Female Official In the East Palace: Chapter 74

"Yes, I would like to borrow food from you to help the victims."

The prince patiently repeated it again.

The businessman who spoke earlier was the chairman of the Daizhou Prefecture Chamber of Commerce, surnamed Fan, and belonged to the same clan as the Jiexiu Fan family, the head of the eight major Shanxi merchants, and had a very high status in the Daizhou Prefecture.

At that time, these eight major Shanxi merchants provided great help for the Qing army to enter the customs. If you teach Rong Xin, they are no different from traitors.

treated differently.

What's more, at this time, he still needs these people.

The Prince Sui added: "What I say today is only in my own name, not in the name of the court. If you are willing to help me relieve the victims, and establish a written document, the people of Daizhou Prefecture will be responsible for The certificate will be returned in full when I return to Beijing."

The people present looked at each other in dismay, not that they were worried that they would not be able to repay the loan, but that they were unwilling to take out the things for nothing and pay back nothing.

However, even if the person in the first place is young, he is also a prince after all. He can't say it clearly or not. For a while, he didn't know how to respond, and finally he could only look at President Fan.

President Fan touched two beards in the eyes of everyone, got up and cupped his hands and said: "His Royal Highness, the disaster relief borrowing food, is really an act of benevolence and righteousness. It is also obligatory to give one or two.”

"Yes yes yes."

"It is my duty to wait."

"I will definitely support His Royal Highness."

When the others heard it, they also changed their tone and said:

"Please forgive me, Your Royal Highness."

"I will do my best to support it, and I hope His Royal Highness will not be too little."

"It's not enough, alas—"

“…”

How can the prince not see that they are contemptuous of him, but he can't promise them anything except returning the original amount.

Rong Xin had been standing quietly behind the prince, but at this time he leaned slightly, as if he was only talking to the prince, but the actual voice was not small: "His Royal Highness, I have memorized the pen and paper, why not The prefect will personally write the handwritten documents, what do you think?"

The prince nodded, took off his private seal, and said, "Let my aunt seal the letter for me."

Rong Xin took it over respectfully, waved at a guard beside him, and then smiled and suggested: "Although Your Highness does not want to take any money from the people, he will definitely return the price he gave to you gentlemen today. I borrowed food, but it is a righteous act, and I will still have to ask the emperor for credit for you in the future."

"Yes, I have saved many people's lives. I will tell Huang Ama truthfully for such a righteous deed."

The prince said that later, seeing the changes in the expressions of the people in the next episode, he instantly understood the intention of the aunt, looked at the aunt, and pretended to instruct her: "The aunt carefully preserved it for me. I will show these documents to Huang Ama when I look back."

Rong Xin responded with a smile, walked to the table of the prefect of Daizhou, and said politely, "Master prefect, please."

The people who were originally "stretched" immediately became loyal and filial, and expressed their support for the prince to help the victims with all their wealth.

The prince knows that they are all to please the father, but as long as he can get the purpose, he doesn't care, and he knows that everyone praises them.

The prefect of Daizhou held a pen and recorded a huge amount of food, cotton clothes, medicinal materials and other items that could not be counted. His face gradually became pale, and his hands were shaking more and more.

Rong Xin neatly placed each note aside to dry, turned around and saw that his handwriting became more and more stable, he reminded in a low voice: "Lord Prefect, this note is to be presented to the emperor , if the Pope sees your calligraphy like this, I am afraid he will be disappointed..."

Everyone present recorded the grain to be "lent" to the prince. The prince looked at the written data covering the entire table with satisfaction, and said: "The written data is here, wait for you to put the grain in your order. When it is delivered, my private seal will be printed on the spot by the female official."

"I can trust His Royal Highness, so I don't need to return it."

The prince waved his hand, "Return, of course, I have to pay it back. As a crown prince, it is a matter of course."

After the banquet, the prince also stayed with everyone, and the guards sent them away one by one.

This move is not slow, after all, the guards in the palace are all young children of the Eight Banners, either from a good family background or outstanding abilities, in short, a lot of people who are civilians Businessmen and rich gentlemen are definitely polite.

When everyone was gone, the prefect of Daizhou immediately slipped off his chair and knelt on the ground.

The prince didn't want to listen to him at all, and said directly to Rong Xin, "Auntie, can I arrange my place?"

"I have to trouble the prefect's wife to arrange it properly. It is not convenient for the prince to live in the backyard, so he will be placed in the front office."

After saying that, the two of them left the Daizhou prefecture directly, and went straight to the place where they collapsed.

The prefect of Daizhou sat slumped on the ground, his face ashen.

The guards of the prince did not prevent the prefect from returning to the back house, so the lady of the prefect saw him faltering and said with surprise: "Sir, what's wrong with you? Didn't you entertain the prince in the former government?"

The prefect of Daizhou smiled bitterly, "That's what the female official told you?"

"Yes, I have heard people talk about this female official in the palace before, but this time I met him, and she was actually a very kind person!"

