The concubine wants to farm: the alluring wife raises the emperor

Chapter 370
Xu Yuan noticed Li Hong's body leaning towards him intentionally or unintentionally, lowered her eyebrows, and hid a little to the side.

Li Hong smiled: "Miss Xu is already married in Yonghua City?"

"Return to Your Highness, Minnv has been married for six years." She lowered her head, her face was flushed, and she met Li Hong's eyes.

"I really can't tell. When I saw Miss Xu yesterday, I thought it was a boudoir girl, haha."

Xu Yuan felt disgusted, how could she say such words so casually, she really didn't respect her at all.

She complained in her heart, but she couldn't show it on her face, and even laughed a few times to cooperate with Li Hong.

The color between Li Hong's eyebrows and eyes was dyed with spring, this Xu Yuan is really top-notch, her appearance, appearance, and even her voice are top-notch.

Zhang Wenyu cleared his throat, felt Li Hong's gaze, and smiled awkwardly: "After this trip, I have been in poor health..."

"Master Zhang take good care of yourself." He stared over warningly, then looked away for a moment, and smiled again when facing Xu Yuan, "Ms. Xu's side is coming."

Xu Yuan followed him silently, almost without any thought of showing her emotions. She took back the proposal she made in front of Li Yin last night, and she didn't want to tease this man anymore.

When the group arrived at the door of the imperial study, Li Hong asked the eunuch at the side to report, and then led Xu Yuan and Zhang Wenyu in.

Xu Yuan didn't expect that the emperor didn't look as old as she imagined, he looked about 40 years old, but considering Li Yin's age, it should be about the same.

She bowed her head and saluted with Zhang Wenyu, then stood in front of the desk.

The emperor looked Xu Yuan up and down a few times before he said, "This is Xu Yuan?"

"Back to the emperor, this is the girl Xu Yuan who was mentioned in the memorial by Master Qian, who saved the people of Yonghua City." Zhang Wenyu gave Xu Yuan a lot of hats.

"The daughter of the people has met the emperor." Xu Yuan saluted again, but she never raised her head. This was according to Zhang Wenyu's instructions, and Long Yan should not be offended.

"Look up and let me see." The emperor coughed, and the eunuch next to him immediately offered a cup of tea.

Xu Yuan raised her head after listening to his words, but her eyes were still lowered, and she did not meet the emperor's gaze.

"Miss Xu is really young and promising."

"Thank the emperor for your compliment." Xu Yuan felt that her face was about to go stiff, and kept controlling her expression not to be too exaggerated.

Li Hong suddenly laughed at the side: "Father, the food that Miss Xu brought this time has been seen by the servants, and the quality is very good."

"Oh?" The emperor narrowed his eyes, "It seems that what Mr. Qian said is true."

"Returning to the emperor, I have already checked in Yonghua City. The grain provided by Miss Xu is of equal quality, and there is no defective grain." Zhang Wenyu followed up.

The emperor turned his eyes and looked at Xu Yuan: "Miss Xu provided food in Yonghua City, balanced the price of food, and saved the people of one side. This is a great achievement."

"Minnv is just doing her best. It's an honor to be able to do something for the common people." Xu Yuan tried her best to say some high-sounding words, but she was really not good at them at all.

"Miss Xu is already different from ordinary people if she can care about the common people in the world." The emperor paused, "Zhang Aiqing, has the matter with Miss Xu been reached?"

"Going back to the emperor, I have already signed a contract with Ms. Xu. From then on, Ms. Xu will supply all the food in the imperial city."

Xu Yuan was a little uncertain. This was the purpose of Zhang Wenyu's trip to Yonghua City. If the contract had not been fulfilled, she would not have come to the Imperial City to transport food.

What is the emperor's purpose in bringing this up in person now?
Zhang Wenyu told her that the lack of food in the court must not be casually mentioned, so the emperor will definitely not mention the lack of food in the court. This is a taboo, which is equivalent to showing the weakness of the court.

The emperor would not announce Xu Yuan's grain transportation with great fanfare. To the outside world, this is just a change of grain merchants in the imperial city.

But he should use Xu Yuan's previous affairs in Yonghua City to reward Xu Yuan with some titles. After all, this is actually Xu Yuan's well-known credit.

Sure enough, the emperor's next sentence was to ask Li Hong: "What does the emperor think should be given to Miss Xu for her achievements in Yonghua City?"

Li Hong rubbed his chin, as if he was thinking about what he should give Xu Yuan.

"Since Miss Xu cares about the world, she shouldn't care about money." He laughed, "Miss Xu holds food in her hands, but she doesn't wantonly drive up prices in Yonghua City, which is enough to show that she doesn't care about money. My son thinks that if you give Miss Xu gold, silver and jewels as rewards, it will not be worthy of Miss Xu's nobleness."

Xu Yuan lowered her head, she really likes money, okay?I just don't want to make money from ordinary people!

"What do you think the emperor should reward?"

"Why don't you give Ms. Xu an official position. Ms. Xu works for the welfare of the people. This is what officials should do, and it is also worthy of Ms. Xu's temper."

"Very good." The emperor laughed, and Li Hong still understood what he meant. Now there is not so much money in the treasury to reward, and giving an official position is probably the way to sacrifice the least.

Xu Yuan still had a smile on her face when she heard the words that the two father and son were singing together.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xu Yuan bit the bullet and knelt down, accepting the edict handed over by the eunuch.

The moment her knee touched the hard floor, Xu Yuan almost thought her knee was broken.

"Aiqing, please." The emperor stroked his beard with a smile.

Xu Yuan stood up, bowed her head and stood to the side again.

"It's really not easy for Aiqing to travel long distances to transport food to the imperial city. Let the prince be your companion these few days and accompany you on a tour of the imperial city."

Prince?Xu Yuan's heart trembled, doesn't the prince need to manage state affairs?Can you still accompany me to play?
As soon as Zhang Wenyu saw the expression on the prince's face, he knew in his heart that it must be what he said in front of the emperor, and Xu Yuan had no room to refuse.

He inadvertently bumped Xu Yuan's arm, and she swallowed back the words of refusal.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I will trouble the Prince."

"It's not troublesome, I am very happy to be able to accompany Miss Xu to go out for a walk." Li Hong played with the wrench in his hand. After spending these few days with Xu Yuan, he should be able to find a loophole and draw her into the Come here yourself.

"Okay, you all go back first, I'm a little tired."

Several people withdrew from the imperial study room, Xu Yuan felt that the process of meeting the saint today was really simple.

I thought he would at least be in the imperial court, but unexpectedly, he just had a rough meeting in the imperial study. It seems that what Zhang Wenyu said was right, the emperor didn't want to leak the matter of the lack of food in the court.

As a nameless official, I probably won't cause much trouble at all. To put it bluntly, it's just to tie her up and provide a stable supply of food.

(End of this chapter)