"I think that we should uproot the grass at its roots, so that they won't come back again. We should do it halfway..." He scratched his neck with his hand.
"Oh, the people in Dingguo Palace are old, disabled, and the ones who are still alive are just some female relatives. What kind of waves can they cause?"
"But He Jingheng is still alive!"
"Alive?" The man sneered, "I think when he wakes up, he will hope to be dead!"
“You mean…”
The man looked at the man on He Qinian's back and said, "He Jingheng was such a strong man, but now he has become a useless man. It will be difficult for him to survive in the place of exile! When the time comes, I will let him experience the feeling of being unable to live or die."
"Your Highness is indeed wise! I can never be even one tenth as good as Your Highness."
The man in purple robe was none other than the current Prime Minister He Ling Sheng.
He looked at the team going away, his eyes slightly narrowed, "He Jingheng, you have always been too much of an opponent, you deserve this fate."
He had already greeted the exiled officials and "entertained" the people from Prince Ding's Palace along the way.
The exile team walked for a whole day and everyone was thirsty, but the officials showed no intention of stopping to rest.
Shang Ruoyi didn't think much of it. After all, in her previous life, she could easily finish two days and one night, let alone a whole day.
But other people don't have her physical strength.
Especially the old princess, who has lived a life of luxury all her life. How can she bear to be asked to travel such a long distance?
The others were not much better. The princess and Aunt Zhang also looked pale.
At this moment, the officer whipped hard and said, "Stop! Rest where you are!"
Everyone sat down on the ground as if they had been pardoned.
The official held a bag filled with dried biscuits and gave each person half a piece.
The He family members looked at the cakes in their hands and looked at each other. Is this something that humans can eat?
As dry as a brick.
If you take a bite of this, your teeth will break!
And it's dry and there's no water to drink. Won't you choke to death?
At this time, Shang Ruoyi found an exiled prisoner, walked up to the officer, and secretly took out a few copper coins. The officer then took out a water bag from the box. Another prisoner exchanged a silver earring for two white steamed buns.
It turns out this is possible.
The other prisoners were not surprised at all when they saw this scene.
It seems that this matter is a convention.
Having said that, many of the exiled prisoners were former officials of the imperial court or their relatives, and they all had some background to some extent. Although the officials said they wanted to beat and kill them, they knew clearly in their hearts which ones could be beaten and killed and which ones had powerful families that could not be touched, so they had to give them some leniency.
Any exiled official who could hide some money on his person had relatives at home.
This kind of person cannot be touched.
Those who were penniless and without any background were in a more miserable situation, as most of them died before they could even reach the land of exile.
The He family also saw this scene. The princess pulled Shang Ruoyi's sleeve and took out a gold bracelet from her arms. He whispered, "I hid this secretly. You can use it to exchange for some water and food! How are you going to swallow this dry food?"
Shang Ruoyi shook her head: "Mother..."
"Forget it, why call me mother? The palace is gone, so just call me mother in the future."
"Yes!" The old princess said softly, "Just call me grandmother."
Shang Ruoyi nodded: "Yes."
"Mother, our lives will be better when we get to the place of exile. I remember that my father's former disciple was a manager in the place of exile. No matter what, they will still give face to my Qin family." Princess Qin whispered.
The old princess nodded and closed her eyes to rest.
Shang Ruoyi returned the bracelet to Qin and said softly, "Mother, you keep this bracelet for yourself. I still have some money on me. If we save it, it will be enough for our family to eat along the way. You must hide your things well. Maybe you will find some more when you are exiled."
After saying this, he took out a few pieces of silver from his pocket, walked up to the official, and said softly, "Brother official, I wonder how many water bags and white steamed buns I can get with these silver coins?"
The leading official saw that the person delivering the silver was her, and snorted coldly: "These silvers are for a water bag and a steamed bun."
Shang Ruoyi understood that he was just looking at the person and wanted more money.
She smiled and said, "So expensive? Could it be that my father remembered it wrong? Before leaving the city, my father gave me some silver and said that I could exchange it for some food with the official on the way. It seems that a few copper coins can buy a water bag. If it is so expensive, I am afraid that I will starve to death as soon as I leave the capital."
"Your father?"
"Yes! My father, the current Left Prime Minister, is Shangnian." Shang Ruoyi stared into his eyes without any guilt.
Shangnian?
Lord Shang!
"You mean that Lord Shang came to see you before you left the city?"
Shang Ruoyi nodded without blushing or beating her heart: "Of course."
The official's heart sank, for Lord Shang had indeed followed the Queen Mother to the city gate today.
Shang Ruoyi didn't expect that the lie she told would actually come true.
The official looked at her for a few times and weighed the silver in his hand. The queen only told him to deal with the people in the Dingguo Palace, but did not say to deal with Shang Xiangye's daughter. It seems that this little girl in front of him really cannot be offended easily.
He took out four water bags and some white steamed buns: "Even if you are the daughter of Lord Shang, you are now a prisoner. Do you know the difference?"
"Thank you, Brother Officer 꺶. When my father takes me back to the capital, I will definitely ask him to promote you to a higher position." Shang Ruoyi smiled. He turned and walked to the He family and distributed the water bags and steamed buns to them.
"Ruoyi, what did you just say to the official? They actually gave us so much." Qin handed the steamed bun to the old princess and said with a smile: "Although this white flour steamed bun is much worse than the one in the mansion, it is much better than the cake."
"It's nothing, mother, let's try to have some white flour buns to eat along the way." He handed over the water bag: "Mother, grandma, drink more water."
After drinking it, the man instantly felt much more comfortable than before. Qin smiled and said, "Maybe it's because I haven't had water for a long time. I didn't expect the water to be so sweet."
Shang Ruoyi just smiled and said nothing.
Of course that water is sweet!
She added spiritual spring water into the water bag!
"Yes! This water tastes really good, and I don't feel as tired as I was just now." The old princess put away the water bag: "We have to drink water on this journey, we must save water."
Shang Ruoyi picked up the water bag and walked to the still unconscious He Jingheng. She poured some spiritual spring water into his mouth, and he woke up in a moment.
"Where is this?"
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