"When do you think you, my little aunt, will be replaced by my little aunt?"
Ren Qingxin's body trembled slightly, and she silently glanced sideways in the direction of the side hall, shaking her head a few times with confusion in her eyes.
"Yue'er, what my aunt said doesn't count!"
When the little cutie heard Ren Qingxin's disappointed tone, she suddenly realized that she seemed to have said something that she shouldn't have said.
The little cutie quickly adjusted her cloak and pulled Ren Qingxin up from the bench with a smile on her face.
"Little aunt, let's go to the palace first to see how Yue'er's sister-in-law Jingyao is doing."
"Okay, it's time to go take a look."
Ren Qingxin glanced at the direction of the side hall and let the little cutie pull her towards the main hall in front.
In the side hall of the East Palace.
Young Master Liu put down the teapot in his hand, picked up the fire tongs and walked towards the stove a few steps away.
"Old man, father-in-law, if you feel cold, come and sit by the stove."
"No, after a few cups of tea, I'm already sweating, not to mention getting cold!"
"Nephew, I am as cold as your father."
"Do you want to eat the roasted sweet potatoes?"
Liu Zhi'an and Qi Run quickly put down their teacups and nodded with smiles on their faces.
"I have to eat it. Let's have two."
"Same here, I'll come with two."
Young Master Liu looked back at Liu Zhi'an and Qi Run, then smiled and picked up a few washed sweet potatoes from the copper basin next to him, and put them on top of the stove.
"Old man, father-in-law, given your current situation, it's not like you two can't afford delicacies from the mountains and seas.
Does it matter if you have this expression when you hear about roasted sweet potatoes?"
"Why not? Don't you, the king of a country, and His Highness Chengzhi, the second prince of the current dynasty, also like to eat roasted sweet potatoes?"
"Zhi'er, you've never been hungry!
I still remember that this was a natural disaster that occurred during the Xuande period when Emperor Ruizong was in power.
Half of my country belongs to Dalong, because the natural disasters at that time were floods, floods, and droughts.
Many of my Dalong people have almost no income due to natural disasters.
That year, you don’t know how many people there were...
Hey, it’s been decades ago, so it’s okay not to mention it, or not to mention it.”
"Father-in-law, what you said is biased.
My son-in-law, it is not as easy as you think. I have also suffered from hunger.
I remember back then, when my son-in-law led my Dalong soldiers to conquer the east and west, and fight in the north and south.
Often because of the shortage of food and grass, my hungry stomach growls.
Just say that when my son-in-law conquered the countries in the Western Regions, you don’t know how he and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers suffered."
"Zhi'er, the shortage of food and grass will eventually come to an end.
Have you ever chewed tree bark? Have you ever eaten grass roots?
Even, you have seen people who are very hungry, exchanging money with each other...
well!"
As Qi Run spoke, he suddenly let out a long sigh and put the teacup in his hand on the table.
"Zhi'er, there are many things you have never seen with your own eyes!
The scenes you saw when you went to Qingzhou for disaster relief were just small scenes.
When the locust plague broke out in Qingzhou, you were able to carry out disaster relief quickly and effectively because the national treasury could still mobilize some food for disaster relief.
However, you have never seen what the world is like when there is no food in the national treasury to provide disaster relief.
Some scenes are far more cruel than those recorded in the book!"
Listening to Qi Runkang's impassioned tone, Liu Mingzhi couldn't help but recall the contents he had seen in some files when he was still the Minister of Household Affairs.
Yes! Some scenes are far more cruel than the resting situations recorded in the book!
"Bastard, what your father-in-law said just now has been restrained.
You don’t know that back then, even I and your mother had to live on a simple diet for half a year.
I occasionally tell you that I admire your father-in-law Li Zheng very much.
Those words were not my compliments, but I really admired him very much.
To put it bluntly, it was a natural disaster.
In other words, your father-in-law, Li Zheng, is in charge of the world, but if another person sits on that chair.
Perhaps, I, Da Long, have already changed his dynasty!"
Liu Mingzhi breathed out a deep thought. He didn't know what he thought of. He didn't say anything. He just silently toyed with the burning briquettes with the tongs.
It took about half a cup of tea.
Qi Yun, the third princess, the queen and her sisters, as well as Liu Yiyi, Liu Yaoyao, Liu Chengfeng, Liu Chengzhi and their brothers and sisters, all walked into the hall with smiles on their faces.
"Husband."
"Husband."
"Husband, my sisters have brought our grandson and granddaughter over."
"father."
When Liu Mingzhi heard everyone's greetings, he immediately put down the poker in his hand and turned around with a smile.
Liu Zhi'an quickly put down the tea cup in his hand and walked over happily.
"Come on, let me take a look at my second great-grandson and eldest great-granddaughter first."
"Dad, please."
"Okay, okay, which one of these two is a boy? Which one is a girl?"
"Dad, you are holding a boy, and your daughter-in-law is holding a girl."
Liu Zhi'an nodded happily and looked up at Liu Chengzhi.
"Chengzhi."
"Hey, Grandpa?"
"Silly boy, when you have some free time, don't forget to go home and offer some sticks of incense to the ancestors of our Liu family!"
"Yes, my grandson knows."
"In-laws, you should also come and take a look."
"I'm coming."
Qi Ya looked at her husband who was walking over and quickly handed over the swaddling clothes in his hand.
"Husband, take a look, this is our first granddaughter!"
Liu Dashaodan smiled and nodded, carefully holding the baby in his arms.
Looking at the little guy with big eyes in his arms who was neither crying nor fussing, the smile on Young Master Liu's face became even stronger.
"My good granddaughter, what a good granddaughter!"
"Husband, this child's eyes don't look like Chengzhi or Jingyao, but they are somewhat similar to Sister He Shu!"
"Sister Ya, no, no, my sister thinks she is more like Jing Yao."
Liu Zhi'an held the baby in his arms and happily handed it to Young Master Liu.
"You little bastard, don't just look after your granddaughter, take a look at your grandson too."
To be continued...