Qi Jing handed over a cup of tea: "You eat slowly, don't choke." ”

Waiting for Yun Yao to take the tea, Qi Jing glanced at Emperor Jianyuan complainingly, which made Emperor Jianyuan cry and laugh.

He knew that the eldest brother was complaining that he had called Yun Yao into the palace early in the morning for questioning, and he didn't even ask anyone to eat, and he was hungry for this squeamish eldest sister-in-law.

It's just that Emperor Jianyuan really didn't expect this, he was busy with government affairs, and suddenly thought of the city wall, so he was naturally in a hurry to summon people.

During this time, Emperor Jianyuan, as the king of a country, naturally summoned people to ask if he thought of something, he didn't care whether you ate or slept or not, so he was used to summoning ministers, and for a while he forgot that it was a woman in the back house who wanted to ask.

"Ahem!" Emperor Jianyuan coughed, a little embarrassed, and said, "I'm not busy, sister-in-law can eat something." ”

While he was talking, the little eunuch brought food over, and Emperor Jianyuan saw that there were a lot of foods, so he smiled at Qi Jing and said, "Brother didn't have breakfast if he wanted to come, so it was better to eat some together." ”

Qi Jing did not shirk, waiting for the eunuch and palace maid to put the meal away, and the four of them entered the table to eat.

Yun Yao looked at the meals on the table, the usual white rice porridge and vegetarian meat stuffed buns, and a few side dishes, all of which were home-cooked, nothing more than pickled radish strips, fried small green vegetables, and the best dish was just marinated beef slices.

Not to mention the palace inside, this kind of dish is often available on the dining tables of ordinary people in Chang'an City, and the slightly richer people eat much more hearty than this.

Looking up at Emperor Jianyuan's homely robes, the clothes were all half-new, and even the cuffs were grinding, even the clothes worn by Qi Baobox were not very bright, Yun Yao felt a little depressed, lowered his head and took a bun with chopsticks and took two bites, and after two bites, Yun Yao felt very sorry for Emperor Jianyuan and his wife.

Qi Jing took a sip of porridge, sandwiched some radish strips, ate two vegetarian buns, and put down his chopsticks and stopped eating.

Although he said that he didn't eat, he didn't leave the table, and kept taking care of Yun Yao by his side, picking up some dishes for Yun Yao from time to time or handing her a handkerchief or something like that.

It's easy to finish a meal, Emperor Jianyuan can't do it in a hurry, and he asks someone to withdraw the remnants of the table and looks at Yun Yao, who looks at Yun Yao crying and laughing.

She took a sip of water and laughed: "The kind of bomb I made except for me, even after looking for Da Zhou, I'm afraid that no one else can make it." ”

"This ......" Emperor Jianyuan was extremely disappointed when he heard this, and his whole person was wilted.

Yun Yao smiled again: "But I can make it simpler than that, according to the method I taught, even ordinary craftsmen can do it." ”

Emperor Jianyuan unexpectedly had such a surprise, he was happy and excited for a while, he couldn't sit still anymore, he stood up and turned around the room, but Qi Baobox couldn't stand it and grabbed him and said: "You can also live in peace, I am dizzy when I turn around, I know you are happy, but you have to take it easy, and I don't want to think about it is that you really make a lot of bombs now, and you won't need it for a while." ”

Just these words persuaded Emperor Jianyuan to calm down, he sat down with a dry laugh, rubbed his hands and asked Yun Yao: "I don't know how much this bomb costs?" ”

"It's not a very valuable thing, but it's all made by mixing some Taoist alchemy and medicine refining things, and the iron sheet is still worth a little money." Yun Yao replied with a smile, which made Emperor Jianyuan more and more happy.

Qi Jing saw that Emperor Jianyuan was happy like this, although he didn't want to splash him with cold water, he still coughed and persuaded: "Your Majesty, even if you make a bomb now, you can't use it immediately, you have to wait for the government to be stable, and only after the soldiers and horses are strong can you recover Yanzhou and go north to attack Liang." ”

Qi Baobox also said: "Let's not talk about anything else, let's just say that the equipment of the forbidden army is going to be changed now, how much does it cost to do this?" In recent years, the people in various places have lived in hardship, and the people in many places who have been affected by disasters are not allowed to sell their sons and daughters. ”

Yun Yao didn't know much about this, she looked at Qi Jing, then at Qi Bao Box, and after thinking about it, she said: "Anyway, I remember the recipe for making bombs, when will it be made." ”

Emperor Jianyuan called the three of them to be completely calm, he leaned on the back of the chair, supported his forehead with his right hand, sighed first, and said for a long time: "No matter how much I want to recover Yanzhou, I can't rush the people of Li to live, let's just be the second grandson for a few more years, first stabilize the people, and wait for the people to live well, how many Yanzhou can't be recovered." ”

"Your Majesty is wise." Qi Jing immediately got up and saluted Emperor Jianyuan, Yun Yao also saluted, Emperor Jianyuan smiled: "Don't think about coaxing me with the law, I know in my heart what kind of person I am, I am not so wise, but I can also listen to a word of persuasion." ”

Qi Jing smiled: "Since ancient times, there are only a few wise and martial kings who can listen to persuasion, and the best thing about His Majesty is this sentence, which can be persuaded by listening, but this sentence, the people of the world and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty must praise His Majesty for being benevolent." ”

Emperor Jianyuan smiled again: "You can only coax me like this, okay, I can be a benevolent monarch." ”

Then he waved his hand: "Since the bomb matter is not urgent, sister-in-law should be more leisurely, don't do it in recent years, and the province will ask someone to probe the prescription to cheapen others." ”

"Yes." Yun Yao agreed.

