312 Checking the People's Conditions and Making Preparations
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Chu Yiqing looked at Lan Die indifferently, wondering which scene Lan Die was performing today!
Without waiting for Chu Yiqing to speak, Lan Die said directly: "The Liang family is an official family. No matter how rich my mother's family is, they are also merchants. To put it bluntly, it is the Liang Mansion where our Lan family has a high status. Since I entered the door, the Liang Mansion has been
The people above and below are respectful on the surface, but secretly they are making irresponsible remarks. They think they are officials, so they look down on me. Not to mention that I can't be the master of the house inside and outside, so where can I go?
My mother-in-law is in charge of everything she does and who she meets. You see, tonight, I had to say all the good things before letting me come out. As soon as I went out, I sent two maids to follow me. The personal maid I brought with me stepped aside.
, isn’t this obviously spying on me!”
Lan Die babbled so much in one breath, Chu Yiqing became more and more irritated as he listened, and immediately couldn't help but interrupt: "Miss Lan, are you coming to see me for anything?"
Lan Die quickly wiped her tears and said: "It's nothing. Because of what happened before, I felt ashamed of you. I knew you came to the capital, so I wanted to meet you and say a few words. Chu
Sister, you don’t know that in this capital, those ladies are scheming among themselves. On the surface, they are close to you, but secretly they might be fighting against each other... Although Sister Chu is cold to me, Lan Die knows that Sister Chu is not harmful.
It’s human nature, I want to talk to Sister Chu about these troubles, otherwise I’d be really upset!”
The more Chu Yiqing listened, the more he wanted to laugh. It seemed that Lan Die kept saying that he felt guilty about what happened before, but now he completely regarded it as the past, as if the two of them were still close friends. He also felt guilty and didn't know whether it was true or not.
Fake!
Chu Yiqing said calmly: "Miss Lan, since there is nothing wrong, I will excuse you. I will leave early tomorrow morning, and many things have not been packed yet!"
Chu Yiqing stood up as he spoke.
Lan Die seemed to have a lot more to say. He said this with a sarcastic face, but he still sat and said: "Sister Chu, actually I have something to do!"
Chu Yiqing was startled, then sat down again and asked quietly: "Miss Lan, please speak!"
"I met Su Ya in the capital. Su Ya is now with your third sister. Sister Chu, I know you and Chu Feng don't get along. You should be more careful from now on!" Lan Die said mysteriously.
Chu Yiqing smiled lightly: "Thank you, Miss Lan, for reminding me!"
Seeing that Chu Yiqing was not very interested, Lan Die bit her lip again and asked, "Sister Chu, have you...have you ever met Mr. Shangguan?"
Chu Yiqing was startled and shook his head lightly: "It's been a long time!"
"He...he didn't come to see you?" Lan Die seemed to not believe it.
Chu Yiqing saw that Lan Die was married now but still had no intention of giving up on Shangguan Yu. Even though he was colder, he said, "No!"
The expression on Lan Die's face was very complicated. She didn't know whether it was disappointment or something else. She just sat in a daze and didn't speak for a long time.
"Young Madam, Aunt Ren has come to pick up the Young Madam. She said that the old Madam wants the Young Madam to go back!" At this moment, the maid who was waiting outside suddenly came in and said.
Lan Die's face was obviously panicked, so she quickly stood up and said: "I'm here today, I'm not going to bother Sister Chu. I'll go back as it's getting late! If Sister Chu comes to the capital again next time, she must go to my place.
Sit down!"
Chu Yiqing smiled lightly and said: "Thank you very much, I won't give it away then!"
Lan Die nodded and went out. As soon as he left the palace, he saw the old man in the palace, Aunt Ren, standing by the carriage outside with an unkind expression. When he saw her coming out, he let her get in the carriage first, and then he got in after her.
Watching the carriage leave the palace, Aunt Ren couldn't help complaining, "Young Madam, you also know the rules of our Liang Mansion. The female family members are not allowed to go out when it is so late. Young Madam, when you are at home as a young lady,
Parents may not be strict in discipline, but in our Liang Mansion, whether walking or eating, there are rules. Young Madam, you must remember your identity and your duty, and you must also take into account the rules of our Liang Mansion. You
Tell me, why don't you go home so late? Aren't you going to make us embarrassed as servants?!"
