Female supremacy: The journey of a pregnant princess to the top

The next day, the group continued on their journey.

Three days later, they finally arrived at the border between Tianfeng Kingdom and Qingyang Kingdom.

After showing the pass, the convoy successfully entered the territory of Qingyang State.

In order not to attract attention, Jiang Lingyue asked the team to hide their skills and disguise themselves as an ordinary caravan.

She and Liu Xiuhan looked like an ordinary couple traveling with their children.

Another day passed, and the group passed through the Cangzhou area of ​​Qingyang Kingdom, but the surrounding scenery became more and more desolate.

The trees had sparse branches and leaves, the north wind was howling, and the fallen leaves were flying everywhere.

The dry and cracked earth was covered with flying dust, and the fields were barren, with only sparse dry grass withering away.

Along the way, there were people fleeing famine everywhere. Regardless of whether they were men or women, old or young, they were all pale and thin, with haggard looks.

Some people fell down weakly while walking and never got up again.

When Jiang Lingyue saw this scene, she couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness in her heart.

They are all cultivators, so it is no big deal for them to go without food or water for a few days. Core-forming cultivators like Jiang Lingyue and Liu Xiuhan can even go on a fast.

So she ordered everyone to stop and let the guards distribute food and water to the refugees.

She couldn't save everyone, but at least she didn't want to just watch the refugees die.

The refugees saw that they were riding tall horses and carrying weapons, and knew at first glance that they were not people to be provoked. During the food distribution, no one dared to loot.

"This lady is so kind!" An old man took the food, bowed to her with tears of gratitude.

"Don't bother with the gift. We don't have much food with us. We are just trying to help out a little."

Jiang Lingyue supported him and asked curiously, "Has this place experienced a severe drought?"

"Alas! After several months of drought, all the crops in the fields died, and there was no harvest in the fall.

It was the beginning of winter, and the food supplies of every household had already run out. With nothing to eat or drink, they had no choice but to pack up their belongings and flee with their families.

The old man's brown face was covered with wrinkles, and it was obvious that he had been working in the fields for years and was tanned like this.

Jiang Lingyue frowned slightly, "Then where are you going?"

"Hey! Let's go to the provincial capital first. If that doesn't work, we'll go to the next state capital." The old man sighed helplessly.

After finishing the questioning, Jiang Lingyue looked around at the refugees who had left their homes to escape famine, sighed softly, and walked to Liu Xiuhan's side.

"I heard that Ye Xinghe's father was incompetent and favored treacherous ministers. Now it seems to be true." Jiang Lingyue murmured to herself.

"What do you mean?" Liu Xiu Han asked puzzledly.

Jiang Lingyue analyzed: "Qingyang State borders Tianfeng State to the east, and the border is long. Although Tianfeng State is strong, it has never initiated a war against Qingyang State.

It borders the Kingdom of Hundred Demons to the south, and the border is relatively short, so it has been relatively peaceful in recent decades.

It faces the sea to the north and west, and is separated from the demon clan by the Tianfeng Kingdom and the Baiyao Kingdom to the east and south, so there is almost no worry about external enemies.

With such a good geographical advantage, as long as we focus on domestic affairs, there will not be widespread famine.

Cangzhou has been suffering from drought for several months, but the court has not taken any measures. This is not stupidity!"

Seeing her indignant look, Liu Xiuhan's eyes showed a hint of tenderness. She valued the lives of the people so much, and she seemed different from other royal family members.

He nodded, "Yue'er is absolutely right."

"It seems that Xinghe has inherited a lot of messes since he succeeded to the throne." Jiang Lingyue took out the communication talisman, "I have to tell him about the situation here."

Jiang Lingyue conveyed what she learned to Ye Xinghe through a communication talisman.

After receiving the news, Ye Xinghe's face became very solemn.

Upon hearing about the severe drought in Cangzhou, he had already reported it to his father, the emperor. However, the imperial concubine's mother's family embezzled the disaster relief funds, and the relief efforts were in vain.

