The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 13 Growing Vegetables
In the dining hall of the Kunde Palace, Liang Zhaoyi, mother and son, mother and daughter Poppy, and Pan Cairen sat together for lunch.

"I heard that the ministers were arguing to add beads to the acting king. The quarrel was very fierce. The emperor was so angry that he asked the ministers to continue arguing after the court."

Pan Cairen asked, "What does adding beads mean?"

Yu Meiren didn't know either, she turned to look at Liang Zhaoyi.

Liang Zhaoyi explained to them: "Prince Jiazhu is a rule of the previous dynasty, and it is a special honor for the prince who has made great contributions. This bead is divided into nine pieces, nine beads represent the emperor, eight beads represent the prince, and seven beads represent the crown prince. It is the symbol of the highest rank of the Prince."

After hearing this, Yu Meiren and Pan Cairen were stunned: "So that's the case, what's the use of adding beads for the king?"

"Whether it's useful or not has nothing to do with us." Liang Zhaoyi didn't want to talk about it.Besides, this matter is not something they can discuss. "Don't worry about it, eat."

Zhao Yao nodded aside and said, "That's right, it has nothing to do with us, it doesn't matter whether he adds beads or not."

The fifth princess echoed, "That's right, if we add beads on behalf of the king, we won't benefit."

Yu Meiren frowned and said: "I'm afraid that it will bring trouble to Chi Yu." They have no power in the palace, and they may be dragged to be scapegoats in the end, after all, this kind of thing has happened before.

Liang Zhaoyi comforted Yu Meiren and said, "No, this matter has nothing to do with us."

Yu Meiren looked at Liang Zhaoyi, then nodded lightly: "Well, it has nothing to do with us."

"Second Concubine, I'll give you my chicken leg." Zhao Yao handed the chicken leg in his bowl to Yu Meiren, "If the Second Concubine eats the chicken leg, you won't be afraid." The Second Concubine is timid, Whenever there is a disturbance in the palace, she will be frightened.

The little uneasiness in Mei Yu's heart was dispelled by Zhao Yao's words. She deliberately teased Zhao Yao: "The second mother and concubine really ate it."

"Let's eat." Zhao Yao said very generously, "It's delicious."

"The second concubine doesn't like chicken legs, so Yaoyao should eat them." Mei Yu returned the chicken legs to Zhao Yao, and then asked, "Yaoyao, what did you learn in Wende Palace this morning?"

"Second mother concubine, can you stop talking about things that affect your appetite during the meal?"

Yu Meiren was amused by Zhao Yao's words, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, the second mother and concubine will stop asking."

Next, Poppy and the others talked about growing vegetables and discussed what vegetables to grow this year.

After a while, you can dig the ground and grow vegetables.

Pan Cairen said: "It rained heavily yesterday, so the soil in the vegetable field should have loosened. Why don't we dig now, or when the weather clears, the vegetable field will harden again, and it will be difficult to dig."

Liang Zhaoyi nodded and said, "Then we will start digging in the afternoon."

The concubines in the harem have nothing to do on weekdays, and they are very idle.If you don't find something to do, you will be bored to death in this deep palace.

In addition to embroidering, reading, and painting, Liang Zhaoyi and Yu Meiren also like to grow vegetables.

Growing vegetables can not only pass the time, but also eat them.

They grow vegetables all year round, and they grow well.Not only is it enough for the entire Kunde Palace to eat, but there is also surplus to give to others.

In the whole palace, they are the only ones who grow vegetables.For this reason, they were ridiculed by the palace people.However, they don't care.

Zhao Yao heard Liang Zhaoyi and the others talk about growing vegetables, and couldn't help but think of those delicious things in his dreams, such as strawberries.Strawberries are not only delicious in themselves, but also can make a lot of delicious things, but I just don’t know where to get them.

In that dream, apart from strawberries, there were many other things that Da Zhou did not have.Like potatoes and corn.Zhao Yao in the dream likes to eat potatoes and corn very much. These two things are not only delicious, but also have a high yield.The most important thing is that these two things are very easy to grow, even in sandy land.If these two things can be obtained, many people will be able to fill their stomachs.However, where can I get these two things, is it on the other side of the sea?

Qingzhou is by the sea, and there are Gentiles there. I wonder if there are these two things in the country of Gentiles?

Zhao Yao thought about it, and decided to write a letter to his uncle, asking him to inquire about potatoes and corn in Qingzhou.

Seeing that her son was distracted while eating, and the corners of his mouth were covered with grease, Liang Zhaoyi took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped the corners of his mouth himself.

"What are you thinking, so preoccupied?"

"I'm thinking about something delicious."

The three of Yu Meiren and the others were amused by Zhao Yao's words, and they all asked him with a smile: "What delicious food is Yaoyao thinking about?"

"Peaches, we will be able to eat peaches in a few months." There are several peach trees in the yard of Kunde Hall, which produce many peaches every year.The peaches are big, juicy and very sweet.Zhao Yao looks forward to eating peaches sooner every year.

"Then you have to wait for more than three months." Poppy smiled.

"It's okay, I can afford to wait." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "Besides, I still have dried peaches to eat."

