Cannon fodder for his brother

Chapter 504
What happened to Shang Yin made Zhao Qingqi lose the desire to go shopping.

But Ning Hong still pulled him out.

"This person has already come out, how can you waste time? However, you need to change clothes."

"Then where do you want to take me?"

Zhao Qingqi pulled the coarse sackcloth on his body, and he didn't know where this person got it. The fabric was very rough. Although the inner garment was still fine cotton, his neck was itchy from the wear.

He couldn't help but reach out and grab it, "This dress is too difficult to wear."

Ning Hong stretched out her hand to adjust his collar for him, her delicate and gentle look made Zhao Qingqi's breath suddenly suffocate.

"The clothes are made of coarse linen, which is almost what ordinary people wear."

"How do they wear such difficult cloth? Why not wear better cotton?"

As soon as Zhao Qingqi finished speaking, he saw Ning Hong's expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

"There is a Emperor Hui in the Jin Dynasty. During his reign, there was a severe drought and the people had no corn to satisfy their hunger. The officials reported this, but Emperor Hui asked him, why not eat minced meat?"

"Is this man an idiot? If you can't afford this rice, how can you afford meat?"

"Very well, how much smarter are you than this idiot?"

Ning Hong patted Zhao Qingqi's head. Only then did Zhao Qingqi realize that this story was clearly meant to mock him, "Nine thousand years old, I say——"

"Shh, don't call me Nine Thousand Years Outside, you can call me Big Brother, or just call me by my name."

"Ning Hongze?"

Zhao Qingqi blurted out.

When he yelled these three words, his chest suddenly felt tight, and an inexplicable joy and sadness swept over him, making him shake uncontrollably.

What does it feel like?
Why are you so uncomfortable?

Seeing that he was about to faint, Ning Hong stretched out her hand, put her arms around his waist, and pulled him into her arms.

"what happened to you?"

Almost fell?
"I don't know, I just feel sad and sad for no reason."

"Let's find a place to rest for a while." Maybe you have hypotension?

Ning Hong just walked with his arms around him, "We are outside the palace now, so I won't be polite to you."

"When have you ever been polite to me?"
Zhao Qingqi said angrily.

After about half a cup of tea, Zhao Qingqi slowed down, but he was not willing to push Ning Hongze away, but Ning Hong saw that his expression had returned to normal, so she let him go and let him walk by himself.

"Today, I just want to show you why people don't wear cotton cloth, but burlap."

"The emperor is actually very easy to be deceived by others. To put it bluntly, if I want to deceive your father about something outside the palace, it will be easy."

"That's because the emperor believes in you."

"The emperor's trust is actually a double-edged sword. Although your father trusts me, the premise is that what I do is in line with his mind. Once he finds anything wrong with me, the first person to kill me will be the one who kills me first." Your royal father."

Zhao Qingqi lowered his head and did not refute.

His father is indeed such a person.

"I, I won't become someone like him in the future."

Ning Hong smiled and said nothing, "Let's talk about it later."

Zhao Qingqi was young, and although he really wanted to argue with Ning Hong, he was soon attracted by the excitement on both sides of the street.

The sounds of yelling in the street, the sound of performing arts, and a few jugglers attracted all his thoughts, not to mention the clay figurine kite.

Ning Hong went to buy two candy figures and handed them to Zhao Qingqi.

"Here, try it."

The yellow sugar man is pleasing to the eye, it seems to be delicious.

"This is what you let me eat, it's not because I'm greedy,"

Zhao Qingqi took the sugar figurine with a haughty face, and bit into it in small bites. As soon as he took it, he was conquered by the sweet taste.

Eyebrows are bent.

However, this is not Ning Hongze's ultimate goal.

Ning Hong took him outside the city again.

As for the addition of a little tail named Jiang Yunhua behind him, he also ignored it.

"Where are you taking me?"

Seeing the hustle and bustle gradually go away, the scenery in front of him became more and more monotonous, and the houses on both sides of the street became more and more old, Zhao Qingqi couldn't help asking,
He didn't realize that Ning Hong wanted to hurt him.

After all, he had a high position and, to put it bluntly, even if he really pinched himself to death, his father wouldn't care too much. He still had three sons anyway.

"You want to take me to the country?"

His feet stepped on the muddy path, and the weeds on both sides scratched his legs and feet itchy.

Everywhere you look, you can see endless fields.

Just after the autumn harvest, the fields are bare, but there are several old farmers who are uprooting and loosening the soil.

Sweat trickled down their tanned faces, but their faces were beaming with joy.

Several children are still playing games on the ridge.

They were all dressed in sackcloth and straw shoes, but they—all seemed happy?
For a moment, Zhao Qingqi seemed to understand something?
"Master, how is the harvest this year?"

"Well, this year's harvest is better than previous years. The past few years have been smooth and the harvest has been good every year." The old farmer replied cheerfully.

Ning Hong took him to ask several old farmers, and everyone was smiling.

Ning Hong took him around the village again, and took him to a nearby farmhouse for a meal.

Zhao Qingqi couldn't eat the cornbread with wild vegetables.

"Don't waste food." Ning Hong ate the half of the corn bread he had left without changing his face.They were then asked about the food crops they grow and the prices of those crops.

Zhao Qingqi looked at Ning Hongze like this.

All the negativity about Ning Hongze in my heart was completely overturned.

How could such a person be a courtier at his door.

"If someone coerces you to sell food at a low price—"

"Oh, no, no, now that Jin Yiwei is here, which guy dares to commit crimes against the wind."

The smile on the old farmer's face deepened.

But it made Zhao Qingqi's mood even more complicated.

Look, the Jin Yiwei whom everyone hates in the mouth of the officials is so important in the minds of the common people.

It's the officials who have a guilty conscience.

Don't tell me what Zhao Qingqi thinks in his heart?Even Jiang Yunhua, who was hiding outside the door and eavesdropping, felt somewhat uncomfortable.For them, Jin Yiwei is the most vicious existence, but for the common people, Jin Yiwei is more trustworthy than local officials.

What qualifications do they have to say that they are courtiers?
"You see, their demands are just that low.'
Don't ask for big fish and meat, just ask for a full meal.

After bidding farewell to those old farmers, Ning Hong returned to the city with a thoughtful Zhao Qingqi.

"I will feed them all. I will also let them wear fine cotton clothes, and let them live a better life."

Zhao Qingqi clenched his fist and said.

"I am waiting."

(End of this chapter)