Pei Zuo, the minister of the Ministry of Hubu, was nothing more. It was routine to send officials from the Ministry of Hubu to provide disaster relief. It is somewhat intriguing that King Qing became an imperial envoy.
The ministers present were all smart people, guessing that the emperor wanted to give King Qing a chance to make meritorious deeds and make plans for the future.
Emperor Xingyuan really had the intention of tempering Prince Qing.
Speaking of which, it has something to do with Miss Kou.
Emperor Xingyuan was a little disappointed when Prince Qing had a drinking contest with Miss Kou at Princess Zhaoyang's birthday party.
With such frivolousness, it would be difficult for him to trust his son in the future.
Emperor Xingyuan was not the kind of loving father who loved Prince Qing. The reason why he treated Prince Qing differently from his other sons was mainly because he felt it was appropriate.
Emperor Xingyuan didn't like his eldest son, King Xiu, and the other princes were too young, so only King Qing was the one.
King Qing was summoned to the palace. After learning that he had been appointed as the imperial envoy for disaster relief and would rush to Dingbei tomorrow, he went to Hanli Palace.
Concubine Shu did not receive the news in advance and was a little surprised to see Prince Qing coming: "Why did Yi'er enter the palace at this time?"
It's getting dark.
"My father has informed me that my son has entered the palace and asked me to go to Dingbei to provide disaster relief tomorrow along with Pei Zuo, the Minister of Household Affairs."
Concubine Shu was stunned: "Disaster relief? What happened to Dingbei?"
"There was an earthquake yesterday. It is said that Dingbei was severely affected, and some counties were completely in ruins..." Prince Qing said the news he had just heard, his brows furrowed.
The New Year is coming soon, but it is such a cold day to go far away, and you may see many dead people with missing arms and legs... Prince Qing became very annoyed when he thought about it.
"The whole county is in ruins?" Concubine Shu couldn't believe it, her face turned pale.
Prince Qing nodded: "The urgent report that came through should not be false."
Concubine Shu grabbed Prince Qing's wrist and frowned: "We are leaving tomorrow? This is too urgent. Will there be any aftershocks later?"
"How can my son understand this?" Prince Qing shook off Concubine Shu's hand and rubbed his face irritably.
Looking at my father like that, if it hadn't been getting dark soon, I would have wished for him to set off immediately.
Her son's irritability made Concubine Shu calm down: "Yi'er, your father really values you."
Even if you go to a disaster area and do nothing, you will still have achievements that you can tell when you come back.
"I know." Prince Qing was not stupid. He acted very actively after hearing the news in front of Emperor Xingyuan. He didn't need to cover up when he was in front of Concubine Shu. "I just feel a little annoyed thinking about going out in such a cold weather."
"You have to be careful, safety is the top priority in everything..." Concubine Shu warned earnestly.
Prince Qing found her nagging and left quickly.
After King Xiu heard about it, he stayed alone in his room for a long time. The next day, he and others saw off the relief team as if nothing had happened.
Dingbei is not too far from the capital. Yesterday, a team of Qingqi went to investigate the situation. Today's team is much larger.
Seeing this scene, the people in the capital gathered together to discuss.
"What happened? Why are there so many officers and soldiers?"
"I heard that there was a big earthquake in the Dingbei area, and many towns and villages were turned to the ground!"
"really?"
"Who would talk nonsense about such a thing? Even the prince has gone out."
"Dingbei is more than two hundred miles away from the capital. No wonder even the capital felt the shaking."
"Oh, how many people will be killed or injured? It's better for us in the capital, nothing will happen."
"You don't know this, right? I heard that all the houses in the Beiloufang area collapsed. Fortunately, Miss Kou..."
When those who were lagging behind heard the news, they walked towards Qingsong Bookstore: "Miss Kou is so kind-hearted, I will buy a storybook to support her."
"I'll go too. Miss Kou saved so many people by accident, which shows how blessed she is. I'm going to take advantage of Miss Kou's blessing."
So some came to support, some came to take advantage of the blessings, and most of them came to take a look out of curiosity. Shopkeeper Hu was almost squeezed out of the bookstore by the influx of people.
Most of these people didn't go there for the storybook, but they came here. A book only cost two hundred words, so it was natural to buy one.
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Shopkeeper Hu soon became dizzy with work.
King Xiu stood on the side of the street, looking at the crowded Qingsong Bookstore, and was lost in thought for a long time.
An earthquake far away in Dingbei gave the second brother an opportunity to make political achievements, and also made Miss Kou's reputation for being kind-hearted and blessed spread far and wide.
And he didn't do anything, and something got further away from him.
King Xiu smiled and turned around to leave when he saw a carriage stop at the door of the bookstore and two women got out.
Xin You came from the garment factory.
When such a disaster occurs in the coldest month of winter, no amount of warm clothing is too much.
"Why are there so many people?" Xiaolian accompanied Xinyou and walked to the bookstore together.
Xin You also got out of the car when she saw the bookstore was crowded and was worried that something had happened.
Someone with sharp eyes spotted Xin You and said, "It's Miss Kou!"
Following this shout, everyone in the library looked outside.
"Girl, they seem to be coming for you!"
Xin You also reacted. Seeing that these people were trying to pounce on them, she picked up her skirt and ran away.
"Hey, where's Miss Kou?" The person who rushed out first looked around blankly.
Not far away, King Xiu was stunned, and then fell into deep thought.
The speed at which Miss Kou ran was not something ordinary ladies could achieve.
The remaining snow piled up on both sides of the street, and the road had been swept clean. King Xiu walked over and bent down to pick up a beaded flower.
It took several days for the bustle of Qingsong Bookstore to recover, and a rumor spread quietly in the Imperial College.
"You know, it's not a coincidence that Miss Kou was able to save those people. It's because Miss Kou is a divine fortune teller and figured out that Gu Yu would be in a bloody disaster!"
"Ahem."
Hearing Meng Jijiu's cough, the gathered supervisors quickly said hello: "Master Jijijiu."
"What were you just talking about?"
"nothing!"
"Um?"
A clever student said hurriedly: "The students are talking about the monthly exam."
When Meng Jijiu couldn't ask, he left with a straight face.
Don't think that he is deaf because of his age. These brats are clearly talking about bandit girls.
Miss Kou can read faces?
Meng Jijiu shook his head amused.
On the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, the Imperial College was on holiday. Zhang Xu, who got the lowest score in the monthly exam, returned home and went to meet his grandfather and grandmother.
"Xu'er is back." Zhang Xu's grandmother, whose surname was Zhu, valued her precious grandson more than her eyes. "Hold Qin and give the young master a bowl of stewed mutton soup."
Although the mutton soup was delicious, Zhang Xu was still worried about reporting the monthly exam results to his grandfather: "Grandma, where is my grandfather?"
Today is also a day off for officials.
Mrs. Zhu sighed: "The imperial court is so busy trying to fix the earthquake in the north. As the chief minister, how can your grandfather have any leisure time?"
Zhang Xu opened his eyes wide: "Grandpa doesn't have a holiday?"
"Yeah, I'll just rest in the attic."
"That's great -" Realizing that it was inappropriate to be so happy, Zhang Xu hurriedly stopped, then his expression was shaken and he murmured, "It's really amazing!"
Mrs. Zhu didn't understand: "Xu'er, what are you talking about?"
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