It was almost noon when Fang Xuanling returned home, and the food had already been prepared in the kitchen.
"Is Xiao San okay?" Fang Xuanling asked when seeing Zhang San.
"Thanks to my father-in-law, I've already made a lot of money." Zhang San replied.
"That's good. You can't be so silly in the future. Please help me watch Yiai more. The emperor is very angry at his behavior." Fang Xuanling glared at Fang Yiai and turned to Zhang San with a warm voice.
Said softly.
"Okay father-in-law, Xiao Ai, I will tell you more about him. After this incident, I don't think he will go to that kind of place again."
"I hope so!"
Fang Xuanling didn't believe that this guy could get rid of this problem, but he also knew that Fang Yiai didn't like being a consort, but the marriage was decided by the emperor, and it was not his turn to go back on it.
The reason why Fang Yiai was the most seriously injured among the people this time was because of this. After all, he cuckolded the princess, so how could Li Shimin not teach him a lesson?
"Sit down and eat. Sit down too. The pestle will not be an eyesore!" After Fang Xuanling sat down, he asked Zhang San to sit down. When he saw Fang Yiai standing aside, he said angrily.
There were only three of them at the dinner table. It was a formal banquet at this time, but no women came to the table to eat.
Fang Keying and her mother were having dinner in the back house.
"Xiaosan, your market planning is very good. The emperor even praised you this morning, especially your charity fund. The emperor talked about it for a long time."
During the meal, Fang Xuanling and Zhang San talked about the morning incident. Zhang San felt that Li Shimin was digging a hole for himself, otherwise he would praise himself for what he was doing.
"They are all small tricks that cannot be put on the stage. I just saw that some people's lives are really poor. I myself have come from hard times, so I thought I could do something for them." Zhang San replied.
"Father, I am also involved in this fund..." Fang Yiai took over the topic and said.
"I can't keep my mouth shut by eating your food, right?" Fang Xuanling scolded her with all her face.
Fang Yiai immediately drooped his head and started to work hard.
"Father-in-law, I came up with this fund together with Xiao Ai and the others at the time, but I was worried that it would be inappropriate to use this matter to impeach us in the future, and label us as a person who wants to buy people's hearts, so we made a plan to let Li Tai join.
, and also asked him to ask the Emperor for instructions first." Zhang San briefly explained the history of the foundation.
"You have thought very carefully. You cannot take the lead in this matter, otherwise it will definitely bring disaster to you in the future." Fang Xuanling warned.
"Yeah, that's what we thought at the time. Thanks to Xiao Ai's reminder, otherwise I wouldn't have realized it."
When Fang Yiai heard what Zhang San said, she immediately cast a grateful look at Zhang San. In fact, she just heard about this foundation and found it interesting, so she joined Cheng Chumo and the others. As for how the foundation operates in detail
, and the matter of recruiting Li Tai to join the gang was all Zhang San's own idea.
Zhang San said this to change Fang Yiai's image in his father's mind.
Fang Xuanling is an old man, so he naturally knew that Zhang San meant what he said, but Fang Xuanling did not expose it. On the contrary, he said to Fang Yiai: "You have some brains."
Fang Yiai was amused for a moment, then she heard Fang Xuanling continue to say: "You have all been cautious in your words and deeds recently. The Emperor is in a very bad mood recently. There has been hail in Shandong. The Wang and Xie families jointly wrote to the Emperor, saying that it was the Emperor's fault.
Such a disaster would only happen if you resorted to military violence and angered God. This incident also completely frustrated the emperor's plan to go to Mount Tai to worship heaven."
"Okay! I don't know how many people will be displaced this winter." Zhang San sighed. He didn't care much about whether Li Shimin went to Mount Tai, but he felt that there was hail at this time, and it was like thatch in Datang Village.
The houses and buildings may have been smashed into something, and the crops may have been destroyed.
This is a really bad time for the Tang Dynasty.
"Alas! Yes, countless livestock and poultry were killed and injured in the local area, and countless farmland and houses were damaged by hail. The emperor is asking the Ministry of Household Affairs to urgently allocate money and food for disaster relief." Fang Xuanling also sighed.
"I hope that the Tang Dynasty will have good weather in the future and will not suffer from these unreasonable disasters again."
Zhang San saw Fang Xuanling's sad face and comforted him.
"The reason why the emperor praised you today is also because of the idea of the charity foundation you proposed. The emperor is planning to ask the Ministry of Household Affairs to set up a charity foundation to raise funds specifically for disaster relief and rescue the people. Be prepared. Maybe this will happen."
The emperor will summon you to the palace in a few days to talk about this foundation in detail."
"Okay! But if the emperor can do this, he will be able to have more money to fight against natural disasters in the future." Zhang San said helplessly.
"Mistress, what do you think of the emperor going to Mount Tai to worship heaven?" Fang Xuanling asked again.
Zhang San thought to himself, how can I watch? Of course, I can hide and watch from a distance!
"Father-in-law, I don't understand this matter, but why do we have to go to Mount Tai to worship heaven? Isn't there a place dedicated to worshiping heaven in Chang'an?" Zhang San didn't know what those emperors thought. They all liked to go to Mount Tai together.
It seems like you can't show how wise and powerful you are without going there to worship the heaven.
"The emperor went to Mount Tai to sacrifice not the sky, but the human heart." Fang Xuanling pointed to the position of the heart and said to the two of them.
"People's hearts?" Zhang San asked curiously.
"Yes! Shandong is a worry for the emperor!" Fang Xuanling did not go into details, but sighed again.
Zhang San didn't ask any more questions. Fang Yiai wished that his father would shut up. He hurriedly finished his meal and escaped. If he stayed here, he might be scolded by Fang Xuanling again.
During the meal, the three of them had their own thoughts. Since Fang Xuanling had something to deal with in the afternoon, Zhang San went to say hello to his mother-in-law after the meal, and then took Fang Keying home.
Along the way, Fang Keying hung her head and didn't say a word.
Zhang San thought that Fang Keying had been wronged by her parents' family, so she asked many times, but Fang Keying kept shaking her head, and Zhang San was helpless about this.
However, it was not until night fell and when he was sleeping that Zhang San realized why Fang Keying was so depressed.
"Sanlang, do you think I'm sick?" Fang Keying had to go back to the house to rest early in the evening. Zhang San was worried and went back to the house with him.
"Why do you say that?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang San quickly reached out and touched Fang Keying's forehead and found that he had no fever!
Fang Keying put Zhang San's hand on her stomach, shrank it into Zhang San's arms and whispered: "Why is there no movement in my stomach for so long?"
Only then did Zhang San realize that Fang Keying felt that she had never been pregnant, so she was depressed.
"This matter cannot be rushed. Pregnancy requires the right time, place, and right people. Some people have been trying to conceive for a year without getting pregnant." Zhang San consoled her.
"But my mother said that under normal circumstances, I should have a reaction. Am I abnormal?" Fang Keying asked.
"Why is this abnormal? Besides, problems with this matter usually arise from men. Don't think too much."
Zhang San had nothing to do about this situation. If Fang Keying hadn't said anything, he wouldn't have realized it yet, but who can say for sure?
