, Li Yuxin had almost no memory of the past few days. So when he saw Gu Jinke sitting in the corridor with a frown on his face, he couldn't help but be stunned, as if he was in a dream.
Moreover, he recalled his meeting with Gu Jinke before he fell into a coma, and the words and scenes he talked about were all still vivid in his mind. He couldn't help but knocking his forehead, and his face and ears covered by the veil were covered with a red blush.
Why did I seem like a different person when I met Gu Jinke this time? Didn’t we agree to make plans before taking action?
Gu Jinke naturally noticed that someone was looking at her, so she looked up immediately and saw Li Yuxin, who was standing against the door frame, wrapped up tightly. She nodded at him as a greeting.
Li Yuxin quickly came back to his senses from his mixed feelings. Seeing Gu Jinke greeting him, he thought she had something to say, so he immediately held the door and slowly walked in front of Gu Jinke, bowing and saying, "Yuxin greets Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess."
Gu Jinke nodded, made room for him, and motioned for him to sit down. "Sit down. Are you feeling better?"
Li Yuxin glanced at the seat she had vacated, his eyes slightly lit up, and he sat down, then answered her, "Much better."
In order to deliver the letter before anything happened, he worked without sleep and never stopped for a moment. Two horses died. Not only was he exhausted, but his hands and inner thighs were also injured.
When Gu Jinke saw him before, his hands were covered in blood, which was caused by grinding. Even now, his hands are still wrapped like dumplings. Even on the way back, she leaned on Gu Jinke's arms and rode on the same horse with Gu Jinke. However, after recuperating for a few days, I was able to walk today.
Thinking of this, he bowed again and looked at Gu Jinke: "Thank you... Your Highness for sending me back."
The ending tone is light and soft, with a hint of shyness and discomfort.
Gu Jinke was stunned and looked up at him, only to see the person sitting opposite him, with his beautiful eyes slightly curved, a pool of warm spring water in them, and a little red at the corners of his eyes. He was obviously very embarrassed, but still looked at her straight.
Full of shyness and gratitude.
Gu Jinke reacted immediately. Li Yuxin had expressed his feelings to her before, so seeing Li Yuxin's reaction now, Gu Jinke immediately knew why he was shy and uncomfortable. So facing such a pair of beautiful eyes, she suddenly felt uncomfortable. She cleared her throat and looked at him with a slight shake: "It's okay, it's my duty."
After all, Li Yuxin's coming here this time really helped her a lot. I don't know how much manpower and resources it saved her.
When she thought of this, she looked at him seriously with her eyes full of sincerity and added, "It is I who should thank you. You should have a good rest."
She felt uncomfortable being stared at by him, but she still thanked him sincerely. Li Yuxin's shyness and uneasiness were originally caused by his sweetheart. Due to his personality, he was very shallow. On the contrary, he was tickled by her current appearance and was eager to make some moves.
"Your Highness." He suddenly called her softly.
Gu Jinke tilted his head slightly to look at him: "Hmm?"
But the person in front of her slowly came closer, looked into her eyes, his eyelashes fluttering, and his eyes were serious and eager: "I want to kiss your eyes, Your Highness."
Gu Jinke opened her eyes in surprise, and felt a darkness in front of her. A warm touch paused slightly at the corner of her eye through the thin veil, and she murmured vaguely.
"Your Highness~"
The warm touch disappeared instantly, and the word "Your Highness" seemed like an illusion. Only the tip of my nose seemed to be filled with another faint fragrance mixed with the aroma of medicine, and then, like the touch, it lingered for a moment and then slowly dissipated.
Now the only thing that felt sensitive was the corner of Gu Jinke's eye, which seemed to be burned by fire and could not be ignored suddenly.
Gu Jinke looked towards the culprit and saw Li Yuxin, who had already sat back in his original seat, still staring at her, as if he wanted to do it again.
Gu Jingke: ...
She rubbed her fingers lightly on the corridor railing, resisted the urge to press her eyes, and closed her eyes.
Li Yuxin was completely unaware of her abnormality. He just felt extremely elated because he had accomplished something he had always wanted to do.
He really wanted to kiss Gu Jinke's eyes.
It started from the moment she came to Qingcheng Mansion, from the moment Gu Jinke said "OK" to him with a bright smile in his eyes, and from the moment she earnestly told him to cultivate himself.
But now, seeing the usually reserved and lazy people looking at him in astonishment, as if they were still surprised and uncomfortable, he felt a new kind of joy.
He hadn't felt such pure joy for a long time, so he stopped suppressing it.
So he smiled, his eyebrows were curved, and there was joy in his eyes. He looked at Gu Jinke and called her in a soft voice.
"Your Highness~"
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