Landie's face darkened and she said coldly: "Do you still know that you are just a servant? Why do you talk so much about master's affairs?"
Aunt Ren was stunned and her face turned a little gray. She was an old man in the Liang Mansion and a maidservant of Mrs. Xiangguo. Not to mention Landie, all the young ladies in the Liang Mansion would respectfully call her Aunt Ren.
, I didn’t expect that today, she just did her duty and said a few words to Lan Die, and then got Lan Die’s retort.
"Young madam, although the old slave is a villain, the old slave has been following the old lady since he was a child. Besides what the old slave said, when he came, the old lady told the old slave what he wanted to say.
If you are not satisfied, go back and ask the old lady!" Aunt Ren said coldly.
Lan Die couldn't help biting her lip. After all, she was also the eldest lady of the Lan Mansion. She had suffered so many grievances when she was at home. Now she even asks for three invitations when she goes out. After saying all the good things, now...
After sitting for a while, I was still being criticized by a servant. I couldn't bear it anymore and said coldly: "Don't scare me with your mother. If you want me to go home, your young master can go home."
Already?"
Aunt Ren was stunned and couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Young madam, what you said is really ridiculous. Our young master is a man and he can come back whenever he wants. It is not the turn of us people today to make irresponsible remarks.
?The young madam is different. As a woman, the young madam must abide by the three obediences and the four virtues. The young madam’s natal family is a merchant’s family, so she won’t even learn the three obediences and the four virtues, right?"
Lan Die's face turned pale with anger, and for a moment he had no words to reply. He could only hear the sound of the wheels creaking on the bluestone road.
After Lan Die left, Chu Yiqing hurried back to the room. In the room, Li Huang and Abao were lying on the bed and making trouble, while Ying Qian was packing things outside.
Chu Yiqing entered the room, sat on the chair and couldn't help but asked: "Is Shangguan Yu in the capital?"
Li Huang glanced at her sideways, "Landie is looking for you just to get into the officialdom? You don't know how to abide by women's ethics even after you get married. No wonder Liang Jingting doesn't like her!"
"Don't like her?" Chu Yiqing raised his eyebrows, "When did you start caring about these little things?"
Li Huang let Abao play by himself, sat up and said, "No matter how rich the Lan Mansion is, it is just a merchant's home, but it can marry with the Liang Mansion. There must be a certain stake in this. I said
, Lan Yi is not a simple person! I’m afraid it’s not that easy for you to steal his business!”
Chu Yiqing looked at him in surprise, but the man smiled slowly: "You always knew that Ade would tell me about you! You exchanged the compass for one of Lan Yi's boats, didn't you?"
"Lan Yi's power in the Luo Kingdom is indeed great, and he may be related to the royal family!" Chu Yiqing also told what happened when he went to the Luo Kingdom for the first time, and Li Huang said after hearing it: "
Do you still have the jade pendant that the mysterious woman gave you? Show me!"
When Chu Yiqing went to Luo Kingdom, he took out the jade pendant and took it with him. He immediately took it out of the bag and gave it to Li Huang.
Li Huang couldn't help but frown as he looked at the rose pattern on it: "This rose flower... As far as I know, it should be a noble of the Luo Kingdom, called the Yu family. I heard that there were three generations of queens in this Yu family, and
The current Queen of Luo State is the eldest daughter of the Yu family!"
"You mean, the woman who gave me the jade pendant might be from the Yu family?" Chu Yiqing did not expect that the noble lady had such a powerful background.
"You must keep this jade pendant carefully. In Luo Kingdom, it is a token! It seems that the people trapped in the Guanyin Temple you said should be related to the Yu family, and they are probably members of the Yu family.
You are an important figure in the society, otherwise they would not give you such a valuable jade pendant!" Li Huang put the jade pendant into Chu Yiqing's hands again.
Chu Yiqing put it away.
Li Huang added: "It is said that the prince of Luo Kingdom was born to Queen Jade, but the identity of the prince is very mysterious. For more than ten years, the prince only studied and practiced martial arts in the palace alone, and rarely showed his face. It is said that Luo Kingdom has seen the prince's face.
There are very few people!"
Chu Yiqing raised his eyes and looked at him, Li Huang's words seemed to mean something.
