The next morning I got up to greet my mother, who had not yet gotten up, and my father had not yet gotten up, and the dormitory was quiet, and even the front hall was full of breathlessness. Gao Yanfu was waiting outside the palace gate early in the morning, and when he saw me from afar, he gave me a slight gesture, and lightly led me to a small room behind the palace, and laughed softly: "Your Majesty said that I have been busy recently, and there are some things on the paperwork, so I ordered the princess to share the worries on my behalf." ”

In this room, there is simply a bookcase with pen and ink on it. The house was originally full of braziers, and incense had already been lit, and when I came, the palace people withdrew half of the braziers, and opened the windows again, and the aroma in the house spread out. Gao Yanfu ordered people to bring in a lot of notes, and put down the fruit points, and said quite flatteringly: "Ah Wang, Ah Du is here to serve the princess, if the princess wants anything, just tell them, or call the old slave, Your Majesty Xià means, the princess can't go to the front, don't talk to the courtiers about this." ”

The courtiers have long complained about my mother's listening to the government, if I know that I have read the music, I will inevitably admonish, I nodded, and rewarded him with a string of golden bells that had been prepared, Gao Yanfu usually didn't know how many things he received from me, but at this time, he was high-spirited, and pushed his hands again and again: "Don't dare, don't dare." I was wondering how he had changed sex, but when I saw my mother pacing by, she smiled and said, "You two got up early today." ”

I still want to get up early, as soon as I look up, I see Li Rui behind my mother, he lives farther than me, but he came earlier than me, but compared me, I felt a little unhappy in my heart, and raised my head and said: "A-Niang told me to study hard, so I want to get up earlier, and I can study more." ”

My mother smiled and asked me again, "You got up so early, didn't you have breakfast?" Seeing that I nodded abruptly, she patted me on the head and said, "Two little lazy men." As soon as he turned his head, Gao Yanfu immediately clapped his hands, and a eunuch came in with eating utensils, but it was not laid out like usual, but only three simple food boxes, and when he opened it, he saw that there were two large plates of steamed hu, a plate of mutton, a plate of pork, a plate of goose meat, four-color dim sum, four plates of crisp cheese, and a plate of assorted vegetarian dishes. The Hu cakes in the palace are either stuffed, or thin and clever, but the two plates of steamed Hu here are thick and big, and they smell very fragrant, and they really dare not compliment. Li Rui and I looked at each other, I don't know why my mother is so frugal today, my mother saw our doubts, and said with a smile: "They bought this steamed beard from outside." Saying that, he took the lead and sat down, picked it up and took a bite, and said, "It's not worse than in the palace." ”

We heard our mother say this, Fang each took a piece and tasted it, the material was good, but it was a mediocre piece, no taste, so we had to mix the meat and eat a few bites, and listened to the mother say: "Liulang, you have been playing in the market recently, do you know how much is a piece of steamed hu?"

Li Rui's face was very exciting, and he stopped for a long time before he said, "Minister... Never bought it, I don't know. ”

Mother snorted and said: "There is a great drought in the capital, the price of rice has skyrocketed, three hundred rice, even Ruzhou has to fight rice for one hundred and twenty yuan, this steamed hu was ten yuan a piece last time I came, and now it is fifty yuan." ”

I know this, last time I couldn't put down the silk in my warehouse, so I asked someone to sell it, for fear that they would coax me, and specially asked Wei Huan to inquire about the price for me, Wei Huan said that this year's drought, rice is expensive and silky is cheap, and each horse of silk only costs 200 yuan, that is to say, a high-quality internal silk can be exchanged for a bucket and a half of rice in Ruzhou, or four pieces of steamed hu, if it is in the capital, I am afraid that a bucket of rice can not be exchanged - this price is really shocking.

About the color of my face changed unconsciously, my mother looked at me and said, "My son knows the price of rice?"

I shook my head, thought about it, and said, "Listen to Wei... I heard that Shangzhou outside recorded that he joined the army, and he only paid five or six thousand yuan a month, and he joined the army from the seventh grade, but he only bought twenty buckets of rice a month. "One is just a little more than a handful, one bucket is ten, at most enough for one person for ten days' rations, Wei Huan's family has so many people, just relying on her father's money, I am afraid that life will be very hard, and the dignified seven grades join the army is still like this, what about the common people?

Mother smiled and said: "Five or six thousand in January has been calculated, Liulang, you join the army, and the monthly salary is only 1,850 yuan." ”

Li Rui opened his mouth and said, "Cui Zhixun and them... I didn't see a shortage of money. ”

His mother glared at him, Li Rui lowered his head by his mother's glare, and said, "Go back and ask them." ”

The mother seemed to be a little impatient, the smile on her face faded, and she said slowly, "Just ask?"

Li Rui was stunned before he said, "Minister... Let's see if they need funding?"

Mother Fang said: "You have already left the cabinet to open the mansion, and you must always pay attention to these things." ”

This is already a instruction, Li Rui and I are busy getting up and respectfully accepting the order. Mother said: "Liulang should go out first, and the poems for your uncles and aunts should be written carefully, don't be lazy." When Li Rui got down and exited, Fang pointed to the music in the room and said to me: "I summoned you here to ask you to sort out some of these greeting sheets for me." Reasoning, these things can be done by the Lang officials, but first, this patrol, many people did not obey, some people are not enough, and secondly, this year is to seal the Zen, because of the Tibetan offense to temporarily stop, there are many remote states and counties but do not know, still sent the table and congratulatory gifts, I mean, but not to chill their loyalty, so they asked them to gather all the congratulatory watches in one place, you classify them, present them to me, and then I write a few words to comfort. ”

My mother unconsciously used the word "I", so I bent over more and more respectfully, and listened to her again: "Before I came, I promised the villagers of Ruzhou to say things, and now the local people are enthusiastic to submit the book, these books have not passed through the three provinces, you can read it directly, write a summary, and submit it together." If you don't understand something, you can accumulate a place to ask me - this is a state affair, except for you, you can't let others see it, do you know?"

This is to say Wei Huan, I responded with a mouthful, and said: "The minister only leaves one person to serve the pen and ink, and does not let them get close." ”

My mother seemed to be satisfied with me, nodded, and was about to get up, but I hurriedly reached out to help her and sent her to the door, and my mother said, "It's very cold outside, you don't have to go out." After a pause, Fang said: "There is no need to let the ministers know about the affairs in the inner court, if anyone asks, you say that you are reading books here, understand?"

I nodded vigorously.