Queen, go for hegemony

Chapter 36 Livelihood is a Big Problem

In the evening, His Majesty the Emperor was going back to the palace, and stood at the gate to say goodbye to Uncle Tong. I held Uncle Tong's arm and waved to him, "Your Majesty, have a good journey, come to my house to play when you have time!"

His Majesty the Emperor narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly, obviously a little pleased: "Aren't you going back to the palace with me?"

I smiled and nodded slightly: "Caomin has been favored by His Majesty, and I have made a special trip to send Caomin home. Caomin is very grateful!" I stood there admiring his darkening complexion.

Uncle Tong added fuel to the fire: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for sending my Xiaolang home. This old slave is very grateful!"

He stepped over, and I was about to hide behind Uncle Tong, but he had already pulled the purse from my waist.I stretched out my hand to snatch it, but I shrank back under his cold gaze. I watched helplessly as he opened the money bag, picked and picked from it, and found a silver coin of about five taels and handed it over, "Money Come back to the palace when you run out of money."

I glared at him angrily: "Your Majesty is so stingy and stingy that the courtiers are all laughing." I reached out to pick it up, but it was in vain, and he retracted the five taels into his arms again. Picking and picking in the purse again, he pulled out another piece of silver weighing about two taels, and made a gesture to put it into his bosom: "It seems that I still gave you too much." Give the girl one hundred dollars, and when she finishes spending and has no money to eat, she will naturally return to the palace."

When the imperial guards came three years ago, the house was plundered and plundered. Even if there was old grain in the cellar, it might have been moldy and spoiled in the past three years, making it unusable.In the past, the wealth of the family was only given by his father Dai Lu and the past emperors. Uncle Tong had only one arm, and his life was inconvenient. Thinking about it, it was quite difficult to guard this house for the past three years.

I threatened Tian Bingqing with my eyes: If you really give me a hundred dollars, go back to the palace and I will keep it so that you will have a bad life.

Tian Bingqing fumbled in his bosom for a long time with a sad face, before begging me bitterly: "Girl, you should go back to the palace with Your Majesty, I hope that Uncle Tong will have plenty of time in the future."

I was secretly happy in my heart, blinked at him, and stared closely at the two taels of silver in Feng Chaowen's hand, he seemed a little embarrassed, after thinking about it, he stuffed it into my hand, and in front of Uncle Tong, unexpectedly Taking advantage of the situation, I squeezed my palm... this shameless beast...

"Stay in the mansion for two days. If you miss the Bingtang elbow in the palace, come back quickly." He took off a jade pendant from his waist and stuffed it into my palm together: "Take this back to the palace, but you are not allowed to take it Pawn shop pawn money!"

Your Majesty, you really understand me!I do intend to.

I stood beside Uncle Tong with a blushing face, holding the jade pendant and two liang of silver in my hands, watching Feng Chaowen board the car, holding the money bag that Tian Bingqing gave me this morning, I changed my master in a blink of an eye, my heart Very sad and indignant.Just as he was about to take Uncle Tong back to the mansion to mourn for a while, he saw the curtain of the car lifted, and Feng Chaowen poked his head out casually: "I forgot, you didn't have any attendants with you today, I'll go back later." Just ask Xiaotian to send your four personal maids and Ehuang over, and then send over ten palace maids."

I knelt down with a plop, sincerely: "Your Majesty, Caomin begs you, there are so many people to eat, and there is only two taels of silver, Caomin's family is poor and cannot afford it!"

Just kidding, those four personal palace servants are all women practicing martial arts, and they can eat as much food as a man in his prime. Doesn't this force me to return to the palace as soon as possible?

Amidst his loud laughter, the carriage rattled away.

I sat back on my buttocks, and suddenly I was full of worries: "Uncle Tong, what should I do?"

Uncle Tong smiled and helped me get up: "Although our family has no food, there is a lot of wine in the cellar."

I patted the dust on my knees and cheered up: "Selling wine on the street, this is a good idea!"

Uncle Tong shook his head: "I'm afraid His Majesty will not allow you to sell wine." He smiled slightly: "Why don't Xiao Lang accompany Uncle Tong for two days, then go back to the palace!"

I was so wronged that I was about to cry: "I was detained in the palace for several months, and Uncle Tong wanted to drive me away just after I entered the house..."

He immediately became at a loss, stroking my head as he did to comfort me countless times in the past: "Okay, okay, you can stay as long as you want, as long as your majesty doesn't come to urge you."

It's so obedient, I haven't enjoyed this kind of life for a long time, and I am instantly satisfied.

Two hours later, it was completely dark, Tong Bo and I made some simple meals, and we were sitting in the courtyard under the tree enjoying the cool, chatting about what we had seen and heard in the past three years, when the door was slapped loudly, I opened the door , there were four iron tower-like bodies standing outside the door, and a petite figure emerged from behind the four iron tower-like bodies: "Girl, girl, do you have anything to eat at home? Your Majesty ordered us to forbid us to eat when he returned to the palace. starving!"

