I Am This Type of Woman Chapter 98: City

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"Father, mother," Ban Heng sent off the **** who came from the palace, and Zuitou said to his family with a confused look on his face, "What has happened to your Majesty in the past few days? He keeps sending things to our house because he thinks there are too many good things. Already?"

"Maybe it's because we lent the imperial doctor to the Xie family?" Ban Huai was even more confused than his son. He gave the memorial of gratitude written by Rong Xia to Emperor Yunqing. He was slightly moved, but it didn't make him feel that the other party was moved to the point of being unable to restrain himself. How come it was only two days later that he kept stuffing things into their house?

"My lord, I have heard about it," the senior attendant beside Ban Huai trotted in, "His Majesty not only gave gifts to our house, but also to the house of Marquis Cheng'an. The two families are favored by His Majesty."

"When has our family never been favored?" Ban Huai waved his servants to leave, feeling vaguely uneasy in his heart. Although His Majesty used to be kind to the Ban family, he was not like now, sending things to their house every day, as if Can't wait to prove to the world how much he likes the Ban family.

"Your Majesty doesn't value the Xie family that much," Ban Heng said hesitantly, "How could he do so many things for the Xie family. I heard that such a big thing happened to the Xie family, and His Majesty and the Queen just sent someone to ask After two attempts, their family’s reward will not be half as good as our family’s.”

"Sister, did you tell His Majesty the last time you came to the palace to ask him to be nice to our Ban family?" Ban Heng turned to look at Ban Hua. His sister had been bored in the past few days and saw that there were people at home. An embroiderer made beautiful things, but she didn't know why she wanted to learn embroidery.

After studying for several days, I barely knew how to hold the needle and arrange the thread, but I couldn't see what was embroidered. If he hadn't bumped into her by chance today, he wouldn't have known that his sister was so boring.

"I didn't say anything." Banhua's left index finger ached slightly, and she didn't want to listen to what Ban Heng had just said. Now that she heard him asking these questions, she was stunned for a moment before saying, "How about I send someone to go there?" Ask Cheng'an Marquis, maybe it's because of what he did that your Majesty treats us differently."

"That's possible," Ban Huai nodded in agreement, turning to look at the silent Yin family, "Madam, what do you think?"

Yin Shi nodded slowly: "Well, it would be appropriate to ask."

In Cheng'anhou's Mansion, people who gave gifts and visits, and eunuchs who gave rewards in the palace came and went in an endless stream, almost crossing the threshold of Cheng'anhou's Mansion. These people never visited Rong Xia when she was injured, and Rong Xia never complained about them, but now that they are here, Rong Xia will not entertain them warmly. But no one thought that Rong Xia did something bad. Instead, they praised Rong Xia's character even more, as if he was an immortal saint.

When the Ban family guards came to the door, Rong Xia was talking to Wang Qu, a retainer. When he heard the report, he said to Wang Qu, "Wait a moment."

Wang Qu felt slightly anxious when he saw the back of the Marquis leaving in a hurry. He admitted that Princess Fule was a very good woman, but the Marquis' attitude towards Princess Fule was too much. There is nothing wrong with a gentleman loving beauty, but he cannot indulge in beauty.

He was just a servant of the Ban family, but he made the Marquis show such eagerness. If the princess of the Ban family came to visit, what kind of gesture would the Marquis make?

After seeing the guard, Rong Xia's expression softened a bit, "Why did your princess send you here?"

"I have met the Marquis," the guard saluted Rong Xia, and then said, "The princess sent her subordinates down to ask about what happened recently."

"Oh?" Rong Xia raised her eyebrows, "Is your princess worried about your majesty's reward?"

The guard did not expect that Rong Xia would guess it before he spoke. He was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and said: "Go back to the Marquis, this is exactly what happened."

"If you don't come over today, I will send someone over too," Rong Xia smiled, "It's not a bad thing if you go back so that the princess doesn't have to worry. By the way, I found it recently. You can take some interesting story books back to your princess."

The guard took the box of books and thanked Rong Xia.

It wasn't until he walked out of the gate of Cheng'anhou Mansion that he suddenly remembered that Lord Rong didn't seem to say anything?

