Seeing that her aunt was indeed frightened, Zhou Qiongyue said to liven up the atmosphere, "Aunt, you don't think I would come up with this out of thin air, do you?"
After Zhou Qiongyue finished speaking, she looked at the Queen with surprise, "So I'm so smart in my aunt's eyes!"
The Queen didn't care about Zhou Qiongyue's antics. Instead, she smiled and said, "Yes, you have always been so smart in my eyes."
The Queen truly believed this, and she wasn't just trying to fool Zhou Qiongyue. Many people had read these two books, including the Queen herself when she was a child.
But they were just spectators, and no one ever thought of giving it a try.
Zhou Qiongyue felt embarrassed when the Queen was so cooperative, "Auntie..."
The queen looked at the basin that had already frozen into ice, her whole body full of energy, "What do you want? Tell your aunt, and she will help you get it when the time comes."
"Auntie, this is actually pretty useless. The most important thing here is the stone, which is quite expensive. Most people can't afford it, so it probably doesn't have much merit, right?"
Zhou Qiongyue sometimes still has the business mindset of her previous life, so she thinks this discovery is not that great.
But the Queen had a different opinion. She could only break it down and tell her niece, "For the royal family, some things cannot be measured by silver.
It is more about paving the way for the court, and most importantly, the royal family and noble ministers can definitely afford it."
Zhou Qiongyue nodded thoughtfully, but she still didn't plan to ask for too much. "I just want some farmhouse or something. After all, I didn't invent it."
The most important thing is that Zhou Qiongyue doesn't want to be remembered by the emperor for being greedy.
The Queen saw Zhou Qiongyue think seriously for a long time and then asked for some of this... For the first time, she felt that she and her sister-in-law had spoiled this niece too naively. The Queen could only take the responsibility and said, "Then your aunt will make the decision for you when the time comes."
Zhou Qiongyue was quite willing to accept the Queen Aunt's decision to take over. The Queen Aunt was much more thoughtful than she was. "Then Yue'er will completely depend on you, Aunt."
The queen was very happy to be trusted by her niece so wholeheartedly, "Okay, just wait for your reward."
When Zhou Qiongyue saw that the serious business was over, she immediately remembered that she wanted to get her fifth cousin out of the palace to play for a few days.
Zhou Qiongyue spoke directly to the Queen Aunt, and asked questions directly. After all, playing tricks with such a peak of palace fighting is a typical nonsense:
"Aunt, is my fifth cousin busy lately? Will the master at Chongsheng Temple allow my fifth cousin to take a leave?"
"It's been too hot lately, and the palace isn't running out of ice. Chongsheng Temple has stopped using it. As for your fifth cousin, he shouldn't be up yet at this early hour! What do you want to talk to your fifth cousin about?"
The Queen's face was full of smiles when she mentioned her youngest son. The Queen's expectation for her youngest son was that he would live a safe and prosperous life, so she didn't think there was anything wrong with Li Jingyu not getting up at this time.
Having one outstanding and ambitious son is enough; having two would be truly fatal.
Zhou Qiongyue... Another day of envying her fifth cousin. With a father who was an emperor, a mother who was an empress, and a capable and ambitious brother, he was the chosen one. Even if the sky really fell, there would be someone tall enough to hold it up for him.
"I want my fifth cousin to go to the palace to play for a few days. After all, the weather is so hot, and living in the palace would be quite boring. Then my cousin can support me when I go out. Auntie, are you willing to let me go?"
The Queen was completely baffled by Zhou Qiongyue's words. This girl was simply worried that there wasn't enough ice in the palace, and she felt bad for Yu'er. As for going out to support her, Yue'er's status was only slightly lower than hers, so no one would dare to mess with her.
"Since you miss Yu'er, let him live with you outside the palace for a while! But have you told the prince?"
The Queen didn't want to cause discord between the young couple because of Yu'er's little incident. As for the issue of safety, in some ways, it was safer outside than in the palace.
Moreover, all the princes in the harem would run away from the palace as soon as they grew up. After all, the only ones trapped in the palace were the emperor's concubines.
Even the emperor himself often sneaked out, so the security in Yuan'an City was still very guaranteed.
When the Queen asked this, Zhou Qiongyue felt warm in her heart. "Don't worry, aunt! I've discussed this with the Prince, and he agrees. He often stays outside on business trips, and he feels more at ease with someone in the palace. When the time comes, I'll bring Fifth Brother over so they can play together."
After hearing Zhou Qiongyue's words, the Queen not only did not feel more relieved, but she sat up straighter, "You should also keep a close eye on her and don't let Yu'er lead Quan'er astray. After all, they are different.
After all, Quan'er has to fight for his own future, so he still needs to study."
"Aunt, listen to what you are saying. Your niece thinks that your fifth cousin should also study. There is a difference between an idle prince with ability and an idle prince without the ability to protect himself.
My niece knows what my aunt is worried about, but I always ask my second and fifth cousins what they think.
Only Zhou Qiongyue dared to speak to the Queen like this.
The queen was silent for a moment. She couldn't say that Yue'er was wrong. They each had their own stance, but as a mother, she would definitely not stop it if there was a way to have the best of both worlds.
She never stopped her youngest son from making progress, but she just didn't urge him to do so.
"You can give me some guidance." The queen did not mean to force it.
Zhou Qiongyue was afraid that her aunt would be upset for a while, so she comforted her carefully, "Aunt, not to mention that my fifth cousin has a good character. I am just his cousin, and he is so protective of me.
It's clear that my fifth cousin is a sentimental person. He's been so good to me, so he'll only be better to my second cousin. And I've always felt that deliberately raising a child to be stupid makes it easier for others to criticize you."
The Queen looked at Yue'er's reasoning with amusement and said, "Okay, okay, Auntie will listen to our Yue'er."
After everything was said, the Queen told Zhou Qiongyue some things she needed to pay attention to when getting along with Yuan An's wives. Anyway, the Queen now felt that her niece's heart was becoming more and more innocent, and she was afraid that she would be plotted against.
She also talked to Zhou Qiongyue about many ways to manage a household. Although Jin had also told Zhou Qiongyue about these principles, the queen had, after all, struggled in the palace and had a more clear understanding of things.
Zhou Qiongyue listened very carefully. In her opinion, these were all valuable experiences. If she could really learn them, managing a royal palace in the future would be a piece of cake.
In the end, Zhou Qiongyue had lunch with the Queen and the Fifth Prince before taking the Fifth Prince out of the palace.
When the Fifth Prince came to have lunch, he casually sighed, "My cousin is so popular. When my cousin came, my mother was willing to use ice. The whole hall is much cooler now."
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