The wealth of rebirth is deep in the mountains

Chapter 320 The Family in the Palace (Part [-])

Cheng Sheng was short-tempered, and while wiping his sister's face with a handkerchief, he complained over and over again, "I won't play with them next time, it's too late."

Chengyun also wiped the saliva from his brother's mouth, but insisted, "No, the queen mother said that brothers and sisters should be friendly."

Chengxiang and Yi'an are small ghosts, at this moment Xu felt his brother's rise, and immediately stretched out his small hands to hug their necks, "Brother! Brother!"

Sure enough, Chengyun and Chengsheng immediately showed a smile, their fat arms also returned to the siblings, and they never said anything about playing separately.

When Xiaomi was in the harem, she never wore those complicated palace attires. When meeting married women and the like, she had to wear some gowns to show the majesty of the empress.Ao skirts in winter and light gauze skirts in summer are her favorites.It is simple and convenient, whether it is holding a child, cooking, or sitting, lying, and walking.

She is the only one in the left and right harem, no mother-in-law, no father-in-law, and no uncles and aunts.The most important thing is that no woman competes with her for favor, like a chicken with black eyes.

When she raises her eyes, she is her husband, and when she closes her eyes, she is her son and daughter. She has no need to wrong herself.

The weather is hot today, so she changed into a water-blue dress, and used a piece of phantom sea gauze donated as a tribute last year. It seemed that there was a sea breeze blowing while walking, and it was very cool.

The children were sitting high on the tree house and could see far away. When they saw their mother bringing someone with a tray, they immediately cheered.

"Queen Mother, Queen Mother!"

Even Cheng Yun, who had gradually learned to be calm and became like an adult, kept shouting.

If outsiders heard it, they would think that the children hadn't seen their mother for a long time, so they were so enthusiastic. In fact, everyone who knew them knew that they were probably more concerned about the food on the tray in the hands of the maids.

Sure enough, before Xiaomi walked in, Cheng Sheng had already shouted, "Mother, I want to eat fruit, I want to eat a big bowl!"

Both Chengxiang and Yi'an were drooling, if Chengyun hadn't tore their clothes one by one, they might have jumped off the tree house.

When Xiaomi arrived under the tree, he glanced at Chengyun appreciatively, and then waved his hand to signal the children to sit still.

"I heard that you just figured out how to get into the tree house?"

"That's right, queen mother, I've helped you with the solution that elder brother thought of!"

Cheng Sheng rushed to answer, causing Xiaomi to point the tip of his nose angrily.

After all, they are princes and princesses, and no one dares to let them have a chance of being injured. The tree house is only one person tall.At this moment, Xiaomi reached out to report the children one by one, and put them on the woolen blanket laid under the tree.

The woolen blanket was brought from the grassland on the first day of the lunar new year. Although it is no longer a rare commodity in the market in Kyoto, there are not many such a large sheet with such a pure color.

The blanket is woven with the magnificent autumn scenery of the grassland, the slightly yellowed grassland, the flocks of cattle and sheep, and the swaying wild flowers, which is a unique style.

The five mother and child sat on the blanket like this, and Aunt Han hurriedly led someone to arrange the small tables, one in front of each of them.

Another court lady tied Chengxiang and Yi'an with rice pockets embroidered with small animal patterns, to prevent them from eating and dirtying their clothes.

Xiaomi is frugal, and has started to reduce expenses one after another since entering the palace.In her opinion, it is really a waste to wear new clothes every day, even for the Supreme Being of a country, and not to wear the old ones anymore.

The children are still young, so it is inevitable that they will easily stain the clothes. It is even more unbearable for her to make an extra dress that costs dozens of taels just because of one grain of rice.

Therefore, if the clothes of a family of six are not counted as dresses, they may be more than those of the wealthy couples and sons and daughters of the capital.

This rice bag is almost a must-have for every meal, and the children are used to it.

At this moment, each person put diced cantaloupe, watermelon, grapes, etc. in a palm-sized jasper bowl, poured yogurt and icing sugar, crushed ice, stirred a few times, and took a bite to eat.

In such a hot weather, even a god would not change it.

Xiaomi took the spoon but did not move. Aunt Han said, "Master Gao seems to have left the palace, he is not here..."

As a result, his voice fell silent, and a red shadow rushed over.

"Who said I'm not here, serve me a big bowl of ice cream, it's so hot, my lord!

Xiaomi was amused, and pushed the ice bowl in front of him directly, and said angrily, "Where did you go on such a hot day? Did you harm Xuan Yi and the others? It's hard work, but you still torment them all day long!"

Gao Ren was grinning but refused to respond, and changed the subject and asked, "What about the emperor, I heard that he got angry and killed several corrupt officials. It has spread outside, saying that the emperor is going to kill a lot."

Xiaomi frowned, and a flash of anger flashed in his eyes, "I don't even know about the matter of the previous court, so why did it spread outside the palace?"

She seldom gets angry, such words are serious, and all the maids and eunuchs quickly bowed their heads.

Gao Ren waved his hand nonchalantly, "Who knows, it's still rumored from the palace."

Xiaomi looked at Aunt Han and nodded, and Aunt Han hurriedly retreated.

At this moment, Feng Ze had already changed into a loose Gebu shirt and came looking for it.

