Empress snatches dried fish

"Why did you suddenly open the door and come in? Do you understand politeness? Politeness!" Geng Bai'an's expression was exaggerated, obviously joking with Wang Leshui.

Wang Leshui also raised his eyebrows, pretending to be ambiguous, and turned his gaze back and forth on Geng Bai'an and Yu Gan: "Didn't we always come like this? Why, interrupt your good business?"

Just after finishing speaking, Ji Yinian also walked in after Wang Leshui, looking at Geng Bai'an and Yu Gan with big eyes, looking very innocent.Compared with Wang Leshui's pretending to be innocent, these eyes were more lethal to Geng Bai'an, which made her feel a little guilty, as if she was interrupted when she was really intimate with Xiao Yugan even though she hadn't done anything.

Both Canxin and Suqin are well aware of this. Although Suqi doesn't know much about it, after Suqin's explicit and private reminders, they also know a general idea of ​​the relationship between Geng Bai'an and Yu Gan.Anyway, she just needs to keep this matter a secret, and she doesn't want to delve into it so much.She and Suqin are both Geng Bai'an's people, and the object of loyalty should also be Geng Bai'an, the emperor's situation has nothing to do with the two of them.

It has to be said that Suqin and Suqi are very clear people, and Jianrui is the same.Knowing more or less the relationship between these four masters, he chose to turn a blind eye.

So Cui, the silliest person in the audience, Bai Tian, ​​Xin was quite confused by herself.Originally only Suqin and Suqi were in the room, and she was waiting outside, but after the door opened, she always felt something was wrong when she heard these words.Thinking of the scenes I saw every time, I began to feel that something was wrong again.

Seeing the little girl's eyebrows furrowed in deep thought, Suqin sighed secretly, and decided not to hide her this time, after all, she is probably the only one who doesn't know about this matter among the master's personal servants.Moreover, she is Mrs. Yu Gan's close servant, if she doesn't know anything, if something happens to her in the future, she will implicate Mrs. Yu Gan and the empress.

It's better to find an opportunity to tell her about it later, and mention her interests in it by the way.

"It's nothing, come and sit." Yu Gan pointed to the other side of the desk, and Su Qin, Su Qi and Su Qihe also placed two cushions with a wink, and brought them two sets of bowls and chopsticks by the way.

Geng Bai'an gave Wang Leshui a small look, which made her laugh softly.

"I'm not kidding with you anymore, Le Shui, how do you know He Wenjue?" Geng Bai'an finally remembered something serious.

"Yinian and I finally took a break and planned to come over for a meal, but I heard you talking about He Wenjue before we entered the door." Wang Leshui said while picking up chopsticks to put her favorite food in Ji Yinian's bowl Cai, said: "Isn't He Wenjue the eldest princess of Shao Kingdom! Aren't you talking about her escape from marriage?"

Wang Leshui's words made Geng Bai'an and Yu Gan explode at the same time: "What?! He Wenjue is the eldest princess of Shao Kingdom?!"

The attitudes of Geng Bai'an and Yu Gan startled Wang Leshui and Ji Yinian, even the food that Ji Yinian had just picked up fell off because of a shaking of his hand.He raised his head and looked at the two people opposite him suspiciously, then lowered his head and started to eat.Today, I accompanied Wang Leshui to complete the last task of this month, and ran over to eat without eating dinner. She was almost starving to death.

Wang Leshui was also confused: "Don't you know that the eldest princess of Shao Kingdom is called He Wenjue?"

"How do we know?!" Geng Bai'an was shocked: "Shao Guo only said that the eldest princess was married, we only know that the eldest princess of Shao Guo is Princess Wenle, and we don't even know her real name is He Wenjue."

Wang Leshui nodded when he heard the words: "That's right, most princesses don't say the name directly, even the people in Shao Kingdom call her Princess Wenle. Leshui knows it because she used to follow her father when she was young. I went to Shao to do business, and at that time, Princess Wenle showed extraordinary talents at a young age, so during that time, people in Shao were talked about, and we naturally knew her name was He Wenjue. "

Geng Bai'an suddenly realized - indeed, Wang Leshui is the daughter of a businessman, so naturally she will be much better than the daughters of officials who don't go out of their homes, and they will actually have a lot more knowledge.And thinking about it carefully, although the surname He is common in Chongguo, it is indeed their national surname in Shaoguo.

Thinking about it, Geng Bai'an couldn't help laughing.

This He Wenjue is really interesting, she ran out to be a bandit instead of being a good princess!But in another aspect, Geng Bai'an still admires her very much.As the saying goes, it is easy to go from thrift to extravagance, and difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. It is true that she, a princess who grew up in rich clothes and well-fed food, gave up such a life because she was unwilling to marry to another country and was willing to live a life of poverty on the mountain. Temperament of a woman too.

