Month after month, I took the maids and women to dry the kelp, seaweed, abalone, sea cucumber, shrimp and other things in the yard. The whole yard smelled of the ocean.

Ling Yao pouted and said: "Mother concubine, Yao'er doesn't like the smell of fish, but Yao'er likes to eat those things, what should I do?"

Gu Yunlan pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Think about how delicious they are, and you won't think the smell is bad."

Shangguan Ruoli touched Gu Yunlan's head and said, "That's right. However, when the factory at Wuyou Ferry is built, all these things will be dried there."

At this time, a boy from the second gate ran into the yard and reported loudly: "Princess, Miss Zhuyue, Qingfeng has come with a betrothal gift! There are several carriages of things!"

Zhuyue's face turned red and she ran into her room in shame. She hadn't finished embroidering her wedding dress yet. Embroidery and such were really not suitable for her.

Ling Yao cheered when she heard this: "Mother, Yun Lan and I want to go and see her."

"Okay," Shangguan Ruoli saw that they couldn't stay any longer, so he took them to receive Qingfeng's betrothal gift.

At the gate, Qingfeng looked happy and was instructing the servants of the Feng family who were wearing the same clothes to move down the big red boxes one by one.

It turned out that he was a lowly employee, which attracted a lot of people watching the fun, especially the children, who ran happily and waited for the owner to scatter candy canes and copper coins.

An old woman in ragged clothes and with a sallow complexion pulled a girl about four years old who also looked like a beggar and pushed her way to the front of the crowd. She looked at the sign of Prince Xuan's Mansion, her eyes flickering.

Qingfeng saw Shangguan Ruoli coming, and even though he knew Zhuyue would not come, he still glanced behind her before saluting Shangguan Ruoli.

Shangguan Ruoli didn't let them kowtow, so he gave him a weak hand and stopped him: "Okay, don't kowtow. You are here to celebrate a happy event, so today's ceremony will be waived."

"Thank you, Princess!" Qingfeng thanked her and ordered someone to read the betrothal gift list.

The crowd became quiet, because after reading the betrothal gift list, it was time to scatter candies, and those from wealthy families also scattered copper coins.

After reading the long betrothal gift list, the boxes were carried into Prince Xuan's Mansion.

Qingfeng ordered someone to carry down a large dustpan from the carriage, which contained candies, red dates, peanuts, longans, chestnuts, and copper coins.

The servants scattered handfuls of those things to the people watching the excitement, causing the people to cheer and loot.

Amidst the crowding and pushing, someone suddenly cried and wailed, "Oh, granddaughter! What's wrong with you? Save my granddaughter!"

Shangguan Ruoli looked around and saw the little beggar girl lying on the ground, seemingly fainted. The beggar woman was kneeling on the ground, holding the girl in her arms, crying sadly.

Qingfeng also saw it, and his expression was very ugly.

Today is the big day for him to pay the betrothal gift. It is really unlucky for something like this to happen.

The servants of Feng Mansion were also smart. They sprinkled the candies to the other side to draw the crowd away. Only the beggars and their grandchildren were left on the ground.

The old woman cried heartbrokenly, but she had no strength at all. She was obviously very hungry.

The girl's face was sallow, skinny and skinny, her eyes were tightly closed, and she showed no sign of waking up no matter how much the old woman called and shook her.

Shangguan Ruoli walked down the high steps of Prince Xuan's Mansion and walked towards the beggar, his grandfather and his grandson.

"Princess! Let's not go there! Be careful of fraud!" Sassoon was very defensive now, "They just fainted in front of Prince Xuan's Mansion, they are definitely not a good thing!"

"Let's go take a look!" Shangguan Ruoli was also afraid of problems, so he sent Ling Yao and Gu Yunlan to Xiao Fei's courtyard first.

Then, surrounded by maids, wives and guards, they came to the beggar grandson.

The old woman raised her eyes to look at Shangguan Ruoli, her cloudy eyes were full of pleading, "Please, Princess, please save this poor girl!"

Shangguan Ruoli asked calmly and condescendingly: "What's wrong with her?"

The old woman sighed: "She must have fainted from hunger. She was trying to grab something to eat and was pushed, so she couldn't hold on anymore."

"I have some knowledge of medical skills. I raised her hand and I felt her pulse." Shangguan Ruoli's belly was too big and it was inconvenient to squat down.

"Thank you, Princess!" The old lady kowtowed and raised the girl's arm.

The girl's arms were very thin, dark and dirty, like hemp poles, as if they would be broken with just a little force.

Sassoon put a featureless Supa on the girl's wrist, and Shangguan Ruoli took the girl's pulse.

He was indeed hungry and severely malnourished.

After the people grabbed the candies and copper coins, they gradually gathered around, eating candies and watching the fun.

The child fainted in front of Prince Xuan's Mansion. As the princess, Shangguan Ruoli had to take care of it and said to the servants: "Bring them into the manor and make some vegetable porridge for them to drink first. They have been hungry for a long time and cannot eat for the time being.

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A woman came over, helped pick up the little girl, and took the beggar woman into Prince Xuan's Mansion.

The identity of the two people was unknown. Shangguan Ruoli had people put them in the concierge. Before the porridge came, they were given a bowl of sugar water to drink.

The little girl drank the sugar water and woke up quickly. With big eyes and timidity, she nestled in the arms of the beggar woman and did not dare to speak.

Shangguan Ruoli felt that the child was pitiful, but he did not help the poor. Prince Xuan's palace was not a charity house, so he ordered a stewardess: "You find some unworn clothes for them, give them a sling of copper coins, pack some snacks, etc."

They drank the porridge and dismissed it."

"Princess!" The mother-in-law pulled the child and knelt down on the ground, kowtowing and said: "Princess, please take this child in. It doesn't matter if the beggar woman dies of hunger. This child does not deserve this!"

Shangguan Ruoli's brows furrowed. Is this the rhythm of trying to push the envelope?

Sassoon pulled his little face, raised his chin and said coldly: "Prince Xuan's Mansion is not a charity hall. If all the beggars in Yue County imitate you and faint from hunger to the door of Prince Xuan's Mansion, then what will happen to Prince Xuan's Mansion? Don't be ungrateful and contented!

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The beggar woman said anxiously: "But we really have no way to survive."

Shangguan Ruoli was very disgusted and said coldly: "Even if you seek medical advice, a drop of money will be enough for you to survive for a while. You can make money by your own labor and go to the beach to pick up some seashells and seaweed to sell. The dock

After the factories and shops are built, we can arrange for you to do whatever you can to earn some wages."

She felt that she was already great, but there was no joy or gratitude on the face of this beggar woman.

The beggar woman continued to beg: "Let the old woman do those things. Can the princess keep this child?"

As she spoke, she pushed the little girl who was leaning in her arms and motioned for the little girl to kowtow to Shangguan Ruoli.

But the little girl snuggled into her arms and whispered: "Mistress, I won't leave you, I will take care of you."

Muddy tears flowed from the eyes of the beggar woman, meandering in the furrows and furrows.
Chapter completed!