Chapter 47: Qiuqiu In fact, Dorji knew that the princess was so smart...
In fact, Dorji knew clearly in his heart that the princess was so smart that he could not fool her for long.
The Mongolian doctor came over and for his sake was willing to say some ambiguous words, but the doctor she brought with her would not be so easily fooled.
However, seeing the princess' caring attitude, he thought it would be nice to get some attention for a while.
But if he really gets angry later, how can I comfort him?
Dorji's face was still filled with pain, but he had already started to think.
The Mongolian doctor came hurriedly first, and when he heard that the young prince might have injured his foot, he rushed out immediately.
However, after some questioning, it feels like... there is no problem?
The Mongolian doctor raised his eyes and quickly glanced at Dorji's expression. He was able to treat nobles, not only because of his excellent medical skills, but also because of his ability to guess what others were thinking.
"How is it, is the young prince's injury serious?"
Mu Xue saw that the Mongolian doctor remained silent after making the diagnosis, as if he had encountered some difficulties and was a little anxious.
The most frightening thing when seeing a doctor is encountering a doctor who looks so embarrassed, as if he will announce in the next second, "I'm sorry, you have a very difficult disease to treat."
The Mongolian doctor hesitated for a moment and said, "Perhaps you overexerted yourself and may have strained your muscles. You may be fine after a rest."
As they were talking, Zeng Qiuhua and Doctor Zhang came into the tent led by a maid.
Upon seeing this, the Mongolian doctor quickly stepped aside and gave up his treatment position as if throwing away a hot potato.
After another examination, Zeng Qiuhua and Doctor Zhang looked at each other, seeming to want to say something but stopping themselves.
Mu Xue was a little confused at first due to concern, but now she saw that the doctors on both sides had subtle expressions, and now she couldn't react?
This guy is probably pretending!
Mu Xue's face darkened, she stood up suddenly, turned her head and glared at him: "Dundubu Dorji!"
"I was wrong," Dorji admitted his mistake very quickly, grabbed her clothes, raised his head, and looked at her eagerly, "Princess, don't be upset, I just... want you to stay a little longer."
He lowered his voice so that only the two of them could hear clearly, "After all, the princess always comes to see me when she has something to do, and leaves immediately when she has nothing to do."
After saying that, he gently pulled her sleeve and shook it.
Mu Xue pursed her lips, still saying nothing, and just sat down slowly.
In a sense, what Dorji said was true. She came to talk to him about something, and then she was going to leave. But how come it was like he was accusing her of donating the fan and running away after using it?
It was obviously this bad guy who pretended to be sick to fool her!
Mu Xue was almost confused by this logic and snorted: "Then you shouldn't pretend to be sick to fool people. How can a dignified prince do such a childish thing?"
"I was wrong." Although Dorji admitted his mistake in a very good manner, he smiled and said, "It's great that the princess cares about me like this."
Before Mu Xue was about to get angry again, he immediately said, "Let's have dinner first. Princess, if you have anything to say, you can talk slowly while we eat. After dinner, I have another surprise that I'm sure the princess will be happy to see."
He had said all the good things, so Mu Xue couldn't lose her temper. Besides, there were so many people around, so she had to give Dorji some face.
Looking at the sky, it is indeed time for dinner.
She no longer cared about it and stayed to have dinner with Dorji.
The two tents were next to each other, and the dinner dishes in the princess's kitchen were already prepared. Hearing that the princess was in her husband's tent, the kitchen eunuch Qian Cheng led the young eunuchs to carry the dining table to the husband's tent.
He looked around calmly. There didn't seem to be many maids and old women around the prince consort, and he didn't see any good-looking women. However, there was a calm and steady nanny who looked like a wet nurse who was directing them where to take the dining table.
"Put it in the inner room." Wujina glanced at the two dining tables. There were porcelain bowls of all sizes, each one was delicate and exquisite. They were covered with larger silver bowls to prevent dust.
"She is worthy of being a princess. The meals are so exquisite." She sighed softly.
Mother Zhao beside her smiled and said, "That's nothing. In the past, there were always three dining tables in the palace."
The princess is thrifty now, and the food on the grassland is limited, so she reduced the number of tables to two.
Most of the meat is mutton. There is no way to buy it. There are no pigs on the grassland. Qian Cheng can only cook mutton in different ways every day. The main flavor dish today is scallion mutton. Unlike the common boiled or roasted ones, it is fried in an iron pan with hot pot steam.
Muxue picked up a piece of scallion lamb with chopsticks and ate it with the Yutian Rouge rice that Qianli brought over. She enjoyed it very much.
She thought of it and said, "Our Khalkha mutton has no smell and is tender and delicious. If it can be shipped back to the capital, it will surely be very popular."
Dorji glanced at her and thought, so it was because of this.
So he said, "Indeed, when His Majesty was in the frontier, he also said that our mutton was delicious, so we specially sent it to the palace."
Mu Xue nodded slightly: "It must be difficult to drive this sheep over there, given the long distance, right?"
"It's a bit troublesome. We need an experienced shepherd to lead us." Dorji asked, "I have about ten experienced people under my command."