Emperor Jianyuan was satisfied at this time, and said with a smile: "It's not too early, you can step down." ”

Qi Jing pulled Yun Yao and saluted, and they withdrew from Zichen Palace together.

The two of them walked on the front foot, and the back foot Qi Baobox walked behind Emperor Jianyuan in a few steps, and reached out to help him press his forehead: "Do you have a headache again?" Do you want to call the imperial doctor to take a look? How long have you been like this? ”

Emperor Jianyuan waved his hand: "This is an old problem, I didn't take it with me when I was a child, and it was like that for many years, it was the same whether the imperial doctor looked at it or not." ”

Qi Baobox's face was full of worry and distress: "But you can't be so consumed, you can at least take some medicine to slow down." ”

While speaking, Qi Baobox's subordinates kept and slowly helped him rub it, Emperor Jianyuan reached out and held Qi Baobox's somewhat rough palm: "The corpse of the imperial sister has not been welcomed, Yanzhou has not been recovered, and the revenge of the Great Zhou Dynasty calling Beiliang to approach Chang'an has not been avenged, my headache will not be cured, it is the same whether you take medicine or not, you don't have to worry, but it hurts, and there is nothing on the side." ”

"You're not old, it's a good thing to have such a headache all the time, it's just a little painful, when I don't know what it's like to have a headache?" Qi Baobox glanced at Emperor Jianyuan, and the strength of his hands slowed down a little, and after rubbing it for a while, Emperor Jianyuan breathed a sigh of relief: "You still know me, it won't hurt if you rub it like this." ”

Qi Baobox rubbed him for a while, and saw that the expression on his face eased a lot, so he sat down and pushed Emperor Jianyuan and asked: "For many days, those women have come to my Fengming Palace to talk, and I don't know what kind of charter you are, so I want to ask what you mean, and I can reply to them." ”

"What's the matter?" Emperor Jianyuan asked.

Qi Baobox smiled bitterly: "It's nothing more than the matter of the harem, you now sit in the world, but I am the only one in the harem, I have not given birth to a son and a half daughter after marrying you for so many years, those who have school-age girls in the family are not in a hurry, so they want to send the girl into the palace as a concubine, but you have no intention of choosing a concubine, and they don't dare to do anything, so they will talk to me, and the meaning of the words is to call me virtuous, and I will prepare the three palaces and six courtyards for you as soon as possible." ”

As soon as Qi Baobox finished speaking, Emperor Jianyuan frowned: "What are you doing with those long-tongued women?" You help me settle the hearts of the people every day, and renovate the harem, your busy feet don't touch the ground, those women have nothing to do, they know how to find things, what are the three palaces and six courtyards, when I am wronged, I want to send the girl into the palace to be raised, I can afford to raise it. ”

If Emperor Jianyuan said something else, the Qi treasure box might have some ideas, but Emperor Jianyuan said such a thing, which amused the Qi treasure box.

Qi Baobox hid his mouth and smiled: "This is also what you said as the king of a country, what you know is that you are not willing to make a harem mess, and those who don't know think that you are an iron rooster who is not plucked." ”

"What's wrong with me being an iron rooster?" Emperor Jianyuan glared at him: "Such a big country needs money everywhere, the forbidden army needs money to change clothes, the Imperial Forest Army needs money to buy weapons, the tax reduction and exemption everywhere requires money, where natural disasters ** need money for disaster relief, such a big Chang'an City is called Beiliang to make a mess, and it costs money to renovate the city defense and repair the streets and gardens, I am not the God of Wealth, where can I change so much money, and now I can't wait to break a child into two petals, and where to get that money to raise girls for them." ”

Qi Baobox, who was amused by these words, couldn't stop laughing: "Just tell me what you say, don't mention it when you go out, if you really want to say that, you can't make people laugh." ”

Emperor Jianyuan puffed out his cheeks, and looked angry: "Look who dares to laugh at me." ”

He stretched out his hand to pull Qi Baobox over, stretched out his hand to hug Qi Baobox's waist, and buried his head in his chest: "Cousin, we are a young couple, it is not easy to come through the hard days together, you have been frugal since you married me, reluctant to eat, reluctant to help me save money and plan, in order to let me go to Suzhou, I never complained after selling the dowry, I have remembered it in my heart, all these years, as soon as I closed my eyes, I remembered that you fell from the mountain covered in blood in order to find a strange stone...... My good I know in my heart that if I bear you for some beauty again, don't talk about others, I can't get over it in my heart. ”

Emperor Jianyuan hugged Qi Baobox tightly: "If you don't have children, you don't have children, as long as the two of us are good, it's better to be clear and quiet than anything else." ”

"But......" Qi Baobox frowned, and his face showed a sense of difficulty: "This country and the mountains and societies will ...... in the future."

Emperor Jianyuan raised his head and shouted to stop Qi Baobox: "What about Jiangshan Sheji?" As long as the people live a good life, the surnames of the mountains and rivers are not all the same, treasure box, you have also read history books intensively, think about it, since ancient times, how can there be a family with a surname in the world for a long time, want to open some, don't bother with these, let's do what we should do at the moment, and we have no regrets in our hearts. ”

Qi Baobox looked down at Emperor Jianyuan, and saw the deep concern and worry in his eyes, he couldn't help but have red circles in his eyes, don't look over and laugh: "Okay, I'll listen to you, if you don't accept the concubine, you won't accept it, I will guard you to live, when do you hate me, thinking that the harem will be more lively, you also tell me, I will help you manage a few ......."

Before Qi Baobox finished speaking, Emperor Jianyuan had already covered his mouth angrily: "Don't you count what I said, I'm not such a capricious villain?" ”

This time, Qi Baobox really smiled, although Emperor Jianyuan pinched her angrily, it really hurt, but Qi Baobox felt sweet and hot in his heart, and he really felt very good, very good. (To be continued.) )