The charcoal basin was burning with crackling sounds. Lin Chunhuan had moved back to Kunning Palace and was sitting in the room doing needlework slowly. Seeing that it was another new year, she wanted to make clothes for Lin'er with her own hands.
It can be done over and over again, but the stitching is still not exquisite enough compared to the embroiderers in the palace.
Cuiyun knocked on the door, opened the door and walked in. The wind and snow behind him made his scalp numb.
"Mother, the eldest prince has been sent to the royal study. The slave has been watching the door before coming back." Cuiyun shrank from the cold and roasted by the charcoal basin for a long time before coming forward.
"The Holy One is too anxious. The eldest prince is only a few months old, and he can understand a few words when he goes to the royal study room. Even if he is to train the prince, he will have to wait until he is enlightened!"
Lin Chunhuan smiled and said nothing.
The emperor asked Lin'er to go to the imperial study to listen. He was clearly holding his son to show off to the ministers. He could hardly hide his little thoughts.
After cutting the thin thread and threading the needle again with a different color, Lin Chunhuan raised his head and said, "Mother will probably send a letter to the palace in a day or two. You should be more diligent and deliver it as soon as possible. Come to me."
"Yes."
Cuiyun responded with a smile on his face, "Don't worry, my dear, that's our Kunning Palace's errand. This is the most important thing in the harem, and the people below dare to neglect it.”
"Bang!"
While Cuiyun was speaking, a strong gust of wind blew open the window, knocking over the beauty bottle on the table. In just a moment, it blew out the heater in the room. It dispersed cleanly and was so cold that Lin Chunhuan shivered.
I can’t even make the clothes on my hands.
Although Cuiyun quickly closed the window again with his hands and feet, the temperature would not return for a while.
"My Lady, this window bolt is broken, I will ask someone to replace it with a new one immediately!"
Lin Chunhuan nodded and said nothing, but his eyes towards the window became darker and darker.
The wind and snow this year have been extremely heavy, and both land and water routes have been cut off. As a result, the Qianchao Festival, which has been held for more than ten years, has to be stopped.
There was no other way. The envoys could not get through at all. They had no choice but to write letters and accuse them one after another.
This snow started on the third day of the twelfth lunar month and has been snowing for seventeen days today. Sometimes it is heavy and sometimes light, but it has never stopped. Fortunately, the Qintian Prison has already warned about this heavy snow, not only in advance Many weak houses in Kyoto were reinforced. After the city ran out of food, various courtiers and noble families were ordered to erect porridge sheds.
For a while, there was no big trouble, and the capital was stabilized. Otherwise, the emperor would not have had the intention to show off his son.
Everyone is looking forward to the beginning of spring. Snow is always a winter thing, so we can always survive a month or two like this.
Lin Chunhuan took a deep breath and caught a glimpse of a snowstorm outside when Cuiyun asked someone to change the window bolts.
Probably no one would have thought that this snow would last until summer!
"Report..."
An urgent announcement came from outside the palace to the palace. It was a happy event, and soon someone came to Lin Chunhuan to report the good news.
"Yuan Shaojun, who joined the army in Lizhou, has found a prescription to cure the plague, and it has already achieved initial results. The Holy Emperor asked his servant to tell the queen, this is a blessing for the people!"
The little eunuch was rewarded with a handful of golden melon seeds. , stepped back with a smile.
Lin Chunhuan is also happy. This recipe appeared half a year earlier than in the previous life!
The situation in just half a year...how many fewer people will die!
As for Yuan Shaojun who solved the plague but was trapped in the south by the snowstorm, whether he can come back is not within her scope of consideration.
If he can come back, that's because he has a great destiny, and his past affairs can be wiped out.
If he can't go back, that means his life is unlucky. Everyone is dead, so it's all written off.
From now on, this person will disappear in her life, leaving no more waves.
At the beginning of the new year, the heavy snow continued for a month, and the snow became more and more intense. Even if many people's houses were reinforced, the number of roofs that were crushed by wind and snow increased exponentially overnight. Kyoto, the most prosperous city in the entire Ming Dynasty, was also frozen to death.
Kyoto itself had too much time to take care of itself, but thousands of disaster victims still poured in every day. The imperial city could not support so many people, so they could only keep the victims outside the city gate.
This is true even in the Imperial City, and one can imagine the situation in other places.
In just three days, a snowflake-like memorial asking for help landed on the desk of the imperial study. The emperor was so anxious that his mouth was filled with tears. This New Year, there was no lively atmosphere in the streets.
Walking around the streets of Kyoto, you can see white sails hung almost every few steps.
People are dying in every house.
Countless people froze to death, starved to death, and were crushed to death by collapsed houses.
Lin Chunhuan put on the queen's court uniform and walked towards the imperial study room filled with courtiers. Without looking at the surprised and dissatisfied eyes, she kowtowed step by step and knelt before the emperor.
"Your Majesty, my concubine is guilty. Today I have come to plead guilty and ask Your Majesty to punish me."
The emperor was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses. After more than a year of marriage, Lin Chunhuan still I have never spoken to him like this, let alone given such a grand ceremony.
Immediately put down the memorial in his hand and came forward, "Queen, what are you doing?"
"If you have anything to say, just say it straight, why bother to mobilize troops like this?"
However, Lin Chunhuan shook her head and avoided the emperor's hand that stretched out to support her, "I am guilty."
"The crime is that I secretly ordered people to stock up on grain and cotton without receiving orders from the Holy One."
"The crime is that the people in Kyoto suffered disasters, but they did not pay anything."
"Please be punished by the Holy One. ”
Lin Chunhuan banged his head and knocked it down hard. He was down-to-earth and did not cheat at all. Whether it was hoarding grain or cotton, even if there was no such natural disaster, under normal circumstances, it would still be a serious crime requiring beheading.
Especially now when the situation is so urgent.
The emperor was also shocked at this time, "Stocking up food? When did it happen?"
"Last autumn."
"How much was stored up?"
The figures Lin Chunhuan said caused a commotion in the imperial study. Such a large amount of food and cotton was enough for Kyoto to survive this snowstorm safely!
Even the victims outside the city can be properly resettled.
Unconsciously, the emperor's breathing became rapid.
He realized that the person kneeling in front of him now was not his soft and delicate Huan'er, but the Queen of the Ming Kingdom!
The emperor's eyes changed when he looked at Lin Chunhuan. In addition to endless love, there was also a trace of admiration that he himself was not aware of. "The queen only acted after hearing the instructions from Qin Tianjian." Want to stock up on food and cotton? ”
"Yes."
Lin Chunhuan answered simply. Regarding her rebirth, she did not reveal a word about her rebirth, not only to the emperor, but also to Cai Huan, the person closest to her, and her parents who put her first in everything.
Such a thing was too unbelievable. She couldn't imagine the consequences of saying it, so she simply covered herself tightly.
Fortunately, she did this very well. Everything she did paved the way for her, leaving no room for flaws.
The emperor swallowed silently and said, "Queen, get up."