"It's not bitter, it's not bitter." Emperor Qi Heng warmed himself over the fire, rubbed his almost numb hands, and sighed deeply, "If it hadn't been for this trip, how would I have experienced the suffering of the people?'
"If it hadn't been for this trip, how would I have known that King Ye was so benevolent and caring for the people, and that he won the support of the people?"
"If it weren't for this trip, how would I know that this emperor is so incompetent! Alas!"
He Mang didn't know what to say and nodded silently.
Many things cannot be clearly understood by sitting in the Jinluan Palace and listening to court officials' reports. Therefore, although the emperor's trip was hard work, it was indeed quite rewarding.
Emperor Qi Heng was sighing with emotion when Aqin came in with hot water.
"Your Majesty, quickly wash your hands with hot water and soak your feet. This will keep you warm.'
"Eh~~" Emperor Qi Heng responded with a smile, and put his hands and feet into the hot water basin respectively, with a happy face. After all, they were old, and their carriage was stuck in the snow and could not move, so he and A Qin could only walk.
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After just one day of running around in the wind and snow, I couldn't stand it anymore. My nose was dripping with water and my feet were covered in frostbite.
However, he didn't feel bitter at all. He only regretted that he failed to govern the country well, causing turmoil and civil strife. The people suffered such a severe snowstorm but had no way to seek help. After all, wasn't it all his fault?
I had just soaked my hands and feet and dried them, when the sound of horse hooves sounded outside.
The sound of horse hooves stopped in front of the camp, and a clear voice rose.
"The emperor and sister A Qin are back, right?" The curtain was raised before the words left, and Jiang Yuyu hurried in with a big baggage on his shoulder. When he saw A Qin and Emperor Qi Heng, he immediately beamed with joy.
He ran forward and hugged Aqin, "Sister Aqin, thank you for your hard work."
Then he ran over and pinched Emperor Qi Heng's shoulders, "Your Majesty, you must be freezing, right? It's all our fault for not taking good care of you.
Emperor Qi Heng smiled kindly.
"Well, thanks to you kids taking care of me along the way, otherwise my old bones would be able to survive to this day? It's you who have done the hard work."
"Your Majesty, you've given me a reward, I've given you a reward!" Jiang Yuyu said, remembering something, and asked quickly, "By the way, this snowstorm has caused everyone to be short of food~~ You must not have eaten yet, right?
As he spoke, he took off the baggage covering his shoulders and took out the food box inside.
The outside of the food box is covered with a foam box of suitable size to keep it warm.
As soon as Jiang Yugu opened the food box, there were four dishes and one soup inside, which were steaming hot and fragrant.
"His Royal Highness the Night King and Queen Night made this specially for the Emperor. The Emperor must be hungry, right? Try it quickly."
"Wow, this thoughtfulness really touched me." Emperor Qi Heng rubbed his hands, took the chopsticks handed over by Aqin, eagerly took a bite, and hummed twice with satisfaction.
"Girl Qin, you eat too." The emperor swallowed the food in his mouth and said to Qin, "You haven't eaten for two meals. You must be starving."
Aqin was flattered and quickly lowered her head.
"Well, Your Majesty, I don't dare sit at the same table with you! I'll cook some noodles later."
"Look? We called you daddy so many times when we came to the capital. Why did you suddenly become pregnant? Eat one piece at a time." Emperor Qi Heng said and looked at He Mang and Jiang Yuyu again, "Have you eaten? No.
Eat together.'
He Mang didn't eat either. He was so busy arranging food distribution today that he didn't even drink a sip of water.
Jiang Yuyu rushed back to Tongzhou to visit Shen Yuyu before dawn, and then rushed back in a hurry, so naturally he didn't eat either.
In addition, no one could resist Shen Yuyu's craftsmanship, so after Emperor Qi Heng said hello, he sat down at a table in a lively manner.
Just after finishing the meal and clearing the table, a subordinate came in to report.
"Reporting to your lord, there is a man who brought a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old outside to ask for a meeting, saying that he wants to meet Miss Aqin.
"Let them come in." Emperor Qi Heng said.
The subordinate didn't know the identity of Emperor Qi Heng, so he turned his questioning eyes to He Mang.
"Why don't you go quickly?" He Mang glared at the subordinate, and the subordinate hurried out, wondering who this master was and why General He was so respectful.
However, He Mang did not reveal the identity of Emperor Qi Heng. Safety came first.
Soon, the subordinate led the mountain man and his son in.
"Sir, miss, you are indeed here." The man said respectfully as soon as he came in, smiling honestly.
"Have you received the food?" Emperor Qi Heng looked at the father and son with concern.
"I got it, I got it." The man's face was filled with uncontrollable excitement and joy, and his eyes were filled with tears.
"It's all rice and flour, four dan per household, and the military camp also sent people to deliver it to the village."
"Not only these, but also clothes, bedding and five taels of silver. His Highness the Night King~~ His Highness the Night King must be a living Bodhisattva sent by God to save people in distress!"
The man spoke passionately and kept wiping away tears.
Then he took out a large pile of IOUs and an ingot of silver from his pocket.
He put the silver on the table first and looked at Emperor Qi Heng gratefully.
"Master, Miss, we haven't done anything to help you, how can you leave so much money for us? This must be unacceptable."
After returning the money, he looked at He Mang again.
"Is this the general in the military camp?"
He Mang also admired the man's character and nodded: "My surname is He, and he is the general responsible for distributing food to our Luozhou victims."
The man bowed respectfully, put the IOU on the table, and said firmly to He Mang:
"General He, this is an IOU from the 307 households in our village.
"Please also ask General He to forward the IOU to His Highness the Night King. The property we picked up today will definitely be returned one day.'
He Mang was stunned for a moment and looked at the emperor.
Emperor Qi Heng nodded imperceptibly, and He Mang smiled and said, "Okay, I will hand it over to His Highness the Night King.'
"Thank you very much." The man and his children first bowed deeply to the emperor, and then bowed deeply to He Mang.
Although he is from the mountains, he also knows how to read faces. Seeing that General He respected Emperor Qi Heng so much and always looked at Emperor Qi Heng, he guessed that Emperor Qi Heng's identity was not simple.
After thanking him, he pulled the child forward and said to Emperor Heng and He Mang, "Sir, General He, my child wants to join the army and serve His Highness the Night King. Is it possible?"
Worried that they might think the child was too small, he added hurriedly, "This child is almost fifteen years old. He is so courageous that he once shot out a tiger's eye and saved a child's life from the tiger's mouth. He will definitely be a A good soldier who serves his country well."
Naturally, He Mang did not dare to make any independent claims, and turned his questioning eyes to Emperor Qi Heng.
Emperor Qi Heng admired the character of this family very much, so he looked at the boy and asked, "What is your name, son?"
The boy was not timid at all and answered loudly.
"Back to the master, my subordinate's surname is Yang, his name is Yang Tu, and his nickname is Tudou.'
"This nickname was given by my subordinate himself because Tudou saved many people's lives during the disaster years. I vowed to be like "Potato" and be a useful person."
