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"Hee hee, teacher's wife, can I hug Ying Ning?"

"Well, yes, Yingning is very good."

"Thank you, Mrs. Ma!"

Princess An Yun thanked her sweetly, and then stretched out her hand cautiously.

"I want to hug Yingning too."

Princess Anyang was older and more courageous, so she rushed over and hugged Ying Ning first.

Princess An Yun couldn't help but flatten her mouth, looking aggrieved.

Seeing this, Gu Ming said to Princess Ningyang: "Ningyang, you are an elder sister, you should give way to my younger sister."

"Oh, okay little girl, come and give me a hug, be careful, don't drop Yingning."

"Yeah, I see, sister."

An Yun joyfully stretched out his hand to hug Ying Ning into his arms, but it seemed a bit difficult, after all, he was still young.

Along the way, with these two lovely little princesses walking together, there were many more songs and laughter.

Leaving the palace, the two sisters were like birds flying out of the cage, which was a joy.

Everything in the outside world is so fresh to the two of them, as if they are tireless all day long.

At noon this day, the team stopped at the foot of a mountain and was preparing to have lunch

Along the way, the team made their own meals. After all, there is no station or inn capable of receiving a team of 2000 people.

However, there were two royal chefs accompanying him, who specially prepared single pots and small stoves for the prince, little princess, Gu Ming and others.

When it was about to start, there was a sudden commotion in front of it.

The guards standing nearby immediately drew their swords on guard, and two of them walked quickly to the front of the team to check the situation.

After a while, one of the guards hurried back to report: "His Royal Highness, there are more than a dozen refugees begging for food in front of you."

"Refugees?" The prince frowned: "Are you sure they are refugees, not someone pretending to be a refugee?"

"It's not like someone pretending to be a real refugee."

"Understood, don't drive them away"

Having said that, the prince turned his head around and said respectfully to Gu Ming: "Teacher, the students want to go over and see what's going on."

Under normal circumstances, the crown prince has a special status, so he usually doesn't need to call himself a student in front of the teacher, but he can't call himself my king, my palace, or Xiaowang like in front of other courtiers.

In order to show self-effacing, you can call yourself a name.

However, Gu Ming's identity and status are also very special, so the prince called himself a student to show respect.

"Brother Wang, I'm going to see it too"

Princess Ningyang immediately ran to the prince and begged.

"Brother Wang, I want to go too"

Princess An Yun stepped forward to join in the fun.

"Let the two of them go over and have a look together, and I will go there together."

Gu Ming helped to talk about love.

"Hee hee, thank you sir!"

"Thank you, sir!"

The two little princesses thanked Gu Ming with a smile.

Even Gu Ming opened his mouth, and the prince naturally couldn't refuse, so he took the two younger sisters and walked towards the front of the team.

"Teacher, we haven't seen any refugees along the way? Why did they appear suddenly?"

After walking for a while, the prince couldn't help asking.

Gu Ming couldn't help sighing: "His Royal Highness, there are many beggars and refugees in the world. The reason why you haven't seen them is because they have been driven away by the government long ago."

"Is there such a thing?"

"It's not their fault. After all, none of the local officials along the way wants to leave a bad impression in the mind of His Highness the Crown Prince."

"Hey"

The prince could not help but let out a long sigh.

He also knew in his heart that it would not be an easy task to solve this problem.

"See Your Royal Highness!"

"See Her Royal Highness!"

"See Master Jin Yihou!"

When Gu Ming and his group came to the front of the team, many people stepped forward to salute.

At this time, there were more than a dozen ragged refugees kneeling in front of them, all with haggard faces and skinny faces. They didn't seem to be pretending, but real refugees.

When these refugees heard the words Prince, Princess, and Jin Yihou, they all kowtowed in fright.

"His Royal Highness, they are here to beg for food."

One of the leading generals stepped forward and reported softly.

"Ask for food?"

The crown prince frowned, and yelled at the refugees: "You are quite courageous, didn't you see that this is the imperial army? How dare you come forward to ask for food?"

"Go back to His Royal Highness the Prince, we really don't know that His Royal Highness is here"

"Absurd, no matter whether I'm in the team or not, what you're doing is also against the law of the court. If you are marching and fighting, and you stop the team, it will be a crime of beheading!"

"His Royal Highness, spare your life!"

"I wait, I wait, there is really no way, if there is no more food, we will all starve to death"

"Guys, we haven't eaten for three days, and the whole village can't find a single grain of rice."

"Hey, there is no rice, why don't you eat meat?"

Princess Ningyang couldn't help but say something.

