After being turned into cannon fodder, I relied on involution to survive

Time flies to the tenth day of September, the birthday of Queen Xiao Lu.

The birthday gifts from Zhenbei Palace were still sent to the palace by special personnel, but Yu Zizhen, who needed to attend the banquet, had a very clear idea and gave little Lu two large baskets of fruits and vegetables that she had grown by herself.

She specially asked experienced craftsmen to make the baskets for the fruits and vegetables. Although they were large, they were very beautiful. The fruits and vegetables in the baskets were hand-selected by her and even specially arranged in beautiful shapes by her.

However, no matter how beautiful the vegetable and fruit basket is, it is still a vegetable and fruit basket, right?

As a result, Yu Zizhen received strange looks all the way. When she arrived at the Jiaxiang Palace where the palace banquet was held, the officials, dignitaries and their respective families were already seated in the palace. They almost made their eyes roll because of the two baskets of fruits and vegetables. Everyone stared out.

Fang Huaiying, who came in with Yu Zizhen, felt uncomfortable all over, but Yu Zizhen himself, who was being glared at, seemed completely unaware of those scorching gazes.

She brought the two baskets of fruits and vegetables to Queen Xiao Lu and said, "Empress, these are the fruits and vegetables grown by Wei Chen. I give you some to try."

The corners of Xiao Lu's mouth twitched, almost failing to maintain her mother's graceful demeanor.

After silently reciting "This is the Crown Prince of Zhenbei" several times in her mind, little Lu managed to smile.

"I accept your wishes."

Yu Zizhen heard the reluctance and perfunctory tone in her tone. She held up a large watermelon and motioned to Little Lu to look at the vague wishful cloud patterns on it.

Then, in Little Lu's astonished eyes, she picked up a big gourd with vague characters for "longevity" and "happiness" on it.

"This is Wei Chen's first time trying it. He put a lot of thought into it, but he can still only achieve this level. Don't dislike it, Queen."

At this moment, little Lu didn't remember her previous dissatisfaction with the two baskets of fruits and vegetables. She touched the gourd and smiled brightly. Then she pointed at the big watermelon and asked Yu Zizhen, "What is this? Why have I never seen this before?" ?”

"It's watermelon. By chance, Weichen bought the seeds from a businessman in the Western Regions and tried to plant them in the palace."

As soon as she said this, the nobles and courtiers who had previously laughed at Yu Zizhen openly and secretly for not doing his job properly, and for the fact that the majestic prince of the royal family was farming in the palace, all suddenly felt guilty involuntarily.

They are not doing their job properly. They have already planted crops that were not available in Daqi before!

On a grander scale, this is a great achievement that will benefit the present generation and benefit the future!

There are also the vague wishful cloud patterns on it, as well as the characters "Shou" and "Xi" on the big gourd. How did they come about?

Those who are politically minded immediately thought of using this to bring auspiciousness or provide a warning from heaven.

Those with a business mind thought of using this to make a lot of money.

For a moment, everyone's eyes turned hot when they looked at Yu Zizhen.

Even Xiao Lu, who is the queen, asked Yu Zizhen half-jokingly and half-seriously, "Your Majesty, you are so ingenious, but I don't know how you got the lines and words on it?"

Although she is not short of money, who would object to having too much money. Especially her natal family, the Lu family, has a big business but a shallow foundation. Except for the main branch, which has been very prosperous in recent years due to the relationship with the big Lu family, the branch branches are also living a careful life.

As for the political use, little Lu really didn't have the brains. If no one reminded her, she wouldn't have thought of it.

"This is Wei Chen's little secret, but you can't tell anyone else." Yu Zizhen smiled and stuffed the things she took out back into the basket, "Wei Chen still hopes to make some private money with it."

Little Lu curled her lips secretly, thinking that Yu Zizhen was indeed as unpleasant as ever.

Yu Zizhen didn't care what she thought. Anyway, the gifts she gave were unique and very useful. No matter how picky you were, they couldn't judge whether the gifts she gave were suitable or not. This was enough for her.

After giving the gift, Yu Zizhen stepped aside as usual and sat down in his seat.

Xiao Yuanjin, who admired Yu Zizhen's performance very much, raised his glass to her, while the second prince and the eldest princess looked at the high-spirited Yu Zizhen with envy.

Although they are young, their long life in the palace has made them familiar with the ways of the world. Therefore, they also carefully prepared birthday gifts for little Lu. However, not only are they young, but they are also extremely nervous about money. No matter what, The gifts prepared carefully and carefully still cannot avoid being disliked by Little Lu.

Little Lu didn't care whether they were living in poverty or whether they had tried their best for her birthday gift. She only cared about whether the thing the other party gave her was what she liked and needed.

As a result, the two children were once again unabashedly disliked by Little Lu. Before Yu Zizhen came in, they were sitting in their seats, lowering their heads and silently digesting the mental damage that Little Lu had just given them.

Seeing Yu Zizhen go from being despised to being praised, the two children couldn't help but have a strong desire of "It would be great if I could do the same."

Noticing the looks of inferiority and admiration they quietly looked over at him, Yu Zizhen couldn't help but sigh in his heart that little Lu was really evil.

She smiled kindly at the two of them, and then took her cup to Xiao Yuanjin's place.

Xiao Yuanjin smiled and poured her a cup of hot tea, "Why are you here now?"

At this time of Yu Zizhen's arrival, the only people who hadn't come were her, Fang Huaiying, who helped her carry the basket, and His Majesty the Emperor, who apparently had a higher status than the little Lu family.

As for the Queen Mother Lu, she will not attend the birthday banquet of Little Lu.

Yu Zizhen watched with a smile as Fang Huaiying finished delivering the gifts, and then waved for him to sit at Xiao Yuanjin's table.

The gift given by Fang Huaiying was quite satisfactory. It was a lyre that he personally selected. Although it was not a famous instrument, it was still a proud work of a famous contemporary violin maker who took a long time to make it.

"Thank you for your hard work." Yu Zizhen took the initiative to pour a cup of tea for Fang Huaiying. This honest child was carrying a lyre on his back, but he still had to help her share a big basket. He was so tired that there were some bruises on his forehead. Sweat.

Fang Huaiying smiled shyly, "It doesn't matter."

He is different from Fan Zhongming and Chen Hushan. Whoever he has a good relationship with is a really good relationship. Usually he can get together with the eldest prince and Yu Zizhen without avoiding suspicion. Now he sees Yu Zizhen holding a big basket outside the palace. Of course he has to help his friends share the burden.

Yu Zizhen liked his sincerity. You must know that apart from Yang Shixian, a staunch royalist, only Fang Huaiying, the eldest prince, Xiao Yuanjin, who she usually interacted with more often, was willing to interact with her like her.