Come on, Jiaojiao, I'm sick too.

But County Magistrate Yuan, who was leading the way, didn't think so when he heard a woman's voice coming from the carriage. It was rumored that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had never favored a woman at the age of twenty-two, and the Empress was indifferent to the lavish matchmaking banquet she held for him.

But now it seems that the rumors are not credible, or His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a secret lover, perhaps because of humble status, so he had to hide her, and now he brought her to Jiangnan.

He had to report this matter to Prince Duan immediately. This news would definitely be of great help to the prince. He thought secretly that the prince would definitely reward him when he knew about it.

The two people in the carriage played for a while and soon arrived at the post station prepared in advance by the county magistrate. Xiao Juncheng got off the carriage first, and Wen Yuqing followed closely behind.

Perhaps due to the disturbance of the refugees, the situation in the city was not very good at this time. The streets and alleys were full of disheveled refugees. The alleys were no longer as lively as before. Many houses had their doors closed and not many people opened their businesses. It seemed that this flood had done more than just destroy the food supply in the village.

"Be careful." Xiao Juncheng warned, and then told Xiaotao to take good care of her young lady.

Xiao Tao nodded in agreement. She had known for the past few days that the relationship between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and her young lady was not simple. She had not expected that the relationship between her young lady and His Royal Highness would develop so quickly. She was secretly delighted in her heart.

Xiao Juncheng said to Yuan Hong, "You can go back and do your work first. You don't have to follow me. I will go over tomorrow to help you with the flood control."

By the way, catch the corrupt people and set an example for others!

His voice was not loud, but it was full of oppression. Yuan Hong trembled when he saw his eyes: "Yes..."

The post station prepared by Yuan Hong was a mansion, which was a special residence for people coming from the capital. Therefore, people were often sent here to clean it, and it was now considered clean and tidy.

Xiao Juncheng said to Wen Yuqing, "Go and rest first, and come over for dinner later."

They came into the city early in the morning and had nothing to eat.

"Yeah." Wen Yuqing nodded. She was indeed tired and really wanted to take a bath.

After settling down, Xiao Juncheng also entered a room because he had very important things to do tomorrow.

Because of Xiao Juncheng's arrival, people seemed to see hope after the blow. Long queues formed in an orderly manner in several places in the city waiting for porridge. After so many days, they could finally eat a bowl of hot porridge.

In the evening, Wen Yuqing and Xiao Juncheng had dinner together. When they sat down at the table, she found a bowl of Tremella soup on the table that was particularly eye-catching. She knew it was made for her, but why was there a piece of candy next to it?

Seeing her confusion, Xiao Juncheng explained, "I agreed to give you an extra piece of sugar, but if you put too much sugar, the taste of the Tremella Soup will change, so, eat this one after dinner."

Wen Yuqing put the candy away, feeling a sweet taste in her heart. He did what he said, and it was not just a joke. Wen Yuqing felt that he did it better than many men.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Wen Yuqing said with a smile.

"Well, let's eat."

The next morning, Xiao Juncheng went out early to do his business, leaving Wen Yuqing alone in the yard bored.

"Xiao Tao, let's go out and take a look. I heard that there will be porridge distribution in the city for several consecutive days. Let's go and take a look."

Xiao Tao: "Ah? Miss, let's not go out. His Highness told us not to go out."

She felt that His Highness was right. After all, the situation outside was still very chaotic.

"Xiao Tao, since when have you become so obedient to the prince? Whose maid are you?" Wen Yuqing asked angrily.

"Xiao Tao just thinks that what His Highness said makes sense."

In the end, Xiaotao couldn't resist her young lady and had to follow her out happily, while Yingyi became her little follower again.

In fact, he felt guilty towards Wen Yuqing. If he had not used that secret method to search for the Gu, she would not have been harmed.

Afterwards, he asked for punishment, but His Highness was kind and did not punish him. He only asked him to stay by Wen Yuqing's side for the rest of his life to protect her.

In fact, he was a little worried. If he followed Miss Wen for the rest of his life, would His Highness no longer need him?

But based on observations over the past few days, perhaps he just changed the way he served his master.

And Miss Wen may be his second master.

In addition to Ying Yi, there was another soldier in armor traveling with them. From this, it can be seen that these people are not ordinary people who can be provoked at will. One is hidden and the other is in the light, providing double protection.