"Yeah, that's right, you can eat meat without rice"

Princess An Yun was like a little follower, and said something after her sister.

Gu Ming: ""

Prince: ""

Accompanying guard: ""

A group of refugees: ""

It's really childish talk.

No, it is impossible for a child of ordinary people to say such absurd things.

It can only be said that the children raised in the deep palace are really full of girls who don't know if they are hungry, so they tell jokes about eating meat without food.

Therefore, Gu Ming couldn't help turning his head, and said earnestly: "You two little princesses, when they say there is no food, they don't just refer to rice, but to all food that can satisfy their hunger."

"Ah? Is that so?"

Princess Ningyang blinked involuntarily.

"They are so poor"

Princess An Yun sucked her finger and looked at the refugees sympathetically.

The prince frowned and asked, "Where's your food? Don't you have any leftover food?"

"There was a drought this year, the crops were not harvested, and the stored food had long been eaten up"

"The government didn't distribute relief food to you?"

When this matter was mentioned, all the refugees fell silent.

"What is this king asking you? Have you distributed relief food?"

"Fafa is some hair, just"

The refugee who answered seemed to have something to hide, and he stuttered and couldn't explain why.

Seeing this, Gu Ming couldn't help whispering: "Yiming, why don't you let them fill their stomachs first, and ask later if you have anything to say."

"Okay, just follow the teacher's words"

The prince responded, and then told the guards: "Go and prepare some meals for these people."

"Yes!"

The guards walked away.

"Thank you, His Royal Highness, thank you all the officials"

"Sir, we have a lot of dishes there, why don't we share some with them?"

Princess Ningyang raised her head and said to Gu Ming.

"Well, yes!"

"Hee hee, thank you sir. Let's go, little sister, let's get it together."

"Uh-huh!"

The two little girls turned and ran back holding hands.

Not long after, he led some guards back with some food.

At the same time, the team also served some meals for the refugees to eat.

After that, Gu Ming asked someone to pack some food and distribute it to them.

As a result, the refugees were naturally very grateful, Gu Ming also took this opportunity to ask, and finally let the other party tell the truth.

It turned out that they were all villagers in Maliu Village, one of the most affected villages.

This drought caused a large reduction in crop production in more than half of the county, and even failed to harvest, and tens of thousands of people were affected.

"More than a dozen people in our village have starved to death, and some people have to sell their children and daughters in order to survive."

"It is true that the government has distributed grain, but after deducting it layer by layer, a single household cannot receive a few catties of grain, and most of it is moldy brown rice."

"Those unscrupulous rice merchants also took advantage of this to drive up the price of grain, and the price doubled several times."

Hearing the reasons from the refugees, although the prince did not speak, his face was extremely gloomy, his eyes were constantly changing, and he did not know what he was thinking.

After a group of refugees left with thanks, the prince found Gu Ming and said in a low voice: "Teacher, since we know about this, we must not just sit idly by. If the emperor is here, he will definitely Check it out."

Gu Ming nodded: "Well, it doesn't matter if you take care of it, so you don't have to call the people from the county government over?"

"Teacher, if you call them over, they will definitely make up an excuse. How about letting the team go first, and let's go to the micro server for a private visit?"

It is rare to go out to the palace, so the prince naturally wants to take this opportunity to experience the feeling of a private visit in a micro-service.

Gu Ming naturally understood what the prince was thinking, so he nodded and said, "Well, you might as well go and see for yourself."

"Great, thank you teacher!"

The prince was very excited, and immediately bowed to Gu Ming to thank him.

As a result, when the two little princesses heard that their brother was going to play, eh, private visit in Weibo, they immediately refused to comply and insisted on going with him.

After some discussion, Gu Ming decided to divide the personnel into two groups: he and the prince went to the mountains alone to see the disaster situation with his own eyes and learn more about the situation.

Nie Xiaoqian took the two little princesses to the county town to satisfy their wishes and let them experience the real folk life, and Snake Princess went to protect them.

Others waited for the itinerary to remain unchanged, and then joined after they finished their work.

Soon after, Gu Ming and others split up as planned. Gu Ming and the crown prince walked towards Ma Liuzhuang, while Nie Xiaoqian and She Ji took the two little princesses towards the county.

Along the way, the prince finally witnessed with his own eyes what is called suffering among the people.

The ponds are dried up, the fields are dry, and the crops are withered. Looking around, it is desolate, as if walking into a desert, lifeless.

Occasionally, I saw a few people, but they were lifeless, as if they were walking dead, with dull eyes and skinny bones.