Quick Wear: The villain is a heartthrob, and the boss can't stand it

Chapter 22: The Cannon Fodder Lady: They All Want Her (22)

Sui Yu held her hand and kept shaking it, her pretty face full of coquettishness, she looked exactly like Pei Ying.

Since Shangsi, Pei Ying had been caught in the wind and had caught a mild cold. It wasn't serious, but she just couldn't muster up the energy, so she didn't attend the flower viewing banquet this time.

Otherwise, she and Yongle would definitely be the two most chirping birds in the garden.

"I was a little tired, so I didn't go." - It's not that I didn't want to go shopping with you.

Yongle was obviously very satisfied with this explanation. The dimple on his lip could not be hidden at all. He raised his little face and smiled at her, "I know that Yaoyao didn't ignore me on purpose."

Since Sui Yu didn't deliberately avoid playing with her, Yi Rou, who could talk to Sui Yu, didn't think she was particularly bad.

Perhaps I really didn't know the meaning behind the words I said at the previous ceremony.

Yes, ever since the conversation between Yirou and King Rui at the festival that day was spread, no one would say anything bad about King Rui. At most, they would comment on him being a playboy and amorous. However, Yirou's reputation was greatly damaged.

Whether they went or not, from the first-rank prince to the seventh-rank official, everyone felt that Yirou lacked etiquette.

Some of the more explicit rumors said that Yirou had rebellious intentions and wanted to seduce some powerful person in Shengjing to find a good place for herself.

In the original plot, after Yirou entered the flower viewing banquet through the Luo family, she suffered a lot of harassment and ridicule, and only later did she slowly get slapped in the face.

The one dancing the most happily among them is Yongle in front of us.

I don't know what Yirou did to displease her, which made her take the lead in ridiculing and isolating Yirou. After a lot of yelling, she married Luo Bing and ended up in a bad situation.

It seemed like everything was a coincidence. After Yirou became the empress dowager, she happened to deal with the Luo family, and Yongle was able to escape from the Luo family.

But by then, she was no longer the carefree Yongle who was spoiled by her parents.

This time, because Sui Yu is here——

"Hey, do you want to go play swing?" Yongle felt so awkward, but for Sui Yu's sake, he had to condescend and speak to Yirou.

Yirou chuckled, obviously amused by Yongle's expression, "Okay, I've never seen such fun."

"Hmph, I can tell you haven't seen it before. I'm the best at swinging. I can swing high and far, even reaching the flowers on the top of the willow tree. I'll teach you reluctantly."

Yongle brushed his sleeves and handed the shawl to Suiyu, "Yaoyao, hold it for me. I'm going to go play for a while."

"it is good."

The few noble ladies who had originally followed Yongle also found where they wanted to go. For a moment, the laughter in the garden boiled like boiling water.

After playing for only about half an hour, the lay monk who was specially invited from the Fahua Temple arrived, and Princess Chang'an also rushed back from the palace, but the smile on her face was a little unnatural.

No one was observing her expression carefully at the moment, so no one noticed anything was wrong.

There were all kinds of entertainment activities in Shengjing, but the most popular activity at the banquets hosted by the noble ladies was to invite lay monks to tell stories. The stories they told were not about profound Buddhist teachings, but about their experiences traveling abroad.

Begging for alms and traveling are experiences that many monks will have. Among the nobles who rarely travel far, stories about local customs, folklore and strange stories are even more interesting.

Especially when looking for monks who have already gained fame, if you can invite them, it will be a matter of great envy.

Surprisingly, the one who came this time was Monk Liuxu. I heard that he had traveled through most of the territory of Ying Dynasty and even went out to sea. It was not easy to invite him.

Before it even started, everyone had already imagined how exciting the next ten days or half a month would be.

A small area was set aside in the garden for Monk Liuxu to sit and tell stories and preach the scriptures. The other noble ladies sat with their familiar friends, either in the pavilion or in a random place. The maids arranged round chairs for them to sit on, and they all listened attentively to his stories.

"This time, I want to talk to you ladies about Huangzhou, one of the ten most important passes in the Ying Dynasty."

