Ji Yingying is the Grand Tutor. Even if he retires, she won't take over. However, their Ministry of Works is already very powerful, and they are handling more and more matters.
The development now is remarkable, with oil, tractors, tricycles, and so on.
Most importantly, the people are well-fed, no matter where they are or what kind of land they are on.
The clothes at home are warm enough that I don't have to worry about freezing to death in winter. Overall, it's very good.
At the end of July, an earthquake occurred in Changpeng County. Early in the morning, Ji Yingying had just entered the Qin Zheng Hall when Emperor Xuande arrived. The first thing he did was to show Ji Yingying the memorials.
"An earthquake? Changpeng County is near Linfeng City? How could there be an earthquake so suddenly? And we don't even know the magnitude?"
There were no seismographs in this era, but she had already made one.
"There are countless dead and injured over there. Take some men and go take a look."
I originally thought it would take some effort to get Ji Yingying to agree, but to my surprise, she agreed right away.
He also said, "I can go too, but the Crown Prince can come with me; he needs to study."
"I agree."
"Then let's pack up and set off."
In the afternoon, after getting ready, the little donkey set off immediately. Mu Kaiji didn't go; the King of Qi had only been dead for a year, and he couldn't run around recklessly.
However, Ji Yingying can handle it well, but I'm worried she might mess things up.
But it’s not a big deal.
When we arrived in Changpeng County, we hadn't packed anything; everything was as it was after the earthquake.
"Where is the county magistrate?"
"The county magistrate is dead, and several county magistrates in the vicinity are also dead. Only some yamen runners are left who don't know what to do."
"This..." Ji Yingying turned to look at the young prince and asked, "If it were you, what would you do?"
"We should first comfort the disaster victims, then search for any survivors, and at the same time rebuild their homes."
"The method is correct, but this time I brought quite a few imperial physicians with me. Tell me, what is the purpose of these imperial physicians!"
"To avoid an epidemic?"
"Yes, the number of deaths needs to be counted, the number of students needs to be counted..." In short, Ji Yingying gave him a lot of instructions, and the Crown Prince took notes and followed along.
Fortunately, there weren't many casualties, and because the situation was well controlled, there were basically no unexpected incidents.
After the earthquake, Ji Yingying asked the disaster victims to rebuild their homes. She assured them of logistical support, but insisted that they rebuild their homes themselves.
Half a year passed in a flurry of activity, and with the New Year fast approaching, Ji Yingying finally returned to the capital with the young prince.
This year will still be a good year. Even if there is an earthquake, it can be resolved.
Moreover, this time it achieved the effect of helping each other when one is in trouble.
The main reason is that Ji Yingying has some tricks up her sleeve, which makes people around her willing to contribute grain, so the grain from the national treasury is basically not used.
This vivid lesson allowed the crown prince to learn it again.
After returning to the capital, Ji Yingying was too lazy to go to the palace to report, so she simply had the young crown prince go to the palace to report.
This year, all five children in the family have grown up, and Ji Yingying is now twenty-two.
At this age, she's definitely an old maid. Even though people don't dare to talk about Ji Yingying in front of the Ji family at banquets, they still say behind her back that she's an old maid.
This year, some bold men came to propose marriage during the Lunar New Year, but there weren't many, just one or two.
Fang Yulan looked at the other party's conditions, which were very good, extremely good. But when she looked back at her daughter, who was munching on potato chips and reading a storybook, how could she bear to let her daughter get married like this?
Moreover, she was worried that people would not only not protect her, but might even bully her.
In the end, I refused.
Upon hearing that she had rejected Fang Yulan, Ji Yingying secretly gave her a thumbs-up, as if to praise her.
To her surprise, the other party became enraged and directly insulted her, calling her an old maid who would never get married.
Ji Yingying didn't indulge her. She came out from behind and said with a smile, "So what if I'm an old maid? It's not like I have no one to take care of me in my old age and see me off in my final days. Don't forget, the Crown Prince is my student. When I get old and die, he will have to take care of me in my final days. Even if he doesn't take care of me in my old age and see me off in my final days, I still have my nephews and nieces. Look, I still have the Princess's Mansion and the Prince of Jin's Mansion. The title of Protector of the Nation Princess that the late Emperor bestowed upon me has not been taken away."
"The current emperor still holds the title of Prince of Jin that I was granted. As for me, I will never marry, and no one will dare to say a word against me."
"And you better watch out, don't let me catch you doing something wrong, or I'll have to deal with you."
Ji Yingying immediately ordered the guests to be seen off, and declared, "Grandma, I'm never getting married in this life, what can you do about it?"
[You're really meddling in other people's business!]
[Host, you're practically an old maid in this world. But that's fine with you. If you don't want to marry, you don't have to. You're not someone's wife, not someone's mother, just a young lady from the Ji family.]
[Okay, okay!]
Fang Yulan sighed. She thought she would have a relationship with Mu Kaiji, but it turned out that the two of them were completely against marriage. Mu Kaiji didn't want to, and neither did she.
"My son, I'll say it again: if you want to get married, your parents will take care of everything for you. A grand dowry is no problem. If you don't want to get married, your parents will still support you."
"Mom, you're so good to me. Don't worry, I'm confident in my abilities."
I'm not a little girl anymore; I know what I want to do.
"Okay, Mom supports you."
Not only her parents, brother and sister-in-law supported her, but Emperor Xuande also supported her. It didn't matter to the royal family whether Ji Yingying got married or not, but if her husband's family was not good people, it would be a disaster for them.
In response, Emperor Xuande also warned the lady who had spoken ill of Ji Yingying.
This caused the lady to kneel in the ancestral hall and almost get divorced.
After this incident, no one dared to have designs on Ji Yingying anymore.
Ji Yingying can finally relax.
These days are spent either at work or on the way to gossip, and a year has passed just like that.
With Mu Kaiji's mourning period ending in a year, Ji Yingying was thinking about skipping work to travel the world again.
During the Lunar New Year, Ji Yingying led a few kids to set off fireworks. Time flies so fast; Ping An is almost ten years old now.
Yanni actually wanted to find a match for him and even asked Ji Yingying to help her take a look.
When Ji Yingying heard the news, she was stunned. Ping An was not like his father, who was a military general and knew some martial arts. He was mostly a bookworm and loved to study.
"Second sister-in-law, isn't this a bit too early?" Ji Yingying was shocked. Ten years old? What was she doing when she was ten?
Oh, she's arguing with the late emperor, she's trying to outwit him. What did her mother do to her? Her mother not only punched and kicked her, but also scolded her.
Ping An's mother has actually arranged a marriage for him; this is... absolutely incredible.
"It's getting late. We'll see now. There's no time to get married so early."
"Okay, if there are any banquets recently, I'll go with you." She usually doesn't want to go to banquets like that since she's already familiar with the people there.
After all, it's too late for the author to write about banquets anymore, but for the sake of Ping An's lifelong happiness, Ji Yingying felt she should still go!
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