Feeling that he was not doing his job well, the guard felt very guilty. After returning to Ban's house and handing the storybook to Banhua, he even apologized to her.

"It's just a small matter, don't take it to heart," Banhua smiled, shook his head, and said to the guard, "Since Lord Rong said it's not a bad thing, it must be a good thing. You can go down."

"Yes." The guard suddenly realized that the princess seemed to trust Mr. Ronghou.

"Princess," Ruyi came in with a bowl of iced soup. Banhua pointed at the table, "Put it on the table. Please step aside."

"Yes." Ruyi blessed her body and took the other maids out of the house.

The room fell silent. Banhua opened the book box and took out the basic thread-bound book. Suddenly, a piece of paper fell out of the book page.

[The purse that Huahua embroidered for His Majesty is so beautiful. I will embroider one for you sometime. Junpo puts pen to paper]

In addition to this line of text, there is also a purse drawn on it. The purse is crooked, not to mention aesthetically pleasing.

Banhua was stunned. When had she ever embroidered a purse for His Majesty?

Suddenly, she suddenly clenched the paper in her hand, tore it up bit by bit, and then breathed a long sigh of relief.

She understood. No wonder His Majesty was suddenly so kind to the Ban family. It turned out to be because she "dedicated" a purse to His Majesty. Rong Xia did this secretly behind the scenes. How did he do it? And... why would His Majesty be so horribly nice to her just because of a purse?

Turn around and picked up the storybook and started to read the stories inside. In a book of strange stories, there was a story with a page folded out. This story tells that an old man was seriously ill and had nightmares all night long. He prayed to God and worshiped Buddha. It was useless, but his junior personally prayed for him, and he gradually got better and no longer had nightmares.

Ban Hua closed the book, was this just a simple story, or was there something Rong Xia wanted to tell her through this story?

"Huahua," Ms. Yin stood outside Banhua's door, "the people from the garment factory are here, please ask them to measure you."

"Here it comes." Banhua smoothed the folded pages, put the book in the bookshelf, picked up the fan on the table, and hurried out of the door, "Didn't I just make more than ten sets of clothes a few days ago?"

"This is for you to make autumn clothes," Mrs. Yin said. "The weather is hot, so the work of the embroiderer must be slowed down. It will take a month or two to go back and forth. It's just the right time for autumn."

Banhua shook the fan in her hand and looked up at the pale sun in the sky. She didn’t know if it was because she was afraid of the heat. She always felt that this year’s summer was particularly difficult. It was already hot even before June. It's unbearable. Fortunately, there was enough ice in the house, otherwise she might have gone crazy.

His Majesty has limited mobility this year and will probably not be able to escape the summer heat. Since His Majesty does not leave the capital, these distinguished courtiers naturally do not dare to leave the capital privately. Otherwise, even the Ban family will not be able to bear this crime if they are investigated.

The people in the garment shop smiled attentively when they saw Banhua. Two well-dressed and good-looking women came forward and saluted Banhua: "I have met the princess."

"No need to be polite," Banhua opened his hand, "I know you are busy, so I won't waste your time."

"Don't delay, don't delay. The princess is our honored guest. It is our greatest honor to be able to make you satisfactory clothes." Although she had only measured Banhua's size not long ago, the woman was still cautious. There was no place on her body, just for fear of missing anything.

"The colors of autumn clothes this season are lighter," Banhua raised her chin and asked them to measure the length of their necks. "You can't use purple and red."

"I have written it down." The woman was stunned for a moment. This princess likes bright colors the most. Last autumn, she customized many sets of bright clothes and jewelry in their workshop, but they were worn by ordinary people. It seems frivolous, but the princess will only make people feel glamorous and attractive when she wears it, and she doesn't dare to make people feel the slightest bit blasphemous.

She suddenly recalled that the eldest princess was the princess's grandmother. Last year, the eldest princess died trying to save her. It was easy to understand that the princess wanted to avoid brightly colored clothes.

It took nearly half an hour to complete the measurements. After the people in the garment shop left, Banhua slumped down on a chair, feeling weak and asked, "Why is it so hot this summer?"