Wen Yuqing looked at the person in front of her with some amusement. Wasn't this the soldier who had argued with her that day?

Soldier Hu Kai was a little embarrassed. God knows how devastated he was when His Highness asked her to follow Miss Wen. He was really afraid that Miss Wen would make things difficult for him!

"Miss Wen, I'm Hu Kai, a soldier from the Yizi Battalion. His Highness sent me to protect Miss Wen on her travels." Hu Lai said seriously.

"Hello." Wen Yuqing smiled. She could see that he was very nervous, but she would not make things difficult for him, and he had helped her before.

Hu Kai was a little surprised when he heard her words. Miss Wen was so polite that she actually greeted a little soldier like him. His eyes lit up.

Suddenly he understood why His Highness liked her. At this moment, Hu Kai instantly gave Wen Yuqing a gentle, generous and amiable filter.

"Miss Wen, if you have anything to say, just let me know."

"Okay, trouble."

The group came to the east of the city. Today's porridge distribution team was mainly concentrated here. Looking at the long line of people waiting to receive the porridge, Wen Yuqing frowned unconsciously. It was the first time she saw such a scene. In her original prosperous era, it would not be so easy for a flood to lead to such displacement.

Pot after pot of porridge was eaten up, but Wen Yuqing actually saw a woman take a bowl of porridge and walk to the corner and drink only one mouthful, leaving the rest to her two children. The children were already so hungry that they were pale and skinny, and looked severely malnourished.

Her heart ached as she watched this, and she turned to Hu Kai and asked, "Can't the child go get a bowl himself?"

Or is it that each family can only get one bowl, how can they be full like that?

"Miss Wen, many areas in the south of the Yangtze River have been flooded, so I don't know if the food and fodder Your Highness brought will be supplied here. A portion of it was sent to other places last night, so this is the only way. The next batch of food and fodder is still on the way." Hu Kai replied.

"The flood has been going on for quite some time, right? Is it only this time that there is food supply?" In the past, didn't the imperial court allocate funds for disaster relief?

Hu Kai: "This..."

Hu Kai didn't know what to say. There must be something shady going on here, but this was not something a small soldier like him could discuss.

"Your Highness has come here in person this time because... you want to resolve this matter..."

Wen Yuqing frowned. What else did she not understand? All the previous food supplies had been embezzled. He really had a big appetite to swallow so much in a row!

But what is important right now is to feed those who have families, especially the children. If the children can only take food from the adults, the adults will continue to starve.

"Xiao Tao, let's go back."

"Yes, ma'am."

Xiaotao could probably guess what her young lady was going to do.

After returning, Wen Yuqing found Yuanfu and said, "Xiao Fuzi, how much food do we have at the post station? Can you spare 50% of the food? I want to give it to the children outside. Don't worry, I promise to replenish the food in two days."

She immediately sent a message to her brother by carrier pigeon, asking him to escort a cart of food over as quickly as possible. However, they would have much less food in the next few days and would have to endure a hard time.

Yuanfu: "This, I have to ask His Highness for instructions."

Although Miss Wen had good intentions, he could not make the decision on his own, even though he knew that His Highness would support Miss Wen's approach.

"However, His Highness is not at home right now, so Miss Wen may have to wait a moment. I will send someone to report."

"Okay, how long will it take?"

She could wait, but the hungry women outside couldn't wait that long. She couldn't imagine how painful it would be to be hungry.

"It will be soon, Miss Wen, please wait a moment." After saying that, Yuanfu immediately ordered his servants to go to the county magistrate to report to His Highness.

"Okay, Xiaotao, come over with me and get ready. We'll take some food and make porridge for the children later." She knew Xiao Juncheng would definitely agree.

She believed him.

At the county government office, Xiao Juncheng smiled when he heard the news. This is a kind little cat.

"I will follow Miss Wen's instructions in everything."

The servant in the mansion said: "Yes, Your Highness."

After the servant left, Xiao Juncheng quickly put away the smile on his face and replaced it with his previous serious expression. Several officials in the court couldn't help but tremble.

Cold sweat soaked the cloth on my back.

"I'll give you three days to explain clearly, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless. Now that I'm here, it's not just a simple meeting with you. Once the evidence is conclusive, I'll search the entire house. This is an imperial edict, you can do whatever you want." Xiao Juncheng took out a scroll of imperial edict. It was an imperial edict specially given to him by his father before he left. He had dealt with them enough and now he didn't want to play cat and mouse with them anymore.

