Ji Man admitted that she had ulterior motives and involved Liu Hanyun, who Mo Yuhou had been secretly protecting all along. But do as the Romans do, and there is no ally in the house, so her actions are very hypocritical.
Fortunately, she did not pick the wrong person. Even though she changed into more gorgeous clothes and wore precious ornaments, Liu Hanyun's eyes were still cold, and she didn't show off everywhere. She only went to the old lady to say hello, and then went back to Linghan Courtyard Yes, and I gave her a plate of snacks in the evening to express my gratitude.
Mo Yuhou also went to live in Linghan Courtyard for a few days. Since he couldn't settle down in a corner, it would be better if his position was more stable. He always thought of Liu Hanyun's life-saving grace, so he wanted her to be considerate no matter what.
Liu Hanyun usually kept quiet, but Qi Siling couldn't be more annoyed that he was suddenly promoted to aunt. She punished her on the front foot, and Nie Sangyu raised her to be an aunt on the back foot, wasn't it obvious to challenge her
Tossing off the handkerchief and carrying some gifts, he was going to the Linghan Courtyard to "greeting" when he ran into Alfalfa on the way.
Alfalfa has never been favored, and she still looks petty. Lu Qiao was beside her, and she said indignantly: "You are the one who accompanied Madam all the time, Madam did not lift you, but carried Master Yun first, which is really strange."
Qi Siling's resentment suddenly dissipated, and he walked over with a smile and said, "It's Clover, why did you come to see the new aunt?"
Ever since she became a concubine, Clover dislikes being called by her maid's name the least, but Qi Siling can't afford to offend her, so she can only salute: "Master Ling is well."
Qi Siling helped her up with his own hands, sighed and said: "I heard Madam said that she was going to pick up an aunt earlier in the morning, and thought it would be you, but I didn't expect it to be Master Yun who is not close to Madam at all."
Clover pursed her lips, her face was not very good-looking: "Whoever Madam wants to lift up is Madam's decision, and others can't help it."
"Well, it may be that you stepped on your wife to climb up, and she still hates you." Qi Siling shook her head and said: "Although I made you a concubine, but you are not favored and your status is not high, what's the use ah?"
Clover stood stiffly, Qi Siling looked at her sympathetically for a while, then went to the Linghan Courtyard with a handkerchief.
The arrogance of smallpox outside finally slowed down after two months. The imperial doctor has developed a prescription for treating smallpox, and is asking the major medicine halls to provide medicinal materials to help the people.
Ji Man asked people to inquire about the situation, and said that a lot of people died outside the city, but Ninger Rongji's natural appearance has already recovered, and in another month, the acne marks should disappear. He had already been brought back to the Nie Mansion by Nie Qingyun. After this incident, the relationship between the two should be stronger.
Marquis Moyu set up a medicine collection point outside the city, collecting folk medicinal materials in the name of the prince to help the common people. Not only that, there is also a porridge shed next to it to provide food for the families of the people who died in the smallpox. There is also a special medical team to take care of some critically ill patients.
As a result, the image of the crown prince in the hearts of the people suddenly grew. Ning Yuxuan's image project was really beautiful, he didn't spend too much money, and earned a lot of reputation. At the right time, one or two scholars were found to incite them, and the people voluntarily wrote to the emperor, thanking the emperor for his great kindness, and thanking the prince for his compassion for the people.
So when the third prince was struggling for power, the prince's popularity rose. After the smallpox was over, the old would be cared for, the young would be educated, and the bones would be buried. The emperor went out to inspect the capital in micro-clothes, and saw the people worship the emperor and the prince as gods, build temples, kneel down and shout long live the royal family.
How could Longxin not be happy to be enshrined by the people like this? The emperor was partial to the third prince at first, but when he came back after looking at the sentiments of the people, in front of the third prince, he praised the prince greatly, and even returned the phoenix seal to the queen, praising her for teaching her son well .
Ji Man has to sigh, Mo Yuhou is really a good trick, the third prince wins the hearts of the officials, he wins the hearts of the people for the prince, it doesn't matter if he wins the hearts of the people, he also makes the people happy the emperor's heart.
Even if she was beaten to death, she would not believe that this series of folk activities were organized by the common people themselves. The common people are not so smart. They even built god statues with the emperor. Most people would only thank the prince for the good deeds done in the name of the prince, right
Moreover, looking at the large sum of expenses in the mansion, Ji Man felt a little distressed. Will the prince reimburse him
Since the emperor has praised it, the activities that benefit the people will naturally continue. However, Mo Yuhou was about to move to court, so he threw the account book to her, and said softly: "You are a good account manager, and all the porridge sheds and medicine stores in various places will be handed over to you, and all the money will be withdrawn from the account room. "
Ji Man blinked and pointed to his stomach. Didn’t pregnant women in ancient times just do nothing and take a good rest? Why did she do so many things for him
Mo Yuhou smiled and patted her bulging belly: "Just think of it as accumulating virtue for the child."
Ji Man thought about it seriously, Ning Yuxuan himself was very wicked, this child has half his blood, naturally he should accumulate more virtues, so as not to be troubled by his father, so he nodded in agreement.
