Princess of the auxiliary country

Chapter 53; Princess Qingyang

"It would be a waste to leave those fertile fields empty. In this way, the plan of one household with five acres of land remains unchanged, but each household's fertile farmland will be increased to two acres."

"Just leave me [-] acres of second-grade farmland."

The two stewards were stunned for a moment, but they did not rush to respond. Instead, they turned to look at Princess Ningyang who was sitting next to her.

Seeing them looking over, Princess Ningyang's eyes turned cold.

"What? Why did you forget so quickly what I told you before?"

When the two of them heard this, their bodies trembled slightly, they quickly looked away, and bowed their hands to Huo Junyao.

"The little one follows the orders of His Royal Highness the Princess."

Huo Junyao nodded, and then the eldest princess Ningyang spoke again; "I don't want it to happen again, so I will tell you two again today."

"From now on, you will belong to my son, Princess Zhaode. You must listen to her right orders, and you must listen to her wrong orders. She is your only master. If you hesitate to give her orders next time, I will definitely not be lenient."

"Yes, you must remember it, little one."

Princess Ningyang was satisfied, tilted her head and showed a gentle smile to Huo Junyao.

"Daughter, you continue."

Huo Junyao was grateful to my mother for doing this. This was helping her establish her authority.

"It's almost winter now, and there's not much work in the fields, but the weather this year is very unusual."

"I'm worried that there may be a snowstorm. After you two go back, immediately summon the villagers to reinforce the houses you live in, and don't be lazy in clearing the snow."

"Also, before the heavy snow closes the mountains, prepare more firewood and store it. I don't want to see the snow crushing the house, and I don't want to see my people freezing to death."

This time, the two of them didn't dare to hesitate at all. They quickly bowed their hands and said that they had remembered it and would do it as soon as they got back.

"Okay, let's just say this first. If there's anything else you can't handle, or you can't make up your mind, come to me at any time."

"From now on, this Zhuangzi will have to rely on these two to manage it. If you do a good job, I won't treat you badly."

The two of them answered again, and then inquired. Seeing that Huo Junyao had no other instructions, the two of them took their leave.

"You're doing a good job. We don't understand things like that, so we don't have to do everything ourselves. We can just leave it to the people below. As long as we manage it well and don't make any trouble."

Huo Junyao nodded repeatedly.

Although she has farmed, she only followed others behind her and listened to the arrangements. She didn't understand if she was asked to make arrangements by herself, so she just asked the people below to make arrangements. She listened to the report and then weighed the pros and cons and made a decision. .

In the capital, Hong Xiu first took the fireplace to the eldest princess's mansion.

Huo Jinyan happened to be at home, and Huo Jingzhi was summoned by the emperor to the imperial study to discuss state affairs with other ministers.

"Is this the fireplace my little sister made?"

The matter of the fireplace has been spread among the powerful circles in the capital. After all, the emperor has a study room, and the emperor has recently summoned many ministers to discuss government affairs.

Such good things for heating naturally attracted the attention of these ministers.

"Yes, Second Young Master, the young lady asked the servants to bring back eleven, including three for the house. Four more will be sent to the young lady later, and the rest will have to be sent to the palace."

Huo Jinyan was satisfied with the previous words, but when he heard that he was going to send four to the eldest sister, he frowned.Of course, it's not that he doesn't think it's good to give it to his eldest sister, but that he doesn't think his eldest sister can use so much. After all, he didn't look at the old lady and the second master of the Hou family.

Sensing his frown, Hongxiu also guessed what the second young master was thinking.

"This is what Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess has told me to do to avoid any further gossip."

Hearing this, Huo Jinyan's face turned cold and he said in a deep voice, "They dare."

"In this way, just give three to the eldest sister, two to the eldest sister and brother-in-law, and one to the old woman. As for the second Lu, don't worry about it. Who the hell is he? He deserves to be given something by my family. ?”

The eldest daughter of Duke Ji's family, Princess Qingyang's husband's family name is Lu. At this time, the second Lu in Huo Jinyan's mouth, whose full name is Lu Tingchao, is the step-in-law of the old marquis and one of the many dandy children in the capital.

When he was thirteen or fourteen years old, he often went in and out of Goulan House, and was a frequent visitor to the painting boat. He married his wife at the age of 15.

He is 19 years old this year and currently has six concubines besides his wife, two of whom are from Goulan Courtyard.

Typical of being unable to do anything, being lustful and spending money. In recent years, he has lost a lot of money to the Yongning Marquis Mansion. It was only after the death of the old Marquis that he restrained himself.

After all, Lu Tingfeng, now the brother-in-law of Huo Jinyan, the Marquis of Yongning, is the new head of the Yongning Marquis Mansion. Lu Lao Er naturally does not dare to be as unscrupulous as before.

But is he the kind of person who can live in leisure?Over the years, he has often followed those bad friends outside, ruining the reputation of his eldest sister and brother-in-law through drunkenness.

So not only did he look down upon Huo Jinyan, the second oldest man in Lu, but he also wanted to punish him severely.

"What about the remaining one? Send it to the palace together?"

Hearing this, Huo Jinyan thought for a while, and suddenly said with a somewhat embarrassed expression: "Give the remaining one to me, I have his use."

Hongxiu was stunned for a moment, then understood, with a faint smile on her face.

"Okay, I will leave one for the second young master later."

Huo Jinyan's face turned strangely red when she smiled like this. He coughed twice and turned around to run away.

Not long after, the three fireplaces were installed. After reporting to Huo Jinyan, Hongxiu took the three fireplaces to Yongning Houfu.

Huo Junrou, the princess of Qingyang County, is currently almost three months pregnant and is raising her baby at home. It was just over a month ago that her little sister who had been lost for many years was found and she had only been out of the Hou Mansion once.

Now that the weather outside is bad, she doesn't want to leave the house. Even her daily activities are just walking back and forth in the room.

"The weather is really getting colder and colder. It's not even winter yet. I'm afraid it will be even more difficult when winter comes."

Princess Qingyang was holding a hand warmer in her arms and walking back and forth in the room. This was her habit during this period. Sitting all the time was not good. Her mother had told her that she should move around more when she was pregnant. But don’t be tired.

Now that it's so cold outside, she naturally won't go outside, so she just walks around the room.

"Yes, but recently I heard that a fireplace appeared. It seems very powerful. I heard that there is one in the emperor's study room."

"It's very warm. I don't know where this thing comes from. If we can get one, Madam, this winter will be much better."

Hearing this, Princess Qingyang smiled and said, "I do know about this fireplace. Yesterday, my husband told me about it. The person who gave the emperor the fireplace has a close relationship with me."

While speaking, she suddenly remembered the little girl she had met once, and a smile appeared on her face, but then she became sad.

My little sister had a hard life. She had been living in exile since she was a child. She finally came back and got into such a mess.

(End of this chapter)