"I knew that you must hide here for leisure, and let me have a headache in the previous court."

The children were not nervous because of the arrival of their father, they stood up and saluted, and then sat down again to eat ice cream happily.

Gao Ren even stole a large mouthful from their bowls because of the gap between the children's salutations, which made Yi'an and Cheng Xiang cry.

Feng Ze glared at him, then raised his hand and shared a spoonful between the youngest son and the youngest daughter, coaxing them to change their smiles, their tiny teeth were exposed, and they were so cute.

Xiaomi also glared at Gao Ren, and scolded her youngest son and daughter, "You two don't have a long memory. Gao Ren robbed you of food a few times. Every time you know how to pretend to be pitiful, you don't know how to defend yourself."

After finishing speaking, he turned to the two eldest sons, "You too."

But Chengyun said, "Gao Ren beat a snake for me last time, and I gave him the ice cream as a thank you gift."

Cheng Sheng said, "Gao Ren snatched it as soon as he grabbed it, and he took me flying around when he was full."

Xiaomi really didn't care about the court ladies and eunuchs, so he rolled his eyes and gave it to Gao Ren who was full of pride.

"I see you bullying them on weekdays, but I don't want to make you subdue them as soldiers."

Gao Ren almost turned his nostrils to the sky like the braids on his head. After finishing the ice cream in the bowl in twos and twos, he picked up the four children with two in one hand and shouted, "Master is happy today, I will take you flying for a while." all over."

After that, he jumped up the big tree, and with the strength of the branches, he jumped back and forth between several big trees, grape trellises, and thatched huts.

The children were both surprised and happy, and couldn't help screaming loudly.

In the quiet small vegetable garden, it was as noisy as a vegetable market in a short while.

Xiaomi was helpless, and was not afraid that Gao Ren would trip over the children, so he leaned into Feng Ze's arms and asked, "I heard that you punished some corrupt officials, and the news spread outside the palace soon, I'm going to clean the palace again. The hands of the staff, maybe some people are not strict with their mouths again."

"Okay, you decide about the harem. If there is something difficult to deal with, let someone report it to me."

Feng Ze said this, but his brows still did not loosen.

Remembering Gao Ren's words, Xiaomi asked, "Still worried about the flood in the south?"

Feng Ze nodded, held her in his arms and sighed, "I am proud of the bumper crops these few years, so I lost my vigilance. I didn't expect a catastrophe to expose the gorgeous appearance, and I discovered that the prosperity of the Yuan Dynasty is the most important thing." It's a joke."

"You can't say that. Even if the family runs a business and opens a shop, it will inevitably lead to personal pockets. How can everyone send a crony to watch over them? Isn't that exhausting?" Xiaomi lay half in her husband's arms , smiled and persuaded, and finally said, "Tell me, let me see if there is any way."

"I forgot that you've always been smart," Feng Ze leaned back against a big tree, and said in a low voice, "The food in the Central Plains and the northern states is limited, if it supplies the needs of 20 disaster victims for half a year, it will be a waste. It’s barely enough. The difficulty is that the rivers and rivers need to be repaired, and the wages and food are also a lot of money, which is not enough for a while.”

Xiaomi thought for a while, and said strangely, "Hey, this doesn't sound difficult. Since the victims have lost their homes and fields, they basically have nothing to do in the past six months. Why don't they let them repair the embankments and river estuaries? The food is used for two purposes, and each person is given some wages. In the spring of next year, not only will they survive, but they will also have meager savings to rebuild their homes. Isn’t it the best of both worlds?”

Feng Ze was stunned when he heard this, but after a while he suddenly clapped his hands and laughed, "Okay, okay! Why didn't I think of such a simple truth."

"You can't see the forest with a blind eye, no, it's just a layer of window paper that didn't pierce through. Fortunately, you still have a smart woman like me, otherwise..."

Xiaomi pursed her mouth proudly, and looked like a stinky fart, which aroused Feng Ze's love, and he bowed his head and kissed her.

The court ladies and eunuchs were no strangers to the empress's love, they were used to it, and quickly turned around and bowed their heads to count the ants.

Xiaomi finally snatched her lips back, blushing and glaring at Feng Ze, she waited to find the children and Gao Ren, only to find that Gao Ren had already taken the children into the hut.

Xiaomi's face turned even redder, and she started to push people away, "Hurry up and go to work, and come back to eat with the children at night. Don't be busy until midnight, I won't wait for you."

"Okay, since we have a solution, we won't be too late for the meeting."

Feng Ze felt confident, so he was not so anxious, "Let the kitchen serve a bowl of noodles, and then go to Yangxing Pavilion after eating."

Xiaomi has never been willing to take care of her husband and children by others, so she just got up and went to the kitchen to cook a small pot of chicken noodle soup.Sure enough, the four children and Gao Ren joined in the fun, eating half a bowl each.

After Feng Ze had eaten and drank enough, he played with the children for a while before returning to the court.

The elders, including Li Lin, all had hopeful eyes.Not to mention the fact that this is tricky, just thinking about the 20 refugees, they can't eat and sleep well.

Sure enough, the emperor mentioned work in lieu of relief, which solved two major problems in one fell swoop.

Everyone was so happy that they couldn't wait to clap their hands and celebrate. Naturally, it was effortless to flatter.

(End of this chapter)