"No!" Huo Qijing stopped him sternly: "Absolutely not! I don't care what your reason is, you are not allowed to leave the city!"
He stared at her seriously.
After a while, she lowered her eyes and said stubbornly like a child: "Anyway, I don't give out porridge, I don't want to give out porridge, I don't like this way..." Her voice gradually became dazed: "But why is there no one giving out porridge in this city?"
She is now alone and cannot handle the situation, which naturally attracts more criticism. However, this matter should have been one where everyone adds fuel to the fire!
She really had never thought that she would be fighting alone. If she had known that she would be fighting alone, then she... then she would have thought it through more carefully!
Huo Qijing felt a pain in his heart when he saw her like this. He held her in his arms and whispered, "We must work together to distribute porridge. If one family does it, for example, if I go to distribute porridge, at best, in a few days, we will be in this situation again. At worst, the victims are so numerous that they may attack the porridge shed. But we cannot treat the victims lightly or harshly."
He paused and said, "There is a porridge stall of the imperial court ahead. If these people just want to avoid death, they don't have to come here. Moreover, the imperial court does not want these refugees to gather outside the capital, so they will not treat them well. Otherwise, if they stay for too long, what will happen in winter? What if there is an epidemic?"
To put it bluntly, if you do nothing, it's not wrong, but if you do more, you will make more mistakes. Yan Shiyue, who took the first step, is now being roasted on the fire.
The emperor could not give orders to distribute porridge, so officials had to take the initiative to take the lead. However, if officials took the lead, they were worried that they would be seen as seeking fame.
In short, in a place like the capital, doing good deeds is not something you can do casually. There are many considerations and trade-offs, and all kinds of twists and turns involved, which Huo Qijing does not quite understand.
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Yan Shiyue said: "If that's the case, then why didn't Aye and Dad stop me when I wanted to do it?"
Huo Qijing said gently: "If I don't let you do it, you will feel uneasy. The emperor should also consider the reputation of Empress Fu. You can't just do nothing."
He gently stroked her hair and said, "I'm going to go out of town to take a look. No matter what happens, I'll tell you when I come back."
Yan Shiyue nodded silently.
As soon as Huo Qijing went out, she rode her horse out.
On the way, they met many carriages heading in. They all seemed to be the wives of the various mansions. Yan Shiyue asked, "Where are these people going?"
Jiahe coughed and said truthfully, "There was a blessing ceremony at the Dacheng Temple in the east of the city. These women went there to eat vegetarian food and burn incense to pray for the victims."
Yan Shiyue looked at him speechlessly, and Jiahe scratched his head.
So, we can’t say that these people did nothing. They burned incense and ate vegetarian food. That’s really great!
Someone lifted the car curtain to greet her, it was Princess Chun.
She said with a smile as beautiful as a flower: "Your Highness is in such a hurry, where are you going? Oh my, we all got up early, burned incense in front of the Buddha and added incense money for the victims. I thought Your Highness cared about the victims so much. When the victims arrived, people rushed out to greet them. You must be going there, but who knew that Your Highness's people were nowhere to be seen... Could it be that Your Highness didn't know about this?"
The woman in the carriage next to her also recognized the man and was thinking of dismounting to greet him, but when she heard these words, she didn't know whether to leave or stay.
Yan Shiyue stood on his horse and looked at her coldly.
Princess Chun laughed even more happily: "I heard that some lawless villains dared to curse dirty words at the city gate. I don't know if they are so bold! Your Highness, please don't take it to heart. We all know that your Highness has a large family and a large business, so it is inevitable that you will employ more people. When hiring people, the less the better, right? These unruly people really don't know what is good for them. It's good enough to give them a job, but at this time, they still dare to be picky..."
Yan Shiyue was in no mood to argue at the moment.
She sat upright on the horse, and gradually, in her eyes, only her bright red lips remained, opening and closing.
"I heard that Your Highness attended court that day. As a woman, it was an unprecedented honor to discuss government affairs with civil and military officials... So even if there are some problems, Your Highness does not need to take it to heart..."
Yan Shiyue had just mounted his horse and left, taking only Jia and a few others with him. Jia and a few others had always been invisible and rarely spoke, but now they could no longer tolerate it and shouted angrily, "Princess, be careful with your words!"
"Oh my? I admire Your Highness, and you can't praise Your Highness? Could it be that you think I'm too old and not as pretty as those young ladies? That I'm not to Your Highness' liking?" She covered her mouth and chuckled.
Jia He said angrily, "Shut up! If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb. Your voice is as unpleasant as the crowing of a chicken. How dare you talk so much? Hurry up and shut up and get out of the way. Don't disturb the peace of our highness!"
Princess Chun was not angry. She just kept giggling and really made way.
Yan Shiyue turned his horse over and could still hear her laughing: "This joke is really hilarious. I have been laughing for several days... Yo yo yo, I'm not talking about you."
Jiahe's face turned pale with anger: "You are looking for death!" He cursed angrily: "You are a bitch who doesn't know how to live or die!"
He carefully glanced at Yan Shiyue's expression.
Yan Shiyue had a blank expression on her face. She just urged her horse into the palace and arrived at the imperial study. Emperor Ming Yan was busy and didn't call her in for a while, so she sat down in the corridor, frowning and dazed.
Someone walked past her and stopped suddenly: "Yuer?"
It’s the fourth prince.
Yan Shiyue calmed down and said, "Oh? Is the disinfectant powder almost time? The day after tomorrow, right?"
The fourth prince stood straight and said solemnly: "Don't think too much. Your heart alone is a hundred times stronger than that of all the civil and military officials in the court."
"Silang!" Emperor Mingyan shouted through the window, "What nonsense are you talking about! Why don't you come in!"
The two of them went in. There were still a few senior officials discussing matters below. Emperor Ming Yan looked at Yan Shiyue and said, "Yue'er, come here."
Yan Shiyue didn't even look at the ministers, she just walked over and sat down at his feet, hugged his legs like a cat, and hid her face in his knees.
Tears quickly soaked the dragon robe. She choked with sobs and said in a low voice: "Aye... I, I am not afraid of being scolded, I don't care about being laughed at, I, I just want to solve it quickly and not let Aye worry, I, I don't want to do something bad with good intentions... No matter how serious the disaster is, it can't be heavier than the country's foundation. Maybe there will be nothing, but there will be no disputes... Aye, did I do something wrong..."
She was choking and her speech was incoherent.
Emperor Ming Yan put his hands on her hair and his eyes turned red.
In the past two days, many people in the court had impeached her, but after hearing these words, she was unable to say a word.
Xu Wenqu was also in the hall. He tried to speak several times but swallowed his words back.
He also heard what the Fourth Prince said, but he knew that this was not what she wanted to hear. She was really worried that her good intentions might lead to bad results.
The hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
After a long while, Emperor Ming Yan said, "You don't have to think too much, Yue'er. It's inevitable that the disaster victims are stranded outside the city. It has nothing to do with whether you call for workers or not, and it has nothing to do with Aye's arrangements here. If it really had something to do with it, why wouldn't Aye have told you at the time?"
He sighed: "Yue'er has a pure heart, burning with passion, Aye knows it all."
The fourth prince knelt down with a serious face and said, "Father, I want to set up a porridge stall outside the city."
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