Every year there are too many peaches to eat, so Liang Zhaoyi and Yu Meiren make peaches into dried peaches.

"I make a lot of dried peaches every year. If there are more peaches this year, let's make something else."

"Okay."

Zhao Yao suggested: "You can make peach meat sauce."

"Peach meat sauce, that's a good idea, let's try it then."

Liang Zhaoyi and Yu Meiren discussed how to make peach meat sauce.

In Kunde Hall, the atmosphere of lunch was harmonious and harmonious.However, the lunch atmosphere in the East Palace was somewhat dull.

The eighth prince came to the East Palace after school to greet the prince.His illness is cured, so he should greet the prince.

The prince was very happy to see that the eighth prince had recovered from his illness, so he asked him to stay for lunch together.

What happened this morning made the prince lose his appetite.

"Brother, is there something wrong with you?" The Eighth Prince asked with concern, "Is it because the second brother wants to add beads?"

When the prince heard the eighth prince's question, he put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hand, "You also heard that the Dai Wang wants to add beads?"

"Jiudi said, Jiudi specifically asked Mr. Prince what it was about adding beads, and said that the second brother wanted to add eight beads..." Before he could finish speaking, he saw the prince's face darken, and then he heard the prince say, "Add eight beads, does the king of Dai want to be the prince?"

"The ninth brother said that the second brother has made great military achievements and is more powerful than any other prince Jiazhu in the previous dynasty, so the second brother will surpass the previous prince Jiazhu and become the prince of the eighth pearl." The eighth prince said truthfully to the prince, "Mr. After scolding for a while, he said that the eight beads can only be owned by the prince, and the second brother is only the prince who cannot add eight beads. The third brother and the others also said the same."

The crown prince sneered and said: "Liangzhou has won a great victory, and the Dai Wang can't wait to replace Gu."

"Brother, on the way to the East Palace, I heard the eunuchs and maids said that many ministers proposed to let the second brother add beads this morning, did the emperor agree?"

"Father didn't say anything." The prince said, frowning.Although the father didn't say anything, he felt that the father would agree to add beads to the acting king, because the father always loved the acting king the most.

"Brother, you don't have to worry, no matter how much credit the second brother makes, the father will not let the second brother replace you." The eighth prince comforted the prince, "You are the crown prince personally appointed by the father."

"Compared to me, father prefers acting king." The prince has been jealous of acting king since he was a child.Because the acting king can always be praised by Emperor Wu of Zhou, but the prince is rarely appreciated.

In the heart of the prince, Emperor Wu of Zhou preferred acting as the king.

"I'm afraid that sooner or later the father will agree to let the king add beads, and then I, the prince, will..."

"Brother, if the father really agrees to add beads to the acting king, you don't have to worry too much." The eighth prince comforted the prince and said, "The third brother and the others will definitely add beads at that time. If the father only adds beads to the acting king, don't Do you think the Wang family and the Yuan family will agree to add beads to the third brother?"

"Of course I won't agree."

"It's impossible for Dai Wang to add beads alone." The eighth prince continued, "When the princes grow up, they will add beads, and Dai Wang, the prince of adding beads, will not be so valuable. Brother, you say, right? "

"What I'm worried about is not this, but I'm worried about how many beads the father will add to the king, seven or eight?" The prince said, his face became very ugly, "If it's seven beads, the king will be the king. The prince of the highest level is enough to compete with me. If it is the eight beads..." At this point, the prince smiled wryly, "Then I, the prince, will be the leader."

"Brother, although the father reuses the second brother, he will never let the second brother pass you."

"It's different this time. This time the Liangzhou victory..." The crown prince didn't go any further, and changed the subject to talk about something else, "Did the ninth brother not bully you?"

"No, I just kept showing off my second brother's military exploits to me." The eighth prince saw that the prince didn't want to talk about adding Zhu on behalf of Wang anymore, so he followed his words and told the prince what the ninth prince had shown off to him in the morning. "The tenth brother couldn't stand his nagging, so he ran out as soon as he finished school, for fear of being caught up by the ninth brother."

The prince imagined the picture, and couldn't help but ask: "How is the tenth brother studying?"

In the past few days, because of the great victory in Liangzhou, the prince's thoughts were all on Dai Wang, and he didn't go to Wende Hall to visit his younger brothers.On weekdays, he would often go to the Hall of Wende to visit his younger brothers and care about their studies.

The crown prince disliked the younger brother Dai Wang very much, but he still liked the other younger brothers, especially the young ones.

At the beginning, when he saw the Eighth Prince being bullied by the eunuchs, he was so angry that he killed those eunuchs on the spot.The prince has always been gentle, and he rarely beats and scolds eunuchs or maids, let alone kills them with a stick.

Later, he learned that the eighth prince had been bullied by eunuchs and maids, and his life was very bad, so he took good care of the eighth prince.

The people in the palace are used to stepping on the high and flattering the low. Seeing that the eighth prince had good luck and was liked by the prince, they naturally dare not bully the eighth prince like before.Since then, the life of the eighth prince, an unfavored prince, has gradually improved.

The eighth prince is very grateful to the prince for this, and has been by his side all the time, being the most caring younger brother of the prince.

　Happy Lantern Festival!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)