It was not until recently that evidence was collected and the imperial concubine's faction was brought down that funds were raised again for disaster relief.

Unexpectedly, the situation in Cangzhou has become so serious before the relief supplies arrived.

"Xiaoyue, the relief materials from the imperial court are on the way." Ye Xinghe said in a heavy tone, "The government will arrange to open the warehouses to release the grain, and then organize the construction of water conservancy projects."

"That's good." Jiang Lingyue nodded, "There's still a long way to go, Xinghe, you can do it!"

Jiang Lingyue put away the communication talisman and looked at the fleeing crowd, feeling very upset.

"Xiu Han, let's help do something too." She turned and said to Liu Xiu Han.

Liu Xiu Han nodded, then ordered the guards to gather all the sick victims around.

Jiang Lingyue used her medical skills to treat the sick victims.

However, she knew that this was only a temporary relief, and to completely solve the problem, Ye Xinghe would need to do something in the court.

She expected Ye Xinghe to implement effective policies so that the people could truly live a stable and prosperous life.

After resting for a while, Jiang Lingyue and his group got on the carriage and continued on their journey.

In the evening, they stopped at the foot of a mountain and planned to rest there for the night.

Jiang Lingyue walked out of the carriage and looked around. There were still many refugees around the official road.

They might come in groups of three or five, pulling carts loaded with some old items.

Or one or two people may travel alone, carrying bags and walking.

As night fell, refugees from all directions stopped and started building fires.

Some of the refugees took out dry and hard biscuits from their bags and shared them among themselves; some chewed unknown wild grass; and some had no food and no strength left, so they leaned weakly against a big tree to rest.

After being stuck in the carriage for most of the day, Jiang Lingyue and Liu Xiuhan went out to get some fresh air.

They gathered together by the fire and chatted. Jiang Lingyue was holding Jiang Ying, while Liu Xiuhan was holding Jiang Shaoyang.

Seeing them riding tall horses and wearing gorgeous clothes, the refugees around them couldn't help but look at them sideways.

They saw them sitting around the fire, just chatting, not eating or drinking, and the refugees all had doubts in their eyes.

A few brave refugees, probably extremely hungry, timidly stepped forward and asked them for food.

Chuntao had no choice but to stand up and explain, telling those people that their food and water had been distributed to the refugees on the way.

After hearing this, those people could only retreat to the side dejectedly.

At this time, Jiang Ying, the daughter in Jiang Lingyue's arms, suddenly babbled, as if she wanted to eat something.

Jiang Lingyue immediately called the wet nurse and handed her daughter over.

The nurse took Jiang Ying and went to the carriage to feed her. After a while, she ran back with a sad face, holding the little one in her arms.

"Your Highness, the young lady refuses to drink milk and keeps crying."

When Jiang Lingyue saw her daughter’s red face from crying, she couldn’t help but feel distressed and immediately took her daughter from the wet nurse’s arms.

As soon as she was in Jiang Lingyue's arms, Jiang Ying stopped crying.

But she was still babbling, this greedy little cat clearly looked like she wanted to eat.

The nurse guessed, "Your Highness, in my opinion, the young lady doesn't want to drink milk, she wants to eat something else."

Jiang Lingyue looked embarrassed, "But, there is no food now, they can only drink milk..."

Liu Xiuhan stood up while holding Jiang Shaoyang and walked to her side. "Yue'er, why don't we go find something to eat."

"Well, okay!"

Although she knew that the area around here must have been looted by the refugees long ago and there would be nothing to eat, Jiang Lingyue still held on to a glimmer of hope.

If there was really nothing, she would fly quickly on her sword to other places to find something to eat.

She and Liu Xiu Han silently expanded their spiritual senses to search the nearby area.

After a while, the two looked at each other and saw a hint of shock in each other's eyes.

"It's actually a spiritual peach!" Jiang Lingyue exclaimed.

"Yeah." Liu Xiuhan nodded, "Shall we go over and take a look?"

The two of them each held a baby and walked forward.