"You are quite interesting, girl." A smile appeared on the corner of the high priest's mouth.
Qu Li raised his eyebrows and said nothing.
A voice came from outside: "High Priest, the person has been dealt with."
The high priest hummed softly, "Let's go find a clean set of Xiling women's clothing and leave soon."
The little emperor was indeed a little out of control, so he had to hurry back to the imperial city to prevent the little emperor from causing trouble for him.
"So soon? I haven't had a good rest yet!" Qu Li was obviously displeased.
"Once we've reached the Imperial City, you can take a rest."
"I can't rest until I get to the Imperial City! After all, I still need answers."
The more the high priest looked at her, the more regretful he felt.
If he had been more shameless back then, perhaps this girl would really have become his daughter.
Put on Xiling women's clothing and start again.
Xiling has been closed to the outside world for so many years, and has only recently started to open up to the market, so it is not as lively as Dagan.
Although they rode at full speed all the way, the high priest did not treat Qu Li harshly and bought her a lot of Xiling snacks along the way.
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Xiao Xian led the victims all the way north.
Because of what he did in Pingyang, other counties and prefectures did not dare to close their city gates once they heard that Xiao Xian was bringing the victims here.
They took out some of the food and cried to Xiao Xian about how serious the disaster in the city was. Xiao Xian didn't want to lead the victims into the city to rob.
The victims looked at the dwindling food and could not hide their worries.
"Everyone, rest assured. Since I said I won't let you go hungry again, I will definitely keep my word!"
After noticing the victims' concerns, Xiao Xian jumped onto the carriage again.
"Lord Chen, it's not that we don't trust you, but the counties we've passed through recently are no longer able to get much food."
The officials in the counties followed suit and provided less and less grain.
"The King of Zhongshan has contacted me, and the imperial court's disaster relief grain has arrived. Just hold on a little longer!"
The victims didn't believe it.
If the imperial court had prepared disaster relief grain from the beginning, it would not have allowed them to riot, let alone watch them flee all the way to the capital.
Even if the imperial court had quickly prepared relief grain after the northern disaster victims rioted, it would definitely not have been faster than Xiao Xian.
They were puzzled, and some even thought that Xiao Xian was deliberately comforting them.
"This king will not joke about matters involving human lives! These days, I have basically fulfilled all my promises, so I hope you can be more patient with the court."
His attitude and words were particularly sincere. After the victims discussed it for a while, they all expressed their trust in him and the court.
Xiao Xian breathed a sigh of relief.
Zou Tao handed him the water bag. He took a sip, but his expression did not relax at all.
He couldn't understand what the disaster victims couldn't figure out.
He even wondered if the King of Zhongshan had used the military rations privately.
"Your Majesty, there's a carriage coming this way!"
Zou Tao lay on the ground and listened carefully, "There are probably more than a hundred carriages!"
"Follow me and take a look."
Xiao Xian and Zou Tao rode at full speed and soon saw a large number of carriages, and Zhuo Li was in charge of escorting them.
Seeing Xiao Xian, Zhuo Li also tightened his grip on his horse and rushed forward to meet him.
"Prince Chen!" Zhuoli dismounted and clasped his fists. "I'm here on the orders of the prince to deliver disaster relief grain to Prince Chen!"
Zou Tao couldn't hide his surprise.
"Your Majesty, the food problem has been solved!"
Xiao Xian looked at the carriages loaded with grain, his eyes and brows filled with unwavering joy.
"King Zhongshan is so thoughtful! On behalf of all the victims of the disaster in the north, I thank you for your generosity!"
Zhuoli waved his hand: "The prince said that we are all family from now on!"
These words made Xiao Xian's expression somewhat complicated.
However, no matter how unhappy he felt, he temporarily put it out of his mind after the relief food supply was resolved.
Xiao Xian ordered people to prepare a bowl of thick rice porridge on the spot. The victims' faces were filled with joy, as if it was New Year's Day.
"Zhuoli, are these food military rations?"
"No! How can military rations be as good as these?"
After Qu Li left that day, Zhuoli entered the granary and felt that the grain was particularly fragrant. Just smelling the fragrance made him feel refreshed.
He was afraid that it was because he had been too worried recently and his nerves had been tense, so he asked Rongwei.
Rongwei had a similar feeling, especially since he had just returned from Xiling Imperial City with his confidants.
After all, I am not young anymore, and I am very tired after traveling all the way.
Ever since he entered the granary and smelled the fragrance of the grain, he miraculously discovered that his headaches were gone and he no longer felt tired.
The two of them cooked another meal of rice and found that eating this food brought them great happiness.
Before, Rongwei joked that Qu Li was a fairy who had descended to earth, and he just thought it was a joke. But now, it seems that Qu Li might really be a fairy who saved the people.
Now that Xiao Xian asked about this, he naturally wanted to have a good talk with him.
"This grain is indeed of excellent quality. However, the drought in the north is so severe. How could such a new batch of grain be produced?"
In the capital, many princes and nobles are ignorant of the five grains and are lazy.
He was able to distinguish the quality of food because he had led troops himself ten years ago.
Some people like to exploit people at every level and use moldy and worm-infested old grain to enrich themselves.
After he discovered it, he immediately grabbed the people transporting the food and interrogated them.
Although the food delivered later was no longer stale, its quality was definitely not as good as this time.
"These grains were actually transformed by Miss Qu!"
Zhuoli initially looked down on Qu Li, a pampered young lady from the capital.
In his opinion, a woman on horseback like Rong Yehua is more charming.
After witnessing with his own eyes how Qu Li produced so much food, he successfully became Qu Li's little fan, although he was a little old.
"How did it change? Shouldn't Qu Li be in the capital?"
After he was ordered to escort the first batch of disaster relief grain out of the capital, he lost contact with Qu Li.
When he learned that she had arrived in the Northland first, his haggard face was full of worry.
"I don't know exactly how it happened! Those granaries were all empty, and the prince used all the military rations to provide relief to the victims! To prevent the army from losing morale, the prince had me guard those empty granaries day and night! You have no idea how terrified I was during those days, afraid someone would suddenly break in and find those granaries empty."
Xiao Xian listened to him quietly, but his frown deepened.
Where did Qu Li get so much food?
Zhuo Li chattered on and on, but when Xiao Xian didn't respond, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have messed up.
This Qu Li is the former Princess of Chen. It is said that Prince Chen is still thinking about her.
He said so much today. Could it be that Prince Chen will dislike their princess even more?
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