Chapter 203 (1/2)

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Chapter 203 – Solicitude for the common people (2)

However, when Ji Man left the estate in a sedan chair to check on the situation the next day, she encountered a mob of people at the congee stand . This was the juncture point where people had originally been praising the crown prince after getting their food . This mob looked very dirty and was one step away from looking like a group of beggars . They were shouting that their family members had died after eating the crown prince's medicine and wanted the crown prince to compensate them .

Ji Man was very familiar with this type of scene . It was the same as when someone deliberately b.u.mped into you, then fell over and tried to blackmail you for his or her self-inflected injuries .

There were people guarding the congee stand . They were the guards that had been recently sent over by the crown prince . Looking at these scoundrels in front of them, they were about to step forward to push them to the ground .

“Stop!” Ji Man hurriedly shouted . With a hand protectively covering her stomach, she stepped down from the sedan chair . How could anything good come from shoving these people? It would just give them the perfect opportunity to spread rumors that the crown prince's guards were rude and unreasonable .

The guards looked at the sedan chair . Seeing that the sedan chair was decorated with golden flowers at the top, they knew that this graceful woman with luxurious clothing and jewelry had to be from a family that was third-rank or higher .

A sharp-eyed person called out, “It's Marchioness Moyu . ”

The crowd was silent for a while before resuming their clamoring for money again .

Ji Man took a few steps forward . Gancao and Dengxin followed after her and carefully guarded her . They were scared that someone would rush forward and knock over their master .

“Who are these people that got sick after eating the medicines that were distributed here? Bring their corpses here, and a coroner will examine their bodies . If they had really died from eating the wrong medicine, then the crown prince will naturally compensate their families . ”

Back and forth, the group of people looked at each . It was obvious that they had been sent here to temporarily cause trouble . They hadn't thought about creating props to back up their false accusations .

Ji Man serenely said, “The medicine here is everyone's life-saving medicine . So many people have already been saved from dying because of the crown prince's benevolence . Why did you guys come here to deliberately cause trouble?”

This was a group of a people that didn't even regularly have enough food to eat . Faced with a beautiful married woman that was patiently persuading them, they weren't sure how to respond . They had come here to knock over the congee and medicine stands, but seeing that this woman was pregnant, they felt hesitant with proceeding forward with their original plan .

Ji Man thought; humans did have an inherent goodness to them . These people had consciences . Even thought they were on opposing sides, everyone had a mother and that gave them a shared commonality .

And so, she continued to persuade them, “There's a congee stand right here . If you're feeling hungry, you can get a helping of congee . Then, let's sit down together . We can discuss while you're eating if you want . If you wait a bit, I'll have my servant girls go and buy some pickled vegetables . Eating just congee by itself is a bit strange . Also, isn't it about time for you guys to change out your clothes? The crown prince is also handing out linen clothing for free . Later on, after you returned home and washed your face, how about replacing your current clothing with a new set of clothes? Doing this will also help prevent the spread of smallpox . ”

The people that were standing in line and waiting for the congee and medicine had all looked over here in Nie Sangyu's direction . They were all thinking that although this woman was a bit too talkative, she was truly kind-hearted .

Looking at the troublemakers, whose expressions showed that they were at a loss, Ji Man persisted with her speech . “If you're truly having a hard time making a living and feel as if you won't be able to continue living, you can tell me . I happen to have some loose change with me today . Come here, I'll distribute them to you . In the future, you guys have to strive to be good-hearted people . Don't do anymore bad things, like trying to ruin your fellow people's means of subsistence . ”

After saying this, she really did hand over a small purse to Gancao, so that she could hand out the silver taels to them .

Gancao hastily flung the money at them, and someone in the group foolishly caught the purse in reflex .