Last year's winter was extremely cold, and this year's summer was so hot that it made people breathless. Did God mean to make things difficult for her?

"We are okay, we can hide in the house to enjoy the coolness even when it is hot," Yin sighed, "If it is this hot all over the country, the people will suffer."

It has been hot for so many days without rain, and there will definitely be a severe drought, which will make life difficult for the people. My daughter has never suffered hardship since she was a child, and the only place she can see is the capital city. The capital city is at the feet of the emperor. Even farmers have a better life than ordinary people in other places. If they suffer some disasters or sufferings, there will be people to deal with them. But in some remote places, it all depends on the actions of local officials. Anyway, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and no one can control those places.

Banhua opened her mouth, but was speechless, because she couldn't even bear the heat, and couldn't imagine what kind of life those people living with their backs to the sky and their faces to the loess lived.

It is getting hotter and hotter in the capital, but it has not rained for more than ten days. When it is hot, there are almost no people on the street. Even those naughty children will only hide at home at this time. Don't dare to come out.

Reports on local disaster reports kept coming, but the second prince suppressed them on the grounds that the emperor was seriously ill and could not be stimulated. Just a few imperial ministers were sent to control the drought.

Some people in the court are dissatisfied, but His Majesty does not see the ministers now. Some impatient ministers simply find a few people who are favored by the emperor, hoping that they can come to the palace to deliver a message.

But who dares to say this?

Even the second prince did not dare to do something, and they, the courtiers, did not dare to intervene. So the royal relatives who used to be idle in the past hid back home one after another. Anyone who came to the door said that they were not sick. Some even claimed that they had sunstroke, which hurt their heart and needed to be taken care of.

Is there any relationship between heatstroke and heart disease?

That's not important. What's important is that they don't want to help.

The behavior of these royal relatives chilled the hearts of some important ministers. On weekdays, these people eat delicious food and wear fine clothes, but when it comes to national events, they are unwilling to take responsibility. If the entire Daye Dynasty is like this, what kind of hope do the people of the world have?

Several ministers who were worried about the people gathered together and thought of ways to enter the palace.

"Why don't you ask someone to deliver the gift to Wang De? This **** is your majesty's chief **** and will definitely be able to speak in front of your majesty."

"No." An official retorted, "These eunuchs are most attuned to the situation, and he will never take risks at this time. What's more, neither you nor I are rich, so how much can we give him that he likes? Something?"

For eunuchs with Wang De's status, who have never seen any rich people or come into contact with any important people, Wang De is afraid that he will not even look at them.

"This is not okay, and that is not okay. Are we just going to watch the people in these places suffer?" A slightly younger official said angrily, "Prince Ning doesn't care about the lives of the people at all. Here, those so-called imperial envoys are all his disciples, so what can they do if they go to those places?"

All the officials suddenly became dejected.

Yes, Your Majesty, no matter what, the second prince is a person who doesn't care about the lives of the people. He only suffers the people and lives in dire straits, but no one can save them.

Ten days later, news suddenly reached the capital that the imperial envoy sent by King Ning to Yangniu County had a conflict with the local people, and was actually beaten to death by the local people.

After this news reached the ears of King Ning, King Ning was so angry that he went into a rage and immediately issued an order to ask the garrison near Yangniu County to quell the chaos and seize the culprit. Some courtiers objected to King Ning's order, but King Ning turned a blind eye to these objections and asked his guards to drag these officials away.

For a time, there were complaints in the court.

More and more people were dissatisfied with King Ning. An official did not know what method he used to finally meet Emperor Yunqing. Unexpectedly, he was kicked out by Emperor Yun Qing dissatisfiedly after he said a few words, as if he thought he was making a fuss out of a molehill.

"They were just a few rioters, but they actually assassinated the imperial envoy. I think they are extremely brave!"

The official who asked for an audience was scolded so badly that when he walked out of the palace, he looked back at the luxurious palace and let out a long sigh.

Throughout the ages, the imperial court has always gone from chaos to prosperity, and then prosperity to decline. Will the Daye Dynasty... also follow this old path?