"In recent years, Li State's advanced farming, weapons, and business methods have been spread to Luo State very quickly. These are not the most important. The important thing is that Li State's city defenses are also available in Tu Luo State. Therefore,
I have always suspected that there are people from the Luo Kingdom acting as internal agents in the Li Kingdom, even in the palace, so I trained a team of people to go to the Luo Kingdom to spy on the news five years ago, but it is a pity that I found nothing!" Li Huang said with a slight frown.
In fact, the biggest reason for his failure is that he has lived in seclusion for the past few years and focused most of his energy on Longtang. Li Yu took over the undercover, but unfortunately, there was no effect at all, and there were traitors. Yingqian and
Yingrun was betrayed and almost lost her life, but she happened to be saved by Li Huang!
"Lan Yi once sold me crossbows. Although crossbows are the most powerful weapon against pirates on the sea, it doesn't rule out that Lan Yi has other ideas!" Chu Yi said calmly.
Li Huang nodded: "You are right, I have always suspected Lan Yi, but there has been no definite evidence. No matter what, I will step up surveillance on him in the future!"
Seeing that it was getting late, Chu Yiqing yawned, while Li Huang smiled slowly, got up and left knowingly.
Putting the luggage aside and looking around the whole room, Chu Yiqing couldn't describe the feeling in his heart. Chu Yiqing and Abao have been living in this room since they arrived at the palace. They walked in front and back, and there was a jade-colored floor covering.
There are several distant landscape paintings and bold cursive calligraphy hanging on the wall, which are very appropriate to add a touch of elegance and tranquility to the rough and easy mood. In addition, there are flexible features such as the dressing table and an exquisite jade-colored flower and wood screen.
The items actually reduced the original stiffness. When they first moved in, the housekeeper always revealed, unintentionally or unintentionally, that these items were prepared specially for them by Li Huang. They were arranged by Li Huang himself and took some thought.
.
Chu Yiqing sighed, not letting himself think about it anymore, so he let A Bao take off his clothes and watched him take off his clothes and get ready to sleep.
Early the next morning, Li Huang had his luggage and other items put in the car. Because Chu Yiqing only came with Yingqian, Li Huang specially asked the housekeeper to escort him until he arrived in Lucheng.
Come back again.
"No need to go to such trouble, just a carriage, Ying Qian can drive it!" Chu Yiqing said calmly, not wanting to trouble Li Huang too much, "And I don't want to be ostentatious along the way, just walk quietly!"
Chu Yiqing was afraid of meeting people from the Chu Mansion and the five major families. Now that he was leaving, it would be less troublesome!
Seeing that Chu Yiqing was determined, Li Huang had no choice but to agree, but secretly asked Tenglong to escort him.
Li Huang sent the two of them outside the city gate and waited until the carriage was out of sight, then reluctantly returned home.
"Master, are you feeling reluctant to give up?" Lei Lei rode on his horse and joked as he walked.
Li Huang glared at him and said nothing. As soon as he arrived in front of the palace, before he could get off his horse, he saw a fast horse rushing from the left. It stopped in front of Li Huang, quickly got off the horse and knelt down and said
: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty has an order. It is said that Your Majesty will enter the palace immediately!"
Li Huang frowned. It was so early. Could there be something big happening in the palace? Li Huang quickly turned his horse around and followed the guards into the palace.
In the palace, Li Li had a gloomy face and looked coldly at the second prince Li Jue who was kneeling in front of him. Behind him, there was also a trembling palace maid kneeling.
Princess Meishi sat aside with her face covered with a veil, her face lowered tightly, and it was hard to tell whether she was angry or...
After Li Huang entered the palace, he saw a scene like this. He didn't realize it for a moment. He didn't know what kind of drama was being performed this morning.
"Emperor Father, Queen Mother, I am really unjust. I don't know why this palace maid is on my bed, I..." Li Jue trembled all over and fell to the ground, shouting injustice.
"You don't know? This palace maid is from your palace and is lying on the same bed with you. Who knows if you don't know?" Li Jue said coldly, looking at Li Jue angrily. He thought that this son could live up to his expectations, but unexpectedly he
also……
"Father, what happened?" Li Huang stepped forward and asked calmly, cupping his fists.