The prefect fell down on the couch and said weakly: "Kind...that's the person who once passed Empress Xiaozhao and Concubine Shu in charge of the harem. You thought she was kind..."

The prefect's wife panicked when she saw her husband, "Sir, what happened?"

"I'm finished!" The prefect waved open the teapot and teacup on the table, listening to the cracking sound, muttered, "I'm completely finished..."

The prefect's wife asked again and again, and finally got the reason from his mouth, and said angrily: "The prince said that he was responsible, and the granary opened the granary, why did you stop him?"

The prefect's eyes were bloodshot, "Can I stop it? What are the things in the granary? Do I dare to let the prince see it? Ah?"

"What do you mean?"

The prefect did not say anything, leaning his head against the table.

The prefect didn't know the details, and she had some hunch in her heart, and said in a panic: "Then, sir, hurry up and think of a way, can't you just sit still like this?"

"The prince has ordered someone to guard the granary, I just want to delay the solution, but now there is no way..."

"Then, how about sending a letter for help? Let that adult figure out a way for you. You are the one who does things for him."

"You can try and see if Fuzhong can still send messages."

The prefect's maid immediately asked the maid to look for the servant. Who knows, the maid came in and reported: "Go back to the madam, the prefect has been surrounded by refugees outside the prefecture, and no one can leave the house."

The prefect's wife panicked and came up with a bad idea: "Let's beg the prince, yes, beg the prince, isn't the third lady outstanding in appearance? Tell her to go! What a future for the prince, she Even if your eyes are higher than the top, you won't refuse, right?"

"The prince is only eleven years old."

"What's wrong with eleven years old?!" The prefect's wife became more and more determined, "She is a prostitute who wants to find a good family. Who can be more noble than the royal family?"

The prefect looked at his wife and said nothing.

Based on the prince he saw today, he knew that this might not happen, but the reality is that if he really falls, the whole family will not end well, so let's take a look Does she have that life?

On the other side, the prince's banquet was useless, and he was not allowed to waste it, so Rong Xin ordered the prince's dish to be reheated and ate some with the prince.

In the past, in the palace, the prince had always only eaten a little to fill his bowels, but now his appetite is so good, Rong Xin is happy to see it.

"Prince, how did you come up with the idea of ​​borrowing grain from the rich households in the city?"

The prince stopped his chopsticks and said with a smile, "I learned it from my aunt."

"Me?"

The prince nodded earnestly, "When I was in the palace, I saw my aunt renting clothes from the rich servants in the private house to keep the rest of the servants in distress, and I thought it was very good, and I use it now. It's my aunt's credit."

Rong Xin suddenly realized and praised: "You have always been wise, and when you are angry, you have not lost your mind, and it has nothing to do with me."

The prince retorted: "I think so in my heart, aunt does not need to be humble."

"It's not humility..." Rong Xin saw that the prince had already decided so, so he didn't continue talking, but said, "Tomorrow, the food will be in place, how can the prince be in good hands?"

"The refugees were affected by this catastrophe, and their mood was unstable. I was a little worried that there would be riots."

Rong Xin agrees, "Your concerns are reasonable."

"So I thought, if you want to better complete the disaster relief, you still need the cooperation of officials at all levels in Daizhou prefecture to work together. Even the prefect of Daizhou may have dereliction of duty, and you should distinguish between priority and secondary , and deal with the disaster urgently.”

The prince's thoughts are indeed reasonable.

It is even more rare for the prince to be so considerate and even tolerate the prefect of Daizhou, who is clearly at fault.

Therefore, Rong Xin encouraged: "What Your Highness said is very true, tomorrow I will bring some people to check the amount of food, and I will do a little for you and the people."

"My aunt has been running around with me for many days, and now she is still so busy and hard."

Rong Xin shook her head indifferently and said with a smile: "Seeing you growing up so well, I feel the pain in my heart, and there is no bitterness at all."

If she arrives in front of Nemin's mausoleum one day, Rong Xin can also tell Nemin with a clear conscience: her child, she did not bring any harm, whether as the crown prince or as a person, the crown prince is worthy of pride .

The prince didn't know what she was thinking, so he just urged: "Auntie, rest early, let's get through this period, and when the imperial envoy from Beijing arrives, we can relax."

Rong Xin responded with a sound, and then heard the noise outside, listened to it casually, and said, "Your Highness rest, I'll go out and have a look, if I have nothing to do, I will just rest."

With her there, the prince didn't care much about the situation outside, just nodded and watched her leave.

, is more frivolous.

"Miss, our brothers are colder, why not give us this soup?"

"Yes, it also warms our hearts."

The woman is the concubine of the prefect of Daizhou, the third miss. At this time, listening to the frivolous words of the two of them, her face flushed and she angrily rebuked: "This is specially made for His Royal Highness. Tonic soup, what is your identity? Dare to talk to me like that?"

It's impossible to know of your existence."

"You!" The third lady was angry, "How can people like you be allowed by His Royal Highness?! If you don't report it again, I will shout."

"Come and listen, we haven't seen any noble lady in Beijing shouting in disrespect."

