Chapter 31 Heavy Snow
Time passed quickly. It had been snowing heavily in the past few days. The concubines in each palace closed the palace gates early every day and no longer went out to visit other people.
I heard that two days ago, two frozen corpses were carried out from the side room where the eunuchs lived, and were immediately thrown into a mass grave. The young eunuchs who were carrying the corpses even felt that it was unlucky to bring bad luck when it was almost New Year.
When Yuying heard this, she was curled up on the couch, with the charcoal basin beside her burning vigorously. According to the share of a noble lady, she could not use such fine golden charcoal. What she was burning now was all the charcoal that Kangxi allocated to her from the share of the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Yuying was shocked to hear that someone had frozen to death. She had only read in books before that the late Ming Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty was a small ice age with frequent natural disasters, but she never expected that in the Forbidden City, the richest place in the world, people would actually freeze to death?
If this is the case in the Forbidden City, what about outside the Forbidden City?
Yuying felt uneasy.
Yuying guessed correctly. The reason why Kangxi didn't come to see Yuying during this period was because the continuous heavy snow had collapsed a large number of people's houses in the capital. Many people were buried under the rubble, and Kangxi was having a headache about this.
Sure enough, not long after, this matter spread from the front court to the harem.
Imperial Noble Consort Tong Jia led the concubines in the harem to reduce expenses and save money to share the worries of the emperor and the previous dynasty.
For a time, word spread everywhere that Imperial Noble Consort Tong Jia was a role model for women all over the world and was like a mother to the country.
When Tong Jia in Chengqian Palace heard such rumors, she couldn't help but smile triumphantly.
Yuying also heard about what happened in the capital. She was not interested in the rumors in the palace, but she was really uneasy when she heard how many people died. Yuying, who grew up under the red flag, could not remain indifferent to these lives. At this moment, she felt that she had learned too much and regretted not having enough knowledge. Obviously, other women who traveled through time were doing well, so why was it so difficult for her?
Yuying was lying on the desk alone, drawing with a brush, thinking about the knowledge in her mind, and suddenly an idea came to her -
"Qingtao! Hurry up, help me get dressed, I want to go to the Ganqing Palace to see the emperor!" Yuying jumped up from the chair suddenly, wishing she could go out right away.
Seeing her young mistress change from her previous decadent look, Qing Tao couldn't help but stepped forward to dissuade her: "Young mistress, the emperor may not be in a good mood recently, how about we go another day?"
"I know! Qingtao! I know what the emperor has been worried about recently, and I just want to help him!" After all, Kangxi was really good to her, and Yuying couldn't pretend that she didn't know about the dead people.
Hearing Yuying say this, Qingtao was completely confused and could only resign herself to her fate and let her young mistress do whatever she wanted.
After Yuying was fully dressed, she headed towards the Qianqing Palace without waiting a moment.
The heavy snow is still falling and the north wind is still raging.
Yuying wrapped her fox fur cloak tightly around herself, while Qingtao stood beside her holding an umbrella, and the two of them walked with difficulty on the palace road.
Perhaps it was a telepathic connection, for halfway through the journey, Yuying ran into Kangxi's carriage, which seemed to be heading to Changchun Palace.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Yuying waved to Kangxi excitedly.
Hearing the noise, Kangxi came back to his senses from his deep thoughts. He was still troubled by the recent heavy snow. Not only in the capital, but also in various places, there were different degrees of collapse. This was a fatal blow to the people who were already having a hard time surviving the winter. He had already arranged for people to go to rescue and resettle the people, but it was easy to find a place to stay, but how to let the people survive this cold winter was the problem.
Liang Jiugong was waiting on the side. Seeing Kangxi frowning, he handed him a cup of strong tea and could not help but advise him, "Your Majesty, you have been working hard for many days. Don't tire yourself out. Take a rest."
Kangxi waved his hand, signaling him to leave.
Liang Jiugong hardened his heart and spoke again: "You haven't visited Concubine Jin for a long time. I heard that Concubine Jin often talks about you." Ever since Liang Jiugong discovered that Concubine Jin was unusual, he had asked people to keep an eye on the news about Concubine Jin.
No, Kangxi stopped writing after hearing this, "Then go and see her."
That's how these two people met.
When Kangxi raised his head, he saw a little man waving at him not far away. As if afraid that he couldn't see clearly, he took off the hat of his cloak.
She couldn't help but smile slightly. She was the only one as bold as her in the palace.
Yuying went out today wearing a crabapple-colored gown embroidered with four-season flowers. Her hair was still combed into her usual bun, and she decorated it with a golden crabapple pearl hairpin. The long pearl tassel hung on one side, swaying with Yuying's movements.
Seeing Kangxi stopped and seemed to smile at her, Yuying was very happy at the moment and ran towards Kangxi excitedly.
Qingtao, who was beside her, didn't notice it for a moment and didn't follow, letting the snowflakes float on Yuying's head and shoulders.
Seeing that she actually left her servants and ran over, Kangxi got anxious and got off the sedan chair. Liang Jiugong beside him quickly opened an umbrella.
"Why don't you go and pick up your master Jin? What are you doing here?" Kangxi got angry at Liang Jiugong who was standing beside him.
Liang Jiugong was in a dilemma. He dared not disobey Kangxi's order, but if he let Kangxi get wet in the snow, he would be blamed for his death.
Fortunately, Wei Zhu beside him was smart and took the umbrella again and went to meet him.
"Lady Jin, please slow down." Wei Zhu held an umbrella, afraid that Yuying would get wet in the snow again.
When Yuying came closer, Kangxi watched her running along the way, her little face flushed, and her hair covered with snowflakes. He couldn't help but reach out to brush away the snowflakes on her head.
Yuying hadn't reacted yet and kept smiling sweetly at Kangxi.
Her smile was bright, like warm sunshine in this cold winter, which suddenly dispelled the gloomy mood of Kangxi that had been in for several days.
At this moment, in heaven and on earth, it seemed that she was the only one left in Kangxi's eyes.
Finally, Liang Jiugong spoke up to break the atmosphere, "Your Majesty, the snow is heavy, do you think we should go back to the Palace of Heavenly Purity?"
Kangxi finally came to his senses, picked up Yuying, put her on the sedan chair, and said, "Go back to the Palace of Heavenly Purity."
"Let's go——"
When they arrived at the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Kangxi did not let Yuying walk, but carried her into the house.
The floor heating in the Palace of Heavenly Purity was warm. The two men took off their cloaks that were in the way, and the sensible servant took the cloaks from them.
Kangxi took Yuying's hand and walked to the couch, motioning for her to sit down.
Yuying was very excited at the moment. She finally came up with an idea and wanted to help Kangxi and the people. How could she just sit there quietly? She grabbed Kangxi's hand and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Yuying hesitated again when the words came to her lips.
[Damn it, I was just too happy. I have to think of a reason to fool Kangxi.]
[You can't say that I dreamed about ways to keep warm, right?]
[Can Kangxi believe this reason?]
Hearing Yuying's thoughts, Kangxi's expression froze.
"What does Aying want to say?"
Just tell me! As long as you tell me, I will believe it! Kangxi was anxious in his heart.
Yuying hesitated and opened her mouth——
Finally, the decision seemed to be made.
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