When Song Jianing and Zhao Heng returned to the palace, the red sun was already in the west.
Zhaozhao slept well all the way. After washing his face, his face was white and he was more energetic. He was unhappy about staying on the couch and had to go to the yard to play. It was rare for Zhao Heng to spend a whole day with his daughter, and he personally took her to accompany him to see the flowers. A tall and fit man felt a little tired even after playing around.
It was only at this time that Zhao Heng felt that it was not easy to take care of children, and his princess was actually very hard.
The daughter was handed over to the nurse, Zhao Heng walked to the shade of a tree and sat beside Song Jianing.
Song Jianing was a little tired after a day's ride in the carriage. Now she is leaning against the rattan chair comfortably, and her two children stand beside her, bending over to feed the princess one by one to eat pomegranates. Not too hard. Of course, this was Song Jianing's private enjoyment. Seeing that the prince was coming, Song Jianing smiled and wanted to sit up straight.
Zhao Heng helped her back and fed her with his own hands.
Shuang Er wisely retreated into the distance, Song Jianing blushed and opened his mouth to pick up a pomegranate. After eating one, he looked at him with watery almond eyes: "Your Highness is in a good mood today." He was playing with his daughter and feeding her something to eat. .
She had just washed her face, white and tender, as if she was spitting out water, her mouth was red, more attractive than a pomegranate, Zhao Heng suddenly wanted to take a bite, but everyone was waiting around him, Zhao Heng held back and just fed her the second one. When pomegranate, the index finger pressed her full lips, did not withdraw it immediately, but gently rubbed it.
Obviously teasing.
Song Jianing's face turned even redder, he lowered his head shyly, and long-lost itch was swarming all over his body. Since the accident with the King of Chu, the couple have not had any intimate actions for a month. The hugs or kisses in the dead of night are more like the prince's comfort to her. Song Jianing also knows that he has a lot of thoughts, but now, the prince is really teasing her.
He never left, Song Jianing glanced at him and met his hidden lustful eyes, since he was rising, Song Jianing boldly and quickly licked his fingertips, keeping his eyes down, his pretty face as bright as a peony. Zhao Heng's breathing became heavier all of a sudden, and for a moment, he really wanted to pounce on her and hurt her right here.
"Pomegranate!"
The little princess in the distance had had enough and ran over to eat.
Zhao Heng quickly withdrew his hand, and Song Jianing casually squeezed a pomegranate into his mouth, pretending that nothing had happened.
Zhaozhao looked at his father and mother, and began to eat pomegranates with satisfaction.
"My lord, the mother and daughter are ready." Eunuch Fu said while bending over.
Zhao Heng nodded.
Duke Fu gave the little eunuch a wink, and the little eunuch went to lead him.
Zhao Heng lowered his head to feed his daughter pomegranate, Song Jianing turned to the corridor curiously, and after a while, he saw the little eunuch leading the mother and daughter over. The girls both changed into cyan muslin clothes. The young woman was of medium appearance, her face was fair but haggard, and she was almost skinny. Even in Da Zhou, who regarded thinness as beauty, she could not be called beautiful. The little girl that the woman was holding had her buns combed. She had a pale face and big eyes. Although she was also pitifully thin, she was a delicate girl.
"Wu Sanniang, a civilian woman, pays respects to the prince. The prince's life-saving grace, and the people's wife is willing to be a cow and a horse to repay."
Bowing her head and walking in front of the nobles, Wu Sanniang led her daughter to kneel respectfully. Someone had already taught the two of them how to salute. Wu Sanniang was twenty-three years old. She had suffered too much before and after marriage. The more she suffered, the more she cherished this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Therefore, when the manager told her to bow her head, she did not dare to raise her head to look at the prince without authorization. Her forehead touched the ground, she was extremely pious.
The five-year-old Ah Cha was too young to understand the difference between the prince and the village landlord, so he just came over with his head raised. The first thing he saw was not the prince and the princess, but a plate of red fruits on the coffee table. . Ah Cha didn't know what it was, but only knew that it must be delicious. The man knelt down, his head was still raised, his big black and white eyes stared at the red fruit, and he kept gulping. She had eaten a lot, but she was still hungry.
The girl's eager eyes were heart-wrenching, but before the prince spoke, Song Jianing sat quietly, not in a hurry to say anything.
"Get up." Zhao Heng said indifferently.
Wu Sanniang was too nervous to hear clearly, but Eunuch Fu reminded her, so she hurriedly stood up and kept her head down.
Zhao Heng was about to ask questions when the daughter on his lap suddenly moved, and he couldn't help looking at his daughter.
Zhaozhao tilted his head and stared curiously at the little girl there. Except for Sister Kang from Prince Rui's family, Zhaozhao had never seen such a big girl before. Seeing that Ah Cha kept looking at her pomegranates, Zhao Zhao, who had eaten a lot of pomegranates, was very generous, and pointed at the pomegranate and snorted at Ah Cha, meaning you should eat it too.
Zhao Heng and Song Jianing both understood their daughter, Zhao Heng pursed his lower lip slightly, Song Jianing was very pleased that his daughter was so sensible.
Ah Cha also understood the meaning of the little princess, swallowed hard, and was about to step forward, but was stopped in time by Wu Sanniang. Ah Cha didn't dare to go over, Zhaozhao blinked and shouted again, twisting to stand on the ground and pull Miss Sister over.
