An old woman wiped her tears, led her grandson up and held Yun Ruoyue's hand.
He choked up and said to her: "Princess Li, you and the prince are really good people.
Thank you, we haven't had a full meal in several days.
My wife is starving to death. My grandson ate Mrs. Wei's rotten steamed buns yesterday and had diarrhea all day long.
Fortunately, he was able to save his life by drinking a mouthful of your hot porridge today, thank you!"
Others came over one after another and said with red eyes, "Yes, Princess Li, you are pregnant and you still come to give porridge, you are a living Bodhisattva."
Thank you for saving our lives, I kowtow to you!"
After everyone finished speaking, they knelt down and kowtowed to her.
Yun Ruoyue was frightened by the fight. She quickly stepped forward and helped everyone up, "Please don't be polite, don't be like this.
I just gave everyone a bowl of porridge. I really didn’t do anything and I can’t afford your big gift.”
She didn't expect that she and Chu Xuanchen just gave some porridge to the people, and the people would be so grateful.
What lovely and simple people they are.
If she had the ability, she would not let them starve.
As a modern person who has never been hungry, she really couldn't see how miserable these people were living. This scene was really sad.
She really hopes that the country of Chu can be peaceful and peaceful, and that the people can live and work in peace and contentment.
"No, Princess, you don't know that we are going to starve to death.
When we are on the verge of death, we can still have a mouthful of hot porridge. We are really satisfied and touched.
I want to save this steamed bun for my grandson to eat tomorrow!"
The old woman wiped her tears.
Yun Ruoyue was also so uncomfortable that she burst into tears. She quickly stuffed a steamed bun into the old woman's hands and said, "Don't worry, the prince and I will send someone to provide porridge for another six days, seven days a day.
Your Majesty will soon go to Jiangnan to provide disaster relief, and we will definitely stop the floods as soon as possible and let everyone return to their homes."
"Thank you, Princess, it's better for you.
Yesterday the tall man said that he couldn't buy good rice and noodles, so he gave us rotten porridge.
We really believed it, but we didn’t expect it to be false.
Even Prince Li could buy it, but he couldn't buy it with millions of taels of silver. It turned out that the money had been embezzled by them."
"Then Mr. Gao is just a thug. The one who really embezzled money is Mrs. Wei, and maybe the queen!"
"Anyway, they are all in the same group. The emperor didn't think about disaster relief before, he only wanted to pray for blessings.
Maybe he tacitly allowed the empress to embezzle this money."
"If this is true, then this emperor has really gone too far! He is the king of a country, how can he treat the people like this?"
When everyone said this, they all missed Emperor Qingyun more than ten years ago.
When Emperor Qingyun was governing the Chu State, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Although they were not rich and powerful, they had never been so miserable.
How come now, the life of ordinary people is becoming more and more difficult!
After hearing everyone's words, Yun Ruoyue also sighed in her heart.
Since the flood, Emperor Hongyuan had not really helped the people solve their difficulties except asking Chu Xuanchen to raise money for disaster relief.
However, the reason why the people were hungry was not only because Emperor Hongyuan ignored their lives.
Another point is that current productivity is extremely low.
No matter the production tools, seeds and irrigation methods, they cannot be compared with modern times.
If given the chance, she would like to hand over modern farming and irrigation techniques, as well as advanced production techniques such as greenhouse planting techniques to everyone, which might increase food production.