Chapter 189 King Xiao Li said that he could not openly send troops to Hushan County
Yu Jiajia's crazy behavior quickly reached Princess Ruan's ears through the servants. Before she could say anything, she saw a tall and noble figure standing outside the house.
Princess Ruan immediately stood up and went out to greet her.
"My lord, why did you come back just now?"
One night passed, and Princess Ruan also waited for King Ruan all night. What was the big deal that kept King Ruan from returning all night?
King Ruan glanced at Princess Ruan with evasive eyes, entered the room, sat down with Princess Ruan serving him, and sighed:
"I went to take care of some things. Alas, dear concubine, let's sit down and talk."
What he didn't say was that after talking to Prince Xiao Li in the middle of the night last night, he was so upset that he didn't even want to go back to the princess's room.
This time, he moved the entire Prince Ruan's palace to the capital of Guqi Prefecture, and his concubine also came with him.
So last night, King Ruan went to hug his concubine for the first time and talked about his troubles all night long.
I just sorted out my mood today and went to see his princess.
King Ruan took Princess Ruan's hand and told him about the ten households and nine empty houses in Hushan County that had been harmed by Sun Guogong.
When Princess Ruan heard this, she stood up anxiously.
"So, how's the situation in Yujia Village?"
"Sun Guogong hasn't touched Yujia Village yet. He even treated the people of Yujia Village very politely. He probably did it for Jiajia's sake."
The meaning of these words is already obvious. Sun Guogong wants to be the son-in-law of the Yu family, so naturally he cannot make things too ugly.
However, except for Yujia Village and Sun Guogong's Mansion, almost every household in Hushan County was looted by Sun Guogong's soldiers.
Then I heard King Ruan say:
"Except for Yujia Village and Prince Qi's Mansion, there are no merchants in Hushan County."
Because all the merchants were robbed by Sun Guogong.
This also means that all the Yu family's properties in Hushan County were directly robbed by Sun Guogong.
When Princess Ruan heard this, her eyes darkened and she fainted.
"My beloved concubine, my beloved concubine."
King Ruan hugged Princess Ruan and shouted anxiously,
"Come here, please call a doctor for the princess. Isn't there a doctor in Prince Qi's mansion? Call the doctor too!"
At this time, Yu Jiajia was still angry. After thinking about it, she ran to the house where Princess Ruan lived, broke in directly, and shouted:
"Sister, sister went with me to see how that bitch Hua Jin is doing."
She wanted to smash Hua Jin's face, so she wanted to find helpers to go with her.
As a result, as soon as they entered Sister's house, it was a mess. No one cared about how Yu Jiajia was doing. No matter how Yu Jiajia screamed, everyone was only busy taking care of Princess Ruan who had fainted.
No one paid any attention to Yu Jiajia, the fake princess.
Mrs. Yu hurried over and went directly to the house to see her eldest daughter.
Yu Jiajia, who was completely ignored, hurriedly grabbed Mrs. Yu's sleeve,
"Aunt..."
"Be good and go play in the room. Something happened to your sister. In these troubled times, you can't let anything happen to your sister again."
Mrs. Yu was so anxious that her head was covered with sweat. She threw away Yu Jiajia's hand and hurriedly went to take care of her eldest daughter.
Yu Jiajia, who had been ignored by her mother-in-law, felt angry and resentful in her heart. There was a hatred in her eyes as she looked at the large group of busy people in the room.
She is also a princess, and she is also Princess Li, who is famous as the God of War. Why is it that everyone only cares about Princess Ruan, but no one pays attention to her?
Unfair, totally unfair.
Yu Jiajia was so angry that she decided to go find Hua Jin by herself. Without any delay, she rushed to Hua Jin's residence with her skirt in hand.
Because she came alone, she was usually coaxed by people from the Yu family and Prince Ruan's Mansion, and rarely visited Prince Qi's Mansion, so she didn't know the way to go, so she randomly broke into an orange forest.
Yellow oranges hang on the branches, and among the abundant fruits, a thin and straight black figure, a man with a cool temperament, is picking oranges in the forest.
