"So much time has passed, his injuries should have healed by now!"
"It's just a broken finger, no brain damage, it can't affect anything at all."
Upon hearing this, Dexi immediately agreed, and then Emperor Rongcheng continued to ask, "Which palace is Consort Hui currently residing in?"
Consort Hui has been stripped of her title.
He originally wanted to say Consort Hui's name, but after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't remember what Consort Hui's name was, so he simply continued to call her Consort Hui.
Dexi paused for a moment before returning to the Cold Palace where Consort Hui of Emperor Rongcheng resided.
Emperor Rongcheng nodded in agreement.
"She has served me for so many years, I shall go and see her!"
As he spoke, he headed toward the palace where Consort Hui was.
Dexi quickly followed, and glanced back at the courtyard without making a sound.
He thought to himself that the imperial court of Dacheng was probably going to be in chaos again.
******
Jizhou.
Gu Jingchun and his group traveled at full speed on the road.
Five more days have passed since they set off again from that small mountain village.
Gu Jinxi slept for the past five days.
This made even the usually composed Gu Jingchun somewhat flustered.
Fortunately, Dr. Sheng Quan was there.
After seeing Gu Jinxi, he comforted Gu Jingchun, saying:
"Don't worry, young master, he's fine. He's just very tired. He should wake up soon."
"Your body is already weak, and now you've been traveling for days on end. You should rest more."
In the past few days, in order to travel as quickly as possible and to allow everyone to rest, Gu Jingchun ordered the purchase of two more carriages.
Gu Jingchun, Gu Jinxi, and Xiaoman Lanxin were in a carriage.
The other two carriages were used for Shengquan and the others to take turns resting, which ensured they could travel day and night.
Looking at the desolation along the way, how could Gu Jingchun possibly get a good rest?
Previously, Gu Jingchun had been unconscious and had not truly experienced the horror of those refugees.
As she walked along, she saw that the surroundings were becoming increasingly desolate, completely different from when she left.
This made her feel a little depressed.
The next day, Gu Jinxi finally woke up.
After waking up, he blinked and then started complaining of hunger.
Xiaoman quickly gave the food she had prepared in advance to Gu Jinxi.
However, Gu Jinxi only ate one pancake before stopping.
Gu Jingchun couldn't help but feel puzzled.
"Xier, why aren't you eating?"
Is it because it doesn't taste good?
Gu Jingchun sighed slightly, wanting to explain to him that they didn't have any extra food.
Along the way, due to the looting by those refugees, the surrounding villages and even the towns had very little food.
They had to go to quite a few places before they finally managed to buy these cakes.
However, thinking that food would become increasingly scarce and difficult to buy along the way, they kept controlling their food intake, eating only two pancakes a day.
Moreover, whenever they arrive at a new place, they stop and buy more food.
Gu Jingchun knew that Gu Jinxi would eat a lot after waking up, so he prepared a lot of things for her.
However, being a dry biscuit, it was dry, hard, and choking, so naturally it wasn't very tasty.
Seeing that Gu Jinxi didn't want to eat anymore, he immediately thought of an explanation.
However, Gu Jinxi slowly shook her head.
He looked up at Gu Jingchun and said in a childish voice:
"No, Mother, it's just that I feel sad when I think about how so many people can't get enough to eat and even starve to death, while I have to eat so much."
Upon hearing this, Gu Jingchun paused for a moment before patting Gu Jinxi's head and speaking.
“Xi’er, I’m so glad you think this way.”
"This shows that you are a kind and sensible child."
"However, your mother wants you to understand that kindness is a good thing, but blind kindness will only harm yourself."
"Those refugees are indeed very pitiful."
"However, it is wrong for them to gather together and steal other people's things without regard for their lives."
Furthermore.
Gu Jingchun sighed as he spoke.
“Seele, you need to understand that it’s not your fault that they’re not getting enough to eat.”
"If you don't eat yourself and save the food for them, it might help one or two people survive."
"But it's only one or two people."
"But what if you have eaten your fill and come up with a perfect solution that can help ten or a hundred people survive?"
"Which is more cost-effective: exchanging one meal for two people, or exchanging one hundred people?"
Gu Jingchun looked at Gu Jinxi and handed him a pancake.
"Mother understands that you want to help those people."
"But you need to eat your fill first before you can help them, understand?"
Gu Jinxi nodded.
"But Mother, can I really help them?"
Gu Jingchun nodded.
"Of course you can, because you're no ordinary person, you're the eldest grandson of the emperor!"
Thinking of this, Gu Jinxi lowered her head with some regret.
“But we’ve already left the palace. Outside the palace, no one knows that Dacheng has an eldest grandson.”
Looking at Gu Jinxi's small face, Gu Jingchun suddenly realized that Gu Jinxi had grown up rapidly in just a few days.
"Then we can think of other ways, can't we?"
Gu Jinxi nodded, somewhat bewildered.
He ate while he pondered.
So how can we help everyone?
Although he had read many books, he did not fully understand them.
He didn't even know the meaning of some of those obscure things, so how could he come up with a perfect solution?
Thinking this, he couldn't help but lift the carriage curtain and look outside.
At this point, they had reached the border between Ji Province and Qi Commandery.
Unlike other places, this place can be described as desolate.
It was early spring, but for miles around, everything was barren, with only yellow everywhere, and not a single color or sign of human habitation could be seen.
Not only Gu Jinxi, but even Gu Jingchun was stunned by the scene before him.
This is just the boundary, and it's already like this. He can't even imagine what it will be like further ahead.
She couldn't even imagine what her adoptive mother, Mei Xueli, looked like now.
As the carriage continued forward, they saw rows of skeletons that had just fallen to the ground.
Looking around, Gu Jinxi suddenly understood what "the bones of those who have starved to death" meant.
He couldn't bear to look any longer and turned to look at Gu Jingchun.
"Mother, what should I do if I want enough food?"
Gu Jingchun: "Buy!"
"However, this requires a lot of silver."
"And, judging from the state of this place, it's unlikely that you'll be able to buy much grain. Moreover, the grain merchants will take the opportunity to raise grain prices."
"Are there any other options?"
When Gu Jinxi asked again, Gu Jingchun explained it to him in detail.
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