The soft-waisted princess was pinched and pampered by the ascetic prince after her rebirth

The notice calling for donations has been posted for two days, but no one has come to donate money or materials.

Xiao Chenyan couldn't sit still anymore and sent Jun Wu out to inquire. Unexpectedly, the news he got was that wealthy businessmen in Kyoto had donated all their money to Shen Ruzhou.

Xiao Chenyan suddenly became furious and went straight to the medical clinic.

At this time, carriages were already parked in front of the hospital, and supplies such as food, cloth, medicine, etc. were being delivered continuously. Although the Chamber of Commerce allocated a dozen guys to help, Shen Ruzhou was still sweating profusely from work.

She took a pen and a booklet, registered and checked all the supplies one by one, and directed the workers to move and place them. Her voice was hoarse from shouting.

Xiao Chenyan looked at this scene, his phoenix eyes narrowed, and a cold air spread around his body. The place in front of the government office was deserted and deserted, but here it was so busy that it was almost contemptuous of the imperial court.

He came to Shen Ruzhou with a few big strides and snatched the booklet from her hand, "Shen Ruzhou, who gave you the courage to go against the imperial court?"

Shen Ruzhou was recording the counted silver coins, and suddenly his hand was empty, and he realized that Xiao Chenyan was coming, "Why did His Highness say this?"

Seeing Shen Ruzhou pretending to be stupid, Xiao Chenyan simply said clearly, "The imperial court called on wealthy businessmen to donate money for disaster relief, but if you don't send the money to the government office, but instead receive it privately here, you are not afraid of the emperor's punishment."

Hearing this, Shen Ruzhou didn't take it seriously and retorted, "Your Highness, donating money and materials is voluntary. So the wealthy businessmen are free to donate how much they want, and even the court has no right to interfere."

Shen Ruzhou said solemnly, raised his hand to take back his account book, and continued to record.

Xiao Chenyan was angered by her attitude and grabbed Shen Ruzhou's wrist and dragged her to the back hall of the medical center.

Without the noise outside and the onlookers, Xiao Chenyan spoke even more brazenly, "Shen Ruzhou, I order you to count all your money and belongings and send them to the government office immediately. Otherwise, you will bear the consequences."

Shen Ruzhou withdrew his wrist forcefully and stared at Xiao Chenyan with wide eyes. Just as he was about to speak, Beixiu Yan's cold voice came to his ears, "Is His Highness the Crown Prince trying to take something by force?"

When Xiao Chenyan heard this, he immediately gritted his teeth and said: "I am ordered to provide disaster relief, and all materials should be uniformly deployed by me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Ruzhou immediately retorted, "These money and grains were donated by wealthy businessmen. They are not the property of the imperial court and are not under the control of His Highness the Crown Prince."

"The Emperor is afraid that someone will take the opportunity to cause trouble during a major disaster, so he has specially ordered me to strengthen protection and ensure stability in all parts of Kyoto. I didn't expect that the first person to cause trouble would be His Highness the Crown Prince." Bei Xiuyan, dressed in the armor of a military attaché, walked in from outside. .

"Making trouble? The Regent has put a big label on me." Xiao Chenyan laughed angrily, with a sinister look on his face, "I will decide on the money and food for the medical center today. What can the Regent do to me?"

The atmosphere was tense for a moment, and Shen Ruzhou's eyes indicated that it was not appropriate for Beixiu Banquet to have a conflict with Xiao Chenyan at this time.

She walked to the front of the hall, bowed to Xiao Chenyan, and said sincerely: "Your Highness, if you take away all the donations today, there will be no more donations in the future. Your Highness, please think twice."

"What do you mean by this?" Xiao Chenyan's voice was icy, and he didn't understand what kind of medicine Shen Ruzhou was selling in his gourd.

"The wealthy businessmen in Kyoto have privately agreed on a three-day fundraising period. This is only the first day, and a large amount of money and materials are still being collected. If they heard that today's donation was forcibly taken away by the prince, who would send anything again. "

"That makes some sense." Xiao Chenyan listened, with a calm expression on his face, thinking that he would come back in three days to collect them all.

It happened that at this time, Jun Wu had something important to report, and Xiao Chenyan took the opportunity to go out without stopping.

After he left, Miaodong asked worriedly: "Miss, what if His Highness the Crown Prince comes to move things again in three days?"

"Then let him move it as he pleases." Shen Ruzhou smiled slyly and shook the booklet in his hand.

"Disaster relief is like putting out fires. Those who are willing to donate will definitely deliver their things on the first day. Those who are delayed will probably not donate too many things, so we will leave tonight and leave the insignificant things behind. Give it to Xiao Chenyan."

Miaodong opened her mouth in surprise, "It turns out that the lady has already made arrangements."

Beixiu Yan smiled fondly, "Then I will go back to my hometown to make arrangements, and then I will go to Yongzhou with you."

In the evening, after knocking twice, Shen Ruzhou and Bei Xiuyan set off as planned with more than a dozen carts of belongings.

After two days of driving at high speed, both the people and the horse were exhausted.

When Shen Ruzhou was hesitating whether to take a rest, the man sent to explore the road came back, "Ms. Shen, the bridge in front has been washed away by the flood. Now it is impossible to cross. The government officials said it will be repaired at noon tomorrow at the earliest."

Upon hearing the news, Shen Ruzhou made an immediate decision and asked everyone to repair in place overnight. After settling everything in the guesthouse nearby, Shen Ruzhou and Bei Xiuyan decided to go to the river to check out the water conditions.

There were a few children playing and playing on the roadside. Shen Ruzhou took out the snacks in his arms and gave them to them. He asked with a smile, "Is this the way to the river?"

A little girl of five or six years old was chewing snacks and said vaguely: "Sister, are you going to pick up the child?"

"Pick up a child?" Shen Ruzhou was confused and looked at an older boy next to him and asked, "What did she mean by picking up a child just now?"

"Yes, there are many children floating by the river. My parents went there and said that my family is full of boys who want to find a girl." The boy, who was about ten years old, explained the whole story clearly.

Hearing this, Shen Ruzhou and Bei Xiuyan were both shocked. They thought it was a sudden flood. Many parents used door panels and wooden basins at home to place their children in the hope that they could survive.

Bei Xiuyan immediately called to the attendants and quickly ran to the river in the direction pointed by the boy.

The river is very wide and the current is fast. You can see all kinds of debris floating on it from a distance.

There were several nearby villagers on the river bank, looking anxiously. After a while, I saw a man emerging from the water. He was drinking water with one hand and dragging a wooden basin with the other.

Bei Xiuyan's eyesight was very good. Before the man could reach the shore, he saw a baby lying in a wooden basin.

Shen Ruzhou asked the man to come forward to help. The villagers who came out of the water were exhausted and sat on the river bank. Seeing many more people coming, they quickly said: "There are many children trapped on the rocks on the other side of the river. Go and rescue them quickly." people."

"Bring the rope." Bei Xiuyan raised his hand and threw the rope out. The iron hook on it was firmly hooked on the opposite reef. Everyone grabbed the rope and passed by one by one.

Shen Ruzhou and the villagers waited anxiously on the shore. After a while, someone came back with their children.

After working like this for half a day, eight children were rescued. Shen Ruzhou took them to the guest house and took care of them carefully.