Chapter 55 (1/2)
She blinked
and blinked again, suddenly bursting into laughter, she held his head tightly,
the two people relying on each other for support, intertwined, sloo
became one
That night,
wang Yun Feng unexpectedly appeared weak and suffering like the night bloo
cactus shows once, with daybreak it could not be seen again
Early
o to court, the
housekeeper hurriedly ran over, saying: “Last night faint footsteps outside the
atekeeper opened the door to see if there was
anyone Xiao Bai sent people to guard the main entrance, afterwards this was
picked up”
Strong male
servants were sent to carry in several baskets, inside were an assortment of
quilts, there were old clothes, there were even redients,
furthermore herbal medicines with mud attached
Dew still
clinging onto Xiao Bai’s clothes, he reported along with the old housekeeper:
“Last night people came one after the other, some of the clothes were fromservants, there were even inhabitants of the
city, old and young, they placed the things at the door then left”
wang Yun
Feng was eating breakfast, Xia Ling Mei was ladling congee for him by his side
It was autu colder, if he didn’t eat
breakfast and went to court, wang Yun Feng would get dizzy on the way both cold
and hungry Before the old housekeeper had to patiently persuade him to eat,
after Xia Ling Mei ca residence, she took the initiative to
replace the old housekeeper, every day she stared at wang Yun Feng having a
meal, he couldn’t have a meal less
If there
was an e, the old housekeeper would still come to report
at this ti an overview
The two
physicians fro the
various conversations of the servants, they came out to take a look, then came
to see wang Yun Feng, in one of the physicians hands he was also holding herbal
ht he said: “These herbal medicines are hard to come
by, it can prevent dysentery, fever and other pressing illnesses, it’s best to
dry theion Can Lord wang possibly
send a few strong men from the residence, to come with this old man to the
mountains to pick medicine?”
wang Yun
Feng asked them: “Could it be these medicinal herbs are not available at the
shops?”
The old
housekeeper urgently said: “There is, but the court is organising the disaster
relief, the majority of them have been acquired by the court these past few
days, the common people cannot buy much”
The doctor
also said: “Precisely, there are hts,
but it cannot withstand the unrestrained purchases by the court every few days,
the usual big pharmacies basically sell to the court, the small pharmacies
cannot preparecity is surrounded by mountains on three sides,
apart from the imperial horse enclosure, the influential families’ villas,
there are still o to pick
medicinal herbs There are always not much of this sort of medicinal herbs,
it’s best if we privately prepare so with us”
wang Yun
Feng looked at those baskets ofquite a while later: “Medicinal ingredients are necessary, housekeeper you
choose soether with the physicians in
theservants to the pawn shops and
ready- and other
things, bundle theether, ask the armed escorts to send those to the
stricken region in advance”
The old
housekeeper iain took money from the
accountant to give to people, thinking about it, she herself went out with a
further several hundred silvers, e
to buy things for the disaster relief
At first
she thought this was a ,
the
Xia faain sent people to deliver several carts of medicinal
ingredients, quilts and clothing This was still not enough, the physicians who
they originally couldn’t get to come, unexpectedly several more appeared at the
Xia residence, there were even young physicians with their bundle who set out
immediately
The emperor
alloang Yun Feng to have complete responsibility for the disaster relief,
the things wang Yun Feng was to take with hioods,
with no connection to the wang fas to
the wang residence, only to do their bit to help the court’s disaster relief,
not involving the influential fa only made
Juan Shuout he presented it all to
the emperor, whatever rewards were up to the e
family Juan Shu’s table had just been moved to the hall, the influential
fa the news, one after another sent their
servants to buy s, if they were unable to buy it
they also overturned trunks and boxes fro out quite
a lot, everything being sent to the wang residence
This was
too different from the completely deserted scene from yesterday, in a moment it
deeplyMei Apart from the influential families and officials,
as evenwas the co
residence’s man entrance was immediately blocked by the influential families,
the side entrance and rear entrance were iven by the ordinary
people There were husbands and wives donating in the spirit of cooperation,
there were sons supporting the old leaning on walking sticks to deliver goods,
even young children holding sugar-coated fruits on a stick ca it was
for the children of stricken region to eat Each and every one with an ordinary
appearance, each a single trifle thing, each one a piece kindness unasked for,
shocking those alked by, and moved the people On the second day, people
from the outskirt of the city also entered the city, directly to the wang
residence, soht medicine
and rations and so on
The palace
halved the disaster relief’s expenses, the imperial concubines also one by one sold
their ornae for money for the cause,
Bailu acadeed its students to voluntarily contribute, directly
sending it to the stricken region The doorway of the Ministry of Revenue, more
or less every day there were officials co to donate money
After three
days, wang Yun Feng set out on his journey carrying the compassion of numerous
people inside and outside of Beiding city, one after the other the goods the
court prepared also set off, at the same time countless ordinary people
accompanied theth to
help the victims of disaster
Xia Ling
Mei stood at the entrance, watching wang Yun Feng leave without even turning
his head, the north wind blew, his back looked lonely and desolate
Turning to
look at the absolutely empty residence, if felt like the hustle and bustle of
the last three days never existed The wang residence, was forever proud and