On the carriage in the distance, Tian Bingqing smiled at me, cupped his hands away, and went straight away.

...Your Majesty, you are too ruthless to be serious!

Uncle Tong stared at the five people at the dining table, four big and one small, and secretly asked me: "Xiao Lang, do all the people in the palace eat like this?"

I looked at the turmoil in front of me with a headache, and the personal maids who had already eaten two barrels of rice, deeply worried about the issue of livelihood.If I eat like this, my two taels of silver will be gone soon.

On the second day, Uncle Tong woke up early with my two taels of silver in his pocket. He was going to buy rice. He stood in the courtyard and stared at me who got up early and the five personal maids standing behind me. It was very strange: " Xiao Lang, what are you doing up so early if you don't fall asleep this early in the morning?"

... Can I say that I was so worried that I almost didn't sleep all night?

Looking up at the morning light in the distance, it's another sad morning!I pointed to the four maids behind me: "They are very strong, I thought I would let them buy rice and vegetables today. Uncle Tong just takes them there and pays the money."

Uncle Tong and his party went far away, Ehuang stood behind me for a long time, seeing the bright sky, she said cautiously: "Miss, why don't you go back to your room and rest?"

I turned my head to stare at her, and said leisurely under her dodging gaze: "Tell me, the five of you didn't sleep all night last night, did you? Could it be that you were full?"

Her face was flushed, and she raised her head to take a peek at me with guilt, then quickly lowered her head, bit her lip, and finally knelt down, with red eye circles: "Girl, Your Majesty said that the five of us came to the house The task is to eat and eat you, make you penniless, and return to the palace as soon as possible!"

I……

Your majesty, your move is too rascal, it is almost unworthy of the king of a country!

Three years ago, after the fire in the Jinxiu Pavilion, news gradually spread outside the palace, and the family's old servants gradually dispersed. When the country was ruined and the family was destroyed, only Tong Bo lived alone guarding the huge courtyard.He sighed contentedly with me in the yard last night: "I never imagined that Xiao Lang would come back alive. I have always just treated my majesty as an old man to coax me."

Later, when Feng Chaowen came to the throne, he made a special trip, sent people to renovate the house, and sent money and food.Although Tong Bo didn't know why the new Great Qi Emperor insisted on rebuilding the former Regent's mansion, but he was also heartbroken that his home was destroyed, so he accepted it happily, but returned the money and food back without leaving a penny.

When the house was repaired, Feng Chaowen also came to ask why the money and food were refunded. Uncle Tong said that the master was dead, and Xiao Lang had died in the fire, and he couldn't come back. He just wanted to guard this yard for the rest of his life Going down, I can use the hands of His Royal Highness to restore the house to its old appearance, my wish has come true.

Although Feng Chaowen didn't force him to accept the money and food at that time, he told him: "Your young man will come back eventually!"

He said that His Majesty's expression at that time was very determined, and sometimes even he would inevitably have extravagant hopes, hoping that one day I could stand in front of him.After saying this, he cried again. His old hoarse voice was heard far away in the empty yard. I felt sore in my heart. He has been alone for the past three years. I just don’t know how to live.
I was holding his hand with tears streaming down my face, and I said, "Uncle Tong, I will honor you like I honor my father, and I will take care of you until the end of my life, so that you can rely on me for the rest of my life!"

Now I am ashamed of my rhetoric at the time.Not only am I incapable of earning food money, but I also recruit five servants who look like starving ghosts... What is this all about?
After breakfast, watching the sun rise, I called the four palace servants to go down to the cellar, and brought out several jars of wine: "The Anfu never raises idlers who eat nothing. Bring back the grain and money!"

Dad has a lot of wine in his cellar, and the vintage is not short, which is enough to live on.

The four palace servants had twitching expressions and looked at me with accusing eyes over and over again. E Huang stepped forward to persuade him hesitantly: "Girl, these four elder sisters are all with official titles, how can they sell wine in the street?"

I glared at her viciously: "Little girl, you ate a lot yesterday, so don't be idle today, your voice is crisp and sweet, and hawking in the street will definitely attract a lot of people!"

The five of them looked helpless, pulled out a wheelbarrow from the garage in the backyard, loaded the wine jars into the cart, and followed them to the downtown with a dark face.

I stood at the door and waved happily: "Don't sell cheap, these wines are quite old!"

Uncle Tong took out a basket from the kitchen, which contained incense, candles, paper money, and snacks: "Xiao Lang, since you're home, it's better to pay homage to the old man's grave!"

I never imagined that I could see Yan Ping on my father's grave.

(End of this chapter)