"You, you scared mother to death." The thought of it still made her feel scared, and the imperial concubine's arms around Xirui tightened unconsciously.

"I didn't mean to do that." Who knew it would just happen like that.

She thought her mother was not outside.

What's more, "Where did mother go just now? Didn't she say she would stay with me to rest?" If it weren't for what happened before going to bed, she wouldn't have been so busy looking for mother as soon as she woke up.

Xirui felt very wronged.

"How dare you ask? Think about what you just said to mother." After dropping such a bombshell, she fell into a deep sleep without caring about anything. The imperial concubine almost couldn't help but wake her up.

The fact that you waited until now to ask for clarification is already the result of maternal love.

As the imperial concubine thought about this, her next move was to reach out and dig Xirui out of her arms.

She straightened her body and looked at him, "Your brother, the crown prince, is under house arrest right now. I guess your father is discussing with the ministers in the court how to deal with him."

"Xiao Qi, think about it quickly. Where did you hear the news that your Royal Father wanted to drive your Crown Prince brother out of the palace that you told your mother before going to bed? Is it true?" The news was really too shocking.

To the extent that in the imperial concubine's heart, she would rather believe that Xirui had heard it wrong or remembered it incorrectly than admit that this was true.

"Uh..." Xirui was indeed not very sober before going to bed, and he had no memory of the words he said in a daze.

Fortunately, the imperial concubine gave her some hints in her words, so she was not completely clueless.

The fact that Yinreng was going to be expelled from the palace was actually spoken by Kangxi.

What Xirui heard with his own ears, how could it be false?

"My daughter heard it from the Emperor Father when he was sending her back to the palace just now." Xirui looked at the Imperial Concubine sincerely and said.

"The Emperor said that since the Crown Prince is so good at growing corn, why not let him go out and grow more corn?"

"This way more people can eat corn kernels and no longer have to suffer from hunger." In order to avoid exposing himself, Xirui could only convey information to his mother from the perspective that best suits a child.

She was even worried that she would make more mistakes if she spoke too much, so after pointing out a few key points, she hurriedly changed the subject, "Oh, by the way, the corn that Crown Prince planted behind the Wenhua Palace has produced a lot of fruit, and the Emperor said that he would give them all to Xiaoqi."

"I just don't know when the imperial kitchen will be able to prepare it." I don't even know if they can cook the corn.

But don't ruin her treasure.

Xirui looked outside several times with full of anticipation and worry, as if he hoped that someone from the imperial kitchen would appear in front of him immediately.

"Mother, can you please keep an eye on Xiaoqi a little longer?" She thought about it and still felt a little worried.

This was the first batch of corn that she had waited for several months.

Since it wasn't under the eyes of her own people, she always felt like something was missing.

It feels a bit empty.

The imperial concubine obviously didn't expect that the topic would change so quickly, and for a moment she couldn't keep up.

After she reacted for a few seconds, he replied blankly, "Okay then, mother, I'll ask someone to go to the imperial kitchen to check if the corn is ready."

Naturally, she would not take lightly the corn kernels that her daughter had mentioned many times.

He casually called Yunxiang over and passed on Xirui's instructions.

"Wait." Seeing Yunxiang about to go to the imperial kitchen, Xirui thought, why not let her take his message with her, "Remember to ask the imperial kitchen to send the remaining corn kernels over."

Rather than leaving the remaining corn in the imperial kitchen, where it might be destroyed by them at any time, it would be better to move it back and hide it here first.

Anyway, the small kitchen in Yongshou Palace is enough for her to deal with.

Even if we want to come up with some new ways of eating later, it will be more harmonious to cooperate with Yuan Kangshou and others.

She didn't need to, and didn't want to, go to the imperial kitchen all the time.

"I've got it." Yunxiang remembered her master's order, and when she turned around to go out, she did not forget to call another person to go with her to pass on the message.

After all, everything the masters said and did revealed that the corn was extremely precious.

She felt that she should be cautious.

More people means more protection.

"Don't you need to leave some of the corn grown by your prince brother for him?" The imperial concubine was still confused. She didn't understand what her daughter meant by this. It seemed as if she wanted to keep all the corn for herself.

"There's also your royal father's and your royal mother's palaces, you should get a share of them." Let's not talk about the others for now, but these two places must not be left out.

The imperial concubine was afraid that her daughter would be criticized for this, so she planned to talk to him about the situation in advance.

No matter what, the two masters cannot be left out.

Xirui was silent. He didn't expect that he had lost the corn again and again before he even saw the shadow of it.

The more I calculate, the more I feel sorry for myself.

She felt that there was not much corn left for her to get.

"My daughter understands. When the imperial kitchen delivers the corn kernels, you can give them to me as you see fit." Xirui said in a calm tone, as if this decision did not cause any ripples in her heart.

In fact, only she herself knows what she is thinking.

[How have you guys discussed sending my second brother out of the palace to grow corn? Will it work?] After thinking about it, Xirui asked Kangxi directly.

There was a hint of exasperation in his words.

She has just woken up from her sleep, so why is there no news yet?

At the rate they were going, how long would she have to wait before she could achieve corn freedom?

Xirui was really fed up with the feeling of having limited food to eat.

She wants unlimited, fresh corn at any time!

[What's going on?] The sudden question made Kangxi quite confused.

He was discussing matters with other ministers in the Qianqing Palace when he was caught off guard and almost dropped the teacup.

"Ahem~" In order to hide his embarrassment, Kangxi had to put the teacup in his hand back to the table, and then motioned Liang Jiugong to come forward, "The tea is a little cold, go and change it."

Before he finished speaking, the noisy discussions in the hall disappeared in an instant.

Upon hearing this, the princes and ministers looked at each other in bewilderment, wondering if the emperor's action had any other meaning.

Some of the adults who happened to be holding teacups in their hands were even more embarrassed. For a moment, they didn't know whether to drink or not.


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