good meal

Chapter 22
At night, Chu Liangrao washed up as usual and went to bed early. After doing yoga for a while, he asked Ding Lan, who was on vigil, to turn off the lights.

Before going to bed, Mama Du told Ding Lan to be more vigilant at night, and not to sleep more soundly than her master.Ding Lan responded and said, "Don't worry, Mom, this is not the first time this servant has kept watch."

Hearing the movement outside, Chu Liangrao let go of the jade pendant again.

After a while Ding Lan also rested, Chu Liangrao turned over and buried her face in the cold thin quilt, she thought it would be safer to enter the space after Ding Lan fell asleep.Unexpectedly, before Ding Lan fell asleep, she herself had a date with Zhou Ding, and was soundly asleep when she was awakened from her dream by a rush of gongs beating.

"The water is gone! The water is gone!" A louder cry was especially abrupt in this otherwise very quiet night.

Chu Liangrao turned over and sat up, and Ding Lan came in with a candle, and saw Chu Liangrao sitting on the bedside with disheveled hair, asking in a daze, "What's going on outside?"

"If you go back to the Princess, it seems like you're going to run out of water." Ding Lan lit the lamp, and Mother Du came into the house right after her. Seeing that Chu Liangrao was not frightened by the noise outside, she felt relieved. After a few minutes, she said to Chu Liangrao, "The voice seems to be coming from the East Courtyard, and Zhen'er has already gone to inquire about it."

After a while, Zhen'er came back, and it was true that the east courtyard was flooded.

Chu Liangrao didn't respond but just stared at the hollowed-out carved porcelain lampshade in a daze. Seeing that Chu Liangrao's reaction was flat, Madam Du helped her and asked, "Is the fire under control now?"

"Not yet, but someone has been sent there, and it should be ready in a while."

Fortunately, there was no wind at night, otherwise Chu Liangrao's yard would have suffered.The reason why the fire will be uncontrollable for a while is because it is far away from the well. The only way to put out the fire is to use sand.

After hearing this, Mother Du quickly closed her eyes and clasped her hands together: "Bless the princess, the princess must be safe." After chanting for a while, she said, "It's dry today, and there are so many things in the east courtyard. I don't know What ignited first, I'm afraid it's almost burnt now..."

The East Courtyard is where the warehouse of the Wangfu is located. Most of the valuables of the Wangfu are stored there, including Gu's dowry of course.Seeing that the fire burned him out of business, Mrs. Gu really fell ill. The fire lasted until the middle of the night before it was extinguished.

Chu Liangrao was very puzzled, why the east courtyard was on fire, if it was said that it was because of the dry weather, she would not believe it.Because of her own speculations, she always felt that the fire was burning at the right time, and now that something happened to the palace, she was afraid that the spectators should also show up.

After the fire was extinguished, Chu Chaoyang came to visit Chu Liangrao, and seeing that she was fine, he let her rest earlier.

It would be dawn two hours earlier, but Chu Liangrao couldn't fall asleep, and at this time Gu's was no different. You must know that her own private money was mixed with the assets of the palace and stored in the warehouse. It really burned into her heart, and the pain was so painful that she couldn't stop crying.

"Princess, don't be sad, you won't have to worry about no firewood if you keep the green hills." Mother Lin said with concern.

There were tears in Gu's eyes, and the knuckles holding the handkerchief turned white from the force: "Mom, you don't need to persuade me, this fire is strange, you have to ask someone to find out what's going on. Let me know what's going on. Who is so bold..." Speaking of this, her eyes were so dark that she wanted to kill someone with her eyes.

Mother Lin agreed, but she was very embarrassed, but she went outside to ask the stern-mouthed boy to ask if she could find any clues.

That night, no one in the palace slept peacefully. Chu Chaoyang had to take care of his wife, children, and mother at night, and also had to investigate the cause of the fire, so he didn't sleep well all night.Chu Liangrao was lying on the bed tossing and turning, and the sky was turning white, so she couldn't lie down any longer. As soon as she sat up, Ding Lan walked in and asked, "Did the princess wash up?"

"En." Chu Liangrao nodded.

Several servant girls entered the room with washbasins, tooth powder and towels, and helped Chu Liangrao change and wash in an orderly manner. After combing her hair, Madam Du said, "It's time to set the meal."