"Fifth brother, fifth brother, you came just in time, you have to help second brother!" As soon as Li Jue saw Li Huang appearing, he quickly stepped forward and grabbed Li Huang's lapel, pointing at the trembling palace maid kneeling on the ground.
: "I don't know who ordered this palace maid to sleep on my bed. I...I am really innocent!"
Li Huang frowned and turned to look at Princess Meishi, who kept her face downcast and silent. The key to this matter is probably not a palace maid, but how did Princess Meishi happen to know about it?
Li Li frowned coldly and whispered: "Huang'er, what do you think we should do about this?"
Li Huang smiled faintly: "Father, there may be some misunderstanding here. Why don't you leave this matter to me? I will do my best to handle it!"
Li Li waved his hands impatiently and said, "Okay, I'll leave it to you!"
Li Huang quickly accepted the order.
In Prince Huang's Mansion, Li Huang stared at Li Jue closely and asked, "Second brother, you have to tell the truth. That palace maid..."
"Fifth brother, you have to believe me. I have always been ignored in the palace. Now that Princess Meishi has chosen me as her consort, it is too late for me to be happy. How could I do such a thing at this critical moment! Last night
I really don’t know what happened, I fell asleep for some reason, and when I woke up, the palace maid was in my bed! What’s even more coincidental is that Princess Meishi came to see me, and I happened to meet her!" Li Jue thought about it.
I feel like I'm holding my breath, why did Princess Meishi happen to encounter this matter!
"It's indeed a coincidence!" Li Huang said slowly.
"Fifth brother, you must help the second brother!" Li Jue prayed. Although he usually had no friendship with the emperor's younger brother, but now, seeing the glory and wealth in sight, he finally made a comeback.
The opportunity cannot be lost in vain!
Li Huang said in a quiet voice: "There is something fishy about this matter. Second brother, don't worry, I will definitely help you find out!"
Li Jue quickly thanked him.
After Li Jue left, Lei Yuan stepped forward and whispered: "Master, I have checked it all. The maid is indeed from Chunxi Palace, but she doesn't know why she woke up on the second prince's bed!"
Li Huang smiled faintly: "That's fine, it's not Li Jue's, and you can't ask for it! Because Li Jue poses no threat to the crown prince's throne, although he has lived a hard life, he can at least survive until now. If he really did it, he would be spared.
The country’s prince consort may not be as happy as he is now!”
Lei Yuan nodded expressionlessly and asked: "What do you mean..."
"Now we have to see what conditions Princess Rao wants to put forward!" Li Huang said with a slow smile.
At this time, in Princess Rao's palace, Meishi took off the veil on her face, bit her lip tightly, and looked at the man standing by the window not far away, meditating.
"Brother Muhao, this is enough, right?" Meishi said cautiously.
"I didn't expect that Emperor Li would hand over this matter to the Fifth Prince to investigate. I've met that Fifth Prince several times, and I'm afraid it's not that easy to deal with!" Liu Qian still can't forget the moment he saw Li Huang in the main hall.
Although he changed his clothes and looked much paler, he recognized Li Huang at a glance as Qi Jinhao!
No wonder Chu Yiqing entered the palace because of him! In that case, Chu Yiqing should have known that Qi Jinhao was Li Huang early on, and she actually went to Lucheng for him... Liu Qian breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes
It’s even more profound!
"What should we do?" Meishi couldn't help but feel worried after hearing this.
"It's okay. If my guess is correct, the fifth prince will definitely talk to you, princess. Then you will decide that you no longer want to marry the second prince and just want to return to the country! The fifth prince will never want to marry the princess, and he will definitely not
If the prince is willing to marry the princess, I think he will agree to this condition!" Liu Qian said softly.
When Meishi heard this, she immediately smiled and said, "Really? Then can I go back to China with brother Muhao?"
Muhao nodded, but whispered: "Meishi, you clearly know my identity and what I want, are you really willing to help me?"
Meishi immediately nodded vigorously: "That's natural, Brother Muhao, I don't understand power and status. I just want Brother Muhao to be by my side and hold my hand all the time. That's enough!"
A hint of guilt flashed through Liu Gan's eyes, but he still reached out and held Meishi's little hand tightly.
On the outskirts of the capital, Chu Yiqing's carriage had just traveled a few miles when it stopped.