It was at this moment that Rong Xin came over. The two guards had good ears and eyes, and immediately noticed her. They both changed their previous sloppy expressions and respectfully said, "Rong female officer."

Rong Xin closed the cloak, not teaching the snowflakes to fly into the neckline.

She only glanced at the two boys with a light expression, and when she saw their faces were flattering, she looked at the girl in the water-red fox fur cloak and said, "His Royal Highness does not use it casually. Someone else gave you something, please go back, miss."

The third lady first saw these two annoying guards with a cautious look, and thought they were going to be blamed. Unexpectedly, the woman who had just arrived turned around and drove her away, and immediately He said unhappily: "Are you a female official? My mother specially asked me to bring it over to His Royal Highness, please let me in."

Rong Xin noticed that the maid behind her was holding a very large cup of soup, and turned her head to signal for the guard to take it, "His Royal Highness has rested, please come back."

"Rong female officer..." How could the third young lady of the prefect house be willing to go back without seeing His Royal Highness.

However, Rong Xin didn't give her a chance at all, and said directly: "It's freezing cold, if you don't want to accompany the two guards here at night, don't provoke me."

She didn't speak very harshly, but the words that Miss San didn't say were choked.

The guard immediately took the soup cup from the maid and said with a smile, "Please come back."

Miss San bit her lip, stomped her feet, and stepped on the snow to leave.

"Rong female officer, this soup..."

"You share the food, warm up, and she doesn't dare to do anything in it."

When the two heard it, they immediately thanked them and said, "Thank you madam."

Rong Xin turned around, turned back before taking a step, and knocked twice on the helmets of the two of them, saying: "You have a wife at home, why are you teasing the lady of the boudoir outside? Your Highness is embarrassed."

They are armored from head to toe, she knocked these two just to remind them, and it didn't have any effect at all.

But both of them grinned and shouted "ear pain", and begged for mercy: "Rong female officer, we don't dare, you are a lot, please forgive us this time."

In these days of getting along, Rong Xin regarded them as juniors, and after the "corporal punishment", he said earnestly: "You are all elites of the Eight Banners, and have a bright future. Not to mention the impeachment of the imperial censor, it will also damage the reputation of His Highness."

After listening to this, the two put away their cynicism and said respectfully, "Yes, I will be more cautious in my words and deeds in the future."

Rong Xin saw that they really wrote it down, so she returned to her room, packed up and lay down.

From the second day onwards, each family in Daizhou Prefecture successively sent food to the prefectural government office. Hold one of each.

The disaster relief also started slowly and steadily. There were occasional riots at first, but the people just wanted to live, to be able to have a full stomach and to have clothes to cover their bodies. Naturally, they were grateful to His Royal Highness the Prince and praised them. .

After more than ten days like this, the prince of Anhe, Marhui, escorted the disaster relief silver and hurried to Daizhou, and went straight to the prefect's yamen. As soon as he saw the prince, he immediately knelt down and saluted: "My minister Marhui If you are late, please forgive the Crown Prince."

The prince didn't mind helping him up in person, but asked with concern: "Along the way, can there be relief for other disaster-stricken places?"

"As soon as the minister entered Shanxi, he has already sent people to deliver the disaster relief silver and grain from various places to the disaster area. Your Royal Highness can rest assured."

The prince had a relaxed smile on his face and said, "So, I have no worries."

Prince Prince was not at all proportionate, and there was a reminder from Rong Xin, so as soon as he arrived at the Daizhou Prefecture and made arrangements, he rushed to the capital and sent the letter day and night to the capital and Mount Wutai.

The snow had gradually stopped at that time, and there was a reply in a short period of time.

The crown prince did not have any arrogance after listening to what Marhui said, and only thought to himself: "This time I am really willful and reckless, and when I return to Beijing, I will definitely apologize to Huang Ama in person. "

At this time, Rong Xin and Jingxi walked in, and Maeryun bowed politely to Rong Xin, and then said sternly to Jingxi: "Did you cause trouble to His Royal Highness?"

"It's not that you're used to fighting." That's why Marhui said this.

On the other hand, if he really made a mistake, the prince would not care about his strictness as an elder brother.

But Jingxi did not make a mistake, on the contrary, he helped the prince a lot, so he felt sad, and the prince couldn't bear him being misunderstood by his brother, so he said: "Jingxi has done nothing wrong this time, and he should be rewarded. There is no punishment, the prince should not scold him."

Jingxi raised her chin proudly at her brother in an instant, Maerhui smiled and shook her head, bowed to the prince and said, "Since he protects His Royal Highness, he should do his best and dare not take credit."

"Chi—" Jingxi pouted.

The prince was helpless to a brother like Marhun, so he just waved his hand and said, "Since the prince is an imperial envoy this time, why don't you take someone to the granary first, and the rest will be done by I will explain it to you through Xi on behalf of me."

After speaking, the prince turned to Rong Xin and said with a smile, "Auntie, let's get ready, let's go back to Mount Wutai."

Rong Xin smiled and said: "Okay."