Chu Liangrao yawned, looking like he was still asleep, got up and slowly moved to the table.

An exquisite meal was already set on the table, Chu Liangrao did not drink half a bowl of porridge as usual, but started eating with a small bowl of soy sauce noodles.The noodles are firm and garnished with green scallions, which look delicious.After half a bowl of noodles entered his stomach, Chu Liangrao tasted a little bit of each before leaving the table.

After eating, she became much more energetic. At this moment, Zhen'er hurried in and said, "Miss, there are guests at the house."

Chu Liangrao saw that it was exactly as he had expected, the palace had just caught fire the night before, and someone came to the door today, obviously it was well prepared.I just don't know if this visitor will bring good news or bad news.

For a while, Chu Liangrao couldn't sit still, walking back and forth in the room.In the end, she asked Mother Du to inquire about the news by asking her grandmother to please her. Chu Liangrao practiced etiquette patiently, but her heart was not at ease.Grandma Sun didn't have a good rest last night, so it's inevitable that she's not in good spirits today. Seeing Chu Liangrao's lack of concentration, she thoughtfully said that she would stop here today.

Mother Du went away for an hour before coming back. When she came back, she had an unconcealable joy on her face: "Princess, you can go back to Beijing. The Holy One has sent someone to pick us up."

Hearing this, Chu Liangrao was stunned. She had thought of many possibilities, but she never expected this kind of result.

Avoiding disaster is certainly a good thing, but after they leave, what should the people of Pingyuan County and Laizhou do?
Mother Du was excited for a while, then calmed down and said, "I heard from Mr. Jiang that the Holy Majesty has sent the Fifth Prince and the Imperial Envoy, and they should arrive in a few days."

The five princes, Chu Liangrao, are very impressive. There is no one else, because the prince who was punched and bled by the former master is the unlucky Mu Mengchen. The relationship between the two is just one point. The opponent's enemy's enemy.The emperor sent this master, obviously with ill intentions.

Chu Liangrao thought that he did not have the ruthlessness of the previous master, if he really met the Fifth Prince, he would be the one who would suffer.But Chu Liangrao is not so brainy, 36 tricks are the most important thing, can't afford to provoke her, can't he hide?
It can be seen that the Holy Majesty sent a prince to show that he took the drought seriously, and it can be regarded as making up for the mistakes that he had neglected before. It is up to the people to appreciate it.Chu Liangrao couldn't tell how she felt at the moment, should she be lucky that she can still serve a table of delicate delicacies when others are hungry?It's too heartless.

But no matter what she thinks, leaving is inevitable, disobeying the emperor's orders will cost as many heads as possible, not to mention that the Holy Majesty is already afraid of Chu Chaoyang, obedience is the best way to protect himself.

After a while, Chu Chaoyang and the pale-faced Gu came to tell Chu Liangrao the news. Chu Liangrao didn't show any joy when he heard it, and only asked, "Then what about the grounding?"

Chu Chaoyang couldn't help laughing, patted Chu Liangrao's head and said, "If you think the grounding feels good, you can continue after we return to Beijing."

"Huh?" Chu Liangrao didn't know that he could still come like this, so he took Chu Chaoyang's hand and said, "Confinement is not fun at all, Dad, my daughter has behaved very well, do you think I should reduce my sentence according to the situation? ?”

It was rare for Chu Liangrao to act like a baby with such a delicate and innocent appearance. Chu Chaoyang agreed with a soft heart, but he still said stiffly: "Forget it this time, if there is a next time..."

"No, definitely not." Chu Liangrao hurriedly assured, "Mother can testify to me, my daughter is now well-behaved."

It was rare for Gu Shi, who wanted to lower his sense of presence, to be called out by name, and he squeezed out a smile and said, "Yeah, Ah Rao has been really good lately."

Chu Liangrao put on an expression of "You see, I'm not wrong", which made Chu Chaoyang laugh heartily, and the laughter fell into Gu's ears unspeakably piercingly.The east courtyard burnt more than her private property, how could Chu Chaoyang laugh so heartlessly, he is really not in charge of the family and doesn't know the difficulties of being in charge, now he can only hope that the batch of grain can be sold for a good price.

　Thank you for my obsession with the big red envelope~
　　It's full of New Year's flavor^_^
　　
　
(End of this chapter)