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In the following days, disaster relief in the capital city proceeded in an orderly manner.

The Ministry of Revenue has a house in the city, which used to be a warehouse. Now it is completely empty and used for disaster relief.

Several merchants in charge of disaster relief also moved all their supplies to their respective warehouses, and set up sheds outside. In addition to cotton clothes, charcoal, and medicinal materials, there was also a shed for the Ministry of Revenue to distribute porridge.

Every day, the victims came and took turns to receive charcoal, and then drank a bowl of cold-repelling medicine and a bowl of porridge.

Charcoal is collected daily so that the quantity distributed can be adjusted according to the weather.

Of course, not everyone can receive these. All disaster victims must be verified and approved by the Ministry of Revenue before they can take the receipt to receive their things.

These disaster victims were all poor people in the capital. They had no money to buy thick cotton clothes or charcoal. Even the doors and windows of their homes were broken.

If the weather in the capital was good in previous years, they would have suffered a little and endured a little pain. They could have gotten through it. But this year, the weather was terrible, and there was heavy snow that never stopped. Even if they tried their best to get through it, it was hard.

The court's disaster relief was equivalent to giving these people a way to survive.

The snow and wind have been very strong these days, but fortunately the disaster victims all live not far away. The Ministry of Revenue’s warehouse is located in the East Market, where the poorest people live, so it is very convenient to use it for disaster relief.

Su Shunci was the first one to start disaster relief, and cotton clothes were the first thing he needed to distribute.

Early that morning, Su Qingyu came with a few maids to help after breakfast.

The first person to receive a cotton-padded jacket was a woman in her fifties, thin and with a sallow complexion and many cuts on her hands from frostbite.

She looked at the cotton-padded jacket in Su Shunci's hand helplessly, muttering, "This is too good a piece of clothing. Why should I wear something so good?"

Then he asked Su Shunci, "Miss, do you have any unwanted cotton clothes? It's okay if they're a little torn, as long as they can withstand the wind. It would be a waste for me to wear such good clothes."

She spoke sincerely, and the way she looked at Su Shunci was like a devout believer looking at the gods, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in a temple.

Su Shunci's eyes were filled with tears. She had never felt that a cotton coat could be so heavy.

She stuffed the cotton coat in her hand into hers and said, "Auntie, take it back and wear it. This is for you, put it on now, don't catch a cold."

Su Shunci walked around to the front and helped her put on her cotton coat and buttoned it up.

"I really met a living Bodhisattva today. When have I ever worn such nice clothes?" The old woman left mutteringly. After taking a few steps, she turned back to look at Su Shunci, her gratitude beyond words.

Su Qingyu felt very uncomfortable when she saw this scene. There is no fairness in this world. These people were born in poverty and can only be trapped in poverty for their entire lives, without even a chance to turn things around.

On the other hand, the wealthy families in Beijing enjoy endless wealth and splendor from generation to generation. Yet some people are still unsatisfied and want more. They regard the poor as a plague and human life as worthless.

She has no power to change everyone, so she can only do her best to give ordinary people a little help.

Cotton-padded clothes were distributed the fastest. Within two or three days, all the victims in the capital who needed cotton-padded clothes had received them.

Su Shunci and Su Qingyu, who were supposed to remove the shed and leave, did not leave. Instead, they had several carts of flour brought over, and brought their maids and servants to steam several large pots of steamed buns every day.

Steamed buns are made by mixing white flour and corn flour together and steaming them so that more people can eat them.

Therefore, after receiving the porridge every day, the victims could also get a steamed bun.

When everyone saw that they could still get a steamed bun, they all laughed in the cold wind. Some people took the steamed bun from Su Qingyu and said a few simple words of gratitude or called her a living Buddha.

At this time, it seemed that everyone had only one belief left, which was to keep these people alive.

Just across the wall from Su Shunci's side is where Su's medicinal materials store provides disaster relief.

The daily scene is completely different from here.

The person in charge of serving medicine to the victims was Su Yuanqing, the eldest son of the second branch of the Su family.

As for why Su Yuanqing is the one in the Su family, there is a reason for that.

A few days ago, Su Xiangling had sent a message home, saying that the Crown Prince might go to the disaster relief office for inspection. If Su Yuanqing could win the favor of the Crown Prince, his future would be promising.

Su Yuanqing didn't want to come at first. Disaster relief was not as interesting as drinking and having fun.

But he could not resist the pressure from He and Su Chengyan, so he had to come reluctantly.

Su Yuanqing and his servants were responsible for applying the medicine every day. He was unwilling to do so and naturally did not look happy. Seeing him do this, the servants followed suit.

So Su Shunci and Su Qingyu could hear Su Yuanqing's angry curses every day.

Either they scold the victims for being slow, or they scold others for coming so quickly.

Su Shunci even discovered that the Su family was very perfunctory when boiling the medicine for disaster relief. The medicine should have taken an hour to boil, but the servants wanted to cook it in just a quarter of an hour.

There were two times when Su Shunci even wanted to overturn the Su family's medicine stall, but she refrained from doing so because she did not want to cause trouble during the disaster relief effort.

Of course, Su Yuanqing was not a brainless person. Although he had a bad attitude towards the disaster victims and insulted them, he would immediately become their grandson as long as the officials came.

Su Shunci was shocked by the speed at which his expression changed.

It was already mid-December and the people had been providing disaster relief here for more than ten days.

Su Yuanqing would ask every day when the prince would come. But no matter how long he waited, his Royal Highness the Prince never showed up.

He finally lost his patience, and that day he asked his servant to watch over the place while he quietly went to Ruanxianglou with a few young masters he was familiar with.

As soon as he left, the prince's carriage stopped at the gate of the disaster relief site.

The prince was wearing a dark black fox fur cloak with a circle of shiny white fox fur around the collar.

The person following the prince was none other than Su Xiangling, the Consort of the Eastern Palace.

Su Xiangling insisted on going out of the palace with the prince today, under the pretext of visiting her brother. In fact, she wanted to highlight her special status in the prince's eyes.

The prince was still not over her newness these days, so he agreed.

Su Xiangling wore a light pink cape woven with gold thread and her hair was covered with pearls and jade.

More charming and noble than the one in Su's house.

Su Qingyu and others paid their respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Su Liangdi.

Su Xiangling followed the prince and naturally accepted the greetings from everyone.

She raised her chin slightly, looked down at the people kneeling on the ground, and the corners of her lips raised in an obvious arc.

She had been waiting for this day for a long time.

Her eyes fell on Su Qingyu, who was dressed simply, and Su Xiangling felt a bit of disdain in her heart.

So what if she married a minister of the current government? Even the chief minister of the cabinet was still a minister, how could he be compared with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

When she ascends the throne, these people will still have to kneel.

Shen Zhixiu, who was in charge of disaster relief, was not there, so the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Feng Jingtong had no choice but to bite the bullet and accompany the Crown Prince around to look around, and then secretly sent someone to invite Lord Shen.

When they arrived at the disaster relief area of ​​the Su Family Pharmacy, Su Xiangling whispered to the prince.

"Your Highness, my brother has been busy with disaster relief these days. I heard that he lives here at night and it's very hard for him."

The prince said casually: "Since he is Su Liangdi's brother, then ask him to come out and talk to me."

Su Xiangling frowned and looked at the Su family servant who was kneeling beside her. "Why don't you let the second young master come out? How can you be so tactless?"