"What's wrong?" Chu Yiqing couldn't help but ask as he opened the curtain.
Yingqian pointed to the front: "Miss, there is someone blocking us!"
Chu Yiqing raised his eyes and saw three or four people standing on the official road. The leader, sitting on a tall horse, was Li Yu. He was dressed in snow clothes, with a long white silk tassel tied around his waist, and a piece of mutton fat tied around his waist.
White jade, covered with soft mist and gauze, eyebrows raised slantingly, squinting at Chu Yiqing with a half-smile.
"Since we are all old friends in the capital, why don't you say hello?" Li Yu got off the horse and laughed.
Chu Yiqing frowned and did not get out of the car. He sat directly on the car and said, "I have official business in hand, so I don't dare to bother His Highness the Crown Prince!"
Li Yu smiled faintly: "Afraid, it's not because I don't dare, but it's because I don't want to, right?"
"Whatever His Highness the Prince thinks! Your Highness, we are still on our way, please give way!" Chu Yiqing said softly as before.
"My prince has placed drinks at the pavilion in front of me, and I came here specifically to see Miss Chu off. Miss Chu won't even give me this little face, right?" Li Yu not only had no intention of giving in, but instead smiled.
Chu Yiqing frowned and shook his head: "No, we are still in a hurry!"
Li Yuze remained motionless as before, "It's just a glass of water and wine. Miss Chu really doesn't want to give this prince this face?"
Chu Yiqing saw that he was determined not to give up until he reached his goal, so he could only whisper to Yingqian, stop the carriage aside, and follow Li Yu to the pavilion nearby.
The pavilion next to the official road was originally used for passing merchants to rest. Most of the paint on the vermilion pillars has fallen off, and the stone tables and benches are also somewhat broken. Now the people who are occupied by Li Yu use soft and furry cushions.
It was wrapped up, and four exquisite side dishes and a jug of wine were placed on it. Perhaps because of the fear of the wind, one side of the pavilion was covered with a light green curtain, which made it more elegant. At first glance, it looked like it took a lot of effort.
thought.
Chu Yiqing didn't sit down, but walked straight to the stone table and poured two glasses of wine, one for Li Yu and one for herself. She touched the glass with Li Yu's glass, raised her head and drank, then put the glass down and said lightly.
He said in a voice: "Your Highness, I also drank wine, can you please let me know?"
Li Yu stared blankly at the wine glass in his hand, hesitating slightly at the corner of his lips, raised his eyebrows, and asked: "Do you really hate this prince so much?"
"I can't say, I just have something on my mind and don't have the time to do such boring things with the prince!" Chu Yiqing said coldly.
Li Yu was startled and couldn't help laughing: "Okay, okay, I like your temper! I'm just curious, do you treat your fifth brother the same way?"
Chu Yiqing didn't want to talk nonsense to him anymore, so he said coldly: "Your Highness, the daughter of the people is leaving!"
Li Yu didn't stop him any more and looked at Chu Yiqing and turned around and left.
Li Yu's eyes darkened, he sat down and couldn't help but down the glass of wine.
"Prince, are you really going to let her go like this?" Yue Ming couldn't help but said with some reluctance as she watched the carriage drive by.
"So what if you don't let her go? Can you keep her? Now she is the Holy Order's hand, working for the father!" Li Yu said angrily, then turned to look at the carefully decorated pavilion, and suddenly stepped forward to tear off the
The green curtain was thrown to the ground.
Yueming stood aside and was too frightened to speak.
Suddenly, a guard rode over from a distance and whispered something into Li Yu's ear. Li Yu was startled, and his face suddenly changed: "Seriously?"
The guard nodded quickly.
"Go back to the palace!" Li Yu didn't dare to delay anymore and hurried back to the palace.
In the Longevity Palace, the whole body was shaking with shame.
"Queen, the prince is back!" Aunt Wei stepped forward to report.
Shame Flower raised her eyes and saw Li Yu walking in hastily. Her eyes turned cold and she said coldly: "You still know how to come back? Where did you go so early in the morning?"
Li Yu lowered his head and whispered: "My son..."
"That's enough. I don't want to hear your messy things, so I just want to ask you, what should I do now that something happens to Li Jue?" Shanhua said coldly.
