Jiu Zhang Ji: The Daily Life of the Reborn Daughter

Chapter 174: The Edge is Revealed

Qiao Lili didn't dare to disobey the order. What could she say? She just accepted the order and thanked the emperor.

She wanted to invite Eunuch Li to have lunch at Duke Dingguo's Mansion but was politely declined. In fact, she wanted to have lunch at home before going to the palace. The four dishes and one soup, two meat and two vegetable, were really disappointing and not to her taste. It would be fine to eat it once a day, but if she had to eat the same for three meals a day, she would feel depressed.

In her previous life, she was hungry every day for five years in the dark prison. The feeling was unforgettable. After she was reborn, she didn't want to let herself suffer in terms of food. Since Eunuch Li refused to stay, she had an idea, "Pick some water chestnuts and water chestnuts, put the lunch from Lu Pingyuan in a food box, and bring it to the palace to share with the Sixth Prince." Brother Jing probably didn't like the four dishes and one soup.

It's not that Eunuch Li didn't want to stay at Duke Dingguo's mansion for dinner. The masters all had four dishes and one soup, so it's conceivable that their meals were even simpler. However, the emperor was still waiting for him to take Qiao Lili, who was on duty, back. He had to hurry to Yunxiao Palace. If he stayed here for one more minute, the emperor would be angry. Hey, hurry up, hurry up, and you can still make it to Yunxiao Palace for lunch. If you follow the emperor, you will have only plain soup, but if you follow the imperial concubine, you will have fish and meat.

The ceremonial procession and carriage carrying Eunuch Li announcing the decree were in the front, followed by the carriage of Duke Dingguo's mansion carrying Qiao Lili, Caiqin and Caiwei. Last was an ordinary carriage carrying Caiqi and Caixing and four large food boxes.

Qiao Lili often went to the palace during this period. Caiqi and Caixing's mission was to protect her. They had not been trained to serve others since childhood, so they were not comfortable serving Qiao Lili personally. They could only bring Caiqin and Caiwei with them, so that it would be much more convenient for them to tie their hair, wash, and change clothes.

Including Yu Jingyan, they needed to bring lunch for six people to the palace, and four large food boxes were filled to the brim. Qiao Lili did not wrong herself in terms of food, and naturally did not wrong her maid.

What Qiao Lili didn't expect was that there was also Emperor Yong'an at this lunch.

Because he had to receive the princess of Lanna, Emperor Yong'an had to give instructions to Qiao Lili. During this conversation, he missed the lunch at Yunxiao Palace. When the imperial kitchen delivered four dishes, two meat dishes, two vegetable dishes and one soup on time, Caiqin and Caiwei were taking out the food from four large food boxes and putting them on the table.

Emperor Yong'an: How about, the three of us share a table?

When Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan were having dinner, of course they couldn't leave out Emperor Yong'an. Although the food at Duke Dingguo's Mansion was rich, it was all made according to Qiao Lili's taste and was sweet. Although the four dishes and one soup in the imperial kitchen were simple, they were to Emperor Yong'an's taste, so he still ate more of his own rations. He just tried the food that Qiao Lili brought.

Due to auctions, the revitalization of business, and property confiscations, the national treasury is now very full, but Emperor Yong'an is still as frugal as before. Such an emperor can be regarded as one of the greatest in history.

This time Eunuch Li learned his lesson and did not come to test the poison. However, his meal today was not bad. The master had quite a bit of leftovers, and there was even a separate food box with untouched food. There were celery, wild celery, water chestnuts, and water chestnuts. With Eunuch Li, little Zhangzi, little Yinzi, and a few young eunuchs serving them, there was still enough to eat.

After lunch, Emperor Yong'an Yu Linghuan shook his robe without any burden, walked away without caring about his relatives, and went to Yunxiao Palace to enjoy music and dance every day. "He has the potential to become a tyrant more and more." Yu Jingyan complained in a low voice when Emperor Yong'an couldn't hear him.

No matter how much he complains, he also feels sorry for his own father. His mother has disliked him over the years and his life has been hard. Now that his mother is showing some favor to him, let him enjoy it for a few days. If one day his mother ignores him again, he will just work peacefully.

Besides, before the morning court today, I saw him yawning continuously. He must be of old age now. I would like to let him be more unrestrained as I please.

If Eunuch Li knew what Yu Jingyan was thinking, he would definitely say, "Silly boy, you are too naive. The emperor is a vigorous and powerful man with many tricks. He was not quiet in Yunxiao Palace that night. Azhu and Azi had to arrange someone to be on night duty to boil hot water."

The beauty's knees are the hero's tomb. The hero is short-tempered and the love between young people is long-lasting. Moreover, Concubine Yun has never forgiven Yu Linghuan for so many years. After years of longing for him, how can the longing be relieved in one or two nights?

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The two kids who were forgotten by their parents were having a hard time reviewing memorials. After discussing it, they agreed that since they had to review these memorials every day and they were really tired of all the nonsense, they decided to make some drastic innovations.

The two agreed to design the memorial according to the seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue and purple.

Red memorials are for urgent government affairs, orange is slightly less important, yellow is for daily affairs of various departments, green is for greetings, and memorials of blue, purple and other colors do not require immediate approval and each has corresponding requirements.

The requirements are that red memorials must be approved and returned on the same day, orange and yellow memorials must be returned the next day, and green memorials of greeting can only be submitted once a month by each person, and the number of words must not exceed 200.

As for the memorials in blue, purple and blue, the emperor would approve them when he had time, and if he didn't have time, he would ask the ministers in the study to approve them. Whoever was responsible for it would be responsible for it, and they would handle it as they pleased. They would just summarize it in a big court meeting and present it to the emperor. This saved these educated people who were paid salaries from being idle, and they could just let the two of them work for free.

"Don't we need to discuss this with Father?" Qiao Lili asked. Emperor Yong'an has been calling himself Father for several months, Qiao Lili couldn't correct him, and she received the Crown Princess seal as a fee, so she just followed the local customs and called him Father in non-public occasions. It was also easier to call him Father when discussing things.

"I think he is more willing to choose the color of my mother's dress and which hairpin to match it with. We can make the decision on these matters." Yu Jingyan knows his father best. Since he has delegated power to the two of them, it means that he fully trusts them and gives them the greatest freedom.

"Then let's send the decree to the Ministry of Revenue, set the specifications of the memorial, and let them make a sample." Qiao Lili spread out the imperial rice paper and handed the wolf hair brush dipped in ink to Yu Jingyan's hand, "Here, Ajing." This was the first decree issued by the two of them. To fire the first shot of reform, some sense of ceremony was still needed.

"Ali, you draft the decree." Yu Jingyan did not take the wolf hair brush from Qiao Lili's hand, but pushed the rice paper in front of her.

"Me?" Qiao Lili asked doubtfully.

"Yes, you." Yu Jingyan looked at his little A-Li firmly. Through the time they had spent together, especially everything she had done in Ganjiang, and the few days they had reviewed memorials together in the imperial study, he felt that A-Li was more talented than him in governing a country.

"Well, okay." Qiao Lili's eyes were deep. Since she had been pushed to this position by the emperor, ruling from behind the scenes at work and correcting homework after get off work, wasn't it normal for her to draft an edict?

She thought for a moment and then put pen to paper with determination. She completed a concise and clear order in an elegant and fluent manner. She did not even notice that her elegant and beautiful hairpin-flowered small calligraphy had revealed a hint of sharpness and tenacity today, and its edge was gradually revealed.