In desperation, several ministers who were concerned about the country and the people gathered together to drink bitter wine. After three rounds of drinking, they began to get drunk.

"I just feel sorry for the people of the world!"

"Great cause, great cause!"

Someone fell on the table and cried bitterly, but they didn't know whether they were crying for the people of the world or for the future of the great cause.

"We still have a chance!" A young official suddenly said excitedly, "There is another person, maybe she can help us."

This young man is the top scholar in this new class, and is from the same class as Banhua's previous fiancé. However, his family background is ordinary, and he was not as happy as Shen Yu when he first entered the court. But since Shen Yu was deprived of his official position and fame, this new top scholar has emerged.

Although he is only a fourth-grade official now and is inconspicuous in the capital, but in comparison, he has developed very quickly.

"Who?" asked a gray-haired minister.

"Princess Fule."

"No, no, she's just a woman who doesn't know the sufferings of the world. How can she help?" The old minister shook his head repeatedly. He was a little drunk and did not care about the principle that a gentleman should not speak ill of others. "And this person The princess has always been domineering and extravagant. What can such a woman do?"

The new top scholar didn’t think so. When he was out of town on business last year, he saw the princess helping a woman carrying a child into the city early because the child in the woman’s arms had a high fever. Look. Not very good. He had never mentioned this to anyone, not to mention that as a young man, it was not appropriate for him to peek at an unmarried girl.

How can a woman who has compassion for a sick child not have the slightest kindness?

"I'm afraid no one can help with this matter except Princess Fule," the new champion smiled bitterly, "Everyone knows that His Majesty likes this Princess very much, and he has never stopped giving her rewards throughout the year. ."

"But is she willing to help?" another colleague asked.

"Always give it a try."

"Marquis," a faceless young man walked up to Rong Xia, "several officials are going to Jingting Palace to ask Princess Fule to help them persuade her to change her mind. ”

"Who is there?"

The boy reported the names of these officials.

"I have a lot of blood, but no brains." Rong Xia threw the book in his hand on the table and said with a cold face, "I don't think they think much of Princess Fule, why? Are you asking for help now?"

The boy didn't dare to speak and stood with his head bowed.

"That's all," Rong Xia took a slow breath, and the emotions in her eyes calmed down little by little, "After all, these people still care about the people of the world."

The boy hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Master Marquis, do you want to stop them?"

Rong Xia put her hands behind her back, walked to the bed and looked at a pomegranate tree in the yard. This pomegranate tree was just planted a month ago. Although it is watered every day, the weather is too hot and it still looks a little lackluster.

"No need."

"I have no right to make the decision for the princess in this matter."

"Yes."

"How many adults from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs want to see me?"

Banhua put down the bronze mirror with the handle and turned to look at Ban Heng: "Are you sure it's me they want to see, not my father?"

"Yes."

Banhua felt that these people were a little confused. She thought for a moment and said, "Let them wait outside. I will go see them after I change my clothes." Because of the weather, she was not very well-dressed at home. It's fine if you wear it for a while, but it would be too embarrassing if you go to meet guests.

"Okay." Ban Heng glanced at her uneasily, "I think there's something fishy about this, so be more careful."

Banhua nodded.

Several people from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household were sitting on pins and needles in the main hall of Duke Jingting's mansion. They felt even more comfortable especially after hearing that Duke Jingting accompanied Duke Jingting and his wife to offer incense. If this matter spreads out, will others think that they deliberately tricked the younger generation into entering the palace and taking risks?

After sitting in the room for a while, I even changed the cup of tea, but Princess Fule hadn't come over yet.

"My lords, please sit down for a moment," Ban Heng walked into the main hall and bowed to several people, "My sister will be here in a moment."

"Your Majesty, you're welcome. It's us who have disturbed you." Several adults hurriedly stood up and returned the greeting. Ban Heng was the heir apparent whom Prince Jingting had given him. In terms of rank, none of them was as high as the heir apparent, and they couldn't bear the other's courtesy.

After drinking another cup of tea, Princess Fule finally arrived belatedly amidst everyone's expectations. Several adults were a little excited when they saw the rightful owner, and they all stood up and saluted Banhua.