When the imperial edict was issued, several officials knelt down immediately, their hearts beating faster. It was so unfair. They really didn't embezzle food and supplies. They wouldn't dare to do it even if they were given ten times the courage.

Only Yuan Hong's expression changed when he saw the imperial edict, and he said, "Your Highness, please understand."

"Hmph!" Xiao Juncheng waved his sleeves and left.

Now that the imperial edict has been taken out, all that remains is to see whether they will resort to desperate measures or take desperate measures.

It’s just that he hasn’t got the evidence yet, otherwise he would never let him see the sun tomorrow.

But it is only a matter of time. They will have to return all the food and fodder allocated by the court!

Xiao Juncheng returned to the post station one step later than the servants at home. At this time, Wen Yuqing was already busy preparing for the porridge distribution. They did not have that much rice, so they could only use some other food instead.

The servants in the entire mansion obeyed her orders in unison, and soon pots of steaming porridge and baskets of steamed buns came out. Wen Yuqing ordered people to transport the food to the east of the city, and brought a few soldiers to take charge. She was afraid that she could not handle the situation. After all, there was so much food, and if there was no one to maintain order, it would easily lead to scrambles. After all, they were a group of people who had been hungry for a long time.

Wen Yuqing just walked out of the door when she ran into Xiao Juncheng who had returned: "Your Highness, you're back so soon?"

Is he afraid that she will empty his house?

"Well, I'll go with you." Xiao Juncheng said as he looked at the people carrying food.

Wen Yuqing was a little surprised, but soon accepted it happily: "Okay."

Arriving at the east of the city, Hu Kai and several soldiers set out the food, then shouted, "His Royal Highness has prepared food for the children. Children, please come over here and line up. The adults can just take the porridge and drink it yourself. Leave the children to us."

When the refugees heard this, their eyes filled with tears and they all knelt down to express their gratitude: "Thank you, Your Highness, you are a good man."

You have to know that there are so many refugees, and if each person has a bowl of porridge, it will not be enough. Those who have children can only take a sip of their own bowl and leave it to their children, so they can't be full at all.

"No need to be polite, just let the children come and line up." Xiao Juncheng said.

His mood was a little complicated at this time. He couldn't stop feeling heartbroken when he saw these skinny children in front of him. These were the future backbone of their dynasty.

He will definitely give them justice.

Yuan Hong's entire family must be raided. The imperial court has allocated funds and grain several times, but now there are still so many people displaced. He deserves to be put to death!

And he will never let the person behind this go.

Immediately after the words fell, a few braver children ran over, stood in front of Wen Yuqing and stretched out their dark little hands: "Thank you, brother and sister."

Wen Yuqing smiled at the child, then put a steamed bun in the child's little hand, not caring whether it was dirty or not.

"Go."

When they saw one child get the food, the other children who were watching nearby immediately swarmed over and lined up obediently, waiting for the beautiful sister to give them food.

After a while, Wen Yuqing felt that she could not hold on any longer and felt powerless.

"I'll do it, you go and rest over there." The steamed bun in her hand was taken away by a pair of big white hands, and then she was pushed aside.

Wen Yuqing looked at Xiao Juncheng, who was handing over food with a serious face, and a gentle smile appeared on her face. He was really a person with a cold appearance but a warm heart.

However, when the children at the back saw that their team had a fierce brother instead of a gentle and pretty sister, they became obviously more timid and their voices of thanks were much softer.

Some even took the things and ran away as if there was a flood or a beast behind them.

"Pfft~"

Wen Yuqing couldn't help laughing. She stood aside and said, "Don't be so serious. They are all afraid of you."

Xiao Juncheng: ...

He is not a man who likes to laugh.

"you go for rest."

Don't disturb him. He thinks he is doing a good job, at least much faster.

"Hahaha."

-

On the other side, in the capital, Wen Huai frowned when he received the letter sent by carrier pigeon. Qing'er actually went to Jiangnan secretly. What was she doing in Jiangnan? He couldn't help but think of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

And Qing'er and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince were born on the same day...

Thinking of this, his expression became more solemn.

In the letter, Qing'er also asked him to prepare a cart of food and send it to Jiangnan as quickly as possible, saying that if it was too late, she would not have anything to eat.

"Ade..."

He personally delivered the cart of food. He wanted to see how his naughty sister would cope without food.