Chapter 35: The couple planted the rice seedlings together. "As he said this, he didn't know...
When Qi Buchen heard the tone of the voice, he knew that the man must be a little drunk, otherwise he would not speak like that.
She was quite familiar with this kind of situation, so she softened her tone and asked, "Why?"
Yinzhen did not answer, but just looked up and saw that his eyes were wide open and wet, looking aggrieved and stubborn.
Qi Buchen was immediately touched by the cuteness: "But who offended you?"
You said, I'll go and kill him!
Yinzhen lowered his head and said, "No." Then he stood up and staggered back to his bedroom, "Go to bed."
"Wait." Qi Buchen didn't know what word he said wrong and why he suddenly wanted to leave. "Drink the hangover soup first."
Yinzhen, however, acted as if he didn't hear anything and went into the east room.
There must be something wrong! Qi Buchen's eyes fell on Su Peisheng.
Su Peisheng shrank back, and seeing that he couldn't escape, he could only smile bitterly and bow: "Madam, please don't make things difficult for me." Then he ran away quickly.
Qi Buchen was lost in thought, knowing that today's events might have touched upon Yinzhen's past, so even if Su Peisheng knew, she wouldn't dare tell her. Well, as long as it wasn't because of her, it was fine. As for some things, it was better not to know.
When I saw Yinzhen again the next day, I don’t know if he really didn’t remember what happened last night. Anyway, he acted as if nothing had happened.
It was originally thought that Kangxi would have to be away for at least one or two months during his tour of the capital, but who would have thought that he would return in less than half a month.
"Why did you come back so soon?" Qi Buchen asked when he saw Yinzhen, "Did something happen?"
"Something happened." Unexpectedly, Yinzhen actually nodded.
"Ah?" Qi Buchen instantly imagined many plots of assassination, rebellion, etc.
"Someone risked their lives to deliver this news. All the relief supplies allocated to Shaanxi have been embezzled by the Shaanxi Governor, Sa Bi. Now the refugees are rioting and it's getting hard to control."
Qi Buchen didn't expect it to be like this, and was immediately indignant: "How dare you ask for any money!"
"He deserves to be cut into pieces!" Yinzhen was equally angry.
Unfortunately, neither of them had the final say. Sabi was a member of the Nala clan, and he had a powerful interest group behind him. Ultimately, Kangxi simply dismissed him from his position and refused to employ him again. In exchange, Kangxi gave the position of Minister of Revenue, previously held by the Nala clan, to Ma Qi.
This result made Yinzhen in a bad mood for several days, but soon he didn't know what stimulated him and began to study martial arts more diligently. He was busy all day long. Qi Buchen only saw him once before dinner and bedtime every day, and they hardly exchanged a few words.
March came in a blink of an eye. Due to the drought in Shaanxi last month, Kangxi cancelled this year's Wanshou Festival. The ministers only gave gifts but did not attend banquets. However, a small family banquet was held in the harem to celebrate Kangxi's birthday.
However, Kangxi did not smile throughout the entire event, which made everyone very nervous and cautious, and the birthday party ended in a whimper.
This depressing atmosphere did not ease until April.
"The Emperor has once again allocated one million treasury silver to provide relief to Shaanxi. Now the situation in Shaanxi can be said to be under initial control." This news that Yinzhen said casually made Qi Buchen chant a Buddhist chant involuntarily. No matter what, the people are always the most innocent.
A few days later, Yinzhen came back and said, "Have someone prepare some coarse cloth clothes these days. The emperor is going to Yingtai to farm himself, so we have to go too."
"Where is Yingtai?" Qi Buchen wondered.
Yinzhen replied casually, "It's a small island in the south, not far away."
□□? Qi Buchen's eyes suddenly widened. Was it the □□ she knew?
He was not sure whether it was true or not, but when he arrived at the place, Qi Buchen found that it was indeed a place with very beautiful scenery.
