Chapter 485 Yeah Yeah Listen to My Argument

The next day, when the ministers entered the imperial study, they found two pots of flowers in the room.

The gaudy round basin is out of place in the solemn and elegant imperial study.

Prime Minister Yuan understood immediately and started the conversation with a smile: "Your Majesty, do you want to grow flowers?"

Emperor Mingpei said calmly, "It's not that I want to raise them, but Xinbao heard that people should plant them to pray for blessings during the Spring Dragon Festival, so he insisted on sending me two pots."

The ministers understood the meaning of the song and praised the little princess for her filial piety. Some asked, "What kind of flower is this?"

Emperor Mingpei smiled and said, "I don't know either. Xinbao said he would give me a surprise when it's opened."

When the emperor showed off like this, everyone in the court knew about it. They also remembered that the little princess liked plants and trees. As spring was approaching, those who had gardens at home found ways to pass on the message, hoping that the little princess would go to their homes to take a look.

Two days later, when Xinbao went to the Qianqing Palace, Wang Ronggui came to give her a lecture.

Among her several husbands, Gan Baibi came the most often, Cheng Fuju came occasionally, and the one who came the least was the Assistant Minister of War Wang Ronggui.

But Gan Baibi has always been extremely polite, even a little restrained, while Wang Ronggui is the most relaxed one.

His grandfather was Prince Wenxin. He was the eldest grandson of the eldest son in the family. He had a noble family background, was both civil and military, handsome, and noble. He was a typical and outstanding young man from aristocratic family. He had a lot of brothers and sisters. He was very good at coaxing children and was very open-minded in speaking. Xinbao liked him very much.

He said to Xinbao, "Your Highness, my grandmother has loved flowers since she was young. She bought a farm on the outskirts of the city and planted flowers and trees everywhere. She rarely trimmed them and left them to nature. She named it Wujue Garden. In the eyes of others, it may not be elegant, but I heard that your Highness does not care whether it looks good or is a famous species, but likes to collect rare plants in the world. So I think it may not disappoint your Highness. I wonder if your Highness would like to go and take a look?"

Xinbao was very interested: "Is it big?"

"It's not that big," Wang Ronggui said, "less than thirty acres."

Xinbao asked, "Is it far away?"

"Not far," Wang Ronggui said, "It's in the north. Leave the palace from Shenwu Gate and the carriage will arrive in less than two hours."

Xinbao asked again: "Is the grass green now?"

Wang Ronggui said, "It is said that the winter jasmine has bloomed and the grass has turned green, but the other flowers have not yet bloomed."

"Oh!" Xinbao said, "But Yeye said that we can't leave the palace until the 15th. We are not allowed to go now."

She looked at him with big, bright eyes. Wang Ronggui laughed, "Your Highness, the Emperor is yours. If you can't do it, don't count on me. I really don't have the ability, and I don't have the courage."

All right. Tuanzi said, "Then after the fifteenth, Xinbao will go and ask Yeye for help."

Wang Ronggui smiled and said, "Then I will tell Grandmother to prepare the bed for you."

"No, no, don't sweep yet," Tuanzi said, "What if Ye Ye says, 'It's too far! We haven't even finished the nearby garden yet, why are we running so far!'" She imitated Emperor Mingpei so well, and raised her eyebrows, "Then Xinbao won't be able to go, so don't sweep yet."

Wang Ronggui was so cute that he couldn't help but breathe in and hold back his laughter: "Okay, I understand."

Xinbao continued to practice calligraphy and asked, "Does your grandmother like all kinds of flowers?"

Wang Ronggui saw that the boy wanted to hear gossip, so he said, "When my grandmother was still a boudoir girl, she had a habit of wearing fresh flowers in her hair. Later, my grandfather planted a small garden for her and picked fresh flowers for her to wear on her clothes every day. Later, my grandfather retired and the old couple felt that the house was too small, so my grandfather took my grandmother to live on the farm and planted all kinds of flowers. Since they only wanted to wear them, they didn't care much about the scenery. After more than ten years, the garden was full of flowers, but there was no scenery. On the contrary, because the family members were not elegant people and didn't take care of them, the garden gradually became useless."

Xinbao nodded: "Oh!" She glanced at him.

So Wang Ronggui found another topic to talk about: "When my grandmother was at home, she often put flowers in my hair. I was young at that time and liked it very much. I often rode a bamboo horse, put red flowers in my hair, and paraded through the streets like a top scholar. Even now, my father often talks about it. Later, when my sisters went there, my grandmother asked someone to comb their hair, and they all went out with flowers in their hair. They were really beautiful..."

Xinbao listened with such fascination that he almost forgot to write.

So when Ming Peidi checked the homework at noon, I just laughed.

Xinbao originally copied the calligraphy of Duke Weiguo, which is a medical book, but from time to time, there are words like "30 acres", "Shenwu Gate", "hairpin flowers", "top scholar parade" and so on. You can guess what Wang Ronggui talked about with her at a glance! Emperor Mingpei asked Tuanzi calmly: "Xinbao, did you concentrate on writing today?"

Tuanzi said without any guilt: "Xinbao is so focused!"

"Have you spoken to anyone?"

Tuanzi thought about it and glanced at him secretly: "I said... a little bit."

“How many sentences is a little bit?”

Tuanzi blinked his eyes, trying to save himself: "Yeah, is it that Xinbao's writing is not very good?"

Emperor Mingpei showed her the paper directly: "What do you say?"

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Xinbao took a quick look and saw the words.

And not only that, some of the words were even written outside the page... Tuanzi felt guilty: "Yeah, listen to my excuse!!"

Emperor Mingpei raised an eyebrow.

Tuanzi didn't realize that he had said something wrong. He pulled his sleeve and looked at him sincerely with his big eyes: "It was Lord Wang who said that his family had a garden and wanted me to go there. Xinbao only said a little bit, and the rest was all said by Lord Wang!"

"Oh!" Emperor Mingpei said with a straight face, "This Wang Ronggui actually dared to disturb my little princess while she was writing. Let me see how I punish him! Fang Wuyou!!"

Fang Wuyou came over in response: "The servant is here!!"

Emperor Mingpei was having a lot of fun teasing his granddaughter. He raised his hand and said, "You..."

Tuanzi got anxious, stood up, and grabbed Mingpeidi's arm: "No, no, yeah, don't punish Lord Wang, Xinbao is also wrong."

Emperor Mingpei deliberately put on a stern face: "What did Xinbao do wrong?"

Tuanzi glanced at him secretly again: "That's right...that's right, although Xinbao didn't say much, but in his heart, Xinbao actually wanted to listen, so he kept hinting to him to talk."

Emperor Mingpei asked, "How did you hint at that?"

Tuanzi obediently posed as if writing. Then, he raised his chin and glanced at him, then glanced again: "That's the hint."

This little guy was too funny. Emperor Mingpei couldn't help laughing out loud, and then he staggered with his forehead supported by his hand.

When Tuanzi saw Yeye smile, he breathed a sigh of relief and snuggled up to his legs, thinking he had passed the test.

As a result, Emperor Mingpei stopped laughing and turned his face away, "Since you also know that you are wrong, then make up for the time you spent writing today."

Xinbao: “…”

(End of this chapter)