Behind him, Wu Tian was carrying a soldier's armor. The sharp armor was piled with oranges. He said with a grimace:
"Your Majesty, this is already enough. Your Majesty can't eat so much."
Prince Yu Jiajia looked at the thin figure infatuatedly, gradually overlapping with the figure in her memory.
That day, the man who appeared in her room was Prince Xiao Li and Li Yunqing!
Yu Jiajia recognized Li Yunqing, and her heart began to beat loudly.
It turned out that the prince loved her so much that he even picked oranges for her.
Yu Jiajia's cheeks were flushed and she touched her belly, which was not yet pregnant, and deliberately said "Ouch" to attract Li Yunqing's attention.
There were not many people in the orange garden, but there were a few maids and women coming and going.
Because Yu Jiajia had no murderous intention, Li Yunqing did not notice her. He only waited for her to call out before he turned around and glanced in Yu Jiajia's direction.
At this glance, Yu Jiajia's heart was completely shattered. Such a handsome and imposing man with strong bones should be her Yu Jiajia.
Her thoughts were chaotic, and she became more and more convinced that the man who forced her that day must be Li Yunqing.
It can't be anyone else but Li Yunqing. Only a man like him is worthy of her!
"Your Majesty~"
Yu Jiajia coquettishly protected her belly and said coquettishly:
"The child kicked me."
These words made Li Yunqing's eyes suddenly turn cold. He stopped picking oranges, walked up to Yu Jiajia with his hands behind his back, and asked in a cold voice:
"Your child kicked you, what did you do to me? Are you mentally ill?"
Wu Tian, who was carrying oranges in his pocket, hurriedly whispered:
"Your Majesty, this is the second young lady of the Yu family. The doctor recently diagnosed her with hysteria."
Yu Jiajia blinked her eyes, and there was a layer of water in her eyes. She pointed at Wu Tian and said to Li Yunqing:
"Your Majesty, he lied. I am not suffering from hysteria. I am Jiajia, Your Majesty~~"
Yu Jiajia was about to cry. She raised the silk handkerchief and said aggrievedly:
"Yesterday I heard that the prince returned to the house, and I waited for him in the room for a whole day. Unexpectedly, the prince did not come to my room, but went to..."
"If you have a problem with your brain, you should see a doctor. As a woman, you deserve the sympathy of others if you encounter misfortune. If you want to escape the pain, no one will say you are wrong. Everyone has pain that they don't want to face, but you don't want to face it.
Yes, this has never happened? You should be braver and think about how to live well in the future."
Considering the misfortunes that Yu Jiajia had encountered, Li Yunqing was still a little patient, but then his tone became harsh,
"But your behavior of dragging people down for no reason will only consume other people's sympathy for you and turn all those around you who want to help you into people who hate you, so don't let yourself become a 'poor person'
Hateful part', otherwise your life will be just a joke after all."
Each word was like driving a nail into Yu Jiajia's heart.
She stood swaying on the spot, looking pale and crying,
"That's not the case, Your Majesty, I..."
"You are not my concubine, and I will not marry a dodder like you. You are not allowed to come near me again in the future."
After two or three sentences, Yu Jiajia still couldn't understand, and Li Yunqing became impatient.
He is a man who doesn't have much patience with women. All his love and patience in this life have been given to Hua Jin.
I can no longer give any of my energy to other women.
No matter how miserable and pitiful this woman is, she still needs a man's protection.
Yu Jiajia's tears were like bursting from a dam, and she started crying,
"My lord, you can't say such heartless words. My lord, please don't leave. Don't you care about our children at all?"
Seeing that Li Yunqing had turned around and left, Yu Jiajia hurriedly chased after her. However, she was stopped by the guards of Prince Li's Mansion before she could pursue him a few steps.
Those inhumane guards directly pushed Yu Jiajia to the ground. Before Yu Jiajia could get up, they drew out their swords with a "swish" sound.
"Your Majesty has an order, if you come nearer you will be shot without mercy!"
The guards only obeyed orders and did not care whether Yu Jiajia was crazy or not, or whether she was pregnant or not.
As long as Yu Jiajia dares to make the slightest move, what is waiting for her is to wipe her neck.
