Chapter 85 Yun Jiaoyue's Feigned Seeking Peace
The next morning, the escorts rang gongs to wake the exiled people and prepare for their departure.
Most of them were pampered and precious, and this was their first time sleeping outdoors in the open. They were terrified and exhausted, their nerves were on edge. They would fall asleep only to be awakened by the roars of large wild beasts, fearing that wolves would come and carry them away. They didn't sleep well and all had dark circles under their eyes.
The Yang family members also didn't sleep well. They woke up before the escorts could wake them up. Seeing that Yun Zhaoxue was sleeping soundly, they didn't dare to move and just lay there with their eyes open.
She has a bad temper when she wakes up.
When she first married into the Prince's mansion, Madam Yang sent a servant to invite her to breakfast. She was awakened by the knocking on the door before she was fully awake.
She got angry and led a group of people into the front hall, overturning the dining table.
Before anyone could dodge, they were splattered with food juices, and afterwards no one dared to call her to eat again.
Yun Zhaoxue woke up when she heard the gong. She sat up, stretched, and rubbed her eyes. "The more tired I am, the better I sleep."
The Yang family members, sporting dark circles under their eyes, were speechless.
Exile was a difficult time, and I originally thought she would have the hardest time adapting, but it turned out that I was the one who had the hardest time adapting.
That's good, at least she won't get angry, yell at or hit people, making their lives a little easier.
Someone asked, "Officer, are you hungry? Do you have anything to eat?"
"I'm so hungry, I won't have the strength to walk if I don't eat my fill."
The escort said yesterday that they should find their own food, and if they didn't have any, they could buy cornbread from them for 10 coins each, which was too expensive.
Buying one or two when you're starving is acceptable, but if you keep buying like this, you'll end up buying for the whole family. If you buy every day, your savings will be gone in no time.
The guards promised to give them the food the next day, as they were hungry and wanted to eat; they wouldn't have the strength to walk if they weren't full.
Several guards lined up, each carrying two bags of cornbread. "Send one person from each household to collect them. One for breakfast, two for adults and one for children for lunch and dinner."
Old Liao told everyone, "Don't take any food you don't want. If you take food but don't eat it, you'll be wasting food, and you'll get whipped."
Steamed corn bread is hard to swallow and many people don't like to eat it, but when they're really hungry, they don't care anymore.
Someone replied, "Don't worry, officer, we definitely won't get lost. We're starving right now."
Everyone took the first day of receiving cornbread very seriously, and the head of the household was sent to queue up.
Xiao Xuance also joined the queue.
There were also families who didn't go to eat, such as the Third Prince and several of his faction members.
At the city gate, the Third Prince secretly arranged for his men to prepare several bags of steamed buns for them.
They had white flour steamed buns and sesame seed cakes to eat, things they wouldn't have given much thought to in the capital, but they were more than ten times better than those musty, black cornbread wrapped in cloth bags.
Yun Jiaoyue handed a white steamed bun to Yun Zhaoxue, saying, "Elder sister, I have extra steamed buns here. Here you go. It was all my fault yesterday. The carriage went out of control, and I fell off, breaking my bracelet. When the maid helped me up, she wrapped the broken bracelet in a handkerchief and gave it to me. I didn't even notice that the bracelet was broken, which led to the misunderstanding. It's all the maid's fault for not telling me. I've already reprimanded her."
"I'm so sorry, I apologize. Please have some steamed buns; the maid just reheated them, they're still warm. Please accept them."
The commotion yesterday was so great that the news spread throughout the entire area.
She is destined to be the empress and cannot afford to leave such a stain on her reputation, so she must find a way to salvage it.
Yun Zhaoxue was rummaging through the car for food, but before she could find anything, the eyesore was already in front of her.
She snapped, "No! You're trying to extort a thousand taels from us, and you think you can atone for your sins with a tattered steamed bun? If you want to atone, bring us a thousand taels."
"Big sister, I know you don't like it, but it's better than cornbread. Just make do with it for now. When we get to the rest stop at noon, I'll cook some meat and bring you a bowl. I'll bring it to you for three days in a row as an apology."
You're pregnant, and I've heard that some pregnant women eat cornbread as their staple food, which can lead to their children growing up with poor intelligence. For your child's sake, please don't be disgusted and accept it, okay?
In her previous life, the child in Yun Zhaoxue's womb toiled and struggled alongside her. Instead of becoming stupid from the hardships, the child was exceptionally intelligent and skilled in both literature and martial arts. He was trained as a secret guard and became a valuable asset to the Third Prince.
Her son was disliked by his father, the emperor, for being mediocre, and the emperor even wanted to make a prince born to another woman the crown prince.
She wouldn't allow anyone to take away her son's position as crown prince, so she devised a plan to put saffron in the food of the concubines in the harem.
Yun Jiaoyue held the steamed bun in both hands and handed it to her, looking at her with sincerity and expectation.
After hearing Yun Jiaoyue explain the cause and effect, everyone suddenly understood, "So that's how it is."
They said that the beautiful and kind-hearted Miss Yun is the most talented woman in the capital. How could she be the kind of bad woman who extorts money from others?
Yun Jiaoyue said, "Elder sister, please accept this. It's not good for the baby if you eat cornbread and wild vegetables while you're pregnant. Consider it a small token of my affection for my future nephew. Even if you don't forgive me after accepting it, it doesn't matter. As long as I have food, you will have food too. Prince Xiao is not like His Highness. His hands and feet are crippled, so he can only pick wild vegetables and can't go hunting in the mountains. He also has no money. You don't know where your next meal will come from. I was so worried that I didn't sleep all night."
The child in her womb will become a weapon in their hands in the future; consider it an investment in advance.
"I already said I don't want it, I don't care. Can't you understand human language? Get out!" Yun Zhaoxue raised her hand and swung the steamed bun in her hand, sending it flying more than ten meters away.
Roll over to a child.
The child picked it up, wiped it on his clothes, and then put it in his mouth and began to devour it.
He had been hungry all night, so if he found it, it was his.
Delicious, delicious, really delicious.
As Yun Jiaoyue knocked the steamed bun away, she fell to the ground, her eyes reddening. She bit her lip and looked at her with a wronged expression, "Sister, you..."
She hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.
Those around her felt that Yun Zhaoxue had gone too far.
"The Third Prince's wife is always thinking of her, even bringing steamed buns to apologize, but she's still ungrateful. She'd rather eat cornbread and wild vegetables than have hot white steamed buns and meat. Is she crazy?"
"She came to apologize to her while injured, and said it was a misunderstanding. What more does she want?"
"What does she want? Did she say she wanted a thousand taels as an apology?"
"A thousand taels as an apology? She really dares to dream, still thinking she's a princess."
"She's just taking advantage of the fact that the Third Prince's wife is easy to bully. She sent her white steamed buns and promised to send her meat, but she doesn't like it and still wants money."
"Third Prince's Consort, don't mind her. If she won't eat the white flour steamed buns, let her eat cornbread and wild vegetables instead."
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