"I heard that the Qing emperor recently allocated disaster relief funds to the wrong place, causing the flood in Jiangnan to drag on for an entire day..."
one day?
That was a long time.
And as far as she knew, the delay that day was because the original road was washed away by water, so they had to change the route.
never mind.
It was her honest father who set a small goal for himself from the beginning.
Delaying it for one day now is indeed a gaffe.
Qingyin had no choice but to throw down her chopsticks and walk behind Nangong Yuan. "How do you think this strength is?"
"It's too light." Nangong Yuan replied.
Qingyin had to use all her strength and said, "Is this okay now?"
"Just barely."
Okay.
It's barely passing.
Feeling the increasingly weak force on his shoulders, Nangong Yuan suddenly turned his head and looked behind him.
Qingyin quickly increased her strength, but still said pitifully, "My hands are so tired, is that all right?"
She is really tired.
I didn’t realize how tiring it was when I was enjoying it before, but now that I’m getting the hang of it, I realize how tiring it is.
She simply pouted her red lips and started to strike, "I'm really tired. Look, I can't even lift my wrist."
The jade-white wrist was slightly raised, but Nangong Yuan was thinking, what would it be like if this hand was tied up one day?
Although he thought so in his heart, he said with disdain as usual, "What a useless guy! I'll ask the imperial kitchen to send over some pork elbows tomorrow."
The eunuch chief at the door quickly received the order.
Seeing Qingyin's lack of understanding, Nangong Yuan said, "Like cures like." Then he disappeared at the door.
"Qiuzhu, ask the imperial kitchen to serve a pig's head tomorrow."
She saw that he was talented and wanted to make up for his shortcomings.
Although Nangong Yuan had already left the yard, he still heard these words, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up, as if smiling.
The second day.
Qingyin looked at the braised pig's head on the table and became withdrawn for a moment.
She had asked three times, "Has His Majesty not come yet?"
Qiu Zhu hurried out to take another look, but saw that no one was lighting the lanterns on the palace road. She trotted back and said, "How about I send someone to inquire about it?"
"No."
Qingyin picked up a few grains of white rice with chopsticks, and glanced at the pig's head in the middle of the table. She always felt that this guy did it on purpose.
It obviously comes every day these days.
After Qingyin had finished half a bowl of rice, a young eunuch suddenly came running in from outside. Seeing Qingyin, he immediately knelt and said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor said he would not be dining today, so he sent me here to tell you."
"Your Majesty, can you have dinner?"
The young eunuch shook his head, "No."
"I understand. Stand up." Qingyin wiped her mouth with a handkerchief and said to Qiuzhu, "Put the longevity head on the table. The emperor has been busy these days, so don't forget to eat."
When the young eunuch was carrying the food box back to the imperial study, he happened to meet several ministers coming out.
The eunuch in chief, Li Zhang, motioned him to wait respectfully on the side. After sending off the other guests, he looked at the food box in the young eunuch's hand and asked, "Did the Empress Dowager order you to deliver this?"
"Yes. The Empress Dowager said that the Emperor has worked hard, but he should not forget to eat, so she specially asked me to bring back this longevity head." The young eunuch replied respectfully.
The smiling face just now suddenly froze, and Li Zhang flicked the whisk in his hand.
Although he didn't know why the emperor suddenly got the urge to go to the empress dowager's palace for dinner recently.
However, as a servant, he naturally has to pay attention to what his master likes.
Just now I was praising the Queen Mother in my heart for being a capable person.
I knew I could take the opportunity to send some gifts to win over the emperor, but now, this is not winning over at all, it is clearly walking on a mountain of swords.
Yesterday, he was close and heard all those words.
The emperor gave the empress dowager a pork elbow, which is a gesture of kindness, whether it was a joke or true.
Is the Queen Mother blaming the Emperor by replying this?
Just when he was hesitating whether to present it, Nangong Yuan called him first. Li Zhang had no choice but to let the eunuch continue to wait outside while he went in to serve.
"Have you spoken to the Queen Mother?"
He really didn't mean to not go today.
Although disaster relief funds and food were allocated to the Jiangnan flood.
But the affected area is too large, and news came today that some people are suspected of having contracted the plague.
He had no choice but to summon the ministers to the palace to discuss the matter as soon as possible.
"Your Majesty, the messenger has returned. The Empress Dowager said Your Majesty should not overwork himself and should remember to eat." Li Zhang hesitated at this point, "Also, alright..."
"What else?" Nangong Yuan's writing hand suddenly stopped.
Li Zhang suddenly knelt down and said, "They also sent a longevity head."
Nangong Yuan was startled at first, then suddenly laughed, "You're really naughty."
Li Zhang was shocked.
He quickly collected his thoughts and said, "The food box is outside. Shall I bring it in?"
Nangong Yuan waved his hand and said, "No need, it's a reward for you."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Zhang hurriedly expressed his gratitude.
Nangong Yuan's pen just started moving, then stopped again, "By the way, go to the storehouse and pick out a few hairpins to send over."
"yes."
Qingyin looked at the colorful hairpins on the tray, a little stunned, "The emperor accepted it and thanked me?"
Is this Nangong Yuan so easy to talk to?
She sent the pig's head over with the intention of finding out.
She wanted to know how tolerant Nangong Yuan was of her during their time together these past few days.
It seems that there are still quite a lot.
It was Li Zhang who delivered it personally.
"Yes, Queen Mother. These hairpins were specially selected by the Emperor from the warehouse. They are all new models of this year. Take a look. Do you like them?" Li Zhang said with a smile that was more sincere than usual.
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