Fang Xuanling's Fear!
Five days later.
Chang 'an, the capital of the Tang Empire.
Fang Xuanling had just come out of the Imperial Palace and was riding a sedan back to his mansion.
At this moment, he looked very tired and looked a little old.
As he recalled the events that had happened over the past few days, Fang Xuanling, as the Prime Minister, truly felt exhausted from the bottom of his heart.
First, Li Ke escaped. Li Shiming released the imperial list to arrest Li Ke, but after so many days, he still couldn't catch a single hair on Li Ke's head.
Not to mention catching Li Ke, they didn't even have any news of where Li Ke was.
Moreover, Li Ke's whereabouts were too strange. One day he was in Lizhou, and a few days later, he was in Bianzhou. He still had the time to give porridge. F * ck, Li Ke's actions stunned Fang Xuanling.
He really didn't know what Li Ke was trying to do. Yizhou was obviously the best place for Li Ke, but Li Ke just didn't want to go there. This made Fang Xuanling feel like his intelligence was crushed. He really didn't know what to do with Li Ke.
Every day, he saw Li Shiming's angry and resentful expression. He didn't have the magnanimity that an Emperor should have. This made Fang Xuanling very worried. He was afraid that if he couldn't catch Li Ke, Li Shiming would be blinded by anger and do something terrible.
"Li Ke, Li Ke, as a prince of the Great Tang, shouldn't you die for the Great Tang? So can't you just die for the sake of the country? Why are you so selfish? For yourself, you don't even care about the country!”
Fang Xuanling sighed, his tone filled with resentment towards Li Ke.
Besides Li Ke, the disaster victims also gave Fang Xuanling a headache.
Millions of people were facing the situation of starvation, but the granary of the Ministry of Revenue was already empty. There was no way to provide relief to the victims, causing the people to starve and become homeless.
As a result, the commoners began to complain more and more about the imperial court. There were even some discordant voices that gradually appeared among the refugees.
Fang Xuanling was worried about the survival of the people, but he was also worried about the reputation of the imperial court. If the imperial court couldn't solve the problem of the refugees and millions of people starved to death, then the reputation of the imperial court and Li Shimin would suffer a huge blow.
"What an eventful time!"
Fang Xuanling massaged his aching forehead. Even though he was famous, he still felt powerless.
Clang.
Right at this moment, the palanquin he was sitting on suddenly shook, causing the report in his hand to fall off.
"What's going on?" Fang Xuanling frowned.”
Soon, a voice came, saying,"Sir, it's those refugees. They're all running out of the city in groups. I think they said someone was giving them porridge and steamed buns for free.”
"Someone is giving me porridge?"
Hearing this, Fang Xuanling lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw many people in ragged clothes running toward the city gate.
As they ran, they heard someone shout,""His Highness the King of Shu is giving out porridge and steamed buns outside the city. Everyone, hurry up.”
"The Sage King of Shu knows that everyone is living in misery and suffering, so he paid for everyone's porridge. Everyone, go quickly.”
"If it's too late, it'll be gone."
"Thank you, Your Highness the King of Shu. Your Highness the King of Shu is a good man.”
Such voices kept ringing out among the commoners.
Fang Xuanling's eyes went wide.
As if he couldn't believe his ears, he suddenly rushed out of the palanquin and grabbed a refugee. He asked loudly,"What did you say? Who's giving out porridge?"
The refugee seemed to be afraid that he would not get food if he went late. He said unhappily,"Who are you? Get out of the way, His Highness the King of Shu isn't a heartless guy like you. Get out of the way, or you'll be gone!”
"What is it? It was really the King of Shu, Li Ke. He... How dare he give out porridge outside Chang 'an City? Was he crazy?”
Fang Xuanling was dumbfounded.
Seeing that Fang Xuanling still didn't let go of him, the refugee anxiously pushed Fang Xuanling down and scolded,""Do you know that my mother is sick and my daughter has been hungry for two days? My whole family is relying on the King of Shu's steamed buns to save their lives. If I'm late and can't get food, my whole family will starve to death.”
After cursing, the refugee did not even look at Fang Xuanling, who had fallen to the ground, and hurriedly ran out of the city.
As for Fang Xuanling, it was as if he had lost his soul. His mind was completely blank.
Even the wily old man was completely dumbfounded. A moment later, Fang Xuanling's eyes widened.
It was as if a bolt of lightning had flashed across his mind. An extremely bad idea, an idea that made his heart turn cold, suddenly struck his heart.
He hurriedly got up, ignoring his dusty clothes and his messy hair that looked like a madman. He just followed the commoners and ran out of the city.
"If that's really the case, then it's bad. Li Ke…he, he wants to kill his heart!”
Fang Xuanling ran out of the city in fear.
Then, he saw that a shed had been built a mile outside the city. In the shed, some people were busy making porridge and steamed buns.
Outside the shed, there were tens of thousands of refugees lining up to receive porridge and steamed buns in an orderly manner.
When these refugees received the porridge and steamed buns, they would hear the alms giver say,"" His Highness the King of Shu couldn't bear to see everyone starve, so he bought food for everyone with his own money. Everyone must thank His Highness the King of Shu. In addition, His Highness the King of Shu also said that there is a bumper harvest in Yizhou and there is enough food. If you really have nowhere to go, you can go to Yizhou. His Highness the King of Shu will not let you starve to death even if he sells everything…"
"Thank you, Your Highness. Your Highness is really a great lord. The imperial court doesn't care about our lives at all. We will definitely go to Yizhou. I only hope that Your Highness will really not let us starve to death. As long as we can live, we will definitely repay Your Highness.”
Boom!
When Fang Xuanling sneaked closer to the shed and heard the words that kept ringing out, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and his ears buzzed.
He was stunned.
"This is really…troublesome…"
Fang Xuanling's mind was filled with this deafening voice."Kill the heart. Li Ke wants to kill the heart of the Great Tang, kill the heart of His Majesty…"
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