After staying in the cold palace, Huang Youyang sent Yan Ruocheng back.
"Your Majesty, you can just send it here. Don't bother." She said in advance as there was still some way to go before reaching the eldest prince's palace.
"Don't bother, just let me take you to the door. Now that you are halfway there, you are not going forward or backward. You still have to make a detour before you can get out." Huang Youyang pointed to the city wall and said with a smile.
"Okay then." Yan Ruocheng nodded with a faint smile. She originally wanted to go find Huang Chenling and walk back to the eldest prince's palace, but she had to start again.
Unexpectedly, after Huang Youyang sent her back, he still wanted to make tea with her before drinking it.
At dusk, Huang Fengmo came back.
Yan Ruocheng had prepared dinner early in the morning and was waiting for him.
"Husband, wash your hands and come over for dinner." Yan Ruocheng went over and hugged his arm and said.
"Did you prepare dinner so quickly today?" Huang Fengmo asked as he looked at the dining table in the side hall and laid out the dishes.
"Did you have a hard day today? So I asked my servants to prepare them early. They are all new dishes." Yan Ruocheng said with a smile.
"Okay. You are so considerate, you deserve a kiss." Huang Fengmo smiled and kissed her mouth.
The servant came over with a basin. Yan Ruocheng gave him a gentle push and said, "Hurry up and wash your hands."
"My hands are very clean." Huang Fengmo said while obediently washing them with water.
Yan Ruocheng took the towel, wiped his hands and wiped away the water stains, and then pulled him over to eat.
"Here, let's drink the soup first." Yan Ruocheng picked up the spoon and fed him personally.
Huang Fengmo felt that she was a little too proactive tonight and asked, "What's wrong? We've found the number of people, are you ready to go? Is this meal a farewell meal for you?"
"Husband, I have indeed found everyone, but this is not a farewell meal. I actually want you to try Leng Gong's dishes." Yan Ruocheng said.
"Try this soup." Yan Ruocheng picked up the spoon and fed him a soup.
"Huh?" The taste was sour, moldy, and salty. Huang Fengmo spit it out immediately. Pointing to it, he said, "This is the soup that has been made for many nights."
"That's right. Try these fried vegetable balls again." Yan Ruozhen picked one up and gave him a bite.
The taste was normal, but it was too hard and had too much sand. Huang Fengmo spit it out again and said, "These are vegetable balls that were dropped on the ground and then picked up and fried. There is so much sand."
"Husband, you have also tasted these cold palace dishes, so can you see how to improve them." Yan Ruozhen told him the topic.
"Oh, you did all this just to help the people in Leng Palace improve their diet. Did you go to Leng Palace today? What were you doing there?" Huang Fengmo asked.
"It was the Sixth Emperor who brought me there. He took the pulse of the old concubines before. I just found that their diet was very poor. After all, there are many elderly concubines in the Leng Palace. Their diet is so poor, so for them,
If your health is very poor, you are more likely to get sick." Yan Ruocheng said.
Huang Fengmo touched her head and said, "Do you know why I like you more and more? It's because you always notice things that others don't care about. In fact, in this generation, the cold palace should be abolished.
Let’s let those old concubines regain their freedom and return to life in the city.”
Yan Ruozhen frowned slightly and said: "I'm afraid that's not possible. Once you get used to eating and living in the palace, I'm afraid it will be difficult to adapt to the outside world. You can't make such casual decisions about your retirement.
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"Why have you become smarter? This is indeed a problem. Let's discuss it in detail after I ascend the throne." Huang Fengmo touched the top of her head again.
"Husband, I think the palace is very big. I just walked back from the cold palace. When I got to the palace, the servants along the way were either standing or cleaning. If instead of doing this, let them plow the land. The palace has the largest floor.
, the problem of food shortage can be solved by itself." Yan Ruocheng said.
"Then you should talk to Chen Ling about this matter. His order can be implemented now." Huang Fengmo said helplessly. The layout of the palace was left by the ancestors, one tile after another.
Every brick has its own meaning. Seeing that Yan Ruocheng was so active in coming up with a solution, he would not agree with it at all if he told her, fearing that she would become sulky. So he pushed the matter to Huang Chenling to solve it.
"Okay. I'll ask him tomorrow." Yan Ruocheng said.
The next day, Huang Chenling listened to Yan Ruocheng's suggestion.
"If you do this, my father will break my neck if you know it. The layout of the palace is determined according to the feng shui of our ancestors and has not changed for hundreds of years. Of course your idea will not work." Huang Chenling said.
"The land is vast and there are few people. Why is it not good for these open spaces to be used for farming? I just care about this boring Feng Shui layout." Yan Ruocheng said sullenly.
"I've been told that this is a Feng Shui layout that hasn't changed for hundreds of years and cannot be used indiscriminately. Anyway, I can't make up my mind, so I just leave it alone and don't worry about it," Huang Chenling said.
Yan Ruozhen began to understand why the emperor and others began to say that Huang Chenling was useless. Now it seems that he is really useless.
"I won't tell you anymore. I'm going back to pack my things and prepare to go to the Emerald Country another day." Yan Ruocheng said.