He Wenjue is also very smart. He was obviously running away from the Chongguo royal family's marriage, but he ran directly to the location of the Chongguo Center - near Chongjing.It can be said that it is dark under the lights, and no one would have thought that she, a princess who escaped from marriage, would hide directly under the eyes of her escaped marriage partner.The people sent by Shao State to arrest her probably either searched within the borders of Shao State, or went to a place far away from Chong State, and it is impossible to come here.

God's will is God's will. Soy Milk disapproved of this marriage from the beginning, but He Wenjue got to know Soy Milk by mistake in order not to marry Soy Milk, and he took it to heart.If He Wenjue continues like this, will he be moved by soybean milk and fall in love with him?

This world is really amazing.

So Geng Bai'an sent everyone else out, and told Wang Leshui all the recent stories about Shu Yonghe and He Wenjue.Wang Leshui and Ji Yinian looked at each other in blank dismay, both of them felt that this matter was too ridiculous.But what is certain is that this is definitely not He Wenjue playing tricks, otherwise it would be fine to just marry here, why bother with so many things?She obviously didn't know Shu Yonghe's real identity.

"So we want to tell the emperor He Wenjue's true identity?"

Geng Bai'an pondered for a while, then shook his head: "We'd better not get involved in this matter for the time being. If we let him know He Wenjue's true identity, he will inevitably not show it. A smart woman like He Wenjue will definitely be able to tell. You said that she would rather run away from marriage and live a miserable life than marry into the palace, if you don't wait for her to show her affection before telling her the truth, I'm afraid this matter won't work."

Yu Gan answered, "What you said makes sense, but what if He Wenjue finds out afterward and feels cheated?"

"That's why we can't tell the emperor about it first. When the truth comes out, it will become a mutual concealment of identities. This way, it will be easier for He Wenjue to accept it. She herself is not honest."

Wang Leshui looked at Geng Bai'an, then at Yu Gan: "Bai An, you have really worked so hard for the emperor's affairs."

Geng Bai'an could hear Wang Leshui's meaning, it was nothing more than admiration for himself, in order to be able to stay with Yu Gan in a legitimate way, he even considered the emperor's lifelong affairs after he left.Geng Bai'an just smiled and didn't answer, because if he didn't tell the origin of her and Soy Milk, others would not be able to understand the relationship between him and Soy Milk.

The reason why she helped Soymilk was Xiaoyugan, but Geng Bai'an also really wanted to find someone for Soymilk to love and spend her life with, because Soymilk herself also wanted to find a suitable partner.Geng Bai'an has been worrying about this matter since he was in the 21st century, and even started to approach Xiaoyugan for this reason. Currently, the lifelong happiness of soybean milk is still a very important thing for Geng Bai'an.

"By the way, Le Shui, how well have you completed your tasks this month? It's almost the end of the month." Geng Bai'an took a bite of food, and suddenly remembered the business: "And what about Tang Xiaohan? Did you deliberately make things difficult for you?"

Wang Leshui shook his head with a smile when he heard Tang Xiaohan's name: "I have completed all the tasks for this month, and the rest is waiting for her to send the part she is in charge of. But when it comes to Tang Xiaohan... he used to fight against us everywhere. , I want to compete for favor every day, and now I have something to do in my hands, but it looks very fulfilling. She is also worthy of being the prime minister's granddaughter, she is indeed capable in terms of talent and learning, and it is rare that she has her own ideas."

"That's good." Geng Bai'an didn't care about these things: "It's just that the position is different. If she is against us, why shouldn't we be against her? It's just that we have a lot of people, so we don't take the initiative to bully others. Besides, she is not very old , bad temper, easy to be stimulated and provoked, now that we can divert her attention, we can naturally relax."

All three of them agreed with Geng Bai'an's statement.They had a bad impression of Tang Xiaohan before, but during the contact process, they found that she just had a low EQ, so she always gave people a feeling that she likes to do things but has a bad brain.

Everyone chatted about the future of the academy again, and not long after eating, they heard Suqin say outside the door: "The Empress, the Empress Dowager sent someone to tell you to come over."

"Now?" Geng Bai'an got up and opened the door, and saw the queen mother's personal servant standing there, nodded: "I will go now."

As Geng Bai'an spoke, Suqin came into the room and took a thinner cloak and put it on with Geng Bai'an.Fortunately, she changed out of the men's clothes as soon as she came back, otherwise she would have to spend more time changing clothes and removing makeup now.She told Yu Gan and the others to wait for her to come back, then she took Suqin and Suqi and followed the palace servants sent by the Queen Mother to Yongning Palace.

