The dim light of the oil lamp shone into the small carriage, and as Li Wanqing blurted out these words, the whole space exuded an ambiguous atmosphere.

After Li Wanqing said that, her face immediately turned red to her neck. She quickly covered her little face with her hands, trying to cool it down. With her big, blinking eyes, she looked particularly playful and sweet.

After hearing what Li Wanqing said, Ye Tinghua's expression did not change at all. He seemed not to have heard it. He looked out the window silently without saying a word, as if he was thinking about something.

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward. Seeing that Ye Tinghua didn't say anything, Li Wanqing mustered up the courage in her heart and continued, "Your Highness, do you have a nickname? Can I call you by it?"

Ye Tinghua said coldly without changing his expression, "No."

Li Wanqing didn't care about Ye Tinghua's indifference at all. He took a deep breath and said to himself, "Everyone says that I have a good fate and will be reborn. I went to the Western Regions alone when I was six years old. My father sent many followers to me, but I still felt very lonely.

Because of what an old Taoist priest said, I had to leave my parents and hometown at a very young age.

My father sent me to an academy in the Western Regions. The academy was built in the desert and the people in the academy were all princes and nobles from the Western Regions.

Your Highness, do you know that people from the Western Regions look different from us Central Plains people, and they speak a different language than us, and we are not allowed to bring followers to the academy.

No one in the academy likes me. I have always been a loner and can only leave the academy once a year. Everyone else can go home, but I have nowhere to go. The people my father sent to take care of me had already run away with the money.

I have escaped many times, but no matter how I walked, I could not get out of that desert. Your Highness, have you ever been to a place where there is no human habitation for hundreds of miles?

The desert is like that. No matter how you walk, the surroundings are still the same, as if you have always been there. "

Ye Tinghua was attracted by Li Wanqing's words. He finally asked, "Then how did you come back this time?"

Li Wanqing suddenly laughed heartlessly, "Because I'm old enough, my father sent someone to pick me up."

Ye Tinghua rolled his eyes after hearing this, and the slight sympathy for Li Wanqing that had just risen in his heart disappeared in an instant.

Seeing that Ye Tinghua didn't say anything, she explained, "This is not important. I will explain it to Your Highness in detail when I have the chance in the future."

When Ye Tinghua looked at Li Wanqing again at this time, it seemed as if he saw his former self. This little guy had similar experiences as he did when he was young.

This made Ye Tinghua relax his guard against Li Wanqing. He asked, "I don't think we have met before?"

Li Wanqing perked up when she heard this topic. She said excitedly, "I have met Your Highness! That day at the horse farm outside the capital, you were riding a chestnut horse. That was when I fell in love with you at first sight!"

Ye Tinghua had never met this kind of woman before, and for a moment he didn't know how to respond.

He has always liked the gentle and elegant type, and no woman has ever confessed her love to him so bluntly. He always planned carefully to approach others.

The atmosphere in the carriage had just eased a little, but at this moment the secret guards outside the carriage came to report that the victims had begun to enter the city.

Ye Tinghua's heart sank again. He slowly closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

The city gate was still not opened. Large numbers of disaster victims arrived one after another. They banged on the city gate with all their might. For a while, there was crying and shouting outside the city gate.

The guards guarding the city were terrified and quickly climbed up to the city wall and looked down. The huge crowds of victims were like locusts, densely crowding the city gate.

The guards guarding the city gate had never seen such a scene before. They were so frightened that they immediately blew the horn, causing chaos for a moment.

As soon as the horn sounded, several teams of cavalry arrived quickly, led by the Kyoto guard Huang Jiawei.

Soon more and more troops rushed to the city gate. People along the street heard the noise and lit lights and went out to check what was going on.

More and more people gathered at the city gate, and the cries of the victims outside the city gate became louder and louder. They banged hard against the heavy and huge city gate together, trying to force it open.

Ye Tinghua listened to the noise outside the carriage and the reports from the secret guards. His brows furrowed even deeper. He suddenly blurted out, "You just said you were going to send me 100,000 dan of grain?"

Li Wanqing seemed to see his worry, and immediately jumped off the carriage and left.

Ye Tinghua smiled bitterly, it was indeed so...

But Li Wanqing came back in less than a moment. The golden bell in her hand made a crisp sound. She opened the carriage curtain and said excitedly, "Your Highness, come down and take a look!"

Although Ye Tinghua looked puzzled, he still followed Li Wanqing out of the carriage. Li Wanqing skillfully took Ye Tinghua's hand and ran towards the road, the golden bell in his hand also making a pleasant tinkling sound.

Not far away, I saw a huge team of people pulling carts. The lit torches looked like a fire dragon, stretching endlessly with no end in sight.

The leader of the team was none other than Lu Zijun, the third son of the Lu family, the number one escort agency in Kyoto.

He was riding a tall horse and directing the team's advance in an orderly manner. After discovering Li Wanqing standing in front of him, he immediately dismounted and ran forward.

"Miss, this is 10,000 dan of grain that has been delivered first. I have already arranged it. From now on, 10,000 dan of grain will be delivered every day at this time."

Li Wanqing seemed like a different person. She nodded seriously, then stretched out a little hand and hooked her fingers.

Lu Zijun immediately took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Li Wanqing respectfully.

Li Wanqing then took the paper and brought Ye Tingxuan to the city gate. In front of everyone, she knelt down on her knees, held up the paper in both hands, and spoke loudly.

"Your Highness, this is the contract for 100,000 dan of grain that you ordered from our store. Today, 10,000 dan will be delivered first. Please accept it! From today on, grain will be delivered every day at this time. Your Highness is really a good prince who loves his people like his own children. I would like to thank Your Highness on behalf of the millions of disaster victims! Long live Your Highness!"

After hearing this, Huang Jiawei immediately dismounted and knelt in front of Ye Tinghua. Then the soldiers and civilians followed suit and knelt down, shouting in unison, "Long live the Third Prince!"

Ye Tinghua was stunned by all this suddenness. He looked at Li Wanqing without reacting. Li Wanqing blinked at him mischievously, revealing two sweet dimples.

But Ye Tinghua reacted quickly. He waved his hand with a smile and asked everyone to stand up.

Du Song also rushed back at this time. He climbed up the city wall and shouted loudly to the outside of the city, "People! Listen to me! His Royal Highness the Third Prince has donated 100,000 dan of grain! More porridge stalls will be opened immediately! You all should be patient! Line up one by one! The elderly, women and children are given priority! The emperor will make sure you are properly accommodated!"

The victims at the city gate stopped banging on the door immediately after hearing this. They shouted outside the city, "Long live the emperor! Long live the emperor! Long live the third prince! A thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years."

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