Li Yu quickly raised his head and said with slight hesitation: "Queen mother, is it you..."
"Do you suspect that I am the one who did it?" Xianhua waited coldly for Li Huang.
"The queen mother has always said that she wants her son to marry Meishi, maybe..." Li Yu didn't dare to say any more.
"Bastard!" Shame Hua stood up and gave Li Yu a slap in the face, "You are so promising. You actually doubted your mother. She knew clearly that it was impossible for that beauty to fall in love with you, so the mother could only
If you can settle for the next best thing, Li Jue will call me "Mother Queen" at least, and it won't be difficult for me to control him! But now Meishi is holding on to Li Jue's pigtails, and seeing that this marriage is not going to happen, then we
But we have lost the advantageous backing of Rao Guo in vain!"
Li Yu covered his face with one hand, and then he realized what he was doing, and said in a low voice: "That was really not what the Queen Mother ordered someone to do. Who was that? Could it be the fifth brother?"
Shameful Flower snorted coldly: "It's not impossible!"
"Does the fifth brother really want to marry Meishi?" When Li Yu heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little excited. If Li Huang married Meishi, then Chu Yiqing would...
"Now we have to see Rao Guo's reaction!" Xianhua said coldly.
Li Yu had no choice but to say: "Queen mother, I will definitely find a way to remedy the situation. At this time, Princess Meishi should be very sad. I will go see the princess now!"
"Why don't you go quickly?" Xianhua said coldly.
Li Yu quickly resigned.
In Princess Meishi's bedroom, when Li Huang learned about the conditions proposed by Meishi, he raised his eyebrows in surprise, "What the princess means is that she will continue to cooperate with Li Guo, but does she mean that she will not marry?"
Meishi nodded: "Fifth Prince, I am actually a weak and timid person. I have been to Li Kingdom in the past few days, and I am really dissatisfied with the climate and feel homesick. It just so happens that the second prince has someone he loves again, so Meishi has no choice but to return home...
But don’t worry, Fifth Prince, I will explain it well to my father, and it will definitely not affect the relationship between Rao Guo and Li Guo!"
Li Huang smiled slowly and said: "Princess is indeed a sensible person!"
Meishi lowered her head feeling guilty and stopped talking.
"Princess, the Crown Prince is here!" A maid came to report.
Li Huang raised his eyebrows, stood up and said goodbye: "Princess has a distinguished guest, so I won't bother you any more. Princess, please don't be too sad!"
Meishi nodded slowly and stood up to see the guests off.
In the courtyard, Li Huang who was going out met Li Yu who had just entered.
Li Yu frowned and thought to himself. Unexpectedly, this boy took the lead again. He immediately smiled and said: "So the fifth brother is here too. Did you hear that Princess Meishi is sad and the fifth brother is attentive?"
Li Huang smiled slowly: "Brother, are you talking about yourself?"
Li Yu's face darkened, and he couldn't restrain the anger in his heart and stepped forward: "Fifth brother, don't look at what's in the bowl occupying what's in the pot. I'm afraid the blessings of this group of people are not so easy to enjoy!"
Li Huang remained calm as before: "This is what the fifth brother wants to persuade the eldest brother!"
Li Yuqi's teeth were itching, and when he was about to say something, Yue Ming hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Prince, the princess is waiting!"
Li Yu snorted coldly, threw off his sleeves and strode forward.
Li Huang strode away calmly.
Two days later, news came out from the court that Princess Meishi had broken off her engagement and returned to Rao Kingdom. The whole court was shocked. At the same time, the second prince was demoted to a commoner and driven out of the capital.
At this moment, Chu Yiqing was on his way to Lucheng. Naturally, he didn't know what was happening in the capital. Anyway, there was no rush to get to Lucheng. Chu Yiqing asked Yingqian to slow down and stop and go along the way.
I paused to look at it, and from time to time I lifted the curtain and looked at the fields divided into countless small fields by the ridge. The dormant winter wheat was like jade dotted among the black and yellow fields.
Along the way, Chu Yiqing especially liked to stay in rural inns. When she had free time, she would let Yingqian and Ade take Abao with them, while she would go to the world to pinch some dirt and watch.
Looking at the turning green wheat, smelling the earthy smell, looking at the yellow-green wheat, I finally had a smile on my face.
