food queen

Chapter 362 A trade-off, but it's worth it! (4)
Han Qian thought for a while, and said, "Treatment of the river requires money, and the war in the northwest frontier is also urgent, so why don't you bother?"

"What do you mean, as the emperor of a dynasty, I can't even afford to celebrate my wife's birthday? The treasury is the treasury, and it has nothing to do with the expenses of the palace. I don't think the inner treasury is short of this Silver?"

"It's not that I can't take out the money, but I don't want to waste it extravagantly." Han Qian leaned sideways on Yunshuo's shoulder and said in a low voice: "I just want to go home on my birthday to visit my father and mother, and to be with you." The two of them quietly had a meal and talked a few words. As for the others, they have nothing to do with my birthday? Why should I spend my thoughts and money on them?"

"It's reasonable." Yun Shuo smiled lightly, "It's just that the queen's birthday, the Ministry of Rites, and the Zongzhengyuan all have records. If it just passed in such a quiet way, I'm afraid the ministers will not be able to explain it. "

Han Qian smiled lightly and said, "It's very easy to explain—I just said that I don't want to spend extravagantly, so I used this expense to tell them to build two orphanages and adopt more orphans and widows. Ask them to donate some silver and come out to do good deeds together."

Yun Shuo smiled and held Han Qian in his arms, and while holding her hand, he sighed in a low voice: "My queen is so virtuous and virtuous! Once I say this, let's see who dares to slander me from those officials and admonishers!" queen."

"I just want to quietly go back to see my father and mother. The last time my sister-in-law came to see me in the palace, she said that my mother often mistook a certain maid in the family for me, and she held her hand and chatted endlessly... See it this way Come on, my mother is already seriously ill."

"Don't worry, I've already told Mrs. Ninghou that she will do her best to diagnose and treat my aunt's illness." Yun Shuo saw that Han Qian's eye circles were reddish, and hurriedly advised, "Mrs. Try your best, and your aunt's body will be fine."

"Oh!" Han Qian sighed heavily.

In mid-April, the Minister of Rites asked for the emperor's decree and asked how the empress's birthday would be arranged.

Yun Shuo embellished Han Qian's words, and wrote an imperial decree eloquently, and asked Wu Miao to read it to all the officials in the court hall.

Afterwards, all the ministers naturally fell to the ground and knelt down, shouting repeatedly that the empress is benevolent and loving, and can be the mother of the world.

Han Jianyuan took the lead in expressing his opinion that Zhongyihou's mansion donated 2000 taels of silver to repair the orphanage and relieve the empress's worries.As a result, many ministers did not dare to lag behind, and came out one after another, donating money and property, even if it was just superficial, they still wanted to flatter the empress' empress's good deed.

On the 100th day of the fourth month, Zhongyihou's mansion brought one hundred birthday peaches, one hundred catties of birthday noodles, one hundred yuan birthday cake, and one hundred jars of birthday wine to the palace with the housekeeper.

Because Gu's family is about to give birth, Feng's family and Wei Tiantian both have to take care of the eldest princess. It is Han Qian's most trusted and trusted third brother, Han Jianshi, who brings Han Jun and Han Jin into the palace.Dongxi Hanjin was brought in and handed over to Sun Defu, the eunuch in charge of the case trusted by Fengzhangdian.Han Jianshi took Han Jun to the Zichen Hall to pay his respects to the emperor.

This Sun Defu was originally a young eunuch in Yunshuo Longqian's Prince's Mansion. He had no father or mother, but was an orphan brought back by Yunshuo when he was young. This guy is not only smart and sensitive, but also loyal and reliable. Shuo would not transfer him back from the Chonghua Hall where the cabinet ministers were on duty and put him in the Fengzhang Hall.

Sun Defu put all the things sent by Zhongyi Hou's mansion in the Xipian Hall, and called the maid: "Hurry up and prepare the best tea, and then take the old plum blossom snow from the jar under the plum tree. Come out, the young lady has already arrived, after a while the third uncle and the young master have greeted His Majesty, so they should come over."

The little maids hurriedly agreed to go to work.As soon as the old porcelain jar was dug out from under the plum tree, Han Jianshi and Han Jun arrived.

Han Jianshi and Han Jun, as foreign ministers, entered Fengzhang Palace and knelt down to pay respects to the empress in the main hall.

Han Qian never liked those red tapes, not to mention that the person kneeling in front of her was her dearest third brother, so she took two steps forward and stretched out her hand to pull him up. Before he could speak, he ordered the people around him: "Leave Pingguo alone to serve the tea. , and the rest will all retreat to this Palace.”

Everyone bowed down and said yes, and filed back one by one.

"Third brother! Come quickly." Han Qian took Han Jianshi's hand and entered. The brother and sister sat facing each other in front of the teahouse in the east of Fengzhang Hall.Han Qian raised her head and asked Pingguoer: "I just heard from Sun Defu that he dug out the snow under the plum tree to make tea. Why didn't you see me?"

Pingguoer hurriedly replied: "The porcelain jar has just been unsealed, and the water will be brought in right away."

"Go and bring me the new pot of Lianzhou Green. The tea is so clear that it will be more delicious if boiled with plum blossom snow." Han Qian ordered again.

"What is Lianzhou Green? Why haven't I heard of it?" Han Jianshi asked with a smile.

"Lianzhou Green is a kind of wild tea tree grown by Governor Lianzhou. It was brought back to me by Governor Zhihe. It just arrived the day before yesterday. I tasted it once and thought it was very good, so I put it away and waited for the third brother Taste it." Han Qian said, seeing Pingguoer bring the black earthenware pot over, she quickly reached out to take it and handed it to Han Jianshi: "Third brother, listen and see."

Han Jianshi took the tea jar, unplugged it, leaned over to sniff it gently, and sighed unconsciously: "Sure enough! Although it is different from those famous ones, it has a fresh fragrance, like the green field after the rain. Light and long-lasting, moist and tender, it is a good tea."

Just as he was talking, Apple came in with a silver pickle and put it on the small red clay stove: "This water is already half boiled, and it will be ready to use after boiling for a while."

"Okay, you go down too, Jin'er is responsible for making tea." Han Qian said, glanced at Han Jianshi, Han Jun and Han Jin's three relatives, and said with a chuckle: "Let our brothers, sisters, aunts and nephews be quiet too." Quietly say a few homely words."

Pingguo'er smiled lightly and retired, and thoughtfully closed the palace door when she went out.

Han Jin took the fan and gently fanned the charcoal fire of the small red clay stove, while Han Jianshi carefully looked at Han Qian's face, and said with a smile, "My sister's complexion is finally much better."

"I've been recuperating these days. Fortunately, I'm not even allowed to read the recipes. I eat and sleep all day long. I'm almost turning into a pig." Han Qian leaned back on the back of the armchair and lazily sighed: "Tell me, it's better to go out and take a walk. It's not good for your body to be bored all day long."

"It's good to go out and relax, but my sister is very valuable now. If she wants to go out, she will naturally mobilize her troops. Moreover, the war in the northwest is tight, and there may be spies in the imperial capital. It is safer in the palace anyway. The imperial palace is big enough, and it would take a long time to walk around the imperial garden alone." Han Jianshi persuaded with a smile.

"What's there to do in the Imperial Garden? There are people following around, and you can't escape the eyes of these people wherever you go. It's so annoying." Han Qian sighed softly.

(End of this chapter)