I'm already dressed like a fool, what's wrong with taking the regent into the bridal chamb

"Thank you, thank you..."

The woman blankly picked up a steamed bun. The soft feel of it made her heart tremble. Subconsciously, she stuffed it into her mouth and chewed it. The aroma filled her mouth, and she couldn't help but take a few more bites.

"It's not enough."

Wen Qingzhi reminded.

"Thanks……"

The woman thanked him with tears in her eyes, and fed the hot porridge to her child, crying as she fed him.

"If I had met the girl earlier, my little daughter and I wouldn't have been eaten by them!"

The woman cried out in a voice that shook the earth, and the more she cried, the more her body shook.

Share food?

Wen Qingzhi frowned instantly, looked at her, saw her sad look, and slowly stood up.

This kind of heartless thing is inhumane.

But she had also heard that in the face of a great disaster, with nothing to eat, the strong preyed on the weak. Many people traded their children for cannibalism, and even more often, children were abducted and eaten by those who were slightly stronger...

"If you have any grievances, you can go to Zhentian Mansion to seek justice."

Wen Qingzhi blurted out, but the woman just laughed bitterly, "Seek justice? The child is already gone, what's the point of seeking justice?"

"Those thieves are protecting each other, and I have no evidence..."

As she spoke, she glanced at her son in her arms and said, "If we really piss them off, I'm afraid neither we, mother nor son, will survive."

She had said everything she needed to say, and as for what the person in front of her thought, that was her business. Wen Qingzhi had never been good at dealing with these matters, so she stopped talking.

After the woman and her son finished their meal without any problems, more people went to get food and drinks and wolfed them down.

Wen Qingzhi returned to the pavilion and casually mentioned the woman's affairs to Han Shuo. The shock in Han Shuo's eyes disappeared in an instant.

He has seen too many things like this.

Not long after, Chunyu and the others came back, bringing everything they needed.

After Uncle Wang came forward to report, he ordered people to start building sheds to provide shelter and warmth for the refugees.

Han Yan stacked the firewood he brought against the wall, and Chunyu divided the basins and let them take the firewood to make a fire to keep warm.

After the refugees had eaten and drunk their fill and warmed up, they came forward to thank Wen Qingzhi for her kindness. Wen Qingzhi offered a few polite words, telling them that she would be here to give alms for a while, so they could rest assured.

On the way back, Chunyu began to worry, "Girl, we can save them temporarily, but we can't save them forever."

"Besides... the rumors about the young lady in the capital have been increasing recently. What the young lady and the others did has become just empty talk, which is very detrimental to our Marquis' Mansion and you."

"Rumors stop at the wise. Don't pay attention to things that don't exist."

Wen Qingzhi said.

"Miss, that's what you said... But, those rumors are getting more and more outrageous! We are not afraid, but I am afraid, afraid that the emperor will believe it..."

Chunyu clasped her hands together anxiously, "We don't have much contact with the Emperor..."

Before she could even utter the word "deal with", she was so scared that she covered her mouth and looked around vigilantly.

He whispered, "What if those who dislike us want to take advantage of the opportunity to suppress us?"

Seeing her cautious look, Wen Qingzhi sneered, "There are so many people who don't like us, and who want to suppress us... In the capital, there are a lot of them. It doesn't matter. If the enemy comes, we will fight him. If the water comes, we will block it with earth."

"No matter who it is, we'll just deal with it as it comes."

Seeing that his girl didn't care, Chunyu thought she had some way to deal with it, so he stopped asking.

The more you talk, the more mistakes you make. Walls have ears. This is the truth that Mrs. Zheng taught her.

When they arrived in front of the mansion and got off the carriage, Chunlu ran over hurriedly and said anxiously, "Miss, something bad has happened!"

"What are you talking about!"

Chunyu stepped forward and scolded him, "Why are you talking nonsense in front of a girl? What's wrong with that?"

Chunlu was originally introverted, and her face instantly turned red. She stammered, "Yes, no! It's not the young lady's fault! It's, it's the young lady!"

Wen Qingzhi raised her eyebrows and walked into the mansion.

"Don't be in a hurry. Speak slowly."

"Yes!"

Chunlu chased after him, panting, "After you left, the young mistress got really angry and smashed a lot of Madam Zheng's things!!"

Wen Qingzhi quickened her pace and glanced back at Chunlu, "Why did she go to her mother's place and act crazy?"

When she went out, she thought that Jiang Yao might lose her temper, smash things, or go to her room to vent.

I never thought that she would go to A Niang to make trouble.

"Are the mother and the others injured?"

"No. Madam is fine. The eldest son left early and was stopped..."

As she spoke, she bit her lip, "Miss Yue hit the young lady..."

"Ah."

Wen Qingzhi nodded, indicating that she understood. "Chunlu, go find Uncle Wang and ask him to go over and take inventory of the damaged items in A Niang's room. Then go to the storehouse and find some good ones to replace A Niang."

Wen Qingzhi has always been clear about gratitude and resentment. Since Jiang Yao has harmed her like this this time, she naturally won't care about her life or death anymore.

She has always been so hard-hearted.

When Wen Qingzhi arrived at Madam Zheng's courtyard, she saw a lifeless family as soon as she entered.

They looked up and saw that it was Wen Qingzhi who came in. Zheng Lin, who was sitting by the door, immediately stood up and handed over the cloak that had been drying, "Hurry up and change into it."

Wen Qingzhi didn't act pretentiously. She took it, thanked him, and put it on herself.

The warm touch made her feel warm all over. Seeing the solemn atmosphere, she smiled and said, "Mother, are you scared?"

She spoke to break the deadlock, and Mrs. Zheng smiled bitterly and shook her head, "I'm fine. But your sister-in-law was beaten by your elder sister."

Wen Qingzhi said 'Oh', "I know, I heard about it on the way."

She picked up the tea and took a sip. "She asked for it. She got angry for no reason and should bear the consequences."

"This incident was caused by me. I frightened my mother. I apologize to her."

"Look at what you said, where is your fault?"

Madam Zheng said distressedly, "Forget it, it's all in the past. You can send someone to comfort her later. After all, she is Xiao Shitou's biological mother."

Wen Qingzhi hummed, "Don't worry, mother. I understand."

She put down the teacup and said, "She's unhappy with me, but she doesn't dare to get angry with me, so she's targeting you. This is my fault."

"What does it have to do with you? We are all family. If there is anything wrong, she can talk and reason with us. She is doing something dishonest for no reason, and she is right?"

Zheng Yue got angry just talking about this, the handkerchief in her hand deformed. "If you hadn't arranged this matter in advance, who knows how it would have turned out! I don't believe she didn't know anything about the recent rumors in the capital! Not only did she not share your worries, but she also made things difficult for you."

"Besides, what good are the Jiang family? How did they treat her and her son back then? If it weren't for you, who knows where they'd be suffering right now!"