LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 216 Tangquan Farm
At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, I sat down, picked up the tea gracefully, gently lifted the lid of the cup and whisked it slowly, smelled the fragrance of the tea and sipped it slowly.
"Princess An is not only beautiful, but her posture when drinking tea is so elegant and beautiful, which is pleasing to the eye."
The queen looked at Yuan Chuyi and said with a slight smile.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Yuan Chuyi bowed slightly to express his thanks.
The Empress smiled slightly and said, "Princess An, there is no need to be formal. Prince An is the Holy Emperor's cousin. You are Princess An, but you are our younger brother and sister. We are all members of the same family! My sister-in-law invites you here because she wants to have a good talk with you. If you are so formal, you will be out of sight."
"Yes!" Yuan Chuyi responded respectfully with a smile.
Seeing the Queen and Yuan Chuyi chatting happily, Concubine Shu couldn't help but interjected and asked: "I heard that Princess An is the granddaughter of Master Yuan, the former Hanlin scholar. How come I have never heard anyone mention you before, let alone met you?" You?"
"My parents passed away early, and later, I took my younger brothers and sisters back to my hometown in the southwest!" Yuan Chuyi didn't feel awkward at all about this prickly topic, and still said with a demure and gentle smile.
"So you have always lived in the country! No wonder they said you are very proficient in farming. You have grown corn, peanuts, sweet potatoes, and cotton." Concubine De took over the conversation with a smile.
"Your Majesty, I'm so impressed. I'm not really proficient in growing these crops. I just like to plant them. Unexpectedly, I kept planting them and it spread to the palace. I was lucky enough to receive a commendation from the emperor!" Dui Zhong secretly mocked her. Even if she was born as a peasant girl, she accepted it calmly. So what if she is a peasant girl, as long as she can be appreciated by the emperor for her own abilities.
The Queen smiled slightly after hearing Yuan Chuyi's words, "I heard that the Emperor just rewarded the Tangquan Farm in the suburbs to the Princess for this reason."
As soon as the queen said these words, the faces of the three noble concubines suddenly changed slightly. At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, he said calmly: "Yes. Your Majesty's great kindness makes me terrified."
The queen still smiled: "You have benefited the people and deserved the emperor's reward! Since the emperor has rewarded you, I will naturally reward you too."
She said and immediately asked someone to bring some gifts. At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, when I took a closer look, I saw a big golden corn, a big peanut, and a shiny white jade cotton flower! The last one is an emerald cabbage! These four shapes are all lifelike.
"I specially asked people to make these according to the patterns given by Mr. Cai. I don't know if they look like it, so I gave them to Princess An as a reward."
"Thank you, Queen!" Yuan Chuyi stood up and saluted. This gift is really meaningful. To be honest, she really likes it.
"Sister's gift is really unique!" the three noble concubines said one after another.
Concubine Shu continued: "I don't have anything good to give as a gift, so I just want to give Princess An a set of headgear!" After saying that, she asked someone to bring a brocade box and give it to her.
Concubine De gave a piece of cloud brocade, and Concubine Xian gave a piece of 100-year-old ginseng.
Seeing that the concubines had all given gifts, the queen had a conversation with Yuan Chuyi and stopped keeping her in the palace, asking the palace officials to take her out of the palace.
As they left one by one in the early Yuan Dynasty, Concubine Shu couldn't help but complain: "The Emperor really values Concubine An. Since the Tangquan Villa was raided, we sisters have asked for it several times, but the Emperor has refused to give it. We thought it was the Emperor who wanted her for herself." I kept it, but I didn’t expect that it would be given to Princess An now!”
"Yes, I heard that the hot springs there are very good. I was thinking of asking the emperor to take us to take a bath one day."
The queen smiled slightly and said: "Princess An has made great contributions to the court and the people. Her hard work has made her great achievements. It is understandable that the emperor will reward her with a farm!"
Xiao Jing, his children, Lou Xingyun and others were waiting anxiously by the carriage outside the palace gate. He was just about to ask his young father-in-law to help him go in for a look, when he saw Yuan Chuyi coming back with the two girls who were with him, followed by I asked several people from the palace to help deliver gifts.
"Back!" Xiao Jing hurriedly greeted him, "Are you okay?"
Yuan Chuyi smiled and took his arm and walked towards the carriage, "It's okay."
Xiao Jing helped her get into the carriage, took the child from the two nuns and got into the carriage.
"Have they made things difficult for you? If they have made things difficult for you, tell me and I will go to the emperor."
Yuanchu smiled and leaned next to him, "No, they came to talk to me and rewarded me with many things."
"That's good." Xiao Jing breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that his daughter-in-law would make things difficult for the nobles in the palace.
"By the way, what's going on with that farm?" Did you notice on the first day of the Yuan Dynasty that when the queen said that the emperor had given her the hot springs, the faces of Concubine Shu and Concubine De showed displeasure.
"That farm was a farm built by the former Minister of Household Affairs. It has more than ten hectares of good fields and several hot springs! Last autumn, his corruption scandal came to light and all his family property was confiscated. This farm has also arrived. It’s in the emperor’s hands, and it’s been idle ever since.”
Yuan Chu frowned for a moment.
"What's wrong? Madam doesn't like that farm?"
"Is the hot spring pool unique in the capital?"
If you are alone, although this is an honor, it is not necessarily a good thing. It will make others jealous, which can turn into a bomb. Besides, with this hot spring pool, she will not be able to welcome the nobles sent to the waiting palace in the future. That would be so tiring. She didn't want to do things that cost money and effort but were thankless.
"I just want to farm well!" Yuan Chuyi said angrily.
Xiao Jing looked at her and smiled softly, "Don't worry! There is also a hot spring in the imperial village at the foot of Mingxiu Mountain. The emperor built a hot spring palace there. The hot spring in your farm is private and will not cause any taboos. , I can’t let you take you in if you violate taboos!”
Yuan Chuyi smiled happily and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty! It's great to have you here!" She pressed a kiss on his cheek.
The two glutinous rice balls looked at them and smiled.
"Kiss you too!" Yuan Chuyi smiled and kissed the two children's faces. The two children danced with excitement. Seeing how happy they were, Xiao Jing smiled and kissed Yuan Chuyi on the cheek, and then kissed them both.
"Yeah..." The two children were even more happy.
When the two returned to the palace, they saw Yun Duo and the others standing at the door eagerly waiting. When they saw their carriage coming back, they all went to greet them. When Yuanchu got off the bus, everyone gathered around her and asked her if everything went well.
"It's okay, everything is fine!" Yuan Chuyi said with a smile, "Let's go home first."
Xiao Jing led her in, took her back to the courtyard, took her around the mansion, and introduced her to various courtyards and scenic spots in the mansion.
I just entered the house yesterday on the first day of the Yuan Dynasty. Xiao Jing took him with me wherever I went. I didn’t know the east, west, north or south. It was just dim when I went out today and I couldn’t see any scenery clearly. Now Xiao Jing is there in person. Walking around with him, I finally got a little familiar with the southeast, northwest, and various gates and courtyards of the house.
Returning to the main courtyard where they were staying, they sat down on the first day of the Yuan Dynasty. The housekeeper led people to move in all the things that had been rewarded by the palace.
"Put it in the house first, I'll clean it up later." Yuan Chuyi said lazily, leaning back in his chair.
The two nuns came in with Taibao and Erbao in their arms. Seeing Yuan Chuyi sitting like this, they couldn't help but frown.