Chapter 22 Women, be sharp.
"Grandmother, there is a blood clot next to your head. We have to find a way to get rid of it!" Baby Ruoxi looked at the kind-faced Grandmother and thought of a prescription silently: "Well, first I'll find a way to give you a pill. Then drink some of the baby's medicinal spring water every now and then. It will definitely be cured!" The Queen Mother
lowered her head and looked at the little girl. She couldn't help but pick up Baby Ruoxi and kissed her on the forehead.
"So cute, what should I do if my grandmother can't bear to let go?" The Queen Mother smiled and looked at Baby Ruoxi, saying, "No, I have to keep all three of you in the palace and won't let you go back no matter what!"
"Queen Mother!" The housekeeper smiled and said, "You are right to love the little prince and princess, but you will have to talk to the general's mansion later!"
"Humph, the general's mansion!" Thinking of the general's mansion, the Queen Mother was full of anger.
"Yes, we don't know how my uncle the emperor is doing now. We have to cure my grandmother first, so that she can stop some evil people from doing evil. Otherwise, in three years, the Wei Dynasty will be destroyed... My grandmother is so miserable!" Baby Ruoxi said.
"..." This time, the Queen Mother couldn't help it at all. Her hands shook violently and her whole body froze.
Their eyes met, and baby Ruoxi looked at the Queen Mother curiously: "Hey, can the Queen Mother hear what the baby is thinking?"
"Why is little Bao'er suddenly unhappy? His little brows are wrinkled. Is it because the Royal Grandmother is holding him in the wrong position?" The Queen Mother was frightened. She was afraid that if little Xi'er knew that she could hear what the baby was thinking, little Xi'er would not tell anyone.
After all, this was a matter of life and death, and babies usually wouldn't tell anyone.
So, the Queen Mother deliberately made an excuse.
Baby Ruoxi sighed quietly: "Oh, it turned out to be a false alarm!"
Xiao Jian went to do her makeup again, which took her a lot of time.
When she came out, she saw the
Queen Mother holding the teacup to drink tea. "Hey, this pill has to be taken by the Royal Grandmother!" Baby Ruoxi pinched a pill in her little hand and was thinking of a way to give it to the Queen Mother.
"Mother!" Hearing her daughter's inner voice, Xiao Jian immediately called the Queen Mother softly.
She believed that her daughter was curing illnesses and saving lives. She knew that her mother had always had headaches and was always in poor health. Bao Bao was a fairy baby. If her brother could cure her, then the Empress Dowager would definitely be able to do so.
The Queen Mother looked up at her daughter.
If Bao Bao aimed at the Queen Mother's tea bowl, with a thought, the elixir would fall into the Queen Mother's teacup.
"Have a sip of tea first!" Xiao Jian said.
"Yes!" The Queen Mother nodded and drank up all the tea in the teacup.
Putting down the teacup and looking at her daughter in front of her, the Queen Mother smiled: "Well, it looks much better now. Remember to dress up beautifully every day."
"Got it, mother!" Xiao Jian sat next to her mother and said coquettishly, "Mother, I want to eat the sweet-scented osmanthus cake made by Aunt Qiu."
"I am so happy that the princess wants to eat it. I will make it after the banquet is over today." The housekeeper said with a smile.
"If you want to eat it, stay in the palace and eat it every day!" said the Queen Mother.
"No, mother, I will stay in the palace for a few days and then go back to the general's mansion!" Xiao Jian said.
"Tell me what you are going to do!" The Queen Mother looked at Xiao Jian, and then raised her eyes to glance at Aunt Jin.
Nanny Jin waved her hand to the side, and all the servants withdrew, leaving only the steward Momo, Dongju, and Hongmei.
Xiao Jian picked up the sleepy little girl from her mother's arms. She looked at the little girl in her arms and said, "Mother, now he controls 30% of the military orders of the Great Wei. If he joins hands with some people with ulterior motives in the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel, it will be a great threat to the emperor."
"But what can you do if you go back? You will be in danger."
The Queen Mother said. "I will have a good talk with the emperor later. This matter should not be confronted head-on. Our Great Wei has experienced turmoil for so many years, and now it has just stabilized. It is not appropriate to have a big commotion. The will of the people is the foundation. If there is turmoil, I am afraid that the emperor will be distrusted by the people of the world!" Xiao Jian said.
"Mom, you are great. As expected, only women who return to the palace and sober up can become sharp. You said it very well!" Baby Lingyue couldn't help but clap her hands to applaud her mother. Xiaojian's
eyelids drooped. She was already happy in her heart, but she couldn't show it. She couldn't let Xi'er know that she could hear the baby's voice.
She also couldn't let her mother know that Xi'er was a special baby. If she did, she was afraid of scaring her mother.
The royal family has never believed in ghosts and gods. If they did, how could there be so many killings? ! The
queen mother remembered that her daughter suddenly woke up from the day she gave birth.
Probably, it is also related to this little fairy!
Thinking of this, the Queen Mother stood up and said, "Okay, it's almost time. You go to the Yangxin Palace first and let the Emperor see the two children. I'll pack up here and then go over."
Xiao Jian said goodbye to his mother, holding his daughter, followed by his son, and went to the Yangxin Palace.
The emperor was handling government affairs. From the time he ascended the throne to now, he was very busy every day. Usually, he rarely went to the concubines' palace at night, but was busy with his own affairs.
This also led to the fact that there has never been an heir in the harem since he ascended the throne. The Queen Mother was anxious, but the emperor was not anxious.
"Father, regarding the military pay at the border, the Minister of Personnel said that we should collect an extra 10% of the tax and send it to the border during the autumn harvest and winter storage. After all, the soldiers at the border are responsible for protecting the country." The 15-year-old boy said, sitting behind the desk at the side, looking at the memorial in his hand.
"What do you think?" The handsome man behind the desk in front looked outside, then retracted his gaze, looked at his son at the side, and asked coldly.
"I think this is inappropriate!" Xiao Yuting sat up straight and shook his head, saying, "In recent years, the tax rate of our Great Wei has reached 40%, whether it is in poor counties or rich cities, it is more than 40%. The people are suffering. If the tax rate is increased, the people will not be able to survive the winter. In the spring of next year, there will be a shortage of food, and they will not be able to survive!"
The emperor nodded, and he finally recognized his son.
"Very good, then you can go back with the memorial!" The emperor nodded.
Outside the door, the figure waiting to be summoned has appeared.
Since baby Ruoxi absorbed a lot of spiritual power, she has sharp ears and eyes, and she heard the conversation in the hall clearly.
"Both of these men are good. They sound very righteous. Which one is my uncle? I really want to see a handsome man!" Baby Ruoxi blew bubbles and thought.