Since the submission of Mobei to the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Kangxi reformed its system and established the League Banner system in Khalkha based on the Eight Banners system. Banners were set up according to population and land, with about 5,000 to 6,000 people forming one banner. The Tushetu Khanate, as the largest tribe dominating Mobei, had a total of 27 banners.
The governor of each banner was called Zasak, and was a Mongolian prince or taiji. He was in charge of the military and political affairs of the banner and had the power of life and death over the people under his command. If there was a war, he would lead the soldiers under his banner to fight and provide military supplies according to the emperor's order. In normal times, he lived his own life and did not need to pay taxes to the court.
As a Zasakdoruo Prince, Dorji was in charge of three banners and had nearly 20,000 subjects. It was not difficult for him to find some experienced shepherds.
That's why Mu Xue wanted to cooperate with him in business.
"I have been thinking about transporting sheep to the inland areas for sale recently." Seeing that he had no intention of objecting, Mu Xue told him the plan in detail. "I heard from merchants that the local sheep are worth about one tael of silver per sheep, while in Guihua City, the price is two taels and five cents. In Beijing, such a high-quality sheep can be sold for at least three taels of silver. Even after deducting the transportation costs, the profit is still not to be underestimated."
"One sheep can earn a profit of one tael of silver. If there are 10,000 sheep, it will be 10,000 taels of silver. One hundred thousand sheep will be 100,000 taels of silver. The money can be used to expand the scale of sheep breeding and to build the banner. If you are interested, you can send someone to follow my team to explore the way forward."
Mu Xue picked up a piece of scallion mutton with chopsticks and put it into Duoerji's bowl: "The money should be earned together with you."
Dorji smiled and ate the piece of mutton: "Great. Thank you, Princess, for thinking of me. But selling sheep to the mainland, besides the trouble on the grassland road here, the road to Beijing may not be easy either."
These words are very meaningful.
Mu Xue smiled softly: "My father is the king of a country. No matter how difficult the road is, his daughter can walk it."
“I’m looking forward to it.”
The problem of the shepherd during transportation was solved easily, and Mu Xue ate more happily.
While eating, I pondered the whole process.
She put down her bowl and chopsticks, and saw that Dorji had already finished eating and was looking at her with a smile.
Mu Xue asked: "...Why do you love to laugh so much?"
"What can I do?" Dorji said, "I feel happy when I see the princess. So, can the princess make me happy for a little longer?"
Mu Xue avoided his gaze and asked, "You? Just now you said there was a surprise after dinner? What was it?"
Did she see what Dorji and his followers gave instructions while waiting for the table to be set?
"The princess will like it." Dorji clapped his hands lightly twice. Wujina, who was guarding the curtain, went out. When she came back, she was holding a small thing in her hands.
When Mu Xue saw it, she immediately stood up and walked forward, asking in surprise, "Where did you get it from?"
It turned out to be a little puppy!
It was a furry ball, white all over, with round eyes and a wet nose. It was a puppy, but its paws were quite big. When Muxue held it in her arms, it placed its big paws on her arm and moved its nose to sniff her scent.
So cute!
"I sent people to search for a long time before I found this white mastiff." Dorji came over and gently touched the puppy's head. He originally wanted to give the dog to the princess. But seeing how much the princess loved the puppy, Dorji immediately changed his mind.
"I finally found it. I plan to keep it by my side. If the princess likes it, you can come and play with it from time to time."
Mu Xue looked at him: "What are you planning again?"
"It's unfair," Dorji laughed, "I just thought that maybe the princess would come to see us more often for the sake of the dog."
The puppy seemed to like him very much, and suddenly opened its mouth and took Dorji's finger in its mouth. It was just growing teeth and liked to chew random things.
Dorji took the puppy and said, "It's a little girl. Princess, give it a name."
"I don't know any good names."
"As long as the princess gave it a name, it's a good name." Dorji rescued his finger from the puppy's mouth, picked up the puppy's front paw and shook it at Muxue. "Isn't it, little thing?"
Mu Xue hesitated for a moment and said, "How about calling me Qiuqiu?"
This fluffy, snow-white ball looks like a ball of hair.
"Great." Dorji said to Qiuqiu, "You are so lucky. The princess gave you this name herself."
Puppies are really very cute creatures. Mu Xue liked dogs before she traveled through time, but she didn't raise one because she was busy with school and couldn't take good care of it. When she was studying outside, she would always sit in the pet park for two hours a week, watching all kinds of furry animals running by.
She and Dorji played with the puppy for a long time. One of them held the puppy, while the other held the dried meat and shouted "Ball" on the other side. They exchanged positions and watched the puppy stumble over and laugh with joy.
Before I knew it, it was already late at night.
The puppy was tired from playing and fell asleep on Muxue's lap.
Muxue looked outside, and saw Duoerji next to her said, "It's so late, why don't you just rest here? If you move, Qiuqiu will wake up and you'll have to coax him to sleep again."
She looked at the dog, then at Dorji, and hesitated.
Dorji smiled, leaned close to her ear, and whispered, "I have always been very well behaved. Besides, I have to behave myself to the outsiders, right?"
"Or...you mean, the princess doesn't dare to do anything to me?"
"You are dreaming again." Mu Xue snorted softly and instructed the maid guarding outside the curtain, "I will rest here today."
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