bestfiction Chapter 180 Whoever cares first loses
Chapter 180 Whoever cares first loses
Chapter 180 Whoever cares first loses
Do you understand? Ye Feizhou didn’t understand before, but now he seems to understand a little.
He had tried many ways to please his parents and get enough attention at home.
He went to the rivers and lakes to learn martial arts, helped with housework, and even when Ye Hongzhuang received a letter asking him to rob and kill Xiao Si, he did it without thinking twice.
But what did he get in the end? When he was imprisoned in Qihua Pavilion, his parents' worst plan was to throw him out to take the blame, thinking that he would bear all the consequences by himself in exchange for the safety of others.
So what was he in that family? Why did his parents give birth to him?
"This prince knows that there are many things you can't figure out, but in fact, they are not that important. You just keep getting stuck in them and refuse to come out." Quan Qingyun stretched out his hand and gently covered his head. "Feizhou, your family is not unique in Lin'an City. Many official residences are like this, and there are many people like you. For example, we are the princes left by the previous emperor. We have so many brothers, but only one can become emperor in the end. Is that fair to others?"
Ye Feizhou's eyes were red, and he refuted him in a hoarse voice: "But you also have your own mansions, titles and kingships, unlike me."
"Why aren't we like you?" Quan Qingyun sighed heavily. "In fact, we are the same as you, but you take that family too seriously, while we don't. We don't regard it as a home, but as a country. Without so many expectations for family affection, there won't be so many disappointments in family affection. The reason why people lose is because they care. Whoever cares first has already lost."
Ye Feizhou stopped talking and leaned back against the carriage to rest his eyes. But he didn't rest for long before Quan Qingyun asked him again, "Who is the young man in red standing next to Ye Wenyan?" Ye Feizhou's heart trembled, but his expression didn't change much. He just shook his head and said, "I don't know either. I just know that they should be old acquaintances, and that young man has been helping her. I think he is a doctor from a clinic in the outer city!"
Quan Qingyun sneered, "Ye Feizhou, since you were six years old, I have been able to tell which of your words are true and which are false."
Ye Feizhou continued to close his eyes and said nothing, refusing to reveal the identity of the young man in red.
Actually, there is nothing much to say. Ye Wenyan never introduced him to anything. Everything is just his guess. How can he explain it?
"Forget it." After a long while, Quan Qingyun was the first to give in. "You have always been like this, but I can't do anything to you. Okay, if you don't want to say it, I won't force you. When we get to the inner city, if you want to go back to the general's mansion, go back to the general's mansion. If you don't want to go back to the general's mansion, follow me back to the Renwang Palace. The mansion was renovated last year, and the house is still pretty solid."
He stood up and moved to Ye Feizhou's side. The road was uneven, and the carriage was moving with great difficulty. The carriage was shaking, and Ye Feizhou would bump into him from time to time. He simply pressed his head on his shoulder and said, "Go to sleep if you are tired. I will call you when we get to the inner city."
Rescue operations in the outer city are still ongoing. Because the outer city’s area is much larger than the inner city and its population is much larger, rescue operations are not easy.
The imperial court sent out the imperial guards in batches. The imperial guards were clearing the ruins in all directions, and were also looking for those who were still missing. Those who were responsible for transportation put the rescued people on carriages and rushed them to Ye Wenyan.
Another day and night passed like this, and it was already the early morning of the third day of the New Year.
When people get together they like to chat, firstly to relieve their pain, and secondly because they really have nothing else to do.
As the conversation progressed, they came to the topic of the New Year. Someone said, "I don't know what kind of year this will be. The dragon turned over on the first day of the New Year. It's too unlucky. If things go wrong, the whole year will be bad. People in the inner city are fine, but how are we in the outer city going to survive?" Others said, "If it really doesn't work, then we won't stay in Lin'an. We can go back to our hometown, or move to the countryside and grow some vegetables. It's better than having to buy everything in Lin'an."
But some people disagreed: "It's easy to say, we have lived in Lin'an for more than 30 years, can we just leave? If we have money, we can go back home in glory, but if we go back now, it's called fleeing, who will welcome us? Anyway, I can't go back to my hometown, my parents passed away a few years ago, and the house was given to my brother and sister-in-law. If I go back with my family, I have to live with my brother and sister-in-law, and have to see their faces, so it's better to stay in Lin'an. Besides, the court is not ignoring us now. Some people treat our illnesses, and some people give us tents to sleep in. It's just that there is less food, and the porridge is too thin, obviously there is not enough rice. It's okay for a few days, but it will be hard to live longer."
"Why is it so tragic this year? Is it related to the new emperor who ascended the throne? If the emperor is not well-off, the country will not be safe. Could this be a sign from God?"
