Bondage

When Lin Jiayue entered the palace, she was wearing plain white clothes without any hairpins.Song Wan was also dressed in plain white, as if the two met for the first time, because she was not allowed to wear makeup during the national mourning period, her face was dazzlingly white.

The two looked at each other, first they all smiled, and then both of them burst into tears.There are sobs and sadness in the tears, and there are also some inexplicable joys that seem to be the rest of the life after the catastrophe.

Lin Jiayue wiped away her tears and said softly, "You don't look well."

Song Wan slightly hooked her lips, but she brought down a string of tears.

"It's a little frightening, but it's okay."

"Huai Su...is gone."

Telling Song Wan what Huai Su did that day, Lin Jiayue cried again while talking.

"There is an excellent girl in the East Palace, who died yesterday to save me."

Both of them raised their heads to look at each other, both of them seemed to be crying but not smiling.

Song Wan now knows the weight of the words "Chang Hai Sang Tian" and "Cang Huang Du Fu".

In the past, all the rifts between the two of them in Chengyang Hou's mansion had been baptized by wind and frost for a hundred years, and now they have become blurred.

"Are you looking for me today for something?"

Wiping the tears off his face, Song Wan said: "The national treasury is empty, and there is nothing in it. Now there is no military salary and no food in the court. I want to ask you what can you do?"

Lin Jiayue lowered her eyes and pondered for a moment, then said softly, "Yes."

"I knew you had."

Song Wan smiled softly, as if stars were falling from her eyes.

"But I can't do this alone. You have to introduce a few court officials for me, with their assistance."

"I'll write a post for you, you can go find my brother or dad."

"Success, you wait for my good news in the palace."

Lin Jiayue readily agreed, she was impatient, and wanted to do what she agreed to do immediately, but as soon as she walked out of the Yi Pavilion, she turned to Song Wan and said, "You look so empty, overthinking hurts your health, and you can see Open up."

"Thanks for caring."

"Go back, don't send me off."

The girl turned around, her steps seemed a little messy because of her anxiety, but Song Wan looked at her quite comfortably.

I don't know if it was because of her long body that she was able to display it, but Lin Jiayue finally regained some of the lively appearance she admired most in the past.

In Chengyanghou's mansion, Jiang's mother was wearing mourning clothes and standing in front of the hanging flower gate. After Huai Su left, she actually entrusted her whole heart to Lin Jiayue.

Qi Shun's family accompanied Lin Jiayue back from the outer courtyard, only to see Mother Jiang eagerly standing under the screen wall, looking up.

In the past few days, she seemed to have been drained of energy and energy, her black hair was more than half gray, her eyelids were drooping, and she could not see a trace of the arrogance that supported her in the past.

Jiang Man's death and Jiang Xingjian, whose life and death were unknown in Suhe, caused Jiang's mother to suffer so much that she was in so much pain that she couldn't bear to live. Now she has been wasting her life and turned into an ordinary old lady.

"What did Song Wan invite you to enter the palace for? But what's the news about Suhe? Is Yi'er still safe? Is there any news that the imperial army will arrive in a few days?"

Lin Jiayue shook her head: "The national treasury is empty, and the government is unable to support the military pay and food. Song Wan asked me if I could do anything."

"Then do you have a solution?"

Mother Jiang stood in front of Lin Jiayue and paced back and forth, her waist, which was always straight in the past, was now slightly bent.She circled back and forth in the garden, and after a while pointed to Qi Shun's family and said: "How much money is there in the mansion? Take out all the money that can be drawn."

"Collect the accounts of the several shops outside. After Yin Gong's sudden death, the mansion should have saved a lot..."

Just as she was talking, Jiang's mother suddenly cried out: "Do you have a way to bring back Man'er's bones? The person she loved most in the past was clean, and she couldn't do it in a desolate place..."