Yu Jiajia was frightened, and her survival instinct prevented her from pestering Li Yunqing anymore. She just stood up crying and ran back stumblingly.
She was alone, so naturally there was no way to regain King Xiao Li's favor. At this time, she should find her sister and her mother-in-law to find a solution.
At this time, Princess Ruan had already come to her senses and cried with Mrs. Yu who learned about the current situation of Hushan County.
Just listen to Mrs. Yu crying:
"It was still fine when I left. Hushan County was just a little more desolate than in previous years, and it was far from reaching the point where every ten households were empty. It has only been a few days, and our Hushan County has already been like this.
Already."
Without tax revenue, all the Yu family's property in Hushan County was robbed by Sun Guogong, and the entire Ruan Prince's Mansion was moved to Guqi Prefecture by Prince Ruan. This shows how serious the situation has become.
The problem is that Yujia Village is still in Hushan County. Although Sun Guogong did not attack Yujia Village, he sent heavy troops to guard it tightly. Not even a mosquito was allowed to be released from Yujia Village.
There are so many things going on nowadays that everyone has to sort through them all and doesn’t know where to start.
Princess Ruan was already exhausted mentally and physically by the rumors outside, but now she was just crying.
She completely lost her usual matronly demeanor.
At this time, the person with the most ideas in the room became King Ruan. He was sitting outside, separated by a screen from Princess Ruan and Mrs. Yu.
"Mother-in-law, please don't be too anxious. In my opinion, the most urgent task is to rescue my father-in-law and other people in Yujia Village first."
After all, Prince Ruan's Mansion now has no income. If the Yu family cannot be rescued from the heavy siege of Sun Guogong as soon as possible, the servants of Prince Ruan's Mansion will soon be unable to support them.
Although all the Yu family's properties in Hushan County were robbed by Sun Guogong, the Yu family has been a wealthy family for hundreds of years and has accumulated wealth in many ways.
As long as the Yu family can come to Guqi Prefecture, Prince Ruan's Mansion will become rich again.
Princess Ruan and Mrs. Yu looked at each other, only to hear Princess Ruan crying and choking.
"Didn't I say that the thief Sun Guogong surrounded our Yu family with heavy troops? How to rescue the Yu family?"
King Ruan has no royal army.
Not having the king's army is really troublesome. I didn't think it was any inconvenience before, but now it's the chaos of the army that makes people feel the inconvenience.
If I had known earlier, I should have trained a royal army properly a few years ago.
King Ruan pinched his eyebrows a little irritably,
"Yesterday, the King of Japan and King Xiaoli talked for a long time and wanted King Xiaoli to send troops to support. However, without the imperial edict from the imperial capital, King Xiaoli said that he could not openly send troops to Hushan County."
He couldn't tell Li Yunqing's true intention, so he kept talking for several hours. If Li Yunqing said he couldn't send troops, he wouldn't send troops.
It was clear that Li Yunqing had been secretly restraining Duke Sun before, but now he was squaring off with Prince Ruan.
This made King Ruan quite upset. He stood up and just wanted to leave Princess Ruan's depressing room, so he said:
"You guys should discuss it carefully and see how to resolve this matter. I will go out first."
As soon as he finished speaking, King Ruan couldn't wait to leave, even with a hint of escape.
He grew up in Wenwen Cemetery in Fugui Township, and his ability to withstand stress is quite poor. When he encounters any difficulties, his first thought is not to face the difficulties, but how to escape.
For example, at this moment, he felt that if he stayed in Princess Ruan's room again, listening to Princess Ruan and Mrs. Yu crying helplessly, Prince Ruan felt quite irritated.
So after leaving Princess Ruan's room, he turned around and went to his concubine's room.
After a while, there was a tinkling pipa sound coming from the maid's concubine's room, and King Ruan was already listening to the music.
Yu Jiajia came back crying with disheveled hair, and no one cared about her. She wanted to find her mother-in-law and sister, but these two people were also annoyed.
After letting the girl coax her back to the room, Princess Ruan and Mrs. Yu were even more at a loss and had no idea at all.
Two or three days passed like this, and all the expenses related to Prince Ruan's Mansion were delivered to Hua Jin.
