Since Madam Huang had said so, the noble ladies stopped pursuing the topic of marriage.
What Mr. Huang said was indeed what they were worried about.
Currently, aside from the two brothers sent away, the two young masters of the Zhao family in the capital are not holding high-ranking positions.
As for Zhao Minggeng, a prince consort, his only achievement in this life was serving the eldest princess and her children well.
Looking at how beautiful and promising the Zhao family children are now, what if they grow up to be ugly and deformed, or even hopeless cases?
A marriage arranged today may lead to regret later.
Women can change topics as fast as riding a fast horse.
Seeing that everyone had changed the subject, Huang and the others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Saying no is an art; if you don't do it well, you can easily offend people.
But if I don't refuse, I'll suffer.
Traditional third-day-after-birth ceremonies are usually quite simple, involving family members gathering together to eat noodles and red eggs.
Then the midwife will take care of the whole ceremony.
The eldest princess gave birth to a baby, and many people came today, all wanting to see if the baby, born from this old clam, would actually be a pearl.
The Zhao family naturally had to hold a banquet. The scale of the banquet was more grand than that of other families' weddings or birthday celebrations.
The gossip among the ladies only dissipated after the guests were led to the banquet.
They were all so well-behaved, eating with their heads down, as if they had entered a free cafeteria. They would feel bad for not eating more than a few bites.
A new broom sweeps clean, and a new emperor's ascension to the throne is no exception to the old adage.
He revised taxes, repaired waterways, and dispatched inspectors to various regions to monitor officials and understand the people's conditions.
The officials in Zhao Qingyang's ministry immediately felt increased pressure.
The new emperor paid more attention to agriculture than the retired emperor, and demanded that the Ministry of Works design a batch of new agricultural tools as soon as possible.
We must find ways to alleviate the hardship of farmers and increase crop yields.
The people in the Ministry of Works felt that they were being wronged, as these tasks should have been handled by the Grand Minister of Agriculture.
Only a small portion of the workers in their ministry were from farming backgrounds; the majority of the others came from families of artisans.
Zhao Qingyang has a lot of experience in agricultural tool design.
Previously, Zhao Qingyang had successfully imitated the hand-pulled plow that Zhao Qingyan had produced, and he had also already made a threshing machine.
Should we get a threshing machine?
These are all closely related to farmers.
After much thought and effort, Zhao Qingyang created a miniature waterwheel.
This invention greatly shocked everyone in the Ministry of Works.
The Minister of Works has been troubled lately because the Ministry of Works cannot immediately produce an invention that benefits the country and its people. Zhao Qingyang then offered him a way out.
Then, the Minister of Works took away that miniature waterwheel as if it were a precious treasure.
Before leaving, he patted Zhao Qingyang's arm.
"You've got some skills, kid. You're a real lucky charm for our ministry. Get ready for a reward."
Zhao Qingyang was still a little stunned, "That's it..."
In his mind, this thing was nothing special, just a handicraft he made when he was really out of inspiration, so how did it become related to an award?
The other colleagues looked at Zhao Qingyang with envy.
When the Minister of Works placed Zhao Qingyang's waterwheel model on the imperial desk in the Hall of Diligent Governance, the Emperor was full of admiration.
To ensure the new emperor could understand the workings of the waterwheel, he specially ordered a eunuch to bring over a basin of water.
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