Zhao Heng still had business to ask. Since his daughter liked that girl, Zhao Heng got up and was about to take Wu Sanniang to the main room for questioning. After walking two steps, Zhao Heng suddenly stomped his feet and turned around to see that the princess was looking at her in confusion. Looking at him, Zhao Heng waved to her. Song Jianing couldn't guess what his prince was going to do, so he followed in a daze.
Zhaozhao has a new partner, so he doesn't care where his father and mother went, and Ah Cha has red fruits to eat, and he doesn't care what his mother did.
In the main room, Zhao Heng took his seat, looked at Wu Sanniang, and asked in a deep voice, "The land of Shu is rich, why did you leave?"
Wu Sanniang was quite nervous, but when she heard this, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, mocking and sad.
Zhao Heng frowned, Eunuch Fu saw it, and softly reprimanded Wu Sanniang: "Bold."
Wu Sanniang was shocked, but she didn't realize what she did wrong, so she knelt down and kowtowed to beg for mercy. Zhao Heng's brows furrowed even deeper, Eunuch Fu hurriedly stopped and said, "Okay, answer the prince's question truthfully, and dare to hide anything..."
"People's women don't dare, people's women don't dare!" Wu Sanniang assured with a pale face, tears coming out of her eyes.
"Speak quickly." Eunuch Fu urged.
Wu Sanniang wiped away her tears and calmed down, but she was stunned again. She stared blankly at the hem of Lord Shou's clothes and black boots in front of her, she didn't know where to start. Song Jianing saw it in his eyes and guessed that Wu Sanniang was having a hard time. He glanced at the majestic prince, Song Jianing softly reassured: "Don't worry, speak slowly, and say whatever comes to your mind."
Wu Sanniang raised her head and met the princess who was as beautiful as a fairy. She was so gentle and kind. Wu Sanniang's eyes were sore and tears came down again. She lowered her head and choked up: "The prince said that the land of Shu is rich, well, that was already thirty years ago. things have happened…”
Song Jianing listened attentively without thinking much, but Zhao Heng immediately realized that Emperor Gaozu had just proclaimed himself emperor more than 30 years ago. At the beginning of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the first major event was to unify the Central Plains. Wuyue in the southeast and Shu in the southwest were all recovered at that time. What this woman meant was that the people of Shu were rich under the governance of the monarch of the Shu Kingdom. When the children of the Zhao family sit in the mountains, the land of Shu will be poor
As a prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Zhao Heng didn't like to hear this no matter how big he was.
The lord was silently angry, and Eunuch Fu was too frightened to speak.
Fortunately, Wu Sanniang lowered her head and didn't see it, and continued: "Everyone knows that the land of Shu is rich and prosperous, Emperor Gaozu won the kingdom of Shu and sent people to send all the treasures of the kingdom of Shu to the capital. It is said that the carriage took ten consecutive years to pull it... The local officers and soldiers were also greedy for the money of the people of Shu, so they looted everywhere at that time... The people of Shu had no family property, so they could only grow the land to grow tea and raise silkworms. It didn’t take long for the tea and silk to be sold privately by the common people. Well, we can only wait for the government to collect it, but the money given by the government is getting less and less, and it is not enough for us to grow tea and raise silkworms... The people are getting poorer and poorer, and the poor can only sell the land... We became officials and landowners, but more and more taxes were imposed on us. The harvest was not good. The land tax we paid was not as good as in previous years. I also have to pay the marriage tax..."
Speaking of this, Wu Sanniang was almost crying: "My lord, we people in Shu can't live anymore. If you don't believe it, you can send someone to take a look at the land of Shu. If this continues, the people of Shu will die sooner or later..."
Zhao Heng's face was ashen. If what this woman said was true, in the long run, the people of Shu would never die, because dogs would jump over the wall when they were in a hurry, and the people would be...
"I have something to do, so I don't have to wait at night." Zhao Heng got up and said to Song Jianing before leaving.
Wu Sanniang's words involved the government, Song Jianing knew that he was thinking about the people's livelihood again, so he nodded hurriedly. Sending the person to the door, watching him stride to the front yard, the autumn wind blows, and Song Jianing is also fascinated. She always felt that she had suffered enough in her previous life, her parents died early, she was reduced to a man's concubine, and she was even imprisoned in Zhuangzi without a name, but she was only suffering in her heart and had no worries about food and clothing. , Obviously living a happy life, but because of the change of dynasties, the people are struggling to live...
"Princess, please take in the mother and daughter of the women. The women can suffer from all kinds of hardships, don't need monthly money, just want to be able to eat..."
A cry came from behind, Song Jianing turned around, and saw Wu Sanniang crawling to the door at some point, raised her head, and begged her with tears in her eyes: "Princess, Ah Cha is only five years old, I don't want her to follow me around again, If it is inconvenient for the princess to take in the women, then take Ah Cha and follow me, she will starve to death sooner or later..."
Weeping heartily.
Song Jianing is already a mother, and she is pregnant with a child. How can I hear this? Looking at Ah Cha, who is not sure what to say to her daughter in the courtyard, Song Jianing said with red eyes: "Okay, I will arrange an errand for you, you get up first. …”
She has a dowry with Zhuangzi, and if the prince does not like her decision, she will let Wu Sanniang and her daughter go to her Zhuangzi to work.
"Thank you wangfei, thank you wangfei, from now on, you will be the master of our mothers, and even in the next life, the slaves will never forget the great kindness and great virtue of the princess!" At last, Wu Sanniang cried with joy and kowtowed to the princess. . One after another, Song Jianing's heart trembled, and she hurriedly asked Shuang'er to help her up.