"Everyone, please take a seat." Banhua's eyes swept over these people one by one, and finally landed on the youngest and most beautiful person. "I wonder what you, sir, want to do with this little girl?"

"Don't dare." The adults looked at me and I looked at you, feeling a little embarrassed to say anything.

The new champion was blushing at the sight of Banhua. He stood up and saluted Banhua: "Princess, we really have something important to ask of you."

"Big thing?" Banhua chuckled upon hearing this, "You adults really think highly of me. I have never done anything big since I was born."

New subject number one:......

"Princess, I am afraid no one can help with this except you."

"Usually when someone says something like this to me, I'm a little scared," Banhua picked up the tea cup and took a sip, "Let me tell you what it is first. I can't guarantee that I won't agree."

There are several cold ice basins placed in the hall, so the room is not too hot. However, several adults felt a little distressed. This kind of seasonal ice is a rare thing, but people like the Ban family who use it like this don't take it seriously.

"The wine and meat of the Zhumen are stinky, and the bones are frozen to death on the road. Hmph!" An old minister finally couldn't bear it and snorted when he saw the Ban family enjoying such luxury.

"I'm afraid what this gentleman said is inappropriate."

Several other adults also secretly complained in their hearts, why is this colleague so uncontrollable? If he offends the princess, who else can they turn to?

"Yes, yes," several officials said hurriedly, "The princess is right."

The official who just spoke also realized that he had a bad temper, so he stood up stiffly and apologized to Banhua.

"It's such a hot day, how can one freeze to death?" Banhua raised his eyebrows, "Is this adult kidding me?"

Several adults: Is this the point?

"Princess, although the roads are not frozen to death, there are people who are too drought-stricken to survive." Xinke Zhuangyuan said, "Princess, there is chaos in the court now, and Your Majesty does not want to see us, please. For the sake of the people of the world, the Lord went to the palace and made this trip."

Banhua was stunned for a moment: "Tell me in detail, which places were affected by the disaster?"

Seeing Princess Fule like this, the new top scholar felt happy and started to talk hurriedly.

Listening to what the other party said, Banhua was a little distracted. The severe drought had appeared in her dream, but the dream was too vague. She didn't even know when it happened. She only remembered that many people died, and there was even a massacre. In the end, someone led troops to suppress it, and there were corpses everywhere. All over the land, wailing sounds reached into the sky.

Thinking of that scene in the dream, Banhua felt that her predecessor was a little uncomfortable.

Could it be that what happened in the dream happened this year?

"Wait a minute, who gave the order?" Banhua frowned when he heard the title "Prince Ning" and said, "Jiang Luo is just a supervisor, what qualifications do he have to mobilize the garrison near Yangniu County?"

The new champion's face showed a bit of embarrassment: "Princess, most of the forces in the court have been controlled by Prince Ning."

Banhua frowned even more when he heard this, "Where are the two prime ministers?"

The new champion hesitated for a moment, but still answered Banhua's question: "Prime Minister Yan does not support Prince Ning on the surface, but there are rumors in the court that Prime Minister Yan secretly supported Prince Ning after his break with the prince."

"What about Shi Chonghai?" Banhua was not interested in politics. She never thought that a fool like Jiang Luo could control the government. "He is the prince's father-in-law, so he can't support Prince Ning, right?"

"Princess, have you forgotten? Ever since Miss Shi's family hired a murderer to assassinate your father, the Shi family has been despised by His Majesty. Now in the court, Shi Xiang's lineage is completely unable to oppose King Ning."

The new champion thought that if His Majesty had not injured Cheng'anhou and Yao Shangshu, the situation in the court would not have become so bad. I'm afraid His Majesty never thought that the situation in the DPRK would be like this.

When did the situation between North Korea and China start to change?

It seems that after Cheng'an Hou and Yao Shangshu were punished by His Majesty's staff, King Ning replaced them with others.

It would have been better if His Majesty had not been so impulsive.

"You want me to come into the palace to persuade His Majesty?" Banhua laughed, "Do you think His Majesty will listen to me?"