Chapter 491 Mercy
The cold winter is coming, the north wind is howling, houses are collapsing, and the roads are icy.
Taoyao Tower took in wave after wave of homeless civilians.
Taoyao Tower also expelled wave after wave of unreasonable and troublesome people.
Therefore, Princess Ronghua Zhu Huaizhen's reputation is mixed.
However, Zhu Huaizhen never cared about it and only relied on mercy.
Orioles chirp at dawn in the jade trees of Jinling, flowers bloom early in the Qinhuai waterside pavilions. Who knew the ice would melt so easily? I watched him build his red mansion, I watched him entertain guests, and I watched his mansion collapse. Here, amidst the mossy, blue tiles, I once slept in a dreamlike state; I've witnessed fifty years of rise and fall. No one in Wuyi Lane is surnamed Wang, ghosts cry at Mochou Lake, and owls roost on Phoenix Terrace. Dreams of the ruined mountains are the most real, the old land hard to lose. I don't believe this map is changing manuscripts. I'll compose a lament for Jiangnan, and sing it until I grow old.
Zhu Huaizhen was lying on a beauty couch surrounded by lacquered and gold-painted scrolls of poetry and paintings, holding an oval hand warmer with painted enamel and inscribed birds and beasts, lazily listening to "Peach Blossom Fan" and eating Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.
Sugar-heart abalone, pineapple sea cucumber, white shark lips, young deer tendons, claw meat, golden shark fin, ivory clam meat, spider fish glue, quail eggs, ham, pork ribs, clean winter bamboo shoots, king oyster mushrooms, chrysanthemum mushrooms, wild pine mushrooms, morels, snow bamboo fungus, Shaoxing wine, eighteen ingredients, eighteen delicious flavors. The moment you lift the lotus leaf covering the jar, the rich meaty aroma is so fragrant that even a Buddha would jump over the wall.
"Your Highness, the nobles of Northern Zhou are going to be very kind." Tu Mi said sarcastically.
"Tu Mi, if the Northern Zhou nobles don't do charity, people will scold them. If they do charity, people will still scold them. Of course, the Northern Zhou nobles must do charity, otherwise they will not be able to consolidate the status granted by the Northern Zhou laws." Zhu Huaizhen shook his head and laughed.
"Didn't Your Highness say that he had made an agreement with Shen Nuo that the Northern Zhou nobles would not cause trouble?" Tu Mi felt puzzled.
"Tu Mi, didn't I also fail to rescue the civilians of Northern Zhou?" Zhu Huaizhen whispered.
It’s not that she doesn’t want to save him, but such a great act of compassion should not be done by her alone.
Moreover, if the Northern Zhou nobles did not do well, Princess Ronghua's good reputation would spread.
"Your Highness, I'm afraid you want Shen Nuo's poisonous oath to come true." Qiu Niang joked.
After hearing this, Zhu Huaizhen touched his chin and felt that it made a lot of sense.
"Then help them." Zhu Huaizhen smiled like a flower, his eyes moving.
Therefore, Taoyaolou no longer provides hotpot three times a day, but only provides hotpot once a day. For the other two meals, the common people need to find ways to prepare them themselves.
A bronze tripod with melon-shaped and animal-shaped ears came in handy.
There are nine kinds of base ingredients, namely, mellow butter, spicy duck feet, spicy beef bones, three fresh soup, tomato spare ribs, hot and sour golden soup, pork tripe and chicken soup, sesame oil porridge, and wolfberry mushroom soup.
The ten hot pot dishes include large slices of tripe, crispy tribute vegetables, tender shrimp balls, large-sliced kidney slices, icy goose intestines, crispy tofu, boneless chicken feet, kelp seedlings, yellow cattle throat, and spicy beef.
Over time, some civilians took the initiative to leave Taoyao Tower.
Outside Taoyao Tower, the major families tried every possible way to do charity work.
Some wealthy families sent their wives to set up tents and distribute porridge, which they cooked. Laba porridge was rich in ingredients such as pearl barley, white kidney beans, red beans, mung beans, rice, millet, yellow rice, peanuts, red dates, almonds, walnuts, chestnuts, lotus seeds, lilies, and longans.
Some wealthy families sent their young men, with their warm hearts, to distribute quilts, cotton-padded jackets, and hand warmers. The quilts and jackets were brand new, with simple patterns, making them easy to work on quickly. The hand warmers were inexpensive and had been used by the nobles.
Some aristocratic families opened their ordinary inns for common people to eat and sleep in. The beds were made of mahogany, charcoal fires were provided, and the meals included mutton soup and noodles for three meals a day.
“Your Highness, I’m afraid these noble families have all received guidance from Chen Nuo.” Qiu Niang teased.
"Soon, there will be people who become disobedient." Zhu Huaizhen said slowly.
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