After rebirth, the daughter of the marquisate went crazy

"Clear!"

Ye Qingyu looked up and saw her relatives walking towards her quickly. A smile filled her gentle and calm face. "Grandfather, aunt, cousin."

Xu walked quickly to Ye Qingyu and looked her up and down.

Ye Qingyu smiled gently, "Aunt, I'm fine, not hurt at all, don't worry."

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the King of Chu." Everyone saluted.

"No need to be so polite. If you have anything to say, let's go inside and talk."

The Duke nodded, "Your Highness, please."

After returning to the front hall and everyone was seated, the Duke finally asked, "Qingyu, what exactly is going on?"

Ye Qingyu smiled faintly and said, "I didn't check for a moment, and those two idiots took advantage of me. Grandfather, don't worry, I have the protection of the secret guards you gave me. I'm fine."

The Duke's cold expression faded a lot. "How did His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu find out that Qingyu had been kidnapped?"

Shen Yanli put down the teacup in his hand and said in a low voice, "My people happened to find something strange about Miss Ye's carriage and reported it to me."

The Duke frowned, thinking. He stood up and saluted Shen Yanli, "Thank you, Your Highness, for rescuing Qingyu. Qingyu was saved from disaster."

Shen Yanli helped the Duke up, "You are too polite, it's just a small favor."

"Now that the person has been safely delivered, I will return first."

"I will escort His Highness out."

Shen Yanli waved his hand and said, "Huaizhi can just send me off."

The Duke paused and nodded, "Huaizhi, escort His Highness out."

Gu Huaizhi pushed Shen Yanli out of the front hall.

The Duke also looked at his somewhat tired granddaughter, and felt distressed and did not ask any more questions, "Qingyu, go and rest."

Xu sent Ye Qingyu back to her courtyard and couldn't help asking, "Qingyu, are you on good terms with His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu?"

If it was just an ordinary relationship, even if he knew that Ye Qingyu was kidnapped, he should have sent a letter to the Duke's Mansion instead of going to rescue her personally. What's more, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was in poor health and had left the mansion only a few times in recent years. But he went out of the city to rescue Ye Qingyu. If it was just an ordinary relationship, it was impossible no matter how she thought about it.

Ye Qingyu didn't want to hide it either. She would most likely be granted a marriage at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, and she would always be asked about it then. It would be better to tell her third aunt now so that they could make some preparations.

"His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu and I are in love with each other."

"What?" Xu was stunned and stopped involuntarily.

They had already arrived at the courtyard where Ye Qingyu usually lived. She looked at her stunned aunt with a smile and said, "Aunt, I'll rest first." After saying that, she didn't care how Xu digested her words and went into the house on her own.

By the time Xu reacted, Ye Qingyu had disappeared.

"This child, why did he say such scary words without explaining it to me? Sigh." Xu glanced at the courtyard and thought that Ye Qingyu must be very tired, so she left with a sigh.

When Ye Qingyu woke up, it was already night. She packed up and went to the front hall to have dinner with everyone.

At the dining table, Ye Qingyu asked her second and third aunts, "Where are my grandfather and cousins?"

Xu picked up some of Ye Qingyu's favorite dishes for her and sighed softly, "Alas, I don't know what big thing happened. Someone from the palace came hurriedly and summoned your grandfather. Your third and fourth cousins ​​also went with him."

Ye Qingyu paused, suddenly realizing what must have happened.

It's time to come.

By this time, torrential rain had been falling in the south for half a month, and the north was covered in heavy snow. The weather was freezing cold, and countless livestock had frozen to death. Only around Kyoto was there no rain or snow, and the weather was sunny. The people of Kyoto were unaware of the difficulties the Daqing Dynasty was currently experiencing.

In two days, it will snow heavily in Kyoto.

"Qingyu, Qingyu, what are you thinking about? You don't have to worry about your grandfather and the others. They will starve in the palace."

Ye Qingyu regained her composure, smiled, and nodded, "Has my aunt stockpiled food, fodder, and charcoal?"

Xu didn't expect Ye Qingyu to suddenly jump away. She was stunned for a moment before she said, "Ah, yes, I asked someone to stockpile some after you told me. But, Qingyu, why did you ask your aunt to stockpile all this?"

Ye Qingyu chuckled softly, "Don't be confused, Auntie. You'll soon know the uses of these things. If you need them, just go find Uncle Fu."

Xu was not angry because of Ye Qingyu's mysterious words. She knew that Qingyu was doing it for the good of the Duke's Mansion. Besides, those things were at their cheapest, and their Duke's Mansion also had a horse farm, so it was reasonable for them to stock up more.

The three of them had their meal and waited for a long time. When it was time to turn off the lights, the Duke and his men still hadn't returned.

It was not until the next morning, when Ye Qingyu was having breakfast, that the Duke and her cousin returned.

"Grandfather, cousin, have you not slept all night?"

Looking at the tired looks of the three people, although Ye Qingyu had been mentally prepared and did not expect the matter to be so serious, she was still a young lady in the boudoir who knew nothing at this time in her previous life. She had no worries about food and clothing, so she had no idea about the suffering of the people.

The Duke frowned, his voice hoarse and dry, "It's okay, I came back to change clothes, I have to go to the morning court later."

"We met too late in the Imperial Study last night, so the morning court session was postponed."

The two aunts also realized that something big must have happened in the court, but they did not ask any more questions. "Father, it's better to have some breakfast first and change clothes later."

The Duke nodded.

Ye Qingyu asked in a low voice, "Grandfather, is something wrong?"

The Duke hadn't concealed anything; the news should have spread throughout Kyoto by today. "In the south, in the Sichuan region, it's been raining heavily for half a month. The crops have been washed away and submerged in the floods. I'm afraid there's no hope for a good harvest this year. In the north, the snow is already two feet thick."

"What!" The two aunts were so shocked that the chopsticks in their hands dropped to the ground.

Ye Qingyu's eyes were dark, and she couldn't help but close her eyes.

The disaster of the snowstorm was not only a lack of food, but also a sudden drop in temperature. The people had no source of heating, and were anxious and hungry. Countless people starved to death or froze to death. The world was like hell.

The prices of food, fodder, and charcoal have skyrocketed. The people in Kyoto had almost eaten up the food they had stored during the Spring Festival. Now, with this disaster, many people in Kyoto have no food to eat.

"I'm done eating," the Duke didn't have much appetite, so he drank a bowl of porridge and got up to leave.

Xu came back to her senses and suddenly thought of something. She looked at Ye Qingyu in shock, "Qingyu, you asked me to stockpile food and fodder. Did you know that a snowstorm was coming?"

When Gu Huaizhi and Gu Yuanchen heard what Xu said, they looked up at Ye Qingyu in surprise.

Gu Huaizhi frowned and looked at his mother in surprise, "Mother, are you saying that Qingyu asked you to stockpile food a long time ago?"

He turned to look at Ye Qingyu, "Qingyu, what's going on?"