My bad father married a princess, my mother divorced me, and I became the group's favorite

Chapter 198 Refugees Appear

"How much money do you need to earn to be enough? Be careful not to overwork Chunxi."

Liu Yunniang said jokingly with a smile.

Ye Xiaoxiao chuckled, but there was a hint of barely perceptible sadness in her eyes.

I don’t know if it’s because I told General Xiao about the warning in my dream, but Ye Xiaoxiao felt that she hadn’t dreamed about the miserable conditions of the people in the northwest for a long time.

Maybe, in this life, everything will get better.

However, Xiao Chen's figure still appeared in his dreams from time to time. Sometimes he was sitting alone on the city wall gazing into the distance, and sometimes he was kneeling in front of a grave. His small figure looked particularly lonely and desolate.

Every time Ye Xiaoxiao woke up from such a dream, she would feel an indescribable bitterness in her heart.

Liu Yunniang looked at Ye Xiaoxiao who was suddenly in a daze and asked,

"Xiaoxiao, what's wrong with you? Are you worried about something?"

Ye Xiaoxiao came back to her senses and forced a smile.

"Mom, it's okay, I just suddenly thought of something."

Liu Yunniang looked at her with some concern.

"Xiaoxiao, if you have any problem, you must tell mother."

"Yes, mother, I understand. What could possibly happen to me? I'm just bored lately. By the way, mother, didn't you say before that Mother Xu and Liu Qing would be coming to the capital soon? Why haven't they arrived yet?"

Ye Xiaoxiao didn't want her mother to worry, so she changed the subject.

Liu Yunniang frowned slightly.

"It should be here soon, but I don't know if something happened on the way and they were delayed. Mrs. Xu is old, and the road is so bumpy, I'm really worried."

Ye Xiaoxiao also became a little worried.

"Liu Qing has always been cautious in his work, so there shouldn't be any problems, right?"

"I hope so. Mother Xu has been in our Liu family for many years and has worked hard. I don't want anything to happen to her."

There was a hint of concern in Liu Yunniang's eyes.

Ye Xiaoxiao had only mentioned it casually, but she could see that her mother was worried and she felt a little uneasy. Could something really have happened?

"Mother, why don't we send someone to guard the dock? Mother Xu is old, and if she arrives, we can be the first to know the news."

Liu Yunniang nodded, remembering to have someone guard the dock every day.

"Mother, why don't you arrange some people to go through the pipeline to meet us? I don't know why, but I feel a little uneasy."

Ye Xiaoxiao's feeling has always been very accurate. Liu Yunniang did not dare to be careless and quickly ordered people to go out of the city to meet her.

At this time, a horse-drawn carriage was moving slowly on the official road leading to the capital.

Mother Xu in the carriage coughed from time to time, and the maid Cui Xi hurriedly stroked her back to help her calm down. Liu Qing drove the carriage and looked back from time to time.

"Mother Xu, how are you feeling? Are you too tired from the journey?"

Cui Xi handed over a glass of water. Mother Xu took the water, drank a sip, and said slowly,

"Liu Qing, I'm fine, but my old bones can't stand the torture anymore. How long will it take us to get to the capital?"

Liu Qing lifted the car curtain and looked outside.

"It's almost there, Mother Xu. At this rate, we should be there tomorrow."

Mother Xu nodded.

"That's good. I haven't seen Madam and Miss for a long time. I missed them. It's also my fault. If I hadn't been sick, you would have been forced to dock in the North City to find a doctor and recuperate in the city for several days. Maybe we would have arrived here by now."

Liu Qing quickly consoled him,

"Mother Xu, don't worry too much. It's okay. We are very close to the capital. Even if we take a carriage, it won't take long. Just take good care of yourself."

The carriage continued to move forward, however, the weather was not good and suddenly changed.

Dark clouds gathered quickly, and then raindrops as big as beans fell, hitting the hood of the car with crackling sounds.

Seeing this, Liu Qing swung the whip in his hand vigorously. Fortunately, a dilapidated temple appeared not far away.

The temple was a bit shabby, but fortunately it could shelter from the rain. Liu Qing found a relatively dry place and asked Mother Xu to sit down.

"Mother Xu, Cui Xi, you two rest here first. I'll go see if I can find some dry firewood to start a fire."

Liu Qing said.

Mother Xu nodded and said, "Be careful."

Liu Qing searched around the temple and finally found some dry firewood, then returned to the temple and started a fire.

The flames gradually rose, bringing a touch of warmth to the cold and dilapidated temple.

"Liu Qing, how are Madam and Miss doing in the capital? There are many nobles in the capital, I am really worried!"

Mother Xu looked at the flames and asked.

Liu Qing added firewood to the fire and said,

"Mother Xu, don't worry. Madam is so capable and Miss is so clever, they must be living well in the capital. Besides, Madam is also a royal concubine now, and no one in an ordinary family dares to bully Madam."

Just then, there was a noise of a crowd outside the temple.

Liu Qing stood up vigilantly and walked to the temple gate to look around.

I saw a group of people in tattered clothes rushing towards the dilapidated temple.

They were ragged, looked haggard, and their eyes revealed fatigue and despair.

There were old people, women, and many children in the crowd. The old people were walking with difficulty, leaning on crutches; the women were holding babies crying for food, with sad faces; the children were clinging to the clothes of adults, looking around timidly.

Because they were drenched by the heavy rain, the group of people looked extremely miserable.

When they saw the ruined temple, they felt like they had seen a life-saving straw and quickened their pace.

Liu Qing felt nervous when he saw this, as he knew very well that these refugees might do anything to survive.

They still had a lot of stuff in the car this time, so he quickly turned around and called out to Mother Xu and Cui Xi,

"Mother Xu, Cui Xi, quickly pack up your things, we need to leave immediately."

Mother Xu and Cui Xi didn't know why, but they didn't dare to delay, so they hurriedly packed their luggage and quickly got on the carriage.

Liu Qing looked at the people who were getting closer and closer to them, and hurriedly got on the carriage and started on his journey in the rain. No matter what, he had to leave as soon as possible.

It was obvious that these people were refugees from somewhere else. Since ancient times, natural disasters and plagues have been the most terrifying things, and he dared not take any risk.

The moment their carriage started, Liu Qing clearly saw those people pushing and shoving their way into the temple.

Soon, the dilapidated temple was crowded with people.

People were standing or sitting, their wet clothes emitting a foul smell.

The crying of children and the coughing and sighing of adults mixed together, making the already dilapidated temple look even more chaotic.

Those people obviously noticed Liu Qing and the others. Some of them chased after them greedily, but they could not keep up with the speed of the carriage. After a while, they were left far behind.

Liu Qing breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there was no one chasing him anymore. That was a close call!