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, you let me enter the palace in this stinky clothes. Don't you think it stinks?" The first place Ji Yingying went to was the bedroom of the retired emperor.
He was playing mahjong with the queen and two concubines, and the emperor looked much better watching him without caring about anything.
"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, you didn't even come back for the crown prince's coronation ceremony."
"Who knows? Besides, we've already reached Linfeng City, so we might as well take a look. It's really good over there, but it's a little worse than 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.
"Okay, go to the imperial study. The emperor is waiting there!" After saying that, he coughed again. His health was getting worse and worse, and he didn't know how long he could live.
"Do you want me to take your pulse?" Ji Yingying leaned over and asked. Before the emperor retired, the empress dowager agreed and quickly asked her to take a look.
The person was smiling when the pulse was taken, but during the process of taking the pulse, the smile had stopped.
After it was over, she said, "Not bad, not bad, I can live to be a hundred!"
"I know my body well, so get busy!"
"Oh, 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. You can only live as long as you can.]
When they arrived at the Imperial Study, all the ministers of the six ministries were there, and they were all old acquaintances.
"Oh, the emperor is well, you guys are here too!"
"Your Highness has been out for a walk, and he looks much more familiar!" Minister Gong suddenly said, his tone like that of an 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, you should report to the Ministry of Works and attend court starting 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 and pop the emperor's melon for me! I want to eat it!]
【Do you know where the title of Emperor Xuande came from? 】
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's the title of the "Emperor Retired"? I don't think I know.]
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: ...
"Master Xiaoji, last year you said you had something good to give us this year. I wonder what it is?"
[Damn it, I was just talking nonsense at the time, how could anyone come up with that? Besides, why do you guys have such good memories?]
[Also, what does this bastard emperor want to do? He just picked at my things, that's fine, but he wants to pick at them again. Is he trying to suck my blood dry?]
[It seems like you did say this last year. You can just give me one of the Four Great Inventions. Besides, you only develop agriculture. Are you asking about development in the economy or something?]
"Nothing of value here!"
Ji Yingying felt that Xiangxiang was right and was thinking about what to give.
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 usually doesn't write memorials. In a year, she only writes one or two memorials.
And since it is a major incident, it will naturally be dealt with first.
"Alright, I'll give you some time to make arrangements with Minister Gong."
"No problem, I'll go back first if there's nothing else to do. I want to have some sleep!"
"Hmm~ The Queen has prepared a whole chicken feast for you. Do you want to go and take a look?"
Queen?
Didn’t we just see it?
The next second, Ji Yingying remembered that the Crown Princess was now the Empress.
"Okay, I'll go over later."
[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 asked someone to take her to see the queen, and sure enough, a whole chicken feast was prepared. Ji Yingying ate it happily.
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, sister-in-law, I didn't even know you gave 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 just sat in Ji Jiayu's yard 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.
After all, you are a grown-up girl, you can’t fight 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 push me, and I can't get married. Now that the bastard Emperor Ning Qingran has just ascended the throne, he still wants me to give him skills. There's no way he'll let me get married so early.]
You understand everything!
"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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