Just as Hua Jin herself said, their expenses for Prince Li's Mansion were clearly calculated, and points were handed over to Tianxiang on time every certain period of time.
But since Prince Ruan's Mansion also moved into Prince Qi's Mansion, it has never given Tianxiang a copper plate.
So Tianxiang took the account book to Hua Jin and complained.
"My dear, it's not what I said. Originally, only Princess Ruan and her sisters lived here, and they were able to cope with the expenses. But after Prince Ruan came, he had to pay attention to everything. Yesterday, I heard that he bought another
A painting costs a thousand taels of silver, but I didn’t pay for it myself. Instead, I asked the owner of the calligraphy and painting shop to go to Prince Qi’s Mansion to find a concubine to settle the bill... My Majesty, what are you going to do about this?"
In addition to not paying for these purchases and asking people to pay for them with incense, Prince Ruan's palace has more than 500 servants, and everything in food and clothing must be the highest.
To put it bluntly, he was the humblest groom in Prince Ruan's palace. He wore silk and satin and asked for big chicken drumsticks in every meal he ate.
If King Ruan gives money, it will be okay to say that Gu Banner State is located in the north and is rich in products, and there is no shortage of chicken legs.
But the key problem is that King Ruan doesn’t give money.
"Although it has only been a few days, the daily consumption of more than 500 people is a huge sum of money, especially for King Ruan. A meal requires at least thirty dishes, and this is what he eats alone.
, can he finish eating? I guess the emperor doesn’t eat as much as he does.”
Tianxiang continued to complain, there were thirty dishes in one meal, and King Ruan also asked to prepare three meals a day, with two desserts in between.
Desserts need to be more exquisite and must be made according to his recipe.
"His recipe, which is a lily and white fungus soup, requires more than a dozen procedures. Every wolfberry in it must be carved into the shape of a flower. Our Prince Qi's family has never eaten like this. He lives such a delicate life, and he also
No money."
As he talked, Tian Xiang almost cried.
"My dear, do you think it's easy for us orphans and widowers to enjoy some taxation? People like Prince Ruan's Mansion are really bullying others."
Hua Jin, who was sitting in the front seat, looked through the account book in her hand, her delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed, and she said:
"This costs too much. One day's expenses are higher than the expenses of my concubine, Prince Li's Mansion, in one month."
She originally thought that she was already spending money like water. After all, the wages she paid to the employees of Prince Li's Mansion were very generous.
Who knew that King Ruan would spend more money than she did?
Simply extremely extravagant.
Halfway through watching it, Hua Jin was already stunned by the astronomical figures in the past few days.
She closed the account book and said to Tian Xiang:
"If this continues, don't say that you, mother and son, can't bear it. Even if we use up all the power of Gu Banner Prefecture, we may not be able to provide for the more than 500 people in Prince Ruan's Mansion. Let's just say that Prince Qi's Mansion wants to repair the old house and live in it.
If there are not that many people left, let Prince Ruan’s Mansion move out of Prince Qi’s Mansion and become self-reliant.”
It is outrageous for such a huge group to eat and drink from Prince Qi's Palace all day long without giving them a single copper. No matter what the difficulties of Prince Ruan's Palace are, it is important to drive them out first and distance themselves from them.
Tian Xiang immediately accepted the order and left. The news was notified to Prince Ruan's Mansion, but no master accepted it.
King Ruan was busy painting and listening to music, while Princess Ruan and Mrs. Yu still appeared in melancholy, and Yu Jiajia was so crazy that she could no longer be used.
Although a few servants knew that Prince Qi's mansion was going to renovate old houses, they couldn't make the decision, let alone make the decision for more than 500 people. Therefore, when the news was passed on, it was like a stone sinking into the sea.
Prince Ruan's Mansion should not move, but it still didn't move.
One day later, another astronomical sum of money was delivered to Hua Jin's desk. Tian Xiang's expression was about to cry.
Hua Jin slapped the table and said angrily:
"This Prince Ruan has made up his mind to pretend to be deaf and dumb, right? Okay, add some incense, pack things, Prince Qi's Mansion and Prince Li's Mansion will move to another courtyard, and every grain of rice will be moved away!"