"Well, Uncle He's hometown is in Shan County. At that time, Uncle He's land was confiscated and half of the pension money issued by the court was withheld. This incident is probably not unique in Shan County."
When Luo Jiuli heard this, he nodded in agreement.
She knew that that incident had offended the prince. What's more, now that he had waded through this muddy water, if he didn't cause an upheaval, how could he be worthy of those who sacrificed their lives for the country and died on the battlefield, and could not return to their hometown?
of soldiers.
"Does the Emperor know about this?"
Even if it is checked, her prince cannot be allowed to fight alone.
Xiao Mingxuan nodded.
"I know, the emperor is furious and has secretly sent people to Shan County."
Luo Jiuli sighed, even the emperor could not push this matter to the public for investigation, which shows how much was involved behind the scenes.
The topic in the evening was a bit heavy, and both of them deliberately avoided it. After dinner, one corrected the military papers, and the other sat aside and tinkered with the bottles in his hands.
In the middle of the night, it started to snow outside.
It was bright and bright the next day, and the whole capital was covered in snow and silver, which was really beautiful.
The two of them had breakfast, and the housekeeper also entered the yard.
"Your Majesty, Second Young Lady, the Xie family sent someone to deliver a pot of red plums."
Luo Jiuli and Xiao Mingxuan looked at each other.
"Who sent it?"
"It's the gardener of the Xie family. He said that he knew it was going to snow last night, so he put all the potted red plums in the yard. Unexpectedly, when he got up early in the morning, the snow was heavy on the red plums, and they were blooming. The old lady of the Xie family sent
The gardener sent me a pot."
"What about the palace? Is there any?"
The butler nodded.
"I specifically asked the gardener. The gardener said that even the plum blossoms sent to the emperor were opened this morning. He took the cart to the palace gate early in the morning."
"Well, take it."
"yes."
The butler withdrew.
After a while, two servants carried an extra-large pot of red plums into the house.
The red plums were really covered with white snow. Looking at them from a distance, Luo Jiuli immediately remembered a verse that suited the situation.
"The plum blossoms and snow are fighting for the spring but they are not willing to fall. Sao Renge writes and comments on them. The plum blossoms are three points whiter than the snow, but the snow loses the fragrance of the plum blossoms."
After many years, she actually sang this poem by Lu Meipo in this unprecedented historical dynasty.
On the side, Xiao Mingxuan was surprised, very surprised and even looked at her with a bit of surprise.
"Why is Your Majesty looking at me like this?"
Luo Jiuli motioned to the housekeeper to place the plum blossoms by the window.
"This poem is very good."
"I didn't expect that your medical skills, your business skills, and your talent are even higher than those so-called talented women."
If the so-called great scholars in the capital heard this poem, would they also be shocked to see her as a heavenly being?
Luo Jiuli smiled faintly.
"Your Majesty is joking, I did not compose this poem, I just copied it."
"Copy it? Then tell me, who wrote this poem? Could it be your master who has never appeared?"
"Yeah! Ah! Yes!"
Luo Jiuli nodded perfunctorily.
She could never tell him that this poem came from a seven-character quatrain composed by Lu Meipo, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty. It was a drop in the ocean among the five thousand years of Chinese cultural treasures.
Then will he get to the bottom of it again? In order to eliminate such hidden dangers, he might as well just go through the motions.
Xiao Mingxuan watched her staring at the plum blossoms, and her words were all perfunctory. He just thought she did it on purpose and didn't ask anything else.
But I have already memorized that amazing verse in my heart.
"I see, you like plum blossoms very much?"
Last time, Xie Chongzi gave her a pot of Gongfenmei to celebrate the opening of her restaurant. She liked it so much that she put it in Cailingdu and maintained it personally every day.
Today, Mrs. Xie gave me another pot of snow-pressed red plums. She couldn’t put it down, she must have liked it.
"Well, who doesn't like plum blossoms? They stand proudly in the snow, are noble and majestic, are not afraid of the severe cold, are indomitable and unyielding. Otherwise, how could it become one of the four gentlemen among flowers?"
Xiao Mingxuan didn't like these pink and tender things. In his eyes, those swords, guns, swords and halberds were the ones that really made people happy.
But after hearing what she said today, I fell in love with the house and the crow. I also took a few more glances at the red plum.
"If you like it, I'll ask the housekeeper to open up a piece of land in the back garden next year just for you to grow plum blossoms."
Luo Jiuli shook his head and smiled.
"There is no need to mobilize people like this. When I say I like it, I just like it, but I don't like it enough to have a soft spot for it."
"Besides, there are many flowers that I like, including apricot blossoms and peach blossoms in spring, lotus flowers and epiphyllum flowers in summer, chrysanthemums and sweet-scented osmanthus in autumn. With so many flowers, the housekeeper will be busy to death."
She couldn't help laughing as she said it herself.
Moreover, although the back garden of the palace also has water pavilions, flower halls and moonlit lotus ponds, compared to the high-ranking prince, such a garden does not occupy a large area and the setting is not luxurious.
She was still puzzled at the time, but later the housekeeper told her that the prince rarely returned to the capital, and he never indulged in fun, so he ordered a large section of the northwest corner of the garden to be carved out and used as a school martial arts field.
He is a pragmatic person, not obsessed with beauty, nor does he like romance.
Then why should she change him?
Xiao Mingxuan didn't know what she was thinking, but seeing that she didn't insist, he stopped mentioning it.
But I have already remembered this in my heart.
The two of them just spent the morning enjoying the white snow outside the window and smelling the fragrance of plum blossoms.
He had no important military duties, and she was no longer tinkering with her own affairs.
Quiet, safe, peaceful and happy.
After lunch, the two of them took a nap.
Just like yesterday afternoon, the housekeeper took the old doctor into the house.
"Nan Xing, go and tell the housekeeper that the prince has summoned Qiulian."
As soon as these words came out, Nan Xing was startled, and even Nan Zhu's hands trembled as he was making tea.
"Master, this--"
The two of them secretly looked at the prince with anxious eyes.
I saw the man with a calm and relaxed expression on his face, playing with the jade gourd in his hand leisurely.
"yes."
Nan Xing nodded. The prince was willing to listen to his master's words. As a servant, she didn't dare to do anything.
As soon as Nan Xing left the house, Xiao Mingxuan looked at Nan Zhu.
"Go, bring the screen over and stand it in the middle."
Nan Zhu: What medicine are these masters and princes selling in the gourd?
"yes."
Nanzhu was very strong and carried the screen over in three or two steps. Once the screen was opened, the people and things in the room were completely blocked.
Luo Jiuli held his forehead with his fingers and laughed helplessly.
"Your Majesty, I just want you to meet me and delay time for me, but I don't want you to--"
"This king is not something anyone can see if they want to."
"Besides, do you want me to disobey my brother's wishes and send the woman's body back to the palace?"
Luo Jiuli smiled dullly, knowing that he was still a little repelled in his heart.