Chapter 261 Second Brother Bought a Courtyard
After a journey of more than ten days at breakneck speed, Ji Yingying finally arrived in the capital. Before she could even return home, she was forced to enter the palace.
"Your Majesty, don't you think it stinks to enter the palace in these rotten clothes?" Ji Yingying went to the Emperor Emeritus's palace immediately.
He was playing mahjong with the Empress and two concubines, and the retired Emperor, who didn't care about anything, looked much better.
"It wasn't me who sent you into the palace. Whoever sent you, go find them!"
"Oh, the Crown Prince... no, the Emperor!" Ji Yingying sighed.
"Come back earlier next time. Look, he didn't even come back for the Crown Prince's coronation ceremony."
"Who knows? Besides, we're already in Linfeng City, so we should take a look around. It's actually quite nice there, but it's not as good as Tianyou Dynasty."
The Emperor Emeritus was delighted at the mention of this, for it was something he had accomplished during his reign. Although Ji Yingying had contributed, it was ultimately his doing.
"Alright, go to the Imperial Study. The Emperor is waiting there!" He coughed again after saying that. His health was deteriorating, and it was unclear how much longer he had to live.
"Would you like me to take your pulse?" Ji Yingying leaned closer and asked. Before the Emperor Emeritus could agree, the Empress Dowager did, and quickly asked her to take a look.
The person was all smiles while you were taking their pulse, but by the time you were actually taking their pulse, they had completely stopped smiling.
After it was over, she said, "Not bad, not bad, I can live to be a hundred!"
"I know my own body, you go and get busy!"
"Okay, I'll be right there."
After they came out, Xiangxiang asked, "Don't you have long to live?"
"Hmm, I didn't expect that old man was so deeply affected by that poison. If it weren't for it, he probably could have lived a little longer. Now he's on his last legs."
It's all fate; we'll live as long as we can.
When they arrived at the Imperial Study, all the ministers of the six ministries were there, and they were all old acquaintances.
"Oh, Your Majesty, are you all here too!"
"Your Highness went out for a stroll and looks quite familiar!" Minister Gong suddenly said, his tone as if he were a abandoned young wife.
"Hehe... You can lose weight just by going out for a walk."
"you……"
"Alright!" the Emperor said. The Crown Prince, after ascending the throne, looked much more mature and composed, and even appeared much more serious.
"Yingying, now that you're back, it's time to report to the Ministry of Works and start attending court tomorrow."
Ji Yingying: ...I don't know why Ning Qingran is more infuriating than the Emperor!
What to do? I want to hear about the Emperor.
[Xiangxiang, come here, spill the beans! Spill the juicy gossip about the Emperor, I want some!]
Do you know how the title "Xuande Emperor" came about?
How did it come about?
[He chose the name himself, thinking that he was a virtuous person and would surely be able to ensure that the people could live a life where they had enough to eat and ride in carriages.]
[By the way, what was the Emperor Emeritus called? I don't think I've ever known.]
She had never asked about it before, and no one else had mentioned it either. If Xiangxiang hadn't brought it up this time, she probably would never have asked it even if she died.
[The Divine Martial Emperor!]
[Hiss~ Hehe, no wonder he's so funny, turns out he's the Divine Martial Emperor.]
Everyone: ...
"Young Master Ji, last year you said you would have something good to hand over this year, but what is it?"
[Damn it, I was just talking nonsense, it was just something I said offhand. Who can actually prove it? Besides, why do you guys have such amazing memories?]
[And what is this damn emperor trying to do? It's one thing for his father to rummage through his mother's things, but he wants to rummage through her too? Is he trying to suck her blood dry?]
[It seems you did say something like that last year. You could just give me any one of the Four Great Inventions. Besides, you're only talking about developing agriculture; you're asking about developing other economic sectors too!]
"Nothing of value here!"
Ji Yingying thought Xiangxiang was right and was thinking about what to give her.
Upon seeing the folded document, he casually said, "How about I teach you papermaking? We probably don't have that."
No, really no. Cardboard boxes have always been in short supply. We wanted Ji Yingying to contribute her paper before, but no one asked. In addition, everyone was thinking about ensuring that the people had enough to eat and drink, so they didn't think about paper.
Besides, Ji Yingying generally doesn't write memorials; she only writes one or two a year.
Moreover, since it's a major incident, it naturally needs to be dealt with first.
"Alright, I'll give you some time to make arrangements with Minister Gong."
"No problem, I'll head back now if there's nothing else. I want to get some sleep!"
"Hmm~ The Empress has prepared a whole chicken feast for you, would you like to go and take a look?"
Empress?
Didn't we just see each other?
The next second, Ji Yingying remembered that the Crown Princess was now the Empress.
"Okay, I'll be there in a bit."
[I'll also go see my son; it's been so long!]
Emperor Xuande: That's my son, not yours. You always try to take advantage of me!
Ji Yingying had someone take her to the Empress, who indeed prepared a whole chicken feast, which Ji Yingying happily began to eat.
He chatted with the Empress for a long time before leaving the palace and returning home.
Unexpectedly, when she returned home, Yanni had given birth to a son.
"Oh my god, second sister-in-law, I didn't even know you had given birth."
Yanni was still in her postpartum confinement period, and she was completely wrapped up.
"This happened yesterday. If you had come back a day earlier, he would still be in my belly."
"Hehe~ It's a good coincidence that I came back. I brought back a lot of diapers, so we'll use these from now on." Ji Yingying exchanged a lot of diapers at the mall and even taught them how to use them.
He sat in Ji Jiayu's courtyard for a while, and soon went to see Fang Yulan.
Fang Yulan was also angry and scolded her several times, but she didn't hit her.
She'll be twelve in three months, a big girl now. I reckon she'll start menstruating next year or the year after.
She's a grown woman now, she can't be hit anymore.
"Mother, I just had so much fun out there that I forgot. Don't be angry. Even though I didn't see Father, he's very famous in Linfeng City."
Ji Cailiang has been gone for more than half a year, and no one knows when he will be able to come back.
"Mother, where is my eldest brother?" It seems we haven't heard any news about him.
"He applied to return to Xinhe County as magistrate and did not come back for three years."
[Haha, your older brother is trying to avoid your mother's pressure to get married. Your mother is terrifying. If she can't pressure your older brother, will she pressure you?]
"Impossible. My mother can't pressure me, and I can't get married. That dog of an emperor, Ning Qingran, has just ascended the throne and still needs my skills. He'll never let me get married so early."
You know all that!
"Yes," Fang Yulan sighed. Those who know, know. Her daughter was twelve years old. Other girls of that age would have many suitors coming to propose marriage, but her family had none.
Sigh! What's the point of being prepared? When the time actually comes, she'll still be feeling terrible.
I understand, it doesn't matter anymore. I wasn't born to get married. But our family is really falling apart now. Dad went on a business trip, my eldest brother is on assignment abroad, my second brother...
Your second brother bought the yard next door and plans to move there.
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