Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1187 Prestige
On the third day after taking Luoyang City, Shan Tong'er entered Luoyang City with the food brought back to Luocang.

The whole Luoyang was boiling.

When Shang Ruyi walked out of the government gate, several figures flashed before his eyes. Then, a large number of people came out of the closed doors and the streets and alleys, running forward in ecstasy, asking as they ran: "Where? Where can I get the food?"

Looking at their confused appearance, Shang Ruyi couldn't help laughing.

Soon, the news of grain distribution spread throughout Luoyang. The government set up grain sheds in Beishi, Nanshi and Tianjie. Each household received rations according to the number of people, and each person could get one dou of rice.

Upon hearing this, Shang Ruyi immediately wanted to take Woxue over there.

Wo Xue was a little worried and advised her, "Princess, those people have been hungry for a long time. I heard that food has been distributed and now they are all crowded in those places. I heard that His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin has mobilized a lot of people from outside the city because he is worried that there will be trouble. You'd better not go."

Shang Ruyi smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, I'm just going to take a look."

Seeing her say that, Wo Xue had no choice but to protect her as she walked out. When they walked out of Demaofang where they were, there was no one in the streets. But when they turned a few corners and entered Taipei City, they could hear the noise from afar, as if it was about to overturn the ceiling. When they got closer, they saw that there were indeed huge crowds of people over there, filling the wide streets of Taipei City.

Wo Xue originally wanted to persuade her, but when she looked up, she saw Shang Ruyi just walking forward. She had no choice but to take two steps forward and put her hands around Shang Ruyi to prevent others from touching her. After stumbling all the way, she finally arrived in front of the shed where food was distributed.

A tall shed was built here early in the morning, with three horse-drawn carriages parked behind it. The grain bags piled on the carriages were like three small hills. Shan Tong'er and several soldiers were sweating profusely. It was clearly autumn, but everyone was only wearing a single jacket. They kept shouting "Don't push, don't push", while struggling to use wooden shovels to fill grain into sacks for the people in the queue.

Even if several people went into battle at the same time, the supply could not keep up with the demand.

The common people here all looked pale, and their bodies were swollen due to eating loose soil for too long. Their steps were unsteady, and they looked like they would faint at any time. But everyone was holding on with their last breath, staring at the snow-white rice grains with their red eyes, as if they wanted to reach out their hands through their eyes to take the rice bags.

I saw another round of pushing and shoving from behind, and the table in front of the awning was almost overturned.

Shan Tonger was so anxious that he jumped onto the table and shouted, "Don't panic, everyone has a share!"

However, even if the people in front could hear his voice, the people behind had already been drowned out by the noisy shouting. Not only could they not hear anything, but seeing the people in front who had received the food walking back happily, these people became even more anxious and kept pushing forward, and it seemed that these people were about to push the shed down.

If the shed is really overturned, these people will definitely rush forward to grab food, and then there will be real chaos.

Just when Shan Tong'er was about to cry with anxiety, Shang Ruyi saw a few young men in the crowd, who were secretly poking the waist of the people in front of them with their hands, and kept pushing and shouting "the food is about to be distributed". How could the people around not be anxious when they heard this, and they all stretched their necks to squeeze forward.

The crowd was getting a little out of control.

Shang Ruyi whispered to Wo Xue, "Go and stop those people. Don't let them cause trouble."

Wo Xue asked, "Catch them?"

Shang Ruyi thought about it and shook his head, saying, "No, arresting people at this time will easily cause the people to misunderstand and think that the government is arresting people indiscriminately. Besides, there are so many people now, and if there is a commotion, it will easily cause a big incident."

"That--"

Shang Ruyi thought about it, leaned over to Woxue and whispered something in her ear. She immediately understood and turned around and disappeared into the crowd.

Woxue was petite but very strong. These people were so hungry that they had little strength left. Soon she pushed them aside and walked behind the young men. Seeing that they were still laughing and pushing forward, Woxue raised her foot and kicked one of them in the popliteal fossa.

"Ouch!"

The man let out a low cry, staggered and fell forward, half-kneeling on the ground.

Without waiting for him to start cursing, Wo Xue kicked the other two young men in the popliteal fossa twice. She was agile and strong, and caught them off guard and kicked them half-kneeling. These people were about to stand up while cursing, but they felt a crowd behind them. It was because the people behind them didn't know what was happening in front of them and kept moving forward.

The young men also panicked and shouted, "Don't push! Don't push!"

He had just been making trouble in the crowd, and now he panicked when the trouble happened to him. The people around him were at a loss and wanted to stop, but the people behind him were still moving forward, pushing and shoving, and were about to step on them.

At this moment, a cry was heard from the front.

"mother!"

The crying was so miserable that everyone around them subconsciously stopped. This gave them a glimmer of hope. The young men crawled to their feet from the ground, each of them sweating profusely with fear and dared not move anymore.

Seeing that they were still frightened, Wo Xue sneered.

