Distressed wife

Chapter 533 A Great Gift for Zhong Xuan (1)
Mu Ziyan still stayed in the imperial tomb.

Rue Xiang broke some red plums and came back, found a white jade vase and put it on the long table beside the bed, with a bamboo tube carved with mountains and rivers beside it, it added a bit of spring in this cold winter.

Mu Ziyan leaned on the soft couch, half-closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep, just thinking about something. After a while, she heard footsteps coming from outside. The creaking sound was very regular.

Biyun walked to the gate of the palace, poked his head out for a look, and when he saw someone coming, he quickly and respectfully greeted him.

When the person walked into the main hall, Yunxiang had already handed over the stove, and smiled slightly, "I have seen Young Master Biao."

"I happened to be going to the Xishan military camp today, so I stopped by to see my cousin, how is she?" Qi Xuan immediately sat down and asked softly.

"Master Biao, please sit down, the young miss is taking a nap." Rue Xiang said, then turned and entered the bedroom.

After Biyun served the tea, she quietly retreated to the side.

Mu Ziyan heard the noise, and when Yunxiang entered, she had already opened her eyes, then got off the soft couch, and walked out of the bedroom.

Qi Xuan saw that she was wearing a plain white dress with her hair in a bun, but it was also very simple, and her expression was a little lazy. Walking like this, against the backdrop of the red plums by the window, she was a bit more refined. state.

These days, when I saw her, she was wearing a human skin mask, but she was less angry, but looking at her now, she was lively and beautiful.

Qi Xuan said with a slight smile, "Cousin is planning to live here for a long time?"

"Wait for a few days first." Mu Ziyan looked at Qi Xuan and said with a smile, "Why does my cousin have to go to the Xishan Military Camp?"

"This year's winter is colder than in previous years. The barracks at the border gates are short of food and grass. What's terrible is that they are limited in quilts. Many soldiers froze to death. The emperor ordered me to go to the Xishan barracks to see if such a situation has happened. .” Qi Xuan said lightly.

"It's cold every day." Mu Ziyan remembered that the winter this year was indeed very cold. In her previous life, she was treated harshly in the family temple, so she couldn't use the best silver charcoal, and even the bedding was old. Yes, the only thing that could keep her warm was the firewood Biyun picked up at that time. Her hands were red and swollen from the cold, and her feet would be swollen and itchy in winter. Thinking of this, Mu Ziyan felt uncontrollably cold all over.

She was silent for a moment, "It's just that the quilts of the Xishan military camp are the same as those at the border? The emperor asked my cousin to go, isn't it easy?"

"It's just going through the motions." Qi Xuan sneered, "When the food and grass supplies are needed every winter, isn't the emperor always like this?"

Mu Ziyan snorted coldly, "It's too small for him to be like this."

"Who made the Duke's Mansion the emperor's thorn in the side?" Qi Xuan sighed, "In the past, the Duke's Mansion would supply supplies by itself, but this year, many disasters have been suffered in various places, and the shops under the Duke's Mansion have also been lost. Quite a few, especially at the border gate, where the common people more or less froze to death, so this year’s supply cannot be supplied. My grandfather told the imperial court, and the emperor ordered me to go to the Xishan military camp to see if it was all right. Like the border."

"This is a good way to evade." Mu Ziyan responded with raised eyebrows, then turned to look at Qi Xuan, "How many quilts are lacking now?"

"Right now, only [-]% of the supplies have been supplied, and there is still [-]% less, and there are still [-]." Qi Xuan looked at Mu Ziyan and said.

"Sixty thousand?" Mu Ziyan pondered for a moment, "It will be deep winter in one month, and the weather at the border is likely to be even worse. If the supplies don't arrive in time, then [-]% of the soldiers will be lost. The loss is really heavy."

"Naturally." Qi Xuan sighed, "Father is thinking of a way now, but he hasn't thought of a good way."

"Cousin, do you still remember the mountain I bought in Funan?" Mu Ziyan said with a smile.

"I remember." Qi Xuan nodded in response.

"I bought that mountain, and it will be of great use. Now that I think about it, it is already effective. My cousin will wait for a while. I should be able to take out the [-]% of the supplies." Mu Ziyan said slowly, A smug smile flashed across his eyes.

"Is it related to that mountain?" Qi Xuan looked at Mu Ziyan and asked.

"Exactly." Mu Ziyan said with a slight smile, "There is a hot spring in that mountain, I built a manor in the hot spring, specially for the supply of quilts, and now I have started to do it, I think it will be able to come in five days Make the first batch."

"How much is that?" Qi Xuan's eyes flashed brightly, and he asked in a low voice.

"It should be ten thousand." Mu Ziyan replied after pondering for a moment.

"Ten thousand?" Qi Xuan was throbbing, and immediately stood up, "Cousin, you really are a timely help."

Mu Ziyan has never seen Qi Xuan so happy before. She stood up with a smile, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, cousin, I did this in a very secret way, and I will definitely not be found out, let alone my father There, it is appropriate."

"If that's the case, I'll tell my father the news." Qi Xuan clapped his hands and applauded, "If my father finds out, he will be very happy, and it can be regarded as a solution to his urgent need."

"However, this can only last for a while. Now that it is taking shape, there are not enough manpower. I will try my best to hurry up and make [-] in half a month, so that fewer soldiers will be exposed to cold, and the charcoal fire at the border will be free." It's not enough, I think of someone." Mu Ziyan looked at him and said.

"Cousin, but it's okay to say." Qi Xuan looked at Mu Ziyan, knowing that she was not an ordinary woman, so he didn't find it strange.

"I remember that three hundred miles north of the border, there is a place called Zuo Mian Village. There is an expert in that village who can make longer-lasting and trouble-free charcoal fire. My cousin asked my grandfather to invite it in person." Mu Ziyan said in a low voice.

"Is there really such an expert? How come I haven't heard of it?" Qi Xuan was silent for a while, then asked in a low voice.

"Yes." Mu Ziyan nodded and replied, "I originally wanted to invite this person, but because of the current weather, this place is naturally inconvenient. Why don't you let Grandpa invite him? He will definitely be able to invite that expert .”

"Okay." Qi Xuan came here today just to see her, but unexpectedly, he gained a lot, and he was very happy.

Mu Ziyan smiled slightly, "If my cousin doesn't come, I will tell my cousin in two days."

"Cousin is like this. Grandpa is very happy to know." After Qi Xuan finished speaking, he immediately said, "Then I will go first."

(End of this chapter)