Jinxu drank two glasses of water before she regained her composure and said, "Something happened."
"Something happened to Zhao Changyuan?" Gong Yueyue immediately became nervous.
"No, it's not the young master!" Jin Xu took a breath and said quickly: "It's the young master's secret guard. The thing is like this, the young master was afraid that there was no suitable person to serve the young lady, so he picked a maid to be sent over, but on the way
There was an avalanche, and both the secret guard and the maid were buried. After receiving the news last night, I took people there and finally rescued a few people. The situation was urgent, and I didn't have time to tell the lady."
Gong Yueyue felt a little relieved, but still frowned and asked: "How is the situation now?"
Jinxu shook his head slightly, with a complicated expression on his face, and sighed, "Since the beginning of winter this year, it has snowed one after another. There has been too much snow on the mountain. This avalanche completely buried the two surrounding villages.
Many surrounding villages were also seriously affected by the disaster. This news has probably reached the court now, but now that all the money in the treasury is used for fighting, I'm afraid it won't be able to take care of that much."
Gong Yueyue's heart was also heavy. In the face of natural disasters, even the power in her hands was too weak.
She sighed lowly, "Tomorrow I will ask some courtiers to give me a discount, but I'm afraid the situation will not be very optimistic. Ignore the court for now, you can send some people over to save as many people as you can."
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Jinxu nodded and said to Gong Yueyue: "That maid survived and suffered some injuries. I have made arrangements and will be sent to the house in the next two days. I took a look and found that she was
A well-behaved person who was trained by the young master should be trustworthy."
"Okay, leave this matter to Jin Su." Gong Yueyue said again: "You have to be careful yourself, act within your ability, and don't show off."
"My subordinate understands."
Sure enough, this matter spread throughout the entire city in one afternoon. Even the old lady knew about it and called Gong Yueyue and Yun Luo over during dinner.
The two walked into the old lady's room and found that the three aunts and Gong Yunyan were also there.
The old lady waved to the two of them and asked them to sit beside her. Without going into details, she said directly: "Everyone should have heard that Xiangyin County not far away was in trouble. We are in Zhuangzi over there.
Most of them were buried, but fortunately there were no casualties. After hearing the news, I felt really uneasy and wanted to discuss with everyone whether we could also make some efforts and donate some things."
When she heard that this was a matter of paying money, the one who shrank back was Aunt Wang, "The old lady is really kind-hearted, but we are all housewives and we don't have much money."
The old lady glanced at her and said, "This is what I meant. If it really wasn't true, how could I blame you?"
Aunt Li was much more tactful than she was, and she immediately said: "I am really heartbroken when something like this happens, but I can't do much. The village under my name has produced a lot of new cotton this year, so I took out the
Let’s buy some cotton-padded clothes to keep out the cold with fifty taels of silver.”
This fifty taels is really a lot for an aunt, not to mention that she can think of preparing some cotton clothes, which is considered thoughtful.
The old lady looked at her with satisfaction and said, "I will also spend two hundred taels of silver myself to buy some rice and noodles to transport over there. Let a porridge shop be set up in the village over there."
Yun Luo also said: "I will give you one hundred taels of silver to buy some cotton clothes and tents."
Seeing that everyone had opened their mouths, Aunt Sun naturally did not dare to fall behind and said hurriedly: "I also contributed fifty taels of silver, which can be considered as a contribution."
Aunt Wang looked at the other aunts and expressed their opinions, so she had no choice but to say: "Well, then I'll give you fifty taels for my body." But she still looked like she was in pain.
Gong Yunyan has become more restrained in the past few years, and she is more organized than before. She knew that she could not donate more money than Yun Luo, nor less than her aunt, so she said: "I also have another Zhuangzi in my name, which is nearby."
, then I will pay fifty taels of silver and send some people over to help."
The old lady looked at her and nodded with satisfaction, and there was some approval in her eyes. This thing of money is indeed not more urgent than sending a few more people over.
Although I don't know whether they are sincere or fake, these things will definitely relieve the immediate needs of the disaster area. Even the disaster relief silver that the imperial court finally pulled out may not be as much as this.
Everyone looked at Gong Yueyue intentionally or unintentionally. After all, she was the only one who had not expressed her stance.
This incident was an opportunity for her, an opportunity for Li Changqi to break off the engagement. She had already received news from the palace. The emperor had already planned to ask Zhao Changyuan to provide disaster relief, so she had to show up.
This kind of person who regards her as a perfect decoration, in fact, as long as he finds an opportunity to get close to her for some time and let him know that she is not so perfect, he will naturally not have much interest.
She said: "Grandma, my granddaughter plans to go there by herself."
After saying that, both of them were slightly stunned, looked at each other and smiled, the disapproval in their eyes was exactly the same.
Gong Yueyue became more and more helpless and said: "Grandma, mother and aunts have a lot of these things. Even if they are sent to the disaster area, who can they give them to? It doesn't mean that there will definitely be people who will covet these things, but I have to guard against others.
It’s indispensable.”
"This matter is not simple. Just send a steward. Why bother asking you to go there in person?" the old lady said with a stern face.
On the other hand, Gong Yunyue looked Gong Yueyue up and down with a pair of eyes, with a bit of sarcasm in her heart. No matter what Gong Yueyue's purpose was, in her eyes, she clearly wanted to show off.
When Gong Yueyue saved her, she later figured it out. It turned out that those people originally wanted to kill Gong Yueyue. She was implicated, and it was right for her to come back to save herself.
"Yes, sister, why do you have to go all the way and make grandma worry about you so much?" She said in a low voice.
The old lady glanced at her, but didn't say anything. After all, she was speaking for herself.
Gong Yueyue also glanced at her, but she still said to the old lady: "Old lady, it is certainly not impossible to send a steward, but my granddaughter is afraid that when the time comes, one steward may not be able to handle so many things.
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"No matter what you say, if you don't agree, you just don't agree. If you really can't worry about these victims, if you really want to visit the disaster area when the situation stabilizes, I can think about it." The old lady was still cold.
Face said.
Gong Yueyue sighed lowly and could only wait until everyone left and tell the old lady her intentions alone. But looking at the situation, the old lady might not agree.
"Then let's not mention this matter for now." She smiled at the old lady and said, "Grandma, don't be angry either."
The old lady glanced at her, the expression on her face softened a little, and asked: "Aren't you going?"
Gong Yueyue nodded helplessly and added in her heart that she would not go for the time being. (To be continued)