Sir, I just want to be a salted fish

Chapter 178 Ordinary days

As a result, there was not enough grain to make wine this year, so Tang Bingxuan had to buy a batch of grain from the south at a high price to alleviate the food crisis.

This time, the porridge shacks were set up under the initiative and supervision of the Crown Princess Pingyu. People from the East Palace would check the porridge shacks in each government from time to time to prevent anyone from passing off the good ones and eating into the stomachs of the victims.

Princess Qiu Chan of Jin also responded positively to the Crown Princess's decision and sent people to the rice shop to buy rice to open a porridge shed with great fanfare, which was even more high-profile than Crown Princess Ping Yu.

For a time, Princess Jin's reputation for being kind and charitable spread throughout the streets and alleys of Kyoto, making the Crown Princess, the initiator, dim.

Therefore, most of the victims gathered at the porridge shed of Prince Jin's Mansion and queued up to wait for the sticky and hot rice porridge.

A few days later, Jin Wang Linghong lost his temper at Jin Princess Qiu Chan in the Jin Palace, "Look at the good things you have done!"

Princess Qiu Chan of Jin looks at her husband, Prince Jin, feeling aggrieved and helpless, which makes people want to pity her.

It's just that Prince Jin is angry, and Princess Jin, who used to feel weak and beautiful, now seems to be a fake person.

"If I hadn't noticed something was wrong and quickly sent people to disperse some of the victims, our porridge shed would probably have ceased to exist."

The Princess of Jin and the Crown Princess were on the same page, and they were in the limelight for a while. They had a good reputation, but more and more victims came to the porridge shack of the Prince of Jin's mansion;

Not only does the Jin Palace have to buy a lot of rice to make porridge every day, but also because it was too high-profile before. Now if the sticky rice porridge is replaced by thin porridge, the officials are afraid of being accused of showing off.

Because of Princess Jin's decision, Prince Jin's palace had to spend a lot of money every day, and Prince Jin felt heartbroken just thinking about it.

The new year has not yet passed, and Concubine Cai is thinking about making arrangements for her son, King Linghong of Jin, to welcome his concubine in.

The Crown Princess Ping Yu and the Jin Princess Qiu Chan have almost the same status. The Crown Prince already has two beautiful ladies, but the King of Jin still only has Princess Jin.

Concubine Cai felt that because Princess Jin had a good family background and had given birth to the eldest son for King Jin, she was already very tolerant and magnanimous compared to Empress Qin when she arranged to have a concubine for the emperor's son.

Princess Jin angered King Jin because she presided over the porridge service in Prince Jin's palace. When she heard that Concubine Cai wanted to choose a concubine for Prince Jin, Princess Jin did not dare to disagree with her temper.

Fortunately, Concubine Cai took into account Princess Jin's mood and only selected candidates before the year, and then let the concubine enter the palace in the spring after the new year.

Concubine Cai chose two girls from aristocratic families to be the concubines of King Jin. They were both legitimate daughters of the large family, and both were good-looking and talented.

Princess Jin and her confidant maid whispered in the inner room, "Huh, both of them are too charming to be on the stage."

Princess Qiu Chan of Jin could not stop the King of Jin from having a concubine other than complaining in private.

Although she is a concubine of the royal palace, she can marry Yudie, and even if she gives birth to a bastard, she will eventually have the title of county prince.

Princess Jin felt that she was young and could still regenerate, so there was no need to let others get there first. "Remember to prepare the medicine in advance, and make sure that the heirs of those two charming girls have a hard time."

The two selected women were still wondering about their future, but little did they know that someone had already begun to set a trap for them.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Tang Bingxuan and Jiang Shunian left their twins and went to the Duke's Mansion to pay New Year's greetings.

Kangkang and An'an are less than six months old now, and Tang Bingxuan is afraid that they are too young to be in danger if they go out and get caught in the wind;

The last time Kangkang caught a cold and fell ill at night, the couple were shocked. Mrs. Hou Qiao didn't have to go to her natal family's Chengguo Palace on this day, so she stayed at home to look after her four children.

Mrs. Mei and Mrs. Xiao were unable to return to their parents' home for New Year's greetings last year because they were pregnant. This year, they felt relieved to have their children taken care of by their mother-in-law, Mrs. Qiao.