It is said that since the last time the Empress Dowager returned to the palace, Geng Bai'an rarely went to pay her respects.On the one hand, it was because the queen mother wanted to be free and quiet, and she didn't want to have to deal with their greetings every day after becoming a queen mother, and on the other hand, it was because Geng Bai'an was too busy.On the contrary, the queen mother was happy to be at leisure, knowing that she was busy, she directly issued an order to make her have no time to stay away. When Geng Baian received the order, he felt a deep aura of a domineering female president.

The Empress Dowager has always played alone in Yongning Palace. Although I don't know what she is playing, she should be very happy.Because although Geng Bai'an as a daughter-in-law does not need to go there, Shu Yonghe, as a son, still needs to visit his mother often.There were two princesses who accompanied her before, but because the two princesses went back to the academy, the queen mother had no one to play with her.

I don't know why Ji suddenly summoned himself today.

Geng Bai'an came to Yongning Palace with a feeling of apprehension, and when he entered the room, he saw the Empress Dowager painting there.

"Bai An has met the queen mother."

"The queen is here! Come here." The queen mother withdrew her drawing hand, raised her head and saw Geng Bai'an coming, and greeted her, pointing to the painting that she was still a little short of finishing: "What does the queen think of this painting?" ?”

Only then did Geng Bai'an lower his head to look carefully, and it turned out to be a scene in the corner of the imperial garden.It was the end of April at this time, and many flowers were already blooming. The Imperial Garden was no longer as monotonous as it was in winter. The Empress Dowager often went there for a stroll, so it was not uncommon to draw these.It's just that although Geng Bai'an has the aesthetics of painting in this era in her mind, and the original owner's level is extremely high, there is still a gap for her.This painting is beautiful, but it is not the type that Geng Bai'an likes.

Even so, it was impossible for Geng Bai An to tell the truth, so he smiled and nodded: "It's good."

"Where's the good?"

She also guessed that the queen mother would ask such a question, so she quickly searched the original owner's memory about this, and directly opened her mouth to shoot a series of rainbow farts, which made the queen mother feel very comfortable.

The queen mother handed the pen to Geng Bai'an with satisfaction: "You can draw the rest of the pen for Ai's family."

"Yes." Geng Bai'an didn't shirk, and took the pen directly.It should be said that in the few months since she came here, besides helping Shu Yonghe deal with state affairs, busy promoting reforms, and having Yu Gan as a confidante, there is another point that she has learned how to use a brush.If she was asked to write, she might still not be able to reach half of the original owner's level, but if it comes to painting, there is basically no problem.

Maybe it's because she herself has painting skills, or maybe it's because she likes to spend more time practicing than writing.

So Geng Bai'an just added a few strokes to complete the painting, not only did not destroy the original artistic conception of the painting, but even had the finishing touch.The queen mother looked at the finished painting and nodded with satisfaction.

"The empress is really worthy of my title of being the most talented woman, and only a few strokes can highlight the essence of it." After speaking, the empress turned around and handed the painting to the palace servants behind: "Frame it for Aijia. Queen, come and sit down."

So the two returned to the desk, and Geng Bai'an knelt down to sit opposite the Queen Mother after a long time.

"I heard that the queen left the palace with the emperor today?" The queen mother waited for Geng Bai'an to sit down and went straight to the topic, but Geng Bai'an didn't react for a while.

After being relieved, Geng Bai'an nodded. Going out of the palace is not a big deal, so she didn't think about hiding it: "Today Bai'an accompanied the emperor to a board game hall in Chongjing City."

The queen mother took a sip of tea, and said quietly: "Aijia also heard about that board game hall. What is the game called... Werewolf Killing? It is said that the queen invented it. What does this board game hall have to do with the queen? "

When Geng Bai'an heard the Queen Mother's tone, he must have known the truth, and the reason why he asked himself to come today was probably because of the matter of this board game hall.She didn't dare to be negligent, and responded with [-]% of her energy: "To tell the truth from my mother, this board game hall was suggested by Bai An to the emperor, because..."

"Because money is needed to implement the reform?" The Empress Dowager looked serious.

Geng Bai'an held his breath, pursed his lips, and finally let out a long breath: "Yes."

"Queen..." the queen mother said, the serious expression on her face gradually disappeared, replaced by admiration for Geng Bai'an: "You are more capable than Aijia imagined. The emperor has told Aijia about the reform a long time ago. Yes, Ai Jia also agrees very much. A country cannot only be strong for men, but women must also be strong. Similarly, only the rich can live well, and only by reducing the number of poor people in Da Chong can we be truly strong."

Geng Bai'an did not expect that Shu Yonghe would take the initiative to talk to the Queen Mother about this, but it is good to have the support of the Queen Mother.Da Chongguo does not have the fact that the royal family cannot do business, it is just that the royal family does not do these things because of their status.Moreover, doing business is actually a very tiring thing, and the royal family can enjoy the royal supply without doing anything, why bother to do such a thankless thing?