The entire island is not very big, but it can accommodate one or two hundred people without any problem.
There weren't many people coming this time, but there were quite a few. In addition to the princes like Yinzhen, several concubines from the harem and several main ladies were also present. Of course, the majority of the people came from Kangxi and his ministers.
However, Qi Buchen was a little embarrassed. The eldest wife was pregnant and did not come, and the other princes had not yet married, so she was the only young girl at the scene.
Hey, that's not right, why is there a little girl here? When Qi Buchen looked at the concubines in the harem, he found that there was a little girl of eight or nine years old beside Concubine Yi.
But she soon found out. When she went to pay her respects to Concubine Yi and others, Concubine Yi pulled the girl out and said, "This is my niece from my mother's side, named Baya. I happened to bring her into the palace to keep me company these days, so I brought her along. You will follow the Fourth Lady in a while." The last sentence was said to the girl named Baya.
Baya was a generous girl. She looked Qi Buchen up and down and said, "Greetings to the Fourth Lady."
Qi Buchen was speechless about the behavior of stuffing it into your hands without asking any questions, but he had to put on a happy face: "Don't worry, Mother Yi." Then he greeted Baya.
But without saying a word, the real work began. Everyone put on coarse clothes and, led by Kangxi, began to bend down and plant rice in the paddy fields allocated to them.
Qi Buchen and Baya were assigned a small area. In fact, the area for the female members was not big, but it was easy to imagine that these concubines usually didn't even carry heavy things, so how much strength could they have? Therefore, their progress was not fast. Instead, the fastest ones were the two little kids, Qi Buchen and Baya.
However, the ones who were faster were the brothers, especially the younger brothers. They were allocated a small area, but they were quick, so they finished theirs quickly.
Kangxi and his ministers were more serious, so the princes who had finished their work didn't dare to go over there casually, so they went to the women's side to help the concubines. The place was small, but there were many people, so it didn't take long for them to divide it up and finish it. The concubines went to rest with smiles on their faces.
After Yin'e sent his mother away, he saw Baya with Qi Buchen. His eyes turned and he pulled Yin'e over.
"Hey, Baya, call me brother and I'll help you finish the rest, how about that?"
Qi Buchen was bending over to plant rice seedlings when he heard such a nonchalant remark. He turned his head and saw Yinzhen standing at the edge of the paddy field with his hands on his hips, looking like he deserved a beating.
No girl would pay attention to you if you look like this.
Sure enough, Baya just rolled her eyes at him and turned her head away without paying any attention to him.
Yinzhen did not give up: "Baya, I am talking to you!"
Baya still ignored him and even turned around to ask Qi Buchen: "Fourth Lady, did you hear what was screaming? It's so noisy." However, the sound was so loud that Yin'er and Yin'e could hear it clearly.
Yin'e chuckled, and Yin'er immediately jumped up and said, "Who are you scolding, you little girl?" Then he walked down to cause trouble for Baya.
Unfortunately, he had just taken two steps when he heard his fourth brother's voice: "If you step on one more rice seedling, I will report to the Emperor, and the rest of the paddy fields will be yours!"
When Qi Buchen heard the familiar voice, he stood up and looked over. He saw Yinzhen glaring coldly at Yin'er. Yin'er was stepping on the place where they had planted the seedlings, and there was a cluster of them at his feet that was stepped on crookedly.
Baya said coldly beside him: "Oh, some of these people are not only rude in their mouths, but also in their feet."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Buchen noticed that Yinzhen frowned, but he glanced at Baya and said nothing. Instead, he made a detour, got off the ground in front of Qi Buchen, and walked straight to Qi Buchen.
He took the remaining seedlings from Qi Buchen's hand and smiled slightly.
"You go up, I'll take care of the rest."
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Yinzhen: You dare to step on my wife's rice seedlings? You must be itching for trouble! Wife, go and rest. I'll do the rough work! [dogleg.jpg]
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