"Are you sulking? Are you going to be angry if I don't obey you?" Huang Chenling said unhappily. In the past few days, his imperial uncle always asked him to nod to anything they agreed on, and if he didn't obey
, they all doubted his ability. Now that even Yan Ruocheng was treating him like this, he suddenly felt uncomfortable.
"I'm not angry." Yan Ruocheng lied. He was clearly angry just now.
"You're not angry and you want to leave," Huang Chenling said.
"Didn't I say that I have to go back and pack my luggage? I don't have anything to do while I'm with you," Yan Ruocheng said.
"Okay, just leave. I won't keep you." Huang Chenling stopped asking and turned her face away.
Only then did Yan Ruocheng realize that he had gone too far.
She took a few deep breaths and waited until her mood felt a little better before she sat back down beside his bed.
"Sorry, I sounded harsh just now." She changed to a gentler tone and said.
"Not only did you speak harshly, but your attitude has also become worse. It's as if you don't like me if I don't agree to your request." Huang Chenling said sullenly.
"That's not the point. At most I'm a little sulky. I feel like you're not as decisive as before. Think twice before you act when things change." Yan Ruocheng said.
"Well, since I became the Holy Emperor, I have had more pressure on myself. The whole country is in my hands alone. I can't change my mind if I want to. The things you said, let the emperor
After he ascends the throne, let him handle it." Huang Chenling pushed the matter back to Huang Fengmo.
"You two are playing Cuju." Yan Ruozhen whispered to himself in a low voice.
"What are you kicking?" Huang Chenling couldn't hear clearly.
"I mean, the only person who can solve the problem for me seems to be Feng Mo." Yan Ruocheng said boringly.
"Well, Brother Huang, his brain is very flexible. I am much duller." Huang Chenling said, disparaging herself.
"You still need to belittle yourself, stupid!" Yan Ruocheng suddenly kissed his mouth. She took his hands and hugged him.
"You guys are becoming more and more impatient like me." Huang Chenling felt that she was becoming more and more comfortable.
As soon as the tent was lowered, his toes opened and closed on his hazy legs, and he began to moan comfortably.
Soon, Huang Chenling's shrill scream came from the hall: "Ah——!"
The toes of both legs were spread out, unable to move at all.
"The bones here seem to be broken again..." Yan Ruocheng said helplessly.
Huang Chenling was about to cry but had no tears.
In the afternoon, "Imperial Concubine, what are you doing?" Yan Zhenzhen was called over by Yan Ruocheng, but he saw her sewing a quilt.
"Sew a quilt." Yan Ruocheng said.
"I know I'm sewing quilts, but there's no need to trouble the imperial concubine to do these rough jobs yourself, right?" Yan Zhenzhen said.
"Oh, this is the Baifu quilt I sewed for Xiao Ling. I was afraid that he would be lonely if he went to the Emerald Kingdom and didn't come back for a while. I wanted to finish it early and leave it before departure.
Give it to him. You can also come over and help." Yan Ruocheng said.
"Okay. Xiaoling, it's great to have a mother like you. I have never used a Baifu quilt." Yan Zhenzhen said with a sigh.
"Don't be envious, I will sew one for you when I have time." Yan Ruocheng said with a smile.
"No, no need, I'm just talking." Yan Zhenzhen said.
"Did you tell Long Dong that you were going to the Jade Kingdom?" Yan Ruozhen asked.
"Not yet. In the past few days, his mother has had the door sealed. She tried to climb the wall to get in, but there were people guarding her. I couldn't get in." Yan Zhenzhen said awkwardly.
"You told me earlier, wouldn't it be much easier if I personally summoned him. Let him come into the palace to see you?" Yan Ruocheng said.
"Well, it's up to you, the Imperial Concubine," Yan Zhenzhen said happily.
On this day, Lieutenant General Long Dong entered the palace.
"Mother, the imperial concubine wants me to come to the palace to see her. Why are you following me?" Lieutenant General Long Dong said. He tried to persuade his mother at home but could not persuade him.
The old lady followed her into the palace because she wanted to make a decision for her son. Because Yan Zhenzhen always came to her son to seduce him so that he would not be tempted by the eldest daughter of the Lin family. So she wanted to ask the imperial concubine to discipline her well.
This face is so real.
"I am your mother, can't you follow me? Who said that my mother can't follow you into the palace? If you have difficulty with your hands and feet, of course I will follow you to help you." The old lady said sideways.
"I'm so angry with you. Mother, it's embarrassing to be like this. I don't need help!" Lieutenant General Long Dong was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole to crawl into. The carriage was noisy all the way.
The old lady entered the palace smoothly.
Yan Ruozhen was a little surprised when he saw a gray-haired old lady beside Lieutenant General Long Dong.
Looking at the old lady, she looked somewhat similar to Lieutenant General Long Dong, so she must be his mother.
"Come here, hurry up and give me a seat for the old lady." Yan Ruocheng politely asked the servant to bring a chair.
"Thank you, Imperial Concubine." The old lady thanked her politely.