Song Qinghuan always went to the palace every few days. Even if she didn't have the intention, the palace carriage would stop outside the Song family gate regardless of the weather.
Song Qingyan was afraid that Song Qinghuan would be upset because of Wei Yutang, so she took the initiative to go with her to settle accounts. For a moment, she couldn't think of going to the palace today.
She was stunned for a moment, her mouth curled up in displeasure, and the bird's nest porridge in her hand made her thirsty.
"It's snowing so heavily that we have to enter the palace."
Not to mention it's snowing heavily, as long as Empress Dowager Jiang has this intention, she has to go even if it means mountains of swords and seas of fire.
Song Qinghuan raised her eyes through the window and saw the goose-feather-like snow outside, and sighed softly.
This snow has been falling for seven or eight days without stopping, and several of the thin houses on the outskirts of the city have collapsed.
The same Pinju of Dianzhuang Pavilion followed the example of Xianglou and gave porridge to five places in the east, west, north, south and middle of the city, but they couldn't save many people.
In the past two days, ministers in the court have reported the matter to heaven. They were worried that it was a snow disaster and asked the court to come up with a solution.
But it didn't take half a day for the news to come down.
Song Qinghuan's eyes drowsed, and she forced the cakes in her hands into her mouth and said nothing.
After the victory in Liaodong and the return of the army, Queen Mother Jiang was still immersed in the joy of her own resourcefulness and did not pay attention to the snow disaster at all. Otherwise, she would not have sent a carriage to take her into the palace at this time.
Tuxuexunmei combed Song Qinghuan's hair into a bun and put on jewelry. Song Qinghuan then patted the snack residue off her hands, washed her hands with warm water, and applied lipstick.
"This snow has been falling for so many days. If it continues, it will become a disaster. Those with weak foundation may not be able to survive it."
Song Qinghuan looked at Song Qingyan and said, "I told my mother that we still have some money on hand and we want to find a way to help. Although we can't help everyone, at least we can save one by one."
When Song Qingyan heard that this was a serious matter, she calmed down and nodded cautiously: "I understand, sister, just go to the palace with peace of mind. If anything happens, I will discuss it with my mother."
Song Qinghuan nodded. Seeing that it was getting late, he didn't delay. He put on his cloak and took an umbrella and went out.
The palace carriage was parked outside the gate of the Song family. It was very cold, so Xiaoyun prepared a carriage and waited for Song Qinghuan at the second gate, and then sent her outside the gate to change to the palace carriage.
It was freezing outside. Song Qinghuan squeezed his neck and got into the carriage. He immediately saw the bundle placed in the corner.
There was the big cloak that Xiao Ci put on her that day, and the oil-paper umbrella.
Texue followed him, followed Song Qinghuan's gaze and saw it. After thinking about it, he said: "How about I ask someone to deliver the things to Prince Rui's Mansion? If I put them in the carriage like this, I don't know when I will meet him."
Prince Rui."
Song Qinghuan's eyes drowsied for a moment, then he nodded in response and then was speechless.
The carriage went out of the second gate. When it reached the gate, the carriage changed again and went straight to the palace.
In the morning, people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs had already swept the streets of Kyoto away from the snow. Not long after, it was already covered with a thick layer of snow again.
When passing by Chuchu Street, it was not as crowded as before. The shops on Liuzhu Street were all open, and servants from each family were coming and going.
A stall was set up in a vacant space on Liuzhu Street. An elderly couple was guarding the stove to keep warm. The soup in the pot was boiling and steaming.
There was only one young boy sitting on the tables, chairs and benches, wolfing down the flat food in the bowl.
Texue opened the curtain and felt his nose was sore, so he said, "Girl, you ate all your breakfast. How about I buy you a bowl of flat food?"
Song Qinghuan just saw the elderly couple outside through the car curtain, and nodded immediately: "Go ahead and have two more bowls of noodles."
Setting up a stall on such a cold day can't make much money, and I think it's because of the pressure of life.
The eunuch driving the car was familiar with the Song family. The road was not easy to walk on. As soon as Texue opened his mouth, he stopped the car and waited.
The cold wind made my cheeks hurt. I took a few steps forward in the snow. The old couple immediately stood up and asked with a smile what they wanted to eat.
There was no business in the cold wind and heavy snow, so the only food available was noodles.
Texue ordered three bowls of flat food and paid one tael of silver. The old couple helped her deliver the cooked flat food to the carriage.
The eunuch driving the car was so cold that his hands became frostbitten. He took a bowl from Taxue and grinned: "The girl is really kind-hearted. No wonder the Queen Mother likes it too."
Taxue smiled and didn't answer. She couldn't eat either, so she gave him another bowl before getting on the carriage.
Song Qinghuan swallowed a few pieces of dry snacks for breakfast, drank the hot soup from the bowl, and then ate some flat food. Then he sent the bowl and chopsticks back and started on his way again.
The carriage entered the palace gate as usual and stopped outside Cining Palace.
Compared with the heavy snow outside, Cining Palace didn't feel it at all.
Every half an hour, a palace eunuch came out to sweep away the snow, and the snow on the roof was also swept clean.
Song Qinghuan followed the palace attendants outside the main palace and waited until the Queen Mother summoned her before entering the palace.
The earth dragon in Cining Palace was burning warm, and Empress Dowager Jiang, wearing a thin coat, was playing leaf cards with several other maids.
Xiao Jingtong's thick clothes were all taken off, and he was only wearing a jacket, and his cheeks were flushed from the heat.
She was next to Empress Dowager Jiang, stretching out her fingers and tapping them randomly.
Seeing Song Qinghuan come in, he raised his eyes to take a look, then snorted softly, turned his head and ignored it.
Although Xiao Jingtong and Song Qinghuan were not on good terms with each other in the past, they still talked and laughed when they met. For some reason, since Song Qinghuan came to the palace more times, this little girl seemed to have a prejudice against her.
, the nose is not the nose, and the eyes are not the eyes all day long.
Song Qinghuan didn't want to argue with the little girl, so she pretended not to see her and respectfully stepped forward to pay her respects to Empress Dowager Jiang.
Empress Dowager Jiang was obviously in a good mood. She smiled and said, pointing to the position on her left hand side: "Come to the rescue quickly. The Ai Family cards will be lost by this little girl.
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As soon as she finished speaking, the maid sitting on the left side of Empress Dowager Jiang stood up respectfully and changed her embroidery pier again.
Song Qinghuan sat down according to the etiquette, calmed down his mind, and then looked at the leaf cards seriously.
As soon as she sat down, Sister Tong also acted coquettishly with Empress Dowager Jiang: "Grandma, I want to sit down too. I am also good at playing leaf cards."
Queen Mother Jiang responded with a smile: "Okay, okay..."
At that moment, another palace maid stood up and gave up her seat.
Things like leaf cards were played by wealthy people. When Song Qinghuan did not assume the identity of the original owner, he was often hungry, so there was no such thing as these pastimes.
She only learned the leaf cards when the Queen Mother frequently summoned her recently, so she can only scratch the surface and not be very good at it.
Xiao Jingtong didn't like anything about Song Qinghuan now, so he wasn't good at playing leaf cards, so he immediately chased Song Qinghuan and beat her up.
Soon, Song Qinghuan won all the scraps of money in front of him.
Empress Dowager Jiang saw Xiao Jingtong's hostility towards Song Qinghuan in her eyes, and saw that Song Qinghuan was in great difficulty, so she laughed and had the leaf cards collected.
The palace servants brought hot tea, and Queen Mother Jiang took a sip before saying, "It's much more enjoyable to play with children like you than with those ministers.
