"How did you come?"
Lian Jinchen subconsciously pulled Qi Mingyue away, his eyebrows knitted together.
He even quickly glanced behind Qi Mingyue. After seeing Qi Guogong, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Because of the disaster relief work, he has not slept a full sleep these days, especially these days. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is exhausted. If the money for disaster relief is delayed, the situation in Lingzhou will be chaotic. There is no telling how many people will die. it's here.
He has fought in wars and seen bloody battlefields, but this is the first time he has seen the plight of innocent people in a disaster.
He was afraid that something would go wrong in the process, and he would be completely responsible for his death.
On the way to Lingzhou, he and Prince Ning were secretly trying to compete with each other. However, after arriving in Lingzhou and facing the current situation in Lingzhou, they were afraid of not being able to compete even if they worked together, let alone competing. Once it's done, it won't be over by then.
King Ning was even worse off than him. He didn't have enough money and food. He led the officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs day and night to find ways to keep accounts and raise money and food. They had food and accommodation in the government office.
At this time, let alone talk about the love between children, he didn't even have time to deal with it himself.
"Brother Chen," Qi Mingyue's eyes turned red when she saw Lian Jinchen's attitude.
"Ahem," Qi Heng, the Duke of Qi who came over, saw Lian Jinchen's face and was a little embarrassed. He also knew that it was inappropriate to bring Mingyue here at this time, but so many things happened in the capital before, and he was not in the capital, leaving Mingyue After suffering such great injustice, my wife fell ill because of it, and the family was in chaos. Under this situation, Ming Yue experienced another dangerous situation, and he could not refuse her request.
We can only bring her here with us.
They say a friend in need is a friend indeed, and he thought that maybe after going through this experience, he could also ease the relationship between the two.
After all, the relationship was so deep in the past, and if there was a little misunderstanding, it wouldn't have reached this point.
It's not that Qi Guogong's mansion can't afford to lose face, but he is also worried that Ming Yue's body won't be able to hold on if this continues.
He already owed another child and could no longer just watch something happen to Ming Yue.
"All the money and food raised by the Household Department have been delivered safely. The second batch of Household Department is still thinking of a way. It is urgent to solve the urgent needs first." Qi Guogong first explained the business to Lian Jinchen, then lowered his voice and led He said to Lian Jinchen apologetically,
"Your Highness, Ming Yue is not in good health and has been working hard on the journey. It is also because I am worried about you that I have lost weight several times. I almost had an accident in the capital. I was saved thanks to meeting King Ke."
"Dad, I'm fine. I'm just worried about Brother Chen. Nothing else matters." Qi Mingyue looked at Lian Jinchen aggrievedly, but seemed to be stubbornly holding back tears, looking extremely pitiful.
Lian Jinchen's face darkened slightly.
Lian Jinchen only read the news from Beijing about the disaster relief. As for what happened at home, he didn't have time to read it.
I don’t even know what happened to Qi Mingyue.
But no matter what, at this time, he really couldn't care about Qi Mingyue. This was not the place to talk. He glanced at the carriage and called the maid who followed Qi Mingyue, "Hel... help her into the carriage first."
"Brother Chen,..." Qi Mingyue grabbed his hand.
"Go in first." Lian Jinchen had no choice but to soften his voice.
Seeing his soft attitude, Qi Mingyue finally smiled and followed the maid back to the carriage obediently.
Lian Jinchen then said to Qi Guogong: "Your Majesty has received the news from Lingzhou, and he is expected to come here in the next few days. Lingzhou is in chaos now. If things are not handled well this time, it will be difficult for me to deliver, so please ask Forgive me, my lord, but please take Ming Yue back first when you return to the capital. Now that I have let her into the palace, I will never treat her badly in the future. This is something I have promised, and I have never treated her badly. It hasn’t changed.”
Qi Guogong frowned. Although he admitted that what Lian Jinchen said was reasonable, what was going on now that Qi Mingyue was in his house without any name or status?
He had promised to marry Ming Yue as his concubine.
Now he agreed to let the concubine in without mentioning Ming Yue's status.
If he were in the capital at this time, he would have a nice talk with him and not be such a bully.
But right now, it's really not the time to talk about this kind of thing.
There is no room for error in the errands assigned by His Majesty, otherwise neither he nor Lian Jinchen will be able to handle them.
Things have their own priorities, and no matter how uncomfortable he feels, he can only endure it first.
"After the handover is completed, I will leave for Beijing. Can Ming Yue stay here for the next few days?" Qi Guogong looked at Lian Jinchen.
Lian Jinchen's face looked ugly, but he still nodded: "Lingzhou is in chaos right now, and I am not able to take care of it. I have to trouble the Duke in the past few days."
Qi Guogong almost cursed.
Lian Jinchen was clearly telling him that he brought Qi Mingyue here just to cause trouble.
He was not free now anyway, so he just ignored it.
This is simply unreasonable!
But he didn't take the matter seriously, and it was not easy to break up with Lian Jinchen at this time, so he could only "hum" and said, "Old minister, I know."
Even Jinchen didn't have time to appease him. He directly ordered the guards he brought to escort the money and food he had brought to get off the boat. He also had to pay attention to the surrounding movements. Although this was the dock of the state capital, the entire Lingzhou was about to be in chaos, and there was no way to prevent it. Does anyone here have any idea about this money and food?
So he didn't dare to relax even for a moment.
But the more you are afraid of something, the more likely it will come.
Just after unloading the escorted money and food from the ship, before starting to set off, someone threw several torches with thick smoke at the ship.
The weather was dry and the ship immediately caught fire.
This sudden change even shocked Qi Guogong.
He hurriedly ordered people to put out the fire, but was stopped by Lian Jinchen, "My lord, this is not the time to take care of the ships. You should take Mingyue into the city first. This money and food are very important, and there must be no accidents."
Now I don’t know how many people are secretly there, and there are still more than ten miles from the dock to Fucheng, and I don’t know how many refugees are guarding me along the way.
There can be no delay at all.
Qi Guogong did not expect that the situation in Lingzhou had reached such a serious level, and finally realized that his move of asking Ming Yue to follow him was outrageous.
Before he could let go of his frown, he saw human heads emerging from the water. He didn't know how long they had been lurking.
Seeing that the torches were useless, the group went ashore with their knives.
He rushed over for money and food.
At a glance, there were at least a hundred or ten people.
Even Jinchen and the others were not aware of such a big movement, and they didn't know how long the other party had been hiding secretly.
"Brothers, charge -" A group of people who were like wild wolves, without any fear of death, raised their knives and slashed at the guards guarding the money and food.
The group of people fell into a melee in the blink of an eye.
"Woo buzz——"
Suddenly, a loud suona sound came from not far away.
A big ship came slowly.
(End of chapter)