On this day, they were approaching a small town in Lucheng. Chu Yiqing checked into a hotel in the middle of the night before it was completely dark. He left the city while it was still dark, and still looked at the wheat.
Ade took Abao to catch birds, while Yingqian followed Chu Yiqing and walked up and down the high and low ditches in the wheat field. She couldn't bear it anymore, so she asked: "Miss, what are you doing?"
I walked and stopped along the way, looking specifically at this wheat field, but what did I find?"
Chu Yiqing smiled and said: "I look where there is good wheat, and I have an idea of how much this acre of land can produce!"
Just as he was talking, he heard A Bao running after A De, giggling, and occasionally picking up the wheat and throwing it at A De.
"Abao, this wheat doesn't grow well to begin with, how could it be so harmful?" Chu Yiqing couldn't help shouting.
When A Bao heard this, he quickly shrank his neck and stood aside with A De.
Chu Yiqing finally calmed down and pulled the wheat. Just as he was about to take a closer look, he saw a few farmers-looking people running over there with shovels in their hands. When he saw Chu Yiqing, he shouted: "Where is this?"
Mother-in-law? Why are you bringing your children to our fields to cause harm?"
When those people saw the wheat that was trampled down by Chu Yiqing and Abao, they felt even more distressed and shouted: "Oh, all the wheat has fallen, what should we do?"
Chu Yiqing smiled and said: "Both brothers, the wheat hasn't turned green yet. It doesn't matter if you step on it. It will grow back in a few days! It's just that the wheat seedlings have a typical shrinking neck. They need to be watered and fertilized quickly.
If we don’t water and fertilize, it will be too late!”
One of the farmers looked Chu Yiqing up and down and saw that although she was dressed in ordinary clothes, she had a good temperament and did not look like someone who could farm. He immediately waved his hand impatiently and said: "Go, go, go."
Just go and have fun, we little people can't afford to take care of you. The wheat in this half-acre of land is the family's ration, how can you let you waste it like this?"
Seeing how rude they were, Yingqian became impatient and immediately shouted: "Do you know who our lady is? She has eyes that don't recognize gold and jade. It's rare that our lady is in a good mood today. I'll tell you for free. Why don't you still?"
Appreciate it!”
The two farmers were still grinning and staring, completely ungrateful. However, they quickly came over to the older man, took a look at Chu Yiqing, and asked: "How did the girl know that these wheat seedlings are shrink-necked seedlings? Besides, it's freezing cold here.
Will it freeze if I water it?”
Chu Yiqing picked up a wheat seedling and showed it to the old man, and said: "Look, old man, there are so few roots. Naturally, we need to fertilize and water the wheat quickly to make the wheat turn green quickly and make roots. Otherwise, I am afraid that the wheat will not grow this season."
yes……"
When the old man heard this, he felt that it made sense, but looking at the day, even though it was the first lunar month, it was still cold, so he worried: "It's cold today, will it freeze?"
Chu Yiqing smiled and said: "It's not too cold today. Besides, this is the time to pour the green water!"
"What is rejuvenating water?" The old man was even more puzzled.
It was not easy for Chu Yiqing to explain to them. He just asked them to quickly mark the ground into hooks and apply fertilizer and water.
The old man was a little hesitant. After all, according to the rules of the elders, watering cannot be done when the weather is cold. Watering would only be done after March. Watering now would freeze all the wheat to death...
"Girl, who did you say you were just now?" The old man asked worriedly, no matter what, this injustice always has its owner, right?
Yingqian said displeasedly: "This is Miss Chu, the Imperial Envoy of the Agriculture Department personally appointed by the Emperor. Why, do you dare to water it now?"
When the old man heard that it was the emperor's order, he didn't dare to say anything. He quickly called on everyone to fetch water and asked Chu Yiqing to sit in the village.
Chu Yiqing immediately refused and went to the village. He asked how much land there was in the village and how many people there were. Then he asked how much food was left after eating in a normal year.
"Hey, don't be afraid of the girl's jokes. Our land is very barren. Did the girl look at the good land? The green land not far ahead is all good land and belongs to the landlord. Our land only has one acre.
Three to four hundred catties of wheat, this is still a good year, but in a disaster year, this is..." the old man sighed.