Ye Chulian, who was walking over here, happened to hear this. She stopped and stared at the man, making the man in his thirties or forties feel embarrassed. Then she said, "The earth dragon turning over is a natural disaster. It has happened before. Could it be that every emperor who encountered the earth dragon turning over would be unlucky?"
The man said, "That's not what I meant. It's just that this date is not right, the first day of the Lunar New Year! Before we even had time to pay our respects to the deceased, the house collapsed and the deceased was buried. This is too much of a coincidence."
"Does it have to pick a day for the earth dragon to turn over? And does it have to avoid the auspicious days in the human world?" Ye Chulian frowned and asked the man, "If that's the case, then look at the almanac, there are many auspicious days. Also, look at those imperial guards who have been busy outside, they are all sent by the court to help the people outside the city, this is the emperor's intention. You are here to receive the emperor's kindness, but you think of the emperor's bad things, don't you feel guilty?"
The man was a little unhappy, "Why are you speaking for the emperor in every sentence? We are just chatting about this matter, and we didn't say that it was him who was unknown. Why are you so excited?"
Ye Chulian was puzzled. "Am I excited? I don't think I'm that excited. I'm just reasoning with you. You've always been more excited and relatively extreme. As for the matter of talking, when did the laws of Northern Qi become so open that people can openly discuss the monarch? If the late emperor was still alive, would you dare to discuss such a topic? Isn't it obvious that you are bullying the current emperor because he is young and has not yet taken power, so you dare to speak without restraint. But you have to remember that even if he doesn't take power, he is still the emperor of Northern Qi, still a member of the royal family, and still not someone who can be taken out and put on the street to discuss casually. Please be careful with your words and don't implicate others."
Ye Chulian left after he finished speaking. He had originally come here to clean his wound, but what he said made Ye Chulian so angry that he simply didn't treat his wound and turned to take care of other people.
The man felt that it was not worth it, and he smacked his lips hard, secretly blaming himself for being so talkative and why he had the courage to talk about the emperor.
Ye Chulian felt very unhappy. How could she describe that feeling? It was like a stranger scolding your good friend in front of you. If you didn't say something back, you would be sorry for your friend. What's more, your friend was not wrong.
She knew that she was not worthy of being the emperor's good friend, but since they had communicated on New Year's Eve, she should at least be worthy of being acquainted!
Moreover, she felt that he was a good emperor, who would be able to stabilize the government even without a regent in the future.
As for the earth dragon turning over, it really has nothing to do with the emperor. She must not let people have such thoughts, let alone let such thoughts spread.
So she said to the maid, "Pay attention. If you hear anything like what the man just said, you must refute it immediately. Tell him as I said. In short, you must never let people talk about the emperor's misfortune. Do you understand?"
Sui Xi nodded immediately and ran to tell Zhuier and Jiang Fenglian the same words.
Zhuier was furious at the time: "Who said that? Who was that guy just now? I'll hit him to death with a brick!"
Jiang Feng also felt that this person was a bit too ungrateful, but he wouldn't beat him to death. But he certainly didn't want to treat him.
Lian Shi looked in one direction, thinking that it was a good thing that Fourth Miss Ye didn't hear it, otherwise she would be angry. If Fourth Miss Ye got angry, Lord Emperor would have to coax her, and he might just send her to see the King of Hell with a spell, because his Lord Emperor had a really bad temper.
Several people discussed the matter urgently, and then began to pay attention to people's conversations. No one was talking about the emperor anymore, but some people still said that the earth dragon turning over was unlucky, saying that it was a bad omen, and they also wondered why such an unlucky thing happened and what went wrong.
Ye Chulian was very worried. She went to Ye Wenyan to talk about this. Ye Wenyan didn't care and just told Ye Chulian: "People are like this. Whenever something bad happens, they must find a reason to blame it. This way they can reduce the psychological burden and absolve themselves of responsibility. This is true for small things and big things. So it is normal to have such discussions at the moment, and it is normal to discuss the emperor. As for how to resolve this matter, we don't need to worry too much. If Quan Qingcheng can't even suppress this matter, then he can't sit on the throne safely."
"Fourth sister, are you really not in a hurry?" "No. Just think of it as a test for him, and he will encounter many more difficult tests in the future. We helped him once but we can't help him countless times. People always have to grow up."
At night again, snowflakes began to fall from the sky, and they became heavier and heavier.
The imperial guards set up tents wherever they could, but they still couldn't solve the problem of everyone being homeless.
During the day, Master Li Yuan went back to Yanhua Palace once, and when he came back, he was holding a food box in his hand again.
Ye Wenyan was thinking about something while eating. She said to Shi Liyuan, "This is the limit of treatment. No matter how hard we try, we only have so much energy. We can't expand the scope of treatment. But there are so many people waiting in line. They can't wait, and we can't afford to waste time. So I thought of a way, let me tell you..."