Following Concubine Rong's instructions, a young eunuch quickly moved a chair and placed it behind Ouyang Xue. Ouyang Xue did not insist on being unable to eat, so she took advantage of the situation and sat on it.
After kneeling for so long, her legs were so painful that she could no longer stand.
"Thank you, Your Majesty the Concubine."
My mother told me that little girls should be polite, and Ouyang Xue was very satisfied with her performance.
Concubine Rong was smiling and looked like a kind elder.
She said: "It was my negligence a few days ago. Now that you are here, you will live here. I will ask someone to make a room next to Xiaowu for you to live in. You two sisters will also get along well."
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When the fifth princess saw that her mother-in-law, instead of helping her punish Ouyang Xue, let her live with her, she immediately became unwilling.
She stood up and protested: "Who wants to live with this bitch!"
After shouting these words, the fifth princess rolled up her sleeves and went out.
Concubine Rong smoothed things over and said, "Xiaowu has an arrogant temperament, but you have a sweet temperament. I don't think I will blame her."
"When you get used to living here in this palace, I will call your mother and concubine into the palace to reunite with you."
Upon hearing that he could be reunited with his mother and concubine, Ouyang Xue's face turned into a smile.
She confirmed: "Will you really let me meet my mother-in-law?"
Concubine Rong smiled with an inscrutable look on her face, "As long as the princess is obedient, I will naturally reunite your mother and daughter."
"Take the princess down and serve her well. If I find out that you have neglected her, be careful with your heads."
In the evening, Prince An's Mansion.
Ouyang Ming, Ouyang Jinhua and Jiang Shiying were sitting in the study room discussing things.
At this time, a secret guard flashed in. The secret guard knelt down and recounted everything that happened to Ouyang Xue in the palace today.
Hearing that Ouyang Xue was bullied, Jiang Shiying's eyes turned red with anger, and she stood up and was about to rush out. Ouyang Jinhua quickly stopped her and comforted her.
Ouyang Ming also said: "Mom, don't worry, since Concubine Rong has brought Xueer to her palace, she will not be bullied in the near future."
"She definitely wants to use her sister to make us submit to the Fourth Prince. Before we enter the palace, she will definitely not let her suffer any further injustice."
Jiang Shiying was stopped, but her mood did not ease much.
Although they have been able to get news about Ouyang Xue this year, there are heavy guards outside the palace to protect them, so they cannot enter the palace to see Ouyang Xue.
Sometimes she even thought about how to rebel against the royal family directly! But now that the opportunity was not available, they could only endure it for now.
In Guhuai Village, far south of the Wu Dynasty, Jiang Zhiyue also received a reply from Ouyang Ming.
It was four days after Jiang Zhiyue received the reply.
When Jiang Zhiyue received the letter, she was still a little shocked.
She originally thought that even if Ouyang Ming replied, it would go through Li Wen's hands first.
What Jiang Zhiyue didn't know was that what she received was the first letter, and Ouyang Ming's letter to Li Wen was still on the way.
In the letter, Ouyang Ming asked Jiang Zhiyue to just do whatever she wanted, and if anyone needed it, she could ask Li Wen directly.
The most important matter was the mine. Ouyang Ming stated that he would send several craftsmen to do her bidding. He also briefly talked about the situation in Beijing.
Even if Jiang Zhiyue was not in the capital, she seemed to have seen Ouyang Ming struggling.
Last year, there were numerous natural disasters in the Wu Dynasty, and the court did not send much food to relieve the victims.
North Korea and China asked the Ministry of Revenue to allocate grain and grass funds to the border on the grounds that the border war was tense.
Because it was the ancestral family of the fourth prince who was fighting on the border, and the emperor was going to drive to the west at any time, and the fourth prince was the prince with the highest voice among the people, the Ministry of Revenue did not dare not to release grain.
After being transferred by Concubine Rong and the fourth prince, the food, grass and money ended up in their own pockets.
The national treasury is tight and the people have no harvest. Grain merchants in many places have begun to raise grain prices.
It is already May, and everyone is too busy to keep their feet off the ground.
Except for Wulang, Liulang and Ming Yixi, the rest of the Jiang family, from Dalang to Silang, have to take part in this year's college examination. They are either in the town school or in the study room every day.
However, they did not miss the opportunity to practice martial arts and exercise.
A few days later, another letter Ouyang Ming handed to Li Wen and several reliable craftsmen found by Ouyang Jinhua arrived at the camp in the mountains behind Guhuai Village.
Jiang Zhiyue also handed over the affairs of the papermaking workshop to the Jiang family. She found an excuse and went into the mountains, telling the Jiang family that her return date was uncertain.
The letter Ouyang Ming handed to Li Wen explained the arrangements for the mine discovered by Jiang Zhiyue.
Li Wen got busy after receiving the letter, and the task of arranging for mining was given to him.
Jiang Zhiyue dove into the house to study higher-quality smelting techniques with the new craftsmen.
The few craftsmen who were arranged to come had originally heard that someone could forge iron better, and they had the idea of stealing their skills.
But when they saw that the master who came was a little girl, several people were completely confused.
But soon they were impressed by Jiang Zhiyue's abilities.
The iron she extracted turned out to be much stronger than what could be extracted using previous techniques. Four months passed in a flash.
The temperature in the room was too high. Jiang Zhiyue raised her hand to wipe away the sweat. The dust on her hand was stained with sweat, and a black mark appeared on her face the next moment.
A craftsman handed Jiang Zhiyue a glass of water and said with a smile: "Miss Jiang, please drink water."
The craftsman is a middle-aged man in his forties, looking at Jiang Zhiyue with admiration in his eyes.
Not only him, but also the remaining few who were older than him admired Jiang Zhiyue.
When I first met Jiang Zhiyue, no one believed that she was still a girl at such a young age and how could she have any real abilities.
But in the past four months, Jiang Zhiyue brought them too many surprises, which were enough to make them change their attitudes.
The most important thing is that Jiang Zhiyue has no secrets. If he comes up with something from his research, he will tell everyone and we can study it together.
Although the steel was still not smelted, Jiang Zhiyue was satisfied when she saw that the purity of the iron had improved a lot.
Jiang Zhiyue took the cup and drank it in one gulp, then placed the cup on the table.
"Thank you for your hard work."
The craftsmen smiled and said: "Miss Jiang is too polite to say this. You are the hardest worker. We old guys also want to thank you for teaching us the true skills of eating without hiding your secrets."
Jiang Zhiyue walked out of the house and raised her hands to block the sun, and asked Li Wendao who came over: "What month is it now?"
Li Wen smiled and said, "Miss Jiang, it's already the end of August."
End of August...
Then brother, haven’t they already taken the hospital exam? Oops!
She promised Saburo and the others that she would cheer them on when they took the college exam, but she was so busy that she forgot about it.
"You can arrange the rest. The mined ore can be used to make weapons. I will leave first."
After saying this, Jiang Zhiyue hurriedly ran down the mountain without even having time to change her clothes.