When Chu Yiqing heard this, he knew for sure. These were still farmers on the edge of the capital. None of their families had any surplus food, let alone those from other places. In this way, the fight between the imperial court and the five major families would soon be over.
See you soon!
After coming out of the village, many people in the village came out with gratitude to Chu Yiqing.
After getting in the car, Chu Yiqing quickly started writing another letter, instructing Jin Yu not to expose the food at home. The pigs in the pig farm were all fed with unwanted vegetable leaves and wheat bran, and food could not be wasted. It seemed that she wanted to
Be prepared for sudden changes!
After walking on the road for five days, I finally arrived at Lucheng on the sixth day. At the gate of Lucheng, Zeng Rong and the officials were up early. This time they even brought their own wives. The scene was majestic.
Yes, it's really not small.
"Miss, look, they are coming to greet us!" Ying Qian looked at her from a distance and smiled.
Chu Yiqing opened the curtain and took a look. When he got closer, he got out of the car and asked Ying Qian to look at A Bao in the car.
"My lords and madam, why are you so polite?" Chu Yiqing stepped forward and saluted.
Zeng Rong stretched out his hand to help: "Miss Chu, this can't be done. Although the emperor has not appointed the girl as an official, we all know the importance and trust the emperor places on the girl. We can still bear the girl's treatment."
A bow?"
Mrs. Zeng relied on her familiarity with Chu Yiqing before, so she stepped forward and took Chu Yiqing's hand affectionately: "Miss Chu, you are back, we all miss you!"
Behind Mrs. Zeng stood a woman in goose-colored clothes. She was Zeng Rong's newly married aunt whom she had met that day. It was unexpected that her aunt could come to such a scene, but it can be seen that Zeng Rong loved the woman.
Chu Yiqing just glanced at the woman, smiled calmly, and patted Mrs. Zeng's hand gently.
Madam Bai also stepped forward and held Chu Yiqing's other hand.
Li Qian and Zhang Yong were naturally very grateful to Chu Yiqing because of what happened before, and their attitude was even more respectful. Then Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhang all gathered around and asked for help.
Mrs. Deng stood there awkwardly. She just called Miss Chu and stopped talking.
Chu Yiqing smiled faintly, nodded to her, and entered the city while chatting with the ladies while smiling.
Mrs. Deng watched from behind and couldn't help but stamp her feet anxiously.
On the carriage back, Deng Xi couldn't help complaining: "Look at you, when did you become the one who was left out? Mrs. Zeng and Mrs. Bai didn't get along before, but now why do you..."
"You still blame me. I was about to blame you. Why don't you think about it? You asked my sister to be a concubine for Mr. Zeng. Does Mrs. Zeng like me in her heart? She will naturally go with Mrs. Bai.
Close!" Mrs. Deng was filled with grievances.
"Now my sister-in-law is very fond of Mrs. Zeng. If there is another boy and a half girl, then we will not be afraid of Mrs. Zeng!" After hearing this, Deng Xi quickly comforted her.
"Now that Miss Chu is here, Mrs. Bai is already close to Miss Chu. In addition, Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhang are also grateful to Miss Chu. I see that these ladies can only ignore me!"
Mrs. Deng was still full of complaints.
"Then find a way to drive Miss Chu away!" Deng Xi said with a dark look in his eyes.
"Drive away? Are you crazy? This Miss Chu was invited by the emperor himself. Besides, how can we do the work in this field without Miss Chu?" Mrs. Deng couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Keep your voice down. Do you think your husband-in-law's job as an official was for free? In the past six months, these vegetables have been planted for a season, right? Regarding temperature control and precautions, my people are all the same as the two people sent by Miss Chu.
We've almost learned it! If we can all grow vegetables without Miss Chu, do you think the emperor will still pay attention to her?" Deng Xi said with a smile.
"It's just that the two people Miss Chu brought here are usually very strict. How could they tell you the secret?" Mrs. Deng was still a little worried.
"These days, as long as you have money, you can do anything!" Deng Xi said gloomily, "Besides, Mr. Zeng and I have no share in the reward this time, and Mr. Zeng is also feeling aggrieved. I look at it, as long as he slaps
Fan the wind, Master Zeng will be moved, this is the right time, not only to drive Chu Yiqing away, but also to let the emperor know about my existence!"
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