After my rebirth, I became the white moonlight in the Beijing circle

Lu Chen silently rolled his eyes and said nothing more. He just said calmly, "Serve the food and start the feast."

Afterwards, the family happily began to enjoy lunch.

Fu Guiyun didn't have the energy to care about how Han Nian's illness was cured. It was the first time she took Caidie to dine with the prince and princess, and she was actually more nervous than Caidie.

After all, her status was different from that of the other concubines, as she came from her own mother's family.

Fortunately, Caidie is not stupid. She knows that she gets everything from the Crown Prince's Consort. Even though she is favored, she will not become arrogant.

I have always been cautious in front of the prince and princess.

Facing Han Nian's provocative look, she pretended to ignore it, maintaining her usual style and concentrating on eating the meal in front of her.

According to the rules of the palace, although the concubines in the palace were not prohibited from opening a small kitchen privately, they were not equipped with a dedicated cook. Moreover, if a small kitchen was opened privately, all the ingredients had to be purchased by themselves.

Caidie didn't want to waste her time and effort, and would rather eat the meals delivered by Dianshen every day.

I thought the food at Dianshenshu was delicious, but when I came to Changchun Palace I realized what the best food in the world was.

Each of those dishes was rare and precious, almost all of which she had never seen before. They were cooked extremely delicately, and just looking at them made one's mouths water.

She ate with gusto, and didn't seem to notice that there was a pair of angry eyes staring at her.

Han Nian looked at her for a long time. She didn't know what was wrong with this bitch. She never even looked at her from beginning to end. She was so angry that she almost bit her back teeth.

What a hypocritical woman. That day she said she didn't care about the prince's favor and that she treated her like a good sister. However, after receiving the prince's favor for a few days, she actually stopped taking her seriously.

Han Nian snorted in his heart, and the delicacies in front of him were already tasteless.

Lu Linchu noticed something was wrong and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell again?"

Han Nian was indeed feeling unwell, and she didn't want to pay attention to Lu Linchu. She stood up and bowed: "I am not feeling well, so I will take my leave first."

Lu Chen took a quick look and knew that the girl was pretending to be sick.

She was rosy-cheeked when she came, but felt unwell within less than a meal's time. She was clearly being pretentious.

He hated such pretentious people the most in his life. He put on a stern face and waved his hand coldly, not even bothering to open his mouth.

Instead, Ye Zhilan casually said, "If you feel unwell, just stay in the yard and rest."

Afterwards, he asked the servants to deliver the prepared New Year gifts to Chu Huaixi and Han You, and asked Madam Kong to send them out of the palace.

Fu Guiyun didn't say a word from beginning to end. He just focused on taking care of the two children while they had their meal.

However, Lu Linchu was still worried about Han Nian, so after lunch, he was the first to leave Changchun Palace. Soon after, Lu Chen also returned to the front hall to handle military affairs.

After all, it was the first year that so many concubines got together for the reunion dinner. When distributing the New Year gifts, Ye Zhilan personally gave a few instructions to each concubine. When it came to Fangyi, he gave her some extra instructions.

"You'll be giving birth in a few months, so you have to take good care of yourself and don't do anything stupid."

She looked at Fangyi meaningfully, which made Fangyi feel a little scared.

Knowing that the princess was worried that she would follow in Aunt Ji's footsteps, she replied with trepidation, "I will definitely keep your teachings in mind."

"Just remember."

Ye Zhilan nodded with satisfaction, and ordered someone to send the prince's three concubines away.

Silently watching the limping Li Xue and the very docile Fu Xiang's departing back, she couldn't help but be distracted.

After everyone had completely left the palace, she looked back at Fu Guiyun happily and said with a smile, "Yun'er, you are much better at managing the harem than your mother. You have trained these two girls to be as obedient as cats. It's much more comfortable to watch them than before."

"Mother, you are too kind."

Fu Guiyun actually knew very well that Fuxiang and Lixue were not bad people by nature. They just wanted a place to settle down. It was just that their mother-in-law was prejudiced against them.

Once a person is treated unfairly too much, his mind will easily become distorted.

Ye Zhilan now truly recognized her daughter-in-law: "Don't be so modest in front of your mother. You have done a great job this year, especially during this snowstorm. I have been praising you in front of you these past few days, and your mother has developed calluses on her ears from listening to you."

After saying this, he happily told Madam Jiang to fetch another box.

"This is all of my mother's property in Yancheng, next to Huayi City. I'm handing it over to you today."

Holding her palm, Ye Zhilan patted it meaningfully and said, "The snow has been falling for too long, and we haven't been able to go to Huayi City. After the New Year, you can go over and take a look."

"Yes, my daughter-in-law has made a note of it."

Fu Guiyun noticed that his mother-in-law seemed to have something to say, so he didn't dare to ask more questions and obediently took the things.

But now she rewards me one city at a time, which makes me a little frightened.

Huayi City and Yan City are extremely mysterious places not only in Jiangzuo, but also in the whole Dakang. They have never been under the control of the imperial court or the Liyang Palace. It is said that they belong to the private property of the Ye family.

As long as there is no major turmoil, no one dares to enter without permission.

She always felt that her mother-in-law was plotting something.

After rewarding his daughter-in-law, Ye Zhilan ordered someone to bring the New Year gifts for Lu Qingchen and Lu Qingyu.

They were some toys made by skilled craftsmen that she found. They were small and exquisite, and the two little ones liked them very much.

"Thank you, Grandmother Wang."

After Lu Qingchen thanked him, he couldn't wait to pull Lu Qingyu over to play with the toys.

Looking at the two little guys having fun, Ye Zhilan suddenly sighed: "I wonder how Lin Zhi is doing now?"

Although she gave up the marriage proposal with the Ye family, she was still worried.

"Master Lu has always been prudent in his work. I think he should be back soon."

Fu Guiyun smiled and joked, "If he and Youxi can't get back soon, I'm afraid the city will be hit by a spring famine after the New Year."

Ye Zhilan was naturally aware of the pros and cons of this matter. Most of the stored grain in Liyang City had been sent to Dali. Although the sky had cleared up now, a lot of the annual tribute from various royal estates had been transferred away by his daughter-in-law. Now he could only hope that Linzhi would make up for it from other places.

Fu Guiyun has been quietly thinking about some things these days.

She estimated that after the New Year, the whole of Dakang would fall into chaos, so she took the opportunity to propose: "The palace had just taken over Darong and Dali when such a rare natural disaster occurred. The biggest shortage of the entire Liyang fiefdom next year may be food. I think it would be better to use the money sent by the various royal estates this year to keep enough for the palace's expenses, and use the rest to buy food and store more food for emergencies."

"Buy all the food?"

Ye Zhilan thought his daughter-in-law's suggestion was a little crazy: "Yun'er, the autumn harvest will come in a few months. We shouldn't have to store so much food."

"The people take food as their heaven."

It was difficult to tell the truth, so Fu Guiyun could only persuade him tactfully: "At any time, it is easy to turn grain into silver, but in an emergency, it is not easy to turn silver into rice."

She had experienced war and knew how difficult it was to fill her stomach during war.

As a vassal king, if you want to stabilize the people's hearts, you not only need to rely on the army, but also have to take care of the people's stomachs.

With sufficient official grain reserves, the rice market can be stabilized even in times of war.

The most basic protection must not be lost.