Aunt Jiang and her group were getting closer and closer.
They happened to be in the line closest to the Goddess, and when they walked to the front to receive the nectar, the Goddess was diagonally to their side.
Aunt Jiang looked up and murmured: "It feels so familiar. I must have seen it somewhere..."
Xie Xian stood on tiptoe and took the bowl of nectar without drinking it. She asked sweetly, "Can I take the nectar back?"
"No." The guard who distributed the nectar said seriously, "You must drink it on the spot to get the Goddess's prayers and cure diseases and disasters."
There was actually only half a bowl of nectar. Xie Xian drank it into her mouth, then walked to the edge and spit it on her handkerchief. Her mother had just said that it was best not to drink this nectar.
After she spit it out, she suddenly smelled a familiar fragrance.
She turned her head and smelled the fragrance, and found that it was the fragrance emanating from the goddess of heaven.
She was led to the side by Aunt Jiang, and she couldn't help but said: "Mom, I seem to have smelled the smell of the Heavenly Lady when I was a child..."
Aunt Jiang pointed her finger.
She hurriedly asked: "When you were a child? How young? Where did you smell it?"
Xie Xian tilted her head and thought for a while: "It seems to be the Xie family..."
She had been away from Xie's family for too long, and she couldn't remember many things clearly, but that fragrance brought back some memories of her stay at Xie's family...
"Xie Jia!" Aunt Jiang's eyes suddenly widened, "Is it her?"
Xu Ti's face was full of disbelief: "Mother knows the Heavenly Lady, is it from the Xie family?"
At this moment, there were people queuing up to receive the nectar. Aunt Jiang did not dare to say anything and hurriedly led the two children away. When they were far away, she looked back, her eyes still filled with disbelief.
When she reached a place where no one was around, she said, "It's Aunt Tao."
Xie Xian didn't even remember who Aunt Tao was, let alone Xu Ti. She didn't even know that such a person existed.
"She was a romantic woman given to Xie Jingyu by an adult. The lady saw her pity and raised her as an aunt. Later, she gave birth to Xie Shikang for Xie Jingyu." Aunt Jiang said slowly, "Later, something happened to the Xie family, and the family After being defeated, Xie Jingyu owed the court hundreds of thousands of taels of silver after his death, and his son had to repay it. Half of the debt was borne by Xie Shikang... Alas, Xie Shikang was weak since he was born, and he still owed so much to the court. Silver, Aunt Tao couldn't bear such a heavy burden, so she left the child and ran away... The Xie family also arranged for someone to look for it, but they couldn't find it. Unexpectedly..."
Aunt Jiang looked in the direction where the nectar was being distributed, "I never expected that she would become the Empress of Heaven... How could a woman who abandoned her own child become a goddess of mercy for the people? It's ridiculous to have a brief head!"
"This is all false!" Xie Xian said, "You must tell the Queen Mother about this!"
Aunt Jiang looked away: "The Queen Mother is so smart, so of course she already knew it."
"Not necessarily." Xu Ti said slowly, "The Queen Mother probably just knew that there was a problem with the Heavenly Lady and Manna, but she didn't know what the specific problem was. This news must be informed to the Queen Mother as soon as possible."
A group of three people quickly walked to the gate of the capital, but the gate was closed tightly and no one was allowed to enter or exit.
Aunt Jiang wanted the guard guarding the door to pass a message, but the guard sent her away without even looking at her.
It was around evening that the queue to receive the nectar finally disappeared.
When the Heavenly Lady who was standing on the high platform stepped down, her legs were stiff and she almost fell to the ground. The maids on both sides quickly supported her and helped her into the innermost tent.
As soon as she entered, the Heavenly Lady took off the gauze covering her face. Her face was full of exhaustion and her eyes were full of numbness.
If the Xie family were here, they would definitely recognize this person as the original Aunt Tao.
Her original name was Tao Guizhi. She was a performer in the Fengyue Market instead of selling her body. She was bought by a high-ranking official and given to Xie Jingyu. From then on, she became Aunt Tao of the Xie Mansion.
She thought that the Xie family would be her destination for the rest of her life, but the Xie family collapsed like that... Her son, who was born with deficiencies, was burdened with a huge debt of nearly 100,000 taels, which she could not afford. She collapsed and had no choice but to run away...
At that time, her household registration documents were still at Xie's house, and she had no proof of identity. In the end, she had no choice but to live in Fengyuechang.
In Fengyuechang, she met a man and became her aunt again. However, the mistress of that family was too vicious and made her kneel in the ice and snow. The child she had just conceived was lost on her knees in the snow. She also fell ill, lost her children, and was sold by that family... She was sold everywhere, and fell ill all over.
She thought that it must be because she abandoned her biological son, so God punished her like this.
So, she escaped from her master's family and fled back to the capital. After asking around in the west, she learned that the Xie family had returned to Jizhou.
She worked hard to earn some money and finally arrived in Jizhou. As soon as she arrived in Xiejia Village, she met... Xie Shi'an.
Just when I thought of this, the maid's voice sounded from the door of the tent: "Thank you, sir."
Tao Guizhi immediately calmed down the emotion on her face.
Immediately afterwards, Xie Shi'an walked in. With a polite look, he cupped his hands and said, "Goddess of Heaven."
Tao Guizhi pursed her lips and said, "It's just you and me here, it doesn't have to be like this."
"In the next few days, the Heavenly Lady may suffer a lot." Xie Shi'an raised his head and said, "However, these days will not last long."
Tao Guizhi nodded: "I know."
When she was in Ningzhou, she only had to give nectar for two hours a day. On the way to and from the capital, it was not her turn to give nectar.
Now at the gate of the capital, in order to attract more people, she must stand on a high platform all day long, maintaining the same posture and expression...
She paused and said, "When can I see Brother Kang?"
"Why are you so anxious?" Xie Shi'an said calmly, "You have nothing now. Even if you meet Brother Kang, what can you do? When it becomes a big deal, the new emperor will make you the imperial wife. By then, you will have enough money to serve Brother Kang. Only after your son is cured will he recognize you as his mother. Does Aunt Tao not understand such a simple truth?"
Tao Guizhi lowered his head: "Okay."
Every day outside the city, as soon as the sun rises, the Goddess of Heaven begins to give nectar. This is already the third day.
"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, more and more people are gathering outside the city."
"The gates of the capital have been closed for three days. The lives of the people in the city have been greatly affected. Many people have made trouble. It is unacceptable to continue like this."
"The 30,000 garrison in the capital is just outside the city. It's better to let the garrison take action, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."
"Although there are many people who have become kings, they are all unarmed common people, and there are also a large number of old, weak, women and children among them. They are no match for the garrison!"
Yun Chu's voice was calm: "Since we know that the other party is an unarmed common people, attacking the common people is tantamount to destroying our foundation, and the consequences will be more serious."
The minister below frowned.
"Then, what should we do?"
"Does the Queen Mother have any good ideas?"
"It takes too long, which is very detrimental to us."
Yun Chu already had a plan in mind, but she was afraid of Chu Rui, so she didn't say anything about it.
It was very simple for King Cheng to control the poison of the common people. A dozen imperial doctors from the imperial hospital had prepared the antidote overnight. What they had to do now was to give the antidote to more than 200,000 people. This was not an easy task.
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