"She's used to being pampered and pampered. She doesn't eat non-fine items in the mansion, and doesn't wear anything other than rare and expensive materials. She doesn't feel at ease in poor places like Suhe."

The war is tense, and the Nanqing army will rush to Shuhe again. How can Jiangman's bones be found after the war?But Lin Jiayue smiled with tears in her eyes: "I will send people to Suhe, and I will definitely bring back the imperial concubine's bones intact."

It doesn't matter whether the corpse brought back is Jiang Man, the right way is to be able to comfort the loving heart of a mother in front of him.

"As for the military pay and provisions, I already have a solution. I am going to visit Mr. Song in the Song residence. Mother is not too worried."

Jiang's mother saw her haggard face with her big belly, but her eyes were shining brightly, her nose and eyes were sour: "I asked the mansion to prepare meals for you, eat some and then be busy."

Lin Jiayue nodded, and went to Song Mansion after dinner.

Song Lan'an has been staying in Zhongshu Province for the past few days, but it was Song Fu who met Lin Jiayue.

"You said you have a way to solve food, grass, military pay and other matters?"

Lin Jiayue nodded: "Crowdfunding."

"Why crowdfunding?"

Lin Jiayue said: "Look for the big family of the Shangjing family and ask them to donate money and materials."

Song Fu's eyes lit up, and he suddenly remembered that day at the gate of the palace, the people spontaneously donated money and food.A drop of water does not make an ocean, but if it accumulates a little, it can solve the urgent need.

"General Suhe of the Song Fu Dynasty thanked Mrs. Kuo."

Bowing with both hands, Song Fu solemnly bowed to Lin Jiayue.

"I will write down the specific matters after I return home, and you can refer to the specific operation method."

After a few words of explanation, Lin Jiayue left the Song Mansion.

When she walked out of the Song Mansion, she suddenly felt relaxed.

Looking at the scenes of people in the streets and alleys rushing for their lives, she slowly raised the corners of her lips to show a relaxed smile.

It turns out that the value of a person's life is not obtained from other people's mouths, nor does it need the world to know what he has done.

She thought she could finally let go of her old obsessions and live well in this world.In order to protect oneself, but also to do a little bit for the people of the world.

Gently stroking her belly, Lin Jiayue smiled softly, and slowly walked into the carriage with Qian Bi's support.

Only three or five hours since she left, the imperial court built a wooden platform at the gate of the palace according to what Lin Jiayue said, and the officials of Shangjing informed the people of the plight of the court word by word, while Song Lan'an, Ming Huaxin, Zheng Yunshan and others Veterans in the court and in the middle of the court spread their worship cards in the mansion.

Aristocratic families accumulate wealth for several generations, and they can collect a huge sum in a short time.

In the East Palace, Song Wan also asked Ji Rong to give away all his dowry and the prince's usable private property.

Ji Rong looked at Song Wan and said tremblingly, "Send them all?"

Song Wan nodded: "If the country is broken, these extraneous things will be handed over to Nanqing. I believe that even if the prince is here, he will make the same decision as me."

"Song Chenghui's words are reasonable."

The prince's private property is quite a lot, especially the property received from Duan Yiting in the past is even more astonishing.

But what Song Chenghui said is right, what use are these objects if the country is destroyed?

"The little one will send someone to collect the property in the treasury for food and military pay."

The people in the Eastern Palace are on the move, and the other aristocratic families or big clans are also doing their best to raise military supplies.

There are countless medicinal materials purchased by the century-old medicine hall in Shangjing and sent to the imperial court, and there are also cloth merchants in the south of the Yangtze River who sent letters overnight to send cloth from the treasury to Suhe.The three major merchant groups of Yangzhou salt merchants, Huizhou merchants, and Shanxi merchants did their best to purchase food, grass, horses and other things.

Lan Yunhe bought [-] shi of grain by himself and sent it to the army camp.

But everyone still has no confidence in their hearts, just because they don't know when this battle will last, and what year and month it will be delayed before it ends.