So over time, this kind of atmosphere has been formed. If the children of the royal family go to do business, they will be looked down upon by the members of the same royal family. Therefore, even if they have been unable to make ends meet for many years like the Anlin Palace, they would rather let the prince marry a rich merchant woman as the concubine. I will not go to sea to do business by myself.

Seeing that Geng Bai'an hadn't spoken, the queen mother continued: "Queen, you are a very smart woman, and the Ai family also knows that you have been assisting the emperor wholeheartedly since you married into the royal family. Although the Ai family no longer cares about the government, everything you do is very important to the Ai family." In my eyes, to be honest, Ai Jia was not as good as you when I was young. Therefore, it is not only a change, not only this board game hall, but you can do whatever you want without looking forward and backward.”

Hearing this, Geng Bai'an finally felt at ease.

I thought the Queen Mother was asking me to ask the teacher to inquire about the crime, but I didn't expect it was just a routine encouragement.I feel that I will hear some words of support and encouragement from the queen mother every once in a while, maybe she is afraid that she will give up because of being tired?What I and Shu Yonghe are doing now, as long as they are dedicated to the country, they can see that what they do is beneficial to the development of Chongguo, and people like the Queen Mother will naturally not be indifferent.

So the Queen Mother talked to Geng Bai'an for a while, and then let her go back.And she herself told Geng Bai'an that she would go out to play again in a few days.

Geng Bai'an was very envious of this - after she came to this world, she was imprisoned in the general's mansion to wait for her to marry, and after she got married, she remained in the palace all the time.The farthest place with the large army is the hunting ground of Qiu Lie, and the farthest she said is the outskirts of Chongjing. She has never seen the beautiful scenery of this ancient place.It turns out that this queen mother can travel all over the world as soon as she retires without worrying about travel expenses. She is really envious of others.

After Geng Bai'an left, the smile on the Empress Dowager's face gradually disappeared and turned into worry.

"Is everything ready?"

"Go back to the empress dowager, I'm ready."

The queen mother sat there for a long time in a daze, then slowly turned her head to look at the moon outside the window, and said: "In this case, then get ready, and you can set off in two days."

"Empress Dowager, where are we going this time?"

"I went to the south last time, let's go to the west this time."

"Yes."

……

Two days later, this "fun-loving" queen mother pretended to be an old lady from a rich family again, and took a large group of people out for a trip.In addition to these soldiers pretending to be servants and guards to protect her, there are more than [-] people from the Supervision Department who are responsible for the Queen Mother's travel safety secretly, so the safety of travel can still be guaranteed.

"You mother is really open-minded, you can leave as soon as you say." Geng Bai'an was helpless, she only got the news after the queen mother left the palace, and she didn't even let anyone see her off, so she ran out to play by herself.

Shu Yonghe laughed: "So the original owner's temperament of going out is probably inherited from her."

"But having said that, what do you think about the morning affairs?" Shu Yonghe frowned when he talked about the morning affairs: "Because of the southern climate, the spring sowing started in March, and we subtly escaped those people's troubles." It’s been a very long time, but now it’s starting to suffer from locust plagues again. It’s really hard to manage a country that’s too big, if something goes wrong here or there, it’s no wonder the treasury can’t be filled.”

"There is no way around this. Ancient technology is not as good as in the 21st century. Besides, there are so many natural disasters that cannot be prevented even in the 21st century, let alone the ancient times with backward technology?" Geng Bai'an also felt that this matter was very difficult: "I am I have an idea, but I don’t know if it’s feasible or not.”

"Tell me."

"Although Da Chong seems to have no place to eat insects for the time being, it is undeniable that locusts are still edible. When we were not here, we both ate fried insects at the night market." Geng Bai'an drank his saliva and continued: "You said What do you think if we bid to buy locusts in the name of the imperial court? You see, farmers alone can get so much land to catch locusts, and the catch is not as fast as they reproduce. But if we bid to buy, I’m afraid it’s time to catch them Locusts will have more people than locusts."

Shu Yonghe was at a loss for words, although Geng Bai'an's last sentence was a bit absurd, but it is undeniable that this is indeed a good way: "What about the purchased locusts? Can't we just throw them away like that? If we eat them ourselves, When will we have to eat such a large amount?"

"Of course it is sold, isn't there a board game hall?" Geng Bai'an rolled his eyes: "Farmers don't know that locusts are delicious because of poverty, and they are reluctant to use seasoning and oil, but we are different! Maybe this wave of locust plagues It can also make us a lot of money. It’s almost May, and if we act quickly, we can plant a wave of grain or vegetables with a slow growth cycle to reduce farmers’ losses.”

Shu Yonghe heard this and felt that this was also one of the methods, so he agreed.