As soon as Monk Liuxu arrived, Sui Yu guessed that he would mention Huangzhou, which was the key node in the game between the emperor and King Rui in the original plot.

His gaze shifted slightly and turned to Princess Chang'an. Although she was still sitting upright, a closer look would reveal that she was already in a trance.

Princess Yong'an was born to a palace maid. Although she was not favored, she was a royal princess after all. She had enough food and clothing and was raised in pampering.

No matter which brother is sitting on the dragon throne, it has nothing to do with her as a princess, so naturally she doesn't want to get involved in these matters.

But now, she was already in the middle of the situation and couldn't stay out of it. She hurried back from the palace with the Queen Mother's instructions to use this flower-viewing banquet to spread the news about Huangzhou.

As Monk Liuxu said in his storytelling, Huangzhou accommodated as many as seven million people from the Ying Dynasty, making it one of the most populous areas except for the frontiers.

But... for some unknown reason, Huangzhou suffered a severe drought and the spring rains did not arrive for a long time. The crops that should have been planted could not germinate. It was obvious that the tragic scene of this year's autumn harvest was foreseeable.

If there is no grain harvest, taxes cannot be paid and food cannot be stored for the next year. This is especially true for poor families who have no surplus food at home. It is a disaster no less than the destruction of the world.

"When I traveled to Huangzhou, I learned that the drought had lasted for several months. But when I returned to Beijing, I had never heard of any news of this incident."

The implication is that no one in Shengjing knew about such a major event. What kind of dereliction of duty is this?

Other--

"I recently returned to Fahua Temple, but unexpectedly encountered wave after wave of refugees on the way. I was blocked fifty miles outside Shengjing and couldn't enter the city. Inside the city, there was singing and dancing, but outside..."

He didn't finish his words, but everyone could hear what he meant.

"This is truly outrageous! How can you treat the people like this?"

Although Yongle was raised in luxury and had never suffered any hardship, he also learned the principles of enriching the country and benefiting the people in the girls' school. Why would he abandon all these people now that something happened?

It has to be said that the noble ladies living in the ivory tower would not think so much about court struggles, but more about the resentment and injustice towards unfair things.

With the help of Princess Chang'an, he put all the jewelry he was wearing in one place and asked Princess Chang'an to donate them to the Queen Mother on his behalf to help her.

Sui Yu was dressed simply today, but... for this moment, she specially brought several priceless jade pendants and placed them all inside.

Seeing that Sui Yu even put such a precious jade pendant in, the shopkeeper Yan Mentian, who "happened" to come in to deliver the dress, had tears in his eyes. He praised the generosity of the ladies and decided to give the store's new treasure as a token of trust to the person who donated the highest amount.

He also specifically stated that the noble righteousness of the ladies must be publicized and recorded on brocade paper so that the entire Kyoto would know who was the truly noble person who got things done.

For a moment, under the background of this atmosphere and the shopkeeper's amazing acting skills, everyone felt that their feelings had faded. There was no need to talk about how they would find ways to take out their treasured treasures after returning home.

Sui Yu thought about it for a moment and knew that this was definitely Pei Jing's method. Only he had so many unconventional ideas that were surprisingly effective.

After the flower-viewing banquet ended, a strange sight appeared in Shengjing.

Many noble ladies were dressed in brocade robes and gorgeous clothes, but they were not adorned with any jewelry. Some people could not resist their curiosity and stepped forward to ask, only then did they learn about the major events that had taken place that day.

For a time, whether it was the refugees who were stopped fifty miles away or the wealthy officials and nobles who donated money generously, it aroused Shengjing's high attention to Huangzhou.

The officials in the court who were caught in the battle between the emperor and Prince Rui and could not relax, soon found that they could not live in peace even after returning home.

Either the lady was anxious to search the treasury in the mansion to provide financial support to the refugees, or she was curiously asking why such a heartless thing had not been leaked at all, considering that there were millions of people involved!

What's worse, some people were even questioned by their ears about whether they had participated in such unscrupulous things. If they really did, it would not be a question of money anymore.

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[In case you guys misunderstand, let me clarify: it wasn't Yirou's fault, it wasn't Yirou's fault. It was all plot twists. I'll explain it later.]

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