Zhezhi spoke very softly. After she finished speaking, she put down the brush and pointed at the numbers marked on the tea leaves with her little fingers.
"Let me see?" The queen took the account book from her little hand and read the small words on it carefully.
At the beginning of the year, the Ministry of Internal Affairs purchased a lot of goods from all over the place. In addition to the tributes from small countries and various treasures and tributes presented by various states, all these account books were piled up, dazzling and overwhelming. What Zhezhi pointed out was the account of tea.
The queen loved white tea, and the words "white" and "hundred" were written very similarly on the accounts, so the words "four hundred teas" were easy to mistake at first glance.
"Zhizhi, how did you find it?" After putting down the account book, the queen looked at her in surprise. It was not easy to find this typo. She was only three and a half years old. Usually, children of this age would have just started to learn to read and write at home. But she just picked it up and flipped through it for a while and found the loophole accurately.
"Mother also bought some white tea before, and the housekeeper also made a mistake when recording the account," Zhezhi hugged the queen's arm and acted coquettishly. Her small body hanging on the queen's body did not make people feel that she was being rude, but on the contrary, everyone would praise her for being cute at first sight. Just now, when the queen mentioned the account book, she sighed. Zhezhi blinked and said sweetly, "Zhizhi occasionally helps mother to check the account book at home. If you don't mind, I will take a look at these."
"Okay, okay," the queen was open-minded by nature. She didn't care at all that these account books were read by a three-and-a-half-year-old child. Even if she did, it wouldn't matter. She smiled kindly, "When I went to Jiangnan, I heard that Zhizhi and your brother were both child prodigies. If grandma had seen our little Zhizhi earlier, she would definitely be very happy and heartwarming."
The queen happily sat on the soft couch next to Fu Huaichu, watching the fussy Zhezhi trying to hold the brush that was much bigger than her hand, flipping through the account book and reading it carefully, while talking to Fu Huaichu, "Huaichu, Zheye Zhezhi is so old now, you should pay more attention and bring Ruan Ruan back to be the crown princess as soon as possible. You are so efficient in doing things on weekdays, but when you meet the girl you like, you don't dare to take the initiative?"
"She will be the Crown Princess, there is no doubt about that," Fu Huaichu looked at his little daughter. Zhezhi looked very similar to Su Zhiruan, both with fair skin, big eyes, and delicate and beautiful features. He picked up the teacup, skimmed the tea leaves with the lid, and said lightly, "Yesterday, the third brother also saw Ruan Ruan."
The queen withdrew her gaze and took a sip of tea. "And then?"
"Then the third prince told me that he wanted to marry Ruan Ruan as the third prince's consort, and he didn't mind bringing broken branches and leaves, and he also said that he fell in love at first sight." Fu Huaichu calmly explained what happened yesterday.
"Poof..." The Queen almost spit out the tea in her mouth. Her plan to find a young talent to stimulate Fu Huaichu had not yet been implemented, but her other son got there first, "I haven't made the first move yet!"
"Take action?" Fu Huaichu keenly caught the word, his deep eyes slowly fell on her, and asked leisurely, "What is the Queen Mother going to do?"
The queen put the teacup away and sat upright, "Nothing, Huaizhong is old enough, it's time for him to take care of him."
Fu Huaichu smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble my mother to hold a flower viewing banquet for my third brother to meet the noble ladies."
With just a few words, he finally made the decision for Fu Huai. The Queen had nothing else to do except checking the account books, so she agreed to the banquet.
The Queen pondered and spoke again, "Let your father discuss the matter of the Crown Prince's wedding with the Ministry of Rites, and have the Ministry of Internal Affairs prepare for it at all times. If you can marry Ruan Ruan soon, I can have another daughter and two more grandchildren. When the time comes, I can also confer titles on Zhezhi and Zheye. I have long wanted to hear them call me the Imperial Grandmother."
"Okay." Fu Huaichu put down the teacup, stood up and walked to Zhezhi, "Zhezhi, do you want to go to the East Palace with Daddy?"
Zhezhi placed the last account book in her hand on the pile on the left, pushed the abacus aside, and placed the wolf hair brush next to the inkstone. She opened her little arms and let Fu Huaichu pick her up easily.
"Daddy, grandma, these account books have been sorted out." Zhezhi smiled sweetly after being picked up. She pointed to two piles of account books, one on the left and one on the right. "Some of the ones on the left don't match, but the ones on the right are all correct. I circled the places where they didn't match."
"Have all the branches been sorted out?" The queen was surprised and walked forward to look through the account books.
Just as Zhezhi said, there were holes on the left, and she outlined them all, making them very eye-catching.
The pile of account books on the right are very neat. When you open them, the accounts are very clear.
Fu Huaichu held his little daughter in his arms. He had heard of the reputations of Zhezhi and Zheye as child prodigies a long time ago, but when he saw them in person today, he was still deeply shocked.
His two children are both child prodigies in the eyes of the people. As a father, Fu Huaichu feels proud. At this moment, he is extremely grateful to God for letting him meet Su Zhiruan in Sujia Village, so that he can have two lovely children now. He is also very grateful to Su Zhiruan. The two children she educated are outgoing and eloquent. The daughter is talented in arithmetic, and the son is learning from a teacher.
"Mother, you might as well do some calculations. Your son will take Zhezhi to the Eastern Palace to sit for a while first." Fu Huaichu saw that the Queen's eyes were completely dull at this time. He didn't think much about it and decided to take Zhezhi to the Eastern Palace to play around, so that he could get familiar with it faster later.
After he saluted, Zhezhi also saluted in a proper manner, imitating him, but hers was more adorable.
Then, Fu Huaichu took Zhezhi's hand and led her out of Kunning Palace.
After the father and daughter left, the queen continued to count with an abacus.
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At this moment, a man wearing bright yellow court robes and exuding majesty suddenly walked in from the door. The servants wanted to salute him, but were stopped by the emperor, who waved his hand to signal them to go down.
"What is the queen doing?" The emperor stood behind her and watched for a while. He was surprised to find that she had sorted out the account book. He took a quick look and saw that the accounts were outlined with circles. "Why did you calculate the accounts so quickly today?"
"Your Majesty?" The queen was so absorbed in her calculations that she only realized at this moment that there was someone standing behind her. This person was none other than the emperor. She stood up and saluted, "Your Majesty."
"Sit down," the emperor didn't care about the formalities. After he sat down, he opened the account books. Then, he saw the faintly outlined circles on them, and the accounts inside the circles didn't look right. "Did you do all this?"
"Your Majesty, Huaichu just came and brought a broken branch with him," the Queen put down the account book in her hand and sat down to chat with the Emperor, "You don't know what happened just now!!"
"What happened?" When she asked, even the emperor's curiosity was aroused. (End of this chapter)