Episode 29: The prince and Xiao Changqing were kidnapped

When we drove to a city halfway through, we saw deathly silence.The people in the streets were sallow and thin, and their eyes were empty as if they had been robbed by the plague. Tens of thousands of refugees were rushing here. They lacked food and clothing, and the cold disease was spreading. Those who had no money to seek medical treatment could only huddle in ruined temples and wait quietly for their lives to burn out.Shen Xihe immediately ordered porridge on the spot, and took the accompanying medical officers to diagnose the pulses of the patients one by one. Overnight, he set up epidemic prevention regulations of isolation, decoction, and ventilation, and suppressed the spread of the epidemic bit by bit.

Xiao Changqing was busy setting up a tent and distributing medicinal materials, but his eyes always fell on Shen Xihe unconsciously. The night wind blew the chill over him. He grabbed the prepared cloak and was about to step forward when he saw Shen Xihe put his warm velvet cloak on the little maid next to him who was shivering from the cold. He paused with his fingertips and could only secretly hide the cloak behind him and retracted his hand in regret.After nightfall, the hotel was warm and cozy. Xiao Huayong personally brought warm water to soak Shen tide and her feet. He gently rubbed her sore ankles with his fingertips, and the care in his brows and eyes almost overflowed.At present, the Daozhou grain truck was blocked by the fast river, and supplies were in urgent need on both sides of the river. Xiao Huayong suddenly remembered the rope transportation method he had seen in the early years among the people, and then ordered people to pull up thick cables on both sides of the river and slide the grain bags along the rope to the other side. In just three days, the food shortage problem in the neighboring counties was relieved.

Along the way, the prefectures and counties they passed through were all rectified by Xiao Huayong himself. The refugees were resettled, the epidemic was calmed down, and the reputation of benevolent government spread back to the capital early.The emperor on the dragon throne, Long Yan, was delighted and issued a decree to reward the crown prince and crown princess. However, the queen mother followed closely behind her, urging the two of them to give birth to an heir as soon as possible and spread the branches of the royal family.That night, the silver bell in the palace swayed softly and made a tinny sound. The barrier between the two people was finally eliminated, and the two people had completely consummated their marriage.

The morning light fell through the window lattice the next day. Xiao Hua lay on the couch and refused to get up. He held Shen Xihe's hand coquettishly and asked her to help him change his clothes. The emotion in his eyes was so direct and passionate that he wanted to be close to her for a few more moments. He was not annoyed when Shen Xihe interrupted him with a blushing face. Instead, he took the powder from the makeup box and patiently traced her eyebrows.This time Xiao Changqing made great achievements in the northwest, and Concubine Rong, who had been banned for many years, was also pardoned.Shen Xihe brought a group of stable maids to the Yonghe Palace to congratulate her, leaving people with Concubine Rong to wait for orders to help her regain a foothold in the palace.

Princess Anling's wedding ceremony was imminent. Shen Xihe's eyes were darkened after working hard for days. Xiao Huayong sat behind her and gently pressed her temples with his fingertips, sorting out the complicated etiquette one by one.A few days later, the autumn hunting began. The emperor led the princes to hunt. Xiao Huayong and Xiao Changqing rode horses side by side in the depths of the hunting ground. The two unknowingly began to compete in archery. They had never competed with each other without any grudges in many years.Suddenly a figure in black suddenly appeared from the darkness, and the poisoned blade was directed towards Xiao Changqing's back. Xiao Huayong quickly drove his horse away with quick eyes and hands, but he was surrounded by a group of assassins who came after him. The two fought side by side, and were finally outnumbered and kidnapped into a hidden cave in the mountains.

The stone door of the cave was as thick as a chasm. The two tried several times but couldn't find a way out, but the other party didn't kill them for a long time. Apparently, they had other plans.Xiao Huayong covered the wound on his arm and looked at Xiao Changqing half-cheekingly, relying on his identity as a younger brother, asking him to bandage it for him.Xiao Changqing knew that he was deliberately showing weakness, but his subordinates still subconsciously moved lightly and carefully wrapped the bandage for him. This encounter in prison had actually erased most of the estrangement between the two of them for many years. Seeing Xiao Huayong's face turning pale after being injured and trembling slightly from coughing, Xiao Changqing could hardly hide the worry in his eyes, and even he didn't notice it. The look he looked at his younger brother had long lost the alienation and calculation in the past.