Chapter 406 Why didn’t you say so earlier

Tuanzi was totally unaware that she could not drink from the emperor's tea bowl casually. She ate until her mouth was dry, but the jujube tea had not arrived yet. Finally, she drank some water. She took another small cake and continued to eat it with a crunching sound. She was eating happily.

Emperor Mingpeidi turned his head to look at her, and she smiled at him with her eyes curved, obviously very satisfied with the meal.

Emperor Mingpei threatened her: "If you leave all the crumbs of food on the floor, I will spank you."

Tuanzi stopped moving.

Her eyes rolled around and she glanced down secretly. Then she thought for a moment, bit the cake with her teeth, pulled Mingpeidi's big hand over with both hands, put it under her hands, and then began to eat the cake happily again.

Emperor Mingpei: “…”

He couldn't help laughing a few times.

Fang Wuyou came over and changed the cup for the emperor, added more tea, and brought Xinbao's jujube tea. He didn't dare to say anything or ask anything, and could only pretend not to see.

Emperor Mingpei waved his hand to let the waiters go down, and held Tuanzi on his knees. He opened his big hands to catch the crumbs for her, and said to them: "Rong'er, Xuan'er, Xinbao likes rare plants in the world. This...you all know it, right?"

The two of them couldn't help but look at each other and said in unison: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Emperor Mingpei said, "Xinbao's ability should not be underestimated. In addition, she fainted last time because of this, which is also worrying. I think that asking for gifts like Yuan Xiang did is obviously not good enough, but if I step in, I am afraid that the people below will go too far... So I think it is better to leave this matter to you."

Yuan Shenjue said: "What does the emperor mean?"

Emperor Mingpei said, "There are only two books on plants in the world today, such as Quanfang Beizu, which is a flower book, and Bencao Guangyi and Xinxiu Bencao, which are pharmacopoeias. In fact, there is really no book on general knowledge of plants. So I think it would be better to compile a book on plants in the name of you two... and then not in the name of the government, but to collect rare plants from the people of the world. What do you think?"

Both of them were in deep thought.

The emperor was obviously trying to test them.

Yan Shirong glanced at Yuan Shenjue, then stood up and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for being blunt. The difficulty of this matter is that there are not many people who know all the plants and trees. Many things may be wild grasses in the mountains, but only Xinbao can know whether they are useful. For the common people in the countryside, the royal family, the capital, and the herbal code are too far away from them. It is better to use things around them directly."

He paused for a moment, and seeing that Emperor Mingpei was leisurely hugging Xinbao, with no sign of being angry, he continued, "Xiao Jue and I have actually been thinking about this problem for a long time. Xinbao's eldest disciple is a man from the underworld named Bai Gusheng. It is said that he is the junior brother of the master of the Divine Doctor Valley. Most of the people in the Divine Doctor Valley have the ability to identify plants and are well-known in the underworld, but not well-known among the people..."

He paused and smiled sheepishly: "So, we just need to make the name of Divine Doctor Valley known to the public, and the rest will be easier."

How easy is it for ordinary people to find grass? They find grass every day, okay?

Not to mention a county, even in a province, if there is a medicine shop in the Divine Doctor Valley and charges ten taels of silver for one kind of herb, there will be people willing to run this errand. After all, there are many people doing business there and it's just along the way.

They would sell them to common people for a few cents, and then send them to the Divine Doctor Valley for identification. For them, even if one out of a hundred was useful, it would be a good deal.

Therefore, we just need to hype up the reputation of the Valley of Divine Doctors first. Knowing that they will not default on their debts, the rest will be easy.

Yuan Shen Jue also said: "In fact, it is easier to let the Jianghu people do this, much easier than the government. Prince Wu'an and Uncle Shen are close friends, so it is more convenient to let the prince be the shield than my father."

Emperor Mingpei smiled and said, "Not bad."

Xinbao finished eating all the crackers in the small plate, then held his hands with both hands, raised his fingers and shook them towards the middle, shaking, shaking, squeezing all the crumbs into the middle, and then wanted to bury his face in the food.

Emperor Mingpei didn't realize her intention at first, but when he realized it, he was both angry and happy, and quickly grabbed it: "I haven't washed my hands yet! I've been holding the memorials for the whole morning!"

Xinbao paused and looked at his hands with regret, as if asking why didn’t you tell him earlier.

Emperor Mingpei shook the crumbs in his hand onto the plate, called Fang Wuyou in to clean up, and said, "Let's go over there and talk. It's almost time for lunch."

The few of them moved to another place, and Emperor Mingpei said, "Xiao Tai's success was an accident."

Yan Shirong understood what he meant. He was referring to the affairs of the underworld. The elder master and Liang Ruoxu had always wanted to deal with it, but they were just not on the right track. It was more difficult to achieve twice the result with half the effort. However, as soon as Xiao Taicai arrived, he became very familiar with Mr. Shen Er.

He said, "Huang Yeye is right."

Xinbao was held by Mingpeidi, and he held his face with both hands: "Yeah yeah."

"Yeah." Mingpeidi glanced at her and said, "What's the matter, little cat?"

Xinbao licked the residue on his lips and said, "Yeah, that's the Complete Book of Plants and Trees you just mentioned. I can wait until I grow up and write it."

Emperor Mingpei paused. The words "Don't reach out, or you will be caught" started to repeat in his mind.

Emperor Mingpei said: "Then, Xinbaoer must study hard."

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

"No need to work hard!" Xinbao waved his hand and said, "If there is anything, my wife will do the hard work. Besides, Xinbao and Yeye are good friends. Yeye can lend Hanlin to Xinbao. Xinbao will return it to you after he has used it."

Emperor Mingpei raised his eyebrows: "So this is called 'Xinbao Xie'?"

"Of course!" Tuanzi said, "All the knowledge about plants and trees is in Xinbao's mind. All the essence of this book was provided by Xinbao. They just helped write it."

You know what, what she said actually makes sense.

Emperor Mingpei smiled and said, "Okay, then it's settled. Yeye is waiting for Xinbao to write."

The servants brought hawthorn water, and Xinbao drank half of it. Emperor Mingpei said, "There is one more thing... I want to find someone to take care of the small garden in front of you. Who do you think is suitable?"

Yan Shirong's eyebrows twitched slightly.

To be honest, it's only a few miles ahead. In order not to destroy the feng shui, they will first build a pond and it seems that a pavilion will also be built. In fact, nothing can be planted in it. It doesn't matter how big the job is, it is a serious job!

Even though he was new to the palace, he understood that in the royal family, any job was better than nothing. The Fifth Prince and the others were all idle! Although this was not the path he wanted to take, he wanted to fight for his fourth brother. He was just thinking about how to say this when Yuan Shenjue stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, I am willing to do it."

He was obviously thinking of entering the palace to see Tuanzi with a legitimate reason.

Emperor Mingpei laughed and asked Xinbao, "Xinbao, who do you think is suitable?"

Xinbao thought for a moment and said, "Brother Xiaoxian can be with Brother Four!!"

The second brother took a deep breath.

Sometimes he really envied his sister. How could she speak out everything so openly? Facing the emperor of a country, he still couldn't let go! Emperor Mingpei asked: "Why?"

(End of this chapter)