However, when Ji Man went to the street in a sedan chair to check the situation the next day, he unexpectedly ran into a mob.
It was originally a pass where the people in the capital praised the prince, but there was a group of dirty people who almost looked like beggars, clamoring to take medicine and killed their family so and so, and wanted the prince to pay in blood.
This scene is very familiar to Ji Man, it is the kind of Porcelain that can be seen everywhere, or "knocking down", deliberately blackmailing people.
The porridge sheds are all guarded, and the guards here are sent by the prince. Seeing the appearance of this group of rogues, they want to go forward and push them.
"Stop!" Ji Man yelled quickly, and got out of the sedan chair with her belly in her arms. Is this push worth it? Don't people just create rumors that the people in the Prince's Mansion are arrogant and want to beat people.
A few guards looked at the sedan chair, which was decorated with gold flowers on the top of the head, and it naturally belonged to the family of officials above the third rank. Looking at the people who came down again, they were graceful and luxurious, and the sharp-eyed person had already shouted: "Mrs. Moyuhou."
A group of people were quiet for a while, and then clamored to lose money.
Ji Man took two steps forward, Licorice and Lamp Wick carefully protected her for fear that someone would come up and bump into her.
"Who took the medicine put here and caused the accident?" Ji Man said: "The coroner will naturally decide to bring the body up. If it is true that he took the wrong medicine, the Prince's Mansion will naturally compensate for it."
A group of people looked at me, and I looked at you. They were obviously sent to make trouble temporarily, and they haven't prepared props yet.
Ji Man said calmly: "The medicine here is everyone's life-saving medicine. So many people saved their lives because of the Prince's grace. Why do you deliberately make trouble and cause disputes?"
A group of people have never had enough food, and when they met a beautiful woman in front of them who came to persuade them earnestly, they didn't know what to say for a while. The one who was going to smash the stall didn't dare to do it when he saw the woman's slightly protruding belly.
Ji Man thinks that human beings are born of human beings, they have a conscience, and human nature is inherently good.
So he continued to persuade: "There is a porridge shed next to it. If you are hungry, you can get the porridge. Let's sit down and eat and talk. Later, I will ask the servant girl to buy some pickles to put. Eating porridge alone is no wonder. Also, should you change your clothes? The Prince’s Mansion also puts clean coarse clothes for free, and everyone will go to wash their faces and change their bodies later, so as to avoid smallpox infection.”
The people who lined up to get the medicine and porridge all looked over, thinking that this lady is really kind, but she is a bit wordy.
Seeing the confused expressions of the group of troublemakers, Ji Man smiled persistently and said, "If life is really difficult and you can't live any longer, you can say that I happen to have some broken silver on me, come and share it with you guys." A little bit, in the future, we must focus on goodness, don't do bad things again, and don't cut off the livelihood of the rest of the people."
With that said, Zhen took out the purse and gave the silver to Licorice, asking her to pass it to the group of people.
Licorice quickly threw the silver over, and someone in the group foolishly took it, and then Ji Man returned to the sedan chair, stretched out his head and said, "Mo Yuhou was ordered by the prince to continue to benevolent to the people and let everyone eat it." Wear warm clothes and go to a well-off life."
There were people placed by Ning Yuxuan beside him, who immediately began to stir up emotions: "His Royal Highness is merciful, and he has people in his heart!"
"The prince is a thousand years old."
Ji Man sat on the sedan chair with confidence, and asked the bearer to park the sedan chair on the side of the road, so she could watch the situation while eating snacks.
The group of people who took her money left in a hurry, but after a while, a large group of beggars came again, queuing up to get medicine and porridge.
There is not enough porridge in the porridge shed, and now the price of food is high, and soon many people will not be able to get food, and they start to complain.
This is how people are. Once they get used to the grace given by others, they take it for granted. Once it is gone, they will blame the benefactor instead.
"Mrs. Ning, what should I do?" The person at the porridge shed cautiously came over and asked, "We're running out of food."
"It's okay, you go to calm down the people's emotions, and I'll take people to buy food and medicinal materials." Ji Man waved his hands freely, and ordered the licorice wick to let the bearers go to Yongning Street.
Isn't it just a matter of money? She lacks everything, least of all money. Food and medicinal materials are expensive in the capital, but she still has a small treasury, Shuiji Rouge Shop, who is afraid of whom
So even though the pharmacy and the food prices were going up astonishingly, Ji Man still spent a lot of money and successfully bought enough food and medicinal materials. He ordered people to watch by, and everyone had one share, and no one was allowed to take it twice.
Today's two disturbances were clearly arranged by someone behind the scenes. Seeing that Ji Man resolved them one by one, he immediately went to report to the third prince's followers. When the third prince's disciples heard it, no, isn't Mrs. Ning the prince's cousin? Why is the elbow turned outward? So he immediately reported to the third prince.
Ji Man was looking at the food happily, when he saw the servants from the Hou's mansion running far away, he said loudly: "Madam, there are distinguished guests in the mansion, the old lady tells you to go back quickly."