The three daughters-in-law and their sons all left the house to pay New Year's greetings to their in-laws, but no one came to the Yongning Hou Mansion today. Logically speaking, Jiang Tian should also come to the Hou Mansion today with her husband Li Chong to pay New Year greetings to his elders, but because Jiang Tian is still in confinement, he is afraid that he will not be able to come today;
Therefore, on this day, I had to rely on my uncle Li Chongcai to pay New Year greetings alone in the Hou Mansion. Everyone in the Hou Mansion waited until noon but there was still no trace of my uncle Li Chong;

Even the servants of the uncle's house did not send a message. Although Mrs. Hou Qiao didn't care about her concubine Jiang Tian and her husband, today was an important day for the married daughter of Ling State to return to her natal family. Mrs. Hou had to send someone Go to Changping Bofu to find out the reason.

Marquis Yongning and Aunt Zhao were also looking forward to their son-in-law Li Chong coming to the Marquis Mansion to pay New Year greetings today. When lunch was ready, their son-in-law was nowhere to be seen.

Marquis Yongning also sent people to the Changping residence to see what was going on, half an hour later than the people sent by Mrs. Hou.

"Madam, my cousin suddenly had a high fever last night. My aunt and uncle were busy taking care of my cousin, so they forgot about returning to their parents' home to pay New Year greetings;
The eldest lady specially met with the servant and asked the servant to convey her apology to the madam and the Marquis. The uncle will come again tomorrow to pay New Year's greetings. "

When her daughter Li Jiao is sick, her mother-in-law Jiang Tian should stay by her side to take care of her. However, Li Chong is a grown man who cannot take care of his daughter, so he has to take care of everything he needs to do.

The children were sick and the adults were worried, but my uncle, who was supposed to return to the Marquis' Mansion to pay New Year's greetings, did not send someone to bring a letter to the Mansion to inform him of the reason.

I don’t know why Changping Bo’s wife Chen didn’t remind Jiang Tian and his wife, which made the two houses a little embarrassed about this matter.

Even if Jiang Tian couldn't remember to remind Li Chong because of her daughter's worries, why didn't Mrs. Chen remind her son Li Chong?
Mrs. Hou looked at her mother-in-law and said casually: "How is Mrs. Changping?"

The old lady spent a couple of silver to find out something about Mrs. Uncle from a little girl in the uncle's house.

"I haven't seen Mrs. Uncle, but I heard that Mrs. Uncle is ill."

It is really not the right time for Mrs. Chen to get sick during the Chinese New Year. Etiquette and New Year greetings before and after the Chinese New Year are very important;

The prince's wife, Jiang Tian, ​​is in confinement again, and there is no mistress in the Changping Mansion to take care of the affairs of the house.

From this point of view, Jiang Tian did not get along well with her mother-in-law Chen in the Changping residence, otherwise she would not have forgotten to remind her of such an important matter when she was sick, which was very different from the way she showed off her mother-in-law's love for her when she saw others.

After Mrs. Hou got the letter, she did not inform Marquis Yongning and Aunt Zhao. When Marquis Yongning heard that his uncle Li Chong was worried about his granddaughter Li Jiao's illness, he forgot about today's events.

Marquis Yongning's complaints about his son-in-law Li Chong turned into worries about his granddaughter's health.

Li Jiao is not yet one month old, and the illness of such a young baby really worries everyone who knows about it.

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In the late first month of the first month, Di State sent envoys to Ling State for exchanges. The envoys were in charge of officials from Di State, and the highest-ranking one was the young prince of Di State;

He is the youngest son of Khan, the leader of the Di Kingdom. He is just sixteen years old this year. The reason for coming here this time is to observe the customs and customs of the Ling Kingdom and gain experience by the way.

Since the Three Kingdoms War a few years ago, the vitality of Di and Rong was severely damaged. In the past few years, they have sent people to Ling to bring gifts and silver.

The Holy One held a banquet in the palace and invited officials and family members from Kyoto to attend.

The only ladies in the Yongning Hou Mansion who were qualified to attend the banquet were Mrs. Qiao, Mrs. Hou, and Mrs. Xiao, the wife of the Crown Prince, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Mrs. Xiao was a little worried about her second son who was starting to toddle.