At the same time, she also noticed something strange in front of her. She looked up and saw the bright figure in the crowd quickly pushing through the crowd and heading towards the place where the crying sound came from. An old woman was lying on the ground in front of the shed, and a girl in a cloth skirt and a thorny hairpin was hugging her and crying. It turned out that the old woman had just been waiting in line for a long time. When she saw the people in front of her getting rice, she was already a little out of breath. When it was her turn, she saw the snow-white rice grains pouring into her rice bag like rain, and smelled the rice fragrance that she hadn't smelled for a long time. Her eyes were wide open, and she suddenly stretched out her hand, grabbed a handful of raw rice and stuffed it into her mouth!
After just a few chews, she rolled her eyes, fell on her back and passed out.

"Mother! Mother——"

Her daughter knelt in front of her, crying, "Mom, what's wrong with you? Wake up!"

Shan Tong'er was also frightened when he saw this scene. He quickly jumped down from the table, reached out to support the old woman and felt her breath. His eyes immediately turned red: "She has already--"

Upon hearing that, the girl threw herself on the old woman and burst into tears. Those around her felt pity for her and shook their heads and sighed. The people behind them didn't know what was going on. They only heard people crying and sighing, and thought that the food had been distributed. They were anxious to squeeze forward, and they saw those people about to rush up and step on the mother and daughter.

At the critical moment, a voice shouted: "Don't worry, good boy, stop the people behind!"

Shan Tong'er turned around and saw Shang Ruyi walking towards him quickly.

As soon as he saw her, Shan Tong'er's heart seemed to be propped up by a pillar. He was about to call her, but Shang Ruyi could no longer care about anything else. He walked to the old woman and squatted down. The people around him kept crowding forward and were about to step on her. Shan Tong'er immediately climbed onto the table and shouted to the people in front of him: "Don't worry, someone has fainted here! There is plenty of food!"

He shouted the last sentence the loudest, which stabilized the people in front. Then he waved to the guards on both sides, and these people hurried back, shouting all the way. Together with Wo Xue in the crowd, she kept stopping the people behind her and shouted to the back: "Someone has fainted, don't worry. There is plenty of food!"

A crowd of people shouted and tried to stop them, and finally managed to stabilize the situation temporarily.

At the same time, Shang Ruyi helped the old woman up, only to see that her teeth were clenched, her face was pale, she had stopped breathing, and it was obvious that she was dead.

Her daughter cried so hard that she almost fainted. Shang Ruyi looked at her for a while and said to the girl, "Don't worry, it's okay."

After saying this, she looked around but couldn't find anything that would help her, so she simply pulled out a hairpin from her head, reached into the old woman's mouth and pried open her teeth. While taking out the rice she had stuffed into her mouth, she said to the girl, "Hurry up and pat your mother on the back!"

The girl's face was covered with tears, and she was still a little dazed: "Ah?"

Shang Ruyi said: "Hurry up and pat her on the back, I'm saving her life!"

Hearing her say this, the girl came to her senses and hurriedly reached out to slap her mother's back hard. Only "dong dong" sounds were heard. The old woman was so hungry that her bones were visible on her back, and the slapping sounds sounded particularly hollow.

I just listened to it again and again, and finally, at the seventh time, the old woman suddenly opened her mouth, and with a "wow" sound, she spit out all the rice grains that had swallowed into her throat.

But he sprayed Shang Ruyi all over.

Then, she started coughing violently, and couldn't even stand up straight. The girl's eyes suddenly lit up, and she hugged her in surprise and joy: "Mom! Mom, you're okay!"

The old woman was still a little dazed. She stared at Shang Ruyi for a long time, then turned to look at her: "Ni'er, what's wrong?"

Shang Ruyi patted his clothes with his hands, then said, "You were too hungry just now, and you choked when you ate raw rice directly. This won't work. You have been hungry for too long. Even if you take this rice back, it's best to make soup, otherwise you will get sick easily."

After that, she stood up and said loudly to the people behind her: "Listen, take this rice back, add a handful of rice and a bowl of water, boil it into rice oil before eating, so as not to hurt your stomach, otherwise you will be like her."

The people around had already been shocked by this scene. They were shocked, frightened and respectful. They just nodded at her woodenly.

Some people also whispered, "Who is she?"

As she was talking, someone pushed forward from behind, and several common people almost squeezed in front of Shang Ruyi. Shan Tong'er was frightened and jumped down from the table to block her: "Princess, be careful!"

Everyone was startled when they heard the loud shout.

"princess?"

"It's the princess! Princess Qin!"

"Meet the princess!"

Everyone was in awe and grateful, and they all knelt down before her. For a moment, people on the long street knelt down one after another amid the shouts of "Princess Qin", and kowtowed to the dignified and bright lady in front of them, who was like a living Bodhisattva, and said: "Greetings to the Princess Qin..."

"Greetings to the Princess of Qin!"

"Long live the princess!"

The sound shook the sky.