Chapter 150: Natural Understanding

Huo Jinchi was busy and did not show up for lunch. He did not return to Tongming Palace until dinner time to have dinner with Yun Qin.

Yunqin ate medicinal food, and Huo Jinchi also ate simply, with only a few side dishes placed on the low table on the couch.

"Your Majesty is so busy, there is no need to accompany me for meals." Yun Qin frowned, "You should eat more."

"You eat light porridge and small dishes every day, why do I like to eat big fish and meat?" Huo Jinchi was very leisurely, holding the rice and eating it quickly but politely.

Yun Qin drank a mouthful of the medicinal food, then glanced at her mouth and said bluntly: "There are so many disaster victims in the city now. Your Majesty can't bear to see them not having anything to eat, so he doesn't want to be too extravagant, right?"

Xia Yun, who was standing by, chuckled and said, "Young lady, you really do understand the emperor best. The emperor just issued an order today to cut down on the expenses of the palace."

Huo Jinchi also smiled faintly, but his eyes were deep as he looked at Yun Qin, with some unclear emotions.

But Yun Qin did not look at him. Instead, she lowered her eyes and drank the medicinal food that Rong Xin brought to her mouth. However, because of Xia Yun's words, the tips of her ears felt a little hot.

She really just wanted to scold Hawking Chi.

Thinking of the disaster victims, Yun Qin raised her eyes and looked at Huo Jinchi again, "Your Majesty, I have some silver here. Although it is not worth much, it can be exchanged for some rice and flour. Put it in the porridge stall, it can at least last for a day or two."

"No need." Huo Jinchi wanted to say: You should keep that little money for yourself.

But he swallowed the words back when they came to his lips. He still remembered how she said with tears in her eyes that she was just a thin-skinned person. He didn't want to feel the pain of a blunt knife stabbing his heart again.

Xu An, who was standing outside the sand partition, suddenly interrupted and said, "Miss, you don't know that the emperor has already set up a porridge stall for you in the outer city, right next to Shen Danying's porridge stall. Now the disaster victims around here all know that it was the porridge stall set up by the fairy lady, and many of them have even placed longevity tablets for you!"

This really surprised Yun Qin. She looked at Huo Jinchi and her pupils widened for a moment. "The emperor has never said this before?"

"What's there to say about this?"

Huo Jinchi glanced at the half-closed sand partition and spoke calmly, but in his heart he was thinking about what to reward Xu An later.

"Your servant thanks the emperor." Yun Qin's heart had long been like a copper wall and an iron wall, but at this moment, this copper wall and iron wall were also wrapped in the warm current and were no longer piercing.

Compared with any honor or favor, this is a real political achievement for a concubine who has no chance to make achievements. Even if there are court officials who report her in the future, they will remember her merit of setting up a porridge stall and providing porridge.

What's more, she has a good reputation as a "fairy lady" outside.

For a woman, this is the unshakable foundation of her life!

Seeing her mouth clenched, Huo Jinchi quickly stopped her, "Don't cry, golden beans can't be exchanged for rice and flour."

The moisture in Yun Qin's eyes immediately disappeared and she glared at him.

After being glared at by her, the smile on Hawking Chi's face deepened a little. After all, he was not as hard as a rock that could not be penetrated by water or a needle. He could still be moved by her.

However, he also had his own selfish motives in setting up the soup kitchen.

As the emperor, he did not believe in gods or Buddhas. But after learning that she was ill, he realized that he had nowhere to turn to.

The only thing we can do is to set up a porridge stall for her to accumulate some merits for her.

If there really are gods and Buddhas, they could consider her kindness and pity and not be so cruel to her. They could let him share in her blessings and accompany her on a longer journey.

As for the Shen family's kindness, he would repay it for her, so she shouldn't get too involved with it.

Huo Jinchi's mind was in turmoil, and the chopsticks in his hand gradually stopped moving. Finally, he put them aside and glanced at Xia Yun.

Yun Qin also saw him putting down his chopsticks. Seeing that he ate so little, Yun Qin said to Rong Xin, "Go and serve a bowl of my medicinal food to the emperor."

Without waiting for Huo Jinchi to refuse, she continued, "Dr. Zhang Yu put herbs in this medicated diet to nourish the spleen and replenish qi. Your Majesty has been too tired, and he should also nourish himself so that he can have an appetite to eat."

Seeing the worry in her eyes, Huo Jinchi suddenly felt that he had an appetite again, and he reached out to take the medicinal food that Rong Xin handed over.

Xia Yun couldn't help but sigh, "The girl is really thoughtful."

Yun Qin blushed again. She was just returning the favor. Please don't say it in such an ambiguous way!

Hawking Chi didn't say anything, but the smile on his face couldn't deceive anyone, and the empty dishes couldn't deceive anyone either.

After dinner, the wind suddenly blew outside, and soon it started to rain again.

Yun Qin leaned against the head of the bed and glanced out the window. It was already dark outside. A lantern was lit in the corridor, and the light was swaying in the wind. The rain curtain outside seemed to be swaying as well.

She whispered, "Every autumn rain brings a chill."

Huo Jinchi followed her gaze and looked out the window while holding his tea. He also whispered, "We need to send the disaster victims back to the north before the weather gets too cold. We can't accommodate so many people all at once."

Yun Qin also knew some of the inside story. After thinking it over, she felt that it would be okay to ask, so she asked, "The imperial envoys who went west were forced to pay for their food?"

"No." Huo Jinchi glanced at her with a hint of coldness in his eyes.

Seeing her expression, Yun Qin suddenly connected to his brain waves. Even if the court had no food and money, there might be some in the granary in the west, or in the home of the rich man.

He was planning to go to a certain place, and the house he was searching would be confiscated somewhere...

Cruel enough, but also refreshing enough!

Yun Qin blinked her eyes and said in a slightly flattering tone, "Your Majesty is wise."

"This preserves is so sweet today. I'll have to ask someone to make more for you." Huo Jinchi teased with a smile.

The two of them had a natural tacit understanding, and to outsiders, it sounded like they were saying half and leaving the other half, so it was really hard to understand what they were saying.

Rong Xin and Xia Yun, who were standing aside, looked at each other, then looked at the half-open window, and were really confused.

It was just a rain, how did it end up being associated with the "Emperor's Wise Spirit"?

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